1.Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
a. convergent b. divergent c. reverse fault d. transform fault
2. Which is not true about crustal plates?
a. have the same thickness everywhere c. thickest in the mountain region
b. include the crust and the upper mantle d. vary in thickness
3. Which of these is not true about the Philippine Islands?
a. Most part of the Philippine Mobile Belt except for Palawan, Mindoro and Zamboanga
b. formed because of the convergence of the Philippine Plate and the Pacific Plate
c. Originated geologically in an oceanic-oceanic convergence
d. Some are products of subduction process
4. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is
a. denser than continental crust c. thicker than continental crust
b. less dense than continental crust d. thinner than continental crust
5. If you will visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you not expect to
see?
a. active volcanoes c. rift valleys
b. mountain ranges d. volcanic islands
6. What does plate boundary show the sliding of two plates?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform-fault
7. What does plate boundary show the moving apart of two plates?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform-fault
8. What does plate boundary show the collision of two plates?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform-fault
9. Which is not a type of convergent boundaries?
A. Oceanic-Continental b. Lithosphere-Crust C. Oceanic-Oceanic D. Continental-Continental
10. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________
A. move slowly but constantly B. move in any direction C. move faster D. create another plate
11. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at the ___________.
A. convergent boundary B. transform-fault C. divergent boundary D. hot spot
12. What type of plate boundary 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
13.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
14.It is otherwise known as an underwater mountain. A. oceanic ridge C. hill B. trench D. volcanic island 15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. There is no formation of volcanoes in the convergence between.
A. two oceanic plates C. oceanic and continental plates
B. two continental plates D. none of these
20.Which of the following is formed in the convergence of two oceanic or oceanic and continental plates? A. Volcanic
island arcs B. mountain range C. rift valley D. Oceanic ridge
21. It is the crack on the dry ground or plate caused by horizontal plate movement.
A. fault B. valley C. trench D. ridge
22. Earthquake, as an effect of plate movement, results in boundaries where plates are
a. converging b. sliding past c. diverging d. subducting
A. a only B. b only C. a and b D. a, b, and c
23. Most of the Philippine Islands were once part of island arcs. This means that along with this boundary, there once
existed two ___________.
A. converging continental plates C. converging oceanic plates
B. diverging plates D. plates sliding past each other
24. Subduction is illustrated in which of the following?
A. convergent plate boundary B. divergent plate boundary C. transform fault boundary D. subducting plates
25. Which of the following correctly illustrates seafloor spreading?
ANSWER KEY
1.A 11. C 21. A
2. A 12. A 22. D
3. B 13. B 23. C
4. A 14. A 24. A
5.C 15. B 25. D
6.C 16. B
7.A 17. A
8.B 18. B
9. B 19. B
10. A 20. A
