BANJO LAUREL NATIONAL HIGH

NAME: SCORE:
__________________________
FIRST PERIODICAL
SCHOOL SECTION: _____________
PARENTS NAME:
SCIENCE
TEST 10
S.Y 2022-
2023
DATE: __________ ________________
SIGNATURE:
___________________
Direction: Read each question below carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer
sheet.
1. Which of the following is inactive volcano in the Philippines?
a. Mt. Apo in Davao c. Mt. Isarog in Camarines Sur
b. Mt. Bud Datu in Sulu d. Mt. Kanlaon in Negros Oriental

2. What term is used to describe a point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus?
a. Fault c. Epicenter
b. Hypocenter d. Seismic graph

3. Volcanoes are formed as a result of _________________________.

a. the thrust faulting of a tectonic plate c. the divergence of two continental plates
b. the going upward of a continental plate d. the subduction of an oceanic plate underneath a
continental plate

4. Which famous Philippine volcano is usually seen in world maps due to its violent eruption in 1991?
a. Bulusan b. Kanlaon c. Mayon d. Pinatubo

5. Study the map above of active volcanoes. Based on the map, how are volcanoes distributed?
a. They are randomly distributed. c. They are in the middle of the continents.
b. Majority of them are found along the edges of some continents. d. All of these.

6. Why do you think it is important for us to identify areas which are prone to earthquakes?
a. so that necessary precautions could be done.
b. so that we can predict the exact occurrence of earthquake
c. so that we can stop the earthquake
d. all of the above

7. What specific method uses distance information from three seismic stations to locate the earthquake
epicenter?
a. Seismography c. Triangulation method
b. Epicentral method d. Tectonics

8. If you were asked the travel time of a P-wave and S-wave for a given distance of 4,000 km, how long does the
P-wave and S-wave to travel with the given distance.
a. P (7 min), S (12 min. & 40 sec.) c. P (7 min), S (12 min.)
b. P (8 min), S (13 min. & 40 sec.) d. P (7 min), S (13 min.)

9. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you
follow?
i. Determine the difference in the arrival time S and P waves recorded from each of the seismological
stations.
ii. Use the triangulation method to locate the center.
iii. Obtain data from three different seismological stations.
iv. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station.
a. i, iii, ii, iv c. iii, i, iv, ii
b. iii, iv, i, ii d. iv, ii, i, iii

10. What is the name of the mountain chain that runs along the western margin of South America the longest
mountain range in the world and boasts some of the highest peaks and is about 4,500 miles (7,242
kilometers) long?
a. Appalachians b. Andes c. Himalayas d. Cordillera
11. If B represents the Himalayas then ______
a. plate A is Asia and plate C is Europe
b. plate A is India and plate C is Asia
c. plate A is Asia and plate C is India
d. plate A is Europe and plate C is Asia

12. How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenter, and volcanoes?
a. Mountain ranges are found in places between where volcanoes and earthquake epicenters are also
situated.
b. Mountain ranges are found in places where volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also situated.
c. Mountain ranges are found only in places where earthquake epicenters are situated.
d. Mountain ranges are found only in places where volcanoes are situated.

13. The theory of Plate Tectonics explains:

a. Why Earth’s magnetic field changes over time
b. How Earth and other objects in the Solar System formed
c. Why the planet’s gravitational pull varies slightly from place to place on Earth
d. The origin of mountains and ocean basins and the shapes of the continents on Earth.

14. The Ring of Fire is located around the edges of the ____________.
a. Eurasian Plate c. Nazca Plate
b. Pacific Plate d. South American Plate

15. Plates move apart at a ____________________ boundaries.

a. Transform c. Divergent
b. Convergent d. Fault

16. Active volcanoes are most likely to form at

a. Transform boundaries c. The center of continents
b. Divergent boundaries d. Convergent

17. The ______________ is an example of a transform boundary.

a. Philippine Deep c. Himalayas Mountain Ranges
b. San Andreas Fault d. Marianas Trench

18. How do the plates move at a transform boundary?

a. They move toward each other. c. They move away from each other.
b. They move past each other d. they do not move.

19. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of a mountain range like the Himalayas mountains?
a. divergent boundary c. convergent boundary
b. transform or shear boundary d. Fault
20. Plates 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 B

a. Divergent boundary C c. Transform Fault Boundary

b. Convergent Boundary d. All of these

21. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
a. convergent b. divergent c. reverse fault d. transform fault

22. _______________ are formed when two continentals collide.

a. Volcanoes c. Mountain ranges
b. Strike-slip fault d. Rift valleys

23. You are an oceanographer and you want to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you
do your study, you noticed that there is a portion of the ocean floor which is relatively deeper than the rest. What
most likely is that deeper part?
a. linear sea c. rift valley
b. oceanic ridge d. trench
24. A rift valley is formed simultaneously with which of the following type of plate boundary?
a. Convergent c. Transform fault
b. Divergent d. Both convergent and divergent
25. Which of the following is a defining feature of an oceanic plate?
a. being covered by oceans c. being composed mostly of basalt and other mafic rocks
b. being mostly above sea level d. being composed mostly of granite and other felsic rocks

26. When an oceanic and a continental plate meet, a _________ is formed on the oceanic side, and _________
are formed on the continental side.
a. mountain: trenches c. volcano: trenches
b. trench: more trenches d. trench: volcanoes and mountains

27. The movement of the lithospheric plate is facilitated by a soft, weak, and plastic-like layer and act like a
conveyor belt floating where the in moving the lithosphere above. Which of the following layers is described in the
statement?
a. Asthenosphere c. Lithosphere
b. Atmosphere d. Mantle

28. Which of the following correctly illustrates seafloor spreading?

a. c.

b. d.

