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First Quarter Examination in SCIENCE Grade Ten

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ______________ Score:
Section: ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ______________
General Instruction: 1. Read and understand each direction.
2. Write only the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
3. Use uppercase letter.

______1. Among the following plate, which plate does not belong?
A. North American Plate C. Eurasian Plate
B. Indonesian Plate D. Antarctic Plate E. None of these
______2. It is the theory that the earth’s lithosphere is composed of a mosaic of rigid plates that are relative in motion.
A. Plate Boundary C. Asthenosphere
B. Earthquake D. Plate Tectonic E. None of these
______3. Plate Tectonic can affect humans in many important ways. Which of the following is not true?
A. It causes earthquakes C. It causes mountain building
B. It causes volcanism D. It causes forest fires E. None of these
______4. The super continent Pangaea broke into smaller continents, the Gondwanaland and ______________.
A. Laurasia C. Arctic
B. Eurasia D. Antarctic E. None of these
______5. Which of the following are indications of tectonic activity?
A. The shape of many continents are such that they look like they are separated pieces of jigsaw puzzle.
B. The plate move which maybe only centimeters per century.
C. Many fossils comparisons along the edges of the continent that look like they fit together suggest species
similarities that would only make sense if the two continents where oined at some point of the past.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
______6. What causes plate to move?
A. Convection along the mantle C. Gravity of the earth
B. Density of the different rocks D. Composition of the rocks E. None of these
______7. It refers to a large wave that moves up and down instead of forwad.
A. tsunami C. flood
B. seiche D. landslide E. None of these
______8. A/n _____________ is a sudden motion or trembling of the earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly
accumulated energy in rocks.
A. focus C. earthquake
B. strike-slip D. fault E. None of these
_______9. What is the order in which seismic waves are recorded by a seismometer?
A. S-wave, P-wave, surface wave C. P-wave, S-wave, surface wave
B. surface wave, P-wave, S-wave D. S-wave, surface wave, P-wave E. None of these
_______10. Which of the following is true about mountains?
A. no top or summit
B. lower than its surrounding
C. higher to its surrounding
D. formed through tsunami
E. None of the above
_______11. Why some volcano considered as mountain?
A. It has steep and sloping side. C. It measures 600 meters above the sea level
B. It is a highland area. D. All of these E. None of these
_______12. It is the longest mountain ranges in the world.
A. Himalayan C. Great Dividing Range
B. Andes D. Rocky Mountains E. None of these
_______13. Earth’s crust is broken into large section called tectonic plates. Which type of scientist studies the movement
of Earth’s tectonic plate?
A. geologist C. meteorologist
B. astronomer D. oceanographer E. All of these
_______14. It is a point on the earth surface directly above the focus is called __________?
A. epicenter B. focus C. locus D. fault E. None of these
_______15. All of the following event can be triggered by an earthquake except?
A. landslide C. tsunami
B. large cracks on the ground D. fire E. None of these
_______16. It is a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall as a result of compression.
A. normal B. reverse C. strike-slip D. focus E. None of these
_______17. What do we call the types of earthquake happens when the shifting of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden
release of energy within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
A. collapse B. explosion C. tectonic D. volcanic E. None of these
_______18. Which of the following describe normal fault?
A. a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall as a result of compression
B. a fault in which the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall as a result of extension
C. a fault in which two blocks of crust slide past each other on the same plane.
D. all of the above
E. none of these
_______19. Which of the following is responsible in the activity of volcano?
A. PAG-ASA
B. PHILVOCS
C. DENR
D. DOST
E. All of the above
_______20. What are faults?
A. cracks in Earth that store energy which can cause Earth to move
B. the point inside Earth at which an earthquake occurs
C. a fracture in Earth along which NO movement has occurred
D. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake focus
E. None of the above
_______21. What is a tectonic plate?
A. liquid magma
B. technical term used for dinnerware
C. lava flowing into the ocean
D. the movable crust on top of the earth’s mantle
E. All of the above
_______22. It is the highest mountain system and also the youngest in the world.
A. Alps B. Andes C. Himalayas D. Rocky Mountains E. None of these

For numbers 23-29. Label the major plates.

