Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
PAGBILAO GRANDE ISLAND NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 10 ‘18

Name: _____________________________________________ Score: __________

Grade and Section: ___________________________ Date: ______________

I. Multiple Choice. Read each statement carefully and select the best answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer on the blank before the number.

______1. Alfred Wegener is a German meteorologist who hypothesized that the Earth was once made up of a
single large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did he propose?
a. Continental Shift Theory c. Plate Tectonics
b. Seafloor Spreading Theory d. Continental Drift Theory
______2. It is a depression in a seafloor produced by subduction process.
a. volcanic arc b. mountain c. trench d. crust
______3. What do you expect to find at mid-ocean ridges?
a. very ancient rocks c. relatively young rocks thick
b. accumulation of sediments d. reverse fault
______4. What geologic event is most likely to happen if two plates are sliding past each other?
a. tsunami b. earthquake c. volcanic eruption d. mountain formation
______5. This type of boundary happens when two plates tend to move apart.
a. convergent boundary c. subduction process
b. transform-fault boundary d. divergent boundary
______6. It is a device used to record earthquake waves.
a. seismograph b. seismogram c. seismologist d. seismic waves
______7. Which of these is NOT true about lithospheric plates?
a. vary in thickness c. thickest in the mountain regions
b. have the same thickness everywhere d. include the crust and upper mantle
______8. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal plate B. What is the expected average rate of change in
position between A and B?
a. a few millimeters per day c. a few meters per month
b. a few millimetres per century d. a few centimeters per year
______9. Our planet Earth is made up of atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere. What makes up the
lithosphere?
a. continental crust c. crust and the upper mantle
b. upper mantle d. oceanic crust and continental crust
______10. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
a. The oceanic crust has a greater density
b. The oceanic crust is pulled downward by Earth’s magnetic field
c. The oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge
d. The continental crust has a denser composition
______11. San Andreas Fault in California is produced when two plates slid past each other. What type of
boundary is it?
a. divergent b. normal fault c. convergent d. transform fault
______12. It is a series of ocean waves with very long wavelengths caused by large-scale disturbances of the
ocean.
a. earthquake b. tsunami c. volcanic eruption d. fault line
______13. In a hot spot, volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, volcano B is 5 km farther from A while volcano C
is the farthest. What can you infer about the ages of the volcanoes?
a. volcano A is older than C c. volcano B is younger than C
b. volcano B is the oldest d. volcano B is the youngest
______14. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of boundary exists on that island?
a. divergent b. normal fault c. convergent d. transform fault
 ______15. From the seismogram, the distance to the epicenter can be determined by measuring what specific
parameter?
a. The speed of the surface wave
b. The ration of the amplitude of the largest P and S-waves
c. The arrival time of surface waves
d. The difference in the arrival time of the P and S-waves

II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE

Write TRUE on the blank if the statement is correct and if it is false, change the underlined word or phrases to
correct the statement.
16. Pangaea started to break into two smaller supercontinent called Laurasia and Gondwanaland during the
Triassic Period. ___________________
17. The rift valley decreases its length and depth as the spreading continues. ________
18. Love wave is destructible compared to Rayleigh wave. _________________
19. In order to determine the earthquake epicenter, two circles will intersect at one point. _______________
20. Surface waves can only travel through the surface of the Earth. _______________
21. The Japanese term for harbor wave is tsunami as it occurs mostly in their country. _____________
22. The denser part of the Earth’s crust is continental crust. ________________
23. When two continental plates converge, it creates a large group of tall mountains called mountain range.
_______________
24. Surface waves have higher frequency than body waves. ______________
25. Primary waves travel faster than secondary waves. _________________

III. Matching Type. Match the descriptions in column A to the terms in column B. Write the letter of your
answer on the blank before the number.

COLUMN A COLUMN B
_____26. A soft, weak upper portion of the mantle where the lithospheric a. convection
plates float and move around b. Mohorovicic discontinuity
_____27. The process by which new ocean floor is formed near the mid- c. plates
ocean ridge and moves outward d. coal beds
_____28. The boundary that separates the crust and the mantle e. asthenosphere
_____29. This kind of wave rolls along the ground just like a wave rolls f. subduction
across an ocean g. seafloor spreading
_____30. The current in the mantle due to the heat from the Earth’s h. Rayleigh wave
inner layers i. Glossopteris
_____31. These are the rigid sections of the lithosphere that moves as a j. convergent
unit k. fossils
_____32. This is the kind of boundary that forms mountains, volcanoes,
trenches, and earthquakes
_____33. Fossil of an extinct plant found in several continents
_____34. An event which causes the Pacific Ocean to get smaller
_____35. These were formed from the compaction and decomposition of
swamp plants that lived million years ago

IV. ANALOGY
Think of a word or phrase that will complete the analogy. Write your answer on the space provided.
36. Taal Volcano: Batangas; ______________: Pampanga
37. Philippine and Eurasian plates: ___________________; North American and Pacific plate: transform fault
38. ___________________: rise; cool, denser rocks: sink
39. at the mid-ocean ridge: younger rocks; far from mid-ocean ridge; _______________
40. Red Sea: __________________; seven continents: continental drift
41. convergent boundary: moving towards each other; _____________________: moving away from each other
42. _________________: upper and lower; core: inner and outer

“God does not play dice with the universe.” – Albert Einstein
V. ANALYSIS
Study the picture of plates below and answer the questions that follow briefly.

43. Look at the plates in the picture. How will you describe their position?

44. Where is the Philippine plate located?

45-46. Do these plates move? If so, how can you describe their movement?

47-48. How does this movement affect the position of the continents according to Wegener?

49-50. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates?

VI. COMPLETION. Organize data about the layers of the Earth by filling in the missing information in the table
below.

Parameters Crust Mantle Outer Core Inner Core

State of Matter 51. 52. 53. solid
Thickness 40 to 70 Km 54. 55. 1278 Km
Temperature Varies 300-800°C 56. 57.
Composition aluminium and 58. 59. 60.
silica

G O D B L E S S ! ! ! 

Prepared by: Maricar O. Faraon

“God does not play dice with the universe.” – Albert Einstein