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Table of Specification in Science

Quarter: First
Grade: 10

QUESTION INTENT
Type of No. of Item
Cognitive Process Dimension
Learning Competency CODE Test Items Placement
Remembering Understanding Applying Analysing Evaluating Creating
1. Describe the distribution
of active volcanoes,
Multiple
earthquake epicenters, and 10 1-10
choice
major mountain belts to
Plate Tectonic Theory
2. Relate the distribution of
active volcanoes,
Multiple
earthquake epicenters, and 11 - 20
choice
major mountain belts to 10
Plate Tectonic Theory
3. Describe the different S10ES – Ia – Multiple
types of plate boundaries 12 21 - 32
J- 36.2 choice
4. Explain the different
processes that occur along S10ES – Ia – Multiple
33 - 44
the plate boundaries j-36.3 choice
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5. Describe the possible S10ES – Ia - Multiple
8 45 - 52
causes of plate movement J - 36.5 choice

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 6. Enumerate the lines of
S9ES – Ia – Multiple
evidence that support plate 8 53 - 60
j - 36.6 choice
movement

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Multiple Choice Questions in Sci-10 Q1

1. How are the majority of the world’s active volcanoes distributed on the Earth’s crustal plates?
A. Equally spread across the surface of plates
B. Randomly within the surface of plates
C. Concentrated on the middle of plates
D. Concentrated at the edges of plates

2. Which of the following describes the distribution of the majority of the earthquake epicenters on the
Earth’s crustal plates?
A. Concentrated along the edges of plates
B. Locally distributed in some continents
C. Concentrated at the middle of plates
D. Widely distributed in all continents

3. How are the majority of the world’s major mountain belts distributed on the Earth’s crust?
A. Found in close proximity with the borders of crustal plates
B. Found at far distance from the borders of crustal plates
C. Found spanning the middle of crustal plates
D. Found near the center of crustal plates

4. Hawaiian volcanoes are formed at hotspots located in what part of crustal plates?
A. Edge of the plates
B. Inside of the plates
C. Middle of the plates
D. Outside of the plates

5. Which of the following best describes an active volcano?

A. A volcano that has a recent history of eruption
B. A volcano that is being formed within the Earth’s crust
C. A volcano that has been cut off from its source of magma
D. A volcano that has a history of eruption a very long time ago

6. Earthquakes break out at epicenters or certain points on the surface of the earth. Which of the
following reference points is the epicenter of an earthquake?
A. Beside the origin of the earthquake
B. Close to the origin of the earthquake
C. Directly above the origin of the earthquake
D. Directly in line with the origin of the earthquake

7. Which of the following is true about the occurrence of earthquakes on the Earth’s crust?
A. Earthquakes can occur only when two plates move apart
B. Earthquakes can occur only when two plates slide past each other
C. Earthquakes can occur only when two plates move toward each other
D. Earthquakes can occur as long as adjacent plates are actively moving relative to one another

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8. Other than the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and the East Pacific Rise, where on earth is another example of a
site of active rifting?
A. East Africa
B. South America
C. Central Australia
D. Marianas Islands

9. Where is the concentration of much of the world’s volcanic activity?

A. Across the surface of crustal plates
B. At the bottom of the Pacific Ocean
C. At the middle of crustal plates
D. At the entire rim of the Pacific ocean basin

10. In what continent is the Himalayan mountain belt situated?

A. Asia
B. Africa
C. Europe
D. North America

11. Why are there many geologic features and geologic events in the Philippines?
A. Because the Philippines is comprised of many islands
B. Because the Philippines is surrounded by vast bodies of water
C. Because the Philippines is located along the Pacific Ring of Fire
D. Because the Philippines is mountainous and with miles of natural coastlines

12. Why are volcanoes, earthquakes and major mountain belts distributed mainly around the boundaries of
crustal plates?
A. They serve to mark the edges of plates
B. They serve to mark the magnetic poles
C. These are areas where plates move relative to each other
D. These are sites where seismic waves propagate into the interior of the Earth

13. Which of the following geologic processes greatly contributes to mountain building on continents?
A. Volcanism
B. Crustal folding
C. Thermal expansion
D. Seafloor spreading

14. Which of the following statements best explains the abundance of earthquakes and volcanoes
encircling the entire Pacific Ocean basin?
A. The Pacific Ocean is where most hot spots are located.
B. The Pacific Ocean is an active site of seafloor spreading.
C. The Pacific Ocean has numerous transform plate boundaries.
D. The Pacific Ocean has a continuous series of subduction zones.

