The document is a science exam for 6th grade students covering topics in plate tectonics and earth science. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions testing knowledge of concepts like Pangea, seafloor spreading, tectonic plates, volcano types and eruptions, and climate zones. It also includes a short answer question asking students to list safety measures before, during, and after an earthquake.
The document is a science exam for 6th grade students covering topics in plate tectonics and earth science. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions testing knowledge of concepts like Pangea, seafloor spreading, tectonic plates, volcano types and eruptions, and climate zones. It also includes a short answer question asking students to list safety measures before, during, and after an earthquake.
The document is a science exam for 6th grade students covering topics in plate tectonics and earth science. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions testing knowledge of concepts like Pangea, seafloor spreading, tectonic plates, volcano types and eruptions, and climate zones. It also includes a short answer question asking students to list safety measures before, during, and after an earthquake.
The document is a science exam for 6th grade students covering topics in plate tectonics and earth science. It contains multiple choice and true/false questions testing knowledge of concepts like Pangea, seafloor spreading, tectonic plates, volcano types and eruptions, and climate zones. It also includes a short answer question asking students to list safety measures before, during, and after an earthquake.
A. MULTIPLE CHOICES Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Alfred Wegener proposed the existence of a huge landmass called?
a. Panthalassa b. tectonic plate c. crust d. Pangea
2. The word tectonic comes from a Greek word meaning
a. movement b. plate c. builder d. continent
3. The ocean floor is constantly changing through a process called
a. continental drift b. seafloor spreading c. plate tectonincs d. crust
4. To date, scientists have identified ____________ major and minor plates.
a.10 b. 20 c.30 d. 50
5. Seafloor spreading has been used to support a new theory called ___________ a. Mohorovicic b. continental drift c.plate tectonics d. Pangea
6. Magma becomes lava when it reaches a volcano's - _____________
a. vent b. crater c. chamber d. mantle
7. Lava that forms creases and loops when it hardens is called
a. a’a b. pahoehoe c.silica d. lahar
8. A volcano erupts quietly if its magma is low in ______________
a. oxygen b.carbon c.silica d. water
9. In a volcano, magma collects in a packet called_________
a.magma flow b.magma chamber c.magma pipe d. hot spot
10. A string of volcanic islands called __________ can be formed along trench. a.boundary plate b.an island arc c.hot spot d. an old denser plate
Good Luck! Prepared by: Teacher Genelin D. Ajera B. TRUE OR FALSE Directions: Write true if the statement is correct, and false if it is incorrect. Write your answer in the blank provided.
1. The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is nitrogen.__________
2. Large land masses and big bodies of water can also affect the climate of a given place. __________ 3. The doldrums are wind belts around the polar regions.___________ 4. Any moisture that falls from the air to the surface of the Earth is called water vapor._________ 5. Altitude is the weight of the air above sea level.__________ 6. The Philippines has four seasons.____________ 7 Monsoons are seasonal winds.__________ 8. The northeast monsoon is locally known as amihan..___________ 9 The southwest monsoon appears in the Philippines occasionally as early as April and lasts up to November._____________ 10 There are four types of climate in the Philippines.____________
C. RECALL Directions: In your own words, provide safety measures that you will do before, during and after an earthquake. (15 points )
