Holy Cross College

Integrated Basic Education Department

Sta. Ana, Pampanga
www.holycrosscollege.edu.ph
2022-2023

DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 10

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Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. What body of Earth that covered 70.8 percent of it and the remaining is about 29.2 percent
compose of land?
A. atmosphere C. gas
B. clouds D. water

2. Over what surface do lithospheric plates move?

A. asthenosphere C. lower mantle
B. inner core D. outer core

3. The following are parts of a fault, except for the following

A. fault plane C. hanging wall
B. fault trace D. normal fault

4. This landform is a low-lying area of land between hills or mountains that is usually formed
by the actions of rivers and glaciers.
A. meander C. peninsula
B. mesa D. valley

5. This earthquake type happens when the shifting of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden
release of energy within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
A. collapse B. explosion C. tectonic D. volcanic

6. Who among the following coined the term seafloor spreading in 1961?
A. Alfred Wegener C. Robert Dietz
B. Clarence Dutton D. Harry Reid

7. Which modern continents were derived from Gondwanaland?

A. Asia, Antarctica, Australia, North America and South America
B. Africa, Antarctica, Australia, North America and South America
C. Asia, Antarctica, Australia, Europe and South America
D. Africa, Antarctica, Australia, India and South America

8. Aeolian landforms are formed by the chemical and mechanical action of the wind.
Which of the following does not belong to this classification?
A. buttes B. dunes C. loess D. mushroom rock

9. What is the hottest layer of the Earth?

A. crust C. lower mantle
B. inner core D. outer core

10. Also known as table mountain

A. buttes C. mesa
B. canyon D. valley

11. Alfred Wegener is a German climatologist who hypothesized that the Earth was once made up of
a single large landmass called Pangaea. Which of the following theories did Wegener propose?
A. Continental Drift Theory C. Plate Tectonics Theory
B. Continental Shift Theory D. Seafloor Spreading Theory
12. These tremors are felt in the same region of the main shock. They are formed as the crust adjusts to
the effects of the main shock and can cause the collapse of buildings.
A. aftershock C. shockwave
B. foreshock D. all of the above

13. The size of the earthquake is called the .

A. aftershock B. foreshock C. intensity D. magnitude

14. Which type of plate boundary is also known as constructive boundary?

A. convergent C. fault
B. divergent D. transform

15. It refers to the only liquid layer of the Earth?

A. crust C. outer core
B. mantle D. inner core

16. It is known to be the longest mountain chain in the world.

A. Alps C. Appalachians
B. Andes D. The Great Dividing Range

17. It is a mountain that opens downward to a reservoir of molten magma below the surface of the Earth.
A. hill C. valley
B. mountain D. volcano

18. It is the Japanese word for tidal wave or big wave in the port that can possibly occur after a strong
earthquake.
A. flood C. seiche
B. sea wave D. tsunami

19. What will be the arrangement of electromagnetic waves if we will arrange them according to
increasing energy?
A. microwave, visible light, gamma rays
B. gamma rays, infrared rays , microwave
C. visible light, infrared rays, ultraviolet rays
D. x - rays, ultraviolet rays, infrared rays

20. It is an electromagnetic radiation with has a shorter wavelength than visible light, but longer than x -
rays.
A. gamma rays C. ultraviolet rays
B. infrared rays D. microwaves

21. It is the number of complete vibrations per second of the field at a point along the path of the passing
wave.
A. frequency C. speed
B. photon energy D. wavelength

22. It is a part of the electromagnetic spectrum that helps us see objects.

A. infrared rays C. visible light
B. ultraviolet rays D. x – rays

23. This form of electromagnetic waves is used in telecommunication, such as mobiles phones.
A. Infrared rays C. radio waves
B. microwaves D. ultraviolet rays

24. It is the basic unit use to measure the frequency of electromagnetic waves.
A. hertz C. newton
B. meter D. Sievert

25. In radio broadcasting, AM stands for ________________________________.

A. after morning C. amplitude modulation
B. amplitude modelling D. ante meridian
 26. What type of electromagnetic wave is used in Magnetic Resonance Imaging?
A. gamma rays C. radio waves
B. microwave D. x - rays

27. Which of the following electromagnetic waves is used to check baggage in airports as part of security
measures?
A. gamma rays C. radio waves
B. microwaves D. x – rays

28. Which among the following forms of EM waves has the shortest wavelength?
A. infrared C. ultraviolet
B. radio waves D. visible light

29. Which among the following forms of EM waves has the highest energy?
A. microvawes C. ultraviolet
B. visible light D. x –ray

