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FIRST QUARTER - UNIT TEST IN SCIENCE 10 Name: _____________________________________________ Gr. & Sec.: _________________ DATE: _________ Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answers on the space before...

FIRST QUARTER - UNIT TEST IN SCIENCE 10 Name: _____________________________________________ Gr. & Sec.: _________________ DATE: _________ Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answers on the space before each item. 1. It is the rigid outermost shell of the Earth which is composed of the crust and the top part of the upper mantle A. Convergent plate B. Oceanic plate C. Lithosphere D. Continental plate 2. Which of the following statements correctly describe continental crust? A. It is less dense than oceanic crust C. It is thicker than oceanic crust B. It is thin and denser than oceanic crust D. Both A and B 3. Which theory suggests that all pieces of land are continuously moving and interact in various ways, thus, producing volcanoes, mountains and mountain ranges? A. Continental Drift C. Plate Tectonics B. Seafloor Spreading D. Convection Current 4. What do you call this layer of earth that is composed of the crust and the upper mantle? A. Atmosphere B. Lithosphere C. Hydrosphere D. Asthenosphere 5. The lithosphere is said to be in constant but very slow motion. These motions are not the same everywhere. This movement of the lithosphere is called __________. A. Subduction B. Tectonics C. Collision D. Convection 6. Which is the correct arrangement of the layers of the earth from the innermost? A. Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core C. Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust B. Inner Core, Outer Core, Crust, Mantle D. Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust 7. What is the name of the waves given off by an earthquake A. Seismic Waves B. Radiation waves C. Sound waves D. Compaction waves 8. An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a A. Seismogram B. Focus seismic map C. Focus D. Seismograph 9. How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake? A.1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 10. How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges with the distribution of earthquake epicenters and volcanoes? A. Mountain ranges and volcanoes have the same location. B. Earthquake epicenters and volcanoes have the same location. C. Mountain ranges and earthquake epicenters have the same location. D. Mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters and volcanoes have the same location. 11. You were provided with data showing the arrival time of the P and S- waves recorded from three seismic stations. Which of the following is being determined? A. the damage at the focus C. the intensity of the earthquake B. the distance to the earthquake D. the location of the epicenter 12. Why is it that the 8 seconds in the formula of getting the distance of the epicenter, d = (Td/8s) 100km, is constant? A. There is no apparent reason. B. The 8 seconds is a lucky number for Chinese. C. It was simply given and theorized by the scientists and the geologists. D. In every 100 km distance in epicenter, there is a time difference of 8 seconds. 13. Plates A and B shows a divergent boundary. If Plate C is adjacent to both plates and does not show any relative motion, what type of plate boundary is present between A and C? A. convergent B. divergent C. reverse fault D. transform fault 14. Plates move away from one another at ___________ boundaries. A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. submergent 15. Plates slide past one another at ____________ boundaries. A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. submergent 16. What kind of plate boundary is shown in figure A? A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. strike slip Figure A 17. Plates move towards one another at ______________ boundaries. A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. submergent 18. What kind of plate boundary is shown in Figure B? Figure B A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. submergent 19. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island? A. convergent B. divergent C. normal fault D. transform fault  FIRST QUARTER - UNIT TEST IN SCIENCE 10 20. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is _____________. A. denser than continental crust C. thicker than continental crust B. less dense than continental crust D. thinner than continental crust 21. On what surface do lithospheric plates move? A. Lower mantle B. Outer Core C. Inner Core D. Asthenosphere 22. The movement of the lithospheric plates is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic-like layer. Which of the following layer is described in the statement? A. Asthenosphere B. Atmosphere C. Lithosphere D. Mantle 23. 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 24. On what surface do lithospheric plates move? A. Lower mantle B. Outer Core C. Inner Core D. Asthenosphere 25. 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 centimeters per year C. a few millimeters per century B. a few meters per month D. a few millimeters per day 26. Which of these is NOT true about the Philippine islands? A. most are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt, except for Palawan, Mindoro, and Zamboanga B. formed because of the convergence of the Philippine plate and the Pacific plate C.originated geologically in an oceanic-oceanic convergence D. some are products of subduction process 27. Which of these is FALSE about lithospheric plates? A. have the same thickness everywhere C. thickness in the mountain regions B. include the crust and upper mantle D. vary in thickness 28. What drives the tectonic plates to move slowly along the boundaries? A. Convection Current C. Ridge Pull B. Sea Floor Spreading D. Magnetic Field 29.When scientists found identical patterns on either side of the mid-ocean ridge, what did they deduce? A. That these patterns were man made. B. That these patterns were formed at the same time, due to seafloor spreading. C. That these patterns were formed at the same time and that they moved away from one another D. That one of these patterns repeated the first one, due to magnetic reversals. 