Geology Board Exam Reviewer - GOP The Philippines: A Complex Plate Boundary Quiz Set D

As I can't really commit to a 100-item practice set, I'll do quizzes of specific course subject of Geology.
Answer key will be provided on May 24, 2020. Thank you.

Geology of the Philippines

The Philippines: A Complex Plate Boundary

Set D

 

1. A forearc basin is developed between the accretionary prism of this subduction zone and Luzon Island.

a. Manila Trench

b. Cotabato Trench

c. Philippine Trench

d. Negros Trench

 

2. The volcanic arc corresponding to this geologic structure can be traced from Bicol to Leyte but unclear in Mindanao.

a. Manila Trench

b. Philippine Fault

c. Philippine Trench

d. East Luzon Trough

 

3. The ________________ enters into collision with the central portion of the Philippine Mobile Belt.

a. Taiwan

b. Mindoro-Panay

c. Moluccas Sea

d. Palawan Microcontinental Block

 

4. The _____________ volcanic arc is linked to the Negros Trench.

a. Luzon

b. East-Philippine

c. Negros-Panay

d. Sulu-Zamboanga

e. Cotabato

 

5. The termination of this east-dipping subduction zone passes into the collision zone of Mindoro-Panay.

a. Manila Trench

b. Cotabato Trench

c. Philippine Trench

d. Negros Trench

 

6. The Philippines is generally interpreted as a collage of _____________________.

a. insular arcs

b. ophiolitic suites

c. continental rocks of Eurasian affinity

d. all of the above

 

7. The subduction along this trench is young as shown by a poorly developed Benioff Zone.

a. Manila Trench

b. Cotabato Trench

c. Philippine Trench

d. Negros Trench

 

 

8. The western slab of this collision dives down to a depth of more than 600 km, one of the deepest in the world.

a. Taiwan

b. Mindoro-Panay

c. Moluccas Sea

d. Palawan Microcontinental Block

 

9. The ______________ volcanic arc is associated with the Philippine Trench

a. Luzon

b. East-Philippine

c. Negros-Panay

d. Sulu-Zamboanga

e. Cotabato

 

10. This is an east-dipping subduction zone opposite of the East Luzon trough.

a. Manila Trench

b. Cotabato Trench

c. Philippine Trench

d. Negros Trench

 

Answer key is here. I advise that you check it out after finishing all sets.

Thanks.