Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Region
Division of Siargao
LIBERTAD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Libertad Sta. Monica, Surigao del Norte
First Quarter Exam in Grade 10 Science
SY 2019-2020
Name: ______________________________________________________Date:__________
Year & Section:_______________________________________________Score:_________

MULTIPLE CHOICES. Select the keyword that uniquely fits the test stem. Write the letter of your choice on the
space provided; use capital letters.

_______1. What is the consequence of moving crustal plates which is crucial in studying plate tectonic?
A. Typhoon B. Earthquake C. Foods D. Tsunami
_______ 2. Places on earth where most of the earthquakes originated or some mountains and volcanoes were formed
mark the ________________ of each lithospheric plate.
A. Origins B. Division C. Boundaries D. Segments
_______3. There are three types of plate boundary; what type cause the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct beneath
an overriding plate and allows the two plates to move toward each other.
A. Convergent boundary C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform fault boundary D. Transform fold boundary
______4. A boundary produced by when two plates slide past each other.
A. Convergent boundary C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform fault boundary D. Transform fold boundary
_______5. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that
island?
A. Convergent C. Divergent
B. Normal fault D. Transform fault
________ 6. Who proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass?
A. Afred Wegener C. Harry Hess
B. James Hutton D. Charles Darwin
_______7. What theory suggests that Earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing
earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and other geologic features?
A. Plate Tectonic B. Continental Drift C. Seafloor Spreading D. Big bang
_______8. How are earthquake epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges distributed in the map?
A. Earthquake epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges distributed along the edges of the
continents.
B. Earthquake epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges distributed in the middle of the
continents.
C. Earthquake epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges distributed in the narrow zones.
D. Earthquake epicenter, volcanoes and mountain ranges distributed in the North and South Pole.
______9. Earth’s crust is broken into about 15 pieces, these plates move on top of the of layer found on top of the
upper mantle. What is this layer?
A. Mantle C. Crust
B. Core D. Asthenosphere
_______10. How do you call this mechanical vibrations that occur inside the earth along fault lines which is caused
by the breakage of rocks?.
A. Water waves C. Surface waves
B. Body waves D. Seismic waves
_______11. What is the difference between a surface waves to a body wave?
A. Surface waves travel both in the ground and earth’s interior while body waves cannot.
B. Surface waves travel only in the earth’s surface while body waves travel earth’s interior.
C. Surface waves arrive first at seismic recording stations compared to the body waves.
D. Surface waves are compression waves while body waves are transverse waves.
______12. Which type of waves do you think were useful to seismologists in their study of the Earth’s interior?
A. Love Wave C. Rayleigh Wave
B. Body Wave D. Surface Wave
_______13. What idea led the seismologist to conclude that the outer core is liquid?
A. The idea that S-waves cannot travel through any liquid medium.
B. The idea that S-waves can travel through any liquid medium.
C. The idea that S-waves cannot travel through solid medium.
D. The idea that S-waves can travel through any solid medium.
_______14. What materials make up the inner core?
A. Fe and Ni C. Fe and Mg
B. Ni and Si D. Mg and Ni
_______15. The inner core is solid; what keeps it in a solid phase?
A. This is due to the very high temperature that keeps it compacted together.
B. This is due to the very high pressure that keeps its compacted together.
C. This is due to low temperature that keeps it compacted together.
D. This is due to low pressure that keeps its compacted together.
_______16. There are two type of crust, oceanic crust underlies the ocean basins and it has a mafic composition of
rocks. What is the common example of this type?
A. Granite B. Basalt C. Ruby D. Asphalt
_______17. What is the thickest part of the earth’s layer?
A. Crust B. Mantle C. Inner Core D. Outer Core
_______18.Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in
position between A and B?
A. A few centimeters per year C. A few millimeters per century
B. A few meters per month D. A few millimeters per day

_______19. What is the term used to describe the seismic discontinuity indicating the significant change in
composition in between the crust-mantle boundary?
A. Mafic B. Moho C. Reyleigh D. Love
_______20. What tells us that the inner core is made up of iron and nickel?
A. Iron is magnetic and nickel is less dense.
B. Iron and Nickel have both the same densities.
C. Iron and nickel are both dense and magnetic.
D. Iron and nickel are both less dense and magnetic in nature.

