First Quarter Test
Science 10 - Set A
SY 2022-2023
DIRECTION: Identify the word/statement that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Write your answer on the answer sheet provided. Do not write anything on this test paper.
1. Which layer of the earth is the thinnest?
A. Crust
B. Mantle
C. Outer Core
D. Inner Core
2. What makes up the lithosphere?
A. Crust and mantle
C. Outer core and inner core
B. Outer core and inner mantle
D. Crust and upper mantle
3. The following are the studies that helps us know what the Earth is made of EXCEPT:
A. Geophysical surveys
C. Geological surveys
B. Satellite data
D. Weather analysis
4. What type of plate boundary occurs when plates collide?
A. Convergent boundary
C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform-fault boundary
D. Territorial boundary
5. How many major tectonic plates the Earth is divided into?
A. 11
B. 12
C. 13
D. 14
6. What plate is also known as the “Ring of Fire”?
A. Pacific Plate
C. Eurasian Plate
B. North American Plate
D. Australian Plate
7. What type of boundary occurs when plates move away from each other?
A. Convergent boundary
C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform-fault boundary
D. Territorial boundary
8. What do you call the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less
dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which
consequently results in transfer of heat?
A. Convection
B. Subduction
C. Collision
D. Transformation
9. What type of boundary occurs when plates slide each other?
A. Convergent boundary
C. Divergent boundary
B. Transform-fault boundary
D. Territorial boundary
10. Which theory states that the entire crust and upper mantle is broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift
C. Plate Tectonics
B. Seafloor Spreading
D. Titanic Theory
11. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
A. fault
B. fissure
C. fracture
D. plate
12. What is the innermost layer of the Earth?
A. crust
B. inner core
C. mantle
D. outer core
13. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do you call a chain of
mountains?
A. mountain arc
B. mountain chain
C. mountain range
D. mountainous
14. Who was the scientist who proposed and wrote the Theory of Continental Drift?
A. Aristotle
C. Claude Debussy
B. Alfred Wegener
D. Alfred the Great
15. Which famous Philippine volcano violently erupted in 1991 and killed more than 300 people?
A. Bulusan
B. Kanlaon
C. Mayon
D. Pinatubo
16. Based on geological hazard maps, what is the safest place in the country due to its very low risk in
geologic disasters?
A. Batanes
B. Isabela
C. Palawan
D. Romblon
17. Plates float on the surface of the mantle. Which plate pushes the Philippine Plate toward the Eurasian
Plate?
A. Cocos Plate
B. Pacific Plate
C. Scotia Plate
D. South American Plate
18. Which country is currently affected by the divergence of North American Plate and Eurasian Plate because
of their boundaries running through its middle?
A. South America
B. Greenland
C. Iceland
D. Europe
19. Which of the following land formations was caused by the collision of two continental lithospheres?
A. Mt. Pinatubo
C. San Andreas Fault
B. Mt. Everest
D. Mid-Atlantic Ridge
20. What do you call the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust
into the mantle beneath another plate?
A. Convection
B. Subduction
C. Collision
D. Transformation
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First Quarter Test
Science 10 - Set B
SY 2022-2023
DIRECTION: Identify the word/statement that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Write your answer on the answer sheet provided. Do not write anything on this test paper.
21. The Hawaiian island chains are formed by what type of volcanism?
A. Hotspot
B. Convergent
C. Divergent
D. Transform-Fault
22. The island of Masbate, according to PHIVOLCS, is highly prone to what natural disaster?
A. Earthquakes
B. Landslide
C. Tsunami
D. Volcanic eruptions
Figure A.
I.
II.
III.
23. Which picture above in Figure A illustrates a transform-fault boundary?
A. Illustration I
B. Illustration II
C. Illustration III
D. None of the choices.
24. Which picture above in Figure A illustrates a convergent boundary?
A. Illustration I
B. Illustration II
C. Illustration III
D. None of the choices.
25. Which of these phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates?
A. have the same thickness everywhere
C. thickest in the mountain regions
B. include the crust and upper mantle
D. vary in thickness
26. What should you NOT DO during an earthquake?
A. cover your head
C. duck under the table
B. park your car
D. run to a tall tree
27. Tsunami comes when you suddenly observe the ocean water moving away from the beach. To save
yourself from this calamity, you MUST ______.
A. call the police
C. run to the nearest hill or mountain
B. stay in the middle of the beach D. take the time to pick up seashells
28. Why do oceanic lithospheres usually subduct during collisions?
A. Because of their higher densities
C. Because of their already downward position.
B. Because of the Earth’s gravity
D. Cannot be explained.
29. The following are the necessary precautions that you should do prior to an occurrence of a volcanic
eruption EXCEPT:
A. Prepare for evacuation
C. Always listen to the radio/TV
B. Prepare your emergency kit bag
D. Dig for an underground cave
30. The following land formations and occurrences are present during the the collision of two continental
plates EXCEPT:
A. Volcanic Island Arc
C. Earthquake
B. Mountain range
D. Fault lines
31. Which of the following situations below CORRECTLY describe convection current?
A. Hot materials go down while cooler materials go up
B. Hot materials go up while cooler materials go down
C. Hot and cool materials either go up and down.
D. Hot and cool materials only go down.
32. When a divergence of plates occurs in two oceanic lithospheres, what is formed in their boundary?
?
A. Mountain
B. Earthquake
C. Mid-Ocean Ridge
D. Subduction
33. The following land formations and occurrences are present during the the collision of two Oceanic
lithospheric plates EXCEPT:
A. Mid-Ocean Ridges
C. Volcanic Island Arcs
B. Trenches
D. Earthquakes
34. Which material below is the LEAST important to be placed in your emergency kit?
A. Identification Card
B. Perfume
C. Cup Noodles
D. Bottled water
35. Why is it important to be aware of places prone to earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions?
A. to identify what crop must be stored
C. to identify when to evacuate
B. to stay near a volcano
D. to perform necessary precautions
36. How do you describe the locations of earthquake epicenters, mountain rangers, and moving plates in
the Pacific Ring of Fire? They are _____.
A. all over the place
C. concentrated in one area only
B. they are in the same location
D. strategically plotted in clusters
37. How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenter, and volcanoes?
A. Mountain ranges are found in places between where volcanoes and earthquake epicenters are
also situated.
B. Mountain ranges are found in places where volcanoes and/or earthquake epicenters are also
situated.
C. Mountain ranges are found only in places where earthquake epicenters are situated.
D. Mountain ranges are found only in places where volcanoes are situated.
38. What do you think is the basis of scientists in dividing Earth’s lithosphere into several plates?
A. brightness of stars and formation of constellations in the sky
B. the cycle of high and low tides during full moon
C. the occurrence of earthquake, volcanism, and mountain formation
D. the uneven distribution of heat in the globe
I. Volcanic Island Arc
Figure B. II. Mountain Ranges
III. Tsunami
IV. Earthquake
VII. Subduction
V. Mid-Ocean Ridge VIII. Seafloor Spreading
VI. Volcanic Arc
IX. Trenches
39. Which of the following land formations and occurrences on figure B above is present when a
continental lithosphere converges with an oceanic lithosphere?
A. I, II & III
B. IV, VI, VII & IX
C. V, VI, VII, IX
D. I, III, VI, IX
40. Which of the following land formations and occurrences on figure B above is present when an Oceanic
lithosphere diverges with an oceanic lithosphere?
A. I, IV, V & VIII
B. I, II, & III
C. IV, VI, VII & IX
D. V, VI, VII, IX
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