Sto.

Tomas, National High School

Patac, Sto. Tomas, La Union

FIRST QUARTER
PERIODICAL EXAM
SCIENCE
GRADE 10
Name: ______________________________________________ Score: __________________
Year& Section: _______________________________________ Date: ___________________
DIRECTION: Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided before the number.

_____1. Earth’s lithosphere consists of layers. Which of the following layers make up the Earth’s lithosphere?

A. crust and upper mantle C. crust and inner core

B. inner core and outer core D. mantle and outer core

____2. According to the plate tectonics, what do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?

A. fault B. fissure C. fracture D. plate

_____3. What do you call the shaking of the ground?

A.Earthquake B.Volcanic eruption C.Tsunami D.Typhoon

_____4. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?

A. Continental Drift Theory C. Seafloor Spreading Theory

B. Plate Tectonics Theory D. Big Bang Theory

_____5. The Earth is compost of different layers. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

A. crust B. mantle C. inner core D. outer core

_____6. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of mountains?

A. mountain area B. mountain chain C. mountain range D. Mountainous

_____7. The waves created by earthquakes that travel through Earth’s interior and along Earth’s surface are called

A. energy wave B. light waves C. seismic waves D. sound wave

_____8. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?

A. Relatively young rocks C. Thick accumulating of sediments

B. Reverse fault D. Very ancient rocks

_____9. Who formulated the Plate Tectonic Theory

A. Alfred Wegener B. Isaac Newton C. Thomas Edison D. Alexander Graham Bell

_____10. What do you call the Hot molten material found inside the volcano?

A. Lava C. Mantle Plume

B. Magma D. Volcanic Ash

_____11. What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building have in common?

A. They occur suddenly. C. They result from plate motion.

 B. They cause major disaster. D. They are measured by seismograms.

_____12. The Earth is compost of different layers. What is the innerrmost layer of the Earth?

A. Crust B. Mantle C. Inner core D. Outer core

_____ 13.Which statement about the Earth’s crusts is CORRECT?

A. Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.

B. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.

C. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.

D. Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.

_____14. Why is Philippines prone to experience earthquakes?

A. It is within the Pacific Ring of Fire.

B. The Philippines is in tropical area.

C. It has plenty of stored energy in the crust part.

D. The Pacific Ocean causes daily shaking of the archipelago.

_____15. What best describes the distribution of an earthquake’s epicenter?

A. The location of an earthquake’s epicenter can be used to define plate boundaries.

B. Plate tectonic activity has nothing to do with the earth’s tectonic activity.

C. The epicenter of an earthquake is derived from micro seismic data.

D. None of the choices.

_____16. What best describes the distribution of an earthquake’s epicenter?

A. The location of an earthquake’s epicenter can be used to define plate boundaries.

B. Plate tectonic activity has nothing to do with the earth’s tectonic activity.

C. The epicenter of an earthquake is derived from micro seismic data.

D. The location of epicenter of an earthquake are in the continents.

_____17. What best describes the distribution of an earthquake’s epicenter?

A. The location of an earthquake’s epicenter can be used to define plate boundaries.

B. Plate tectonic activity has nothing to do with the earth’s tectonic activity.

C. The epicenter of an earthquake is derived from micro seismic data.

D. None of the choices.

_____18. Which statement BEST describes the location of majority of earthquake epicenters relative to the location of volcanoes around
the world?

A. They are far adjacent.

B. They are always 3 kilometers away from each other.

C. They are situated at the same location.

D. They are not necessarily relevant

_____19. How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters, and volcanoes?

A. Mountain ranges are found in places between where volcanoes and earthquake epicenters are also situated.

B. Mountain ranges are found in places where volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also situated.

C. Mountain ranges are found only in places where earthquake epicenters are situated.

D. Mountain ranges are found only in places where volcanoes are situated.

_____20. There are two types of earth’s crust. Which of the following statement about the Earth’s crusts is TRUE?

A. Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.

B. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.

C. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.

D. Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.

_____21. Based on the distribution of volcanoes, how are Volcanoes formed?

A. They have nothing to do with earthquake.

B. Volcanoes are formed near where plates collide and in the ocean.

C. Volcanoes are not formed where plates collide but do form in the oceans.

D. Volcanoes are formed near where plates collide and are not formed anywhere else.

_____22. The Philippines is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is made up of several thousand Islands Arc. How are the islands
in the Philippines formed?

A.Philippines is formed by hotspot.

B.Collision between two oceanic plates ..

C.Collision between two continental plates.

D.Collision between oceanic and continental plates.

_____23. Which type of plate boundary moves toward each other

A.Convergent B. Divergent C. Transform-fault D. Volcanic Arc

______24. Which of the following best describes Divergent boundary

A. It moves away from each other C.It slides past each other

B. It moves toward each other D.It floats away

_____25. Which of the following best describes Transform-fault boundary

A. It moves away from each other C.It slides past each other

B. It moves toward each other D.It floats away

_____26. Which of the following fault is the best example for a Transform-fault boundary

A. Mount Everest B. Volcanic Trench C. Meditteranean Fault D. San Andreas Fault

_____27. Which of the following is NOT a result of divergence of plates?

A. Earthquake B. Mid-oceanic Ridge C. Rift Valley Formation D. Volcano

_____28. What is the process by which a plate dives under a less dense plate

process called____________

A. Earthquake B. Subduction C. Tsunami D. Volcanic Eruption

_____29. What happens at the transform – fault plate boundary?

A. Two plates slip horizontally past each other. C. Two plates move in opposite directions toward each other.

B. Two plates are subducted beneath each other. D. Two plates move in opposite directions away from each other

_____30. How do you explain ridge formation?

A. When two plates slide past one another. C. When two continental plates collide called a convergent boundary.

B. When one plate moves underneath another. D. The plates move apart, and magma leaks up and hardens leaving
behind a ridge valley.

