Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Schools Division of Aurora
District of Casiguran
TINIB-CALANGCUASAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
SCIENCE 10
S.Y. 2019-2020
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“The LORD detests dishonest scales, but accurate weighs find favour with Him” –Proverbs11:1
“The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keep watch on the wicked and the good.” –Proverbs15:3

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Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. What makes up the lithosphere?
a. Continental crust c. Oceanic crust and continental crust
b. Crust and upper mantle d. Upper mantle
2. Miners dig into the earth in search for precious rocks and minerals. In which layer is the deepest
exploration made by miners?
a. Crust b. Inner core c. Mantle d. Outer core
3. How do you compare the densities of the earth’s crust, mantle and core?
a. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than the crust.
b. The mantle is less dense than both the core and the crust.
c. The mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the crust.
d. The mantle is denser than both the core and the crust.
4. If you are the cartographer, what will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
a. Ocean depth c. Shape of the continent
b. Position of the south pole d. Size of the Atlantic Ocean
5. An S-wave shadow zone is formed as seismic waves travel through the Earth’s body. Which of the
following statements does this S-wave shadow zone indicate?
a. The inner core is solid c. The mantle is solid
b. The inner core is solid d. The outer core is solid
6. Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who hypothesized that the earth was once made up of a single
large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did Wegener proposed?
a. Continental drift theory c. Plate Tectonics
b. Continental shift theory d. Seafloor spreading
7. Which observation was NOT instrumental in formulating the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?
a. Depth of the ocean c. Magnetization of the oceanic crust
b. Identifying the location of glacial deposits d. Thickness of seafloor sediments
8. As a new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, the old seafloor farthest from the ridge is destroyed.
Which of the stated processes describes how the oceanic crust plunges into the earth and destroyed at the
mantle?
a. Convection b. construction c. diversion d. subduction
9. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and Eurasian plate?
a. Convergent b. divergent c. reverse fault d. transform fault
10. What do you expect to find mid-ocean ridge?
a. Relatively young rocks c. thick accumulation of sediments
b. Reverse fault d. very ancient rocks
11. If you will visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you
not expect to see?
a. Acitive volcanoes c. rift valleys
b. Mountain ranges d. volcanic island
12. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust
because it is
a. Denser than the continental crust c. thicker than continental crust
 b. Mountain ranges d. volcanic island
13. Which of these is false true about crustal plates?
a. Have the same thickness everywhere
b. Include the crust and upper mantle
c. Thickest in the mountain region
d. Vary in thickness
14. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid molecules are __________?
a. Hydrophilic b. neutral c. hydrophobic d. zwitter ions
15. Which of the following groups are all classified as polysaccharide?
a. Sucrose, glucose and fructose c. glycogen, sucrose and maltose
b. Maltose, lactose and fructose d. glycogen, cellulose and starch
16. Amino acids are building blocks of which groups of biomolecules?
a. Proteins b. carbohydrates c. lipids d. nucleic acid
17. In which organs are glycogen stored in the body?
a. Liver and spleen c. liver and vile
b. Liver and muscle d. liver and adipose tissue
18. When digesting a complex carbohydrate, water is added and simple sugar is obtained through which
process?
a. Photosynthesis b. condensation c. hydrolysis d. dehydration
19. Which of the following sugars are the components of maltose?
a. Glucose and galactose c. glucose and fructose
b. Fructose and galactose d. glucose and glucose
20. Which of the following sugars are the components of lactose?
a. Glucose and galactose c. glucose and fructose
b. Fructose and galactose d. glucose and glucose
21. The sugar in RNA is ___________, the sugar in DNA is _______________.
a. Deoxyribose, ribose c. ribose, phosphate
b. Ribose, deoxyribose d. ribose, uracil
22. Which of the following elements is NOT present in carbohydrates?
a. Carbon b. oxygen c. nitrogen d. hydrogen
23. Which of the following biomolecules contain only the elements carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
a. Carbohydrates and lipids c. proteins and nucleic acids
b. Lipids and proteins d. nucleic acids and carbohydrates
24. Which of the following statements about collisions is correct?
a. Reaction will occur even without collision of molecules.
b. All colliding particles have the same amount of energy.
c. Only fast-moving particles collide with each other.
d. Reactions can happen if the colliding particles have enough energy.