A. Antarctic Plate B. North American Plate C. Pacific Plate

D. South American Plate E. Indo-Australian Plate F. Eurasian Plate

G. African Plate

________ _________ _________

23 24

27 26

29
28

25

_________ _________ _______ _______

_______30. In which of the following plate boundary types does San Andreas Fault belong?
A. convergent B. divergent C. transform D. seismic E. none of these
_______31. What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
A. volcano B. mountain C. rift D. island arc E. none of these
_______32. What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
A. mid-ocean ridge B. mountain C. rift d. island arc E. none of these
_______33. What are two common features found at convergent ocean-ocean plate boundaries?
A. volcanoes and islands
B. earthquakes and deep ocean
C. volcanic island arcs and deep ocean trenches
D. volcanic island arcs and coral reefs
E. all of the above
_______34. Which type of boundary is known for causing big earthquakes?
A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. fault E. none of these
_______35. Which of the following words/phrases would correctly fill in the blank? Continental Drift and Sea-floor
spreading were combined into the new more recent theory of ______________.
A. Hess B. Pangae C. Plate Tectonics D. Wegener E. none of these
_______36. The Himalayas occur along convergent boundary where
A. continental crust meets continental crust.
B. continental crust meets oceanic crust.
C. oceanic crust ,meets oceanic crust
D. transform motion occurs.
E. all of the above
_______37. What type of tectonic plate boundary occurs where two plates slide past each other creating a fault?
A. convergent boundaries C. Transform boundaries
B. Divergent boundaries D. all of the above E. none of the above
_______38. At what type of plate boundary do mountains and volcanoes often form?
A. convergent boundaries C. Transform boundaries
B. Divergent boundaries D. all of the above E. none of the above
_______39 Where you can find The Great dividing Range?
A. Asia C. Australia
B. Africa D. Antarctica E. none of these
_______40. What is the other term for divergent plate boundary?
A. Constructive plate boundary C. Conservative plate boundary
B. Destructive plate boundary D. Both A and B E. none of these
_______41. Which of the following is NOT included?
A. Mount Fuji C. Mt. Arayat
B. Mt. Mayon D. Taal lake E. none of these
_______42. It is the fastest kind of seismic wave that can move through solid rock and fluids and pushes and pulls the
rock it moves through.
A. Love wave B. P-wave C. Rayleigh wave D. S-wave E. none of these
_______43. Which of the following mountain range forms a waterdhed?
A. The Alphs C. Rocky Mountains
B. The Appalachians D. The Great Dividing Range E. none of these
_______44. It is a type of an earthquake happens when the shifting of earth’s plate are driven by the sudden release of
energy within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
A. collapse earthquake C. volcanic earthquake
B. tectonic earthquake D. explosion earthquake E. none of these
_______45. What do we call a fault in which two blocks of crust slide past each other on the same plane.
A. reverse fault B. normal fault C. strike-slip fault D. hanging fault E. none of these
_______46. It is a molten rock found below the surface of the earth.
A. Lava B. Larva C. Mana D. Magma E. none of these
_______47. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and other natural disasters occur because of the movement of the oceanic and
continental plates. What causes these plates to move?
A. the flow of the liquid metals in the outer core
B. the flow of the hot material in the middle mantle that causes convection currents
C. the breaking up of the crust
D. the movement of the hot, solid metals in the inner core
E. none of the above
_______48. Long cracks in ocean basins where sections of tectonic plates slide past each other are __________.
A. transform boundaries C. convergent boundaries
B. divergent boundaries D. plate tectonics E. none of these
_______49. When does triple junction occur?
A. when two oceanic plates meet at one point
B. when oceanic plate diverge from one another
C. when more than two continental plates meet at one point
D. when two continental plates meet at one point
_______50. Aeolian landforms are formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind. Which of the following
does not belong to this classification?
A. buttes B. dunes C. loess D. mushroom rock E. none of these
_______51. This landform is low-lying area of land between hills or mountains that is usually formed by the actions of
rivers and glaciers.
