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__1. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s __________.
A. asthenosphere
B. continents C. core
D. lithosphere
__2. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
A. Continental Drift
C. Seafloor Spreading
B. Plate Tectonics
D. Titanic Theory
__3. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
A. fault
B. fissure
C. fracture
D. plate
__4. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
A. crust
B. inner core C. mantle
D. outer core
__5. Plates float on the surface of the mantle. Which plate pushes the Philippine Plate
toward the Eurasian Plate?
A. Cocos Plate
C. Nazca Plate
B. Indo-Australian Plate
D. Pacific Plate
__6. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
A. divergent boundary
C. lithosphere
B. transform boundary
D. convergent boundary
__7. The East African Rift is an example of a _____________.
A. mid-ocean ridge
C. rift valley
B. convergent boundary
D. transform boundary
__8. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
A. convergent
B. stable
C. divergent
D. transform
__
9. Seafloor spreading is located at _________________________.
A. transform plate boundary
C. divergent plate boundary
B. convergent plate boundary
D. Indian plate
__10. Plates slide past each other at ________________.
A. subduction zone
C. convection current
B. divergent boundary
D. transform fault boundary
__11. It is otherwise known as an underwater mountain.
A. oceanic ridge
B. trench
C. hill
D. volcanic island
__
12. It is the point where two plates meet or collide while converging.
A. collision zone
B. sinking point
C. subduction zone
D. meeting point
__13. The word used to refer to the shaking of the ground due to any activity in the
lithosphere.
A. intensity
B. earthquake
C.
v
olcanism
D. wave
__
14
.
It is a landform produced when two continental plates converge.
A. volcan
o
B. fault
C. mountain
D. volcanic island
__
15
.
It is a chain of volcanoes developed parallel to a trench or a crack under the
ocean.
A. mountain
rang
e
C. volcanic island arc
B. volcanoes
D. mountainous
__
16
.
The region in which one plate moves under another is ____________.
A. rift valley
B. subduction zone
C. magma chamber
D. vent
__17.
The plastic
like upper portion of the mantle is called
A.
the magma
B. the core
C. the lithosphere
D. the asthenosphere
__
18.
It is a measure of how much mass there is in a volume of a substance.
A. volume
B. temperature
C. density
D. mass
__
19.
The motion of gas or liquid caused by differences in tempera
ture is a _________.
A. tectonic movement
B. plate tectonic
C. convection current
D. magma chamber
__20.
What is the source of heat in a mantle convection current?
A. the Sun
B. the crust
C. the core
D. the moon
__
21.
He is a German Scientist who
hypothesized in 1912 that continents were
once a giant landmass called
Pangaea.
A. Harry Hammond Hess
B. Robert Dietz
C. Alfred Lothar Wegener
D. Charles Darwin
__
22.
What discovery provided strong support for Continental Drift Theory?
A. Geology
B.
Fossil evidence
C. Electromagnetism
D. Paleomagnetism
__
23
.
What do you call the supercontinent landmass formed million years ago?
A. Pangaea
B. Panthalass
a
C. Asia
D. Eurasi
a
__
24.
If Australia is moving about 2cm/ year and was drifted
from the ridge by
1000km, how long ago was it
when Australia was near the ridge?
A. 50 million years
B. 10 million years
C. 500 million years
D. cannot be predicte
d
__
_
25.
What
are the
evidences d
o
scientists use to support the Continental Drift Theory?
A
. rocks, fossils, air
B. rocks, water, ice
C. rocks, fossils, climate
D. rocks, fossils, human beings
__
_
26.
How do you describe the locations of earthquake epicenters, mountain ranges,
and moving plates in the
Pacific Ring of Fire? They are
_____.
A. all over the place
B. concentrated in one area
C. located in the same location
D. strategically plotted in clusters
__
27.
Why is it important to be aware of places prone to earthquakes?
A. to identify what crop must be stored
B. to identify
when to evacuate
C. to locate where to stay best
D. to perform necessary precautions
__
28.
Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current
location.
A. vertically
B. horizontally
C. quickly
D. slowly
__
29
.
The
Himalayan mountain range of India was formed at the __________.
A. divergent boundary
B. convergent boundary
C. hot spot
D. transform boundary
__
30.
When magma in the earth’s mantle develops a great pressure, the ground above it
is pushed upward. If
thi
s happens in the middle of an ocean, what landform is
produced?
A. mountain
B. volcanic island
C. volcano
D. continent
__
31
.
A rift valley is formed simultaneously with which of the following type of plate
boundary?
A. Convergent plate boundary
B.
Divergent plate boundary
C. Transform fault plate boundary
D. Both convergent and divergent plate boundary
__
32.
Scientists believe that the motion of tectonic plates is caused by ______________.
A. pressure in Earth’s crust
B. conveyor belts
C. convecti
on currents
D. heat in the Earth’s core
__
33.
