1ST QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST

SCIENCE

I. Direction: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write
the chosen letter on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following sequences correctly lists the different arrivals of seismic waves
from first to last?
a. S waves ... P waves .... Surface waves
b. P waves ... S waves .... Surface waves
c. P waves ... Surface waves .... S waves
d. Surface waves …. P waves ... S waves
2. How many seismograph stations are needed to locate the epicenter of an
earthquake?
a. 1 B. 2 C3 D. 4
For question no. 3-5, refer to the diagram on the arrival of P and S waves below.

3. Which set of waves are the P waves?

c. a. A b. B C. C D. Both A and B

4. Which set of waves are the S waves?

a. A b. B c. C d. Both A and B
5. The difference in arrival times between which pair of waves can be used to determine
the distance to the epicenter?
a. A and B
b. B and C
c. A andd. None of the above C

6. What is a volcano?
a. A vent where hot water shoots toward the surface
b. It is a fissure or vent, from which lava flows
c. It is a hole where liquefaction once occur
d. A hollow part of the earth
7. Which statement shows the difference between a volcano and a mountain?
b. A volcano erupts while mountains do not.
c. Mountains grow high while volcanoes do not.
d. Volcanoes don’t erupt while mountains do.
e. Volcanoes and mountains are the same.
8. Volcanoes were often found in what specific part of the world?
a. Pacific
b. Atlantic
c. Arctic Region
d. Antarctic Region

9. What is a plate?
a. Are sections of lithosphere that move as a group.
b. Are rigid sections of the lithosphere that move as a unit.
c. Lithospheric sections that causes eruption.
d. Are a lithospheric group that creates magma.
 10. The method used to locate the earthquake epicenter using distance information from
three seismic stations.
a. Scientific method
b. Triangulation method
c. Long term method
d. Short-termed method
11.What is a mountain range?
a. a group nearby mountains connected by high ground, and usually
formed by the same process
f. a group of nearby mountains by high ground and always formed by the same
process.
c. group of nearby mountains
d. any expanse of high ground
12. Which of the following mountain ranges is the longest?
a. Andes
b. Himalayas
c. Sierra Madre
d. Blue ridge mountains
13. Which of these most likely results from plate movement?
a. Global winds
b. Mountain ranges
c. Ocean currents
d. Hurricane

14. Which of the following is not the basis of the scientist in dividing the Earth’s
lithosphere?
a. The distribution of earthquake epicenters
b. The formation of mountain ranges
c. The location of volcanoes
d. The formation of rocks

15.Which of the following statement best describes the formation of mountain ranges?

a. Mountain ranges are formed when there is a collision between oceanic and
continental plates.
b. Mountain ranges are formed when there is collision between two
continental plates.
c. Mountain ranges are formed when there is a collision between two oceanic
plates
d. Mountain ranges are formed when there is a volcanic eruption.
16. Particles of hot soup rise slowly in a pot simmering on a stove. As the hot soup nears the surface, it begins to
cool. The cooler soup sinks, forming a constant movement of soup that moves energy toward the surface of
the pot.
This constant movement of the soup in the pot is called a(n) ____? a. conduction loop
a. convection current
b. energy field
c. magnetic field
17. The part of the Earth with hot rock that is solid but slowly moves and bends.
a. crust
b. mantle
c. outer core
d. inner core
18. Hot matter is _________ dense and ___________.
a. less, sinks
b. less, rises
 c. more, sinks
d. more, rises

19. What happens to magma that is heated up at the core?

a. It falls
b. It rises
c. stays at the top
d. stays at the bottom

20. What characteristic of the asthenosphere helps explain the evidence of crustal-plate motion?
a. the magnetic properties
b. the semiliquid physical state
c. the ability to deflect solar winds
d. the ability to absorb heat energy

21. Which of the following changes would end Earth's tectonic activity?
a. Earth's crust becomes a cooler solid
b. Earth's mantles becomes a warmer semiliquid
c. Earth's mantle becomes cooler and solid.
d. Earth's outer core becomes warmer.

22. The diagram represents the movement of the mantle under the earth's crust. Which process is represented by
the diagram?
a. rotation
b. conduction
c. radiation
d. convection

Diagram A: Movement of the Mantle under the Earth’s Crust

23. Convection currents in the mantle are thought to be the driving force behind tectonic movement. At which
location do the convection currents cause the plates to diverge?
a. strike-slip fault
b. subduction zone
c. mid oceanic ridges
d. folded mountains

24. A rift valley formed by the movement of tectonic plates. Which movement of tectonic plates caused the rift
valley to form?
a. Two tectonic plates separated from each other.
b. Two tectonic plates collided with each other.
c. One tectonic plate slid under another.
d. One tectonic plate slid past another.

25. The geological theory that states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motion is the theory
of?
a. subduction
b. plate tectonics
c. deep-ocean trenches
d. seafloor spreading

26. When the heat source is applied to a fluid, the convection currents in the fluid will
a. speed up.
b. change direction.
c. eventually stop.
 d. continue at the same rate forever.

27. Scientists think that convection currents flow in Earth’s

a. continents.
b. mantle.
c. lithosphere.
d. inner core

28. Most geologists think that the movement of Earth’s plates is caused by a. conduction.
a. earthquakes.
b. convection currents in the mantle.
c. Earth’s magnetic field.