A. meander B. mesa C. peninsula D. valley E. none of these
_______52. It is a landform typically a low-lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, a
seas, or an estuary.
A. sea cliffs B. meander C. delta D. peninsula E. none of these
_______53. It is a scientific study of landforms and the processes that shape them.
A. Topography B. Geography C. Paleontology D. Geomorphology E. none of these
_______54. What do we call a landform that created from exclusively erosional and weathering activities?
A. Aeolian Landform C. Mountainous Landform
B. Erosional Landform D. Coastal Landform E. none of these
_______55. It is a landform bordered by water on three sides.
A. meander B. sea cliffs C. delta D. peninsula E. none of these
_______56.which of the following is not included?
A. mesas B. buttes C. canyons D. dunes E. none of these
_______57. It is the high rocky coasts that plunge down to the edge of the sea.
A. canyon B. butte C. sea cliff D. gorge E. none of these
_______58. It an Aeolian landform predominantly silt-sized sediment formed by the accumulation of windblown dust.
A. loess B. mushroom rock C. dunes D. canyon E. none of these
_______59. Over what surface do lithospheric plates move?
A. lower mantle B. outer mantle C. inner core D. asthenosphere E. none of these
_______60. What is the difference between inner core and outer core?
A. outer core is the hotter than the inner core
B. outer core is solid while the inner core is liquid
C. inner core is mainly consist of molten iron and significant element like sulfur, oxygen and hydrogen while outer
core is mainly consist of solid and mainly consist of iron and nickel.
D. outer core is mainly consist of molten iron and significant element like sulfur, oxygen, and hydrogen while
inner core is mainly consist of solid and mainly consist of iron and nickel.
E. All of the above
_______61. Why oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust and oceanic crust?
A. Continental crust is mostly made up of basalt rocks that makes them less dense than oceanic crust.
B. Oceanic crust is mainly made up of granite rocks.
C. Oceanic crust is mostly made up of basalt rocks.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
_______62. What layer of the earth consists of upper mantle, continental crust and oceanic crust?
A. ionosphere B. mesosphere C. lithosphere D. asthenosphere E. none of these
_______63. It is the hottest part of the earth’s internal structure.
A. outer core B. inner core C. lower mantle D. upper mantle E. none of these
_______64. Where we can found the deepest region of the planet?
A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core E. none of these
_______65. What evidence did Alfred Wegener use in his history?
A. continents and fossil fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces
B. glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
C. mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
_______66. Why was the mesosaurus a significant piece of evidence to Alfred Wegener’s hypothesis?
A. it was a freshwater reptile that was found across the ocean; continents must have been together and drifted
apart
B. They found it all over the world; it must have lived in the ocean
C. The mesosaurus was only found near the equator but was an animal that lived in cold climates.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
_______67. Wegener’s continental drift theory suggests that at 180 million years a single landmass gradually broke into
two big pieces called __________.
a. Pangaea and Panthalassa c. Laurasia and Eurasia
b. Gondwanaland and Laurasia d. Panthalassa and Eurasia e. none of these
_______68. What type(s) of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?
A. Distributions of fossil plants and animals
B. evidence from paleoclimates
C. Geographic fit of the continents and features
D. Paleoclimatic oddities such as glacial till, coral reefs, and coal
E. All of the above
_______69. Why does plate tectonic theory predict about the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes?
A. They should be evenly distributed throughout the earth.
B. They should occur primarily along plate boundaries.
C. They should occur primarily in deep ocean basins.
D. They should only occur along continental margins
E. None of the above
_______70. Which one of the following is true?
A. P-waves travels faster than S waves, but they can’t go through liquids
B. P and S waves are both primary waves
C. S waves can only go through solids.
D. S-waves travel slower than P-waves, and they can’t go through solids.

ENDS HERE……… GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!!