_____31. What type of Geological event will occur when two plates slides past on each other?

light?

A. Earthquake B. Mountain building C. Tornado D.Volcanic Eruption

_____32. Which of the following structures will be formed on top of a divergent boundary?

A. Earthquake B. Mountain Trench C.Tornado D. Volcano

_____33. Which of the following structures will be formed on top of a divergent boundary?

A. Earthquake B. Mountain C. Trench D. Volcano

_____34. 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?

A. 3 kilometers B. 30 kilometers C. 300 kilometers D. 3000 kilometers

_____35. How can you keep your self safe from Earthquake?

A. Eat heart-shaped candy C. Sleep 18 hours a day

B. Smoke fumes/cigarettes D. Always listen to the news for any earthquake related events

_____36. One remarkable realization associated with the discovery of seafloor spreading was that _____________

A. The mountains are more dense than then mantle C. The crust of the continents is more dense than the crust of the ocean

B. The rotational poles of the earth have mgrated D. The crust of the oceans is very young relative to the age of the crust of
the continents

_____37. How do you explain ridge formation?

A. When two plates slide past one another. C. When two continental plates collide called a convergent boundary.

B. When one plate moves underneath another.. D. The plates move apart, and magma leaks up and hardens leaving
behind a ridge valley.

_____38. When an oceanic crust converges with a continental crust, a crack between the crusts underwater, called ___________.

A.Lava B. Magma C. Mantle Plume D. Trench

_____39. Which of the following structures will be formed on top of a convergent boundary?

A. Earthquake B. Mountains C. Trench D. Volcano

_____40. In a hotspot,Volcano A is on top of the Mantle plume,Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while volcano C is the farthest. What can
you infer about the ages of the volcanoes

A. Volcano A is older than C B.Volcano is the oldest C. Volcano B is the youngest D. Volcano is younger than C

_____41. Right in the middle of an island,you can find a rift valley.What type of plate boundary exists on that island?

A. Convergent B. Divergent C. Normal fault D. Transform fault

_____42. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake.Which correct sequence of events should you follow?

i.Determine the difference in the arrival time of S and P waves recorded from each of the seismological stations

ii.Use the triangulation method to locate the epicenter

iii.Obtain data from three different seismological stations

iv. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station

A. i, iii, ii, iv B. iii, i, iv, ii C.iii, iv, i, ii D.iv, ii, i, iii

_____43. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?

A. Hot spot B. Ocean ridge C. Rift valley D. Volcanic arc

_____44. What Geologic event is most likely to happen at the given type of plate boundary below

A B

A. Earthquake B.Mountain formation C. Rift Valley Formation D. Volcanic Eruption

_____45. What do you call the process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle?

A. Conduction B. Continental drift C. Convection D. Subduction

_____46. Which of the following is NOT part of the possible causes of plate movement as explained by Plate Tectonics?

A. Earth’s rotation C. Ridge Push

B.Mantle convection D. Slab pull

_____47. If you are a cartographer, what will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
A. Number of islands C. Shape of the continents

B. Position of the north pole D. Size of the oceans

_____48. What cause the movement of Earth’s plates based from most geologists?

A. Conduction C. Earthquake

B. Convection current in the mantle D. Earth’s magnetic field

_____49. Which layer of the Earth does a tectonic plate ride on top of?

A. Asthenosphere B.Inner Core C.Lithosphere D. Lower Mantle

_____50. What are the other theories that is combined with the theory of plate tectonics?

A.Continental Drift and Fossil Theory C. Sea floor spreading and Tidal Theory

B. Continental and Big Bang Theory D. Sea floor spreading and Continental Drift

_____51. Where can you see the result of plate movement?

A. Abyssal plains B.Plate Boundaries C.Plate Centers D.Ocean Margins

_____52. During convection currents in fluid, what happens to the Movement of fluid when heat source is being applied?

A.Change direction C. Eventually stops

B. Continue to move at the same rate as before D. Speeds up

_____53. Why did most geologists reject Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift?

A. They were afraid of a new idea.

B. Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents.

C. Wegener was interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago.

D. Wegener used several different types of evidence to support his hypothesis.

_____54. What does the Greek word ‘Pangaea’ mean?

A. All Earth B. Connected island C. Large continent D. Unified Land

_____55. Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory?

A. Albert Einstein B.Alfred Wegener C. Harry Hess D. Robert Dietz

_____56. Which pair of continents did Wegener notice to have an apparent fit?

A. Australia and Africa B. Australia and North America C. South America and Africa D. South America and Eurasia

_____57. Which of the following was NOT used by Wegener as an evidence for continental drift?

A. Complementary coasts

B. Glacial and coal deposits

C. Magnetic stripes

D. Matching Fossils
_____58. How did the Seafloor Spreading Theory contradict the Wegener’s Continental Drift?

A. It demonstrated that the continents do not move at all.

B. It showed that the ocean is the actual site of tectonic activity.

C. It proved that the continents were not once joined million years ago.

D. It revealed that all new lands came from volcanisms occurring in the continents.

_____59. 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 island of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world

_____60. 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

Prepared by:

ERICA ROSE C. LACHICA

Subject Teacher

Checked by: Verified by:

EDMOND A. RAMIREZ MELLAN T. ACUÑA

Master Teacher-I Head Teacher I- Science Department
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