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Grade 10 Science
  • 1. What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
A) mantle
B) inner core
C) outer core
D) crust
  • 2. The crust and upper mantle make up Earth’s __________.
A) continents
B) lithosphere
C) asthenosphere
D) core
  • 3. Which statement about the Earth’s crusts is CORRECT?
A) Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust.
B) Oceanic crust is thicker than continental crust.
C) Continental and oceanic crusts have the same weight.
D) Continental crust is heavier than oceanic crust.
  • 4. What do we call the continuously moving part of the earth’s crust?
A) fissure
B) plate
C) fracture
D) fault
  • 5. Which theory states that the entire crust is broken and is continuously moving?
A) Seafloor Spreading
B) Plate Tectonics
C) Titanic Theory
D) Continental Drift
  • 6. Which of the following is NOT a result of Plate Tectonics?
A) landslides
B) earthquake
C) fault lines
D) mountains
  • 7. How are tsunamis created?
A) A submarine earthquake causes a huge amount of water to be displaced.
B) Differences in temperature cause hot seawater to rise.
C) Topography underwater causes disturbances in the oceans’ current.
D) The gravitational pull of the moon causes the ocean water to rise.
  • 8. A landmass that projects well above its surroundings is a mountain. What do
    you call a chain of mountains?
A) mountain range
B) mountainous
C) mountain area
D) mountain chain
  • 9. It is the location on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an
    earthquake.
A) direct center
B) epic center
C) epicenter
D) center
  • 10. Plates float on the surface of the mantle. Which plate pushes the Philippine
    Plate toward the Eurasian Plate?
A) Cocos Plate
B) Nazca Plate
C) Indo-Australian Plate
D) Pacific Plate
  • 11. If an earthquake begins while you are in a building, the safest thing for you
    to do is _____.
A) duck near a wall
B) call home
C) lie flat on the floor and cover your head with your hands
D) get under the strongest table, chair, or other pieces of furniture
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