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FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 10

NAME: _______________________________ SCORE: _____________________

GRADE &SECTION: ______________________ DATE: ______________________

________1. fic Ring of fire of known as ___________.

A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. fault ________2. When Earth’s crust
bends, forces act towards each other, this phenomenon may result to:
A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. faulting
________3. When the Earth’s crust cracks and tension forms or develops, this
phenomenon is called:
A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. faulting
________4. The supercontinent called Pangaea was believed to exist ____ million years
ago.
A. 120 C. 200
B. 100 D. 300
________5. The Earth is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old, this data was
based from:
A. the presence of heat in the earth’s core C. the amount of gases in the
atmosphere
B. record of earthquake on Earth D. rock and fossils record
________6. 80% of all earthquakes occur in the __________________.
A. Atlantic Belt C. Mediterranean-Asiatic
Belt
B. Caribbean Belt D. Pacific Belt
________7.Tsunamis are big waves that are caused by:
A. Strong winds C. earthquake or volcano eruption on
land
B. Cyclones D. underwater earthquake or volcanic
eruption
________8. Earthquake epicentres are identified through __________________.
A. Richter Scaling C. Triangulation Method
B. Seismographic Method D. Scaling Method
________9. The largest earthquake recorded in the world happened in ______________.
A. Alaska C. USA
B. Chile D. Japan
________10. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake is
the ____.
A. focus C. fault
B. epicenter D. inner core
________11. Convection currents are identified Earth's __________.
A. continents C. mantle
B. inner core D. lithosphere
________12. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
A. divergent C. transform
 B. convergent D. shear
________13. A deep crack in the earth’s surface is called a :
A. ridge C. fold
B. plate D. fault
________14. How does the plates move at a transform boundary?
A. they move toward each other C. they move past each other
B. they move away from each other D. they do not move
________15. A boundary where plates bump from each other is called:
A. divergent boundary C. transform boundary
B. shear boundary D. convergent boundary
________16. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of most volcanoes?
A. divergent boundary C. transform boundary
B. shear boundary D. convergent boundary
________17. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of San Andreas
fault?
A. divergent boundary C. transform boundary
B. shear boundary D. convergent boundary
________18. When magma reaches the earth’s surface, it is called:
A. rock C. lava
B. magma D. caldera
________19. The very large, bowl-shaped depression on top of a volcano due to
eruption is called a:
A. peak C. crater/caldera
B. ridge D. vent
________20. The highest mountain in the Philippines is _______________.
A. Mount Kilauea C. Mount Mayon
B. Mount Apo D. Mount Arayat
________21. The outer core is made up of:
A. solid iron and nickel C. solid iron and aluminum
B. liquid iron and nickel D. liquid iron and aluminum
________22. The thickest layer of the earth is__________.
A. inner core . C. mantle
B. crust D. outer core
________23. The most abundant element in the earth’s crust is:
A. carbon C. iron
B. oxygen D. silicon
________24. The inside of the Earth consists of four major layers. Which is the hottest
layer?
A. inner core C. mantle
B. crust D. outer core
________25. The order of the layers from the inside of the Earth outward is:
A. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust C. inner core, outer core, crust,
mantle
B. outer core, inner core, mantle, crust D. mantle, inner core, outer
core, crust
________26. The thinnest layer of the earth is the:
A. inner core C. mantle
B. crust D. outer core
________27. Subduction is:
A. where denser plates sink into the mantle
B. where ridge valleys form
C. occurring mostly in the Atlantic Ocean
D. occurring where continental plates diverge
________28. What are the two type of crust?
A. thick and thin C. ocean and basin
 B. continental and oceanic D. lower and upper
________29. The science that deals with the history of the earth and its life especially
as recorded rocks.
A. Astronomy C. Volcanology
B. Biology D. Geology
________30. It is a violent shaking of the earth’s surface that are caused by sudden
release of stored rocks.
A. Tsunami C. Earthquake
B. Cyclone D. Geology

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Prepared by: Checked by: Noted by:

MICHAELLE J. BUNAO RUEL NAVAROZA JESUS BULOSAN

Teacher . SCHOOL HEAD SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR