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Movements of Plates, Formation of Faults and Faults, Rock Layers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following refers to a region where plates meet?

a)

plate

b)

plate boundary

c)

mountain

d)

volcanic arc

2.

There are three distinct types of plate boundaries. Which of those types

creates a zone of tension by moving the plates apart?

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform fault

d)

none of these

3.

When two tectonic plates collide, the continental crust usually rises over the

oceanic crust. What is the reason behind this?

a)

Denser than continental crust

b)

Thicker than continental crust

c)

Thinner than continental crust

d)

Less dense than oceanic crust

4.

What geologic feature could result out of the direction of movement indicated

in the arrows below?

a)

mild-oceanic ridge

b)

mountain

c)

mountain ranges

d)

volcanic arc

5.

Which of the following results to the formation of a new oceanic lithosphere?

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

none of these

6.

Which type of plate boundary does the shallow focus earthquake occur

wherein it appears to be associated with mid-ocean ridges and mountain

ranges?

a)

convergent

b)

divergent

c)

transform

d)

all of these

7.

Which of the following land formation or events is not connected to

convergent plate movement/margin?

a)

deep-focus earthquake

b)

trench

c)

valleys

d)

volcanic arc

8.

Which of the following is associated with the discovery of seafloor

spreading?

a)

Mountains and Volcanoes are denser than mantle

b)

Rotational pole of the earth has migrated or moved.

c)

The crust of the continents is denser than the crust of the ocean

d)

The crust of the oceans is very young relative to the age of the crust of

the continents

9.

Convergent plate boundaries create land formations which later become

scenery. Which of the following is one of the best examples of the land

formations due to a convergent plate boundary?

a)

arc

b)

boundary

c)

valley

d)

volcanic arc

10.

Which of the following completes the analogy?

Faults: A fracture or discontinuity in volume of rocks

Folds: ___________________________________.

a)

It forms from subducting plates

b)

It occurs when a flat surface bent

c)

Occur when plates moving alongside and toward to each other.

d)

Occur when plates moving alongside and away from each other.

11.

Which of the following types of plate boundary move alongside?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

d)

None of these

12.

Which of the following landforms is said to be a low area between hills or

mountains?

a)

arc

b)

valley

c)

ridge

d)

trench

13.

Movement of plate boundaries results to many events or land formations.

Which of the following is the reason behind mountain formations?

a)

converging plates

b)

diverging plates

c)

both a and b

d)

neither a nor b

14.

Which of the following diagrams shows a strike slip fault?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

Which branch of geology deals with the origin, composition, structure and classification of rocks?

a)

Petrology

b)

Rockology

c)

Mineralogy

d)

Paleontology

16.

Refers to the study of rock layers or strata which give data on the stratified sediments and rocks on and within the earth.

a)

Petrology

b)

Stratigraphy

c)

Paleontology

d)

Seismology

17.

Which of the following resulted to the formation of new crust from magma

that rises to the earth’s surface between two plate boundaries?

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

strike fault

d)

transform boundary

18.

Which processes most often cause fossil evidence to be preserve in rock?

a)

Melting and Faulting

b)

Weathering and Erosion

c)

Folding and Metamorphism

d)

Cementation and Deposition

19.

Which of the following dating method can be used in rock layers applying the Law of Superposition?

a)

Radioactive Dating

b)

Absolute Dating

c)

Relative Dating

d)

Isotopic Dating

20.
Which layer is the oldest? 
a)
c
b)
a
c)
b
d)
d