Academic year 2021-2022

SCIENCE 10
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
Name:______________________________________________________ Score: _______________
Grade/Section: ______________________ Date: _________________ Teacher: Mr. Ronald P. Valenzuela
I.MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Directions: Read the statement/questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided before each number.

________1. The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is
known as _____.
A. Pangaea C. Plate Tectonics
B. Elastic Rebound D. Continental Drift
________2. When a volcanic eruption spews gases and ash into the air, which two spheres are
interacting?
A. hydrosphere and geosphere C. geosphere and atmosphere
B. biosphere and geosphere D. biosphere and atmosphere
________3. According to the Continental Drift Theory, the Earth was one big supercontinent called:
A. Gondwana C. Laurasua
B. Pangaea D. Panthalassa
________4. When Earth’s crust bends, forces act towards each other, this phenomenon may result to:
A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. faulting
________5. When the Earth’s crust cracks and tension forms or develops, this phenomenon is called:
A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. faulting
________6. The supercontinent called Pangaea was believed to exist ____ million years ago.
A. 120 C. 200
B. 100 D. 300
________7. The Earth is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old; this data was based from:
A. the presence of heat in the earth’s core C. the number of gases in the atmosphere
B. record of earthquake on Earth D. rock and fossils record
________8. 80% of all earthquakes occur in the __________________.
A. Atlantic Belt C. Mediterranean-Asiatic Belt
B. Caribbean Belt D. Pacific Belt
________9. This explains the concept of earthquake, where rocks bend until the strength of th rock is
exceeded and rupture occurs.
A. Sea-floor Spreading C. Plate Tectonics
B. Elastic Rebound D. Continental Drift
________10. Tsunamis are big waves that are caused by:
A. Strong winds C. earthquake or volcano eruption on land
B. Cyclones D. underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
________11. These are push and pull waves that expand in the direction the waves travel; has the
greatest velocity of all earthquake waves.
A. P waves C. Love waves
B. S waves D. Rayleigh waves
________12. This wave moves up and down and side-to-side. The second wave you feel in an
earthquake.
A. P waves C. Love waves
B. S waves D. Rayleigh waves
________13. Earthquake epicentres are identified through __________________.
A. Richter Scaling C. Triangulation Method
B. Seismographic Method D. Scaling Method
________14. The largest earthquake recorded in the world happened in ______________.
A. Alaska C. USA
B. Chile D. Japan
________15. Which clue is used to show that the continents used to fit together in a super continent
millions of years ago?
A. GPS data C. fossils and rocks record
B. gravitational changes D. magnetic poles shifting
________16. When two continental plates collide, edges of the continents are pushed upward to form:
A. rift valley C. trench
B. continental mountain range D. volcano
________17. Which of the following best describes how heat travels through the Earth’s layers?
A. heat from radiation in the core passes through convection currents in the mantle
B. heat from convection currents in the core passes through radiation in the mantle
C. heat from the core passes through conduction to the mantle
D. heat from the mantle passes to the core and to the lithosphere
________18. To locate the epicenter of an earthquake, a seismologist must determine all of the
following EXCEPT:
A. the velocity of both P waves and S waves
B. the types of fault from which it originated
C. the difference in travel times between P waves and S waves
D. the distance from the epicenter to at least three different seismological stations
________19. All of the following are true of tsunami EXCEPT:
A. they can travel at speeds greater than 500 miles per hour.
B. they are caused by undersea earthquakes.
C. they are often responsible for the destruction of ships at sea.
D. they can often form waves more than 100 feet high.
________20. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake is the ____.
A. focus C. fault
B. epicenter D. inner core
________21. What does a seismograph record?
A. the Mercalli scale rating for an earthquake
B. the speed of seismic waves
C. the ground movements caused by seismic waves
D. the location of the epicenter
________22. The higher the waves on a seismogram the ____.
A. stronger the earthquake C. closer the earthquake
B. weaker the earthquake D. None of these
________23. Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
A. continents C. asthenosphere
B. inner core D. lithosphere
________24. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
A. divergent C. transform
B. convergent D. shear
________25. A deep crack in the earth’s surface is called a :
A. ridge C. fold
B. plate D. fault
________26. How does the plates move at a transform boundary?
A. they move toward each other C. they move past each other
B. they move away from each other D. they do not move
________27. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
A. divergent boundary C. transform boundary
B. shear boundary D. convergent boundary
________28. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of most volcanoes?
A. divergent boundary C. transform boundary
B. shear boundary D. convergent boundary
________29. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of San Andreas fault?
A. divergent boundary C. transform boundary
B. shear boundary D. convergent boundary
________30. When magma reaches the earth’s surface, it is called:
A. rock C. lava
B. magma D. caldera
II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. (2 pts)
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct, if it is false change the UNDERLINED word to make
it correct.

________ 31. Convergent plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
________ 32. Stress cause by a Convergent boundary is called Compression.
________ 33. A Strike- Slip fault is when rocks on each side of the fault slip past each other as they break.
________ 34. Electromagnetic waves are elastic energies that radiate from the focus outward in all
directions.
________ 35. The point on the surface on the earth directly above on the Focus of an earthquake is called
Epicenter.
________ 36. Seismograph are instruments used to record the motion of the ground during an
earthquake
________ 37. Intensity is the quantitative measure of the size of the earthquake.
________ 38. Magnitude measures the effect on an earthquake by a particular area.
________ 39. Tidal wave are Series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an
earthquake.
________ 40. Liquefaction describes the vibration of the ground during an earthquake

III. ENUMERATION.
Directions: Give what is asked.

41-45. Physical properties of Minerals.

46-47. Two (2) types of Igneous rocks.

48-50. Three (2) types of Sedimentary rocks.

IV. ESSAY. (5pts)

1. How does rocks and Mineral important to our modern society?

2. As a student how would you contribute to earthquake preparedness awareness?