EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

GRADE 10 7. Which type of plate boundary where two continental

plates are grinding past each other horizontally?
Quarter 1
Modules 1-5 A. Convergent C. Transform-Fault
Weeks 1-8 B. Divergent D. Convection

Long Quiz 4 8. What would you expect from an ocean explorer to

discover in the deepest part of the ocean between two
Direction: Read each question and write the letter that separating plates and to what type of plate boundary is
corresponds to the correct answer on a separate it?
sheet.
A. Sea trench, Convergent
1. Which theory states that the movement of plates B. Oceanic ridge, Divergent
along the boundaries would result in the formation of C. Earthquake, Transform fault
volcanoes, mountains and mountain ranges? D. Fracture, Normal fault

A. Continental Drift B. Plate Tectonics

C. Seafloor Spreading D. Convection Current

2. Which are believed to be dragged along during the

rising and sinking of hot molten rock materials in the
mantle?

A. Faults B. Plates
C. Cracks D. Breaks

3. Which is a type of crustal plate that is thinner but

denser than the other crustal plate?

A. Oceanic plate B. Continental plate

C. Major plate D. Minor plate
Figure 1. Colliding between Oceanic
4. Which is not the basis of the scientists in dividing and Continental Plates
the Earth’s tectonic plates?
9. What is the topographic feature at Point X called
A. location and distribution of volcanoes and to what type of plate boundary is it?
B. location and distribution of mountain ranges
C. location and distribution of earthquake epicenters A. Earthquake, Transform fault
D. location and distribution of bodies of water B. Island arc, Convergent
C. Rift valley, Divergent
5. What should you usually do while an earthquake is D. Sea trench, Convergent
taking place?
10. Which type of convergent boundaries would not
A. Run immediately outside result in the formation of volcanoes?
B. Get down and roll on the floor
C. Duck, Cover and Hold A. Continental – Oceanic plates collide
D. Shout for help and continue panic B. Oceanic – Oceanic plates collide
C. Continental – Continental plates collide
Recording Time difference Distance of D. No collision will happen only sliding of plates
Station between the epicenter from
arrival of P- the station 11. Which type of divergent boundaries would result in
wave and S- (km) the formation of a rift valley?
wave (seconds)
Batangas 34.8 435 A. Continental – Oceanic plates separate
Puerto Princess 22 275 B. Oceanic – Oceanic plates separate
Davao 28.4 C. Continental – Continental plates separate
D. No separation will happen
Table 1. Recordings from Three Seismic Stations
12. Which of the following is associated with divergent
6.What is the distance of the epicenter from Davao’s plate margins?
recording station?
A. Deep-focus earthquakes
A. 155 B. 255 B. Volcanoes
C. 355 D. 455 C. Deep-sea trenches
D. Oceanic ridges
 17. What happens to the density of the material in the
mantle when the temperature decreases?

A. With increasing temperature, the material becomes

less dense
B. With increasing temperature, the material becomes
more dense
C. With decreasing temperature, the material becomes
less dense
D. With decreasing temperature, the material becomes
more dense

18. Which period clearly demonstrated that the

Figure 2. Movement of Magma in the Mantle continents were once joined?

13. Which of the following can be explained at Point B
in Figure 2?
A. Plates move apart and an oceanic ridge is
formed
B. Plates move past each other sideways.
C. Plates are not moving.
D. Plates move toward each other and a volcano
is formed.
A. Permian (225 million years)
B. Cretaceous (200 million years)
C. Triassic (132 million years)
D. Jurassic (65 million years)
19. Which of the following evidences does not support
the idea of Continental Drift Theory?
A. Continental fit
B. Unmatching of rocks
C. Fossils of ancient organisms
D. Coal deposits in Antarctica

Figure 3. Blocks representing Tectonics Plates

Figure 4. Seafloor Spreading at Mid-Atlantic Ridge
14. What geologic event may occur between Block C
and Block F? 20. What can you say about the thickness of the
sediments, the age and density of rocks near the
A. Earthquake C. Oceanic ridge ridge?
B. Island arc D. Sea trench
A. The sediments are thinner, making the younger
15. What do you call the hot molten rocks formed rocks less dense
beneath the Earth’s surface? B. The sediments are thicker, making the older rocks
more dense
A. Subducted plate C. Magma C. The thickness, age and density are the same
B. Radioactive D. Hot Plume D. The thickness, age and density are unevenly
distributed
16. What type of material will eventually rise during
convection current in the mantle?

A. Cold material
B. Warm material
C. More dense material
D. Less dense material