SAN PEDRO INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Paliueg, City of Ilagan
2nd SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE GRADE 10
NAME:_____________________________________GRADE:_____DATE__________SCORE:_______
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer before the number.
_____1. The crust and upper mantle make up the Earth’s ____________.
A. lithosphere B. core C. asthenosphere D. continents
______2. The result of plate movement can be seen at _________.
A. abyssal plains B. plate centers C. plate boundaries D. ocean margin
_____3. The theory that suggests that plates are slowly moving is called ___________.
A. Magnetic Reversal B. Continental Slope
C. Plate Tectonic D. Continental Drift
_____4. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
A. convergent B. divergent C. stable D. transform plate
_____5. Plates slipping past each other at ________________.
A. subduction zone B. convection current
C. divergent boundary D. transform boundary
_____6. The boundary between two plates moving together is called a __________.
A. divergent boundary B. transform boundary C. lithosphere D. convergent
boundary
_____7.Convection current causes the lithospheric plate to ________________.
A. move slowly but constantly B. move in any direction
C. move faster D. create another plate
_____8. At the convergent plate boundary, _______________.
A. new crust is created B. the crust separates
C. the older crust is recycled by subduction D. plates side past one another
_____9. The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.
A. tectonic force B. gravitational force C. radiation D. convection current
____10. Features found at divergent plate boundaries include ____________.
A. mid-ocean ridges B. deep-sea trenches
C. crumpled mountains D. island arc volcanoes
_____11. Which of the following describes aftershocks?
A. Seismic wave that cannot trace through liquid
B. Areas along a fault where slippage and fracturing occur
C. Giant ocean waves that originate at a fault line
D. A series of small tremors occurring after a major earthquake
_____12. When two continental plates collide, edges of the continents are pushed upward to
form________.
a. rift valley b. trench c. volcano d. continental mountain range
_____13. How does the plates move at a transform boundary?
a. they move towards each other c they move past each other
b. they move away from each other d. they do not move
_____14. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of San Andreas Fault?
a. convergent boundary b. divergent boundary
c. shear boundary d. transform fault boundary
_____15. Which of the following can you infer from the continuous movement of the lithospheric
plates over the asthenosphere?
A. All the continents will 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.
_____16. During the convergence of an oceanic plate and continental plate, the denser oceanic
plate slides under the continental plate. This process is called
A. Subduction b. abduction c. adduction d. trench
_____17. When two tectonic plate collide, the oceanic crust usually sub ducts beneath the
continental crust because it is
a.
b. Denser than continental crust c. thicker than continental crust
c. Less dense than continental crust d. thinner than continental crust
_____18. Which branch of science that studies Earth?
A. Biology b. geology c. palaeontology d. zoology
_____19. Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current
location.
A. vertically B. horizontally C. quickly D. slowly
_____20. It is a series of ocean wave with very long wavelength (typically hundreds of kilometres)
caused by large- scale disturbances of the ocean?
a. Ocean ridge b. Trench c. rift valley d. tsunami
“HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”
Prepared by: Checked by: Approved by:
GELACIO A. MALTU JR. JOEMAR M, LACISTE MARITES B. LEMU
Teacher III Head Teacher I Principal I
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