15. On which crustal plate will volcanoes, earthquakes, and mountain ranges form?
A. Sliding plate
B. Trailing plate
C. Overriding plate
D. Subducting plate

16. As a rift forms on a continent, what feature can form next?

A. Valley
B. Lowland
C. Ocean basin
D. Mountain ridge

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17. According to the Plate Tectonics Model, the entire outer shell of the Earth is broken up into numerous
segments called plates. Which of the following supports this model?
A. Difference in age and thickness of tectonic plates identifying each plate
B. Occurrence of geologic events and geologic features in the plates all over the Earth
C. Difference in the size and density of the tectonic plates separating one plate from another
D. Clustering of geologic features in certain places on the crust marking the outlines of each plate

Use the figure below to answer numbers 18 – 19.

The diagram shows a chain of hotspot volcanoes labeled A to D in an oceanic plate. The arrow shows
the direction of motion of the tectonic plate on which the volcanoes formed.

18. What can be inferred from the orientation of the hotspot track?
A. Where the next volcano will erupt
B. The direction of motion of the tectonic plate
C. Where strong earthquakes are likely to occur
D. The direction pointing where the hotspot magma originates

19. What can a geologist assume about the ages of the four volcanoes?
A. The ages of the four volcanoes are random.
B. The age will increase from Volcano A to Volcano D.
C. The age will decrease from Volcano A to Volcano D.
D. The age of each volcano is about the same with the others.

20. Which natural phenomena is a direct manifestation of plate tectonics?

A. Flooding and bushfires
B. Typhoons and landslides
C. Heat waves and droughts
D. Earthquakes and volcanism

21. Which of the following statements describes the movement of two adjacent plates in a convergent plate
boundary?
A. The plates move toward each other.
B. The plates move apart from each other.
C. The plates move together in the same direction.
D. The plates slide past each other in opposite directions.

22. A mid-ocean ridge is a long chain of underwater mountain range in the oceans. On which type of plate
boundary do mid-ocean ridges occur?
A. Continental-Oceanic Plate boundary
B. Convergent Plate boundary
C. Transform Plate boundary
D. Divergent Plate boundary

23. Which of the following geologic activities occurs in a transform plate boundary?
A. Creation of new crust
B. Explosive volcanic eruptions
C. Formation of high mountains
D. Generation of shallow earthquakes
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24. A transform plate boundary is referred to as conservative boundary. What happens along a
conservative boundary?
A. A new crust is created
B. An old crust is destroyed
C. No crust is created nor destroyed
D. A new crust is created replacing a destroyed crust

25. Why is a divergent plate boundary a constructive boundary?

A. New crust is formed as adjacent plates move apart
B. Mountain ranges are formed as continents drift away
C. Trenches are formed to accommodate a sinking plate
D. Earthquakes are generated resulting to mountain building

26. Why is a convergent plate boundary referred to as a destructive boundary?

A. One of the plates is broken due to collision.
B. One of the colliding plates sink into the mantle.
C. Volcanoes erupt leading to destruction of landforms.
D. Two plates collide resulting to the breaking of continents into segments.

27. What makes transform plate boundaries different from other plate boundaries?
A. More crust is made in the boundary
B. More mountains collapse at the boundary
C. Less or no volcanoes form along the boundary
D. Less or no earthquakes occur along the boundary

28. Sea-floor spreading allows molten materials to rise from the mantle and erupt. Where in the seafloor
will the magma erupt?
A. At the mid-ocean ridge
B. At the edges of the seafloor
C. From the deep-ocean trench
D. From hotspots in the sea bed

For questions 29 - 31, use the Plate Boundary Map above.

