FIRST QUARTER PRE-TEST

Grade 10 Science
Directions: For each numbered item, write the letter of the best answer in capital letters. DO
NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE TEST QUESTIONNAIRE. Use the prescribed answer sheet.
1. Which idea was proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental
shapes and positions?
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. Laurasia
B. Pangaea D. Panthalassa
4. What will most likely happen when Earth’s crust bends and forces act toward
each other?
A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. faulting
5. What geophysical phenomenon happens when the Earth’s crust cracks
and tension forms or develops?
A. earthquake C. tsunami
B. folding D. faulting
6. The supercontinent called Pangaea was believed to have existed
how many million years ago?
A. 100 C. 200
B. 120 D. 300
7. The Earth is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old. From where is
the age derived?
A. the presence of heat in the earth’s core
B. record of earthquakes on Earth
C. the amount of gases in the atmosphere
D. rock and fossils record
8. Where do 80% of all earthquakes occur?
A. Atlantic Belt C. Mediterranean-Asiatic Belt
B. Caribbean Belt D. Pacific Belt
9. What explains the concept of earthquakes where rocks bend until the
strength of the rock is exceeded and rupture occurs?
A. Sea-floor Spreading C. Plate Tectonics
B. Elastic Rebound D. Continental Drift
10. Which causes the tsunamis which are big waves
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 epicenters are identified through .
A. Richter Scaling C. Triangulation Method
B. Seismographic Method D. Scaling Method
14. The deepest point on earth is the .
A.Philippine Deep C. Peru-Chile Trench
B. Mariana Trench D. Japan Trench
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. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an
earthquake?
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
_______31. The highest mountain in the Philippines is .
A. Mount Kilauea C. Mount Mayon
B. Mount Apo D. Mount Arayat
32. The outer core is made up of:
A. solid iron and nickel C. solid iron and aluminum
B. liquid iron and nickel D. liquid iron and aluminum
_________33. Scientists believed that this layer is responsible for Earth’s magnetic
field.
A. asthenosphere C. mantle
B. crust D. core
34. These are processes that are caused by forces from within the earth.
A. Earthquake C. endogenic
B. erosion D. exogenic
35. These are processes that come from forces on or above the
Earth’s surface.
A. earthquake C. endogenic
B. erosion D. exogenic
36. The most abundant element in the earth’s crust is:
A. carbon C. iron
B. oxygen D. silicon
37. The inside of the Earth consists of four major layers. Which is the
hottest layer?
A. inner core C. mantle
B. crust D. outer core
38. The order of the layers from the inside of the Earth outward is:
A. inner core, outer core, mantle, crust C. inner core, outer core, crust,
mantle
B. outer core, inner core, mantle, crust D.mantle, inner core, outer core,
crust

_______39. Which statement below best explains Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?
A. Volcanic activity slowly reshapes the continents throughout the earth’s geologic history
B. The continents shift locations as a result of major catastrophe like meteorite impacts and
earthquakes
C. The continents rapidly change places from one hemisphere to another when Earth’s magnetic
field reverses.
D. The continents were once part of the same landmass and have drifted very slowly to their
current positions.

_________40. What drives tectonic plate movement?

A. magnetic field C. convection currents
B. gravity D. pressure
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