FIRST MODULAR SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION IN EARTH SCIENCE 10

I. Multiple Choice
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
Module 1
1. Where are most volcanoes on Earth found?
A. along the equator C. over the hotspot
B. on the ocean floor D. long plate boundaries
2. The following are geologic events that can possibly be experienced in places of active volcanoes
except_________.
A. Deep and shallow earthquake C. Volcanic eruption
B. plate movement D. flooding
3. What plate boundary forms part of the Ring of Fire?
A. Arabian plate C. Scotia plate
B. Pacific plate D. Plate tectonics
4. Why is the Pacific Ring of fire dangerous?
A. Risk for subduction zone C. presence of earthquake
B. Volcanic activities D. all of the above
5. What is likely to happen when countries are located near the plate boundaries?
A. Earthquake C. Plate movement
B. Volcanic activity D. Flooding

Module 2
1. 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 of S and P waves recorded from each of the
seismological stations.
ii. Use the triangulation method to locate the center.
iii. Obtain data from the three different seismological stations.
iv. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station.
A. i, iii, ii, iv B. iii, i, iv, ii C. iii, iv, i, ii D. iv, ii, i, iii
2. 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 intensity of the earthquake
B. the distance to the earthquake D. the location of the epicenter
3. From the seismogram, the distance to the epicenter can be determined by measuring _____________.
A. the arrival time of surface wave
B. the difference in the arrival times of the P and S waves.
C. the ratio of the amplitude of the largest P and S waves.
D. the speed of the surface wave.
4. What is the distance of the epicenter from a certain recording station if the difference in arrival time of P and
S waves is 1 minute in 10 seconds?
A. 850 km B. 875 km C. 900 km D. 925 km
5. Locating an earthquake’s epicenter is important because it will pinpoint________.
A. fault line B. focus C. plate boundary D. another epicenter

II. Identification/ Enumeration

1. A method of identifying the epicenter of an earthquake using three seismic stations.
2. ________________ are the waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the earth or
an explosion.
3. The two main types of seismic waves are ______________ and _________________.
4. The two types of body waves are ______________ and _________________.
5. This is the fastest kind of seismic wave. It can move through solid rock and fluids, like water or the
liquid layers of the earth.
6. It is slower than a P wave and can only move through solid rock.
7. It's the fastest surface wave and moves the ground from side-to-side.
8. It rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls across a lake or an ocean. Because it rolls, it moves the
ground up and down, and side-to-side in the same direction that the wave is moving.
9. – 11. Give the different advantages that scientists gained in the study of the body waves about the
layers of the earth.
12. – 22. Enumerate the layers of the Earth in order from the surface to the innermost part including the
discontinuities
23. a break in a rock along which movement has occurred
24. rigid sections/segments of the lithosphere that move as a unit
25. a depression in the seafloor produced by subduction process