Science 10

First Unified Quarter Examination

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Directions: Read and understand the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct
answer and blacken the circle that corresponds to the letter of the correct answer on the answer
sheet.

While on your way to school, you have noticed a crack on the ground. Your teacher
1.
explained that the crack is caused by the movement of the ground due to a sudden
release of energy when rocks along a fault move.

What geologic event is described in the statement?

A. eruption B. tsunami C. earthquake D.
subduction
2. What is the type of plate boundary wherein two plates slide or grind past each
other?
A. convergent B. normal fault C. divergent D.
transform fault

3. The Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate are example of two plates that move
towards each other.

What type of plate boundary was exhibited by Philippine plate and

Eurasian plate?
A. convergent B. divergent C. normal fault
D. transform fault

4. Which statement describes movement exhibited in the divergent plate

boundary?
A. moving towards each other. C. moving away from each
other.
B. sliding passed each other D. grinding with
each other

5. What geologic feature is formed on top of the mantle plume in a hot spot?
A. earthquake C. mountain formation

B. volcanoes D. rift valley formation

6. Which geologic feature is the effect of the separation of the two plates?
A. oceanic ridge B. volcano C. island arc D. trench
7. Which statement is NOT a characteristic of P-wave?
A. It is the fastest wave.
B. It is a kind of transverse wave.
C. It can travel through solid, liquid and gas.
D. It vibrates parallel to the direction of wave motion.

8. The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak, and

plastic like layer.
Which layer is described in the statement?
A. Asthenosphere B. Atmosphere C. Lithosphere
D. Mantle

9. What is the theory which suggest that the Earth’s crust is made up of plates that
interact in various ways, thus producing Earthquakes, mountains,
volcanoes and other geologic features?
A. Convection current theory C. Plate tectonics theory
B. Continental drift theory D. Seafloor spreading
theory

10. In which layers of the Earth does convection current occurs?

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

11. Who suggested an explanation of seafloor spreading theory in the early 1960’s ?
A. Robert Dietz & John Butler C. James Hutton & Robert
Dietz
B. Harry Hess & Robert Dietz D. Alfred Wegener & Harry Hess

12. Which evidence DOES NOT support the theory of continental drift?
A. sinking of lithospheric plate C. continental jigsaw
puzzle
B. changes in climate patterns D. evidences from fossils

Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who hypothesized that the Earth was
13. once made up of a single large landmass.

Which theory did Wegener proposed?

A. Continental drift theory C. Plate tectonics theory
 B. Continental shift theory D. Seafloor spreading
theory

14. Which show data is needed to determine the distance of the epicenter as
registered in the seismogram?
A. the arrival time of the surface waves
B. the difference in the arrival times of the P and S-waves
C. the ratio of the amplitude of the largest P and S-waves
D. the speed of the surface waves.

15. Which describes the plate boundaries of the two plates that move apart?
A. North American and Eurasian plates at the mid-atlantic ridge.
B.South American and Nazca plates at the Chilean trench.
C. North American and Pacific plates at San Adreas Fault.
D. Philippine and Eurasian plates that move towards each other.

For questions number 16-18, write the letter of the correct answer and base your
answers on the diagram below.

16. What type of plate boundary is indicated by the letter D?

A. transform fault B. divergent C. convergent D.
subduction

17. What type of crustal interaction is indicated by the letter E?

A. divergence B. subduction C. continental rifting D.
sea-floor spreading

18. Which feature is likely to form at location C?

 A. a trench B. a lake C. volcanoes D. an island

19. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley.

What type of plate boundary exists on this island?

A. convergent B. divergent C. normal fault D. transform
fault

20. What are the indications that the crust is spreading or splitting in a divergent
plate boundary?
A. volcanoes and volcanic eruptions C. rift valleys and ocean
ridges
B. deep and shallow earthquake D. mountain buildings and
trenches

21. You visited a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates.

Which of these should you NOT expect to see?

A. active volcanoes B. mountain ranges C. rift valleys D. volcanic
islands

22. Which statement best describes surface waves?

A.Surface waves are primary waves and secondary waves.
B.Surface waves can only travel through the surface of the Earth.
C.Surface waves can travel through the Earth’s inner layers.
D. Surface waves are compressional and transverse waves.

23. An S-wave shadow zone is formed as seismic waves travel through the Earth’s
body.

Which statement does this S-wave shadow zone indicates?

A. The outer core is liquid.
B. The inner core is solid.
C. The mantle is solid.
D. The inner core is liquid.

24. The Small Scale Miners in Sibutad, dig into the Earth in search for precious
rocks and minerals.

In which layer is the deepest explorations made by miners?

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

25. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly.

Which describes the driving force that facilitates this movement?

A. gravitational force of the moon B. magnetic force at the poles
C. convection current in the mantle D. the force of the
atmosphere

26. Which is the correct explanation of the possible cause of plate movement?
A. new materials is being added to the asthenosphere.
B. earthquakes break apart the ocean floor.
C. sediments accumulate at the area of spreading.
D. molten material beneath Earth’s crust rises to the surface.

27. The following are lines of evidence that supports plate movement:
1. The shape of the continents 3. Ages of Rocks
2. Rock formation 4. Magnetic Reversal

Which of the evidences could NOT be used as evidence of the Continental

Drift Theory?
A. 2 and 3 only C. 1 only
B. 3 and 4 only D. 4 only

28. Below is a diagram showing the direction of plate movement.

What possible geologic feature could result out of this plate boundary?
A. volcano B. rift valley C. ocean ridges D.
fault

29. Which diagram illustrates the movement exhibited by divergent plate

boundaries? B
A. .

C D
. .
30. Philippine plate and Eurasian shows a convergent boundary. The plate C is
adjacent to both plates and does not show any relative motion.

What geologic event is most likely to happen at the plate boundary of

plate B and C?
A. Earthquake
B. Rift valley
C. Mountain formation
D. Volcanic eruption

31. What is the rate of spreading in centimeter per year if the Atlantic Ocean
spreads at a distance of 5, 500, 000 cm in 2.5 million years?
A. 2.0 cm/year B. 2.1 cm/year C. 2.2 cm/year
D. 2.3 cm/year

32. Which diagram best illustrates the convection occurring in the mantle?
A. B. b. C. c. D.

33. Which is NOT the bases of the scientist in dividing the Earth’s lithospheric
plates?
A. location and distribution of volcanoes
B. location and distribution of bodies of water
C. location and distribution of mountain ranges
D. location and distribution of earthquake epicenter

34. Which statement best describes how convection brings material to the surface at
divergent plate boundary?
A. Material expands and rises when heated because the density of
material decreases.
B. Material contracts and rises when heated because the density of
material increases.
C. Material expands and rises when cooled because the density of
material decreases.
 D. Material contracts and rises when cooled because the density of
material increases.

35. The Philippines has trenches in the western and eastern seas.

What type of plate boundary exhibited by this geologic feature?

A. convergent B. divergent C. normal fault
D. transform fault

36. In a Hotspot, Mayon Volcano is on top of the mantle plume, Taal Volcano is
located in between Kanlaon Volcano and Mayon Volcano and Kanlaon Volcano
is the farthest.
What can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?
A. Mayon Volcano is older than Kanlaon. C. Kanlaon Volcano is the
youngest
B. Mayon Volcano is the oldest. D. Taal Volcano is younger than
Kanlaon.

37. Which is NOT true about the Philippine islands?

A. Most are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt except for Palawan, Mindoro and Zamboanga
Peninsula.
B. Formed because of the divergence of the Philippine plate and the Eurasian
plate.
C. Originated geologically in an oceanic-oceanic convergence.
D. Some were products of subduction process.

38. Which statement DOES NOT tell us that the inner and outer core of the Earth is
made up of iron and nickel?
A. Iron and nickel are both dense and magnetic.
B. The overall density of the Earth is much higher than the density of the rocks
in the crust.
C. The Earth and the meteorite have the same density, thus the Earth’s
mantle has the same density as the meteorite without its iron.
D. Iron and nickel cannot be found in the Earth surface.

39. What does the refraction of the P-waves indicate?

A. change in density of the Earth’s layer
B. change in direction of the P-waves
C. The presence of liquid layer of the Earth
D. The different composition of the Earth’s layer

40. What usually happens to magma after it was formed at the Earth’s crust?
A. becomes new seafloor.
B. spreads equally in all directions.
 C. increases in density and sinks to the core.
D. rises through the cracks in the crust.
41. Which observation was NOT instrumental in formulating the hypothesis of
seafloor spreading?
A. Rocks near the ridge are younger than those farther from the ridge
B. Rocks at the continents are older than those at the ocean floor
C. Magnetic rocks near the ridge follow a pattern similar to the needle of
magnetic compass
D. Identifying the location of glacial deposits in the rocks in the seafloor.

42. When plates drift away from each other, is the Earth getting larger and wider?
Why?
A. Yes, because the continents continue to move away from each other so
there’s an expansion
B. Yes, because for them to continue drifting, they need a wider space for
them to move
C. No, because the mass and the volume of the earth remains constant.
D. No, because if there is production of new seafloor, there’s also a
destruction of an old seafloor

43. What do the fossils tell us about the early positions of the continents?
A. continents were once connected
B. animals were big enough to walk across deep oceans
C. plant seed were scattered by the birds all over the continents
D. there are bridges between the continents for the animals to pass by

44. If the earthquake took place at a far greater distance, seismologists use the
distance-time graph in determining the location of the epicenter.

How would you describe the importance of determining the epicenter

of an earthquake?
A. pinpoints which fault lines are active and inactive.
B. plays a vital role in laying the foundations of plate tectonics.
C. determines active fault lines that are due to experience a major
earthquake.
D. both A and B.

45. Which statement describes the distribution of active volcanoes, earthquake

epicenters and major mountain belts? They are
A. all situated in the Pacific ring of fire only.
B. located at the faults near the equator only.
C. not randomly distributed and situated at the same locations.
 D. distributed randomly and situated anywhere around the world.

46. What are the pros and cons to Pangaea if all the inner layers of the Earth are
firm solid,?
A. Probably might have stretched and covered the whole world
B. Probably it will slowly disappeared in the ocean
C. It would have become as it is today and the future is affected
D. It remained as a supercontinent and cannot be disintegrated

47. How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core? The
mantle is
A. less dense than the core but denser than the crust
B. less dense than both crust and the core
C. denser than the core but less dense than the crust
D. denser than both the core and the crust

48. A recent earthquake occurs in Zamboanga Sibugay and your teacher assigned
you to locate the epicenter.

Arrange the correct sequence of events in tracing the epicenter.

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 center.
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, iv, i, ii C. iii, i, iv, ii D. iv, ii, i, iii

49. Which is the correct sequence of events happen in the seafloor spreading?
A. Molten material flows sideways carrying the seafloor away from the
ridge creates a crack.
B. The magma flows out of the crack, cools down and creates new
seafloor.
C. Hot, less dense material from the mantle rises to the surface of the
crust.

A. A,B,C B. B,C,A C. C,A,B D. B,A,C

For question number 50,

The diagram below shows a cross-section of converging oceanic plates.

50. Which explains the geologic process that will occur in the plate movement shown in
the diagram above?
A. Volcanoes will form at the surface of plate B.
B. Plate B undergoes subduction process.
C. Earthquake will not occur between the two plates.
D. Oceanic ridges will form at the surface of plate A.