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Science 10 Summative Test 1

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DepEd – National Capital Region

Division of City Schools - Valenzuela
PASO DE BLAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
#0027 Paso de Blas St. TCL, Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City
Science 10 Summative Test 1.1

Name: _________________________ Grade & Section: ______________ Date: __________ Score: __________
I. Multiple Choice. Write the CAPITAL letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number. (50 pts)

For questions 1 and 2, refer to the figure below. _____8. Earthquakes are a sudden motion caused by
movement of tectonic plates working against
_____.
A. friction C. magnetic forces
B. gravity D. centrifugal force
_____9. A/an _____ is a sudden motion or trembling
of the Earth caused by the abrupt release of
slowly accumulated energy in rocks.
A. focus C. earthquake
B. strike-slip fault D. fault creep
_____10. California has more than 20,000 earthquakes
_____1. You were provided with data showing the each year because there is a large _____
arrival time of the P and S-waves recorded running through the state.
from three seismic stations. Which of these A. epicenter C. crater
can you possibly determine? B. river D. fault
A. the damage at the focus _____11. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the
B. the distance to the earthquake continental crust at the subduction zone?
C. the intensity of the earthquake A. The oceanic crust has a greater density.
D. the location of the epicenter B. The oceanic crust is pulled downward by
_____2. From the seismogram, the distance to the earth’s magnetic field.
epicenter can be determined by measuring C. The oceanic crust is pushed from the
_____. ridge.
A. the arrival time of surface wave D. The continental crust has a denser
B. the difference in the arrival times of P and composition.
S-waves _____12. What method is use in locating earthquake’s
C. the ratio of the amplitude of the largest P epicenter?
and S-waves A. subduction C. triangulation
D. the speed of the surface wave B. seismograph D. none of the choices
_____3. Which of these is FALSE about lithospheric _____13. What do you call the magma supply in a hot
plates? spot mechanism?
A. have the same thickness everywhere A. mantle plume C. inner core
B. include the crust and upper mantle B. mantle reservoir D. hotspot supply
C. thickest in the mountain regions _____14. How did the Himalayas Mountain form?
D. vary in thickness A. two continental plates converged
_____4. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a B. two oceanic plates converged
recent earthquake. Which CORRECT C. two continental plates diverged
sequence of events should you follow? D. two oceanic plates diverged
i. Determine the difference in the arrival _____15. Why oceanic crust usually subducts beneath
time of S and P waves recorded from the continental crust when they collided?
each of the seismological stations. A. denser than the continental crust
ii. Use the triangulation method to B. thicker than continental crust
locate the center. C. less dense than continental crust
iii. Obtain data from three different D. thinner than continental crust
seismological stations. _____16. Which of the following features would expect
iv. Determine the distance of the to find at an oceanic-oceanic convergent
epicenter from the station. boundary?
A. earthquakes C. volcanic island arcs
A. i, iii, ii, iv C. iii, iv, i, ii B. ocean trenches D. all of the choices
B. iii, i, iv, ii D. iv, ii, i, iii _____17. Do two colliding continental plates always
_____5. What makes up the lithosphere? form volcanoes?
A. continental crust A. Yes, subduction always occurs when
B. crust and the upper mantle oceanic plates collide.
C. oceanic crust and continental crust B. Yes, subduction always occurs when
D. upper mantle continental plates collide.
_____6. Plates move 1-16 cm per ______. C. No, usually no subduction occurs when
A. million years C. month when continental plates collide.
B. year D. hour D. No, earthquakes always occur when two
_____7. Most earthquakes occur near the _____ of continental plates collide.
tectonic plates. _____18. What is a transform fault boundary?
A. Circum-Pacific Belt A. The two plates collide.
B. boundaries B. The two plates slide past one another.
C. center C. Two plates move towards each other.
D. ocean ridges D. Two plates pull away from each other.

