UNIT TEST

MRS. CINDY D. MANIPOL

• Direction: Read and analyze each item carefully.
Write the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer.
For question 1 and 2, refer to the figure:
1. You were provided with the data showing the arrival
time of the P & S – waves recorded from three seismic
stations. Which of these can you possibly determine?

A. The damage at the focus

B. The distance at the earthquake
C. The intensity of the earthquake
D. The location of the epicenter
Answer: D
2. 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 time of P and S - wave
C. The ratio of the amplitude of the largest P and S - wave
D. The speed of the surface wave
Answer: B
3. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust
usually subducts beneath the continental crust because
________.

A. Denser than the continental crust

B. Less dense than the continental crust
C. Thicker than continental crust
D. Thinner than continental crust
Answer: A
4. If you visit a place near Pacific known to be along
converging plates, which should you NOT expect to see?

A. Active volcano
B. Mountain ranges
C. rift valleys
D. Volcanic islands
Answer: C
5. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor
on the east coast of the Philippines. You notice that there is a
portion in the ocean floor which is relatively deeper than the
rest? What is this deeper part of the ocean?

A. linear sea
B. oceanic ridge
C. rift valley
D. trench
Answer: D
6. What geologic event is most likely to happen at the
transform – fault boundary?

A. earthquake
B. mountain formation
C. rift valley formation
D. volcanic eruption
Answer: A
7. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?

A. hot spot
B. ocean ridge
C. rift valley
D. volcanic arc
Answer: D
8. Right in the middle of an island, you can find rift
valley. What type of plate boundary exist on that island?

A. convergent
B. divergent
C. normal fault
D. transform fault
Answer: B
9. When two plates moves towards each other, formation
of mountain ranges occur. In what plates does it takes
place?

A. continental to continental
B. Oceanic to continental
C. old oceanic crust to young oceanic crust
D. continental crust
Answer: A
10. When plates diverge, what geologic features is NOT
noticeable?

A. rift valleys
B. formation of ocean floor
C. mountain ranges
D. earthquake
Answer: C
I. Enumeration
11 – 13 – Geologic features form in convergent
14 – geologic feature form in transform fault boundary
15 – 20 Geologic features form in divergent of plates
Answers:
11-13 – mountain ranges, volcanic arc, trench, earthquakes
14 – earthquake
15 – 20 – ocean floor, widening of ocean, increasing sea
level, rift valleys, formation of continent, earthquakes
Draw/Illustrate the following types of boundaries and
label each part.

21 – 25 Convergent
26 – 30 Divergent
31 – 35 Transform fault boundary