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Fourth Quarterly Examination

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1. Which layer of the Earth is the outermost?
A) Core. B) Mantle C) Crust. D) Asthenosphere
2. What is the average thickness of the Earth's crust?
A) 20 kilometers B) 32 kilometers C) 50 kilometers D) 8 kilometers
3. What are the two types of crust materials?
A) Basalt and sediment B) Igneous and metamorphic
C) Continental and oceani D) Asphalt and sedimentary
4. Which type of crust is found beneath the oceans?
A) Continental crust B) Basaltic crust C) Sedimentary crust D) Metamorphic crust
5. What is the top layer of the oceanic crust made of?
A) Basalt. B) Sediment C) Igneous rocks. D) Metamorphic rocks
6. Which layer of the Earth flows and is much hotter than the crust?
A) Core. B) Mantle. C) Asthenosphere. D) Lithosphere
7. How thick is the mantle?
A) 32 kilometers. B) 2,900 kilometers C) 50 kilometers. D) 8 kilometers
8. What is the consistency of the mantle?
A) Solid rock. B) Liquid. C) Gas. D) Hot asphalt
9. What are the upper and lower parts of the mantle and crust together called?
A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithosphere. C) Outer core. D) Inner core
10. Which layer of the mantle moves slowly like very thick syrup?
A) Asthenosphere. B) Lithospher. C) Outer corE. D) Inner core
11. What is the innermost layer of the Earth?
A) Mantle B) Crust. C) Core D) Lithosphere
12. What metals make up the core of the Earth?
A) Aluminum and copper B) Nickel and iro. n C) Gold and silver. D) Zinc and lead
13. What is the outer core of the Earth made of?
A) Solid nickel and iron B) Liquid nickel and iron
C) Liquid gold and silver. D) Solid gold and silver
14. How thick is the outer core of the Earth?
A) 1,280 kilometers. B) 2,175 kilometers C) 3,455 kilometers D) 2,900 kilometers
15. What is believed to be the source of the Earth's magnetic field?
A) Crust B) Mantle. C) Inner core. D) Outer core
16How were mid-oceanic ridges discovered in 1920?
A) Using radar. B) Using satellites
C) Using an echo-sounding device. D) Using telescopes
17.. What forms along the mid-oceanic ridges according to the theory of seafloor spreading?
A) Granite. B) Basaltic magma
C) Sedimentary rocks. D) Limestone
18. According to the Plate Tectonics Theory, what divides the lithosphere into major plates?
A) Convection currents in the mantle. B) The Earth's core C) Meteorite impacts. D) Solar
radiation
19. What is believed to cause the movement of tectonic plates according to the Plate Tectonics Theory?
A. Theories. B.plates
C) Convection currents in the mantle. D) Tidal forces
20. How are new crust and old crust related according to the Theory of Seafloor Spreading?
A) New crust is formed when old crust is destroyed
B) New crust is formed independently of old crust
C) Old crust is formed when new crust is destroyed
 D) Old crust and new crust are not related

21)What is the name of the boundary where two plates move apart?
A) Colliding boundary. B) Fracture boundary
C) Spreading boundary. D) Transform boundary
22. What fills the gap formed at a spreading or divergent boundary?
A) Sedimentary rocks
B) Molten material from the lower mantle
C) Granite
D) Lava from volcanoes
23. At a colliding or convergent boundary, which plate is pushed beneath the other?
A) The lower plate. B) The upper plate
C) Both plates move upward. D) Neither plate moves
24. What is being destroyed at a colliding boundary?
A) The lithosphere. B) The asthenosphere
C) The ocean floor. D) The old crust
25. Which famous example is given for a transform boundary?
A) Mount Everest
B) The Mariana Trench
C) The San Andreas Fault
D) The Himalayan Mountain Ranges
27. At a transform boundary, how do two plates interact?
A) They move apart. B) They collide
C) They slide past each other. D) They converge
28. What types of activities are initiated by the interaction of tectonic plates?
A) Rainfall and erosion
B) Desertification
C) Earthquakes, volcanic activities, and surface feature formation
D) Tornado formation
29. Which boundary is responsible for most of the planet's earthquakes?
A) Spreading boundary. B) Colliding boundary
C) Fracture boundary. D) Transform boundary
30. What is faulting?
A) The formation of cracks in the Earth's mantle
B) The movement of tectonic plates past each other
C) The sliding and slipping of rock masses in the crust
D) The eruption of lava from a volcano
31.What causes faulting?
A) Erosion
B) Pressure from convection currents in the mantle
C) Gravity
D) Atmospheric pressure changes
32. How are faults classified?
A) By the types of rocks involved
B) By the depth of the fault line
C) By the movement of rocks past each other
D) By the size of the resulting earthquakes

33. What type of movement characterizes strike-slip faults?

A) Vertical movement. B) Upward movement
C) Horizontal movement. D) Circular movement
34.What is the term for a right-lateral strike-slip fault?
A) Left-lateral strike-slip. B) Dip-slip fault
C) Reverse fault. D) Normal fault
35.Which fault type involves vertical movement of rock blocks?
A) Strike-slip fault. B) Left-lateral strike-slip fault
C) Dip-slip fault. D) Thrust fault
36. What is folding?
A) The movement of tectonic plates
B) The breaking of rock masses along faults
C) The crumpling or wrinkling of the crust due to compression
D) The formation of mountains through volcanic activity
37.What is the crest or upward curve in folding called?
A) Syncline B) Trough. C) Anticline. D) Fault
38. How are earthquakes measured?
A) By their magnitude. B) By their color
C) By their smell. D) By their taste
39.. What type of seismic waves vibrate by compression and expansion?
A) S-Waves. B) T-Waves. C) P-Waves. D) R-Waves
40.What is the boundary between the crust and the mantle called?
A) Trench. B) Moho discontinuity. C) Fault line. D) Rift
Secondary waves (S-waves) vibrate at right angles to the direction of the waves.
A) Longitudinal B) Circular C) Transverse D) Diagonal
41.P-waves and S-waves are both transverse waves that travel only in solids.
A) Yes B) No C) Sometimes D) It depends
42.L-waves (Long waves) travel from the epicenter outward on the Earth's surface.
A) True B) False C) Only in certain conditions D) Not applicable
43.Earthquake belts are located only in areas with deep sea trenches.
A) Yes B) No C) Mostly D) Occasionally
44.All earthquake belts are located on the boundaries between lithospheric plates.
A) Correct B) Incorrect C) Partially true D) Mostly false
45. A volcano that is “dead” and never erupting again is called _________.
A)Active B) dormant C) extinct D)quiet
46. How do active volcanoes differ from inactive volcanoes?
a)Active volcanoes are those that are alive occasionally spewing lava, ash and fumes while inactive are
those that are “asleep” and “dead”
B)Active volcanoes are those that don’t give off lava and molten rocks when erupting while inactive are
those that give off lava and molten rocks
c)Both a and b
D)None of the above
47. Mount Pinatubo, Mt. Kanlaon and Mayon Volcano are active volcanoes while Mt. Makiling, Mt. Apo and
Mt. Arayat are inactive volcanoes.
A)True B)False C) Maybe d)Perhaps
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