Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Schools Division of South Cotabato
PALO 19 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tampakan, South Cotabato

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION SY 2022-2023

SCIENCE 10

NAME: ______________________________________________________________ GRADE/SECTION:_______________________ SCORE: ______________

DIRECTION: Read each questions carefully. Write the Capital Letter of your answer on the blank before the number. Use a ballpoint pen. This is a 50 item 1 hour
test.

_____ 1. What is a volcano?

A. A vent where hot water shoots toward the surface C. It is a fissure or vent, from which lava flows
B. It is a hole where liquefaction once occur D. A hollow part of the earth
_____ 2. Which statement shows the difference between a volcano and a mountain?
A. A volcano erupts while mountains do not. C. Mountains grow high while volcanoes do not.
B. Volcanoes don’t erupt while mountains do. D. Volcanoes and mountains are the same.
_____ 3. Which of the following sequences correctly lists the different arrivals of seismic waves from first to last?
A. S waves ... P waves .... Surface waves C. P waves ... S waves .... Surface waves
B. P waves ... Surface waves .... S waves D. Surface waves …. P waves ... S waves
_____ 4. How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an earthquake?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
_____ 5. Volcanoes were often found in what specific part of the world?
A. Pacific B. Atlantic C. Arctic Region D. Antarctic Region
_____ 6. What is a plate?
A. Are sections of lithosphere that move as a group. C. Are rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit.
B. Lithospheric sections that causes eruption. D. Are a lithospheric group that creates magma.
_____ 7. The method used to locate the earthquake epicenter using distance information from three seismic stations.
A. Scientific method B. Triangulation method C. Long term method D. Short-termed method
_____ 8. What is a mountain range?
A. a group nearby mountains connected by high ground, and usually formed by the same process
B. a group of nearby mountains by high ground and always formed by the same process.
C. group of nearby mountains
D. any expanse of high ground
_____ 9. Which of the following mountain ranges is the longest?
A. Andes B. Himalayas C. Sierra Madre D. Blue ridge mountains
_____ 10. 14. Which of the following is not the basis of the scientist in dividing the Earth’s lithosphere?
A. The distribution of earthquake epicenters C. The formation of mountain ranges
B. The location of volcanoes D. The formation of rocks
_____ 11. Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s.
A. continents. B. mantle. C. lithosphere. D. inner core
_____ 12. Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by
A. conduction. B. earthquakes. C. convection currents in the mantle. D. Earth’s magnetic field.
_____ 13. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?
A. gravitational force of the moon C. magnetic force at the pole
B. convection current in the mantle D. the force of the atmosphere
_____ 14. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as.
A. convection. B. continental drift C. subduction D. conduction
_____ 15. Convection currents in the mantle are thought to be the driving force behind tectonic movement. At which location do the convection currents cause the
plates to diverge?
A. strike-slip fault B. subduction zone C. mid oceanic ridges D. folded mountains
_____ 16. A rift valley formed by the movement of tectonic plates. Which movement of tectonic plates caused the rift valley to form?
A. Two tectonic plates separated from each other. C. Two tectonic plates collided with each other.
B. One tectonic plate slid under another. D. One tectonic plate slid past another.
_____ 17. The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory of?
A. subduction B. plate tectonics C. deep-ocean trenches D. seafloor spreading
_____ 18. When the heat source is applied to a fluid, the convection currents in the fluid will____.
A. speed up. B. change direction. C. eventually stop. D. continue at the same rate forever.
_____ 19. What happens to magma that is heated up at the core?
A. It falls B. It rises C. stays at the top D. stays at the bottom
_____ 20. What characteristic of the asthenosphere helps explain the evidence of crustal-plate motion?
A. the magnetic properties C. the semiliquid physical state
B. the ability to deflect solar winds D. the ability to absorb heat energy
_____ 21. Which of the following changes would end Earth's tectonic activity?
A. Earth's crust becomes a cooler solid C. Earth's mantles becomes a warmer semiliquid
B. Earth's mantle becomes cooler and solid. D. Earth's outer core becomes warmer.
