science shs Earth science-PRESSURE QUIZ.pptx

quiz

1. Earth science

2. Where two plates rub past each other in opposite direction is a:

3. A place where an unusually hot part of the mantle rises through the crust, causing volcanic activity is called a: a. boundaries b. magma c. fissure d. hotspot

4. A theory that states “pieces of earth’s crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle is called ______. A. THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT b. THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS c. THEORY OF PANGEA D. THEORY OF PLATE BOUNDARIES

5. HIMALAYAN mountain is an example of _________.

6. Continental crust is __________ (thinner, thicker) but _______ (denser, less dense) compared to oceanic crust.

7. Mid-ocean ridges occur during a. DB where sea floor is spreading b. CB where new crust is formed c. TB where the crust is subjected d. DB where subduction takes place

8. When two continental plates pull apart a ___________ is formed. Subduction zone earthquake mountain range rift valley

9. The place where two plates move apart is called ________.

10. Mantle is located between crust and inner core. True or false

11. It is a process when one plate moves beneath the other plate.

12. Volcanoes are most likely to occur along the ______________ boundary.

13. Enumerate the four (4) layers of the earth

14. Plate boundary is defined as the constant movement of lithospheric plates. TRUE FALSE

15. It is the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of the earthquake.

16. Type of plate boundary illustrated in the picture

17. Type of plate boundary illustrated in the picture

18. Type of plate boundary illustrated in the picture

19. When two plates pull apart, magma rises, producing volcanic eruption at the surface. It is the process of ___________. RIFTING SUBDUCTION

20. An Australian climatologist who coined the “Plate Tectonics Theory” ALFRED WEGENER HARRY HESS

21. A type of volcano characterized to have a steep slope. CINDER CONE SHIELD STRATOVOLCANO

22. A type of volcano that is currently erupting or expected to erupt in the near future

23. Type of volcano that is NOT currently erupting but have erupted within recordable history and are expected to erupt again the future.

24. A type of volcano that is considered as dead and are nit expected to erupt in the future.

25. Volcanoes are formed in tectonic plate boundaries . TRUE FALSE

26. Give one example of an active volcano.

27. WHAT IS MY NAME?