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FIRST HALF MASTERY EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 10

A.Y. 2019-2020
Name: _________________________________________ Score: ____________
Grade and Section: _______________________________ Date: _____________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Analyze the given statements, write True
before each number. if the statement is correct and if it is wrong change the underlined word/s to
________1. The Earth is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old, this data make the statement correct.
was based from: __________31. Heat from the core of the Earth is transferred to the surface of
a. the presence of heat in the earth’s core the Earth by the mantle through convection current.
b. the amount of gases in the atmosphere __________32. Hot lava in the Earth moves toward the surface, cools, then
c. record of earthquake on Earth sinks again.
d. rock and fossils record __________33. Marianas trench, is the deepest natural trench in the world.
________2. This explains the concept of earthquake, where rocks bend until the __________34. Mt. Everest on Mars, is the tallest planetary mountain in the
strength of the rock is exceeded and rupture occurs. Solar System
a. Sea-floor Spreading c. Plate Tectonics __________35. Transform Boundaries are boundary between two plates that
b. Elastic Rebound d. Continental Drift are moving apart or rifting.
________3. Tsunamis are big waves that are caused by: __________36. Plate Tectonics give rise to several geologic features and
a. Strong winds events.
b. earthquake or volcano eruption on land __________37. Primary wave is the second type of Earthquake wave to be
c. Cyclones recorded in a seismic station.
d. underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption __________38. P-waves can travel through liquids while S-waves cannot.
________4. These are push and pull waves that expand in the direction the waves _________39. Love waves cause the most damage to structures during an
travel; has the greatest velocity of all earthquake waves. earthquake.
a. P waves c. Love waves _________40. The outer core is the deepest layer of the Earth.
b. S waves d. Rayleigh waves III. IDENTIFICATION. Identify what/who is described in each statement. Write
________5. This wave moves up and down and side-to-side. The second wave your answer in the space provided before each number.
you feel in an earthquake. _______________41. He is a German meteorologist who proposed the
a. P waves c. Rayleigh waves Continental Drifting Theory.
b. Love waves d. S waves _______________42. These are preserved remains or traces of organisms from
________6. Earthquake epicenters are identified through the remote past.
a. Richter Scaling c. Scaling Method _______________43. A vibration of Earth due to rapid release of energy
b. Triangulation Method d. Seismographic Method _______________44. He is a British mathematician who worked out the
________7. When two continental plates collide, edges of the continents are mathematical model for Love wave in 1911
pushed upward to form: _______________45. The thinnest and the outermost layer of the Earth that
a. rift valley c. continental mountain range extends from the surface to about 32 kilometers below.
b. trench d. volcano _______________46. This deals with the movements that shape the Earth’s crust.
________8. To locate the epicenter of an earthquake, a seismologist must _______________47. The name of the supercontinent that consisted of all the
determine all of the following EXCEPT: present continents
a. the velocity of both P waves and S waves _____________48. He is a British scientist who mathematically predicted the
b. the types of fault from which it originated existence of Rayleigh wave in 1885
c. the difference in travel times between P waves and S waves _______________49. It refers to the boundary between mantle and core.
d. the distance from the epicenter to at least three different seismological _______________50. It refers to the boundary between crust and mantle.
stations
________9. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an IV. TABLE COMPLETION. Supply the missing information on the following
earthquake is the ____. table about plate boundaries.
a. focus c. epicenter Type of Plate Relative Motion of Geologic
b. fault d. inner core Boundary the Plates Features/Events
________10. What does a seismograph record? 51. 54. 57.
a. the Mercalli scale rating for an earthquake
b. the speed of seismic waves
c. the ground movements caused by seismic waves 52. 55. 58.
d. the location of the epicenter
________11. The higher the waves on a seismogram the ____. 53. 56. 59.
a. stronger the earthquake c. weaker the earthquake
b. closer the earthquake d. None of these
________12. Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth's
B. Find the distance to epicenter, origin time and the arrival time for the
a. continents c. inner core
following scenarios:
b. asthenosphere d. lithosphere
Distance to Epicenter Arrival of P-Wave Arrival of S-Wave
________13. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
a. divergent c. convergent 1,500 km 03:10 PM 60. ________
b. transform d. shear 6,000 km 61. ___________ 1:02 PM
________14. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of most 4,200 km 62. ___________ 5:55 PM
volcanoes? 3,500 km 5:05 AM 63. __________
a. divergent boundary c. shear boundary 64. ___________ 9:15 PM 9:17 PM
b. transform boundary d. convergent boundary 65. ___________ 8:20 AM 8:22 AM
________15. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of San
Andreas fault?
a. divergent boundary c. shear boundary
b. transform boundary d. convergent boundary
________16. When magma reaches the earth’s surface, it is called: “There is no one better than you to take this challenge on”
a. rock c. magma GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!!
b. lava d. caldera Cher Dhan 😊
________17. The very large, bowl-shaped depression on top of a volcano due to
eruption is called a:
a. peak c. ridge
b. crater/caldera d. vent Prepared by:
________18. The three types of volcanoes are cinder-cone, shield, and:
a. vent c. viscous Mr. ROLDAN M. ORMILLA
b. caldera d. composite
Science Teacher/Grade 10-D Adviser
________19. The outer core is made up of:
a. solid iron and nickel
b. solid iron and aluminum
c. liquid iron and nickel
d. liquid iron and aluminum
________20. Scientists believed that this layer is responsible for Earth’s magnetic
field.
a. asthenosphere c. crust
b. mantle d. core