Department of Education

Region No. VIII

Ormoc City Division
New Ormoc City National High School

Science and Technology 10

First Grading Period

Name:_____________________________________ Section:___________________ Score: _________

Direction: Read the following questions carefully. Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. What has been the most useful method for determining the structure of the Earth’s interior?
a. Core samples c. Seismology
b. Magnetic field d. Density study
2. Which layer produces the Earth’s magnetic field?
a. Crust c. Inner Core
b. Outer Core d. Mantle
3. The Mohorovicic discontinuity lies at the boundary of what two layers?
a. Crust and mantle c. Crust and outer core
b. Outer core and inner core d. mantle and outer core
4. What keeps the outer core molten (in contrast to the mantle)?
a. Cool temperature c. high pressure
b. Distance from the sun d. metals with low melting point
5. The layer of the Earth that has the lowest density.
a. Continental crust c. oceanic crust
b. Inner core d. outer core
6. What is the lithosphere composed of?
a. The continental and oceanic crust
b. The lower mantle and outer core
c. The crust and uppermost mantle
d. The upper mantle
7. The inner core is believed to be solid based on seismic data. What keeps it in this phase?
a. The tremendous amount of temperature
b. The tremendous amount of pressure
c. The composition of the core which is iron and nickel
d. The gravitational force
8. If all the inner layers of the Earth are solid and firm, what could have happened to Pangaea?
a. It remained as a supercontinent
b. It would have become as it is today
c. It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean
d. It would have stretched and covered the whole world
9. How do you compare the densities of the Earth’s crust, mantle, and core?
a. Mantle is less dense than the core but denser than the crust
b. Mantle is less dense than both the core and the crust
c. Mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the crust
d. Mantle is denser than both the core and the crust
10. Which of the following statements is not true?
a. Compressional waves travel through solid as well as liquid.
b. When seismic waves pass from one material to another, the path of the wave is refracted.
c. In all materials S-waves travel faster than p-waves.
d. The speed of seismic waves generally changes with depth in a layer.
11. What name did Alfred Wegener give to his theory of horizontal crustal movement?
a. Continental drift c. Plate tectonics
b. Seafloor Spreading d. Rifting
12. In 1912, Alfred Wegener proposed a theory that the Earth is once a single landmass. What is the
name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted all of the present continents?
a. Eurasia b. Laurasia c. Pangaea d. Gondwanaland
13. What theory did magnetic anomalies on the seafloor give rise to?
 a. Continental drift c. Rifting
b. Plate tectonics d. Seafloor Spreading
14. Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
a. Charles Darwin and James Hutton c. John Butler and Arthur Smite
b. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz d. F. Vine and D. Mathews
15. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this
movement?
a. Gravitational force of the moon c. Magnetic force at the poles
b. Convection current at the mantle d. The force of the atmosphere
16. During the 1960s, scientists were already equipped with gadgets needed to explore the deep ocean.
What discovery about the ocean floor is associated with seafloor spreading?
a. Crust are denser than the mantle
b. The rotational poles of the Earth have migrated
c. The continental crust is denser than the oceanic crust
d. The oceanic crust is very young relative to the age of the continental crust
17. Why was Wegener’s theory rejected by geophysicists?
a. Lack of mechanism for continents to break though oceanic crust.
b. Wegener was not a geologist by training and couldn’t get his idea heard.
c. The presence of a continent directly over the south pole.
d. The concentration of continents in the northern hemisphere.
18. Which of the following best explains why the Pacific Ocean is believed to be getting smaller?
a. The subduction process in the Pacific ocean is faster than seafloor spreading
b. Seafloor spreading in the Pacific ocean is faster than the subduction process
c. The Pacific ocean is surrounded by deep trenches
d. The Pacific ocean is one of the most active site of seafloor spreading
19. If the Atlantic Ocean is getting wider at a rate of 2.5 cm per year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread
in a million years?
a. 2.5 km b. 25 km c. 250 km d. 2500 km
20. Which of the following diagram best illustrates the convection occurring in the mantle?

a. c.

b. d.

21. The animal fossil that helped support the theory of continental drift is called
a. Mesosauros c. Glossopteris
b. Metosanous d. Glossoplantis
22. What two continents fit together most noticeably?
a. Africa and North America c. South America and Africa
b. South America and Europe d. Antarctica an Africa
23. In seafloor spreading, molten materials rises from the mantle and erupts
a. Along mid-ocean ridges c. Along the edges of the continents
b. At the north and south poles d. In deep ocean trenches
24. Which of the following is correct?
a. Previous magnetic reversals are proven to cause mass extinction events.
b. During magnetic reversal, the north and south magnetic poles switch places.
c. Magnetic reversals have occurred at constant intervals
d. The last magnetic reversal occurs about 1,000 years ago.
25. What type of evidence did Wegener use to support his theory?
a. Distribution of fossil plants and animals.
b. Geographic fit of the continents
c. Paleoclimatic oddities such as coals
d. All of the above
 26. Which of the following findings DOES NOT support seafloor spreading theory?
a. Rocks are younger at the mid-ocean ridge
b. Rocks far from the mid-ocean ridge are older
c. Sediments are thinner at the ridge
d. Rocks at the ocean floor are older than those at the continents
27. If you are a cartographer, what will 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
28. What finally convinced geophysicists that the continents did move?
a. Dinosaur distribution c. Seafloor spreading
b. Lystrosaurus in Antarctica d. Rifting
29. It is a type of plate boundary wherein the edges of two plates slide past each other in opposite
directions.
a. Convergent b. Divergent c. Transform d. Reverse Fault
30. What type of plate boundary where two plates collide with each other?
a. Divergent c. Convergent
b. Transform d. Moho Discontinuity
31. In the middle of an island, you found a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?
a. Convergent b. Divergent c. Transform d. Reverse Fault

