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Mary of the Woods School

Makati City

“Learning Together: Sustaining a Caring Culture”

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATIONS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10

NAME: _______________________________________SCORE: ___________________

TEACHER: ____________________________________DATE: ____________________

I. Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. He is the person who proposed the Continental Drift Theory.
a. Albert Einstein
b. Michael Faraday
c. Alfred Wegener

2. This theory states that the planet divides into large sections that move as distinct
mass.
a. Continental Drift
b. Plate Tectonic
c. Both a and b

3. Which one of the following is both a Continental Plate and Oceanic Plate?
a. North American Plate
b. Australian Plate
c. Eurasian Plate

4. Which one of the following is a product of Transform Boundary?

a. Rivers
b. Mountains
c. Faults

5. These are non-plate boundary locations where volcanoes erupt.

a. Convergent Zone
b. Divergent Zone
c. Hot Spots

6. This process defines the movement of heat away from its source.
a. Convection
b. Insulation
c. Conduction

7. Which one of the following is true about Convergent Boundaries?

a. There is a split of land masses
b. There is a collision of land masses
c. Both a and b

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8. Which one of the following is true about Divergent Boundaries?
a. Land masses slide in an opposite direction
b. Rocks produce an alternate sequence of electromagnetism
c. The crust slides down to a less dense crust.

9. Which one of the following is false about Landforms?

a. Mountains are family of collided land masses
b. Water forms are present in valleys
c. Volcanoes are low landform

10. Which one of the following is false about earthquakes?

a. S-waves are the last waves to reach the surface
b. Surface waves travel in a perpendicular direction
c. Both a and b

11. Which one of the following is not an evidence of Continental Drift Theory?
a. Apparent fit of the continents
b. Deposit of rocks in mountains
c. Glacial paths found in tropical countries

12. This is a High Landform without a peak.

a. Volcanoes
b. Plateaus
c. Both a and b

13. This layer contains the Asthenosphere.

a. Crust
b. Mantle
c. Core

14. Which one of the following layers of the earth is mostly made of liquid particles?
a. Mantle
b. Outer Core
c. Inner Core

15. Which one of the following is the proper arrangement of layers according to
decreasing temperature?
a. Outer Core, Inner Core, Mantle, Crust
b. Mantle, Crust, Outer Core, Inner Core
c. Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust

16. Which one of the following comes first during a volcanic eruption?
a. Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption
b. Volcanic Eruption, Earthquake
c. Earthquake, Volcanic Eruption, Earthquake

17. Which one of the following forms from oceanic to oceanic convergent zone?
a. Plateaus
b. Volcanoes
c. Arcs

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18. The process of more dense plate sliding down to a less dense plate is__________.
a. Collision
b. Subduction
c. Both a and b

19. These are deep cliffs in the ocean floor

a. Ridges
b. Arcs
c. Trenches

20. Continental to Continental is to __________ as Continental to Oceanic is to

__________.
a. Plateaus, Arcs
b. Mountain Ranges, Hills
c. Mountains, Volcanoes

II. Directions: Encircle A if statement A is correct, statement B is incorrect, B if

statement A is incorrect, statement B is correct, AB if both statements are correct and
O if both statements are incorrect.
21. A – The whole landmass of Korea formed from Hot Spots.
B – Earthquakes commonly happens in the United States’ East Coast.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

22. A – New York lies under the Pacific Ring of Fire.

B – Continental to Continental Convergent Zone forms Plateaus.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

23. A – San Andreas Fault runs through the state of Nevada and California.
B – Fault is a result of Convergent Boundaries.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

24. A – Epicenter is the surface source of the Earthquake.

B – Normal Phase Fault can produce Divergent Boundaries.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

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25. A – Arcs are families of volcanoes.
B – Ridge are cliffs in the ocean floor.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

26. A – North America and Australia are apparent fit of continents.

B – Philippines is an archipelago.
 A
 B
 AB
 O
27. A – The mountain ranges of Boston and England are made of the same rocks and
elements.
B – Glacial paths lie on Africa.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

28. A – Antarctica is rich in coal.

B – Eurasian plate is located on the southern hemisphere of the planet.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

29. A – Alfred Wegener died on the North Pole.

B – Continental Drift Theory discusses the movement of the Pangaea.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

30. A – Japan is an isthmus.

B – An isthmus divides the North and South America.
 A
 B
 AB
 O

III. Directions: Identification. Write the answer on the space provided.

_______________31. A Landform that is smaller than mountains.

_______________32. A flat land above a high Landform.
_______________33. A thin, narrow land between two water forms.
_______________34. A flat low Landform.
_______________35. A high Landform with an opening at its peak.
_______________36. A series of islands.

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_______________37. Divisions of land and water in the earth’s crust.
_______________38. A supercontinent existed in the late Paleozoic era.
_______________39. A flat land in between two high landforms.
_______________40. It is the location below the earth where earthquakes originate.

IV. Directions: Answer the questions.

Be sure to: (1) Give a BRIEF answer.
(2) Answers must not exceed five sentences.

41-42. Relate the formation of valleys to Plate Boundaries.

43-44. Explain the formation of trenches.

45-46. Explain the significance of studying the species living on the South America and
Africa.

47-50. Discuss the characteristics of P-Waves, S-waves and Surface Waves during an
Earthquake.

“Studying Earth Science is like History, you relate the topic to the past to face the
future.” -- Sir FXSA

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