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PRE-TEST IN SCIENCE 10

Name: ____________________________________ Year and Section: _____________________


School: ANIBONGON INTEGRATED SCHOOL Date: _____________________
Teacher: MR. ERIC D. MABESA SST-I Score: ________________Rating: _____________________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE : Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The theory that suggests that Earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing
earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes and other geologic features is called ___________________.
a. Plate Tectonics b. Continental Drift Theory
c. Seafloor Spreading Theory d. Theory of Evolution
2. The difference in the arrival time of _____________ will tell us the distance of the earthquake’s focus from the
seismic recording station.
a. Love wave and Rayleigh wave b. Primary wave and Secondary wave
c. Love wave and Primary wave d. Rayleigh wave and Secondary wave
3. What method is used in locating an earthquake’s epicenter?
a. circulation b. triangulation
c. rectangulation d. linear
4. What is the relative motion of the plates in a transform fault boundary?
a. moving away from each other b. moving towards each other
c. sliding past each other d. no relative motion
5. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
a. convergent b. reverse fault
c. divergent d. transform fault
6. The type of plate boundary in which two plates move toward each other is called _________________.
a. Convergent boundary b. Divergent boundary
c. Transform fault boundary d. Hot spot
7. What is formed in an area in the middle of the ocean where a new ocean floor is produced when lava erupts through
the cracks in the Earth’s crust?
a. mid-ocean ridge b. rift valleys
c. volcano d. trench
8. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
a. hot spot b. ocean ridge
c. rift valley d. volcanic arc
9. What land forms are produced by the convergence of two continental plates?
a. volcanoes b. rift valleys
c. mountain ranges d. trenches
10. What is the outermost and thinnest layer of the Earth?
a. mantle b. inner core
c. outer core d. crust
11. The deepest layer of the Earth is the ____________. It is made up of solid nickel and iron. Its temperature reaches as
high as 5000 ⁰C.
a. crust b. mantle
c. inner core d. outer core
12. What layer of the earth comprises most of the Earth’s volume and mass?
a. crust b. mantle
c. inner core d. outer core
13. The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic-like layer. Which of the following
layers is described in the statement?
a. asthenosphere b. lithosphere
c. atmosphere d. mantle
14. Alfred Wegener is a German scientist who hypothesized that the Earth was once made up of a single large landmass
called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did Wegener propose?
a. Continental Drift Theory b. Plate Tectonics
c. Continental Shift Theory d. Seafloor Spreading Theory
15. Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960’s?
a. Charles Darwin and James Hutton b. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz
c. John Butler and Arthur Smite d. F. Vine and D. Mathews
16. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?
a. relatively young rocks b. thick accumulation of sediments
c. reverse fault d. very ancient rocks
17. The compaction and decomposition of swamp plants that lived million years ago formed ___________ deposits.
Antarctica has a substantial amount of these leading to the idea that Antarctica must have once experienced a tropical
climate supporting large quantities of life.
a. gold b. coal
c. oil d. iron
18. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass. What is the name of the
Mesozoic Supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?
a. Eurasia b. Laurasia
c. Pangaea d. Gondwanaland
19. 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 b. the intensity of the earthquake
c. the distance to the earthquake d. the location of the epicenter
20. Volcanoes, mountain ranges and earthquake epicenters are located in the same area. Which of the following is the
best explanation for this?
a. Volcanic eruptions causes major earthquakes.
b. Lava from the mantle form mountain ranges and volcanoes.
c. These areas form the plate boundaries, where the plates interact with one another causing such geologic
events and landforms to be present.
d. Earthquakes causes the formation of mountain ranges and volcanoes.
21. In a hotspot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km farther from A while Volcano C is the
farthest. What can you infer about the age of the volcanoes?
a. Volcano A is older than C b. Volcano B is the youngest
c. Volcano B is the oldest d. Volcano B is younger than Volcano C
22. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is
a. denser than continental crust b. thicker than continental crust
c. less dense than continental crust d. thinner than continental crust
23. As a new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, the old seafloor farthest from the ridge is destroyed. Which of
the stated processes describes how the oceanic crust plunges into the Earth and destroyed at the mantle?
a. convection b. construction
c. diversion d. subduction
24. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do your
study, you noticed that there is a portion of the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most
likely is that deeper part?
a. linear sea b. rift valley
c. oceanic ridge d. trench
25. Miners dig into the Earth in search for precious rocks and minerals. In which layer is the deepest explorations made
by miners?
a. crust b. mantle
c. inner core d. outer core
26. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?
a. gravitational force of the moon b. magnetic force at the poles
c. convection current in the mantle d. the force of the atmosphere
27. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the
asthenosphere?
a. All the continents will cease to exist.
b. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
c. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
d. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world.
28. If all the inner layers of the earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangaea?
a. It remained as a supercontinent.
b. It would have become as it is today.
c. It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.
d. It would have stretched and covered the whole world.
29. If you are a cartographer, what will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
a. ocean depth b. position of the south pole
c. shape of the continents d. size of the Atlantic Ocean
30. Coal deposits were found in Antarctica. What can you infer from these discovery?
a. Antarctica must have once been positioned in a part of the Earth where it supported large quantities of life.
b. There are many large animals who could survive the cold climate of Antarctica.
c. A huge flood carried many carcasses and got buried in Antarctica.
d. Coal deposits can only be found on places with cold climates.
31. From a 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
32. What plate boundary is being illustrated below?

