Summative Test in Science 10 50: I. Multiple Choice

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Summative Test in Science 10 50
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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. What theory states that Earth’s outermost layer is fragmented on large and
small plates that are moving on another while riding atop a hotter and more
mobile material known as the asthenosphere?
a. Plate Tectonic Theory c. Continental Drift
Theory
b. Mantle Convection d. Tectonic Theory
Theory
2. The Greek word “tekton” means
a. Laborer c. Carpenter
b. Farmer d. Fisherman
3. It is a feature that exists when two tectonic plates move away from each
other.
a. Convergent d. Convergent-convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform fault
4. It occurs where two plates are pushing toward each other. Here, the crust is
destroyed and recycled back into the interior of Earth while one plate dives
under another.
b. Divergent
c. Transform fault
5. It is a zone between two plates that slide horizontally past one another.
b. Divergent
c. Transform fault
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Prepared by: Janine F. Rocero
Lezo Technical College
6. What is the scientific study and the processes that shape landforms?
a. Topography c. Biology
b. Geomorphology d. Astrology
7. It is typically a low lying triangular area located at the mouth of rivers where it
meets an ocean, a sea, or an estuary.
a. Dale c. Peninsula
b. Delta d. Meander
8. 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 c. Loess
b. Dunes d. Mushroom rock
9. This landform is a low-lying area of land between hills or mountains that is

usually formed by the actions of rivers and glaciers.
a. Meander c. Peninsula
b. Mesa d. Valley
10. It is a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall as a
result of compression.
a. Normal c. Strike-slip
b. Reverse d. Focus
11. This are mounds or small hills made up of sand. They maybe dome shaped,
crescent shape, star-shaped, linear-shaped or parabolic.
a. Dunes c. Mesas
b. Mushroom rock d. Buttes
12. It is also called byland or biland, is a piece of land that projects into a body of
water and is connected with the mainland
a. Meander c. Peninsula
b. Mesa d. Valley
13. It also called “gorge” is a deep ravine between cliffs that is often carved from
the landscape by a river, wind or glacier.
a. Canyons b. Hills

c. Delta d. Sea Cliffs
14. The word Orogenesis came from the Greek word oros for ___________ and
genesis for “creation”.
a. Valley c. Volcano
b. Mountain d. Landform
15. It is also called table mountains
a. Mesas c. Plateaus
b. Hills d. Mushroom Rock
II. Matching Type

Direction: Match column A with the correct answer on column B. Write only the
letter of answer on the blank provided before each number.
Column A Column B
1. The shaking of the Earth as a result of the A. Reverse Fault

breaking or shifting of the rocks of the tectonic
plates and it occurs along the boundaries of tectonic
plates, which collide, push each other, or slide past
each other.
2. Instrument used to detect and record vibrations sent B. Delta

out by earthquakes even at great distances from the
epicenter
3. This is also called rock pedestal and a natural occurring C. S-wave

rock that resembles the shape of a mushroom.
4. It is considered as the longest mountain chain in the world. D. Earthquakes

5. Landforms created from exclusively erosional and E.
Erosional landforms
weathering activities
6. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the F. Mushroom

Rock
footwall as a result of compression.
7. This type of mountain ranges does not form because of the G. Aeolian
Landforms
Earth’s internal activity but because of rock erosion or
weathering.
8. A type of seismic wave that produces up-and-down waves H. Seismograph

and side-to-side motion that cause buildings to heave and sway
9. A typically a low-lying triangular area located at I. Erosion-

Formed Mountain
the mouth of rivers where it meets an ocean, a sea, or an estuary. Range
10. A type of landforms which formed by the chemical and J. Andes

mechanical action of the wind
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Name: ______________ Section: _

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9. This landform is a low-lying area of land between hills or mountains that is

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II. Matching Type

1. The shaking of the Earth as a result of the A. Reverse Fault

2. Instrument used to detect and record vibrations sent B. Delta

3. This is also called rock pedestal and a natural occurring C. S-wave

4. It is considered as the longest mountain chain in the world. D. Earthquakes

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6. A fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the F. Mushroom

8. A type of seismic wave that produces up-and-down waves H. Seismograph

9. A typically a low-lying triangular area located at I. Erosion-

10. A type of landforms which formed by the chemical and J. Andes

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