12. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of 31.

31. What do ancient glacier scars found in rock surfaces in Africa tells about its climate in the past?
mountains? a. The continents have not moved.
a. mountain arc b. mountain chain c. mountain range d. mountainous b.Africa has always been near the equator.
13. What should you NOT DO during an earthquake? c .Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.
a. cover your head b. duck under the table c. park your car d. run to a tall tree d.Africa was once covered with ice sheets but did not move ever since.
14. Why is it important to be aware of places prone to earthquakes? 32. Which of the following increases with distance from the mid-oceanic ridge?
a. to identify what crop must be stored c. to locate where to stay best a. The age of oceanic lithosphere. c. The thickness of the lithosphere.
b. to identify when to evacuate d. to perform necessary precautions b. The density of oceanic lithosphere. d. All (A, B, & C)
15. How do you describe the locations of earthquake epicenters, mountain rangers, and moving 33. What strong evidence discovered by our scientist that Earth's magnetic reversal had been
plates in the Pacific Ring of Fire? They are _____. happening in the past?
a. all over the place c. located in the same location a. The magnetic reversal occurrence is supported by magnetic patterns in magnetic rocks found
b. concentrated in one area d. strategically plotted in clusters on the ocean floor.
16. The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________. b. The ages of the rocks on the ocean floor are constantly changing.
a. lithosphere b. asthenosphere c. core d. continents c. The magnetic field of the Earth becomes weaker.
17. The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________. d. The Earth's magnetic field is fluctuating.
a. Magnetic Reversal b. Plate Tectonic c. Continental Slope d. Continental Drift 34. Which of the following increases with distance from a mid-ocean ridge?
18. When a plate is denser, it subducts toward the mantle and forms magma. This process ends up a. the age of oceanic lithosphere c. the depth to the sea floor
in the formation of ______. b. the thickness of the lithosphere d. all of the above
a. mountain range b. trenches c. volcanoes d. faults 35. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates
19. An event that may take place on the water surface when a great force pushes a significant over the asthenosphere?
amount of water upwards. a. All the continents will cease to exist.
a. ocean wave b. typhoon c. tsunami d. ocean tide b. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
20. Which of the following DOES NOT describe a convection process? c. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
a. the handle of a metal pot is hot while cooking c. a sea breeze d. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world.
b. boiling of macaroni pasta d. ocean water in the surface is warmer 36. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
21. Which of the following has a faster movement of molecules? a. The oceanic crust has a greater density.
a. hot materials b. warm materials c. cold materials d. room temperature materials b. The oceanic crust is pulled downward by Earth’s magnetic field.
22. Which of the following has a lesser density in a convection cell? c. The oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge.
a. warm fluid materials c. room temperature fluid materials d. The continental crust has a denser composition.
b. cold fluid materials d. hot fluid materials 37. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that
23. In a convection current, hot materials move ______________. facilitates this movement?
a. any direction b. sideward c. upward d. downward a. Gravitational force of the moon c. Convection current in the mantle
24. The region in which one plate moves under another is _______________. b. Magnetic force at the poles d. The force of the atmosphere
a. rift valley b. subduction zone c. magma chamber d. vent 38. Describe the thickness of sediments near and far from the mid-oceanic ridge:
25. A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding a. The sediments are thinner near the ridge but thicker as you go far from it.
down _________. b. The sediments are thicker near the ridge but thinner as you go far from it.
a. slab pull b. ridge push c. convection current d. seafloor spreading c. The thickness of the oceanic sediments near and far from the ridge is the same.
26. Which of the following is NOT a method of heat transfer?
a. condensation b. convection c. conduction d. radiation
27. The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is known 39.
as _____.
a. Pangaea b. Continental drift c. Plate tectonics D. Seafloor spreading
28. Wegener suggested that coal beds discovered in Antarctica indicated that this continent was
______.
a. once underwater. b. once near the equator c. always frozen. d. part of Africa
29. ___________ help explain why Earth is not getting any larger even though the tectonic plates
are always moving.
a. Earthquakes b. Fossils c. Subduction zones d. Volcanoes
30. If there are MORE mid-ocean ridges than subduction zones, what happens to the ocean?
a. It gets larger. b. It sinks c. It gets smaller d. Nothing will change
 40. Why is the Earth not getting bigger despite the fact that molten materials are gradually coming out
the mid-oceanic ridge?
a. Because everything is being consumed in the subduction zone.
b. Because of the faster rate of movement of materials from the ridge.
c. Because older oceanic materials are pushed away and slowly consumed in the subduction zone. SUMMATIVE TESTS IN SCIENCE 10
d. Because the rate of coming out of new oceanic materials and destruction of older oceanic crust SY 2020-2021
are the same. 1. Predict what geologic features could result out of this plate boundary. (three possible answers)