a. convergent boundary b. divergent boundary


c. transform fault boundary d. hotspot
33. What kind of plate boundary is present between plate A and plate B from the illustration below?

a. convergent boundary b. divergent boundary


c. transform fault boundary d. hotspot
34. If you will visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you not expect to
see?
a. active volcanoes b. rift valleys
c. volcanic islands d. mountain ranges
35. An S-wave shadow zone is formed as seismic waves travel through the Earth’s body. Which of the following
statements does this S-wave shadow zone indicate?
a. The inner core is liquid. b. The inner core is solid.
c. The mantle is solid. d. The outer core is liquid.
36. Which of the following diagrams best illustrates the convection occurring in the mantle?
a. b.

c. d.

37. How will you demonstrate to your classmates Continental Jigsaw Puzzle?
a. Explain to them that there are fossils of a certain animal found on all continents.
b. Discuss to them that there are coal deposits on Antarctica despite its current situation of inability to support a
wide variety of fauna and flora.
c. Demonstrate Continental Jigsaw Puzzle by fitting cut out drawings of Continents.
d. Show them rock formations on different continents that exhibits identical layers.
38. How will you discuss to your classmates the evidence from rock formations that support Continental Drift Theory?
a. Explain to them that there are fossils of a certain animal found on all continents.
b. Discuss to them that there are coal deposits on Antarctica despite its current situation of inability to support a
wide variety of fauna and flora.
c. Demonstrate Continental Jigsaw Puzzle by fitting cut out drawings of Continents.
d. Show them rock formations on different continents that exhibits identical layers.
39. The following geologic features/events occur near plate boundaries EXCEPT ONE.
a. mountain ranges b. volcanoes
c. earthquake epicenters d. Hot Spots
40. The following are plate boundaries EXCEPT ONE.
a. divergent b. Hot Spots
c. convergent d. transform fault
41. Which of the following plate boundaries undergoes the subduction process?
a. divergent b. convergent
c. transform fault d. Hot Spots
42. The following geologic features/events occur at convergent boundaries EXCEPT ONE.
a. volcanoes b. trenches
c. earthquakes d. mid-oceanic ridges
43. Which of the following best explains why the inner core is solid?
a. The inner core is solid as a result of pressure freezing. Liquids at extremely high temperature subjected under
tremendous pressure solidifies.
b. The inner core must be solid because it is made up of iron.
c. The inner core is solid iron which causes the Earth to be magnetic in nature.
d. The inner core is not solid because it is very hot and the extreme temperature causes it to melt.
44. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?
a. gravitational force of the moon b. magnetic force at the poles
c. convection current in the mantle d. the force of the atmosphere
45. During the 1960s, scientists were already equipped with gadgets needed to explore the deep ocean. What discovery about the
ocean floor is associated with the seafloor spreading?
a. Mountains are denser than the mantle.
b. The rotational poles of the Earth have migrated.
c. The crust of the continents is denser than the crust of the ocean.
d. The crust of the ocean is very young relative to the age of the crust of the continents.
46. John Mark said that trenches can be found at divergent boundaries because it is a crack or fissure below the ocean. Is he
correct?
a. Yes, because divergent boundaries produce cracks for they are moving away from each other.
b. No, because trenches are produced because of the melting of the edge of a plate boundary during the
subduction process in convergent boundaries.
c. No, because trenches occur at transform fault boundaries.
d. Yes, because trenches, rift valleys and oceanic ridges are products of divergent boundaries.
47. What is the best justification that the lithosphere floats above a hot molten layer called the asthenosphere?
a. The high temperature beneath the lithosphere causes a small amount of melting making it capable to flow
facilitating lithospheric plate movement.
b. If the asthenosphere is solid, there is no plate movement and there will be no earthquakes.
c. Volcanic eruptions emits magma which is hot molten material.
d. The asthenosphere is liquid because it is underground water.
48. Evidence from fossils support Continental Drift Theory. How will you defend this statement?
a. Preserved remains or traces of the same organisms from the past are located in several continents. This
suggests that the continents are once joined during the past.
b. Edges of continents seem to fit each other making it possible that they were once joined.
c. Coal deposits can be found in Antarctica making it possible that once it experienced a tropical climate.
d. Rock formations in different continents seems to have identical layers.
49. Which geologic events/features occur at convergent boundaries?
i. volcanoes
ii. mountain ranges
iii. trenches
iv. earthquakes
a. i,ii and iii b. i,ii and iv
c. I,iii and iv d. ii,iii, and iv
50. Which of the following are evidences that support Continental Drift Theory?
i. Fossils
ii. Continental Jigsaw Puzzle
iii. Rock Formations
iv. Coal deposits
v. Magnetic Reversal

a. i,ii,iii, and iv b. i,ii,iii, and v


c. i,iii,iv and v d. i,ii,iv and v

GOOD LUCK!! Prepared by: Eric D. Mabesa SST-I


Science Teacher

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