PASAY CITY SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL

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EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

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c. divergent
Directions: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of d. transform
the correct answer. 12. Oceanic plates separate from each other at a divergent
plate boundary at the bottom of the ocean. Magma comes up
1. Which of the following statements is false? and cools between the plates, forming...
a. Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust
b. Continental crust is younger than oceanic crust a. a fault
c. Continental crust is made of granite b. a mid-ocean ridge
d. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust c. a rift valley
2. A subduction zone is formed... d. a trench
a. when one tectonic plate sinks below another 13. Which type of boundary is known for causing big
b. at every type of convergent plate boundary earthquakes?
c. at every type of divergent plate boundary
d. at transform boundaries a. divergent
3. Whenever a subduction zone is formed a ______ is formed. b. convergent
a. Mountain c. transform
b. Island Arc d. fault
c. Rift 14. Hot magma can rise at a subduction zone, and break
d. Volcano through the crust in a...
4. What would you be most likely to find at a divergent
boundary between two pieces of continental crust? a. volcano
a. Mid-Ocean Ridge b. earthquake
b. Mountain c. tsunami
c. Rift d. hurricane
d. Island Arc 15. Which of the following words/phrases would correctly fill in
5. What would you be most likely to find at a divergent the blank?
boundary between two pieces of oceanic crust? Continental Drift and Sea-floor spreading were combined into
a. Rift the new more recent theory of ___________.
b. Mid-Ocean Ridge
c. Island Arc a. Hess
d. Flat land b. Pangaea
c. Plate Tectonics
6. Ocean-to-ocean and subduction are two types of which d. Wegener
boundary?
a. divergent 16. An ocean trench occurs when...
b. transform a. plates divide and magma rises up
c. convergent b. oceanic crust subducts below continental crust
7. Who came up with the idea of Continental Drift? c. we dig a hole in the ocean
a. Alfred Wagon d. when plates slide past each other
b. Albert Wegener
c. Alfred Wegener 17. What is happening at Z?
d. Albert Wagoner
8. Which type of plate boundary DOES NOT cause volcanoes?
a. Convergent
b. Transform
c. Divergent
9. What is/are the common features found at convergent
ocean-ocean plate boundaries?

a. volcanoes and islands

b. earthquakes and deep ocean trenches
c. volcanic island arcs and deep ocean trenches
d. volcanic island arcs
10. Which of the following occurs because of convection
currents? a. mid-ocean ridge
a. Tectonic plates on the crust move. b. subduction zone
b. The mantle increases in size. c. transform boundary
c. Pressure in the crust increases. d. sea floor spreading
d. Pressure in the crust decreases. 18. The process that continually adds new crust is:
11. 1. In which type of boundary do the plates go away from a. Subduction
each other? b. Earthquakes
c. Sea-floor spreading
a. Convergent d. Convection
b. normal
19. The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes that
occur along:
a. The mid-ocean ridge 31-36. Identify what type of Plate Boundary: DIVERGENT,
b. Plate boundaries CONVERGENT, TRANSFORM
c. Hot spots
d. Only transform boundaries

20. Subduction is when:

a. Earthquakes occur along a transform boundary
b. New crust is formed 31.
c. One plate slides under another
d. New islands are formed
21. The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a:
a. Convergent boundary where new crust is formed
b. Transform boundary where the crust is subducted 30.
c. Divergent boundary where sea-floor spreading takes
place
d. The divergent boundary where subduction takes
place

22. The theory that states "pieces of Earth's crust are in

constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle" is
called:
a. The theory of continental drift
b. The theory of Pangaea
c. The theory of plate tectonics 32. 33.
d. The theory of plate boundaries

23. The theory that continents are slowly moving over Earth's
surface is called:
a. The theory of Pangaea
b. The theory of continental drift
c. The theory of plate boundaries
d. The theory of plate tectonics

24. Oceanic crust is ____________________ than continental

crust.
a. Less dense
b. More dense
34. 35.
c. Less hot
d. More hot
25. Continental crust is ______________________ than
oceanic crust.
a. Hotter
b. Colder
c. Thicker
d. Thinner
26. A place where an unusually hot part of the mantle rises
through the crust causing volcanic activity is called a:
a. Divergent boundary
b. Hot spot
c. Convergent boundary
d. Transform boundary
27. Volcanoes are most likely to occur along a:
a. Divergent boundary
b. Convergent boundary
c. Transform boundary
d. Sea-floor spreading
28. The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a:
a. Hot spot
b. Divergent boundary
c. Transform boundary
d. Convergent boundary

29. What causes the tectonic plates to move?

A. Ocean currents
B. Volcanoes
C. The Coriolis effect
D. Convection in the mantle