SAN QUINTIN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL _____ 9.

Which of the schematic diagrams below best represents

FIRST QUARTER MASTERY TEST in SCIENCE 10 mantle convection associated with plate tectonics?

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I. Read the statements or questions carefully and then

write the letter of the correct answer on the space before
each number.

_____ 1. What kind of plate boundary results to the formation of a

mountain range like the Himalayas and the Appalachian
mountains?
_____ 10. Contrast the speed of electromagnetic waves through
A. Convergent C. Subduction
matter with their speed across space.
B. Divergent D. Transform fault
_____ 2. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3 cm per A. All EM waves travel more slowly through a medium
year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread in million and empty space
years? B. All EM waves travel faster through a medium and
A. 3 kilometers empty space
B. 30 kilometers C. All EM waves travel more slowly through a medium,
C. 300 kilometers travel at the same speed across space
D. 3000 kilometers D. All EM waves travel faster through a medium, travel
slowly across space
_____ 3. You and your team were asked to study the Earth’s
interior. What is the most useful and helpful method for
you to determine the structure of the earth's interior? _____ 11. Continental Drift was NOT widely accepted when it was
A. Core samples C. Meteorites first proposed because _______.
B. Magnetic field D. Seismology A. Mantle convection currents were’nt in motion at that time
B. Wegener could’nt explain why or how the continents
_____ 4. If you were asked to reconstruct Pangaea, which of the moved
following clues will be useful for you to make the C. Continental landmasses were too big to move slowly over
reconstruction easier? Earth’s surface
A. the edge of the continents D. Magnetic and sonar data proved that Wegener’s
B. the presence of mesosaurus fossil in the different hypothesis was incorrect
continents _____ 12. As the ocean seafloor spreads, the newly formed floor will
C. the presence of glossopteris fossil in the different adapt a specific magnetic signature according to the Earth’s
continents magnetic pole at that time. As years pass, lateral segments of
D. All of the above seafloor thus share the same _______ on either side of the
mid-ocean ridge.
_____ 5. What is the frequency of radio waves with wavelength of A. Convergent Signature C. Volcanic Signature
20 m? (Assume that the waves propagate in a vacuum) B. Magnetic Signature D. Subductive Signature
A. 1.5 X 106 C. 1.5 X 108
B. 1.5 X 107 D. 1.5 X 109 _____ 13. How does the mesosaurus fossil evidence support the
continental drift theory?
_____ 6. Study the figure on the A. Because unlikely that measosaurus existed in both
right, how will you relate continents
the distribution of B. Because unlike that the mesosaurus could swim between
mountain ranges with the continents
distribution of C. Because the lived millions of years ago, when scientist
earthquake epicenters believe the continents began to
and volcanoes? D. The mesosaurus evidence does not support the
A. They are situated in continental drift theory . It proves wrong
different locations
B. Mountain ranges are found in places where _____ 14. During the 1960’s, scientists were already equipped with
earthquake and volcanoes are also located gadgets needed to explore the deep ocean. What discovery
C. Earthquake and volcanoes are situated in the same about the ocean floor is associated with the seafloor
locations but not the mountain ranges spreading?
D. Mountain ranges and volcanoes are situated in the A. Mountains are denser than the mantle
same locations but not the Earthquake epicenters B. The rotational poles of the earth has migrated
_____ 7. How does a collision zone differ from a destructive plate C. The crust of the continents is more dense than the crust
boundary? of the ocean
A. Collision zones are only found in less developed D. The crust of the ocean is very young relative to the age
countries of the crust of the continents
B. A collision zone forms through two continental _____ 15. Planck’s constant and the frequency of an electromagnetic
plates, whereas destructive boundaries form from wave are used to determine
one continental and one oceanic A. The amplitude of electromagnetic wave.
C. A collision zone has plates moving towards one B. The energy of an electromagnetic wave.
another, whereas destructive boundaries have plates C. The wavelength of electromagnetic wave.
moving away from one another D. The number of photons in a wavelength to the
D. A collision zone has plates moving away from one electromagnetic wave
another, whereas destructive boundaries have plates _____ 16. You were asked to locate the epicenter of a recent
moving towards one another earthquake. Which correct sequence of events should you
_____ 8. An S-wave shadow zone is follow?
formed as seismic waves travel I. Determine the difference in the arrival time of S and P waves
through the Earth’s body. II. Use the triangulation to locate the epicenter
Which of the following III. Obtain the data from three different seismological stations
statements does this S-wave IV. Determine the distance of the epicenter from the station
shadow zone indicate? A. I, II, III, IV C. III, I, IV, II
A. The mantle is solid B. II, III, IV, I D. IV, II, I, III
