FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 10

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Grade & Section ____________________________________ Date ______________

I. Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the answer on the line provided before each number.

1. What elements compose the inner core?

A. Silver and Gold B. Nickel and Cobalt C. Iron and Cobalt D. Iron and Nickel
2. It is an internal part of the Earth that is composed of granite and basalt and is 60 km thick.
A. Crust B. Mantle C. Outer Core D. Inner Core
3. It is a type of crust right below the continents and is mainly made of granite.
A. Oceanic B. Tectonic Plate C. Continental D. Plate Boundary
4. How old (in years) is the oceanic crust?
A. 100 million B. 200 million C. 300 million D. 400 million
5. It is an area where tectonic plates meet.
A. Plate Boundary B. Tectonic Plate C. Continental D. Oceanic
6. Which of the following is an example of major plate tectonic?
A. Pacific Plate B. Cocos Plate C. Arabian Plate D. Philippine Plate
7. Which of the following is an example of minor plate tectonic?
A. Eurasian Plate B. Australian Plate C. Nazca Plate D. African Plate
8. The breaking and elastic rebound of the deformed material would produce vibrations felt as .
A. Typhoon B. Earthquakes C. Volcanic Eruption D. Landslide
9. Where do earthquakes mostly occur?
A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Transform D. Pacific Ring of Fire
10. It is a type of mountain that is formed by the movement of large crystal blocks along faults formed
when tensional forces pull apart the crust that causes the uplifting part of the crust.
A. Fault-block B. Fold C. Dome D. Volcano
11. Which results from the movement of a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
A. Island arc B. Ridge C. Subduction zone D. Volcanic arc
12. Where are new oceanic crusts formed?
A. Continental volcanic arcs C. Divergent boundaries
B. Convergent boundaries D. Transform fault boundaries
13. What is formed when one oceanic plate is forced beneath another plate?
A. a rift valley B. a subduction zone C. an ocean basin D. an ocean ridge
14. Volcanic island arcs are associated with what type of plate boundary?
A. Divergent boundary C. Oceanic-oceanic convergence boundaries
B. Oceanic-continental convergence D. Transform boundary
15. Where are oceanic plates destroyed?
A. Convergent boundaries C. Ocean ridges
B. Divergent boundaries D. Transform fault boundaries
16. It is a long and narrow depression at the bottom of the oceans.
A. ridge B. island C. trench D. volcano
17. It is located in the subduction zone between the Pacific Plate and the denser Mariana Plate?
A. Appalachians B. Alp C. Himalayas D. Mariana Trench
18. Which of the following will result from the collision of two continental plates?
A. buckle B. fracture C. shrink D. freeze
 19. Where can the Himalayas be found?
A. North America B. Russia C. South Asia D. Europe
20. These are the faults that occur when the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall.
A. Normal Fault B. Reverse Fault C. Strike-slip Fault D. Philippine Fault
21. It is a sudden movement or shaking of the ground.
A. Volcanism B. Tsunami C. Earthquake D. Typhoon
22. The process of eruption of molten rocks onto the Earth’s surface.
A. Volcano B. Volcanism C. Tsunami D. Earthquake
23. It is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
A. Focus B. Seismic waves C. Wave fronts D. Epicenter
24. It is an area where seafloor spreading occurs.
A. Plate boundary B. Trench C. Epicenter D. Oceanic Ridge
25. These are large bodies of magma that are forced upward through Earth’s mantle and crust.
A. Hotspot B. Divergent C. Convergent D. Transform
26. It is the movement of materials in the Earth’s interior.
A. Convection B. Diversion C. Tensional D. Compressional
27. These are large, rigid pieces of the Earth’s surface that move relative to one another.
A. Convergent B. Divergent C. Tectonic plates D. Plate boundary
28. It is where the convection of molten rock occurs in a layer just below the lithosphere.
A. Lithosphere B. Outer Core C. Asthenosphere D. Mantle
29. It occurs when convection current moves clockwise, while the adjacent convection current moves
counterclockwise, pulling the lithosphere above in opposite directions.
A. Divergent B. Tensional C. Compressional D. Convergent
30. Convection currents that circulate toward each other similarly move the lithosphere toward each
other.
A. Compressional B. Convergent C. Tensional D. Divergent

II. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is incorrect.

1. Tectonic plates float above the asthenosphere.

2. Volcanic activity occurs in all types of plate boundary.

3. Most mountain ranges around the world are located in the Pacific Ring of Fire.

4. Earthquakes occur as a result of plates moving away from each other.

5. Volcanoes that are associated with plate boundaries are called hotspots.

6. Continents ride on top of tectonic plates.

7. Crusts formed near mid-ocean ridges are older than those farther from the ocean ridge.

8. Harry Hammond Hess theorized that the present-day continents were once joined together.

9. A fossil of Mesosaurus discovered in the continents of Africa and South America supports the

continental drift theory.

10. In 1912, most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift theory because it

lacked supporting evidence at that time.