Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-B MIMAROPA
Division of Palawan
WENCESLAO VILLAPA HIGH SCHOOL
Mainit, Brooke’s Point, Palawan

ASSESMENT IN SCIENCE - 10
QUARTER - 1

NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE: __________________

GRADE & SECTION: ___________________________ DATE: ___________________

PART I:
DIRECTIONS: CHOOSE the letter of the correct answer and WRITE it on space provided before the number.

_____1. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift B. Plate Tectonics C. Seafloor Spreading D. Titanic Theory

_____2. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
A. fault B. fissure C. fracture D. plate

_____3. Which of these phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates?

A. have the same thickness everywhere C. thickest in the mountain regions
B. include the crust and upper mantle D. varies in thickness

_____4. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of mountains?
A. mountain arc B. mountain chain C. mountain range D. mountainous

_____5. Plates float on the surface of the mantle. Which plate pushes the Philippine Plate toward the Eurasian Plate?
A. Cocos Plate B. Indo-Australian Plate C. Nazca Plate D. Pacific Plate

_____6. Which is NOT TRUE about the location of the epicenter of earthquakes?
A. Some are located along the edges of the continents. C. Some are located in North Asia.
B. Some are located in mid-continents. D. Some are located in oceans

_____7. Where are most volcanoes situated?

A. along fault lines C. near mountain ranges
B. concentrated on continental edges D. under the oceanic crust

_____8. How do you describe the locations of earthquake epicenters, mountain rangers, and moving plates in the Pacific
Ring of Fire? They are _____.
A. all over the place C. located in the same location
B. concentrated in one area D. strategically plotted in clusters

_____9. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates?
A. brightness of stars and formation of constellations in the sky
B. a cycle of high and low tides during full moon
C. the occurrence of earthquake, volcanism and mountain formation
D. the uneven distribution of heat in the globe

______10. How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters 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.

______11. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.

A. move slowly but constantly C. move faster
B. move in any direction D. create another plate

______12. The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.

A. abyssal plains B. plate boundaries C. plate centers D. ocean margin

______13. The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________.
A. Magnetic Reversal C. Continental Slope
B. Plate Tectonic D. Continental Drift
______14. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
A. convergent B. stable C. divergent D. transform plate

______15. Plates slipping past each other at ________________.

A. subduction zone B. convection current C. divergent boundary D. transform boundary

______16. The boundary between two plates moving together is called a __________.
A. divergent boundary B. transform boundary C. lithosphere D. convergent boundary

______17. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.

A. new crust is created C. the crust separates
B. the older crust is melted by subduction D. plates side past one another

______18. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.

A. mid-ocean ridge B. convergent boundary C. divergent boundary D. transform boundary

______19. The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary B. convergent boundary C. hot spot D. transform boundary

______20. The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.

A. East Pacific Rise B. San Andreas Fault C. Mid-Atlantic Ridge D. Himalayas

______21. The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and
positions is known as _____.
A. Pangaea B. Continental drift C. Plate tectonics D. Seafloor spreading

______22. Early observers thought continents might have been joined based on what
observation?
A. rocks and fossils B. earthquakes C. magnetism D. coastline

______23. In the figure above, what is the age of the seafloor off of the Bahamas?
A. younger than 9.6 million years C. 33.0 – 83.0 million years
B. 9.6 – 33.0 million years D. 83.0 – 141.9 million year

Study the Mid-Atlantic figure to answer items 24-25

______24. In the figure above, what is the approximate age of the seafloor off the north coast of Spain?
A. younger than 9.6 million years C. 33.0 – 83.0 million years
B. 9.6 – 33.0 million years D. 83.0 – 141.9 million years

______25. Peer scientists reviewing Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected hisnotion because____________.
A. his evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion.
B. he did not explain how continents move and what moves them.
C. his evidence was not clear in showing how continents were joined.
D. he lied by including false evidence.

______26. If there are MORE mid-ocean ridges than subduction zones, what happens to the ocean?
A. It gets larger. B. It sinks C. It gets smaller D. Nothing will change.

______27. What do ancient glacier scars found in rock surfaces in Africa tells about its climate in the past?
A. The continents have not moved.
B. Africa has always been near the equator.
C. Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.
D. Africa was once covered with ice sheets but did not move ever since

______28. The Seafloor Spreading Theory states that ________________.

A. all continents are drifting.
B. ages of rocks near a ridge are older than the ones far from it.
C. fossils of plants and animals are found in almost all continents.
D. hot and less dense material from below the Earth's crust rises towards the surface at the mid-oceanic ridge.
______29. What can you say about the rate of movement of materials coming out from the mid-oceanic ridge and the
materials sinking in the subduction zone?
A. The rising of the materials from the ridge is slower than in the subduction zone.
B. The movement of the materials in both ridge and subduction zone is the same.
C. The rising of the materials from the ridge is faster than in the subduction zone.
D. There is no much movement of materials happening in both the ridge and subduction zone.

______30. What strong evidence discovered by our scientist that Earth's magnetic reversal had been happening in the past?
A. The magnetic reversal occurrence is supported by magnetic patterns in magnetic rocks found on the ocean floor.
B. The ages of the rocks on the ocean floor are constantly changing.
C. The magnetic field of the Earth becomes weaker.
D. The Earth's magnetic field is fluctuating.

PART II: Fill in each blank with the correct word found in the parenthesis.

A) As continental plate converges with an oceanic plate, the (1) ______________(continental, oceanic) plate dives
under the (2)______________(continental, oceanic) plate. The process of diving down towards the mantle is called (3)
____________ (subduction, floatation). When the leading edge of the subducting plate reaches the mantle, it melts turning
into (4) __________(magma, crust) which builds up a pressure making it push the ground above it forming at the surface a
(5) ___________(volcano, mountain). At the oceanic plate, a depression called (6)____________(trench, fault) is formed
along the boundary. Parallel to it, a series of volcanoes called (7)____________________(volcanic island, volcanic island
arc) may be formed. Simultaneous with the convergence, the ground may shake, and so, we experience an earthquake. This
shaking may disturb the water surface and may make the water flip upwards to a certain height. This event is
called(8)____________(tsunami, wave).

B) When two oceanic plates converge, the denser plate subducts. Once its leading edge reaches the mantle, it melts
into a magma, builds up a pressure that makes it push the ground above it, forming a (9)________________(volcanic
island, mountain). At the collision zone, a crack called (10)________________(trench, fault) is formed. This depression
could be the cause of the shaking of the ground, which is felt like an (11)_____________(earthquake, storm). At the water
surface, the overriding plate may push a big amount of water causing it to flip upwards forming a (12)____________
(tsunami, wave).

C) The convergence between two continental plates results to a landform called (13)_______________(volcanic
arc, mountain ranges). Since both plates have the same densities, no plate subducts under the other. There is
(14)__________________(no volcanic, volcanic) formation. However, since the ground moves, a phenomenon called
(15)_______________(earthquake, storm) may be felt in nearby places.

PART III: Arrange the following events in the mantle convection process. Use numbers 1-5.
____a. Lithospheric plates move in the asthenosphere due to the rising and sinking of materials.
____b. The decomposition of radioactive elements causes heat in the interior part of the Earth.
____c. Heat slowly rises to the mantle and creates convection current.
____d. Heat moves to the core.
____e. The process repeats as a cycle.

“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do” – Benjamin Spock
GOODLUCK & GODBLESS 

Prepared by:
JENY VEV G. DEROY
Science Teacher