TAGASAKA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Tagasaka, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
SCIENCE 10

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each statement carefully and write the letter of the correct answer.

A. EARTH SCIENCE 12. Which wave lie at the center of the electromagnetic
1. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually spectrum?
subducts beneath the continental crust because it is a. radiowave
a. denser than continental crust b. ultraviolet rays
b. less dense than continental crust
c. visible light
c. thicker than continental crust
d. gamma rays
d. thinner than continental crust
13. He showed that a current carrying wire behaves like a
2. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along
converging plates, which of these should you magnet
NOT expect to see? a. Ampere c. Oersted
a. active volcanoes c. rift valleys b. Faraday d. Maxwell
b. mountain ranges d. volcanic islands 14. Wave speed can be computed by
3. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor a. dividing frequency and wavelength
on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, b. adding frequency and wavelength
you notice that there is a portion in the ocean floor which is
c. multiplying frequency and wavelength
relatively much deeper than the rest. What most likely is
that deeper part? d. subtracting frequency and wavelength
a. linear sea b. oceanic ridge c. rift valley d. trench 15. What is the constant speed of electromagnetic waves?
4. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge? a. 3.0 x 107 c. 3.0 x 108
a. relatively young rocks c. thick accumulation of sediments b. 6.0 x 10 8 d. 6.0 x 106
b. reverse fault d. very ancient rocks 16. It refers to a bundle of wave energy.
5. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is a. magnitude c. photons
the expected average rate of change in position between
b. amplitude d. electric field
A and B?
a. a few centimeters per year 17. Which type of radio wave band has the frequency range of
b. a few meters per month 30 – 300 GHz?
c. a few millimeters per century a. ELF c. EHF
d. a few millimeters per day b. VLF d. SHF
6. Which of these is false about lithospheric plates: 18. RADAR stands for Radio ____________ and ranging.
a. have the same thickness everywhere
a. detention c. detection
b. include the crust and upper mantle
c. thickest in the mountain regions b. direction d. division
d. vary in thickness 19. The type of radiation that is emitted by all objects.
7. In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, a. x-rays c. infrared
Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while Volcano C is the b. UV rays d. light
farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the 20. It is used by banks to check the signature on a passbook
volcanoes? a. light c. UV rays
a. Volcano A is older than C c. Volcano B is the youngest
b. infrared d. x-rays
b. Volcano B is the oldest d. Volcano B is younger than C
8. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. 21. . What kind of mirror is used in automobiles and trucks to
What type of plate boundary exists on that island? give the driver a wider area and smaller image of
a. convergent traffic behind him?
b. divergent a. Plane mirror c. Concave mirror
c. normal fault b. Convex mirror d. None of the above
d. transform fault 22. What type of mirror do dentists usually use to see clearly
9. Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and
the images of our teeth?
minerals. In which layer is the deepest explorations made
by miners? a. Plane mirror c. Concave mirror
a. Crust b. Inner core c. Mantle d. Outer core b. Convex mirror d. None of the above
10. How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, 23. As indicated by the hands of the clock without numbers,
mantle, and core? the real time is 9:30. What is the time indicated in its
a. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than image if the clock is placed in front of a plane mirror.
the crust.
a. 2:30 c. 9:30
b. The mantle is less dense than both the core and the
crust. b. 3:30 d. 10:30
c. The mantle is denser than the core but less dense than 24. If you stand in front of two adjacent large mirrors (at 90 o
the crust. angle), how many images will you see?
d. The mantle is denser than both the core and the crust. a. 1 c. 3
11. In the visible spectrum, which color has the longest b. 2 d. 4
wavelength than green? 25. If you placed a number chart in front of a plane mirror, what
a. blue b. violet c. orange d. indigo
numbers will you read properly in the mirror?
a. 0, 1, 6, 8, and 9 c. 6 and 9
b. 0, 1, and 6 d. 0 and 8
C. BIOLOGY
26. What endocrine gland is located inside the thyroid? 41. The rate of reaction increases as the temperature
a. adrenal c. parathyroid increases. Which of the following statements provides the
b. b. gonads d. pineal best explanation for this?
