Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V
SCHOOL DIVISION OFFICE OF CAMARINES SUR
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
SCIENCE 10
Name:__________________________________________________Grade and Section:___________ SCORE
I. DIRECTION:Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter before each number.
_______1. When two tectonic 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
_______2. Which plates/land masses collided and begun the formation of Himalayas?
a. Philippines and Eurasia c. Nazca Plate and India
b. India and America d. India and Eurasia
_______3. The average density of the crust is __________.
a. 2.8 mg/cm3 b. 2.8 mi/hr c. 2.6 g/cm3 d. 2.8 g/cm3
_______4. Which of these phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates?
a. have the same thickness everywhere
b. include the crust and upper mantle
c. thickest in the mountain regions
d. vary in thickness
_______5. What makes up the Earth’s lithosphere?
a. Continental crust c. Crust and Upper Mantle
b. Oceanic Crust and Continental Crust d. Upper Mantle
_______6. The movement of the lithospheric plate is facilitated by a soft, weak and plastic layer. Which of the
following layers is described in the statement?
a. Asthenosphere b. Atmosphere c. Lithosphere d. Mantle
_______7. As a new seafloor is formed at the mid-ocean ridge, the farthest from the ridge is destroyed. Which
of these processes describes how oceanic crust plunges into the Earth and destroyed at the mantle?
a. Convection b. Construction c. Subduction d. Diversion
_______8. Plates float on the surface of the mantle. Which plate pushes the Philippine Plate toward the
Eurasian Plate?
a. Cocos Plate c. Scotia Plate
b. Pacific Plate d.. South American Plate
_______9. The lithospheric plates are said to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this
movement?
a. Gravitational force of the moon c. convection current in the mantle
b. Magnetic force at the poles d. the force in the atmosphere
_______10. All of these are findings that support the Seafloor Spreading Theory, EXCEPT;
a. Rocks are younger at the mid-ocean ridge.
b. Rocks are found with fossils from different organisms that lived in the remote past.
c. Rocks far from the mid-ocean ridge are older.
d. Rocks at the ocean floor are younger than those at the continents
_______11.
_______12. According to the Continental Drift Theory, the Earth was one big supercontinent called:
a. Gondwana b. Laurasua c. Pangaea d. Panthalassa
_______13. Tsunamis are big waves that are caused by:
a. Strong winds c. earthquake or volcano eruption on land
b. Cyclones d. underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
_______14.
_______15.
_______16.
_______17. When two continental plates collide, edges of the continents are pushed upward to form:
a. rift valley b. trench c. continental mountain range d. volcano
_______18.
_______19.
_______20. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
a. divergent b. transform c. convergent d. shear
_______21.
_______22. How does 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
_______23. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
a. divergent boundary c. transform boundary
b. shear boundary d. convergent boundary
_______24. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of most volcanoes?
a. divergent boundary c. transform boundary
b. shear boundary d. convergent boundary
_______25. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of San Andreas fault?
a. divergent boundary c. transform boundary
b. shear boundary d. convergent boundary
_______26. Seafloor spreading is believed to start at
a. Subduction zone c. Asthenosphere
b. Mid-oceanic ridge d. Transform-fault boundary
_______27.
_______28.
_______29. Which of the following increases with distance from a midocean ridge?
a. the age of oceanic lithosphere c. the depth to the sea floor
b. the thickness of the lithosphere d. all of the above
_______30. The inside of the Earth consists of four major layers. Which is the hottest layer?
a. inner core b. mantle c. crust d. outer core
_______31. The order of the layers from the inside of the Earth outward is:
a. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust c. inner core, outer core, crust, mantle
b. outer core, inner core, mantle, crust d. mantle, inner core, outer core, crust
_______32. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3 cm per year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread in
a million years?
a. 3 kilometers b. 30 kilometers c. 300 kilometers d. 3000 kilometers
_______33. The Himalayan mountains are thought to have been formed by the collision of
a. two continental plates c. two oceanic plates
b. two transform faults d. an oceanic plate and a continental plate
_______34. Subduction is:
a. where denser plates sink into the mantle
b. where ridge valleys form
c. occurring mostly in the Atlantic Ocean
d. occurring where continental plates diverge
_______35. What are the two types of crust?
a. thick and thin c. ocean and basin
b. continental and oceanic d. lower and upper
_______36. What do transform plate boundaries create?
a. hurricanes b. trenches c. portal to purgatory d. earthquakes
_______37. Rising magma that results from subduction may produce…
a. fossil layers c. volcanic island arcs
b. sea-floor spreading d. deep-sea sediment
_______38. Which statements below best explains Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?
a. Volcanic activity slowly reshapes the continents throughout the earth’s geologic history
b. The continents shift locations as a result of major catastrophe like meteorite impacts and
earthquakes
c. The continents rapidly change places from one hemisphere to another when Earth’s magnetic
field reverses.
d. The continents were once part of the same landmass and have drifted very slowly to their
current
positions.
_______39. When you see that the ocean water is receding (disappearing) away from the
beach, you MUST
a. call the police c. stay in the middle of the beach
b. run to the nearest hill or mountain d. take the time to pick up seashells
_______40. Which of the following is importance of studying plate tectonics in the formation of
Philippine archipelago?
a. Plate tectonics helps explain the location of the Philippines, its basic
physical features like the mountain chains, and ocean trenches
b. It can be used to explain the location of natural hazards like earthquakes,
volcanoes, and tsunamis (tidal waves).
c. The location of many of the Philippines natural resources like fertile soils, ore deposits, fossil
fuels, and geothermal energy can be explained by the theory of plate tectonics.
d. All of these
_______41. Why does subduction does not occur during the collision of two continental
plates?
a. Plate subduction occurs when two tectonic plates converge and at least
one of them is an oceanic plate.
b. Plate subduction occurs when two tectonic plates are both of low density
c. Plate subduction occurs only in divergent plate boundary
d. None of these
For item number 42-45, choose the letter of correct answer from the illustration given below.
_______42. Which volcano is the youngest?
_______43. Which volcano is the oldest?
_______44. Which of the volcano will be the most active?
_______45. Which volcano will be the least active?
_______46. Which of the following scientists suggested the Continental Drift Theory?
a. Isaac Newton c. Alexander Fleming
b. Robert Dietz d. Alfred Wegener
_______47. Which of the following forms part of a tectonic plate?
a. The layers forms part of the atmosphere
b. The layers of the continental crusts only
c. The layers of oceanic crust only
d. The layers of continental and oceanic crust
_______48. Given the arrival time of P wave at 35s and S wave at 10s in one of the seismic recording stations,
calculate the distance of an earthquake from the epicenter.
a. 312.5 km b. 562.5 km c. 4375 km d. 475 km
_______49. If an earthquake begins while you are in a building, the safest thing for you
to do is _____.
a. call home
b. duck near a wall
c. get under the strongest table, chair, or other pieces of furniture
d. lie flat on the floor and cover your head with your hands
_______50. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into
several plates?
a. brightness of stars and formation of constellations in the sky
b. the cycle of high and low tides during full moon
c. the occurrence of earthquake, volcanism, and mountain formation
d. the uneven distribution of heat in the globe
II. Essay. Explain briefly and concisely. (You can use an extra sheet of paper.)
1. Is the Earth getting larger and wider when plates drift away from each other? Explain.
2. Differentiate surface waves from body waves.
Good Luck!!
