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a. The rising of less dense materials and


LONG TEST in SCIENCE 10 Quarter 1
sinking of more dense materials
b. The rising of more dense materials and
Name: Score:
sinking of less dense materials
c. The increasing of temperature of the more
Direction: Choose the best answer among the
dense materials
options. Write the letter on your answer sheet.
d. The decreasing of temperature of the less
1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
dense materials
A. crust B. inner core C. mantle D.
12. If an earthquake begins while you are in a
outer core
building, the safest thing for you to .
A. call home
2. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s
B. duck near a wall
.
C. get under the strongest table, chair, or other
A. asthenosphere B. continents C. core
pieces of furniture
D. lithosphere
D. lie flat on the floor and cover your head with
your hands
3. Which statement about the Earth’s crusts is
CORRECT? 13. Why is it important to be aware of places
prone to earthquakes?
A. Continental and oceanic crusts
have the same weight. A. to identify what crop must be stored
B. Continental crust is heavier than B. to identify when to evacuate
oceanic crust. C. to locate where to stay best
C. Continental crust is thicker than D. to perform necessary precautions
oceanic crust.
D.Oceanic crust is thicker than continental 14. Which statement does best describe the
crust. location of the majority of earthquake epicenters
relative to the location of volcanoes around the
4. What do we call the continuously moving part world?
of the earth’s crust? A. They are far adjacent.
A. fault B. fissure C. fracture D. B. They are always 3 kilometers away from
plate each other.
C. They are situated at the same location.
5. Which theory states that the entire crust is D. They are not necessarily relevant.
broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift C. Seafloor 15. How will you relate the distributions of
Spreading mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters, and
B. Plate Tectonics D. Titanic Theory volcanoes?
A. Mountain ranges are found in places between
6. Which of the following is NOT a result of Plate where volcanoes and earthquake epicenters are
Tectonics? also situated.
A. earthquake B. fault lines C. landslides B. Mountain ranges are found in places where
D. mountains volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also
situated.
C. Mountain ranges are found only in places
7. Which layer of the Earth generates heat to the mantle?
where earthquake epicenters are situated.
a. Crust b. Asthenosphere D. Mountain ranges are found only in places
c. Mantle d. Core where volcanoes are situated.
8. Which defines “Pangaea”?
16. Which plate eventually plunges below the
a. The present seven continents
other plate?
b. A once scattered landmass A. continental C. oceanic
c. All Earth
B. upper crust D. lower crust
d. The oceans and seas of Earth
17. To determine how far away from a
9. A landmass that projects well above its
seismograph station an earthquake occurred,
surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a
scientists plot the difference in arrival times
chain of mountains?
between
A. mountain area C. mountain range
A. P and S waves C. P and Love waves
B. mountain chain D. mountainous
B. S and Rayleigh waves D. S and Love waves
18. Which is not the basis of the scientists in dividing
10. It is the location on the Earth's surface
the Earth’s lithospheric plates?
directly above the focus of an earthquake.
A. location and distribution of volcanoes
A. center B. direct center C. epic center
B. location and distribution of mountain ranges
D. epicenter
C. location and distribution of earthquake
11. Which of the following explains Convection epicenters
D. location and distribution of bodies of water 30. Which of the following are not associated
with convergent plate margins?
19. How can you calculate the distance of the A. earthquakes C. Rift valleys
epicenter from the seismic station with Td is 38.4 B. Island arcs D. Deep-sea trenches
km using 8 seconds interval time between the 31.Right in the middle of an island, you can find
times of
a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists
arrival of the P-wave and S-wave at a distance
on that island?
of 100 km?
A. 480 km C. 48 km A. convergent C. transform fault
B. divergent D. normal fault
B. 4.8 km D. 48 km
32.Which type of seismic wave travels the fastest?
A. P wave C. Love wave
B. S wave D. Rayleigh wave
33.A longitudinal body wave that travels
through solids, liquids and gases and moves
20. How is oceanic crust forced back into the
very fast.
earth’s
A. P wave C. Love wave
mantle?
B. S wave D. Rayleigh wave
A. It wants to sink because it’s cold and therefore
dense.
B. It wants to float but is forced under by
colliding plates. 34.Which waves are called transverse waves?
A. P waves C. Love wave
C. It wants to sink because of its high iron content.
B. S waves D. Rayleigh wave
D. It wants to sink because it is made of high-
density minerals. 35.Which waves are called longitudinal waves
21. What do you expect to find parallel to a because they compress and extend the
trench? material they pass through?
A. volcanic arc C. trench A. P waves C. Love wave
B. mountain range D. rift valley B. S waves D. Rayleigh wave

22.What geologic event is most likely to happen


when two plates slide past each other?
A. earthquake C. rift valley
formation
B. mountain formation D. volcanic eruption
23.The boundary between two tectonic plates
that are colliding.
A. convergent C. transform
B. divergent D. convection
24. The boundary between two tectonic
plates that are moving away from each
other.
A. convergent C. transform
B. divergent D. convection
25.The boundary between two tectonic plates
that are sliding past each other horizontally.
A. convergent C. transform
B. divergent D. convection
26. A series of mountains that are closely
related in orientation, age, and mode of
formation.
A. mid ocean ridge C. volcanic arc
B. mountain range D. riff valley
27 A place where an unusually hot part of the
mantle rises through the crust causing volcanic
activity.
A. outer mantle C. asthenosphere
B. hot spot D. lithosphere
28. At what type of plate boundary do shallow-
focus earthquakes occur?
A. convergent C. transform-fault
B. divergent D. convection
29. At convergent plate boundaries where
oceanic and continental crust meet _.
A. no associated volcanism occurs g. thinner
B. oceanic crust is subducted TEST II Label the different layers of the earth.
C. continental crust is subducted TRUE OR FALSE
D. oceanic crust is created
1. As the tectonic plate moves over the moving hot
spot, the volcanoes are rafted away and new ones
form in their place.
2. As one island volcano becomes active, another
develops over the hot spot, and the cycle is
repeated.
3.  Hawaiian islands was formed at an ocean-
continental convergent boundary.
4. Scientists suggested that there is a source of molten
materials from the mantle called convection
chamber that formed the volcanic island chains.
5. The youngest volcano is situated nearest to the
hotspot.

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