First Quarter Science 10

Summative Test

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Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer.
1.What makes up the lithosphere?
a. continental crust c. crust and the upper mantle
b. oceanic crust and continental crust d. upper mantle
2.Compared to oceanic crust, continental crust is___
a. denser b. thicker c. less variable d. all of the above
3. From the seismogram, the distance to the epicenter can be determined by measuring
a. the arrival time of surface wave
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 wave
4. The point in earth’s interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs is the
a. focus b. epicenter c. fault d. inner core
5. What does a seismograph record?
a. the Mercalli scale rating for an earthquake b. the speed of seismic waves
c. the ground movements caused by seismic waves d. the location of the epicenter
6. Which of the following statements about the scientific basis of plate boundaries is TRUE?
a. Boundaries are only found in the continental crust.
b. Epicenters of earthquakes do not serve as a reference in dividing the Earth’s Lithosphere.
c. The location of volcanoes, mountain ranges, trenches and epicenters are the basis for dividing the
Earth into different plates.
d. Volcanoes are only found in the oceanic crust.
7. Which plate boundary is formed between the Indian and Eurasian plate?
a. convergent b. divergent c. transform d. reverse
8. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position
between A and B?
a. a few centimeters per year c. a few millimeters per year
b. a few meters per month d. a few millimeters per day
9. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a ____.
a. divergent boundary c. transform boundary
b. convergent boundary d. lithosphere
10. A ____ forms where two oceanic plates collide.
a. hot spot c. transform boundary
b. subduction zone d. rift valley
11. Which of the following features would you expect to find at an ocean-continent convergent boundary?
a. deep ocean trench. c. volcanic mountain chain.
b. earthquakes. d. all of these.
12. Oceanic crust Plate A is colliding with Oceanic crust Plate B. What could be formed if Plate B suddenly flicks upward?
a. “hot spot” b. oceanic ridge c. trench d. tsunami
13. Occurrence of a tsunami is due to the convergence between
a. two continental plates b. two oceanic plates
c. oceanic and continental plate d. all of the above
14. You are oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor on east coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, you
notice that there is a portion in the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. Which most likely is that
deeper part?
a. linear sea b. oceanic ridge c. rift valley d. trench
15. Himalayan range is formed because of
a. divergent boundary b. convergent boundary
c. transform fault boundary d. any of the above
16. Which of the following statements about the continent-continent convergent boundary is TRUE?
a. A trench is produced. c. No subduction happens
b. Earthquake does not occur d. Volcanic eruption is observed.
17. Crust destroyed along which of the following boundaries?
a. convergent c. transform
b. divergent d. magnetic
18. Plates move apart at ____ boundaries.
a. convergent c. divergent
b. stable d. transform
19. The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are located ____.
a. near continents c. far from mid-ocean ridges
b. at mid-ocean ridges d. near Asia
20. As the two continental plates move apart in a divergent boundary, what geologic feature will be formed after
millions of years?
a. very tall Mountain Ranges c. linear sea
b. deep ocean trenches d. Volcanic Island Arc
21. What plate boundary is characterized by plates that are sliding past each other?
a. convergent boundary b. divergent boundary
c. transform boundary d. conversion boundary
22. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?
a. convergent b. divergent c. normal fault d. transform fault
23. What geologic event is most likely to happen in transform fault boundary?
a. earthquake b. mountain formation c. rift valley d. volcanic eruption
24. Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?
a. Harry Hess c. Alfred Wegener
b. Pangaea d. J. Tuzo Wilson
25. The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current locations is called ____.
a. continental drift c. magnetic reversal
b. continental slope d. convection
26. Which of the following was the biggest problem with Wegener's Theory of Continental Drift?
a. He could not explain the mechanism for movement of the continents
b. Too many scientists already came up with the same theory
c. All of his evidence turned out to be fake.
d. There is no scientific basis of his study.
27. What evidence found on Africa and South America supports the hypothesis of continental drift?
a. fossils of the same plants and animals c. the shapes of the continental shelves match
b. glacial deposits d. all of the above
28. Seafloor spreading occurs because ____.
a. new material 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
29 In the convection current of a pan of soup, the cooler, denser fluid
a. rises to the top. c. sinks to the bottom.
b. stays where it is. d. stays on top.
30. The downward part of a convection current causes a sinking force that ____.
a. pulls tectonic plates toward one another
b. moves plates apart from one another
c. lifts and splits the lithosphere
d. creates a divergent boundary