Science 10

First Quarterly Examination

General Instructions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Test I – Multiple choice

1. The theory which states that the lithosphere is separated into plates that move over the
asthenosphere.
A. crustal theory B. Harry Hess theory
C. plate tectonic theory D. continental drift theory

2. Which type of seismic wave causes rock particles to move in the same direction as the wave
movement?
A. p-wave B. s-wave
C. shear wave D. tension wave

3. In which order will a seismogram record seismic waves?

A. s-waves, p-waves, surface waves B. p-waves, s-waves, surface waves
C. surface waves, p-waves, s-waves D. p-waves, surface waves, s-waves

4. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of
events should you follow?
I. Determine the difference in the arrival time S and P waves recorded from each of
the seismological stations.
II. Use the triangulation method to locate the center.
III. Obtain data from three different seismological stations.
IV. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station.
A. I, III, II, IV B. III, I, IV, II
C. III, IV, I, II D. IV, II, I, III

5. What term is used to describe a point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus?
A. epicenter B. hypocenter
C. intensity D. magnitude

6. What is produced when plates slide against each other?

A. earthquake B. mountain range
C. trench D. volcano

7. What do you call the process when the denser plate goes beneath the less dense one?
A. convection B. divergence
C. subduction D. convergence

8. What type of plate boundary leads to the formation of volcanoes?

A. convergent B. divergent
C. seafloor D. transform

9. What type of plate boundary that may lead to the formation of the ocean or the separation of
two continents?
A. convergent B. divergent
C. transform D. subduction

10. What do you call the plate under land masses?

A. continental plate B. convergent plate
C. divergent plate D. oceanic plate
11. Most mountains and mountain ranges are parts of mountain belts that are formed because of
the convergence of lithospheric plates. What is the possible effect of these geologic events? It
will:
A. intersect to other boundaries B. move parallel to other boundaries
C. move opposite to other boundaries D. move sideways to other boundaries

12. A subduction zone is generated when two oceanic plates collide. What will happen to the older
plate if it collides with a younger plate? It is forced:
A. above the younger plate. B. below the younger plate.
C. away from the younger plate. D. towards the younger plate.

13. Heat rises and falls through the molten rocks in the mantle. What possible effects can this
bring to the plates above? It will ___________.
A. freeze B. melt
C. move D. rise

14. What could be the result if there is an intersection among different boundaries of lithospheric
plates? There is a chain of ___________.
A. grassland B. lakes
C. mountains D. rivers

15. Oceanic crust is mainly made of basaltic rocks and continental crust is made of felsic rocks.
Basaltic rocks are denser than felsic rocks. How will this difference affect the movement of
these two plates?
A. the continental plate will sink beneath the oceanic plate
B. the continental plate moves away from the oceanic plate
C. the oceanic plate moves towards the continental plate
D. the oceanic plate will sink beneath the continental plate

16. A boundary in which two plates are moving towards one another can result to collision for
many years. What will happen if the long-lasting pressures between plate boundaries
continue? This causes layers of ___________.
A. land to break B. rocks to crumple
C. towering trees to grow D. sea waves to become a tsunami

17. Why do you think subduction zones have the most intense earthquakes? Because the
subduction zones have the ___________.
A. largest and widest fault line in the world
B. most unstable fault line in plates
C. quickest movement plate tectonics
D. strongest friction along plate boundaries

18. Earth’s plate moves in a different manner – drawing apart from each other, rubbing together or
colliding, that pushes one plate down and another up. How do you think this shape the world?
It makes the world ___________.
A. habitable because of the different continents formed.
B. flexible because of the movement of the plates.
C. suitable for different natural phenomenon
D. landforms change from time to time.

