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Grade 10 Science
1ST QUARTER EXAMINATION
Name: __________________________ Grade & Section: _________
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the letter before each number.
________1. The idea proposed by Alfred Wegener to explain the continental shapes and positions is
known as _____.
A. Pangaea B. Plate Tectonics C. Elastic Rebound D. Continental Drift
________2. When a volcanic eruption spews gases and ash into the air, which two spheres are
interacting?
A. hydrosphere and geosphere C. geosphere and atmosphere
B. biosphere and geosphere D. biosphere and atmosphere
________3. According to the Continental Drift Theory, the Earth was one big supercontinent called:
A. Gondwana B. Laurasua C. Pangaea D. Panthalassa
________4. When Earth’s crust bends, forces act towards each other, this phenomenon may result to:
A. earthquake B. tsunami C. folding D. faulting
________5. When the Earth’s crust cracks and tension forms or develops, this phenomenon is called:
A. earthquake B. tsunami C. folding D. faulting
________6. The supercontinent called Pangaea was believed to exist ____ million years ago.
A. 120 B. 200 C.100 D. 300
________7. The Earth is estimated to be around 4.6 billion years old, this data was based from:
A. the presence of heat in the earth’s core C. the amount of gases in the atmosphere
B. record of earthquake on Earth D. rock and fossils record
________8. 80% of all earthquakes occur in the __________________.
A. Atlantic B. Mediterranean-Asiatic Belt C. Caribbean Belt D. Pacific Belt
________9. This explains the concept of earthquake, where rocks bend until the strength of th rock is
exceeded and rupture occurs.
A. Sea-floor Spreading B. Plate Tectonics C.. Elastic Rebound D. Continental Drift
________10.Tsunamis are big waves that are caused by:
A. Strong winds C. earthquake or volcano eruption on land
B. Cyclones D. underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption
________11. These are push and pull waves that expand in the direction the waves travel; has the
greatest velocity of all earthquake waves.
A. P waves B. Love waves C. S waves D. Rayleigh waves
________12. This wave moves up and down and side-to-side. The second wave you feel in an
earthquake.
A. P waves B. Love waves C. S waves D. Rayleigh waves
________13. Earthquake epicentres are identified through __________________.
A. Richter Scaling C. Triangulation Method
B. Seismographic Method D. Scaling Method
________14. The largest earthquake recorded in the world happened in ______________.
A. Alaska B. US C. Chile D. Japan
________15. Which clue is used to show that the continents used to fit together in a super continent
millions of years ago?
A. GPS data B. fossils and rocks record C. gravitational changes D. magnetic poles shifting
________16. When two continental plates collide, edges of the continents are pushed upward to form:
A. rift valley B. trench C. continental mountain range D. volcano
________17. Which of the following best describes how heat travels through the Earth’s layers?
A. heat from radiation in the core passes through convection currents in the mantle
B. heat from convection currents in the core passes through radiation in the mantle
C. heat from the core passes through conduction to the mantle
D. heat from the mantle passes to the core and to the lithosphere
________18. To locate the epicenter of an earthquake, a seismologist must determine all of the following
EXCEPT:
A. the velocity of both P waves and S waves
B. the types of fault from which it originated
C. the difference in travel times between P waves and S waves
D. the distance from the epicenter to at least three different seismological stations
________19. All of the following are true of tsunami EXCEPT:
A. they can travel at speeds greater than 500 miles per hour.
B. they are caused by undersea earthquakes.
C. they are often responsible for the destruction of ships at sea.
D. they can often form waves more than 100 feet high.
________20. The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake is the ____.
A. focus C. fault
B. epicenter D. inner core
