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SCIENCE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

Science 10
1ST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Name: ____________________________________ Score: _____________

Grade and Section: __________________________ Date: _____________
Prepared By: Cecilia S. Manigos

Test I. Multiple Choice

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Mountain formed in part by igneous activity associated with subduction of oceanic lithosphere
beneath a continent.
a. Continental Volcanic Arc b. Convergent boundary c. Divergent boundary
2. A boundary in which two plates move toward each other causing one of the slabs of the lithosphere
to subduct beneath an overriding plate.
a. Continental Volcanic Arc b. Convergent Boundary c. Divergent Boundary
3. A region where the crustal plates are moving apart.
a. Continental Volcanic Arc b. Convergent Boundary c. Divergent Boundary
4. The outer portion of the earth is ___________.
a. Crust b. Continental crust c. Oceanic Crust
5. The thick part of the Earth’s crust located under the ocean.
a. Crust b. Continental crust c. Oceanic Crust
6. The thin part of the Earth’s crust located under the ocean is ___________.
a. Crust b. Continental crust c. Oceanic Crust
7. The vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of energy.
a. Fault b. Earthquake c. Fracture
8. A break in a rock along which movement has occurred.
a. Fault b. Earthquake c. Fracture
9. Any break in a rock in which no significant movement has taken place.
a. Fault b. Earthquake c. Fracture
10. The science that studies Earth.
a. Chemistry b. Biology c. Geology
11. A concentration of heat in a mantle capable of creating magma.
a. Hotspot b. Plates c. Magma
12. A mass of molten rock formed at depth, including dissolved gases and crystals.
a. Hotspot b. Plates c. Magma
13. A continues mass of land with long width and height on the ocean floor.
a. Magma b. Mid-Ocean ridge c. Plates
14. Rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit.
a. Plates b. Plate tectonics c. Mid-Ocean ridge
15. A theory which suggests that Earth’s crust is made up of plates that interact in various ways thus
producing earthquake, mountains, volcanoes and other geologic features.
a. Plates b. Plate Tectonic c. Transform Fault
Boundary
16. Consolidated mixture of minerals.
a. Rocks b. Seismogram c. Seismograph
17. A record made by a seismograph.
a. Rocks b. Seismogram c. Seismograph
18. A device used to record earthquake waves.
a. Seismograph b. telescope c. Seismograph
19. An event in which a slab of rock thrusts into a mantle.
a. Fracture b. Subduction c. Trench
20. The first type seismic wave to be recorded in a seismic station.
a. Primary (P) Wave b. Secondary (S) Wave c. Transform fault
Boundary
21. A chain of volcanoes that develop parallel to a trench
a. Continental Volcanic Arc b. Volcanic Island Arc c. Transform Fault
Boundary
22. Which among the following concepts best explains the theoretical balance of all large portions of
Earth’s Lithosphere?
a. Continental b. Isostacy c. Rifting d. Seafloor spreading
23. What is the name given by Wegener to his theory of horizontal crustal movements?
a. Continental b. Isostacy c. Rifting d. Seafloor Spreading
24. In which of the following plate boundary types does the San Andres Fault belong?
a. Convergent b. Divergent c. Transform d. Seismic
25. Who among the following coined the term seafloor spreading in 1961?
a. Alfred Wegener b. Robert Pietz c. Clarence Dutton d. Harry Reid
26. Over what surface do lithospheric plates move?
a. Lower mantle b. Outer Core c. Inner Core d. Asthenosphere
27. Which of the following is not part of physical geology?
a. Seismic Waves b. Meteors c. Orogenesis d. Volcanoes
28. How much water is contained on Earth?
a. 1.4 billion km3 b. 1.6 billion km3 c. 2.01 billion km3 d. 3.4 billion km3
29. Aeolian landforms are formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind. Which of the
following does not belong to this classification
a. Buttes b. dunes c. loess d. mushroom rock
30. The landform is a low-lying area of land between hills or mountains that is usually formed by the
actions of rivers and glaciers.
a. Meander b. mesa c. peninsula d. Valley
31. This type of plate boundary is also called the destructive plate boundary.
a. Convergent b. divergent c. fault d. transform
32. The Alpine Fault in New Zealand is an example of what plate boundary is?
a. Ridge-ridge b. ridge-trench c. trench-trench d. none of these
33. These are areas or columns where heat or rocks in the mantle are rising toward Earth’s surface
a. Focus b. footwall c. plumes d. vent
34. The Appalachians is the oldest mountain range in the United States. When did the original
orogenesis take place?
a. Laramide Orogeny b. Mesozoic Tertiary c. Ordovician period d. Paleozoic era
35. Activity in this area is thought to be directly responsible for Earth’s Magnetic Field.
a. Crust b. Mantle c. Outer Core d. plume
36. It is a fault which the hanging wall moves up relative to the foot wall as a result of Compression.
a. Normal b. Reverse c. Strike-slip d. focus
37. The earthquake type happens when the shifting of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden release of
energy within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
a. Collapse b. explosion c. Tectonic d. Volcanic
38. These tremors felt in the same region of the main shock. They are formed as the crusts adjust to
the effects of the main shock and can cause to the collapse of buildings.
a. Foreshock b. aftershock c. shock wave d. all of these
39. This is another effect of an earthquake characterized by large waves that move up and down
instead of forward.
 a. Liquefaction b. seiche c. Tidal wave d. Tsunami
40. Which technology is used to measure the movements along major faults to track the relative
motion of the crustal plates?
a. Creepmeter b. global positioning system c. laser light d. seismograph
41. A natural science that deals with the scientific study of all celestial bodies beyond our world.
a. Astronomy b. Botany c. Chemistry d. Physics
42. It is a member of the Solar System, together with the seven major planets, asteroids, comets and
other celestial bodies.
a. Mars b. Neptune c. Jupiter d. Earth
43. The region in the solar system that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
a. Asteroid belt b. Galaxies c. Stellar Population
44. It refers to the group of stars within the galaxy that resemble each other in terms of age.
a. Asteroid belt b. Galaxies c. Stellar Population
45. Congregation of solar systems,stars, dusts, and gases held together by gravity
a. Asteroid belt b. Galaxies c. Stellar Population
46. Theory states that gravity and the plates themselves are the ones responsible for the plate
tectonics through subduction process.
a. Slab Pull Theory b. Mantle Convection Theory c. Dalton Theory
47. Heat can be transferred from one place to another through a process known as __________.
a. Slab Pull Theory b. Mantle Convection Theory c. Dalton Theory
48. It is also called byland or biland, is a piece of land that projects into a body of water and is
connected with the mainland by an isthmus.
a. Meander b. Peninsula c. Sea Cliff
49. Is a bend in a senuous water course of a river.
a. Meander b. Peninsula c. Sea Cliff
50. Are high rocky coasts that plunge down to the edge of the sea.
a. Meander b. Peninsula c. Sea Cliff