19. Which of the three main boundary types is least common?

A. convergent B. Divergent
C. Transform D. center of continents
20. In what type of plate boundary does shallow focus earthquake occur?
A. Convergent B. divergent
C. Transform D. strike-slip

21. Where are most convergent plate boundaries found?

A. Deserts B. forests
C. Mountains D. oceans

22. In which type of boundary do the plates move away from each other?
A. Convergent B. divergent
C. transform D. normal

23. Why is a divergent boundary also called a constructive boundary?

A. animals in the ocean construct nests there
B. magma flows up between the plates and forms new crust
C. old ocean floor is re-melted into magma
D. Pacific Ocean becomes wider

24. Which of the following best describe convergent boundaries?

I. Causes the many earthquakes.
II. Forms volcanoes, trenches, and mountain ranges.
III. Lead to the formation of rift valleys, volcanoes, seafloors, and ridges.
IV. Plates are moving towards each other.
V. Plates are sliding past each other.
VI. Plates are moving apart.
A. I and VI B. III and V
C. II and IV D. III and IV

25. Which of the following is a defining feature of an oceanic plate? It is being __________.
A. covered by oceans
B. mostly above sea level
C. composed mostly of basalt and other mafic rocks
D. composed mostly of granite and other felsic rocks

26. Which of these is NOT TRUE about lithospheric plates?

A. vary in thickness B. thickest in the mountain regions
C. include the crust and upper mantle D. have the same thickness everywhere

27. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the continental
crust because it is __________.
A. denser than continental crust B. less dense than continental crust
C. thicker than continental crust D. thinner than continental crust

28. You are an oceanographer, and you want to map the ocean floor on the east coast of the
Philippines. As you do your study, you noticed that there is a portion of the ocean floor which is
relatively deeper than the rest. Which of the following is the deepest part of the ocean?
A. trench B. linear sea
C. rift valley D. oceanic ridge

29. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on
that island?
A. convergent B. divergent
C. normal fault D. transform fault
30. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you
expect to see?
A. rift valleys B. active volcanoes
C. mountain ranges D. volcanic islands

31. What type of plate boundary happens when plates are moving away from each other?
A. convergent boundary B. divergent boundary
C. transform fault boundary D. either convergent or divergent boundary

32. What is the result of fracturing and movement of plates when a divergent boundary occurs
beneath a thick continental plate?
A. blocks of crust are torn apart B. earthquake
C. plates slip horizontally D. rocks crumbled.

33. Which of the following statements describes the transform fault boundary?
A. plates produce deep fissures B. plates move toward each other
C. plates move away from each other D. plates slit or slide horizontally past one another

34. How would you compare divergent and transform fault boundaries?
A. creation of rift valleys B. ocean basin widening
C. occurrence of earthquakes D. crustal deformation of a broad zone

35. What type of plate boundary occurs when there are shallow earthquakes, large lateral
displacement of rocks, and a broad zone of crustal deformation?
A. convergent boundary B. divergent boundary
C. transform fault boundary D. either divergent or transform fault boundary

36. When a divergent boundary occurs beneath the oceanic lithosphere, the rising convection
current below lifts the lithosphere. What does it produce?
A. valleys B. mid-ocean ridge
C. mountain ranges D. widening of the ocean basin

37. Which of the theories below states that “the Earth's solid outer crust, the lithosphere, is
separated into plates that move over the asthenosphere, the molten upper portion of the
mantle?”
A. big bang theory B. continental drift theory
C. plate tectonic theory D. seafloor spreading theory

38. Who among the following scientists formulated the Plate Tectonic Theory?
A. Louis Agassi B. Alfred Wegener
C. William Buckland D. Thomas Burnet

39. Which of the following are the primary causes of plate movement?
A. volcanic eruption B. earthquake
C. diastrophism D. convection current

40. Which of the following is the evidence that continents were once located nearer to one another
than they are today?
A. Fossils B. mountains
C. valleys D. rocks
41. It is the force that drives the plates to move around __________.
A. Alternating Current B. Convection Current
C. Conventional Current D. Ocean Current
42. Tectonic plates move due to the _________.
A. heat coming from the sun B. gravity
C. heat from under the earth D. earthquake

43. These are preserved remains or traces of organisms.

A. Antiques B. Fossils
C. Heritage D. Treasures

44. It is the process by which a new ocean floor is formed.

A. coal deposits B. continental drift
C. seafloor spreading D. subducting sea floor

45. He is the proponent of the Continental Drift Theory.

A. Albert Einstein B. Alfred Wegener
C. Harry Hess D. Robert Dietz

46. The following explains Seafloor Spreading Theory EXCEPT __________.

A. rocks are older at the mid-ocean ridge
B. rocks far from the mid-ocean ridge are older
C. rocks on the ocean floor are younger than those on the continents
D. sediments are thinner at the ridge