LESSON: EARTHQUAKE,VOLCANOES, AND MOUNTAIN RANGES

Question 1

What branch of science that studies about Earth and its movement?

Answer 1

Geology

Question 2

What do you call a break in a rock along which movement has occured?

Answer 2

Fault

Question 3

Referred to a rigid section of lithosphere that move as a unit

Answer 3

Plates

Question 4

First type of seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic station

Answer 4

Primary waves

Question 5

A theory which suggest that Earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various way, thus producing earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and other geologic features

Answer 5

Plate Tectonic Theory

Question 6

A boundary in which two plates move toward each other

Answer 6

Convergent boundary

Question 7

A region where the crustal plates are moving apart

Answer 7

Divergent boundary

Question 8

A boundary produced when two plates slide past each other

Answer 8

Transform Fault Boundary

Question 9

Which plate boundary is formed between Philippine plate and Eurasian Plate?

Answer 9

Convergent boundary