Summative Test 1 (Week 1 & 2) in Science 10

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Jones West District
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SUMMATIVE TEST 1 (WEEK 1 & 2) IN SCIENCE 10

NAME: ______________________________________ SECTION: _____________ SCORE: _________
Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for each question before the number.
______1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
a. crust b. outer core c. mantle d. inner core
______2. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s __________.
a. lithosphere b. continents c. core d. asthenosphere
______3. It is the location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
a. center b. direct center c. epic center d. epicenter
______4. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
a. Continental Drift b. Plate Tectonics c. Seafloor Spreading d. Titanic Theory
______5. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
a. fault b. fracture c. fissure d. plate
______6. Where are most volcanoes situated?
a. along fault lines c. near mountain ranges
b. concentrated in continental edges d. under the oceanic crust
______7. Which famous Philippine volcano is usually seen in world maps due to its violent eruption in 1991 and
even this year 2020?
a. Bulusan b. Kanlaon c. Mayon d. Pinatubo
______8. Based on geological hazard maps, what is the safest place in the country due to its very low risk in
geologic disasters?
a. Batanes b. Isabela c. Palawan d. Romblon
______9. A vibration of Earth due to the rapid release of energy
a. Landslide b. Earthquake c. Tsunami d. Flood
______10. A volcano with accounts of eruption documented within 10,000 years
a. Active Volcano b. Inactive volcano c. Dormant d. Dead Volcano
______11. Which of these phrases is FALSE about lithospheric plates?
a. have the same thickness everywhere c. thickest in the mountain regions
b. include the crust and upper mantle d. vary in thickness
______12. Why is it important to be aware of places prone to earthquakes?
a. to identify what crop must be stored c. to locate where to the next quake will occur
b. to identify what relief goods to be prepared d. to perform necessary precautions
______13. All of these are wise practices during an earthquake EXCEPT_______.
a. cover your head b. duck under the table c. park your car d. run to a tall tree
______14. What can be the WORST and irreversible effect of negligence or failure to prepare for natural geologic
disasters?
a. damage to properties b. death c. disease d. poverty
______15. Which of the following is NOT a result of Plate Tectonics?
a. earthquake b. fault lines c. landslides d. mountains
______16. What should you NOT DO during an earthquake?
a. cover your head c. park your car b. duck under the table d. run to a tall tree
______17. When you see that the ocean water is receding (disappearing) away from the beach, you MUST
a. call the police c. stay at the middle of the beach
b. run to the nearest hill or mountain d. take the time to pick up sea shells
______18. If an earthquake begins while you are in a building, the safest thing for you to do is ______.
a. call home c. get under the strongest table, chair or other piece of furniture
b. duck near a wall d. lie flat on the floor and cover your head with your hands
______19. How do you describe the location of earthquake epicenters, active volcanoes, and moving plates in the
Pacific Ring of Fire?
a. They are all over the place. c. They are situated in the same location.
b. They are concentrated in one area. d. They are strategically plotted in clusters
______20. What would you NOT do during an earthquake?
a. cover your head b. duck under the table c. park your car d. run to a tall tree
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Jones West District
SUMMATIVE TEST 2 (WEEKS 3 & 4) IN SCIENCE 10

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write only the letter of the correct answer for each question before the
number.
______1. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
a. convergent boundary b. transform boundary c. lithosphere d. divergent boundary
______2. A big body of land on the globe is known as
a. Pangaea b. Continent c. Hacienda d. None of these
______3. A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill
a. Mountain b. Volcano c. Hills d. all of these
______4. A type of earthquake waves to be recorded in a seismic station which can only move through solids.
a. Primary waves b. Secondary waves c. S-waves d. P-waves
______5. The graphical record of an earthquake is referred to as _________.
a. Seismograph b. Seismogram c. Seismic waves d. Seismic station
______6. These compression waves are the fastest and travel through solids, liquids, and gases.
a. Primary waves b. Secondary waves c. S-waves d. P-waves
______7. Which measuring instrument is used for detecting and measuring the intensity and direction and duration
of movements of an earthquake?
a. Seismograph b. Seismogram c. Seismic waves d. Seismic station
______8. A Japanese term for “big wave in the port;” generated during undersea quakes
a. Sea wave b. Tidal wave c. Tsunami d. Normal wave
______9. Earthquake waves are also known as _________.
a. Primary waves b. Secondary waves c. Shear waves d. Seismic waves
______10. Which part of the volcano is said to be the storage of magma?
a. Vent b. Conduit c. Reservoir d. Fracture
______11. Plates move apart at __________ boundaries.
a. convergent b. stable c. divergent d. transform
______12. Plates slide past each other at ________________.
a. subduction zone b. divergent boundary c. convection current d. transform fault boundary
