CANSUJE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Cansuje, Argao, Cebu

1st Quarter Exam in Science 10
Direction: Read and analyze each item carefully. Select the best from the choices given and write the LETTER of your answer on
the space before the number.
1. Earth is the only planet to be named in English. The word “Earth” is an old English word for _____
a. Land b.Soil c. Island
2. The study of the size and shape of the earth is called ____
a. Geology b. Geodensee c. Geodesy
3. It is the transition boundary between the Earth’s crust and the mantle.
a. Lehman b. Gutenberg c. Moho
4. “Ignis” is the Latin word for ____
a. Fire b. Lava c. Magma
5. It is a type of sedimentary rocks that is made of broken pieces of other rocks
a. Chemical b. Clastic c. Organic
6. It pertains to any movement of the solid part of the Earth and will result in deformation of Earth’s crust.
a. Diastrophism b. Volcanism c. Earthquake
7. A sudden slipping or movement of a portion of the Earth’s crust, followed by a series of vibrations.
a. Aftershock b. Volcanism c. Earthquake
8. What theory explains that the earth is shrinking because it is cooling due to great pressure that squeezes parts of the
earth into a smaller volume
a. Theory of isostasy b. The contraction theory c. Convection theory
9. ___ occurs when large masses of the rocks in the in the crust slide and slip against each other due to great forces
coming from different directions.
a. Trenching b. Faulting c. Folding
10. The world has highest mountain ridges, like the ANDES and the ______
a. Cascade Mts b. Appalachian Mts c. Himalayas
11. The following is where the volcanoes occur EXCEPT:
a. Subduction zones b. Hot spot c. Additional zones
12. What do you think will happen if the diameter of the earth’s poles will be the same of the length to its diameter at the
equator?
a. The earth shape will be an oblate spheroid c. The earth shape will be a perfect sphere
b. The earth shape will be flat
13. Once a rock is formed, does it stay the same rock forever?
a. Yes! Rock does not undergo any changes c. No! Rocks are continually changed by many processes
b. Sometimes
14. What is the difference between a rock and mineral?
a. Minerals are made up of one or more rocks c. Rocks are made up of one or more minerals
b. Rocks are made up of one or more rocks
15. What do you think could happen when there are upward forces acting on the crust?
a. There will be a widespread sinking of the crust c. It can cause widespread rising of the crust
b. It can cause land masses to crumble, break and slip against each other
16. What do you think will happen if there is a horizontal force moving in the same direction on its landmasses?
a. It can cause the widespread sinking of the crust c. It causes the widespread rising of the crust
b. It can cause landmasses to crumple, break and slip against each other
17. Who do you think is the proponent of the continental drift theory?
a. Alfred Wegener b. Sir Isaac Newton c. Aristotle
18. What do you think is the economic importance of the plains?
a. Excellent sites for airports c. Waters of the reservoir can be used for irrigation
b. Plains can be dammed to impound water as a large reservoir
19. What do you think is the economic importance of plateaus?
a. Excellent sites for airports c. Plateaus produce vegetation in magnificent profusion
b. Plains can be dammed to impound water as a large reservoir
20. The southern supercontinent was called ____________.
A. Laurentia B. Glossopteris C. Gondwanaland D. Pangaea
21. The sliding of a seafloor beneath a continent or island arc is known as _____________.
A. Obfuscation B. abduction C. subduction D. obliteration
22. The tectonic plates of the earth are part of the Earth’s ____________.
A. Crust B. Mantle C. lithosphere D. asthenosphere
23. A large supercontinent that existed 225 million years ago
A. Gondwanaland B. Laurasia C. Glossopteris D. Pangaea
24. Alfred Wegener was a ___________.
A. Geologist B. geophysicist C. astronomer D. Meteorologist
 25. Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?
A. Fossils that were common to many continents C. The geometric lift of the continents
B. Glaciations on widely separated continents D. Magnetic anomalies on the seafloor
26. Continental drift and reorganization of this hypothesis to Plate Tectonics was made possible by advances in:
A. Understanding the earth’s magnetic field C. development of radiometric dating methods
B. Understanding of earth’s fossil records D. none of these
27. The age of the seafloor is relatively young because:
A. It is continuously generated at mid- ocean ridges C. both A and B
B. It is continuously destroyed at subduction zones D. none of the above
28. Who came up with the idea of continental drift?
A. Harry Hess B. Alfred Wegener C. Albert Einstein D. Abraham Ortelius
29. Rock clues were used to support the theory of continental drift because
A. Similar rock structures were found on different continents
B. The Appalachian Mountains looked completely different than the mountains on Greenland
C. Fossils were found in rocks
30. TRUE or FALSE. Wegener’s idea of continental drift was accepted by scientists upon first introduction.
31. The animal fossil that helped support the theory of continental drift is called ________.
A. Mesosaurus B. Glossopteris C. Metosanous D. Glossoplanits
32. How does the mesosaurus fossil evidence support the continental drift theory?
A. it is unlikely that the mesosaurus existed on both continents
B. the mesosaurus lived millions of years ago, when scientists believe the continents began to drift apart
C. it’s unlikely that the mesosaurus could swim between continents separated by oceans
33. The hypothesis that continents have slowly moved to their current location is called
A. Seafloor spreading B. continental slope C. continental drift D. Convection current
34. Most scientists disagreed with Wegener’s idea of drifting continents because
A. He had come up with a lot of other bad ideas in his lifetime
B. He did not have enough accurate evidence to support his theory
C. He was thought to have mental problems
35. When was the theory of continental drift widely accepted?
A. 1920s B. 1930s C. 1940s D. 1950s
36. What does “Pangaea” mean?
A. All oceans B. All land C. All earth D. All nations
37. Are the continents still moving today?
A. Yes B. No C. Maybe D. Undecided
38. Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?
A. Fossil evidence B. climate clues C. rock clues D. magnetic pole reversals
39. The existence of coal beds in Antarctica indicates that the continent once had ____.
A. been part of Africa B. a temperate, rainy climate C. a cold, dry climate D. been farther from the equator
40. TRUE or FALSE. Before Pangaea, the continents and other land masses on Earth did not even exist.
41. What evidence found on Africa and South America supports the continental drift?
A. Fossils of the same plants and animals C. glacial deposits
B. The shapes of the continental shelves match D. all of the above
42. What two scientists proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
A. Charles Darwin and James Hutton C. John Butler and Arthur Smite
B. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz D. F. Vine and D. Mathews
43. Process of _________ continually adds new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid- ocean ridge.
A. Continental drift B. convection C. seafloor spreading D. plate tectonics
44. What was the name of the floral fossils Wegener used for the idea of continental drift?
A. Mesosaurus B. trilobites C. Glossopteris D. Pseudoschwagerina
45. TRUE or FALSE. Rocks closer to the spreading centers in the oceans are older than the rocks farther away from the
spreading center.
46. The process in which the seafloor separates and moves in opposite directions is known as
A. Continental drift B. seafloor spreading C. Subduction D. Obduction
47. In seafloor spreading theory, the formation of the new crust is due to the rising of the molten material ______from the
mantle by convection current.
A. Lava B. rock C. magma D. lahar
48. Point on the earth’s surface located directly above the focus of an earthquake
A. Trench B. Fault C. Epicentre D. Earthquake
49. The thin outer shell of earth composed of brittle but solid rock materials, where the continents and oceans are located
A. Crust B. Mantle C. Outer core D. Inner core
50. Series of ocean waves with very long wavelengths caused by large- scale disturbances of the ocean
A. Waves B. Seismic waves C. Love wave D. Body wave
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