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Question 1

The geographic point on surface directly above the focus is called.

Accepted Answer

Epicenter

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Fault line

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Focus

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Intesity

Question 2

It is a place deep within the earth and along the fault where rupture occurs.

Accepted Answer

Focus

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Plates

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Plate boundary

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Epicenter

Question 3

It is a kind of rock that is common in continental crusts.

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Granite

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Basalt

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Amethyst

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Obsidian

Question 4

This wave moves up and down and is the second wave you feel in an earthquake.

A. P-waves

B. S-waves

C. Love waves

D. Rayleigh waves

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 5

80% of all the earthquakes occur in the A. Atlantic Belt.

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Pacific belt

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Atlantic belt

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Mediterranean-asiatic belt

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Caribbean belt

Question 6

Earthquake epicentres are identified throughA. Richter scaling B. Seismographic Method C. Triangulation Method D. Scaling Method

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Triangulation method

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Seismographic method

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Richter sacaling

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Scaling method

Question 7

From the seismogram, the distance to the epicenter can be determined by measuring.

A. the arrival time of surface wave

B. the difference in the arrival times of the P and S-waves

C. the ratio of the amplitude of the largest P and S-waves D. the speed of the surface wave

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 8

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Accepted Answer

C

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A

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B

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D

Question 9

When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually undergoes which of the following processes?

A. Condensation

B. Deposition

C. Subduction

D. Submersion

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 10

The following are considered major plates, EXCEPT

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Scotia plate

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South America plate

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African plate

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Antarctic plate

Question 11

Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?

A. All the continents will cease to exist.

B. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.

C. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.

D. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world. Subscribe

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 12

This type of wave causes the most damage to structures during an earthquake.

A. Love waves

B. Rayleigh waves

C. Primary waves

D. Secondary waves

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A

Answer

B

Answer

C

Answer

D

Question 13

When two plates are moving toward each other, the zone where the plates collide is called a

A. transform boundary

B. convergent boundary

C. divergent boundary

D. constructive boundary

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 14

What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of San Andreas fault?

A. divergent boundary

B. shear boundary

C. transform boundary

D. convergent boundary

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 15

If you will visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT expect to see?

A. active volcanoes

B. mountain ranges

C. rift valleys

D. volcanic islands

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C

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A

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B

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D

Question 16

Which of the following can be a basis of scientists in dividing the earth's lithosphere into several plates?

A. major Mountain ranges

B. Active volcanoes

C. earthquake epicenters

D. all of the above

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

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B

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C

Question 17

What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?

A. hot spot

B. ocean ridge

C. rift valley

D. volcanic arc

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D

Answer

A

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B

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C

Question 18

You are an oceanographer and wants to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, you noticed that there is a portion of the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most likely is that deeper part?

A. linear sea

B. oceanic ridge

C. rift valley

D. trench

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D

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A

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B

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C

Question 19

When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is

A. thicker than continental crust

B. less dense than continental crust

C. denser than continental crust

D. thinner than continental crust

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C

Answer

A

Answer

B

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D

Question 20

When two continental plates collide, edges of the continents are pushed upward to form:

A. rift valleys

B. mountain ranges

C. trench

D. volcano

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B

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A

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C

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D

Question 21

The Himalayan mountains are thought to have been formed by the collision of

A. two continental plates

B. two transform faults

C. two oceanic plates

D. an oceanic plate and a continental plate

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A

Answer

B

Answer

C

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D

Question 22

Which of the following pairs of plates have a divergent boundary in between them?

A. Australian plate and Antarctic plate

B. South American plate and African plate

C. Philippine plate and Eurasian plate

D. Nazca plate and South American plate

Accepted Answer

B

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A

Answer

C

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D

Question 23

Which of the following is TRUE about a transform fault boundary?

A. Plates grind past each other without diverging or converging.

B. Earthquakes are experienced in transform fault boundaries.

C. The best example of a transform fault boundary is the San Andreas fault bounded by the North American Plate and the Pacific plate.

D. All of the above.

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

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B

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C

Question 24

According to this theory, the uppermost mantle, along with the overlying crust, behaves as a strong, rigid layer.

A. Plate Tectonics theory

B. Continental Drift Theory

C. Theory of everything

D. Theory of Plate Boundaries

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A

Answer

B

Answer

C

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D

Question 25

What makes up the lithosphere?

A. Continental crust

B. Oceanic crust and continental crust

C. Upper mantle

D. Crust and upper mantle

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D

Answer

A

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B

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C

Question 26

The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic-like layer. Which of the following layers is described in the statement?

A. Asthenosphere

B. Atmosphere

C. Lithosphere

D. Mantle

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A

Answer

B

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C

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D

Question 27

He is a German meteorologist who proposed the Continental Drift Theory in 1912.

A. Alfred Wegener

B. Harry Hess & Robert dietz

C. Inge Lehmann

D. Andrija Mohorovicic

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A

Answer

B

Answer

C

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D

Question 28

It is a Greek word which means "All Earth". It is the name of a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

A. Pannotia

B. Laurasia

C. Pangaea

D. Gondwanaland

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

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D

Question 29

Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?

A. Charles Darwin and James Hulton

B. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz

C. John Butler and Arthur Smite

D. F. Vine and D. Mathews

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

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D

Question 30

Which observation was NOT instrumental in formulating the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?

A. Depth of the ocean

B. Identifying the location of glacial deposits

C. Magnetization of the oceanic crust

D. Thickness of seafloor sediments

Accepted Answer

B

Answer

A

Answer

C

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D

Question 31

If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid what could have happened to Pangaea?

A. It remained a supercontinent.

B. It would have become as it is today.

C. It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.

D. It would have stretched and covered the whole world.

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 32

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Accepted Answer

D

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A

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B

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C

Question 33

Scientists believed that this layer is responsible for Earth's magnetic field.

A. asthenosphere

B. crust

C. mantle

D. core

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D

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A

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B

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C

Question 34

As a new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, the old seafloor farthest from the ridge is destroyed. Which of the stated processes describes how the oceanic crust plunges into the Earth and destroyed at the mantle?

A. Convection B. Construction C. Diversion D. Subduction

Accepted Answer

D

Answer

A

Answer

B

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C

Question 35

Compared to ocean crust near deep-sea trenches, crust near ocean ridges

A. is younger

B. is older

C. has the same age

D. has more granite

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A

Answer

B

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C

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D

Question 36

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A

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B

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C

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D

Question 37

What drives tectonic plate movement?

A. magnetic field

B. gravity

C. convection currents

D. pressure

Accepted Answer

C

Answer

A

Answer

B

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D

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