25. Fresh fish and meat that are not stored in a refrigerator show signs of spoilage in less than a day. What
has caused this spoilage?
a. Temperature changes c. presence of microorganisms
b. Oxygen in the air d. all of the above.
26. What happens during chemical reaction?
a. Atom are destroyed c. elements are destroyed
b. Atoms are rearranged d. new elements are produced
27. How a chemical equation is balanced?
a. Changing subscript c. adding coefficients
b. Erasing elements as necessary d. adding elements as necessary
28. What determines an atom’s ability to undergo chemical reactions?
a. Protons b. neutrons c. innermost electrons d. outermost electrons
29. Jane can still pump air in the party balloon even though it is already inflated. What explain this
phenomenon?
a. Balloons look better if its size is bigger
b. Balloons are made up of plastic
c. The air inside the balloon is hot
d. Air molecules can be compressed
30. Which of the following samples is highly compressible at high pressure and expandable at high
temperature?
 a. Oxygen gas b. aluminium sheet c. water d. ice
31. Which example has particles that can be drawn closer to occupy smaller volume?
a. Fruit juice b. block of wood c. air inside the syringe d. ice cube
32. Which of the following phenomena does not involve the application of gas pressure?
a. Burning of fuels b. falling leaves c. vulcanizing tire d. rising hot air balloon
33. How can you possibly prove that gasses have negligible mass?
a. Put a balloon in a digital balance before and after you fill it with air
b. Feel the weight of the samples on both hands
c. Asks two persons to hold a box filled with air
d. Support your claim through equation
34. What happens to the density of a gas as its volume decreases at constant pressure and temperature?
a. Decreases b. increases c. stays the same d. unpredictable
35. What gas law best explains the explosion of the heated aerosol container?
a. Boyles Law b. combined gas law c. Charles law d. Ideal gas law
36. What gas law explains the mechanism of gas compressor?
a. Boyles Law b. combined gas law c. Charles law d. Ideal gas law
37. What gas law explains the relationship among the volume, pressure, temperature and the number of
moles of gases?
a. Boyles Law b. combined gas law c. Charles law d. Ideal gas law
38. Which of the two protists is better adapted to competition?
a. P. aurelia b. P. caudatum c. both of them d. none of them
39. Which of the following causes a decreasing wildlife population in most of the places in our country?
a. Loss of limiting factors c. loss of habitat
b. Loss of natural disturbances d. loss of carrying capacity
40. Which of the following statements supports the idea that extinction is necessary?
a. To give way for other organism to develop
b. To let other organisms evolve and progress
c. To know who is the fittest
d. All of the above
41. Why organisms with close biochemical similarities show stronger evolutionary relationship?
a. They have varied and different ancestry
b. They have similar pattern during their early stage of development
c. They have common ancestor and have the same kind of proteins
d. They possess same vestigial structure that made their evolutionary relationship closer.
42. In what era can the oldest fossils be found?
a. Cenozoic b. Mesozoic c. Paleozoic d. Pre Cambrian
43. Where can most of the fossils be found?
a. Sedimentary rock b. granite rock c. lava flows d. black soil
44. Which of the following statements DOES NOT describe evolution?
a. Evolution is continuous ` c. the wold is stable and unchanging
b. Evolution refers to change d. if there is mutation, there is evolution
45. According to evolutionists, which is the best test to show the relatedness of two organisms?
a. Similarity in development c. similarity in structure
b. Similarity in courting behaviour d. similarity in genomic DNA
46. What do you expect to find mid-ocean ridge?
c. Relatively young rocks c. thick accumulation of sediments
d. Reverse fault d. very ancient rocks
47. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid molecules are __________?
b. Hydrophilic b. neutral c. hydrophobic d. zwitter ions
48. Which of the following elements is NOT present in carbohydrates?
b. Carbon b. oxygen c. nitrogen d. hydrogen
49. Fresh fish and meat that are not stored in a refrigerator show signs of spoilage in less than a day. What
has caused this spoilage?
c. Temperature changes c. presence of microorganisms
d. Oxygen in the air d. all of the above.
50. Which of these is false true about crustal plates?
a. Have the same thickness everywhere
b. Include the crust and upper mantle
c. Thickest in the mountain region
d. Vary in thickness