Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION XI
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF TAGUM CITY
PANDAPAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
PANDAPAN, TAGUM CITY
WRITTEN TEST 1II
Quarter 1 SY 2022-2023
SCIENCE - 10

Full Name: _____________________________________ Date Answered: _______________________

Grade and Section: _______________________________ Date Covered: ______________________

DIRECTION: Read the following questions and encircle your answer. STRICKLY NO ERASURES.

1.The idea that Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into separate plates that float on
the mantle is the theory of _____________.
A. continental drift
B. seafloor
C. tectonic movement spreading
D. plate tectonics

2. The region in which one plate moves under another is _______________.

A. rift valley
B. subduction zone
C. magma chamber
D. vent

3. A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid
lithosphere sliding down _______________.
A. slab pull
B. ridge push
C. convection current
D. seafloor spreading

4. Where is the source of heat in a mantle convection current?

A. the Sun
B. the crust
C. the core
D. the moon

5. Which of the following is NOT a driving force of tectonic plates?

A. ridge push
B. slab push
C. drag force
D. mantle convection

6. Early observers thought continents might have been joined based on what
observation?
A. rocks and fossils

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B. earthquakes
C. magnetism
D. coastline

7. ___________ 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

8. . 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.

9. What do ancient glacier scars found in rock surfaces in Africa tells about its
climate in the past?
A. The continents have not moved.
B. Africa has always been near the equator.
C. Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.
D. Africa was once covered with ice sheets but did not move ever since.

10. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.

A. move slowly but constantly
B. move in any direction
C. move faster
D. create another plate

11. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at the ___________.
A. convergent boundary
B. divergent boundary
C. transform-fault
D. hot spot

12. The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________.
A. Magnetic Reversal
B. Plate Tectonic
C. Continental Slope
D. Continental Drift

13. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.

A. convergent

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B. stable
C. divergent
D. transform plate

14. Plates slipping past each other at ________________.

A. subduction zone
B. convection current
C. divergent boundary
D. transform boundary

15. The boundary between two plates moving together is called a __________.
A. divergent boundary
B. transform boundary
C. lithosphere
D. convergent boundary

16. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.

A. new crust is created
B. the older crust is melted by subduction
C. the crust separates
D. plates side past one another

17. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

A. mid-ocean ridge
B. convergent boundary
C. divergent boundary
D. transform boundary

18. The Himalayan Mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. hot spot
D. transform boundary

19. Philippine plate moves toward ___________.

A. Australian plate
B. Mountain ranges
C. Trenches
D. Eurasian plate

20. . Which body wave is the fastest?

A. P Waves
B. S Waves
C. Love waves
D. Rayleigh waves

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21. What are the two main types of seismic waves?

A. Body waves and surface waves
B. P and S waves
C. Love and Rayleigh waves
D. Earthquake wave and seismic wave

22. Which of the following statement is true about seismic waves?

A. P waves is slower than S waves
B. P waves is fast but S waves is the fastest
C. S waves has faster speed rate than P waves
D. S waves is slower than P waves

23. When an earthquake occurs, where would shaking be greater?

A. near the epicenter
B. away from the epicenter
C. either a or b
D. neither a nor b

24. When an earthquake occurs, where would damage be more?

A. near the epicenter
B. away from the epicenter
C. either a or b
D. neither a nor b

25. It is a graph output by a seismograph. It is a record of the ground motion at a measuring station as a
function of time.
A. telegram
B. seismograph
C. photograph
D. seismogram

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