A convection current is caused by differences in temperature resulting to
variation in ___________.
A. air pressure
B. color
C. density
D. mass
__
34.
The idea that Earth’s lithosphere is broken up into
separate plates that float on
the mantle is the theory of
__________.
A. continental drift
B. seafloor spreading
C. tectonic movement
D. plate tectonics
__
35.
Peer scientists reviewing Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift rejected his
notion
because____________.
A. his evidence was too few to make a valid conclusion.
B. he did not explain how continents move and what moves them.
C. his evidence was not clear in showing how continents were joined.
D. he lied by including false evidence.
__36.
Which is
NOT TRUE
about the location of the epicenter of earthquakes?
A. Some are located along the edges of the continents.
B. Some are located in mid
continents.
C. Some are located in North Asia.
D. Some are located in oceans
__37.
Base on the current p
osition of the continents, South America is moving away
from Africa in what
direction?
A. West
B. East
C. North
D. South
__38.
Which of the following happens when plates diverge or move away from each other?
A. The crust is destroyed.
B. New crust
is produced because magma rises, then cools off and turns into
solid.
C. Earth’s size changes because mountains are added on the earth’s surface.
D. The mantle rises.
__39
If there are MORE mid
ocean ridges than subduction zones, what happens
to
the ocean?
A. It gets larger.
B. It sinks.
C. It gets smaller.
D. Nothing will change.
__40.
Why was Alfred Wegener's Continental Drift Theory not accepted immediately
by the people during his
time?
A. He cannot explain what causes the continents to drift.
B. He
explains that South America and Africa fit together like a puzzle.
C. He described that the rocks and mountains at the edges of the
continents were similar.
D. He explains that fossils of ancient plants such as "Glossopteris" can
be found in almost all
con
tinents.
__
41
.
If an earthquake begins while you are in a building, the safest thing for you
to _____.
A. call home
B. duck near a wall
C. get under the strongest table, chair, or other pieces of furniture
D. lie flat on the floor and cover your head with
your hands
__42
.
Which statement does best describe the location of the majority of earthquake
epicenters relative to the
location of volcanoes around the world?
A. They are far adjacent.
B. They are always 3 kilometers away from each other.
C. They are
situated at the same location.
D. They are not necessarily relevant.
__43
.
At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
A. new crust is created
B. the crust separates
C. the older crust is recycled by subduction
D. plates side past one another
__44
.
Most transform fault boundaries are found in the oceans; a few are on the
continents. An example of this
type is the San Andreas Fault located in
A. Marikina, Philippines
B. California, USA
C. Japan
D. Saudi Arabia
__45
.
If you are a cartographer, what wo
uld give you an idea that the continents
were once joined?
A. ocean depth
C. position of the South Pole
B. shape of the continents
D. size of the Atlantic Ocean
__46
.
How will you relate the distributions of mountain ranges, earthquake epicenters,
and volc
anoes?
A. Mountain ranges are found in places between where volcanoes and
earthquake epicenters are
als
o
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.
__47
.
Which of the following is
NOT
a method of heat transfer?
A. condensation
B. convection
C. conduction
D. radiation
__48
.
Which one among the continental drift pieces of evidence mainly proves that
the Cape Mountains of South
America and Africa line up perfectly before?
A. There's an equal amount of coal deposits in each continent and fossils
.
B. The evidence from the rock layers in different continents exactly
matched.
C. The remains of the ancient plant called Glossopteris can be found on
both continents.
D. The climate of the two continents is almost the same and with the
same ancient organ
isms.
__49
.
How do the plates move when we feel that the ground is shaking?
A. toward each other
B. away from each other
C. slide past each other
D. all of the above
__50
.
What information can be derived about Antarctica having fossils of ancient
plants
and animals?
A. Antarctica drifted to the Southern hemisphere because of the melting
of glaciers that traps the
plant
s
and animals.
B. Antarctica has a very nice climate that caused these organisms t
o
migrate and stay.
C. It has a tropical climate today
that provides a good environment for
complex life forms.
D. Antarctica had once located near the equator.
Prepared by:
CAITLIN ANDREA M. PERRAL
S
ubject
Teacher
1st Quarter SUMMATIVE TEST
SCIENCE
10
S.Y. 2021
2022
ANSWERS
KEY
1. D.
2. B.
3. D.
4. A.
5. D.
6. D.
7. C.
8. C.
9. C.
10. D.
11. A.
12. A.
13. B.
14. C.
15. C.
16. B.
17. D.
18. C.
19. C.
20. C.
21.C.
22.B.
23.A.
24.A.
25.C.
26.C.
27.D.
28.D.
29.B.
30.B.
31.B.
32.C.
33.C.
34.D.
35.D.
36.B.
37.A.
38.B.
39.C.
40.A.
41.C.
42. C.
43. C.
44. B.
45. B.
46. B.
47. A.
48. D.
49. C.
50. D.