DEEP EARTH
What are the pieces of the Earth’s crust called?
PLATES
WHICH IS THE REASON WHY THE PHILIPPINES IS PRONE TO EARTHQUAKES ?
A. WEATHER C. VOLCANOES
B. FAULT LINES D. BODIES OF WATER
VOLCANOES AND FAULT LINES
WHAT TYPE OF STRESS IS MOST LIKELY ACTING ON ROCKS ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED BY THE SCIETIST BEING PULLED APART AND FRACTURED ?
TENSION
THIS MAJOR PLATE WAS ONCE GROUPED AS PART OF SUPERCONTINENT GONDWANA WITH AUSTRALIA AND INDIA , . AFTER ABOUT 100 MILLION YEARS AGO , IT BROKE APRT TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION AT THE SOUTH POLE
ANTARCTIC PLATE
THE FASTEST SEISMIC WAVE THAT TRAVELS THROUGH SOLID , LIQUID AND GAS
PRIMARY WAVES
NAME THE TYPES OF EARTH' CRUST
CONTINENTAL AND OCENIC CRUST
WHERE ARE THE WORLD'S MAJOR VOLCANES AND MOUNTAINS LOCATED ?
ALONG THE EDGES OF CONTINENTS / ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of what kind of boundary?
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARY
THE ____________PLATE IS POSITIONED ALONG THE EAST AFRICAN RIFT ZONE
SOMALI PLATE
HOW MANY SSEISMIC STATIONS ARE REQUIRED TO FIND THE EARTHQUAKE' S EPICENTER ACCURATELY ?
3
CONVECTION
WHICH THEORY STATES THAT THE EARTH'S LITHOSPHERE IS BROKEN INTO PLATES THAT MOVE BY CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THE MANTLE
PLATE TECTONICS THEORY
CHARACTERIZED BY LATERAL DISPLACEMENT , WHERE PLATES GRIND PAST EACH OTHER ALONG STRIKE SLIP FAULTS PRODUCING SHEAR STRESS AND FREQUENT SHALLOW FOCUS EARTHQUAKES WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF THE CRUST
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
THE PACIFIC PLATE FORMS MOST OF _________. A REGION WHICH HAS SOME OF THE MOST VIOLENT AND CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES ON THE PLANET .
PACIFIC RING OF FIRE
What is the correct order of seismic waves as they arrive and recorded in a seismograph?
P waves , S waves , surface waves
WHAT CHARACTERISTICS OF OCEANIC CRUST EXPLAINS ITS SUBDUCTION BENEATH CONTINENTAL CRUST AT CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES ?
OCEANIC CRUST IS DENSER AND THINNER
NAME AT LEAST THREE ACTIVE VOLCANOES IN THE PHILIPPINES ?
MAYON , TAAL AND MT. KANLAON
WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE AFRICAN PLATE AND SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE WHICH ARE SLOWLY PULLING APART UNDER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
DIVERGENT
Which two plates marks the boundary of the Philippine plate?
PACIFIC AND EURASIAN
A technique using three seismograph stations to find the earthquake's epicenter.
TRIANGULATION METHOD
WHAT LAYER LIES BENEATH THE LITHOSPHERE ?
ASTHENOSPHERE
WHAT DOES PHIVOLCS STANDS FOR ?
PHILIPPINE INSTITUTE OF VOLCANOLOGY AND SEISMOLOGY
WHAT TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE INDIAN PLATE AND EURASSIAN PLATE THAT LED TO THE FORMATION OF HIMALAYAS ? (SPECIFIC ANSWER)
CONTINENTAL CONTINENTAL CONVERGENCE
THIS PLATE IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN NORTH AMERICAN AND AFRICAN PLATES ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES
EURASIAN PLATE
WHAT DO YOU CALL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ARRIVAL TIME OF PWAVE AND S WAVE ?
LAG TIME / TIME DIFFERENCE