For items 32 – 34, refer to the Map of Plate Boundaries

32. Which plate boundary is formed
between the Nazca plate and South
American plate?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform
d. Reverse Fault
33. Which plate boundary is formed
between the Australian plate and
Antarctic plate?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Transform Map of Plate Boundaries
d. Reverse Fault

34. Which plate boundary is formed between the South American plate and African plate?
a. Convergent b. Divergent c. Transform d. Reverse Fault
35. The mid-ocean ridge occurs along a,
a. Convergent boundary where new crust is formed.
b. Transform boundary where crust is suducted.
c. Divergent n boundary where seafloor spreading takes place.
d. Divergent plate boundary where subduction takes place.
36. The Himalayan mountains were formed because of a:
a. Hot spot c. Transform boundary
b. Divergent boundary d. Convergent boundary
37. The ring of fire is a ring of volcanoes and earthquakes that occur along:
a. Mid-ocean ridge c. Hot Spot
b. Plate Boundaries d. only transform boundaries
38. Causes tectonic plates to move.
a. Ocean Currents c. Transform boundary
b. Volcanoes d. Convection current
39. Which of these refers to the process where the denser plate goes under the less dense plate along
convergent plate boundaries?
a. Subduction b. Trench c. Hot spots d. Seafloor Spreading
40. Which of the following is formed when oceanic plates move apart, resulting in the upwelling of
material from the mantle?
a. Trench b. Volcanic Arc c. New Seafloor d. Subduction Zones
41. Two plates are moving away from each other. What is the expected average rate of change in the
position between these plates?
 a. A few centimeters per year c. A few millimeters per century
b. A few meters per month d. A few millimeters per day
42. In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is15 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 the youngest
b. Volcano B is the oldest d. Volcano B is younger than C
43. What happens when an oceanic plate meets a continental plate?
a. The denser continental plate subducts beneath the oceanic plate
b. The denser oceanic plate subducts beneath the continental plate
c. The thinner oceanic plate overrides the continental plate
d. It leads to the formation of mountain ranges
44. Which of the following best describes a mid-ocean ridge?
a. The rocks near the ridge are relatively young
b. The sediments are thickly accumulated near the ridge
c. It has reverse fault lines
d. The rocks near the ridge are older than those of the continents
45. Which of these statements best describes a trench?
a. A break in a rock along which movement has occurred
b. A continuous mass of island located at the ocean floor
c. A process in which a slab of rock thrusts into the mantle
d. A depression in the sea floor produced by subduction process
46. Which of these is NOT true about the Philippine islands?
a. Most are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt, except for Palawan,Mindoro, and Zamboanga
Peninsula
b. Most islands are part of the Asian continent but drifted apart 65 million years ago.
c. Most parts of the Philippines originated from an oceanic-oceanic convergence.
d. Most are products of the subduction process.
47. A map of global earthquakes and volcanoes tells you:
a. Where the edges of the continents are.
b. Where the Earth is the hottest.
c. Nothing, it looks random
d. Where the plate boundaries are.
48. What does plate tectonics theory predict about the distribution of volcanoes and earthquakes?
a. They should be evenly distributed throughout the Earth.
b. They should occur primarily along plate boundaries.
c. They should occur primarily in deep ocean trenches.
d. They should only occur along continental margins.
49. How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges with the distribution of earthquake epicenters
and volcanoes?
a. Mountain ranges are mostly found in places where volcanoes or earthquake epicenters are
also located.
b. Mountain ranges are found in places far from the location of volcanoes and earthquake
epicenters.
c. Mountain ranges are found in places where two plates move away from each other.
d. Mountain ranges are found in places where two plates slide past each other.
50. 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 of 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 each station.
a. i, iii, ii, iv b. iii, i, iv, ii c. iii, iv, i, ii d. iv, ii, i, iii

“I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With Him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”
(Psalm 16:8)

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MA. LADY LOVE R. SANCHEZ GAY A. BALLAIS

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 FIRST PERIODICAL TEST
GRADE 10 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

ANSWER KEY

1. C 26. D
2. B 27. B
3. A 28. C
4. D 29. C
5. A 30. C
6. C 31. B
7. B 32. A
8. A 33. B
9. A 34. B
10.C 35. C
11.A 36. D
12.C 37. B
13.D 38. D
14.B 39. A
15.B 40. C
16.D 41. A
17.A 42. D
18.A 43. B
19.B 44. A
20.B 45. D
21.A 46. B
22.C 47. D
23.A 48. B
24.B 49. A
25.D 50. B