PERFORMANCE TASKS IN SCIENCE 10

SY 2020-2021 A.
Perform the following performance tasks. The scoring rubric will be used in assessing your outputs. B.
A.Evacuation Plan C.
1. Draw a floor plan or rough draft of your house. Label each room. These can be your exit points during
calamities or emergencies. Label them properly. Color the exit points green.
3. Locate possible hazards or hindrances like tall cabinets, fire or electricity sources, glass objects, or
hanging objects that may drop. Draw their exact positions in your house. Label them properly. Color them
red.
2. In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while
4. From your bedrooms or sleeping areas, identify the most common safe exit point for your entire family.
volcano C is the farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?
Then draw a blue arrow from these sleeping areas going to the identified safest exit.
a. Volcano A is older than C c. Volcano B is the youngest
5. Identify the specific locations of your medicine/emergency kit, fire extinguisher, Go bags, and important
b. Volcano B is the oldest d. Volcano B is the youngest than C
documents. Draw them also in your plan. Label them properly. Color them yellow.
3. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on
B. Awareness Campaign
that island?
1. Collaborate with any of your siblings, parents, cousins, or friends to make these awareness
campaigns: slogan, poem, song/jingle, or poster about natural calamities. Focus on natural calamities a. Convergent
that often occur in your locality. b. Divergent
2. Your material can be in English, Filipino, or your mother tongue. Avoid foul or vulgar words in your c. normal fault
content. d. transform fault
3. Limit your content to the size of one long bond paper.
4. If you choose to make song/jingle indicate the tune you are going to use and the name of the artist who
popularized the song. 4. Plates A and B show a divergent boundary. If plate C is adjacent to both plates and does not
5. Make your final output as presentable as possible observing neatness and readability. show any relative motion, what type of plate boundary is present between A and C?
6. You may opt to have a picture of your slogan, poem, and poster, or record your song or jingle and __________
upload it to any social media platform to spread more awareness. 5. What geologic event is most likely to happen at the given type of plate boundary in number 4?
C. Plate Tectonic Model a. Earthquake c. rift valley formation
Make a plate tectonic model showing the plate boundaries and plate movements. Cutouts of b. Mountain formation d. volcanic eruption
plate boundaries are provided on the last page of the module 6. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
1. Cut the drawings on the next page and form models of plate boundaries. Paste-on a piece of a coupon a. Hot spot b. ocean ridge c. rift valley d. volcanic arc
bond. 7. Where are most volcanoes situated?
3. Put arrows to show the motion of the plates. Color the models with the desired color. A. along fault lines C. near mountain ranges
4. Label the models such as Convergent Boundary, Divergent Boundary, Transform-Fault Boundary. B. concentrated on continental edges D. under the oceanic crust
5. Label each model with Volcanic arc, Trench, Island volcanic chain, Oceanic plate, Continental plate, and Matching Type: Match Column A with columns B and C
Magma. A B C
D. Mantle Convection Pamphlet Type of Plate Boundary Relative Motion of the Plates Geologic Features/Events
Let’s use these materials: paper folder cut in half (do not cut along the fold), paper, Earth Present
Science book, ruler, scissors, glue stick or paste, pencil, and colored pencils or markers 8. Divergent a. Moving away from each Earthquakes
Let’s do it this way: other
1. Make a Mantle Convection Pamphlet 9. Convergent b. Moving towards each other Mountains, volcanoes,
2. The pamphlet must include the following focus questions: trenches and earthquakes
a. What causes convection currents? 10. Transform fault c. Sliding past each other Rif valleys, oceanic ridges and
b. What causes convection currents in Earth's mantle? earthquakes
11. Which of these phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates?
a. have the same thickness everywhere c. thickest in the mountain regions
b. include the crust and upper mantle d. vary in thickness