_____ 22. Particles of hot soup rise slowly in a pot simmering on a stove. As the hot soup nears the surface, it begins to cool. The cooler soup sinks, forming a
constant
movement of soup that moves energy toward the surface of the pot. This constant movement of the soup in the pot is called a(n) ____?
A. conduction loop B. convection current C. energy field D. magnetic field
_____ 23. The part of the Earth with hot rock that is solid but slowly moves and bends.
A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core
_____ 24. Hot matter is _________ dense and ___________.
A. less, sinks B. less, rises C. more, sinks D. more, rises
_____ 25. What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?
A. Eurasia B. Laurasia C. Pangea d D Iseltwald
_____ 26. Through which Earth layer are S waves NOT transmitted?
A. continental crust B. inner core C. ocean crust D. outer core
_____ 27. What is the primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
A. Crustal plate movement B. Higher than usual tides c C. Earth’s gravitational force D. Solar magnetic storms
_____ 28. The partly melted lower mantle is called:
A. magma B. lithosphere C. core D. asthenosphere
_____ 29. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
A. divergent B. convergent C. transform D. shear boundary
_____ 30. Why is a divergent boundary also called a constructive boundary?
A. Magma flows up between the plates and forms new crust. C. Animals in the ocean construct nests there.
B. Old ocean floor is re-melted into magma D. Pacific Ocean becomes wider
_____ 31. An example of a transform/shear/sliding boundary is a:
A. volcano B. mid-ocean ridge C. deep-sea trench D. fault
_____ 32. A deep crack in the earth’s surface is called a:
A. ridge B. fault C. plate D. mountain
_____ 33. How do the plates move at a transform boundary?
A. They move toward each other. C. They move past each other.
B. They move away from each other. D. they do not move.
_____ 34. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
A. Convergent B. Divergent C. Reverse fault D. Transform fault
_____ 35. At what type of plate boundary do shallow-focus earthquakes occur?
A. Convergent B. Divergent C. transform fault D. all of these
_____ 36. What layers of Earth make up the lithosphere?
A. the crust and lower mantle B. the crust and upper mantle C. the continental crust and oceanic crust D. the upper and lower mantle
_____ 37. A _______ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move towards one another.
A. convergent B. divergent C. hydrodynamics D. transform
_____ 38. Tectonics plates float on the _____________________.
A. outer core B. inner core C. asthenosphere or mantle D. lithosphere
_____ 39. Large pieces of the lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere are called:
A. asthenosphere B. the mid-ocean ridge C. deep-sea trenches D. tectonic plates
_____ 40. Convection currents in the mantle are thought to be the driving force behind tectonic movement. At which location do the convection currents cause the
plates to diverge?
A. strike-slip fault B. subduction zone C. mid oceanic ridges D. folded mountains
_____ 41. Which of the following is an example of fossils found in South America and Africa?
A. Mesosaurus B. Glossopteris C. Dinosaurs D. None of the above
_____ 42. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic era?
A. Earth B. Continent C. Pangaea D. Laurasia
_____ 43. What do Glossopteris fossils tell us about the early position of the continents?
A. It proves that Antarctica had a tropical climate before. C. It tells us that all the continents have tropical climate before.
B. It tells us that Australia was nearer to the equator before. D. It proves that Antarctica had a cold climate before.
_____ 44. A remainder of something that live long time ago.
A. Rocks B. Fossils C. Bones D. Sediments
_____ 45. The scientists who study fossils.
A. Paleontologist B. Biologist C. Zoologist D. Environmentalist
_____ 46. The study of fossils is called__.
A. Heredity B. Chemistry C. Paleontology D. Biology
_____ 47. A theory stating that the continents were once part of a large landmass called Pangaea.
A. Continental drift theory B. Plate tectonic theory C. Seafloor spreading theory D. Slab Pull
_____ 48. It is formed from the compaction and decomposition of swamp plants that lived million years ago.
A. Rocks B. Fossils C. Coal beds D. Fuel
_____ 49.A process by which new ocean floor is formed near the mid-ocean ridge and moves outward?
A. Subduction B. Magnetic reversal C. Seafloor spreading D. Tectonics
_____ 50.A change in a planet’s magnetic field such that the position of magnetic north and south are interchanged.
A. Seafloor spreading B. Plate tectonics C. Continental drift D. Magnetic reversal

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