_______21. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do
your study, you notice that there is portion in the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What
most likely is that deeper part?
A. Trench B. Linear sea C. Rift valley D. Oceanic ridge
_______22. There are three types of plate boundary; what type cause the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct beneath
an overriding plate and allows the two plates to move toward each other.
A. Convergent boundary C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform fault boundary D. Transform fold boundary
________23. As a new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, the old seafloor farthest from the ridge is destroyed.
Which of the stated processes describes how the oceanic crust plunges into the Earth and destroyed at the mantle?
C. A. Convection B. Diversion C. Subduction D. Construction
________24. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass. What is the name of
the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?
A. Eurasia B. Laurasia C. Pangaea D. Gondwanaland
________25. Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
A. Charles Darwin and James Hutton
B. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz
C. John Butler and Arthur Smite
D. Vine and D. Mathews
________26. What clues are useful in constructing Pangaea?
A. The edges of the continents C. The position of the oceans
B. The middle of the continents D. The position of the pacific ocean
________27. what the Earth looked like 220 million years ago?
A. A big landmass supercontinent Pangaea
B. A big landmass supercontinent Laurasia
C. A big landmass supercontinent Eurasia
D. A big landmass supercontinent Gondwanaland
________28. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the
asthenosphere?
A. All the continents will cease to exist.
B. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
C. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
D. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world
________29. If you are a cartographer, what will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
A. Ocean depth
B. Position of the south pole
C. Shape of the continents
D. Size of the Atlantic Ocean
__________30. Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and minerals; if you are to dig the earth, in which
layer is the deepest explorations you will made?
A. Crust B. Inner core C. Mantle D. Outer core
_________31. According to plate tectonic model, the entire Lithosphere of the earth is broken into numerous
segments called plates. How many plates are there including the large and smaller ones such as Philippine plate?
A. 15 C. 12
B. 17 D. 7
________32. Predict what geologic features could result out of this plate boundary.

C. A. Oceanic ridges B. Rift valleys C. Mountains D. Trench

__________33. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3 cm per year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread in a
million years?
D. A. 3 kilometers B. 300 kilometers C. 30 kilometers D. 3000 kilometers

_________ 34. The layer of the earth is made up different elements. What element is the most abundant in the earth’s
crust?
A. Fe C. O
B. Mg D. Si
__________ 35. What layer of the earth made up mostly of iron, describe as very hot and comprise 1/3 of the earth’s
mass?
A. Mantle C. Crust
B. Core D. Asthenosphere
___________36. The earth’s layers can be compared similar to an egg; Which of the following does not match in the
pair?
A. Shell=Crust C. Egg white= Mantle
B. Egg white=Asthenosphere D. Yolk= Core

Study the figures below showing a plates that are converging, and answer the questions that follow.

Item # 37-39

______37. What do you call this molten materials that flick upward?
A. Magma B. Lava C. Igneous rocks D. Sedimentary rocks
______38. Describe what happens to plate A as it collides with Plate B?
A. Plate A bends downward C. Plate A bent upward
B. Plate A bulge upward D.Plate A flattens equally with plate
______39. In terms of consequences on the earth’s lithosphere, how will you compare this type of convergent plate
boundary with the other two?
A. No subduction process will takes place and mountains are formed instead of volcanoes.
B. No subduction process will takes place and volcanoes are formed instead of mountains.
C. Subduction process will takes and oceanic ridges are formed instead of trenches.
D. Subduction process will takes and oceanic ridges are formed instead of trenches.

Item # 40 continental-continental convergence

________40.If the edge of Plate A flicks upward, a large amount of water may be displaced. What could be formed at
the surfaced of the sea?
A. Volcanoes B. Tsunami C. Surface waves D. Body waves

__________41. Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and minerals; if you are to dig the earth, in which
layer is the deepest explorations you will made?
A. Crust B. Inner core C. Mantle D. Outer core
__________42. Who proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass?
A. Afred Wegener C. Harry Hess
B. James Hutton D. Charles Darwin
__________43. Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
A. Charles Darwin and James Hutton
B. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz
C. John Butler and Arthur Smite
D. F. Vine and D. Mathews

Item # 44-46 Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence

_______44. What process will occur out of this plate movement?

A. Condensation B. Evaporation C. Subduction D. Convection
_______45. What geologic process will occur between two plates in oceanic-oceanic convergence?
A. Mountains B. Trenches C. Valley D. Oceanic ridges

_______46. Plates A and B shows a divergent boundary. If plate C is adjacent to both plates and does not show any
relative motion, what type of plate boundary is present between A and C? __________________
A. Convergent boundary C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform fault boundary D. Transform fold boundary

__________47. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this
movement?
A. gravitational force of the moon C. convection current in the mantle
B. magnetic force at the poles D. the force of the atmosphere

_______48. If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangaea?
A. It remained as a supercontinent.
B. It would have become as it is today.
C. It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.
D. It would have stretched and covered the whole world.

_______49. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the
asthenosphere?
A. All the continents will cease to exist.
B. Volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
C. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
D. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world.

______50. Which of the following diagrams best illustrates the convection occurring in the mantle?

A. C.

B. D.