27. Which condition is caused by lack of iodine? a. At lower temperatures the particles do not collide
a.dwarfism c. goiter with each other.
b. giantism d. tumor b. At higher temperatures the particles have more
28. Which gland is located on top of both kidneys? energy, move faster, and collide more often.
a. adrenals c. parathyroid c. Higher temperature has higher activation energy.
b. b. gonads d. pineal d. Increasing the temperature increases the number
of particles, so they collide more often.
29. Which gland is located behind the stomach? 42. Which of the following statements about collisions is
a. pancreas c. thyroid correct?
b. pituitary d. testes a. Reaction will occur even without collision of
30.Which is also referred to as the chemical messenger of the molecules.
body? b. All colliding particles have the same amount of
a. blood c. hormones energy.
b. b. bones d. nerves c. Only fast-moving particles collide with each other.
31. Which organ does not belong to the human nervous d. Reactions can happen if the colliding particles have
system? enough energy.
a. body nerves c. pancreas 43. During a chemical reaction,
b. brain d. spinal cord a. atoms are destroyed
32. What is the disease caused by lack of insulin? b. atoms are rearranged
a. diabetes c. giantism c. elements are destroyed
b. dwarfism d. goiter d. new elements are produced
33. What is the other name of nerve cells?
a. axon c. neuron 44. A chemical reaction is a process in which
b. dendrite d. pathway a. all reactants change state
34. What organ sends and receives messages to and from all b. products change into reactants
parts of the body? c. the law of conservation of mass applies
a.brain c. cerebrum d. all of these
b. cerebellum d. medulla oblongata 45. What determines an atom’s ability to undergo chemical
35. What do you call any information received by the nervous reactions?
a. protons
system?
b. neutrons
a. news c. response c. innermost electrons
b. question d. stimulus d. outermost electrons
46. How is a chemical equation is balanced?
D. CHEMISTRY a. changing subscripts
36. Jane can still pump air in the party balloon even though it is b. erasing elements as necessary
already inflated. What explains this phenomenon? c. adding coefficients
a. balloons look better if its size is bigger d. adding elements as necessary
b. balloons are made up of plastic 47. What are the products in the equation below?
c. the air inside the balloon is hot Zn + CuSO4 -----> ZnSO4 + Cu
d. air molecules can be compressed a. Zn and Cu
37. What is most likely to happen when an aerosol can is b. Zn and CuSO4
heated? c. ZnSO4 and Cu
a. the can will be deformed d. Zn only
b. the can will stay the same
c. the can will eventually explode
48. The sugar in RNA is _____________, the sugar in DNA is
d. the can will tarnish
________.
38. A balloon with a volume of 200 mL at 30°C is submerged in
a. deoxyribose, ribose
hot water to obtain a temperature of 50°C. Find out what will
b. ribose, deoxyribose
happen to the volume of the balloon, provided the pressure
c. ribose, phosphate
remains the same.
d. ribose, uracil
a. the volume of the balloon will become higher than
200 mL
49. Which of the following is a correct pair?
b. the volume of the balloon will become lower than
A. glucose: disaccharide
200 mL
B. sucrose: monosaccharide
c. the volume of the balloon will stay the same
C. starch: polysaccharide
d. there is no enough data
D. triglyceride: polysaccharide
39. Quicklime ( CaO ) is used as a drying agent. When water is
added to this, slaked lime Ca(OH)2 is formed. What type of 50. What transformation can take place in an improvised
reaction is this? generator?
a. combination a. mechanical energy into electrical energy
b. single displacement
b. electrical energy into mechanical energy
c. decomposition
d. double displacement c. alternating current into direct current
40. Fresh fish and meat that are not stored in a refrigerator d. direct current into alternating current
show signs of spoilage in less than a day. What has caused
this spoilage?
a. temperature changes
b. presence of microorganisms
c. oxygen in air
d. all of the above