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MODULE 4: EARTH'S MECHANICS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is TRUE about convection current?

a)

the rising and cooling of molten materials in the crust

b)

the rising and cooling of molten materials in the mantle

c)

the rising and boiling of molten materials in the core

d)

the rising and boiling of molten materials in the crust

2.

Who is a scientist who discovered mantle and the process of seafloor spreading?

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Gregor Mendel

c)

Isaac Newton

d)

Harry Hess

3.

These are CORRECT about subduction process EXCEPT?

a)

It is the process when two continental plates move away from each other

b)

It is the process when the oceanic plate goes down under continental plate

c)

It is the process when the two oceanic collides towards each other causing to form another form of oceanic plate

d)

It is the process when the two oceanic plates move towards each other causing to form mountains and volcanoes.

4.

The process of seafloor spreading occur in what plate boundary?

a)

transform boundary

b)

convergent boundary

c)

divergent boundary

d)

slide-slip boundary

5.

What do you think is the reason behind the formation of volcanic arcs or islands in the Philippines?

a)

because of the two oceanic plates slide from each other

b)

because of the two oceanic plates move away from each other

c)

because of the two continental plates move away from each other

d)

because of the two oceanic plates collide from each other

6.

In which particular plate boundary where earthquakes occur?

a)

convergent boundary

b)

divergent boundary

c)

transform boundary

d)

none of the above

7.

Why does the Philippines are prone to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?

a)

because of its geographical position towards "Pacific Ring of Fire" or pacific plate

b)

because of its geographical position towards south american plate

c)

because of its geographical position towards north american plate

d)

both b and c

8.

In what boundary does two plates move apart.

(a)  

9.

Before there was only one supergiant continent named (a)   .

10.

Which of the following are the possible driving forces of plate tectonics?

a)

convection, slab pull, ridge push

b)

conduction, convection, slab pull

c)

conduction, radiation, ridge push

d)

conduction, convection, ridge push

11.

Which of the following figures best illustrate ridge push?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

a)

seafloor spreading

b)

subduction

c)

continental drift

d)

recycling

13.
Geologists have long recognized that earthquakes are not randomly distributed on Earth but occur in concentrated areas that coincide with __________ and provide evidence for the theory of ___________ .
a)
mountain ranges; fault zones.
b)
continental borders; supercontinents.
c)
plate boundaries; plate tectonics
d)
areas of liquid magma; sea floor spreading.
14.

Continental plates are ______ dense and ________ than ocean plates.

a)

more; thinner

b)

more; thicker

c)

less; thinner

d)

less; thicker

15.

Ocean plates are _______ dense and _______ than continental plates

a)

less; thinner

b)

more; thinner

c)

more; thicker

d)

more; thicker