People
Who first expedition to circumnavigate the globe and became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean?
Ferdinand Magellan
movement or vibration of a part of the earth's crust,
Earthquake
___________ is the study of volcanoes.
Volcanology
It is the sudden release of energy due to breaking of earth's crust.
Earthquake
The highest peaks in the Western Hemisphere are found in which mountain range?
The Andes Mountains
Who suggested there are two layers in the mantle, each of which are in motion, controlling the movement and behaviour of the tectonic plates above?
Dan McKenzie
What do you call a region of the Earth's mantle where hot blasts may form and erupt as volcanoes on the crust above?
Hotspot
The “Volcano” word came from “_________”, the Roman god of fire.
Vulcan
The point wherein the break occurs.
Focus
Which continent hosts the Atlas Mountains?
Africa
Who is often credited as the first to develop a theory of plate tectonics, in the form of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
3
Volcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire were formed by __________ tectonic plates.
converging/ convergent
West valley fault system is a fault line that extends between these places in Luzon, from Bulacan to________.
Laguna
Which mountain range is not part of the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Himalayas
Who published the theory of evolution by natural selection in 1859, when the world hadn’t even heard of plate tectonics?
Charles Darwin
The point where movement occurred which triggered the earthquake is the _______ .
Focus
__________ is a stratovolcano on the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Located in the province of Sorsogon in the Bicol Region,
Mount Bulusan
The ___________ are situated in Europe across eight countries including France, Monaco, Italy, Austria, and Germany.
Alps mountain ranges
Which mountain is the smallest of the peaks listed below?
Mount Kosciuszko (Australia)
Who is credited with discovering and defining the Mohorovicic Discontinuity?
Andrija Mohorovičić
Body waves consist of the_________
P and S waves
What is the highest point on the planet and the largest known volcano in the solar system?
Earthquakes occur along _________, which are fractures between blocks of rock that allow the blocks to move relative to one another.
faults
The ___________ is the longest mountain range in the Philippines
Sierra Madre