1. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

A. convergent
B. stable
C. divergent
D. transform

2. Plates slide past each other at ________________.

A. subduction zone
B. divergent boundary
C. convection current
D. transform fault boundary
3. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
A. divergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. lithosphere
D. convergent boundary

4. Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.

A. transform plate boundary
B. convergent plate boundary
C. divergent plate boundary
D. Indian plate

5. Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current
location.
A. vertically
B. horizontally
C. quickly
D. slowly

6. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

A. mid-ocean ridge
B. convergent boundary
C. rift valley
D. transform boundary

7. The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.

A. divergent boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. hot spot
D. transform boundary

8. Philippine plate moves toward __________.

A. Australian plate
B. Arabian plate
C. Antarctic plate
D. Eurasian plate
9. The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.
A. Appalachian Mountains
B. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
C. San Andreas Fault
D. Himalayas

10. This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the
Arabian Plate.
A. divergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
D. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
11. This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the Nazca Plate and the
South American Plate.
A. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
B. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
C. convergent continental-continental plate boundary
D. transform boundary

12. Base on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away
from Africa in what direction?
A. West C. North
B. East D. South

13. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.

A. new crust is created
B. the crust separates
C. the older crust is recycled by subduction
D. plates side past one another

14. The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.

A. tectonic force
B. gravitational force
C. radiation
D. convection current

15. Features found at divergent plate boundaries include ____________.

A. mid-ocean ridges
B. deep-sea trenches
C. crumpled mountains
D. island arc volcanoes

ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. A
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. D
15. A

1. When magma in the earth’s mantle develops a great pressure, the ground above it
is pushed upward. If this happens in the middle of an ocean, what landform is
produced?
A. mountain B. volcanic island C. volcano D. continent

2. The tall landform created when two continental plates converge.

A. mountain range B. volcanic arc C. rift valley D. Oceanic ridge

3. It is a plate that dives down under a less dense plate during subduction.
A. subducting plate B. continental plate C. mantle D. overriding plate

4. Materials in the mantle flow up and down. Which of the following best describes
the mantle?
A. a solid layer B. partially liquid C. a metallic layer D. very hot layer

5. Which of the following happens when plates diverge or move away from each other?
A. The crust is destroyed.
B. New crust is produced because magma rises, then cools off and turns into
solid.
C. Earth’s size changes because mountains are added on the earth’s surface.
D. The mantle rises.
6. A rift valley is formed simultaneously with which of the following type of plate
boundary?
A. Convergent plate boundary
B. Divergent plate boundary
C. Transform fault plate boundary
D. Both convergent and divergent plate boundary

7. How do the plates move when we feel that the ground is shaking?
A. toward each other
B. away from each other
C. slide past each other
D. all of the above

8. It is a landform produced when two continental plates converge.

A. volcano B. fault C. mountain D. volcanic island
9. Most transform fault boundaries are found in the oceans; a few are on the
continents. An example of this type is the San Andreas Fault located in
A. Marikina, Philippines B. California, USA C. Japan D. Saudi Arabia

10. It is otherwise known as an underwater mountain.

A. oceanic ridge C. hill
B. trench D. volcanic island

11. It is a chain of volcanoes developed parallel to a trench or a crack under the

ocean.
A. mountain range C. volcanic island arc
B. volcanoes D. mountainous

12. It is formed when ocean water flips upward, sometimes up to certain meters high,
due to the great push caused by convergence of plates.
A. wave C. tides
B. tsunami D. storm

13. It is the point where two plates meet or collide while converging.
A. collision zone C. subduction zone
B. sinking point D. meeting point

14. The place where a subducting plate reaches the mantle during convergence.
A. collision zone C. mantle plume
B. subduction zone D. magma

15. The word used to refer to the shaking of the ground due to any activity in the
lithosphere.
A. intensity B. earthquake C. Volcanism D. wave

ANSWER KEY

1. B

2. A
3. A

4. B

5. B

6. B

7. D

8. C

9. B

10. A

11. C

12. B

13. A

14. B

15. B

Q14. The word “duck” in “duck, cover, and hold” safety tip means that you must
A. stand straight B. lie down
C. kneel down on one knee D. kneel down on both knees

Q15. During earthquakes, it is advisable to cover ones _____________

A. head C. mouth
B. nose D. face

Q16. Victims of disasters are provided with their needs by the government at
A. evacuation centers C. orphanages
B. event centers D. tall buildings
1. What evidences do scientists use to support the Continental Drift Theory?
A. rocks, fossils, air C. rocks, fossils, climate
B. rocks, water, ice D. rocks, fossils, human beings

2. The youngest crust is found _________ the mid-ocean ridge.

A. far B. near C. beside D. away

3. If you are a cartographer, what would give you an idea that the continents
were once joined?
A. ocean depth C. position of the South Pole
B. shape of the continents D. size of the Atlantic Ocean

4. What discovery provided strong support for Continental Drift Theory?

A. Geology C. Electromagnetism
B. Fossil evidence D. Paleomagnetism

5. Which is not evidence of seafloor spreading?

A. molten magma constantly erupting C. fossil evidence
B. drilling samples of rock D. magnetic stripes

6. The magnets point north when Earth's magnetic field has __________.
A. magnetic reversal C. mid-ocean ridge
B. reversed polarity D. normal polarity

7. Why was Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory not accepted immediately
by the people during his time?
A. He cannot explain what causes the continents to drift.
B. He explains that South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle.
C. He described that the rocks and mountains at the edges of the
continents were similar.
D. He explains that fossils of ancient plants such as "Glossopteris" can
be found in almost all continents.

8. Why were magnetic patterns found on the ocean floor puzzling?

A. They did not show alternating bands of normal and reversed polarity.
B. They showed alternating bands of normal and reversed polarity.
C. No rocks were magnetic.
D. All rocks were magnetic.

9. What do you call the process that forms and moves new oceanic crust?
A. magnetic reversal C. convection
B. seafloor spreading D. trenching

10. What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?
A. Pangaea C. Asia
B. Panthalassa D. Eurasia

11. If Australia is moving about 2cm/ year and was drifted from the ridge by
1000km, how long ago was it when Australia was near the ridge?
A. 50 million years C. 500 million years
B. 10 million years D. cannot be predicted

12. Which one among the continental drift pieces of evidence mainly proves that
the Cape Mountains of South America and Africa line up perfectly before?
A. There's an equal amount of coal deposits in each continent and fossils.
B. The evidence from the rock layers in different continents exactly
matched.
C. The remains of the ancient plant called Glossopteris can be found on
both continents.
D. The climate of the two continents is almost the same and with the
same ancient organisms.
13. What information can be derived about Antarctica having fossils of ancient
plants and animals?
A. Antarctica drifted to the Southern hemisphere because of the melting
of glaciers that traps the plants and animals.
B. Antarctica has a very nice climate that caused these organisms to
migrate and stay.
C. It has a tropical climate today that provides a good environment for
complex life forms.
D. Antarctica had once located near the equator.

14. He is a German Scientist who hypothesized in 1912 that continents were

once a giant landmass called Pangaea.
A. Harry Hammond Hess C. Alfred Lothar Wegener
B. Robert Dietz D. Charles Darwin

15. What did Harry Hammond Hess realize in the 1950s when his team
continued exploring the ocean floor and discovered the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
A. He realized that the oceanic crust is older than the continental crust.
B. He realized that Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory is not true.
C. He realized that the oceanic crusts near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are
thicker and less dense.
D. He realized that the Earth's crust had been moving away on each side
of oceanic ridges, down the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. A
8. B
9. B
10.A
11.A
12.B
13.D
14.C
15.D