Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XI
Division of Compostela Valley
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EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE

1ST Quarter Examination

Name: _____________________________ Section: ________________ Date: __________ Score : _____

Instructions: Choose the best answer. Put the letter of the correct answer on the blank
provided.

________1. Kratupus is an astronomer on Pinwheel Galaxy. What will he observed with the
Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies?
A. Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies are moving away.
B. Milky Way Galaxy and other galaxies are getting closer.
C. Milky Way Galaxy is getting close and the other galaxies are moving away.
D. Milky Way Galaxy is moving away and the other galaxies are getting closer.
________2. Which statement is TRUE about Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation?
A. It was from a supernova.
B. It was formed during the Big Bang.
C. It is a product of hydrogen fusion in stars.
D. It is a radiation from kitchen microwave oven.
________3. Which statement could best explain why the inner planets of the Solar System have
less gas than the outer planets?
A. Gases were not available during the formation of the inner planets.
B. The inner planets formed later than the outer planets and were not able to
attract gases.
C. Gravity of inner planets is lesser than the outer planets and cannot hold most
of the gases.
D. Gases from the inner planets were blown away by the solar wind and
transferred to the outer planets.
________4. What would be the eccentricity of a planet’s orbit if its aphelion is twice of its
perihelion?
A. 1/2 B. 1/3 C. 1/4 D. 1/5
________5. What would be the effect on the seasons at the northern hemisphere if the Earth’s
aphelion is twice its perihelion?
A. Spring will be longer than autumn.
B. Summer will be longer than winter.
C. Winter will be longer than summer.
D. Winter will be the same length as summer
________6. Which planet is most habitable?
A. Planet Pagasa: 25°C surface temp., helium and nitrogen atmosphere, liquid
water, inactive volcanoes
B. Planet Tapat: 20°C surface temp., oxygen and nitrogen atmosphere, liquid
hydrogen, active volcanoes
C. Planet Bayani: 15°C surface temp., oxygen and nitrogen atmosphere, liquid
water, ice, active volcanoes
D. Planet Matapang: -5°C surface temp., nitrogen and sulfur atmosphere, liquid
water, ice, active volcanoes
________7. Which of the following shows the correct interaction between the subsystems when
Mt. Pinatubo exploded?
A. Earthquake due to volcano explosion (lithosphere) → evacuation of people away
from the volcano (atmosphere)
B. Gases buildup inside the volcano (atmosphere) → cooling of groundwater near
the volcano (hydrosphere)
C. Release of volcanic gases and ash (hydrosphere) → global cooling of climate
(atmosphere)
D. Lava going down the slope of the volcano (lithosphere) → destruction of crops
where the lava flows (biosphere)
________8. Johannes Kepler is famous in Astronomy. What was his contribution?
A. He measured the size of Milky Way Galaxy.
 B. He proposed the Laws of Planetary Motions.
C. He measured the circumference of the Earth.
D. He formulated the basic laws of motion and universal gravitation.
________9. Which pair is correct?
A. Claudius Ptolemy: proposed the Heliocentric Model
B. Eratosthenes: calculated the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
C. Nicolaus Copernicus: proposed the theory on the formation of the moon.
D. Galileo Galilei: discovered the moons of Jupiter and rings of Saturn.
________10. Which statement is TRUE about Global Magnetic Field?
A. It is produced by the convection in the mantle.
B. Inner core of Earth produce the Global Magnetic Field.
C. Global Magnetic Field protects the Earth from the solar wind.
D. Mars has Global Magnetic Field as evidenced by its active volcanism.
________11. Which statement is TRUE about the layers of the Earth?
A. The outer core is liquid and has high temperature and pressure.
B. The inner core is solid and has high temperature and low pressure.
C. The mantle is innermost layer and composed of hot viscous material.
D. The crust is mostly composed of heavy material such as iron and nickel.
________12. Which is TRUE about the properties of mineral?
A. Streak is the intensity of reflected light.
B. Luster is the color of powdered mineral.
C. Tenacity is the resistance of a mineral to breaking or deforming.
D. Cleavage is tendency of a mineral to break along weak bonding.