29. It is the crack on the dry ground or plate caused by horizontal plate movement.
a. fault c. valley
b. trench d. ridge

30. Which of the following geological event or process takes place when two continental plates converge?
a. earthquake c. tsunami
b. subduction d. magma formation

Refer to the illustration below for questions 31-34.

31. Which serves as the thinnest layer of the earth?
a. Crust b. Outer Core c. Inner Core d. Mantle

32. Which layer of the earth is being described by the statement below?
“It is beneath the earth’s crust which extends to about 2900
kilometers from the earth’s surface”
a. Crust b. Outer core c. Inner core d. Mantle

33. At which layer can you find solidification of Iron due to extreme
temperature?
a. Asthenosphere b. Inner Core c. Outer Core d.
Mantle

34. what type of discontinuity separates lower crust and upper mantle?
a. Repetti b. Moho c. Gutenburg d. Lehmann

35. This is the circulation of material caused by differences in density. Hot material rises upward and comes in
contact with the Earth’s crust. As materials cools, it becomes dense and sinks, what do we call this force?
a. Ridge push c. Convection current
b. Slab pull d. Conduction current

36. This happens when the molten material in the mantle rises and creates potential force causing the plates to
move away from the ridge.
a. Ridge push c. Convection current
b. Slab pull d. Conduction current

37. what do we call the deep area in the ocean floor between 2 plates where subduction is occurring.
a. Subduction zone c. Convection current
b. Trench d. Rift valley

38-41. In 1912, Alfred Wegener, proposed a theory that the continents were once one large landmass, called
Continental Drift Theory. List down all the evidence which support this theory.
38._______________________________ 39. _________________________________

40. _______________________________ 41. _________________________________

42. Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener’s idea of Continental Drift Theory because__________.
a. they were afraid of a new idea.
b. Wegener was not interested in what Earth was like millions of years ago.
c. Wegener used several types of evidence to support his hypothesis
d Wegener could not identify the force that pushes or pulls the continents.

43. What clues are useful in reconstructing Pangaea?

a. Fossils b. species of animal c. seismic wave d. plate movement

For items 44-46. Arrange the correct sequence of formation of new seafloor.
a. Hot materials flow sideways carrying the seafloor away from the ridge and creates a crack in the crust.
b. Hot, less dense material from below the earth’s crust rises towards the surface at the mid-ocean ridge.
c. The magma flows out of the crack, rolls down and becomes the new seafloor.

44.1st _______ 45. 2nd _______ 46. 3rd __________

47. In the 1960s, he examined maps of the mid ocean ridge. He proposed that the ocean floors move like
conveyor belts, carrying the continents with them which he called seafloor spreading theory.
a. Harry Hess c. Bryan Padilla Sural
b. Alfred Wegener d. Albert Einstein

48. The process of Earth’s magnetic poles changing place is called ________.
A. Continental Drift C. Magnetic minerals
B. Magnetic Reversal D. Liquification

Briefly explain the following:

49. Three types of Plate boundary (Name one and explain)

50. Continental Drift Theory

Prepared by:

BRYAN P. SURAL
Science Teacher

Checked and verify by the checking committee:

TERESA B. MACARAIG NORWIN C. DE LA ROSA LORNA S. GARCIA

Chairperson Member Member

Noted:

MARCO A. CATACUTAN
Principal I
BANJO LAUREL NATIONAL HIGH
NAME: SCORE:
__________________________
FIRST PERIODICAL
SCHOOL SECTION: _____________
PARENTS NAME:
SCIENCE 10
TEST S.Y 2022-
2023
DATE: __________ ________________
SIGNATURE:
___________________

ANSWER KEY
1 B 26 D

2 C 27 A

3 D 28 A

4 D 29 A

5 C 30 A

6 A 31 A

7 C 32 D

8 A 33 B

9 B 34 B

10 B 35 C

11 B 36 A

12 B 37 B

13 B 38 JIGSAW

14 B 39 FOSSIL
ROCKS/
15 C 40
MOUNTAINS
16 D 41 COAL DEPOSIT

17 B 42 D

18 C 43 A

19 B 44 B

20 C 45 C

21 A 46 C

22 C 47 A

23 B 48 B

24 B 49 ESSAY

25 C 50 ESSAY