In what tectonic plate are most of the islands in the Philippines found?

The earth’s lithosphere is divided into huge slabs of solid rock called tectonic plates. Which of the tectonic plates listed below is NOT a major tectonic plate?

What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountains have in common?

Where do most shallow earthquakes originate?

What is the BEST thing to do to prepare for the occurrence of natural hazards like earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions?

What is the basis for classifying the plate boundaries?

Which force operates in the edges of the plate boundaries and resists the motion of the plates?

Why does the basaltic oceanic crust always subduct beneath the granitic continental crust?

Which differentiates a divergent plate boundary from a convergent plate boundary?

What happens when two oceanic plate moves towards each other?

What plates formed the Philippine Island?

Which two plates formed the Himalayas Mountain Ranges?

Which is characterized by plates that move away from each other?

What is formed in a transform boundary?

What happens when oceanic and continental plate move towards each other?

Which term refers to the moving of one plate beneath the other plate due to the difference in density?

Why do two continental plates uplift when it converges?

Which event is most likely to take place first during the convergence of oceanic plate and continental plate?

Which term refers to the landform produced when two continental plates move away from each other?

What happens to magma in the mantle as it is heated up by the core?

Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?

Which theory describes that the Earth’s lithosphere is divide into plates?

Which term is the slow movement of oceanic crust under the continental crust of the Earth’s surface?

The movement of oceanic crusts at the Atlantic Ocean floor produced the mid-oceanic ridge. In which part of the mid-oceanic ridge would the youngest crust be seen?

An evidence that supports Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift is that ____.

It is an event in which Earth’s magnetic field changes direction.

How does magnetic stripping on the seafloor provide evidence of seafloor spreading?

According to Alfred Wegener, two continents seemed perfectly fit when placed near each other. Which continent fits with Africa?

Any trace of preserved remains of an organism is called a ______________.

The process of ___________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean ridge.