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_____19. What happens when an oceanic plate as it _____31. If continents ride on top of 2 converging
converges with a continental plate? plates, they will collide and form _____.
A. The less dense oceanic plate slides past A. faults C. an island
the denser continental plate. B. an ocean D. mountains
B. The less dense oceanic plate slides
under the denser continental plate. For questions 32 and 33, refer to the figure below.
C. The denser oceanic plate slides under
the less dense continental plate.
D. The denser oceanic plate slides on top of
the less dense continental plate.
_____20. Which of the following places is formed from
an oceanic-oceanic convergence?
A. Philippines C. Hawaii
B. Iceland D. Galapagos Islands _____32. Plates A and B shows a divergent boundary.
_____21. Which of the following is created from a If plate C is adjacent to both plates and does
divergent boundary? not show any relative motion, what type of
A. The Great Rift Valley plate boundary is between A and C?
B. Marianas Trench A. convergent C. reverse fault
C. Andes Mountains B. divergent D. transform fault
D. Pacific Ring of Fire _____33. What geologic event is most likely to happen
_____22. Which of the following would you expect to at the given type of plate boundary in item
find in a continental-oceanic convergence? 32?
A. San Andreas Fault A. earthquake
B. Marianas Trench B. mountain formation
C. Himalayas C. rift valley formation
D. Mid-Atlantic Ridge D. volcanic eruption
_____23. Which of the following is created from _____34. Which of these is NOT true about the
continental-continental convergence? Philippine islands?
A. San Andreas Fault A. Most are part of Philippine Mobile Belt,
B. Marianas Trench except for Palawan, Mindoro, and
C. Himalayas Zamboanga.
D. Pacific Ring of Fire B. Formed because of convergence of the
_____24. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be Philippine plate and the Pacific plate.
along converging plates, which of these C. Originated geologically in an oceanic-
should you NOT expect to see? oceanic convergence.
A. active volcanoes D. Some are products of subduction
B. mountain ranges process.
C. rift valleys _____35. Right in the middle of an island, you can find
D. volcanic islands a rift valley. What type of plate boundary
_____25. You are an oceanographer and want to map exists on that island?
the ocean floor on east coast of the A. convergent C. reverse fault
Philippines. As you do your study, you notice B. divergent D. transform fault
that there is a portion in the ocean floor which _____36. What do you expect to find parallel to the
is relatively much deeper than the rest. What trench?
most likely is that deeper part? A. hot spot C. rift valley
A. linear sea C. rift valley B. ocean ridge D. volcanic arc
B. oceanic ridge D. trench _____37. Chains of volcanic islands adjacent to deep
_____26. What do you expect to find at a mid-ocean sea trenches and volcanoes parallel to
ridge? continental margins or trenches are located
A. relatively young rocks above _____.
B. reverse fault A. mid-oceanic ridges
C. thick accumulation of sediments B. grabens
D. very ancient rocks C. transform faults
_____27. Crustal plate A is moving away from crustal D. subduction zones
plate B. What is the expected average rate of _____38. The San Andreas fault zone in California is
change in position between A and B? an example of _____ plate boundary.
A. a few centimeters per year A. divergent C. convergent
B. a few meters per month B. transform D. none of the choices
C. a few millimeters per month _____39. At transform boundaries, movement between
D. a few millimeters per day the plates is _____.
_____28. Which plate boundary is formed between the A. towards one another
Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate? B. away from another
A. convergent C. reverse fault C. horizontal, with plates moving past one
B. divergent D. transform fault another
_____29. A rift valley is an evidence of which kind of D. none of the choices
plate boundary? _____40. Plates where tectonic plates move apart is
A. convergent C. transform called _____.
B. divergent D. uniform A. divergent C. convergent
_____30. The convergence of two continental plates B. transform D. none of the choices
would produce ______. _____41. Convergence of two continental plates
A. folded mountains causes formation of _____.
B. island arcs A. mid-ocean ridges
C. rift valleys B. rift valleys
D. trenches C. mountain chains
D. island arcs

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_____42. Mountains formed in part by igneous activity

associated with subduction of oceanic
lithosphere beneath a continent is called
_____.
A. volcanic island arc
B. volcanic arc
C. trench
D. mountain range
_____43. A boundary in which two plates move toward
each other, causing one of the slabs of the
lithosphere to subduct beneath an overriding
plate is called _____.
A. transform boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. divergent boundary
D. insurgent boundary
_____44. A boundary in which two plates move away
from each other, causing one of the slabs of
the lithosphere to obduct with the other is
called _____.
A. transform boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. divergent boundary
D. insurgent boundary
_____45. A boundary in which two plates slide past to
each other is called _____.
A. transform boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. divergent boundary
D. insurgent boundary
_____46. The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are
typically located near what feature?
A. A continental shelf
B. A mid-ocean ridge
C. A subduction trench
D. An abyssal plain
_____47. Which of the following is MOST responsible
for the formation of new crust at the edge of a
tectonic plate?
A. Magma rising up from the mantle at a
divergent boundary.
B. Mountain building at a continent-
continent convergent boundary.
C. Subduction of one oceanic plate under
another at a convergent boundary.
D. Two tectonic plates sliding past one
another at a transform boundary.
_____48. Which of the following increases with
distance from a mid-ocean ridge?
A. The age of the oceanic lithosphere.
B. The thickness of the lithosphere.
C. The depth of the sea floor.
D. All of the above.
_____49. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3
cm per year, how far (in kilometers) will it
spread in a million years?
A. 30 kilometers C. 3000 kilometers
B. 300 kilometers D. 30000 kilometers
_____50. In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the
mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 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.
B. Volcano B is the oldest.
C. Volcano B is the youngest.
D. Volcano B is younger than C.

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DepEd – National Capital Region

Division of City Schools - Valenzuela
PASO DE BLAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
#0027 Paso de Blas St. TCL, Paso de Blas, Valenzuela City
Science 10 Summative Test 1.1

ANSWER KEY

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

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