________13. Arrange the minerals below according to its hardness from low to high.
Mineral 1: scratched by a steel nail but cannot be scratched by a copper coin.
Mineral 2: cannot be scratched by a steel nail.
Mineral 3: scratched by a fingernail.
Mineral 4: scratched by a copper coin but cannot be scratched by a fingernail.
A. 1-2-3-4 B. 2-3-4-1 C. 3-4-1-2 D. 4-1-2-3
________14. Which set of minerals is correctly arranged from low to high in Mohs’ Hardness
Scale?
A. Gypsum, quartz, calcite, apatite C. Fluorite, apatite, quartz, gypsum
B. Talc, gypsum, diamond, fluorite D. Calcite, orthoclase, topaz, corundum
________15. How are rocks classified?
A. By the how the rocks are formed. C. By the sizes and types of its minerals.
B. By the different colors of the rocks. D. By the different textures and shapes.
________16. Which rocks are formed by the intense heating or compression of pre-existing rocks?
A. Gneiss, basalt, granite, shale C. Breccia, pumice, andesite, hornfels
B. Marble, phyllite, quartzite, schist D. Slate, granodiorite, siltstone, obsidian
________17. Which rocks are formed from solidification of magma?
A. Diorite, basalt, slate, breccia C. Obsidian, scoria, conglomerate, gneiss
B. Andesite, quartzite, shale, siltstone D. Granite, granodiorite, pegmatite, diorite
________18. What will be the name of the rock which is composed of sediments; 45% sand,
20% silt, 20% clay and 15% pebble?
A. siltstone B. claystone C. sandstone D. conglomerate
________19. Which is a product of physical weathering?
A. Breaking of rocks to smaller pieces.
B. Changing of rock color from grey to brown.
C. Turning of hard minerals into other minerals.
D. Dissolving of minerals and forming new minerals.
________20. Luis was in the Heroes Park. He observed that the marble Rizal statue is
extensively altered than the granite pedestal it stand on. Which statement best
explains this phenomenon?
A. Granite is resistant because it is composed mostly of mica and talc.
B. Marble statue is more exposed to the rain than the granite pedestal.
C. Marble is made up calcite which easily dissolves in slightly acidic rain.
D. Granite is formed on the surface that made it resistant to weathering.
________21. Why would smaller rocks weather rapidly than big rocks?
A. Smaller rocks more surface area for chemical reactions.
B. Smaller rocks are easily eaten by soil organisms.
C. Big rocks can be easily be broken than smaller rocks.
D. Smaller rocks are made of more soluble minerals.
________22. Which of the following is the most powerful erosional agent in the Philippines?
A. wind B. waves C. glaciers D. running water
________23. Anita lives in a house surrounded by mountains. She noticed that the trees have
bended trunks on the eastern and southern slopes. She also observed many
boulders at the foot of the very steep northern and western slope. What are the
types of mass wasting on the northern and southern slope?
A. landslide: rock fall C. flow: landslide
B. creep: flow D. rock fall: creep
________24. What is the major driving force of mass wasting?
A. Ice B. wind C. gravity D. running water
________25. Where did Earth’s internal heat came from?
A. Heat from the sun and greenhouse effect.
B. Heat from the meteorites that hit the Earth.
C. Heat trapped during the formation of Earth.
D. Heat from the active volcanoes, trenches and faults.
________26. Which statement is TRUE about how magma is formed?
A. Magma which produced the Hawaiian volcanism came from the inner core.
B. Under the divergent plates, decompression triggers melting of mantle and core.
C. Increasing melting temperature triggered the complete melting of crust and
mantle.
D. The introduction of hydrous crust slab into the mantle produced partial melting
of mantle rocks.
________27. Which statement best explain why magma rises upward?
A. It is less dense than the rocks where it originally formed.
B. It is buoyant because it contains 20% dissolved gas.
C. It is fluid which moves up to high pressure area.
D. It is very hot and very viscous.
________28. Nikko was driving along a dirt road. On both sides of the road, he noticed distinct
green sandstone that stretched for 300 meters. After 30 minutes, he noticed
conglomerate rock with distinct pebble-sized green sandstone clasts within it.
What could be concluded from his observation?
A. Sandstone is older than the conglomerate.
B. Conglomerate is older than the green sandstone.
C. Conglomerate could not be related to the sandstone.
D. Conglomerate and green sandstone are of the same age.
________29. Which sequence is from oldest to youngest rock unit?