29. According to the Plate Boundary map, what type of boundary occurs between the Eurasian plate and
the Philippine plate?
A. Convergent Continental-Continental plate boundary
B. Convergent Continental-Oceanic plate boundary
C. Convergent Oceanic-Oceanic Plate boundary
D. Convergent Tectonic plate boundary

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30. Based on the Plate Boundary map, which plate is converging with the South American Plate?
A. Scotia Plate
B. Nazca Plate
C. Philippine Plate
D. Caribbean Plate

31. According to the Plate Boundary Map, which of the seven large lithospheric plates consists entirely of
oceanic lithosphere?
A. Pacific Plate
B. Antarctic Plate
C. Eurasian Plate
D. Indo-Australian Plate

32. Which of the following land formations are formed by the divergence of two continental plates?
A. Islands
B. Volcanoes
C. Rift valleys
D. Mountain Ranges

33. What will be formed when two plates move towards each other at a convergent boundary?
A. The denser plate will slide underneath the less dense plate creating hotspots
B. The denser plate will move underneath the less dense plate creating a trench
C. The less dense plate will move underneath the denser plate creating rift valleys
D. The less dense plate will slide underneath the denser plate creating oceanic ridges

34. Which of the following plate movements explains the formation of the Himalayan Mountain ranges?
A. Collision of two continental plates with the same density
B. Sliding of two continental plates thrusting upward the other plate
C. Moving apart of two continental crustal plates with the same density
D. Meeting and merging of oceanic crust with continental crust at convergent boundaries

35. In relation to the Seafloor Spreading Theory, which of the following statements about mid-ocean ridges
is true?
A. They usually are major subduction zones
B. They help to refute the Seafloor Spreading Theory
C. They occur in the ocean floor where the oceanic crust is the most dense
D. They are regions of upwelling of molten materials that form new ocean floor

36. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a long submarine mountain chain lying along the north-south axis of the
Atlantic Ocean. It lies between the eastern Eurasian and African plates, and the western North
American and South American plates. How did the Mid-Atlantic Ridge form between these plates?
A. Created by the spreading apart of the North American and African Plates in the north
B. Created by the spreading apart of the South American and Eurasian Plates in the south
C. Formed by the subduction of North and South American plates underneath the Eurasian and
African plates.
D. Formed by the spreading centers between North American and Eurasian plates, and the
South American and African Plates

37. How is magma generated at divergent plate boundaries?

A. Increased pressure as plates pull apart releasing magma
B. Friction producing heat that melts the crust forming magma
C. Decreased pressure as plates pull apart letting magma escape
D. Chemical reactions between water and sediments producing magma

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38. How do plates move along transform fault boundaries?
A. Left and right
B. Up and down
C. Back and forth
D. Over and under

39. Why do most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries?

A. Most volcanic eruptions occur at plate boundaries.
B. Plate boundaries mark the site of magnetic reversals.
C. It is at the plate boundaries where mountain building occurs.
D. Large amounts of stress build up as plates move at plate boundaries.

40. Rocks are sources of information about the crust where they are taken. Which of the following
describes the oceanic crust as you gather samples of rocks from the edge moving towards the mid-
ocean ridge?
A. The crust gets older
B. The crust gets younger
C. The crust gets thicker with sediments
D. The crust gets denser as more magma is added

41. Which of the following convergence of plates is associated with the formation of an Island Arc?
A. Two oceanic plates diverge producing new crust
B. A continental plate subducts beneath an oceanic plate
C. An oceanic plate subducts beneath a continental plate
D. A denser oceanic plate sinks beneath a less dense oceanic plate

42. Which of these statements explains what is happening at a subduction zone?

A. Plates scrape against each other as they slide past each other causing friction
B. A denser plate is sliding underneath a less dense plate due to gravity
C. A denser plate sinks underneath another due to magnetic force
D. Plates are converging together forming a larger plate

43. When two oceanic plates meet at a convergent boundary the denser plate having old crust subducts
underneath the less dense plate with new crust. Why is an old crust denser than a new crust?
A. It is cooler.
B. It is warmer
C. It is composed of granitic rocks
D. It is composed of both granitic and basaltic rocks

44. Where does the recycling of Earth’s crust effectively take place?
A. At subduction zones and spreading centers
B. At hot spots where magma is extruded forming islands
C. At deep-ocean trenches where plates sink into the mantle
D. At transform faults and continental – continental convergent zones

45. What facilitates the slow movement of the lithospheric plates?

A. High intensity earthquakes
B. Convection currents in the mantle
C. Reversals of the earth’s magnetic field
D. Gravitational force of the moon and the sun

46. According to the theory of Plate Tectonics, the Earth’s outer shell is divided into slabs of solid rock
called “plates” that move slowly at different rates relative to each other. Which of the Earth’s layers is
broken into several large and small plates?
A. Crust
B. Continents
C. Lithosphere
D. Asthenosphere

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47. Which is true about the components of tectonic plates?
A. Consist of continents, archipelagos, and seas
B. Consist of vast oceans, and wide landmasses
C. May consist of volcanic islands and mountain belts
D. May consist of both continental and oceanic lithosphere

