Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Schools Division of Negros Oriental
Mabinay District II
Campanun-an Provincial Community High School

First Quarter Examination in SCIENCE 10

Name: ______________________________ Grade & Section: ______________

Direction: Read the questions carefully and STRICTLY NO ERASURES of answers.

Test I. Multiple Choice

Direction: Choice the letter of the correct answer.
1. Earth is the only planet to be named in English. The word “Earth” is an old English word for _____
a. Land b. Soil c. Island
2. The study of the size and shape of the earth is called ____
a. Geology b. Geodensee c. Geodesy
3. It is the transition boundary between the Earth’s crust and the mantle.
a. Lehman b. Gutenberg c. Moho
4. “Ignis” is the Latin word for ____
a. Fire b. Lava c. Magma
5. It is a type of sedimentary rocks that is made of broken pieces of other rocks
a. Chemical b. Clastic c. Organic
6. It pertains to any movement of the solid part of the Earth and will result in deformation of Earth’s
crust.
a. Diastrophism b. Volcanism c. Earthquake
7. A sudden slipping or movement of a portion of the Earth’s crust, followed by a series of vibrations.
a. Aftershock b. Volcanism c. Earthquake
8. When two continental plates converge, a ______________________ is formed.
a. Isostasy zone b. convergent zone c. collision zone
9. ___ occurs when large masses of the rocks in the in the crust slide and slip against each other due
to great forces coming from different directions.
a. Trenching b. Faulting c. Folding
10. A type of mountain that is found where continents have collided
a. Dome mountains b. Fault mountain c. Folded mountain
11. An unusual type of mountain that is formed when molten rock rises but does not break through the
surface
a. Dome mountains b. Fault mountain c. Folded mountain
12. The world’s highest mountain ridges, like the ANDES and the __________________.
a. Cascade Mts b. Appalachian Mts c. Himalayas
13. ____ also called composite volcanoes and formed of layers of lava and ashes
a. Stratovolcanoes b. Acid volcanoes c. Basaltic volcanoes
14. A type of volcano that is viscous and does not run very far that will create a lava dome
a. Basaltic volcanoes b. Acid volcanoes c. Stratovolcanoes
15. Who do you think is the proponent of the continental drift theory?
a. Alfred Wegener b. Sir Isaac Newton c. Aristotle
16. You were provided with data showing the arrival time of the P and S-waves recorded from three
seismic stations. Which of these can you possibly determine?
a. The damage at the focus c. the location of the epicenter
b. The distance to the earthquake
17. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
a. Convergent b. divergent c. reverse fault
18. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
a. Volcanic arc b. hot spot c. rift valley

A B

C
 19. Plate A and B shows a divergent boundary. If plate C is adjacent to both plates and does not show
any relative motion, what type of plate boundary is present between A and C?
a. Divergent Boundary b. Transform-Fault Boundary c. Convergent Boundary
20. What geologic event is most likely to happen at the given type of plate boundary in number 19?
a. Earthquake b. mountain formation c. volcanic eruption

B. Identification. Write your answer in the space provided before each number.

1. This is the part of the Earth that consists of the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
2. This layer is made of a variety of solid rocks like sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous.
3. A method used to identify the epicenter of an earthquake.
4. A seismic wave that can only travel through the surface of the earth.
5. A British mathematician who worked out the mathematical model of love wave in 1911.
6. A pulse energy that travels quickly through the Earth and through liquids.
7. What was the year when Rayleigh wave was predicted?
8. A pulse of energy that travels slower through the Earth and solids.
9. A Yugoslavian seismologist who found out that velocity of seismic waves changes and
increases below the Earth’s surface.
10. A seismic wave that can travel though the Earth’s inner layers.
11 – 14. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct
sequence should you follow? (Write 1-4 on the space provided)

________ Determine the difference in the arrival time of S and P waves recorded from each of the
seismological stations.
________ Use the Triangulation Method to locate the center.
________ Obtain data from three different seismological stations.
________ Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station.

C. Matching type. Match column A with columns B and C

A B C
Type of Plate Boundary Relative Motion of the Plates Geologic Features
15. Divergent  Moving away from  Earthquakes
each other

16. Convergent  Mountains, volcanoes,

 Moving towards each trenches, and earthquake
other
17. Transform-Fault
 Rift valleys, oceanic ridges,
 Sliding past each and earthquakes
other