Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Schools Division of South Cotabato
PALO 19 NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tampakan, South Cotabato

FIRST QUARTER PRELIMINARIES SY 2022-2023

SCIENCE 10
NAME: ________________________________________________________ GRADE/SECTION:___________________ SCORE: ______________

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 c. 3 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?

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 and C d. None of the above
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
b. 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 b. convection current c. energy field d. 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. b. earthquakes. c. convection currents in the mantle. d. 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
Direction: Identify the following plate whether it is an oceanic plate or continental plate. Write OP on the space provided if the given plate is an Oceanic
and C if it is Continental.

_________46. Thicker plate _________47. Denser plate _________48. Thinner plate

_________49. Less dense plate _________50. On ocean floor.