SANTA IGNACIA ACADEMY, INC.

Santa Ignacia, Tarlac

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
1st Quarter
SCIENCE 10

Name: _____________________ Score: ____________

Grade & Section _____________ Date: _____________

Direction: The phrases in the box are characteristics of the layers of the Earth. Rewrite the phrases in the space
provided below the layers of the earth that they are describing.
Thinnest layer The only liquid layer
Hottest layer Thickest layer
Composed of Aluminum and Silicon Composed of ferro-magnesium silicate
Composed of Iron and Nickel Circulates the convection current
Solid center of the planet

Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core

TEST II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

1. Which of the following is NOT true about the internal structure of the Earth?
a. It is made up of four main layers.
b. It has boundaries between the layers.
c. Its temperature and pressure are the same in every layer.
d. It changes due to plate tectonics.

2. What will happen first when heat in the core rises toward the mantle?
a. When the magma reaches the surface of the crust it becomes lava.
b. It produces earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
c. The convection current moves in a circular motion because of the different temperature.
d. The lithosphere will sink.

3. The following statements are correct about lithosphere EXCEPT .

a. It is the crust and the uppermost layer of mantle.
b. It is where the tectonic plates lie.
c. It contains of magma.
d. It contains different plate boundaries.
4. Which of the following is CORRECT about divergent boundary?
a. It forms mountains. c. It creates ocean ridges.
b. It forms volcanoes. d. It creates faults.

5. The following statements are true in convergent boundaries EXCEPT .

a. It is the collision of two plates. c. It has a subduction zone.
b. It forms rift valleys. d. It forms volcanoes.

6. What will happen in a collision of continental and oceanic plates?

a. It forms mountains. c. It creates ocean ridges.
b. It forms volcanoes. d. It creates faults.

7. Which of the following statements is TRUE about transform boundary?

a. two plates that move away from each other.
b. two plates crashing together.
c. collision of oceanic plate and continental plate.
d. two plates passing through each other.

8. Which of the following is NOT correct about plate boundary?

a. It is the movements of plate tectonics.
b. It is either diverging, converging and transform movements.
c. It is the creation of new oceanic crust.
d. It creates different landforms.

9. It is the plate boundaries usually found at the right angles to the mid-ocean ridges.
a. convergent boundaries c. transform boundaries
b. divergent boundaries d. convection boundaries

10. Which of the following is NOT true about convection current?

a. It is a movement of materials caused by difference in their temperature.
b. It occurs in the mantle.
c. It causes the movement of plate boundaries
d. It creates different landforms.

11. Which is NOT a safe thing to do during an earthquake?

a. Keep calm c. Take the elevator
b. Hide under a solid table d. Stay away from glass windows

12. The following are necessary to pack/bring in your earthquake preparedness EXCEPT .
a. flashlight b. canned goods c. medicines d. mirror

13. Which of the following is CORRECT thing to do after an earthquake?

a. Duck, Cover and Hold c. Prepare an emergency kit
b. Be prepared for aftershocks d. Hide under a solid table

14. How do mountain ranges are formed?

a. when two tectonic plates diverge with each other.
b. when oceanic and continental plates collide with each other in subduction zone the
denser plate subducted under the less dense plate.
c. when two continental plates move toward with each other.
d. when mid ocean ridges creates new seafloor.
 15. Which of the following is TRUE about focus?
a. the point on the fault where rupture occurs and seismic energy is released
b. a fracture or break in Earth’s crust where earthquakes are most likely to occur repeatedly.
c. the total amount of energy that released by the earthquake at the focus.
d. the point directly above the focus

TEST III. ENUMERATION

Directions: Enumerate the following.
A. Evidences that support plate movements. Write your answer in the space provided.

B. Name the different types of plate boundaries.

C. Directions: Name the different types of convergent boundaries.