FRANCISCO DAGOHOY MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Magtangtang, Danao, Bohol

First Quarter Examinations in SCIENCE 10

DIRECTIONS. Read each question carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer except for
the last item.

1. Where are volcanoes most likely located?

A) in or near the plate boundaries C) in or near the mid-ocean ridge
B) in or near the hot spots D) only in transform boundaries
2. Which Philippine agency studies earthquakes?
A) Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)
B) Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
C) Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
D) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
3. Where are most mountain belts most likely located?
A) in or near the hot spots C) in or near the mid-ocean ridge
B) only in transform boundaries D) in or near the plate boundaries
4. Where are earthquakes most likely located?
A) in or near the plate boundaries C) in or near the mid-ocean ridge
B) in or near the hot spots D) only in transform boundaries
5. The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes. Where is this located?
A) in mid-ocean ridge C) in plate boundaries
B) in the hot spots D) only in transform boundaries
6. Which plates collide to form the Philippine islands?
A) Pacific plate and Philippine plate C) Juan de Fuca plate and North American plate
B) Philippine plate and Eurasian plate D) North American plate and Pacific plate
For items 7 and 8, refer to the Illustration below. The illustration below shows 5 tectonic plates. The arrows show
their relative movement direction. Plates A and B shows a convergent plate boundary.
7. What type of plate boundary is present between C and E?
A) divergent C) transform
B) convergent D) slanting
8. Which plates show a TRANSFORM fault boundary?
A) Plates A and B C) Plates C and E
B) Plates B and D D) Plates D and E
9. Which of the following is a NEGATIVE impact of the occurrence of a strong earthquake?
A) abundance in fish harvest C) global warming and water pollution
B) abundance of water in the locality D) destruction of lives and properties
10. What can you possibly infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the Asthenosphere?
A) All the continents will cease to exist.
B) All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive.
C) The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now.
D) The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world.
11. Which of the following is FALSE about tectonic plates?
A) They include the crust and upper mantle C) They vary in thickness
B) They have the same thickness everywhere D) They are thickest at the mountain regions
12. What can you infer about the position of the global earthquakes and volcanoes on Earth? Global earthquakes
and volcanoes .
A) occur only at the place where the crust is thin C) occur at or near the plate boundaries
B) are scattered randomly around the Earth D) are found only in the ocean
13. In the seismograph station, the P–wave arrive 6 seconds ahead of the S–wave. How far is the seismograph
station from the epicenter of the earthquake?
A) 100 km B) 75 km C) 60 km D) 15 km
14. If the East Pacific Rise is widening at a rate of 6.5 cm per year, how far will it spread in 5 million years? Hint:
1 km = 100,000 cm.
A) 3, 250 kilometers B) 325, 000 kilometers C) 325 kilometers D) 325, 000, 000 kilometers

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 15. Why did the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes help confirm the plate tectonic theory?
A) Earthquakes and volcanoes were the same along all of the plate boundaries.
B) Both earthquakes and volcanoes were different along different types of boundaries.
C) Both earthquakes and volcanoes were distributed randomly.
D) Neither earthquakes nor volcanoes had been studied much before plate tectonics.
16. Mid-ocean ridges form on boundaries where .
A) plates are colliding C) plates are sliding past each other.
B) one plate is subducting under the other. D) plates are spreading apart.
17. What type of plate boundary ensures a continuous supply of new crusts from the mantle?
A) Allegiant B) Transform C) Divergent D) Convergent
18. What type of plate boundary exists in Himalayas and Andes?
A) Allegiant B) Transform C) Divergent D) Convergent
19. What type of plate boundary occurs between the Nazca Plate and the South American Plate?
A) oceanic–continental convergent plate boundary
B) oceanic–oceanic convergent plate boundary
C) oceanic–oceanic divergent plate boundary
D) continental–continental convergent plate boundary
20. Plate margins are places where much activity occurs. Earthquakes occur, for example, along CONVERGENT
margins. What happens to the surrounding plates along this margin?
A) moving apart C) dancing each other
B) colliding D) sliding past each other
21. The Mid–Atlantic Ridge and the East Pacific Rise are some of the most active sites of seafloor spreading.
What type of plate boundary exists in Mid–Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise?
A) Allegiant B) Transform C) Divergent D) Convergent
22. Where does the mid–ocean ridge occur?
A) In divergent boundary where seafloor spreading takes place.
B) In divergent boundary where subduction takes place.
C) In convergent boundary where new crust is formed.
D) In transform boundary where crust is subducted.
23. Where do the mountain ranges occur?
A) In convergent boundary where seafloor spreading takes place
B) In convergent boundary where two continental plates collide
C) In divergent boundary where new crust is formed
D) In divergent boundary where subduction occurs
24. Where do the island volcanic arcs occur?
A) In divergent boundary where seafloor spreading takes place
B) In divergent boundary where subduction occurs
C) In convergent boundary where two continental plates collide
D) In convergent boundary where two oceanic plates collide
25. In which case does subduction take place?
A) convergence of oceanic and continental plates
B) divergence of oceanic and continental plates
C) convergence of two continental plates
D) divergence of two oceanic plates
26. What type of plate boundary exists on an island where you can find a rift valley?
A) Sea–floor spreading C) Transform boundary
B) Convergent boundary D) Divergent boundary
27. In which case may result to volcanic activities?
A) divergence of oceanic and continental plates C) convergence of two oceanic plates
B) divergence of two continental plates D) transform fault boundaries
For questions 28–29, refer to the illustrations below.