29. The lithospheric plates are believed to be moving slowly. What is the driving force that facilitates this
movement?
a. gravitational force of the moon
b. magnetic force at the pole
c. convection current in the mantle
d. the force of the atmosphere

30. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
a. convection.
b. continental drift
c. subduction
d. conduction
31. What layers of Earth make up the lithosphere?
a. the crust and lower mantle
b. the crust and upper mantle
c. the continental crust and oceanic crust
d. the upper and lower mantle
32. A _______ boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move towards one another.
a. convergent
b. divergent
c. hydrodynamics
d. transform
33. Tectonics plates float on the _____________________
a. outer core
b. inner core
c. asthenosphere or mantle
d. lithosphere
34. Large pieces of the lithosphere that float on the asthenosphere are called:
a. asthenosphere
b. the mid-ocean ridge
c. deep-sea trenches
d. tectonic plates

35. The partly melted lower mantle is called:

a. magma
b. lithosphere
c. core
d. asthenosphere
36. A boundary where plates move away from each other is called:
a. divergent
 b. convergent
c. transform
d. shear boundary
37. Why is a divergent boundary also called a constructive boundary?
a. Magma flows up between the plates and forms new crust.
b. Animals in the ocean construct nests there.
c. Old ocean floor is re-melted into magma
d. Pacific Ocean becomes wider
38. An example of a transform/shear/sliding boundary is a:
a. volcano
b. mid-ocean ridge
c. deep-sea trench
d. fault
39. A deep crack in the earth’s surface is called a:
a. ridge
b. fault
c. plate
d. mountain
40. How do the plates move at a transform boundary?
a. They move toward each other.
b. They move past each other.
c. They move away from each other.
d. they do not move.
41. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate and the Eurasian plate?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. Reverse fault
d. Transform fault
42. At what type of plate boundary do shallow-focus earthquakes occur?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent
c. transform fault
d. all of these
43. What is the name of the Mesozoic supercontinent that consisted of all of the present continents?
a. Eurasia
b. Laurasia
c. Pangea
d. Iseltwald
44. Through which Earth layer are S waves NOT transmitted?
a. continental crust
b. inner core
c. ocean crust
d. outer core
45. What is the primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
a. Crustal plate movement
b. Higher than usual tides
c. Earth’s gravitational force
d. Solar magnetic storms
46. A remainder of something that live long time ago.
a. Rocks
b. Fossils
c. Bones
d. Sediments
47. The scientists who study fossils.
a. Paleontologist
b. Biologist
c. Zoologist
d. Environmentalist
48. The study of fossils is called__.
a. Heredity
b. Chemistry
c. Paleontology
d. Biology
49. Which of the following is an example of fossils found in South America and Africa?
a. Mesosaurus
b. Glossopteris
c. Dinosaurs
d. None of the above
50. A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and Mesozoic era?
a. Earth
a. Continent
b. Pangaea
c. Laurasia
51. What do Glossopteris fossils tell us about the early position of the continents?
a. It proves that Antarctica had a tropical climate before.
b. It tells us that all the continents have tropical climate before.
c. It tells us that Australia was nearer to the equator before.
d. It proves that Antarctica had a cold climate before.
52. Mid-Ocean ridges form long chains of “___________” that rise up from the ocean floor.
a. Rivers
b. Valleys
c. Mountains
d. Rocks
53. What does the presence of Mesosaurus fossils tell about the initial location and positioning of South America,
Africa and Antarctica?
a. It tells us that Antarctica was nearer to the equator before.
b. It tells us that these continents were connected before because this kind of animals cannot swim
in the vast ocean.
c. It proves that these continents had a tropical climate before.
d. It proves that all the continents are the same location before.
54. A theory stating that the continents were once part of a large landmass called Pangaea.
a. Continental drift theory
b. Plate tectonic theory
c. Seafloor spreading theory
d. Slab Pull
55. The occurrence of magnetic reversals can be explained through ___________.
a. the magnetic patterns in magnetic rocks
b. the directions of the North Pole and South Pole
c. the location of the Earth in the solar system
d. the subduction of plate in the ocean floor
56. It is formed from the compaction and decomposition of swamp plants that lived million years ago.
a. Rocks
b. Fossils
c. Coal beds
d. Fuel
57. A process by which new ocean floor is formed near the mid-ocean ridge and moves outward?
a. Subduction
b. Magnetic reversal
c. Seafloor spreading
d. Tectonics
58. The process in which the crust plunges back into the Earth.
a. Subduction
b. Magnetic reversal
c. Seafloor spreading
d. Tectonic
59. A change in a planet’s magnetic field such that the position of magnetic north and south are interchanged.
a. Seafloor spreading
b. Plate tectonics
 c. Continental drift
d. Magnetic reversal
60. Rock formation of South America line up with that of ________________. a. Asia
a. Africa
b. Antarctica
c. Europe

II. Direction: Describe the direction of plate movement in the diagram below.

Objective:
1. Describe the movement of plate boundaries.

Plate A Plate B Diagram A: Divergent

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Diagram B: Convergent
Plate A Plate B
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Plate A Diagram C: Transform fault

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