Volcanoes
Located in a lake and is known for its small but dangerous eruptions.
Taal Volcano
The surface above the origin of earthquake (focus).
epicenter
The longest mountain range in the Philippines.
Sierra Madre
Also known as destructive plate boundary or collision boundary.
Convergent Plate Boundary
What do you call the supercontinent before according to Alfred Wegener?
Pangaea
Active volcano located in Albay known for its perfect cone shape.
Mount Mayon
A fault wherein hanging wall moves downward in respect to the footwall.
Normal Fault
What mountain range connect Sierra Madre to Cordillera Central?
Caraballo Mountains
Best example of transform fault boundary.
San Andreas Fault
Evidence that shows the Atlantic coast of South America and Africa appear to fit together.
Continental Fit/Jigsaw Puzzle
Active volcano located in the island of Negros.
Mount Kanlaon
It is a measure of the energy released at the source of the earthquake.
magnitude
Located in Northern Luzon and is home to the famous Banaue Rice Terraces.
Cordillera Central
Also known as constructive plate boundary where two plates move apart from each other.
Divergent Plate Boundary
This is the pulling of oceanic lithosphere downward at subduction zones.
Slab Pull
Located in Zambales that erupted last 1991.
Mount Pinatubo
It is a 1,200-km fault zone cutting almost the entire archipelago.
Philippine Fault Zone (PFZ)
What mountain range separates the central plain of Luzon from the South China Sea?
Zambales Mountains
The region or zone where one oceanic plate is pushed below another.
subduction
These are areas with abnormally high volcanic activity that have remained stationary for a very long time.
Hotspots
Potentially active volcano located in the island of Mindanao which also considered as the highest peak of the Philippines.
Mount Apo
A fault wherein hanging wall moves upward in respect to the footwall.
Reverse Fault
Located in the northern central part of Bukidnon province wherein its highest peak is Mount Dulang-dulang.
Kitanglad Mountain Range
What type of convergent plate boundary forms mountain ranges?
Continental-Continental Convergence
Theory stated that oceanic crust forms along the mid-ocean ridge system and spreads out laterally away from them.
Seafloor Spreading Theory