Science 10

First Unified Quarter Examination

Name: _______________________________________________ Grade: ________________

School: ______________________________________________ Score : ________________

Directions:
Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on the space provided before the number.

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 once made
___13.
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 Zamboanga Sibugay, 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?
A. B
.

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.