FIRST QUARTER ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE 10

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I.Matching Type. Match Column A with Column B. Write only the letter of the answer on the space
before the number.

Collumn A Column B

___1. Consists of layers, the crust and the upper part A. earthquake
of the mantle
___2. Vibration of Earth due to rapid release of energy B. oceanic crust
___3. The thin part of the Earth’s crust located under C. lithosphere
the ocean
___4. The thick part of the Earth” crust, not located under
the ocean D. subduction
___5. An event in which a slab of rock bend downward
into the mantle E. continental crust
___6. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other F. divergent boundary
___7. A region where the crustal plates are moving apart G. transform fault boundary
___8. A boundary produced when two plates slide past
each other H. convergent boundary
___9. The thinnest and outer portion of the Earth I. crust
___10. Type of seismic wave which can only travel through
the surface of the Earth J. body wave
___11. Seismic wave which can travel through the Earth’s
Inner layers K. surface wave
___12. Soft, weak upper portion of the mantle where the
lithospheric plates float and move around L. asthenosphere
___13. States that all the continents were once one large
landmass that broke apart and where the pieces M. Alfred Wegener
moved slowly to their current locations N. Plate Tectonic Theory
___14. States that, “hot less dense material from below the O. Continental Drift Theory

Earth’s crust rises towards the surface at the mid-ocean ridge”. P. Seafloor Spreading Theory
___15. proposed the Continental Drift Theory Q. Harry Hess & Robert Dietz