Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
SCIENCE GRADE 10

PRE-TEST
K-12 CURRICULUM

NAME: _______________________________________ SECTION: __________________ SCORE: ___________

General Direction: Each item below has four choices. Select the best answer and write only the letter of your choice on the blank
provided before the number.

_______1. What is a volcano?

A. A vent where hot water shoots toward the surface
B. It is a fissure or vent, from which lava flows
C. It is a hole where liquefaction once occur
D. A hollow part of the earth
_______2. What is a plate?
A. Are sections of lithosphere that move as a group.
B. Are rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit.
C. Lithospheric sections that causes eruption.
D. Are a lithospheric group that creates magma.
_______3. Hot matter is _________ dense and ___________
A. less, sinks B. less, rises C. more, sinks D. more, rises
_______4. A rift valley formed by the movement of tectonic plates. Which movement of tectonic plates caused the rift valley to form?
A. Two tectonic plates separated from each other.
B. Two tectonic plates collided with each other.
C. One tectonic plate slid under another.
D. One tectonic plate slid past another.
_______5. Convection currents in the mantle are thought to be the driving force behind tectonic movement. At which location do the
convection currents cause the plates to diverge?
A. strike-slip fault B. subduction zone 7 C. mid oceanic ridges D. folded mountains
_______6. At what type of plate boundary do shallow-focus earthquakes occur?
A. Convergent B. Divergent C. transform fault D. all of these
_______7. What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?
A. Eurasia B. Laurasia C. Pangea D. Iseltwald
_______8. What is the primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
A. Crustal plate movement C. Higher than usual tides
B. Earth’s gravitational force D. Solar magnetic storms
_______9. A remainder of something that live long time ago.
A. Rocks B. Fossils C. Bones D. Sediments
_______10. What do Glossopteris fossils tell us about the early position of the continents?
A. It proves that Antarctica had a tropical climate before.
B. It tells us that all the continents have tropical climate before.
C. It tells us that Australia was nearer to the equator before.
D. It proves that Antarctica had a cold climate before.
_______11. Electromagnetic waves have the same speed and that is equal to the ________.
A. Speed of light B. Speed of waves C. Speed of electrons D. Acceleration
_______12.Which of the following is the correct arrangement of the electromagnetic spectrum?
A. Infrared, X-ray, Radio waves, Microwave, Ultraviolet, Gamma ray, visible
B. Radio waves, Microwave, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma ray
C. Visible, Radio waves, Infrared, Microwave, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma ray
D. Microwave, Radio waves, Infrared, Visible, Ultraviolet, X-ray, Gamma ray
_______11. Which type of electromagnetic wave is used in cooking?
A. Infrared B. Radio waves C. Microwaves D. X-ray
_______12. Which of the following application is applied to microwaves?
A. Radars C. Show temperature variation of the body
B. artificial lighting D. medical treatment
_______13. It is the most used in transmitting sounds and information images.
A. Infrared B. Radio waves C. Microwaves D. Visible light
_______14. Which of the following is the use of visible light?
A. sending phone messages C. treating cancer
B. disinfectant agent D. photosynthesis
_______15. It is the most common used of Ultraviolet rays.
A. sending phone messages C. treating cancer
B. photosynthesis D. disinfectant agent
_______16. This type of EM wave is most penetrating through all forms of matter.
A. Infrared B. Visible light C. Gamma rays D. Ultraviolet ray
_______17. Which type of Electromagnetic radiation kills living cells?
A. gamma rays B. microwaves C. x-ray D. Ultra-violet waves
_______18. Which type of Electromagnetic radiation produces Vitamin D in the skin and gives us tanning effect?
A. infrared waves B. microwaves C. x-ray D. Ultra-violet waves
_______19. If you stand in front of two adjacent large mirrors (at 900), how many images will you see?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
_______20. What type of mirror is used in a view finding mirror of a vehicle?
A. Convex B. Concave C. Plain D. Parabolic
_______21. An object is placed between a concave mirror (vertex) and its focal point. What is the type and orientation of the
image formed?
