SCIENCE 10

Summative Test – 1st Quarter

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MELC 3. Explain the different processes that occur along the plate boundaries.
MELC 4. Describe the possible causes of plate movement.
MELC 5. Enumerate the lines of evidence that support plate movement.

DIRECTIONS: Write the letter of the correct answer on the table below. Use CAPITAL LETTER only.

1 6 11
2 7 12
3 8 13
4 9 14
5 10 15

1. Based on the current position of the continents, in what general direction did Antarctica drift away from
Pangaea?

A. East B. West C. North D. South

2. What makes up the earth’s lithosphere?
A. Crust C. Crust and upper mantle
B. Mantle D. Core and lower mantle

3. Which of the following plate interactions is most likely to form a mountain range?
A. a transform boundary between ocean plates
B. a transform boundary between continental plates
C. a convergent boundary between continental plates
D. a subduction zone between a continental plate and an ocean plate
4. What is the underlying force that drives plate tectonics?
A. ocean tides C. the rock cycles
B. volcanic eruptions D. convection current
5. Scientists believe that differences in ____ causes hot, plastic -like rock in the asthenosphere to rise toward
Earth’s surface.
A. density C. weight
B. force D. magnetism
6. Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
A. Harry Hess B. Alfred Wegener C. Isaac Newton D. Galileo
7. What does the theory of continental drift state?
A. The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
B. Continents are stationary and do not move
C. The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
D. The Earth is made of landmass that are not moving
8. Convection current are powered by
A. motion B. pressure C. heat D. density

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9. What happens when a continental plate and an oceanic plate collide?
A. Continental plate subduct beneath the oceanic plate.
B. Oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate.
C. Continental plate moves away from the oceanic plate.
D. Oceanic plate rises above the continental plate.

10. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates. Which of these should you
NOT expect to see?
A. Active volcanoes C. Rift valley
B. Mountain Ranges D. Volcanic islands

11. Which of the following is a result of the collision of two continental plates?
A. Himalayan Range C. Mount Mayon
B. Mid-Ocean Ridge D. Rift Valley

12. What is most likely to occur when two plates slide pat each other?
A. Fault C. Rift
B. Mountain D. Volcano

13. Which of the following provide evidence for seafloor spreading?

A. The pattern of seafloor ages and the pattern of seafloor magnetic stripes.
B. The pattern of seafloor magnetic stripes and the ages of continental rocks.
C. Explosive stratovolcanoes and rock drilling.
D. Floating continents and the ages of continental rocks

14. What evidence did Wegener use in his theory?

A. Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces 
B. Glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
C. Mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
D. all of the above

15. The entire cycle of heating occurring in the mantle is called

A. air current C. convection currents
B. compound currents D. heat current

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