30. It is the basic unit use to measure exposure to ionizing radiation.

A. hertz C. newton
B. meter D. Sievert

31. It refers to the bending of light as it passes from one medium to another.
A. absorption C. refraction
B. reflection D. scattering

32. It is the transfer of energy carried by the light waves to the particles of matter.
A. absorption C. refraction
B. reflection D. scattering

33. It is the spitting of white light when it passes through a glass prism into its constituent spectrum of
colors.
A. dispersion C. refraction
B. reflection D. scattering

34. It is produced when the reflective surface is very smooth such as a mirror or a surface of calm water.
A. diffuse reflection C. specular reflection
B. irregular reflection D. total internal reflection

35. It refers to a mirror that has a reflective surface that is curved inward and away from
the light source.
A. concave mirror C. plane mirrors
B. convex mirror D. spherical mirrors

36. It refers to a mirror in which the reflective surface bulges toward the light source.
A. concave mirror C. plane mirrors
B. convex mirror D. spherical mirrors

37. It is a feature of a concave and convex mirror which pertains to the point where
the mirror crosses the principal axis.
A. focal length C. focus
B. focal point D. vertex

38. It is a feature of a concave and convex mirror which pertains to the center of the circle of which the
mirror represents a small arc.
A. center of curvature C. principal axis
B. focal length D. radius of curvature

39. It is a ray that leaves the same point on the object and immediately passes
through the focal point, hitting the mirror and reflecting parallel to the principal axis.
 A. chief ray C. principal ray
B. focal ray D. ray diagram

40. It is the technique known and used in describing the location, size, orientation and type of image
formed by concave of a concave mirror.
A. chief ray C. principal ray
B. focal ray D. ray diagramming

41. It refers to the two almond-shaped organs of the female which secrete hormone called estrogen and
progesterone.
A. cervix C. uterus
B. ovaries D. womb

42. It refers to the large lips of the female reproductive organ which is covered with pubic hair.
A. clitoris C. labia majora
B. labia minora D. vagina

43. It refers to the hormone which stimulates the liver to convert glycogen to glucose.
A. adrenal C. pituitary
B. glucagon D. thyroid

44. It refers to the portion of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.
A. axons C. dendrites
B. cell body D. nodes of Ranvier

45. It refers to a permanent change in the DNA origin or a change in genetic material.
A. mutation C. transcription
B. replication D. translocation

46. It refers to the number of pairs of chromosomes that we have in our body.
A. 20 pairs C. 28 pairs
B. 23 pairs D. 32 pairs

47. It refers to a process in protein synthesis in which a cell makes an exact copy of its own DNA number
of pairs of chromosomes that we have in our body.
A. mutation C. translation
B. replication D. transcription

48. It refers to the most abundant class of biomolecules.

A. carbohydrates C. nucleic acid
B. lipid D. protein

49. Disaccharides are double sugars. Which one is not a disaccharide?

A. galactose C. maltose
B. lactose D. sucrose

50. Which of the following genetic syndrome is also known as mongolism?

A. Down syndrome C. Turner’s syndrome
B. Klinefelter’s syndrome D. William syndrome
Prepared by: Checked by:

MARLENE C. MARAMBA CAMILLE JOY C. FLORES

Science Teacher Science Coordinator

Reviewed by: Approved by:

ELENA S. SOLIMAN, MPS-EM ARLIZA M. REYES, MPS-EM

JHS Assistant Principal IBED Principal
Holy Cross College
Integrated Basic Education Department
Sta. Ana, Pampanga
www.holycrosscollege.edu.ph
2022-2023

DIAGNOSTIC EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 10

(ANSWER KEY)
TEST I

1. D 26. C
2. A 27. D
3. D 28. C
4. D 29. D
5. C 30. D
6. C 31. C
7. D 32. A
8. D 33. A
9. B 34. C
10. C 35. A
11. A 36. B
12. A 37. D
13. D 38. A
14. B 39. B
15. C 40. D
16. B 41. B
 17. D 42. C
18. D 43. B
19. A 44. A
20. C 45. A
21. A 46. B
22. C 47. B
23. B 48. A
24. A 49. A
25. C 50. A

Prepared by: Checked by:

MARLENE C. MARAMBA CAMILLE JOY C. FLORES

Science Teacher Science Coordinator

Reviewed by: Approved by:

ELENA S. SOLIMAN, MPS-EM ARLIZA M. REYES, MPS-EM

JHS Assistant Principal IBED Principal