SAN ROQUE ILAYA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Calauag, Quezon
FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATI0N IN SCIENCE-10
Name_____________________________ Section______________ Date ______________ Score _________________
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer from the given options and put it on the blank before each number.
__1.The movement of the plates deep beneath the Earth’s crust is called:
a) plasticity b) tectonic c) divergence d) convergence
__2. The entire lithosphere of the Earth is broken into numerous segments called:
a) tectonics b) plates c) continents d) Pangea
__3. It is a region where the crustal plates are moving apart.
a) divergent boundary b) convergent boundary c) transform fault boundary d) Mid-ocean ridge
__4. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other.
a) divergent boundary b) convergent boundary c) transform fault boundary d) Mid-ocean ridge
__5. The continuous grinding of plates against each other beneath the Earth’s crust may cause what?
a) tsunami b) typhoon c) earthquake d) formation of new mountains
__6. A chain of volcanoes position in an arc shape is called:
a) volcanic island arc b) belt of fire c) archaic volcanoes d) back arc region
__7. The formation of rift valleys and oceanic ridges are indications that the crust is:
a) spreading b) narrowing c) sinking d) rising
__8. It is an example of spreading center which causes the divergence of the South American plate and the African plate.
a) Mid- Antlantic Ocean ridge b) South Pacific Ocean ridge c) North Atlantic Ocean ridge d) Indian Ocean ridge
__9. A boundary produced when two plates slide past each other.
a) divergent boundary b) convergent boundary c) transform fault boundary d) Mid-ocean ridge
__10. An example of transform fault boundary that cut through the continental crust is:
a) San Roque fault b) San Vicente fault c) San Andreas fault d) San Agustin fault
__11. The Earth is made up of three layers: the crust, the mantle, and the:
a) asthenosphere b)lithosphere c) hydrosphere d) core
__12. The temperature in the inner core of the Earth reaches as high as:
a) 2000oc b) 3000oc c) 4000oc d)5000oc
__13. It is the thinnest and the outermost layer of the Earth that extends from the surface to about 32 km. Below
a) Crust b) mantle c) outer core d) inner core
__14. The most abundant type of element that is found in the Earth’s crust is:
a) aluminum b) calcium c) magnesium d) oxygen
__15. The boundary that separates the crust and the mantle is called:
a) Mohorovicic Discontinuity b) asthenosphere c) subduction point d) Mid-ocean ridge
__16. The theory proposed by German scientist Alfred Wegener that the continents were once one large landmass.
a) Seafloor spreading theory b) Continental Drift theory c) Theory of Evolution d) Pangean theory
__17. These are the preserved remains of plants and animals from the remote past.
a) mummy b) fossils c) cadaver d) petrolium
__18. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that Earth is once a single landmass.What is the name of the Mesozoic
supercontinent that
consisted of all of the present continents?
a) Pangea b) Eurasia c) Laurasia d) Gondwanaland
__ 19. Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
a) Charles Darwin and James Hutton b) Harry Hess and Robert Dietz c) John Butler and Arthur Smite d) F. Vine and D. Mathews
__20. The old seafloor is destroyed at the subduction zone and melts inside the:
a) Asthenosphere b) mantle c) exterior core d) interior core
__21. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT expected to see?
a) active volcanoes b) mountain ranges c) rift valleys d) volcanic islands
__22. What do you expect to find at a Mid- ocean ridge?
a) relatively young rocks b) reverse fault c) thick accumulation of sediments d) very ancient rocks
__23. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
a) convergent b) divergent c) reverse fault d) transform fault
__24. he leading edge of the subducted plate will eventually reaching the mantle causing it to what?
a) crystallized b) melt c) solidify d) liquefy
__25. When two plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is:
a) denser than continental crust b) less than continental crust c) thicker than continental crust d) thinner than continental crust
__26. What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
a) hot spot b) ocean ridge c) rift valley d) volcanic arc
__27. When a spreading center develops within a continent, the crust may break into several segment. The breaking leads to the
formation of down faulted valleys called:
a) ridges b) trenches c) rift valleys d) faults
__28. As the spreading continues, the rift valley __________ its length and depth.
a) decreases b) increases c) retains d) doubles
__29. A concentration of heat in the mantle capable of creating magma.
a) heat storm b) heat wave c) hot spot d) pyro center
__30 . It is a depression in the seafloor produced by the subduction process.
a) ridge b) trench c) rift valley d) fault
__31. What makes up the lithosphere?
a) Continental crust b) crust and the upper mantle c) oceanic crust and continental crust d) upper mantle
__32. The type of wave that moves the ground in a side-to-side horizontal motion.
a) Rayleigh wave b) Love wave c) P wave d) S wave
__33. 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) inner core c) mantle d) outer core
__34. The movement of the lithospheric plate is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic-like layer. Which of the following layers is
described in
the statement? a) asthenosphere b) atmosphere c) lithosphere d) mantle
__35. It is the deepest layer of the Earth which is made up of nickel and iron.
a) crust b) mantle c) outer core d) inner core
__36. Which of these is false about lithospheric plate?
a) Have the same thickness everywhere b) include the crust and upper mantle c) thickest in the mountain regions d) vary in
thickness.
__37. It happens when North pole is transformed into a South pole and the South pole becomes the North pole.
a) magnetic reversal b) seafloor spreading c) polar reversal d) polar transformation
__38. The force that drives the plates to move around is called:
a) conduction current b) cyclic current c) convection current d) rotational force
__39. The ability of solid to flow is called: a) plasticity b) viscocity c) subduction d) convection
__40. 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 deepest part?
a) Linear sea b) oceanic ridge c) rift valley d) trench
__41. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in position between A and B?
a) A few centimeter per year b) a few meters per month c) a few millimeters per century d) a few millimeters per day
__42. What is the average motion of the plates from each other every year as calculated using the magnetic polarity map?
a) 1 cm/yr b) 1.5cm/yr c) 2cm/yr d) 2.5 cm/yr
__43. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you follow?
I. Determine the difference in the arrival time of S and P waves recorded from each of the seismological stations.
II. Use the triangulation method to locate the center.
III. Obtain data from three seismological stations
IV. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the stations
a) I,iii,ii,iv b) iii, I, iv, ii c. iii, iv, I ii d) iv, ii, I, iii
__44. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exist on that island?
a) Convergent b) divergent c) normal fault d) transform fault
__ 45. It is a pulse energy that travels quickly through the Earth and through liquids.
a) P-wave b) S- wave c) Love wave d) Rayleigh wave
__46. If all the inner layers of the earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangea?
a) It remained as a super continent c) it would have become as it is today
b) It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean d) it would have stretched and covered the whole world
__47. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
a) The oceanic crust has a greater density c) The oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge
b) The oceanic crust is pulled downward by Earth’s magnetic field d) The continental crust has a denser composition.
__48. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3cm/yr, how far(in kilometer) will it spread in a million years?
a) 3km b) 30km c) 300km d) 3000km
__49. 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 of the poles c) convection current in the mantle d) the force of the
atmosphere.
__50. Which of the following increases with distance from a Mid- ocean ridge?
a) The age of oceanic lithosphere c) the depth to the seafloor
b) The thickness of the lithosphere d) all of the above