______13. The boundary between two plates moving toward each other is called a _________.
a. divergent boundary b. transform boundary c. lithosphere d. convergent boundary
______14. Plate Tectonic Theory states that continents have moved ________ to their current location.
a. vertically b. horizontally c. quickly d. slowly
______15. The force that causes the plates to move is____________________.
a. tectonic force b. gravitational force c. radiation d. convection current
______16. Convergent : toward :: Divergent : _________?
a. Away b. Apart c. Split d. All of these
For items 17-20, complete the following phrases through the given choices below:
a. Convection Current b. divergent c. convergent d. Transform-Fault
17) _____________________from the Earth’s interior makes the plates move above the mantle. This
movement causes the formation of three types of plate boundaries which are (18) _____________________
boundary, two plates sliding each other; (19) _______________ boundary, two plates moving away from each
other and convergent boundary which plates are moving (20) _____________ each other.
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number.
______1. Most transform fault boundaries are found in the oceans; a few are on the continents. An example of
this type is the San Andreas Fault located in
a. Marikina, Philippines b. California, USA c. Japan d. Saudi Arabia
______2. It is formed when ocean water flips upward, sometimes up to certain meters high, due to the great push
caused by convergence of plates.
a. wave b. tides c. tsunami d. Storm
______3. The word used to refer to the shaking of the ground due to any activity in the lithosphere.
a. intensity b. earthquake c. Volcanism d. wave
______4. It is formed when ocean water flips upward, sometimes up to certain meters high, due to the great push
caused by convergence of plates.
a. wave b. tides c. tsunami d. storm
______5. The convergence between two continental plates results to a landform called
a. Volcanic arc b. volcanic island c. mountain ranges d. trench
______6. At the tension zone, materials from the mantle may rise to the surface of the ocean floor, cools down and
become new ______________.
a. Crust b. mantle c. Lava d. Magma
______7. The word “duck” in “duck, cover, and hold” safety tip means that you must
A. stand straight b. lie down c. kneel down on 1 knee d. kneel down on both knees
______8. Victims of disasters are provided with their needs by the government at
a. evacuation centers b. orphanages c. event centers d. tall buildings
______9. When a plate is denser, it subducts toward the mantle and forms magma. This process ends up in the
formation of .
a. mountain range b. volcanoes c. trenches d. faults
______10. Of the following, which event or process takes place when two continental plates converge?
a. earthquake b. tsunami c. subduction d. magma formation
______11. The region where old crust melted back into magma is __________.
a. along plate boundaries b. at deep-sea trenches c. at the mid-range ocean ridge d. volcano
______12. A driving force for plate motion at mid-ocean ridges as a result of the rigid lithosphere sliding
down_______.
a. slab pull b. convection current c. ridge push d. seafloor spreading
______13 Which of the following DOES NOT describe a convection process?
a. the handle of a metal pot is hot while cooking c. a sea breeze
b. boiling of macaroni pasta d. ocean water in the surface is warmer
______14. Which of the following has a lesser density in a convection cell?
a. warm fluid materials c. room temperature fluid materials
b. cold fluid materials d. hot fluid materials
______15. Which of the following is NOT a driving force of tectonic plates?
a. ridge push b. drag force c. slab push d. mantle convection
Arrange the following events in the mantle convection process. Use numbers 1-5.
____16. Heat moves to the core.
____17. The decomposition of radioactive elements causes heat in the interior part of the Earth.
____18. Heat slowly rises to the mantle and creates convection current.
____19. Lithospheric plates move in the asthenosphere due to rising and sinking of materials.
____20. The process repeats as cycle.
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number.
______1. What information can be derived about Antarctica having fossils of ancient plants and animals?
a. Antarctica drifted to the Southern hemisphere because of the melting of glaciers that traps the plants and
animals.
b. Antarctica has a very nice climate that caused these organisms to migrate and stay.
c. It has a tropical climate today that provides good environment to complex life forms.
d. Antarctica had once located near the equator.
______2. If Australia is moving about 2cm/ year and was drifted from the ridge by 1000km, how long ago was it when
the Australia was near the ridge?
a. 50 million years b. 500 million years c. 10 million years d. cannot be predicted
______3. All continents were once joined together forming a supercontinent called__________.
a. Panthalassa b. Laurasia c. Gondwanaland D. Pangaea
______4. What can you say about the ages of oceanic crust near and far from the midoceanic ridge?
a. Oceanic crust is younger near the ridge but older far from it.
b. Oceanic crust is older near the ridge but younger far from it.
c. Oceanic crust materials have the same ages.
d. Oceanic crust does not age.