A. virtual and inverted B. virtual and upright C. real and inverted D. real and upright
_______22. Light rays bend as it passes from one transparent medium to another transparent medium of different densities.
What property of light is being described in the sentence
A. Reflection B. Refraction C. Diffraction D. Interference
_______23. A camera forms an image in a sensitive film while an eye forms the image on the _______.
A. Iris B. Pupil C. Cornea D. Retina
_______24. What can a camera do which a human eye cannot?
A. It can form images of object.
B. It can adjust to dim and bright lights.
C. It can change focus from short to long distances.
D. It can give permanent record of the scene on which it is focused.
_______25. Which of the following optical instrument does NOT form a real, inverted and smaller image?
A. camera B. human eye C. pinhole camera D. simple microscope
_______26. If lens create a real image, which of the following CANNOT be true?
A. the image is inverted C. the image is upright
B. the image is bigger the object D. the image is smaller than the object
_______27. When the object is placed on the focal point in front of a convex lens, the image produced is___________.
A. real, reduce and inverted C. real, true, and inverted
B. real, enlarged and inverted D. there is no image
_______28. What is the transfer of electricity in a generator?
A. Mechanical to Electrical C. Physical to Potential
B. Electrical to Mechanical D. Potential to Physical
_______29. Surrounding every magnet is a _________________.
A. Magnetic Field B. Electrical Current C. Another Magnet D. None of the Above
_______30. In large generators in power plants, ________ rotates inside a coil of wire to produce an electric current.
A. Wind B. Magnet C. Water D. Circuit
_______31. What force does a magnetic field apply without actually touching the object? How can a magnet move another object
without touching it?
A. Push or Pull B. Friction C. Gravity D. Pressure
_______32. What energy do you put IN to a generator?
A. Mechanical B. Thermal C. Electrical D. Potential
_______33. What basic principle enables ALL electric generators to operate?
A. Iron is the only element that is magnetic.
B. Opposite electric charges attract and like charges repel.
C. A closed-loop conductor within a changing magnetic field will have an induced electromotive force.
D. A current-carrying conductor placed within a magnetic field will experience a magnetic force.
_______34. A generator converts
A. electrical energy into mechanical energy.
B. mechanical energy into electrical energy.
C. mechanical energy into steam.
D. steam into mechanical energy.
_______35. The responsible for driving sexual maturity is called _________________.
A. Hypothalamus B. Sex Hormones C. Prolactin D. Infertility
_______36. The main reproductive hormones are ___________________ and ___________________.
A. Oxytocin, Pituitary B. Hormones, Puberty C. Estrogen, Testosterone D. Prolactin, Androgen
_______37. The responsible for the eggs to mature in the ovaries once a girl hits puberty.
A. Hormones B. Estrogen C. Testosterone D. Androgen
_______38. For both male and female reproductive system, it is the ___________________ that monitors and causes the release of
hormones from the pituitary gland.
A. Hypothalamus B. Sex Hormones C. Prolactin D. Infertility
_______39. NaOH + KNO3 → NaNO3 + KOH
A. Single displacement B. Combustion C. Decomposition D. Double displacement
_______40. P4 + O2 → P2O5
A. Combination B. Combustion C. Double displacement D. Acid-base
_______41. C18H18 + O2 → CO2 + H2O
A. Single displacement B. Combustion C. Decomposition D. Acid-base
_______42. Fe + NaBr → FeBr3 + Na
A. Combination B. Single displacement C. Double displacement D. Acid-base

TEST I: Write TRUE if the statement is true. Write FALSE if the statement is false

___________43. A simple electric motor is made when a coil or any closed loop of conductor moves through or cuts across magnetic
field lines.
___________44. Faraday's law says that a changing magnetic field produces an electric field.
___________45. A simple DC motor can be assembled using a single coil that rotates in a magnetic field.
___________46. Rotation of a coil in a magnetic field produces an emf.
___________47. The transformer is an example of dynamic electrical machine.
___________48. In a generator, the input is mechanical power and the output is electrical power.
___________49. Motor and generator are both static electrical machines.
___________50. The working principle of DC generators is based on Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.