I II III IV

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28. Which of the following illustrations shows two oceanic crusts colliding?
A) I B) II C) III D) IV
29. Which of the following illustrations shows two continental crusts moving away from each other?
A) I B) II C) III D) IV
30. Why do rift valleys, if they continue to spread apart, eventually form into an ocean basin?
A) The crust will sink and will eventually below sea level.
B) The crust will be folded upward and will form a mountain.
C) The crust will be folded downward and will form a transform fault.
D) The crust will be destroyed and will become part of the mantle.
31. Which of the following causes volcanic activity?
A) ocean waves B) rising magma C) flying airplane D) wrath of the titans
32. Which of the following is formed when two continental plates collide?
A) Mountain Range B) Tropical Cyclone C) Meteor Shower D) Mid–Ocean Ridge
33. Which of the following event takes place in a divergent plate boundary?
A) Collision B) Subduction C) Grinding D) Seafloor spreading
34. What could possibly occur when an earthquake originates in a trench?
A) Tsunami B) Tornado C) Lightning D) Typhoon
35. What process is building the Himalayas, the tallest mountains on Earth?
A) two oceanic plates colliding C) the creation of rift valleys
B) two continental plates colliding D) seafloor spreading
36. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
A) the continental crust has a greater density C) the oceanic crust is pulled by the ridge
B) the oceanic crust is pulled by the gravity D) the oceanic crust has a greater density
37. Which statement best describes subduction zone?
A) earthquakes that occur along a transform boundary. C) the place where new crust is formed.
B) the place where one plate slides under another. D) the place where new islands are formed.
38. Which of the following best describes subduction?
A) One plate slide under another. C) New crust is formed.
B) New islands are formed. D) Earthquakes occur along a transform boundary.
39. In which case does subduction take place?
A) divergence of oceanic and continental plates C) convergence of oceanic and continental plates
B) divergence of two oceanic plates D) convergence of two continental plates
40. In which location can we find the YOUNGEST part of the ocean floor?
A) in or near the subduction zone C) in transform boundaries
B) in mountain ranges D) in or near the mid-ocean ridge
41. Which of the following illustrates the volcanism due to convergence between oceanic and continental plates?

A B C D

42. How do you interpret the sentence “The divergent boundary is also called a constructive boundary.”?
A) Old ocean floor is re–melted into magma and becomes part of the mantle
B) Fossils are constructed in the layers of sedimentary rocks found in this boundary
C) It is in this site where the Pacific Ocean becomes wider
D) Magma flows up between the plates and forms new crust
43. Which of the following idea is the same as the fact that ice floats on top of the denser water?
A) The mantle causes earthquakes and volcanoes. C) The less dense crust sits on top of the mantle.
B) The less dense mantle is colder than the crust. D) The less dense mantle sits on top of the crust.
44. If the divergence of plates ensures a continuous supply of new crust from the mantle, what happens to the old
crusts?
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 A) the old crust plunges to the mantle and becomes part of the mantle
B) the old crust plunges to the mantle and becomes a new crust
C) the old crust plunges to the bottom all the way to the inner core
D) the old crust becomes a new continental crust
45. Which of the following best explains the hypothesis of seafloor spreading?
A) Lava erupts from hotspots and spreads over the ocean floor.
B) The seafloor gradually spreads in size as a result of erosion of the continental shelves.
C) Lava erupts from the mid–ocean ridge and is carried away as the seafloor spreads apart.
D) Sediments from continents are carried to the ocean in rivers and spread out on the over the ocean floor.
46. What part of the mantle has convection currents that facilitate the movement of the tectonic plates?
A) lithosphere B) asthenosphere C) mesosphere D) troposphere
47. Which of the following statements about convection is TRUE?
A) random circulation occurs
B) cool material flows upward and displaces hot material
C) hot material flows upward and displaces cool material
D) heat is transferred from hot material to cool material without inducing a flow
48. Which of the following illustrates convection current?

