SIXTH MODULAR SUMMATIVE EXAM IN EARTH SCIENCE 10

1ST QUARTER

Name: ______________________________ Grade/ Section: ________________ Date: ___________

I. Identification/ Enumeration
Write the term or scientists being defined or described by the following on your answer sheets.
Choose among the words below.
Plate Tectonics Slab Pull Ridge Push Convection current
Slab Pull Theory Tectonic Plate Movement Subduction process mantle-drag
1. A scientific theory that describes the large-scale motion of seven large plates and movements of a larger
number of smaller plates of the earth's lithosphere since tectonic processes began on earth between 3.3 –
3.5 billion years ago.
2-4. Three forces that drive the plate tectonics.
5. It flows within the mantle that causes plates to move due to difference in density.
6. It states that gravity and the plate are responsible for the plate tectonics through the subduction
process.
7. The _________________ is caused by the slab being dragged down into the mantle, dragging the
remainder of the plate with it.
8. It is considered as the major driving force of plate motion.
9. Beneath plates, convective flow in the mantle exerts a force, perhaps best described as
"____________."
10. This gravity-driven mechanism results from the elevated position of the mid-oceanic ridge, which
causes slabs of the lithosphere to "slide" down the ridge's flanks.

II. True or False

Write the word True if the statement is a fact and False if it states an opinion.
1. Plate tectonics is regarded as the most important theory ever developed in the field of Geology.
2. Because of the gravitational pull, a very dense slab will sink faster than a less dense slab, exerting
higher stress on the plate linked to it.
3. The subduction of warm, dense slabs of oceanic lithosphere is a major driving force of plate motion.
4. The elevated position of the oceanic ridge enables slabs of the lithosphere to 'slide' down the
ridge's slopes, resulting in this gravity-driven mechanism.
5. Ridge push is a more significant driving force than a slab pull.
6. Although slab pull and ridge push appear to be the dominant forces acting on plates, they are not
the only forces influencing plate motion.
7. Ridge push is created by tectonic plates moving away from the divergent boundary
8. Since the plate gets thicker and denser, the farther away from the spreading center, the ridge push
force will increase towards the subduction zone.
9. Bott (1991) proposed the "tension sliding" ridge push model.
10. Slab-Pull Theory has now been disproved.

II. Application
Identify the parts from the following choices.
Ridge Push Slab Pull Convection Current
Subduction Zone Oceanic plate

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