Department of Education

School Division Office I Pangasinan

District of Urbiztondo I
URBIZTONDO INTEGRATED SCHOOL
First Quarterly Assessment in SCIENCE X

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Grade & Section: Date: _
I. Choose and shade the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet.
1. It refers to the movement of plates on the earth’s lithosphere.
a. Plate Techniques b. Plate Tectonics c. Earthquake d. Tsunami
2. It is the part of the earth’s surface that is directly above the place where an earthquake starts.
a. Focus b. Epicenter c. Equator d. Fault
3. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you follow?
i. Determine the difference in the arrival of S and P waves. iii. Obtain data from three seismc station
ii. Use triangulation method to locate the center. iv. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the
a. i, iii, ii, iv b. iii, i, iv, ii c. iii, iv, i, ii d. iv, ii, i, iii seismic station.
4. It is a soft, weak upper portion of the mantle where the lithospheric plates float and move around.
a. Hydrosphere b. Atmosphere c. Asthenosphere d. Lithosphere
5. Which of these is false about lithosphere?
a. have the same thickness everywhere c. thickest in the mountain regions
b. include the crust and upper mantle d. vary in thickness
6. Which type of plate boundary describes the formation of ocean ridge?
a. convergent plate boundary c. transform fault boundary
b. divergent plate boundary d. none of the above
7. Which of the following describes the convergent plate boundary?
a. two plates are subducting c. two plates are sliding past each other
b. two plates are rifting apart d. none of the above
8. What geologic event is most likely to happen at transform fault boundary?
a. earthquake b. mountain formation c. rift valley formation d. volcanic eruption
9. These are vibrations caused by earthquake.
a. Seismograph b. Seismogram c. Seismic waves d. Seismology
10. It is the first type of wave to be recorded in a seismic station.
a. S-waves b. P-waves c. L-waves d. R-waves
11. It is a type of wave that travels into the earth’s interior.
a. Body waves b. Surface waves c. Seismic waves d. Primary waves
12. It is the device used to record earthquake waves.
a. Seismogram b. Seismology c. Seismologist d. Seismograph
13. An S-wave shadow zone is formed as seismic waves travel through the Earth’s body. Which of the following
statements does this S-wave shadow zone indicate?
a. The inner core is liquid. c. the mantle is solid.
b. The inner core is solid d. The outer core is liquid
14. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type of plate boundary exists on that island?
A B a. Convergent c. divergent
b. transform fault d. normal fault
C
15. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this movement?
a. gravitational force of the moon c. convection current in the mantle
b. magnetic force at the poles d. the force of the atmosphere
16. Which of the following diagrams best illustrates the convection occurring in the mantle?
a. b. c. d.

17. Why does the oceanic crust sink beneath the continental crust at the subduction zone?
a. The oceanic crust has a greater density. c. The oceanic crust is pushed downward from the ridge.
b. The oceanic crust is pulled downward by the Earth’s magnetic field d. the continental crust has a denser composition
18. Which of the following increases with the distance from a mid-ocean ridge?
a. the age of oceanic lithosphere c. the depth to the sea floor
b. the thickness of the lithosphere d. all of the above
19. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?
a. All the continents cease to exist.
 b. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive
c. The continents will not be located in the same place as they are now
d. The islands of the Philippines will become scattered all over the world.
20. If all the inner layers of the Earth are firm solid, what could have happened to Pangaea.
a. It remained as a supercontinent. c. It would have slowly disappeared in the ocean.
b. It would have become as it is today d. It would have stretched and covered the whole world.
II. Shade the letter A if the statement is TRUE, and B if the statement is FALSE.
21. Lithosphere refers to the solid part of the earth or simply the earth’s land area.
22. Earthquake is caused by the sudden release of built up stress along cracks and faults on the earth’s lithosphere.
23. Continental crust is thinner but denser while, oceanic crust is thicker but less dense.
24. One way to investigate the earth’s structure is using waves especially waves generated by earthquake.
25. The waves travel at different velocities but they do not arrive at a seismic recording station at the same time.
26. Body waves are of higher frequency than surface waves.
27. The age of rocks and the magnetic stripes in the ocean floor support the seafloor spreading theory.
28. Scientists believe that the plates’ movement is due to convection currents in the mantle.
29. It is possible that continents will reformed backed into Pangaea.
30. The Theory of Plate Tectonics helps explain the formation and destruction of the Earth’s crust and its movement over time.
III. Identify what layer of the earth is being described below.
A. Crust B. Mantle C. Outer Core D. Inner core
31. It is the thinnest and the outermost layer of the earth.
32. This layer makes up about 80% of the Earth’s total volume and about 68% of its total mass.
33. This layer is subdivided into two regions; the inner and the outer.
34. This layer has a temperature that reaches to about 5,000 °C or almost the temperature of the sun.
35. This layer is subdivided into two layers; the continental and oceanic plates.
36. This layer is found underneath some mountains and has thickness that extends to 72 kilometers.
37. This layer is made up of liquid iron that’s why earth has a magnetic field.
38. This layer solidifies due to pressure freezing.
39. It is the thickest layer of the Earth.
40. This layer has high temperature and pressure that allows solid rock to flow slowly.

IV. Matching Type: Match the phenomena with the motion of plates / geologic feature or events.
41. Divergent plate boundary :
a. sliding past each other b. moving towards each other c. moving away from each other
42. Convergent plate boundary:
a. sliding past each other b. moving towards each other c. moving away from each other
43. Transform plate boundary:
a. sliding past each other b. moving towards each other c. moving away from each other
44. San Andreas Fault:
a. Pacific plate grind with North American plate b. South America drifted with African plate
45. Volcanic hotspot:
a. Philippine Island b. Hawaiian Island c. Japan
46. : rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes
a. convergent plate boundary b. divergent plate boundary c. transform plate boundary
47. : formation of mountains, volcanoes, and trenches
a. convergent plate boundary b. divergent plate boundary c. transform plate boundary
48. : fault line triggered by eartquake
a. convergent plate boundary b. divergent plate boundary c. transform plate boundary
49. : Mariana’s Trench
a. convergent plate boundary b. divergent plate boundary c. transform plate boundary
50. : Mid-Atlantic Ridge
a. convergent plate boundary b. divergent plate boundary c. transform plate boundary

Prepared by:

JOSEL A. VINLUAN
JENIFFER D. GADIOMA
Science Teachers

Checked by: Reviewed by: Approved:

GERALYN V. CARIŇO SAJID S. ELIANG, Ed. D. CHRISTOPHER L. INFANTE, Ed.D.
Head Teacher I Principal IV PSDS/Urbiztondo I