10 Science

Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region IV-B MIMAROPA
Division of Palawan
WENCESLAO VILLAPA HIGH SCHOOL
Mainit, Brooke’s Point, Palawan
ASSESMENT IN SCIENCE - 10
QUARTER - 1
NAME: _______________________________________ SCORE: __________________

GRADE & SECTION: ___________________________ DATE: ___________________
PART I:
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Encircle the letter the letter that corresponds to your answer.
1. Based on geological hazard maps, what is the safest place in the country due to its very low risk in geologic disasters?
A. Batanes B. Isabela D. Palawan D. Romblon
2. How do you describe the locations of earthquake epicenters, mountain rangers, and moving plates in the Pacific Ring of
Fire? They are _____.
A. all over the place C. located in the same location
B. concentrated in one area D. strategically plotted in clusters
3. 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
4. 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. a 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
5. The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________.

A. lithosphere B. asthenosphere C. core D. continents
6. The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.

A. abyssal plains B. plate boundaries C. plate centers D. ocean margin
7. Which of the following is formed in the convergence of two oceanic or oceanic and continental plates?
A. Volcanic island arcs B. mountain range C. rift valley D. Oceanic ridge
8. Of the following, which event or process takes place when two continental plates converge?
A. earthquake B. subduction C. tsunami D. magma formation
9. How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters and volcanoes?
A. Mountain ranges are found in places between where volcanoes and earthquake epicenters are also situated.
B. Mountain ranges are found in places where volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also situated.
C. Mountain ranges are found only in places where earthquake epicenters are situated.
D. Mountain ranges are found only in places where volcanoes are situated
10. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.

A. move slowly but constantly C. move faster
B. move in any direction D. create another plate
11. The youngest part of the ocean floor is found at the ___________.
A. convergent boundary C. transform-fault
B. divergent boundary D. hot spot
12. What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate?
A. convergent oceanic-continental plate boundary
B. convergent oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
C. convergent continental-continental plate boundary
D. transform boundary
13. A crack on the ground underwater is produced when oceanic crust interacts with another crust. What do we call this?
A. fault B. trench C. ridge D. crack
14. It is a phenomenon that takes place due to the movement of plates during convergence.
A. earthquake B. magma formation C. subduction D. tsunami
15. It is the crack on the dry ground or plate caused by horizontal plate movement.
A. fault B. trench C. valley D. ridge
16. 11. Where is the source of heat in mantle convection current?
A. the Sun B. the crust C. the core D. the moon
17. Which of the following is NOT a driving force of tectonic plates?

A. ridge push B. slab push C. drag force D. mantle convection
18. It is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.

A. volume B. temperature C. density D. mass
19. What do ancient glacier scars found in rock surfaces in Africa tells about its climate in the past?
A. The continents have not moved.
B. Africa has always been near the equator.
C. Africa was once in an area of the Earth that had a very cold climate.
D. Africa was once covered with ice sheets but did not move ever since.
20. Which of the following increases with distance from the mid-oceanic ridge?
A. The age of oceanic lithosphere. C. The thickness of the lithosphere.
B. The density of oceanic lithosphere. D. All (A, B, & C)
21. The Seafloor Spreading Theory states that ________________.

A. all continents are drifting.
B. ages of rocks near a ridge are older than the ones far from it.
C. fossils of plants and animals are found in almost all continents.
D. hot and less dense material from below the Earth's crust rises towards the surface at the mid-oceanic ridge.
22. The plastic-like upper portion of the mantle is called ______________.

A. the magma B. the core C. the lithosphere D. the asthenosphere
23. Which of the following is NOT a method of heat transfer?

A. condensation B. convection C. conduction D. radiation
24. What can you say about the rate of movement of materials coming out from the mid-oceanic ridge and the materials
sinking in the subduction zone?
A. The rising of the materials from the ridge is slower than in the subduction zone.
B. The movement of the materials in both ridge and subduction zone is the same.
C. The rising of the materials from the ridge is faster than in the subduction zone.
D. There is no much movement of materials happening in both the ridge and subduction zone.
25. What strong evidence discovered by our scientist that Earth's magnetic reversal had been happening in the past?
A. The magnetic reversal occurrence is supported by magnetic patterns in magnetic rocks found on the ocean floor.
B. The ages of the rocks on the ocean floor are constantly changing.
C. The magnetic field of the Earth becomes weaker.
D. The Earth's magnetic field is fluctuating
26. Most of the Philippine Islands were once part of island arcs. This means that along with this boundary, there once
existed two ___________.
A. converging continental plates C. converging oceanic plates
B. diverging plates D. plates sliding past each other
27. Why are volcano mostly found at places where continents meet the seas?
A. It is where water meets land.
B. It is where the oceanic plates subduct under the continental plate.
C. Underneath it is a subduction zone.
D. More magma is produced under the ground because of the muddy seafloor.
28. What is the source of heat generated by the core to the mantle?
A. gases B. decayed radioactive elements C. molten rocks D. molten metals
29. Which of the following has a faster movement of molecules?

A. hot materials B. warm materials C. cold materials D. room temperature materials
30. Which of the following has a lesser density in a convection cell?

A. warm fluid material B. cold fluid materials C. room temperature fluid materials D. hot fluid material
“Trust yourself, you know more than you think you do” – Benjamin Spock
GOODLUCK 
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JENY VEV G. DEROY
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5. The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________.

6. The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.

10. Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.

17. Which of the following is NOT a driving force of tectonic plates?

18. It is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.

21. The Seafloor Spreading Theory states that ________________.

22. The plastic-like upper portion of the mantle is called ______________.

23. Which of the following is NOT a method of heat transfer?

29. Which of the following has a faster movement of molecules?

30. Which of the following has a lesser density in a convection cell?

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