1. What does PREM stand for?

(Preliminary Reference Earth Model)

2. What does GEODYSSEA stand for? (Geodynamics of South and Southeast Asia)
3. Formed from a lightning strike. (tektite, fulgurite)
4. _______ states that the upward buoyant force that is exerted on a body immersed in a
fluid, whether fully or partially, is equal to the weight of the fluid that the body displaces.
(Archimedes’ Principle, )
5. Walther’s Law
6. Calamine is an ore with of: (SnO2, HgS, Fe2O4Zn)
7. Magma rich in SiO2 is generally deficit in ___. (Al2O3, Na2O, K2O, MgO).
8. Deformation that is reversible. (Plastic, Elastic, Brittle, Ductile).
9. According to Yumul, 2000, what is the name of the ancient trench between the Central
Visayas and Mindanao? (Sibuyan Sea Fault, North Mindanao Suture Zone?, Southeast
Bohol Trench?)
10. Pumice is formed by: (volcanic eruption, )
11. Where was the Nautilus sp. Found? (Mindoro, Batangas, )
12. What is considered one of the oldest fossils in the Philippines? (Brachiopods, Ammonite
gastropods, Nautilus sp.)
13. Someone who coined the South something Luzon Arc kemerut
14. Discovered that the Philippines is bounded by a geological feature from its northwestern
portion to its southeastern portion. (Rutland, Baller???)
15. Stereonet projection that has equal angles. (Wulff, Schmidt)
16. Why are there little evidences of asteroids here on Earth? (because asteroids are made
up of ice and gases that vaporize as they enter the atmosphere,,, due to geological
processes such as sedimentation, erosion, etc)
17. How many lightyears away is the Milky Way? (100000, 1000, 1000000, 10000000)
18. What makes up most of the geologic time scale? (Paleozoic, Pre-Cambrian, Cenozoic,
Mesozoic)
19. This sets the boundaries by looking at the evolutional stages of life? (Epochs, Eras,
Ages, Eons)
20. Formula of Stress: (force divided by area, force divided by length)
21. Degree of open fold. (0 deg to 30deg, 30deg to 70deg, 70deg to 120deg, 120deg to
180deg)
22. A ship is on a cruise where it is 12nn while at the Prime Meridian (0deg longitude) is at
5PM. At what longitude is the ship? (45W, 45E, 75W, 75E)
23. Two persons are along the same longitude but 800km apart. If they both go out at 12NN
and measure the length of shadow of a stick, what can they compute for? (Earths’
circumference, Sun’s diameter)
24. Recumbent fold is? (inclined, horizontal)
25. Marks the end of the Devonian and start of the Permian. (Ordovician, Silurian,
Carboniferous)
26. Star that pulls gravity because it does not pull radiation??? (red giant, white giant, black
hole, neutron star)
27. Subduction of Taiwan and something occurred how many million years ago? (8, 10, 12,
15)
28. Age of the Ammonite fossil found in Mansalay. (200-216MYA, )
29. The __________ states that a Mars-sized bodycalled ___ collided with Earth to form the
moon. (Giant Impact Hypothesis-Theia)
30. Question where one of the choices is Albuera Diorite
31. Residual hill formed in desert. (inselberg, playa, pediment)
32. The largest temperate desert. (Patagonian, Sahara)
33. Last glaciation event in Northen Europe. (Scandanavian, )
34. Multi-cellular organism 2.1BY of age. (terrestrial bryophyta, Franc__ biota)
35. Degree centigrade and atmospheric pressure of Sillimanite. (500/3000, )
36. Seen in the middle of Mid-Oceanic Ridges. (Rift-valley mountain belt, island arc,
hotspot)
37. The Marianas Trench formed by: (subduction bet. Ph Sea Plate and Pacific Plate,
subduction bet. Eurasian Plate and Pacific)
38. Volcanic island arcs are formed by: (ocean-ocean convergence, ocean-continent
convergence, divergence)st
39. 1:50, 000 horizontal, 1cm = 1,000 m vertical. Vertical exaggeration problem.
40. Bohol Earthquake was caused by (Reverse Thrust Fault, Sinistral Fault)
41. Length of displacement due to 1990 Luzon Earthquake. (50km, 105km, 80km, 125km)
42. Anticline and syncline with horizontal limb. (Antiformal syncline, monocline)
43. What is the symbol of Antimony (Sb, At, As, An)
44. Isoclinal fold is? (open, parallel, close, tight)
45. Weakest magnetic field? (90 degrees latitude, 0 degrees)..
46. Gentle anticline-syncline tilted at the horizontal (monocline, antiform syncline)..
47. Igneous rock metamorphosed composed of quartz, k-feldspar and amphibole (granite,
andesite, gabbro, basalt)
48. Parent rock can be shale, slate, limestone, diabase (hornfels…)
49. Sedimentary rock formed in situ carbonate… (dolomte, limestone, dolostone,
olistostrome)
50. Further crystallization of Ca plagioclase will have more (K, Na, Mg)
51. Planet with no active geologic event (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)
52. Continental drift was widely accepted in (1950, 1960, 1970, 18th Century)
53. Notable event in Cenozoic ( Formation of Pangea, Breakup of Pangea, Formation of
HImalayas, Creation of Australia)
54. Mid-ocean ridge essential feature. ( Ridge mountain…, island arc)
55. All are exogenic except (chemical, biological, mass wasting)
56. Central Cordillera Diorite Complex name changed to? ( Agno ophiolite, Baguio intrusive,
Itogon Quartz Diorite)
57. Conduction heat transfer main saan? (inner core, outer core, crust, mantle)
58. High in metacarbonates except ( phlogopite, periclase, wollastonite, magnesite)
59. Eurasian plate is sometimes considered as (Sunda block….)
60. First dinosaur fossil was found (Jurassic, Triassic, Paleogene)