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