SEVENTH MODULAR SUMMATIVE EXAM IN EARTH SCIENCE 10

1ST QUARTER

Name: ________________________ Grade/ Section: ______________ Date: ___________

I. Identification/ Enumeration
Choose the word/words in the parenthesis to complete each sentence. Write your
answers on your answer sheets.

1. (Sonar, Solar) A device that determines the distance of an object under water by
recording echoes of sound waves
2. In the Atlantic, the Pacific, and in other oceans around the world, a system of ridges,
called the (mid-continental ridge, mid-ocean ridges), is present.
3. In the early 1960s, Princeton University scientist (Harry Hammond Hess, Alfred
Wegener) suggested an explanation on the ocean floor movement.
4. (Continental Drift Theory, Seafloor Spreading Theory) that explains that hot, less
dense material below Earth’s crust rises toward the surface at the mid-ocean ridges.
Then, it flows sideways, carrying the seafloor away from the ridge in both directions.
5. The older seafloor moves away from the ridge in (opposite, the same) directions.
6. In 1968, scientists aboard the research ship (Global Challenger, Glomar Challenger)
began gathering information about the rocks on the seafloor.
7. The ages of rocks become (decreasingly, increasingly) older in samples obtained
farther from the ridges, adding to the evidence for seafloor spreading.
8. Earth’s (magnetic field, electric field) has a North Pole and South Pole.
9. Invisible lines of magnetic force leave Earth near the south pole and enter the north
pole. At this time, Earth’s magnetic field travels from (south to north, north to
south).
10. During a (magnetic reversal, electromagnetic reversal) the lines of magnetic force
run the opposite way.
11. Whenever Earth’s magnetic field reverses, newly forming (iron, calcium) minerals
will record the magnetic reversal.
12. Using a sensing device called a (Ohmmeter, magnetometer) to detect magnetic
fields, scientists found that rocks on the ocean floor show many periods of magnetic
reversal.
13. A strong magnetic reading is recorded when the polarity of a rock is (different, the
same) as the polarity of Earth’s magnetic field.
14. Over time, the reversals are shown in strips (parallel, perpendicular) to mid-ocean
ridges.
15. (Global Positioning System, Global Posting System) is a network of satellites and
receiving devices used to determine the location of something on Earth.

II. Essay (5pts)

It was proven by scientists that seafloor spreading really occurred on Earth from
millions of years ago until this time. If it is continuously occurring on oceans, is there any
possibility that the Earth will be fully made of oceans and continents will disappear? Defend
your answer.