A B C D

49. How do you compare and contrast thermal convection and ridge push?
I) thermal convection is force of the rising magma that pushes the adjacent oceanic crust away from the
ridge.
II) thermal convection is the force that gravity exert on the subducting plate.
III) thermal convection is the force exerted by the convection current of the asthenosphere.
IV) ridge push is force of the rising magma that pushes the adjacent oceanic crust away from the ridge.
V) ridge push is the force that gravity exert on the subducting plate.
VI) ridge push is the force exerted by the convection current of the asthenosphere.
A) I and V B) II and IV C) II and VI D) III and IV
50. How do you compare and contrast ridge push and slab pull?
I) ridge push is force of the rising magma that pushes the adjacent oceanic crust away from the ridge.
II) ridge push is the force that gravity exert on the subducting plate.
III) ridge push is the force exerted by the convection current of the asthenosphere.
IV) slab pull is force of the rising magma that pushes the adjacent oceanic crust away from the ridge.
V) slab pull is the force that gravity exert on the subducting plate.
VI) slab pull is the force exerted by the convection current of the asthenosphere.
A) I and IV B) I and V C) II and VI D) III and V
51. On Earth, why do hot spot volcanoes do not tend to grow very large?
A) The lava they produce is very dense
B) Hot spots do not produce much magma
C) The plate moves while the hot spot stays in one place
D) The hot spot is relatively hot compare to its adjacent rocks

52. What does the orientation of the hot spot track tell us?
A) The approximate depth inside the Earth where the magma originates
B) Where a new plate boundary is likely to form in the future
C) Where strong earthquakes are likely to occur
D) The direction of motion of tectonic plate
53. Rock formations in the British Isles align perfectly in the rock formations in the United States although they
are thousands of kilometers apart. Which of the following interprets this finding?
A) The rock formations found in the British Isles and the US are just a coincidence.
B) It tells us that the British Isles and the US were created due to heavy volcanism.
C) It tells us that the British Isles and the US were located at the same area before.
D) It tells us that the rock formations found in the British Isles and the US are results of weathering and
erosion.

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54. Refer to the table below. Each place is thousands of kilometers apart, separated by vast ocean.

Fossils found
Location
Fossil A Fossil B Fossil C Fossil D

Place W 

Place X  

Place Y 

Place Z 

Which statement interprets the table above?

A) Places W and Y were in the same area before
B) Places X and Z form a subduction zone
C) Fossils A and B were located at the same area
D) Fossils B and C were of the same age
55. What is the best reason why a coal bed formation possible in Antarctica?
A) Antarctica contains ice shelves for vast amount of lives
B) Antarctica might have been closer before to the equator
C) Antarctica is abundant in penguin diversity
D) Antarctica is the coolest part of the Earth
56. What is the best reason why rock formations help support the Continental Drift Theory?
A) rock formations are unique in every continent
B) rock formations exist through volcanism
C) rock formations from different continents are different
D) rock formations from different continents align perfectly
57. What is the best reason why fossils help explain continental drift?
A) The same kind of fossils are on both sides of the Atlantic
B) Fossils show that animals crossed the Atlantic
C) Fossils show when drift happened
D) Fossils formed when drift happened
58. What is the remarkable realization associated with the discovery of seafloor spreading?
A) The continental crust is relatively thicker than the oceanic crust.
B) The continental crust is relatively older than the oceanic crust.
C) The rotational pole of the Earth have migrated over time.
D) The outer core is liquid while the inner core is solid.
59. What is the reason why Wegener’s ideas about continental motion was not accepted by most geologist during
his lifetime?
A) The idea did not explain the formation or location of hotspots on Earth’s surface.
B) The idea that the ocean floor could dive back into the Earth’s interior seem absurd.
C) The idea that the continents could move went against preconceived notions that the major features on
Earth’s crust are fixed in place.
D) The idea that Earth was about 4.6 billion years old was way beyond imagination and was inconsistent with
all other geological evidence.

60. Construct an emergency plan of what you should do before, during and after a very strong earthquake
(intensity 7 to 8).

– The End –

“IMAGINATION IS BETTER THAN KNOWLEDGE”

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Prepared by:

Dr. Ramil E. Cepedoza