FIRST MASTERY TEST IN SCIENCE 10 ( Set A)

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1) What does the Title] Theory explain about the lithosphere of the
Plate Tectonic 18. Right in the middle of an island, you can find a rift valley. What type
Earth? of plate boundary exists on that island?
A. It is fragmented into several segments A. Divergent B. Convergent C. Normal fault
B. The lithosphere is rotating around the mantle D. Transform fault
C. The lithosphere is not rigid and therefore flows like a fluid 19.What do you expect to find parallel to a trench?
D. It is one whole integrated system that floats on top of the mantle A. Hot spot B. Rift valley C. Ocean ridge D. Volcanic arc
2) How many MAJOR tectonic plates are there in the Earth’s lithosphere? 20. What is the type of plate boundary where two plates move together,
A. eight B. nine C. seven D. six causing one of the slabs of lithosphere to descend into the mantle
3) Which of the following are sub-components of the mantle? beneath an overriding plate?
I. Asthenosphere II. Lower Mantle (Mesosphere) A. Transform fault B. Oceanic-oceanic convergent
III. Outermost rigid mantle layer C. Oceanic-continental convergent
A. I and II B. II and III C. I and III D. I, II and III D. Continental-continental convergent
4) What layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and the uppermost mantle? 21. What geologic features / events are present in a convergent plate
A. Lithosphere C. Continental crust boundary?
B. Mantle D. Tectonic Plate boundary A. Hot spots B. Earthquakes
5) Which geologic activities are found near or along tectonic plate boundaries? C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes
I. Volcanism II. Earthquakes III Mountains D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes
A. I and II only C. I, II and III 22. What geologic features / events are present in a divergent plate
B. II and III only D. None of them boundary?
6) What can be traced when volcanoes, earthquake epicenters and mountain A. Hot spots B. Earthquakes
ranges are marked on the map? C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes
A. places where archipelagos exist D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes
B. countries with thin oceanic crust \ 23. What geologic features / events are present in a transform fault
C. boundaries between tectonic plates boundary?
D. areas prone to typhoons and storms A. Hot spots B. Earthquakes
7) Which of these observations indicates that the Philippines has active C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges and earthquakes
volcanoes and a high frequency of earthquakes? D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches, earthquakes
a. The Philippines is near a big body of water. 24. What is the function of the Earth’s core in sustaining convection
b. The country is far from a tectonic plate boundary. currents in the mantle?
c. The country is near the boundary of two tectonic plates. A. Nothing. The core does not have a part in creating convection currents.
d. The Philippines is located at the center of a tectonic plate. B. It absorbs all the heat generated by the movement of the currents.
8. What type of a tectonic plate is the Scotia plate? C. The core serves as the heat source that initiates convection currents. D.
a. major plate C. microplate It counters the movement of the convection current to make them stable.
b. minor plate D. it is not a plate 25. The theory of plate tectonics evolved from previous theories and
9) What property is referred to as the ability of partially melted solid to flow concepts put forward by several scientists before its conception. Which
like a liquid? theories and concepts are part of this evolution?
a. Plasticity b. Flammability c. Viscosity D. Thickness I. continental drift III. convection currents
10) Where can we find the Philippines in reference to the Eurasian plate – II. seafloor spreading IV. internal structure of Earth
Philippine plate boundary? A. I only B. I and II only C. II and IV only D. I, II, III and IV
a. The country is very far away from it 26. Who proposed the continental drift theory?
b. The country is very near this boundary A. Alfred Wegener B. Robert Dietz C. Harry Hess D. Frederick Vine
c. The Philippines is above the boundary itself 27. Which theory first proposed that magma from the mantle comes out
d. The Philippines is where this boundary ends ag of the ocean ridges and form new seafloor?
11) Which major tectonic plate is located directly above the Scotia plate on the A. continental drift theory B. seafloor spreading theory
map? C. theory of convection currents D. theory of the internal structure of the Earth
A. African plate C. North American plate 28. Why are there convection currents in the mantle? There are
B. Eurasian plate D. South American plate convection currents in the mantle because ______.
12) Which location experiences less earthquakes? A. hotter materials at the deeper mantle float up while cooler materials
A. countries near tectonic plate boundaries sink down
B. areas sitting on the plate boundaries B. cooler materials at the deeper mantle float up while hotter materials
C. on the center of a tectonic plate sink down
D. on the edges of tectonic plates C. the rotation of the earth around its axis disturbs the magma in the
13) Australia does not have a single volcano that is active for thousands of layer
years. What could be the reason for this? D. moving lithospheric plates drag the magma below it to move
A. the size of its landmass 29. What was the one weakness of the theory of continental drift?
B. its location within the tectonic plate A. It did not explain why the continents move.
C. the frequency of earthquakes in the country B. The theory was not supported by evidences.
D. its lithosphere composition is different from others plate to add your C. Majority of the presented evidence were fabrications.
14) The Ring of Fire is an area located at the edges of an ocean. There are a lot D. The scientist who proposed it was not popular enough
of volcanoes and earthquakes in this area. Which tectonic plate do most of 30. Magma that come out of an oceanic ridge help widen the
these edges belong to? oceans. Why is this so? When magma comes out of the ocean
A. Arabian plate C. African plate ridge, it __________________________.
B. Pacific plate D. South American plate A. pushes the old crust upwards increasing the thickness of the
15) Which of the following countries is NOT part of the Eurasian plate? crust
A. Australia B. Indonesia C. Philippines D. Malaysia1.
B. melts the old crust creating a heat source which boils away the
16. Predict what geologic features could result out of this plate boundary.
ocean water
C. melts the old crust creating a trench which causes the ocean to
A. Hot spots B. Earthquakes
increase its water capacity
C. Rift valleys, oceanic ridges
D. Mountains, volcanoes, trenches D. pushes either side of ridge away from the ridge pushing the
17. In a hot spot, Volcano A is on top of the mantle plume, Volcano B is 10 km ocean floor apart while creating new crustal material
farther from A while Volcano C is the farthest. What can you infer about the 31. Which of the following is NOT a compositional layer of the
ages of the volcanoes? Earth?
A. Volcano B is the oldest B. Volcano B is the youngest A. Asthenosphere B. Core C. Crust D. Mantle
C. Volcano B is younger than C D. Volcano A is older than C content, just ’re ready to add your content, just click here and start
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