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    Republic of the Philippines

    Department of Education
    REGION VI- WESTERN VISAYAS
    DIVISION OF ESCALANTE CITY
    Langub National High School
    _________________________________________________________________________________

    SCIENCE 10
    First Quarterly Assessment
    SY 2022-2023

    Name: ________________________________Grade and Section:__________ Score: _______

    MULTIPLE CHOICE. Direction: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter
    of the best answer.

    1. Why is it important to be aware of places prone to earthquakes?


    A. to identify what crop must be stored
    B. to identify when to evacuate
    C. to locate where to stay best
    D. to perform necessary precautions
    2. 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
    3. 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.
    4. Why is it important to be aware of places prone to earthquakes?
    A. to identify what crop must be stored
    B. to identify when to evacuate
    C. to locate where to stay best
    D. to perform necessary precautions
    5. 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.
    6. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
    A. fault B. fissure C. fracture D. plate
    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. 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
    9. When two plates move away from each other, magma from the mantle
    underneath the crust rise up to the surface to cool and solidify at the plate
    boundary slowly forming a long chain of mountains on the ocean floor, called
    an oceanic ridge. What plate movement is described?

    A. Convergent Boundary C. Transform Boundary

    B. Divergent Boundary D. Thrust Fault


    10. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction
    zone?
    A. oceanic crust has a greater density
    B. oceanic crust is pushed from the ridge
    C. oceanic crust is pulled downward by the Earth’s magnetic field
    D. oceanic crust has a greater volume
    11. If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid, what could have happened to
    Pangaea?
    A. it remained as a supercontinent
    B. it would have become as it is today
    C. it would be slowly disappeared in into the ocean
    D. it would be stretched and covered the whole world
    12. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the
    lithospheric plates?
    A. all the continents will cease to exist
    B. all 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
    13. Do two colliding continental plates always cause volcanoes?
    A. Yes, subduction always occurs when continental plates collide.
    B. Yes, subduction always occurs when oceanic plates collide.
    C. No, earthquakes always occur when two continental plates collide.
    D. No, usually no subduction occurs when continental plates collide.
    14. This is the type of plate boundary that 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
    15. Based on the current position of the continents, South America is moving away
    from Africa in what direction?
    A. West C. North
    B. East D. South
    16. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
    A. new crust is created
    B. the crust separates
    C. the older crust is recycled by subduction
    D. plates side past one another
    17. The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.
    A. tectonic force
    B. gravitational force
    C. radiation
    D. convection current
    18. Features found at divergent plate boundaries include ____________.
    A. mid-ocean ridges
    B. deep-sea trenches
    C. crumpled mountains
    D. island arc volcanoes
    19. A convection current is caused by differences in temperature resulting to
    variation in ___________.
    A. air pressure
    B. color
    C. density
    D. mass
    20. 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
    21. It is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
    A. volume
    B. temperature
    C. density
    D. mass
    22. Hot molten materials in a convection cell rises near the ______________.
    A. outer core
    B. crust
    C. inner core
    D. mantle
    23. Which of the following is NOT a driving force of tectonic plates?
    A. ridge push C. drag force
    B. slab push D. mantle convection
    24. What evidence 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
    25. 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
    26. If Australia is moving about 2cm/ year and was drifted from the ridge by
    1000km, how long ago was it when Australia was near the ridge?
    A. 50 million years C. 500 million years
    B. 10 million years D. cannot be predicted
    27. Which one among the continental drift pieces of evidence mainly proves that
    the Cape Mountains of South America and Africa lined up perfectly before?
    A. There's an equal amount of coal deposits in each continent and fossils.
    B. The evidence from the rock layers in different continents exactly matched.
    C. The remains of the ancient plant called Glossopteris can be found on both
    continents.
    D. The climate of the two continents is almost the same and with the same
    ancient organisms.
    28. What evidence did Alfred Wegener use in his theory?
    A. Continents and fossils fitting together/matching up like puzzle pieces
    B. glacier scars and other climate evidence from temperature
    C. mountain ranges and rocks line up across continents
    D. all of the above.
    29. Which pieces of evidence support plate tectonics? (more than one correct
    answer)
    A. All rocks located on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean are younger than 180
    million years.
    B. The Atlantic Ocean crust found near the coast of Africa is older than the
    crust found near the mid-Atlantic ridge.
    C. When mapped, the majority of earthquakes around the world, are located
    at a plate boundary.
    D. All volcanoes that occur over a hotspot are not associated with plate
    boundaries.
    30. The fossil of the plant Glossopteris has been found in Africa, Australia, India,
    South America, and Antarctica. This evidence helps support the idea that
    ___________.
    A. the continents have always been in the same location.
    B. the continents have moved
    C. the continents were once all covered in ice
    D. plants can travel across oceans

    Prepared by:

    NELSON L. MAGLASANG- T-III


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