B. The inner core is solid
C. The inner core is liquid
D. The outer core is liquid
_____ 17. Analyzing a seismogram of a recent minor earthquake in San _____ 28. Why do earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries?
Quintin , a junior seismologist at the SQNHS Station for A. Most faults occur in the middle of plates
Seismic Studies notices that P-Waves were first recorded at B. There is little or no movements of rocks
12:05. She then notices that S-waves arrived at 12:12. What C. Very little stress builds up along the plates
was the S-P interval? What is the distance of the epicenter D. Large amount of stress builds up as plates move
from the seismic station? _____ 29. Which of the following does NOT occur when two
A. 7 minutes;5000 km C. 7 minutes;5500 km continental plates collide?
B. 7 minutes;5250 km D. 7 minutes;5750 km A. one plate sinks below the other
_____ 18. During class discussion you were asked to demonstrate B. the crust becomes folded and deformed
subduction boundary using hand movement. How would you C. uplift occurs and result in the formation of Mountain Belts
show this process? D. the crust floating on Earth’s mantle develops a deep root
A. C. _____ 30. Which of the following can you infer from the continouos
movement of lithospheric plates over the asthenosphere?
A. All the continents will cease to exist
B. D. B. All the volcanoes in the Philippines will become inactive
C. The continents will not be located in the same place as they
are now
_____ 19. The picture on the right shows
D. The island of the Philippines will become scattered all over
landmasses that are moving away
the world
from each other. If this event
continues for million of years, what
_____ 31. What are the two types of seismic waves?
do you think will be the effect on
A. Body waves and Surface waves
the crust? To illustrate your answer,
B. Love waves and Rayleigh waves
choose to the following diagram.
C. Love waves and Secondary wave
D. Primary wave and Secondary wave
A. C.
_____ 32. Which of the following seismic waves can travel through
outer core but refracts?
B. D. A. Love waves C. Secondary wave
B. Primary wave D. Rayleigh waves
_____ 20. You are an oceanographer and want to map the ocean floor
on the east _____ 33. Which plate boundary is formed between the Philippine plate
coast of the Philippines. As you do your study, you notice and the Eurasian plate?
that there is a A. Convergent C. Reverse fault
portion in the ocean which is relatively much deeper than the B. Divergent D. Transform fault
rest.
What technology did you use to study the ocean floor? _____ 34. When two plate tectonics plate collide, the oceanic crust
A. Submersibles usually subducts beneath the continental crust because it is
B. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) A. denser than continental crust
C. Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR) B. less dense than the continental crust
D. All of the above C. thicker than continental crust
_____ 21. The existence of coal beds in Antarctica indicates that the D. thinner than continental crust
continent once had _______.
A. A cold and dry climate _____ 35. At what zone does old crust get recycled?
B. A temperate, rainy climate A. Divergent zones C. Subduction zones
C. Been part of Africa B. Submarine zones D. Transform zones
D. Been farther from the Equator
_____ 36. The layer of the Earth where the lithospheric plates float on is
_____ 22. He showed how a current carrying wire behaves like a called
magnet. A. Crust B. Inner Core C. Mantle D. Outer Core
A. Ampere B. Faraday C. Hertz D. Oersted _____ 37. The slow movement of land over the earth’s surface is called
_____ 23. He showed that electrical fields and magnetic fields can A. Continental Drift C. Seafloor Spreading
couple together to form electromagnetic waves. B. Continental Wandering D. Subduction
A. Ampere B. Faraday C. Maxwell D. Oersted
_____ 38. In Seafloor spreading, molten materials rises from the mantle
_____ 24. According to Maxwell’s equation, the speed of and erupts
electromagnetic waves in empty space A. along mid-ocean ridges
A. is rarely constant B. in deep-ocean trenches
B. is equal to the speed of light C. at the north and south poles
C. is dependent on frequency of the waves D. along the edges of all continents
D. Should be proportional to the surrounding gravitational _____ 39. Many early mapmakers thought Earth’s continents had moved
field based on ________.
A. Climatic data C. Matching coastlines
_____ 25. The energy of electromagnetic wave B. Fossil evidence D. Plate boundary locations
A. is proportional to its speed
B. is proportional to its frequency
C. is proportional to its wavelength _____ 40. The fossilized fern that helped support the theory of
D. is constantly exchange between fluctuating electric and continental drift is
magnetic fields A. Glossopteris C. Mesosaurus
B. Glossoplanits D. Metosanous
_____ 26. What do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building have
in common?
A. They occur suddenly
B. They cause major disaster
C. They occur along plate boundaries
D. They are measured by seismographs
_____ 27. Plates A and B show a divergent boundary
If place C is adjacent to both plates and A B
does not shown any relative motion, what
type of plate boundary is present between
C
A and C
A. Convergent C. Normal fault
B. Divergent D. Transform fault