PLATES AND FAULTS
What do we call the plate movement where two plates move away from each other?
Divergent
What does PHIVOLCS mean?
. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
Where do typhoons form?
Ocean
How many planets do we have in our solar system? Name them in order.
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Name the three types of fault
Normal, Reverse, and Strike-slip
Directly above the Focus is where the ____________________ of the earthquake is located.
Epicenter
What does PAGASA means?
Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
What do we call the center of a comet?
Nucleus
What type of fault is responsible of Mountains?
Reverse fault
What scale is used to measure the energy being released from the origin of the focus?
Richter Scale
We use ________ and ____________ to locate the position of the weather systems.
Longitude and Latitude
Give the orbit shape of comets.
Ellipse/Oblong
When these plates move it generates _______________leaving faults in the surface.
Earthquakes
_____________ plates makes up the ocean floor.
Oceanic Plates
Give the SIX storm categories.
Tropical Depression, Low Pressure Area, Tropical Storm, Severe Tropical Storm, Typhoon, Super Typhoon
Outside the atmosphere = Meteoroid
Entered the atmosphere = Meteor
Landed on earth's crust = Meteorite
Which among the cities have higher possibilities to have earthquake often?
City Z
Label the diagram
OK
Due to what pressure causes the warm air rises?
Low pressure
Where would be the tail of the comet in the figure facing?
You are not wrong!