30. The following are evidences of Continental Drift Theory EXCEPT one? A. Fossils C. Jigzaw puzzle fit of continents edges B. Coal Deposits D. Different plant and animal species 31. What two specific continents fit together most noticeably? A. Africa and North America. C. South America and Europe B. South America and Africa. D. Antarctica and Africa 32. An example of a transform/shear/sliding boundary is a________. A. volcano B. mid-ocean ridge C. deep-sea trench D. fault 33. Which of the following increases with distance from a mid-ocean ridge? A. the age of oceanic lithosphere C. the depth to the sea floor B. the thickness of the lithosphere D. all of the choices is correct 34. Which of the following sequences correctly lists the different arrivals from first to last? A. P waves, S waves, Surface waves C. P waves, Surface waves, S waves B. Surface waves, P waves, S waves D. S waves, P waves, Surface waves 35. If the two continental plates collided, what geologic features could result from it? A. earthquake epicenter B.fault C. mountain D. volcanic island arc 36. 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. 37. When an oceanic and a continental plate meet, a _________ is formed on the oceanic side, and _____ are formed on the continental side. A. mountain; trenches C. volcano; trenches B. trench; more trenches D. trench; volcano and mountains. 38. What geologic feature produced in the converge of two continental plates A. folded mountains B. island arc C. rift valleys D. Trenches 39. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone? A. The oceanic crust has a greater density. B. The oceanic crust is pulled downward by Earth’s magnetic field. C. The oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge. D. The continental crust has a denser  FIRST QUARTER - UNIT TEST IN SCIENCE 10 40. A divergent boundary is also called a constructive boundary because…. A. Magma flows up between the plates and forms a new crust. B. Old ocean floor is re-melted into magma. C. Animals in the ocean construct nests there. D. The Pacific Ocean becomes wider. 41. A deep crack in the earth’s surface is called a_______. A. ridge B. fault C. plate D. mountain 42. Most earthquakes happen along the ________________ A. fault B. volcanic mountains C. Pacific Ring of Fire D. mid-ocean ridge 43. What material forms in new ocean floor? A. sediment B. magma C. plates D. rocks 44. It was thought to be a super continent that existed 250 million years ago, what do you call this? A. Eurasia B. Disneyland C. Pangea D. Wegener land 45. Which of the following is the result of the collision of two oceanic plates? A. Trench B. volcano C. Rift Valley D. fault line 46.Where does seafloor spreading occur? A. Mid-Ocean ridges B. Oceanic rift zones C. Divergent boundaries D. Convergent boundaries 47. According to plate tectonics which of the following is true? A. Continents never move but the plates underneath them do. C. The continents used to all be connected. B. Earthquakes happens in the middle of the continents. D. The youngest rock is found at the top of the mountain. 48.What evidence did Alfred Wegener use in his theory? A. Continents and fossils fitting together/matching-up like puzzle pieces. B. glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature. C. mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents. D. all of the above 49. According to Wegener's continental drift hypothesis, the continents were once part of a supercontinent called _________. A. Antares B.Europe C.Mons D.Pangaea 50. The process by which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge and older oceanic crust moves away from the ridge is known as ________________. A.magnetic reversals B.normal polarity C. sea floor spreading D. continental drift 51. Mountains are created when ___________________. A. plates slide past one another C.two tectonic plates collideother B. plates move away from each D. all of the above 52. Where does convection current occurs? A. mantle B. crust C. lithosphere D.core 53. Where the old seafloor destroys when it gets farther from the ridge? A.at the fault B.at the rift valley C.at the Earth’s core D.at the subduction zone 54.Which of the following causes the plates to move away from each other? A. slab pull B. earthquake C. ridge push D. convection current 55.Which of the following is where one plate slides under another plate? A. submarine zone B. divergence zone C. subduction zone D. lower zone 56. Why is it important for us to identify areas which are prone to earthquakes? A. For the protection of mankind. C. For new business opportunities. B. To know where to buy low-cost housing. D. To be aware of the necessary safety and precautions. 57. Where is the safest place in your house to go when earthquake happens? A. In a bedroom B. Under a hardy furniture C. In a doorway D. In a toilet room 58. 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 the data from three different seismological stations. IV. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station. A.i, iii, ii, iv B. iii, I, iv, ii C. iii, iv, i, ii D. iv, ii, I, iii 59.In a hot spot, 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 ages of the volcanoes? A. Volcano A is older than C B. Volcano B is the oldes C. Volcano B is the youngest D. Volcano B is younger than C 60. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean ridge? A. relatively young rocks C. thick accumulation of sediments B. reverse fault D. very ancient rocks Corrected by: _____Raejohn Clyde Mojica/Caize Mojica_______________________________