7.

What type of material will eventually rise

during convection current in the mantle?

A. Cold material C. More dense material

B. Warm material D. Less dense material
ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE

GRADE 10
SUMMATIVE TEST 4

Name: Score:
Figure 1. Direction of the hot molten materials during
Signature of Parent: convection current in the mantle

Directions: Choose the best answer among the 8. Which of the illustrations in Figure 1, best
options. Write the letter on the space before the describes the movement of molten rock materials
number. in the mantle?

1. Which layer of Earth processes the A. Picture 1 C. Picture 3

movement of less dense hot molten material? B. Picture 2 D. Picture 4

A. Crust C. Mantle 9. What happens to the density of the material

B. Asthenosphere D. Core in the mantle when the temperature increases?

2. What do you call the soft, weak and plastic- A. With increasing temperature, the material
like layer in the upper part of the mantle where becomes less dense
plates float and move? B. With increasing temperature, the material
becomes more dense
A. Crust C. Mantle C. With decreasing temperature, the material
B. Asthenosphere D. Core becomes less dense
D. With decreasing temperature, the material
3. What do you call the hot molten rocks becomes more dense
formed beneath the Earth’s surface?
10. Which of the following explains
A. Subducted plate C. Magma Convection Current in the mantle?
B. Radioactive D. Hot Plume
A. The rising of less dense materials and sinking
4. Which layer of the Earth generates heat to of more dense materials
the mantle? B. The rising of more dense materials and sinking
of less dense materials
A. Crust C. Asthenosphere C. The increasing of temperature of the more
B. Mantle D. Core dense materials
D. The decreasing of temperature of the less
5. Which of the following processes facilitates dense materials
the movement of the crustal plates?
11. Which defines “Pangaea”?
A. Conduction C. Convection
B. Radiation D. Evaporation A. The present seven continents
B. A once scattered landmass
6. What are the factors facilitating the C. All Earth
movement of magma in the mantle? D. The oceans and seas of Earth

A. Temperature and density 12. Who originated the Continental Drift

B. Mass and volume Theory by hypothesizing in 1912 that the
C. Chemical composition continents around Earth were once a large
D. All of the above landmass called Pangaea?
A. Harry Hammond Hess
B. Alfred Lothar Wegener
C. Sir Isaac Newton
D. Galileo Galilei
13. Which period clearly demonstrated that
the continents were once joined?
A. Permian (225 million years)
B. Cretaceous (200 million years)
C. Triassic (132 million years)
D. Jurassic (65 million years)
14. 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
15. Which of the following ideas does not
support the theory of Wegener?
A. Wegener collected the fossils and used these
scientific documents stating there were
fossils of species present in separate
continents in order to support his claim.
B. It has been noted that the coastlines of South
America and West Africa seem to match up, as
well as, the rock terrains of separate
continents confirm as well.
C. Glaciers carve rocks and leave marks as they
move, in this evidence, scientists can
determine the direction of movement of each
continent.
D. The existence of coal deposits in Antarctica
suggested that it was once located near the
region of the Earth where the climate is
enough to support complex life forms.
Figure 2. Seafloor Spreading at Mid-Atlantic Ridge
16. What can you say about the thickness of
the sediments and density of rocks near the
ridge?
A. The sediments are thinner, making the
rocks less dense
B. The sediments are thicker, making the rocks
more dense
C. The thickness and density are the same
D. The thickness and density are unevenly
distributed
17. Which explains why the Pacific Ocean is
getting smaller and why the Atlantic Ocean is
getting wider?
A. A continuous formation of new seafloor at the
mid-ocean ridge making the ridge wider as it
moves both sides
B. A simultaneous subduction of new seafloor
from the ridge
C. A formation of old seafloor at the ridge pushing
it to both sides
D. A constant subduction of old seafloor as
pushed away from both sides of the ridge
18. Which of the following ideas does not
confirm to the evidences of seafloor spreading
gathered by Harry Hammond Hess?
A. The researchers had found that a huge rift ran
along the top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
B. The Earth's crust had been moving away on
each side of oceanic ridges, down the Atlantic
and Pacific oceans, long and volcanically
active.
C. The rate of formation of new seafloor at the
mid-ocean ridge is always as fast as the
destruction of the old seafloor at the subduction
zone.
D. The ocean floor was younger at the Mid-
Atlantic Ridge but progressively older in either
direction.
19. What type of magnetic material makes up
the entire composition of the seafloor that can act
like a little compass needle and follow the Earth's
magnetic field?
A. Iron B. Titanium
C. Nickel D. Diamond
20. Which is called the "magnetic flip" of the
Earth, that happens when the North Pole is
transformed into the South Pole, and the South
Pole becomes the North Pole?
A. Convection Current in the Mantle
B. Continental Drift Theory
C. Seafloor Spreading at the ridge
D. Magnetic Reversal of Earth