Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE 1 PANGASINAN
Bayoyong National High School
Bayoyong, Basista, Pangasinan

FIRST QUARTER DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN SCIENCE 10

I. Multiple Choice: Read the statements carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write
it on your answer sheet.

1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?

A. crust B. inner core C. mantle D. outer core
2. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s __________.
A. asthenosphere B. continents C. core D. lithosphere
3. Which statement about the Earth’s crusts is CORRECT?
A. Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.
B. Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.
C. Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust. Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Mountain Ranges!
D. Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
4. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
A. fault B. fissure C. fracture D. plate
5. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift C. Seafloor Spreading
B. Plate Tectonics D. Titanic Theory
6. Which of the following is NOT a result of Plate Tectonics?
A. earthquake B. fault lines C. landslides D. mountains
7. This earthquake type happens when the shifting of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden release of energy within
some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
A. aftershock B. foreshock C. tectonic D. volcanic
8. How are tsunamis created?
A. A submarine earthquake causes a huge amount of water to be displaced.
B. Differences in temperature cause hot seawater to rise.
C. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the ocean water to rise.
D. Topography underwater causes disturbances in the oceans’ current.
9. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of mountains?
A. mountain area C. mountain range
B. mountain chain D. mountainous
10. It is the location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
A. center B. direct center C. epic center D. epicenter
11. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
A. convergent B. stable C. divergent D. transform
12. Plates slide past each other at ________________.
A. subduction zone C. convection current
B. divergent boundary D. transform fault boundary
13. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
A. divergent boundary B. transform boundary C. lithosphere D. convergent boundary
14. Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.
A. transform plate boundary B. convergent plate boundary C. divergent plate boundary D. Indian plate
15. Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.
A. vertically B. horizontally C. quickly D. slowly
16. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.
A. mid-ocean ridge B. convergent boundary C. rift valley D. transform boundary
17. The Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary B. convergent boundary C. hot spot D. transform boundary
18. Philippine plate moves toward __________.
A. Australian plate B. Arabian plate C. Antarctic plate D. Eurasian plate
19. The __________ is an example of a transform fault boundary.
A. Appalachian Mountains B. Mid-Atlantic Ridge C. San Andreas Fault D. Himalayas
20. This is the type of plate boundary that occurs between the African Plate and the Arabian Plate.
A. divergent boundary C. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
B. transform boundary D. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
21. When magma in the earth’s mantle develops a great pressure, the ground above it is pushed upward. If this
happens in the middle of an ocean, what landform is produced?
A. mountain B. volcanic island C. volcano D. continent
22. The tall landform created when two continental plates converge.
A. mountain range B. volcanic arc C. rift valley D. Oceanic ridge
23. It is a plate that dives down under a less dense plate during subduction.
A. subducting plate B. continental plate C. mantle D. overriding plate
24. Materials in the mantle flow up and down. Which of the following best describes the mantle?
A. a solid layer B. partially liquid C. a metallic layer D. very hot layer
25. Which of the following happens when plates diverge or move away from each other?
A. The crust is destroyed.
B. New crust is produced because magma rises, then cools off and turns into solid.
C. Earth’s size changes because mountains are added on the earth’s surface.
D. The mantle rises.
26. A rift valley is formed simultaneously with which of the following type of plate boundary?
A. Convergent plate boundary C. Transform fault plate boundary
B. Divergent plate boundary D. Both convergent and divergent plate boundar
27. How do the plates move when we feel that the ground is shaking?
A. toward each other B. away from each other C. slide past each other D. all of the above
28. It is a landform produced when two continental plates converge.
A. volcano B. fault C. mountain D. volcanic island
29. Most transform fault boundaries are found in the oceans; a few are on the continents. An example of this type is
the San Andreas Fault located in
A. Marikina, Philippines B. California, USA C. Japan D. Saudi Arabia
30. It is otherwise known as an underwater mountain.
A. oceanic ridge C. hill
B. trench D. volcanic island
31. A convection current is caused by differences in temperature resulting to variation in ___________.
A. air pressure B. color C. density D. mass
32. Scientists believe that the motion of tectonic plates is caused by ______________.
A. pressure in Earth’s crust B. conveyor belts C. convection currents D. heat in the Earth’s core
33. It is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
A. volume B. temperature C. density D. mass
34. Hot molten materials in a convection cell rises near the ______________.
A. outer core B. crust C. inner core D. mantle
35. The idea that Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into separate plates that float on the mantle is the theory of
__________.
A. continental drift C. tectonic movement
B. seafloor spreading D. plate tectonics
36. The region in which one plate moves under another is ____________.
A. rift valley B. subduction zone C. magma chamber D. vent
37. The motion of gas or liquid caused by differences in temperature is a _________.
A. tectonic movement B. plate tectonic C. convection current D. magma chamber
38. A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding down
___________.
A. slab pull B. ridge push C. convection current D. seafloor spreading
39. The process of one plate moving under another plate is called ______________.
A. drifting B. plate tectonics C. seafloor spreading D. subduction
40. Tectonic plates ride on ________________.
A. inner core B. asthenosphere C. outer core D. lithosphere
41. What evidences do scientists use to support the Continental Drift Theory?
A. rocks, fossils, air C. rocks, fossils, climate
B. rocks, water, ice D. rocks, fossils, human beings
42. The youngest crust is found _________ the mid-ocean ridge.
A. far B. near C. beside D. away
43. If you are a cartographer, what would give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
A. ocean depth C. position of the South Pole
B. shape of the continents D. size of the Atlantic Ocean
44. What discovery provided strong support for Continental Drift Theory?
A. Geology C. Electromagnetism
B. Fossil evidence D. Paleomagnetism
45. Which is not evidence of seafloor spreading?
A. molten magma constantly erupting C. fossil evidence
B. drilling samples of rock D. magnetic stripes
46. The magnets point north when Earth's magnetic field has __________.
A. magnetic reversal C. mid-ocean ridge
B. reversed polarity D. normal polarity
47. Why was Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory not accepted immediately by the people during his time?
A. He cannot explain what causes the continents to drift.
B. He explains that South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle.
C. He described that the rocks and mountains at the edges of the continents were similar.
D. He explains that fossils of ancient plants such as "Glossopteris" can be found in almost all continents.
48. Why were magnetic patterns found on the ocean floor puzzling?
A. They did not show alternating bands of normal and reversed polarity.
B. They showed alternating bands of normal and reversed polarity.
C. No rocks were magnetic.
D. All rocks were magnetic.
49. What do you call the process that forms and moves new oceanic crust?
A. magnetic reversal C. convection
B. seafloor spreading D. trenching
50. What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?
A. Pangaea B. Panthalassa C. Asia D. Eurasia