A. A-B-C-D-E
B. A-B-E-C-D
C. D-C-B-A-E
D. D-C-E-B-A

________30. You have 1 gram of Carbon-14. What will you have after 2 half lives?
A. 1/2 gram B. 1/4 gram C. 1/6 gram D. 1/8 gram
________31. A certain radioactive isotope has a half-life of 2 million years. What is the amount
of parent material remaining after 8 million years?
A. 1/2 of the original amount C. 1/8 of the original amount
B. 1/4 of the original amount D. 1/16 of the original amount
________32. What is the type of stress and its direction shown in the figure below?

A. Tensional Stress – Coming from the East and West

B. Tensional Stress – Going to the East and West
C. Compressional Stress – Coming from the East and West
D. Compressional Stress – Going to the East and West
________33. Sedimentary rock units located in different provinces are probably related if:
A. They are the same rock type. C. They have the same index fossils.
 B. They have the same textures. D. They contain same fossil content.
________34. Which statement best describes the major driving force of plate motion?
A. Convective flow of the mantle at the mid-oceanic ridge.
B. Sliding down of oceanic slab from the mid-oceanic ridge.
C. Subduction of cold, dense oceanic slab of lithosphere into the mantle.
D. Dragging of the subducted oceanic slab in the mantle by the flow of the
asthenosphere.
________35. Which of the following is NOT an evidence of Wegener’s continental drift hypothesis?
A. Continental jigsaw puzzle C. Matching the occurrences of minerals
B. Fossil matching across the seas D. Matching of mountain belts across continents
________36. Below is a map of a portion of the mid-oceanic ridge (double lines). What zone is
the transform fault?

A. B-C
B. D-E
C. A-F
D. C-D

For Items 37-39, refer to the figure below.

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH

APRIL MAY JUNE

JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

________37. What months have frequent occurrences of tropical cyclones that enter the
Philippine Area of Responsibility?
A. June-July-August C. October-November-December
B. July-August-September D. September-October-November
________38. During December, what areas are prone to tropical cyclones?
A. Samar, Leyte C. Zamboanga, Sarangani
B. Ilocos, Zambales D. Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte
________39. What is the usual path of tropical cyclone during July and August?
A. Northeast B. Northwest C. Southeast D. Southwest
________40. What is the sudden rise of seawater above normal levels along the coast due to
very strong winds and atmospheric pressure?
A. flood B. tsunami C. tidal wave D. storm surge

TEST II. Modified TRUE or FALSE. Write “True” if the statement is true. If the statement is
false change the underlined word/s to make the statement true.

___________1. Mangroves are effective natural defense against coastal erosion.

___________2. Saltwater intrusion is caused by excessive groundwater extraction.
___________3. Minerals are naturally occurring, solid, organic, with definite crystalline
structure and chemical composition.
___________4. Lead is the mineral used to make pencils.
___________5. Glass is made from quartz mineral.
___________6. High temperature forms bands of dark and white minerals in metamorphic
rocks.
___________7. Diagenesis happens before cementation of sediments.
___________8. Seamounts are part of the hydrosphere.
___________9. Land Reclamation is the conversion of a certain part of the ocean, sea, lake or
river into new land.
___________10. Global Warming is the leading cause of sea level rise.

TEST III. Make a Venn diagram. Compare and contrast pyroclastic flow and lahar(5 points).

TEST IV. Restricted Essay. Answer the following questions with a maximum of 50 words.
1. Suppose you are a geologist, how would you explain the formation of the different
igneous rock textures? (2 points)
2. Describe the formation of metamorphic rocks in the subduction zone.(3 points)