First Quarter Exam In Science 10

August 08-09, 2019

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TEST I: Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. If you 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. mountain ranges c. rift valleys d. volcanic islands
2. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the Philippines. As you do your
study, you notice that there is a portion in the ocean floor which is relatively much deeper than the rest. What most
likely is that deeper part?
a. linear sea b. oceanic ridge c. rift valley d. trench
3. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge?
a. relatively young rocks c. thick accumulation sediments
b. reverse faults d. very ancient rocks
4. What plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
a. convergent b. divergent c. reverse fault d. transform fault
5. Which of these is false about lithospheric plates?
a. have the same thickness everywhere c. include the crust and upper mantle
b. thickest in the mountain regions d. vary in thickness
6. _____ is a thin part of the Earth’s Crust located under the oceans.
a. continental Crust b. oceanic Crust c. convergent boundary d. divergent boundary
7. ____ is a concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma.
a. fault b. fracture c. Geology d. hotspot
8. Mountains formed in part by igneous activity associated with subduction of oceanic lithosphere beneath the
continent is called?
a. continental volcanic arc c. convergent boundary
b. continental crust d. divergent boundary
9. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other, causing one of the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct
beneath an overriding plate.
a. continental volcanic arc c. convergent boundary
b. continental crust d. divergent boundary
10. The outer portion of the Earth is called?
a. crust b. fault c. magma d. rocks
11. The thick part of the Earth’s crust not located under the oceans is called?
a. continental Crust b. oceanic Crust c. convergent boundary d. divergent boundary
12. It is a region where the crustal plates are moving apart is called?
a. continental crust b. oceanic crust c. divergent boundary d. mid-ocean ridge
13. Vibration of Earth due to rapid release of energy is k own as?
a. earthquake b. fault c. fracture d. subduction
14. The science that studies Earth is?
a. Geology b. Chemistry c. Biology d. Astronomy
15. A mass of molten rock form from a dept, including dissolved gases and crystals is known as?
a. Plate b. Crust c. Rocks d. Magma
16. A continuous mass of land with long with and height on the ocean floor is
a. Plate tectonics b. Primary wave c. Secondary wave d. Trench
17. Rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as a unit is known as?
a. Plate b. Magma c. Hotspot d. rocks
18. A theory which suggests that Earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways, thus producing
earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes and other geologic feature.
a. Plate tectonics b. Subduction c. Volcanic arc d. Transform fault boundary
19. The first type of seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic station is?
a. Primary wave b. Secondary wave c. Seismogram d. Subduction
20. _____ are consolidated mixture of minerals.
a. Rocks b. Geology c. Fracture d. Fault
21. A record made by a seismograph is called
a. Subduction b. Seismogram c. Trench d. Volcanic arc
22. An event in which a slab of rock thrusts into the mantle is known as?
a. Subduction b. Seismogram c. Trench d. Volcanic arc
23. A boundary produced when two plates slide past each other is?
a. Volcanic arc b. Divergent boundary c. Convergent boundary d. Rocks
24. A depression in the sea floor produced by subduction process is _____.
a. Rocks b. Trench c. Rocks d. Boundary
25. A chain of volcanoes that develop parallel to a trench is _____.
a. Volcanic arc b. Volcanic trench c. Volcanism d. Volcanology
26. What makes up the lithosphere?
a. Continental Crust c. Upper mantle
b. Crust and upper mantle d. Oceanic crust and continental crust
27. The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic lie layer. Which of the following
layers is described in the statement?
a. Asthenosphere b. Atmosphere c. Lithosphere d. Mantle
28. Miners dig into the Earth is search for precious rocks and minerals. In which layer is the deepest explorations made
by miners?
a. Crust b. Inner core c. Mantle d. Outer core
29. How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core?
a. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than the crust.
b. the mantle is less dense than both the core and the crust.
c. the mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the crust.
d. the mantle is denser than both the core and the crust.
30. If you are a cartographer, what will give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
a. Ocean depth c. Shape of the continents
b. Position of the south pole d. Size of the Atlantic Ocean
31. A new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, the old sea floor 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
32. _____ are mechanical vibrations that occur inside the Earth along fault lines caused by the breakage of rocks.
a. Seismic waves b. Ultimate waves c. Sonic waves d. Lower waves
33. _____ is the most abundant element in the Earth’s crust.
a. Silicon b. Hydrogen c. Potassium d. Oxygen
34. What materials make up the inner core?
a. Iron and nickel b. oxygen and hydrogen c. Sodium and iron d. Aluminum and calcium
35. Soft, weak upper portion of the mantle where the lithospheric plates float and move around is?
a. Asthenosphere b. lithosphere c. Plasticity d. Subduction
36. A boundary that separates the crust and the mantle?
a. Mohorovicic Discontinuity c. Gutenberg Discontinuity
b. Plate tectonics d. Sea floor spreading
37. _____ is the branch of Geology that deals with the movements and shape the Earth’s crust.
a. Subduction b. Tectonics c. Asthenosphere d. Plasticity
38. If Glossopteris fossils were found in Antarctica, what does this indicate about the climate of this continent before?
a. It proves that the Antarctica had tropical climate before
b. It proves that the continent before are separated from each other
c. It tells us that the Antarctica is found away from the equator before
d. It tells that the position of the continents before are away from each other
39. ______are also called compressional waves which ca travel through solids, liquids, and gas.
a. Primary waves b. Love waves c. Raleigh waves d. Secondary waves
40. This sub-type of surface wave travels along the surface of the Earth from the point directly above the epicenter
and the most damaging type is?
a. Primary waves b. Love waves c. Raleigh waves d. Secondary waves
41. What is not TRUE about the Earth’s Mantle
a. It is the Middle layer of the Earth c. Makes most of the Earth’s volume and mass
c. Contains the elements silicon and iron d. It is less dense than the crust
42. When two plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is:
a. Denser than the continental crust c. Thicker than the continental crust
b. Less dense than the continental crust d. Thinner than the continental crust
43. What are the two types of seismic waves/
a. Body wave and Rayleigh wave c. Surface wave and Body wave
b. love wave and Rayleigh wave d. Primary wave and Secondary wave
44. most of the shaking felt from an Earthquake is due to what type of surface wave?
a. Primary wave b. Rayleigh wave c. Body wave d. Love wave
45. Which of the following is Not a Geologic process that occurs along convergent boundaries?
a. Earthquakes b. Tornado c. Mountain building d. Volcanism
46. These are large tectonic plates Except?
a. Antarctic plate b. Indian plate c. Pacific plate d. African plate
47. Which of these terms is least related to earthquakes?
a. Trench b. Lava c. Fault d. Epicenter
48. This is the Japanese term for “harbor wave” and is a series of ocean waves with very long wavelengths cause by a
large-scale disturbance of the ocean.
a. Tsunami b. boundary c. Spreading d. Subduction
49. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other, causing one of the slabs of the lithosphere to subduct
beneath an overriding plate.
a. continental volcanic arc c. convergent boundary
b. continental crust d. divergent boundary
50. Vibration of Earth due to rapid release of energy is k own as?
a. earthquake b. fault c. fracture d. subduction

Prepared by:

JOHN ROMMEL R. MORADO

Subject Teacher

Noted:

ESTER R. SANTILLAN
Principal I