______5. What type of plate boundary is occurring in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
a. Convergent Plate Boundary c. Divergent Plate Boundary
b. Transform Fault Plate Boundary d. Destructive Boundary
______6. During World War II, he discovered and proposed that the origin of the plate would be at the mid-oceanic
ridge.
a. Alfred Wegener b. Charles Darwin c. Harry Hess d. Albert Einsten
______7. Which of the following increases with distance from the mid-oceanic ridge?
a. The age of oceanic lithosphere. c. The thickness of the lithosphere.
b. The density of oceanic lithosphere. d. All (A, B, & C)
______8. If there are MORE mid-ocean ridges than subduction zones, what happens to the ocean?
a. It gets larger. b. It gets smaller. C. It sinks. D. Nothing will change
______9. ___________ help explain why Earth is not getting any larger even though the tectonic plates are always
moving.
a. Earthquakes b. Subduction zones c. Fossils d. Volcanoes
______10. In the Mid-1900s, scientists mapped mid-ocean ridges using what?
a. Satellites b. Moons c. Stars d. Sonars
______11. Early observers thought continents may have been joined based on what observation?
a. rocks and fossils b. magnetism c. earthquakes d. coastline
______12 What evidences do scientists use to support the Continental Drift Theory?
a. rocks, fossils, air c. rocks, fossils, climate
b. rocks, water, ice d. rocks, fossils, human beings
______13 If you are a cartographer, what would give you an idea that the continents were once joined?
a. ocean depth c. position of the South Pole
b. shape of the continents d. size of the Atlantic Ocean
______14. What discovery provided strong support for Continental Drift Theory?
a. Geology b. Electromagnetism c. Fossil evidence d. Paleomagnetism
______15. Which is not an evidence of sea-floor spreading?
a. molten magma constantly erupting c. fossil evidence
b. drilling samples of rock d. magnetic stripes
Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect before the number.
16. The iron materials found in the seafloor can give information about the earth’s magnetic field direction.
17. The age of rocks that comes out and flow from each side of the oceanic ridge is equal.
18. The magnetic polarity of the earth remains normal and does not reverse or change.
19. The average distance traveled by the materials from each side of the ridge is the same.
20. Magnetic reversal happened many times in the past.
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First Quarter
Grade 10 Science
PERFORMANCE TASK 1
Summarize what you have learned about GEOLOGIC DISASTER PREPAREDNESS by choosing one from the
following choices of outputs:
 Poster-making
 Song composition
 Poem composition]
 Concept Map/Graphic Organizer
RUBRICS FOR SCORING
NEEDS
EXCELLENT GOOD SATISFACTORY
CATEGORY IMPROVEMENT SCORE
(5 PTS) (4 PTS.) (3 PTS.)
(1 PT.)
The output is very
The output The output does
informational. The The output holds
contains sufficient not bear
information being enough
Chosen Output information on the information that
asked can be information, too
topic. Can use pertains to the
clearly vague.
more elaboration. topic.
understood.
The information is
The information
organized with
is well organized The information The information
references cited. It
Content No confusion on needs more is confusing and
is good enough to
the setting of organization. plagiarized.
understand on the
content.
setting of content.
The
design/appearance
The design of the
of the output is The design of the
output is well
eyecatching and output is dull and
Design made but needs No design at all.
creative. Color needs more
more uniform
scheme and diagrams.
theme/concept.
diagrams are
uniform and neat.
TOTAL 15 POINTS
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First Quarter
Grade 10 Science
PERFORMANCE TASK 2
Summarize what you have learned about PLATE BOUNDARIES by choosing one from the following choices of
outputs:
 Poster-making
 Venn Diagram
RUBRICS FOR SCORING
NEEDS
(5 PTS) (4 PTS.) (3 PTS.)
(1 PT.)
The output is very
clearly vague.
understood.
The information is
The information
organized with
is good enough to
understand on the
content.
setting of content.
The
design/appearance
The design of the
output is well
more uniform
theme/concept.
diagrams are
uniform and neat.
TOTAL 15 POINTS
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First Quarter
Grade 10 Science
PERFORMANCE TASK 3
Summarize what you have learned about MANTLE CONVECTION by choosing one from the following choices of
outputs:
 Poster-making
RUBRICS FOR SCORING
NEEDS
(5 PTS) (4 PTS.) (3 PTS.)
(1 PT.)
The output is very
clearly vague.
understood.
The information is
The information
organized with
is good enough to
understand on the
content.
setting of content.
The
design/appearance
The design of the
output is well
more uniform
theme/concept.
diagrams are
uniform and neat.
TOTAL 15 POINTS
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Jones West District
First Quarter
Grade 10 Science
PERFORMANCE TASK 4
Summarize what you have learned about the SEAFLOOR SPREADING THEORY by choosing one from the
following choices of outputs:
 Poster-making
RUBRICS FOR SCORING
NEEDS
(5 PTS) (4 PTS.) (3 PTS.)
(1 PT.)
The output is very
clearly vague.
understood.
The information is
The information
organized with
is good enough to
understand on the
content.
setting of content.
The
design/appearance
The design of the
output is well
more uniform
theme/concept.
diagrams are
uniform and neat.
TOTAL 15 POINTS
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