48. Which of the following processes is NOT a driving force in the movement of plates according to Plate
Tectonics Theory?
A. Slab pull at subduction zones
B. Convection cells in the Earth’s mantle
C. Conduction of heat from the Earth’s core
D. Ridge push at seafloor spreading centers

49. Which of the following is a result of gravity in relation to moving tectonic plates?
A. Earth’s internal heating
B. Ridge Push and slab pull
C. Circulating material in the mantle
D. Reversal of Earth’s magnetic poles

50. The Earth’s mantle is made partly of magma. When magma rises and sinks cyclically what is created
in the mantle?
A. Conduction current
B. Convection current
C. Magnetic poles
D. Mantle plumes

51. During subduction when the leading edge of a slab sinks into the asthenosphere, the trailing plate
follows along. What force drives the whole of the plate to sink into the mantle?
A. Slab pull
B. Slab push
C. Ridge pull
D. Ridge push.

52. The Asthenosphere is the layer of the Earth where the lithospheric plates are riding on. Which one is
NOT an attribute of the Asthenosphere?
A. It moves the tectonic plates
B. Semi-solid, plastic-like layer
C. Rigid and fluid than the lithosphere
D. Denser and hotter than the lithosphere

53. Which of the following phenomena is NOT used by Alfred Wegener to support the theory of Continental
Drift?
A. Matching fossils across the ocean
B. Matching edges of continental shelves
C. Evidence of drastic climate shifts in the geologic record
D. Earthquake locations lined up with mountains and volcanoes

54. Plate tectonics refers to the fact that the surface of the Earth is broken into several lithospheric plates
which ride along on what resembles a giant conveyor belt of rock. Using this analogy, what would be
the starting point of the conveyor belt?
A. Hot spots
B. Plate boundaries
C. Deep-sea trench
D. Mid-ocean Ridges

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55. What are the sources of evidence Alfred Wegener used to support his Continental Drift Theory?
A. Rocks, fossils, air
B. Rocks, fossils, plants
C. Rocks, fossils, climate
D. Rocks, fossils, humans

56. Magnetic stripes in magnetic rocks that are of equal size and polarity on either side of the ridge like
mirror images were discovered when explorers studied rock samples from the ocean floor. What does
these magnetic striping prove in relation to Plate Tectonics’ model of moving plates?
A. Seafloor rocks contain magnetite.
B. Earth’s magnetic field had reversed in the past.
C. Mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones occur along plate edges.
D. New crust is being formed at mid-ocean ridges which spread as seafloor.

Use the figure below to answer numbers 57 – 58.

. Distribution of fossils across different continents

57. The figure shows several continents believed to be part of a great single landmass in the ancient
period. These continents are now separated by wide oceans. Which among the fossils is most widely
distributed in all the continents?
A. Mesosaurus
B. Glossopteris
C. Cynognathus
D. Lystrosaurus

58. Another evidence of Continental Drift is the apparent fit of continents just like in a jigsaw puzzle. Which
two continents exactly fit at their continental edges even as these are separated by a wide ocean at the
present time?
A. Africa and India
B. Australia and India
C. Antarctica and Australia
D. South America and Africa

59. Although Alfred Wegener proposed his Continental Drift Theory in 1915, it was not widely accepted by
the scientific community at that time. Why was Wegener ignored during his time?
A. Wegener only focused on evidence found on land.
B. Wegener’s evidences were easily refuted by his detractors.
C. Wegener did not propose an explanation on how the continents moved.
D. Wegener’s book was not read by many people because it was not published.

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 60. What is the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago which incorporated all the present
continents into a single landmass?
A. Laurasia
B. Pangaea
C. Panthalassa
D. Gondwanaland

KEY ANSWERS
1. D 21. A 41. D
2. A 22. D 42. B
3. A 23. D 43. A
4. C 24. C 44. A
5. A 25. A 45. B
6. C 26. B 46. C
7. D 27. C 47. D
8. A 28. A 48. C
9. D 29. B 49. B
10. A 30. B 50. B
11. C 31. A 51. A
12. C 32. C 52. C
13. B 33. B 53. D
14. D 34. A 54. D
15. C 35. D 55. C
16. C 36. D 56. D
17. D 37. C 57. B
18. B 38. A 58. D
19. B 39. D 59. C
20. D 40. B 60. B

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