Republic of the Philippines

 Nueva Ecija University

University of Science
Science and Technology
Technology
Fort Magsaysay Capus! Palayan City

FIRST QUARTER TEST IN GRADE 10 SCIENCE

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TEST I ' Choose the letter that bests ans(er the )uestion or copletes the stateents* Encircle only*
+* ,ccording to the plate tectonics theory! theory! seafloor spreading
spreading -e*g* botto of the red sea.sea. ta/es place at a
a* Convergent boundary c* divergent boundary
 b* Subduction 0one d* transfor boundary
1* The ongoing
ongoing occurrence
occurrence of earth)ua/e
earth)ua/ess (ithout seafloo
seafloorr spreading!
spreading! oceanic
oceanic trenches!
trenches! or volcanoes
volcanoes is ost
characteristic of a
a* Convergent bo boundary be bet(een plplates c* di
divergent bo boundary be
bet(een plplates
 b* Subduction 0one d* transfor boundary bet(een plates plates
2* These
These are
are large
large tecto
tectonic
nic plat
plates
es E3CE
E3CEPT PT""
a* ,ntarctic plate c* pacific plate
 b* 4ndian plate d* ,frican
,frican plate
5* 6hich
6hich of the follo(ing
follo(ing isis N7T a geologic
geologic process
process that
that occurs
occurs along converg
convergent
ent boundarie
boundaries8s8
a* Earth)ua/es c* ountain9building
 b* Tornado
Tornado d* volcanis
:* 6hich
6hich of these
these ters
ters is ;E,ST
;E,ST related
related to
to earth)ua
earth)ua/es8
/es8
a* Trench c* fault
 b* ;ava d* epicenter 
<* The preferre
preferred d nae for the
the very large
large ocean
ocean (aves that that are generat
generateded by an earth)ua/e
earth)ua/e!! landslide
landslide or
volcanic e=plosion is
a* Tidal (ave c* tidal bore
 b* Tsunai
Tsunai d* Mercalli%Richter
Mercalli%Richter (ave
>* The source
source ofof energy
energy that
that drives
drives the
the hydrologi
hydrologic%(a
c%(ater
ter cycle
cycle is
a* The ocean c* the sun
 b* ;atent heat fro the evaporating
evaporating (ater d* the earth?s
earth?s interior 
interior 
@* 6hen (ater(ater vapor in the the atosphe
atosphere re condens
condenses es to li)uid
li)uid (ater!
(ater!
a* &e( falls to the ground c* a cloud fors
 b* Rain or sno( falls to the ground d* all of the above are correct
correct
A* Considering the averageaverage aount of (ater
(ater that evaporates fro the earth?s oceans each each year and the average
aount that returns by precipitation!
a* Evapor
Evaporati ation
on is grea
greater
ter than
than prec
precipi
ipitat
tation
ion
 b* Precipitation
Precipitation is greater thanthan evaporation
c* Preci
Precipit
pitati
ation
on balanc
balanceses evapor
evaporati
ation
on
d* There
There is is no patt
pattern
ern that
that can be
be gener
generali
ali0ed
0ed
+B* The ost abundant cheicalcheical copound at the surfacesurface of the earth is
a* Silicon dio=ide c* (ater  
 b* Nitrogen gas d* inerals of iron! agnesiu
agnesiu and silicon
++* 7f the total supply!
supply! the aount of (ater(ater that is available forfor huan consuption and agriculture
agriculture
a* A> percent c* about 2 percent
 b* about t(o9thirds
t(o9thirds d* less than + percent
+1* The basic unit of the universe is
a* star c* galactic cluster  
 b*solar syste d* gala=y
+2* 4f the
the core reaining
reaining after a supernova has a ass bet(een +*: and 2 solar solar asses! it collapses
collapses to for a
a* (hite d(arf c* red giant
 b* neutron star d* blac/hole
 +5* Mar/ notices a puddle of (ater on his (ay hoe fro school* The ne=t day the puddle is gone* 6hat ost
li/ely happened to the puddle of (ater8
a* 4t elted* c* 4t precipitated
 b* 4t condensed d* 4t evaporated
+:* 6hich (ould help conserve (ater8
a* 6ater the la(n every day c* Turn off the (ater (hile brushing teeth
 b* 6ash the car every day d* Run the dish(asher after each eal
+<* Martina only (ashes her s(eater after she has (orn it several ties* Martina is helping the environent by
a* (asting (ater c* recycling (ater 
 b* reusing (ater d* conserving (ater 
+>* 6hich is not a place that a (ild anial (ould get (ater8
a* River c* Strea
 b* Faucet d* ;a/e
+@* 6hen you have a glass of cold (ater! (ater droplets tend to occur on the outside of the glass* 6here did
the (ater coe fro8
a* 4t lea/ed through the glass*
 b* 4t (as s(eat fro a person*
c* The glass (as tipped over b y soeone*
d* 4t condensed fro the (arer air eeting the cold glass
+A* 6hat can (e do to reduce (ater pollution8
a* Pour cheicals into drains c* &up trash into la/es
 b* Use lots of fertili0er d* Clean up oil spills properly
1B* ,ll rivers flo( to oceans or la/es because (ater
a* can evaporate c* is clear 
 b* flo(s do(nhill d* can free0e

TEST II – 4dentify (hat is being as/ed in the follo(ing* 6rite you ans(ers on the space before each nuber*
 ###############+* The side(ays and do(n(ard oveent of the edge of a plate of the earth?s crust into the
antle beneath another plate*
 ###############1* , source of olten roc/ in the antle*
 ###############2* Current (hich are fored the rising and sin/ing of antle roc/s*
 ###############5* The thin! outer layer of the earth*
 ###############:* , place (here t(o plates are oving a(ay fro each other*
 ###############<* The part of the earth?s surface directly above the starting point of an earth)ua/e*
 ###############>* , brea/ in the ground along (hich oveent has ta/en place*
 ###############@* , portion of the antle that is (ea/D and capable of flo(ing under certain conditions*
 ###############A* ,n invisible region believed to e=ist in space having a very strong gravitational field and
thought to be caused b y the collapse of a star*
 ###############+B* , chain of volcanoes at the seafloor*
 ###############++* , cloud of interstellar aterial ade up of dust! hydrogen and other gases*
 ###############+1* , long narro( steep9sided depression in the ocean floor*
 ###############+2* , nebula fored in the constellation Taurus*
 ###############+5* ,n e=plosion of a giant star*
 ###############+:* 4t is being characteri0ed by a narro( jet of gaa radiation that e=plodes fro the collapsing
star*

TEST III ' Enuerate (hat is being as/ed in the follo(ing*

a* -+92. characteristics of an active volcano
 b* -59<. layers of the earth
c* ->9++. different processes that occur in the (ater cycle
d* -+19+:. basic coponents of a (atershed
e* -+>9+A. ajor groups of (ater containants
f* -1B915. different (ater treatent processes for huan consuption and use
g* -1:92B. different (ays on ho( to conserve (ater in your hoe
“GOODLUCK AND GODBLESS”
PREPARED BY: SIR GAQ