Pre-Test

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. First 2 elements formed after the Big Bang 10. Seafloor-spreading and magnetic reversals record that the
a. Hydrogen and Helium c. Hydrogen and Lithium magnetic field of the Earth __________ through time
b. Helium and Lithium d. Hydrogen and Oxygen a. increases c. varies
b. decreases d. remains unchanged
2. Group of planets furthest from the sun, referring to gas
giants 11. The thickest layer of the Earth’s internal structure is
a. Terrestrial c. Jovian ___________
b. Martian d. Plutonian a. crust c. outer core
b. mantle d. inner core
3. An idea that the solar system came from a rotating cloud
that collapsed due to gravity at around 4.6 b.y.a. 12. Crust consists mostly of
a. Nebular Hypothesis c. Swirling cloud a. oxygen and silicon c. iron and nickel
b. Gravitational collapse d. Big Bang b. iron and silicon d. copper and nickel

4. A type of rock that is formed through cooling of melt inside 13. An Earth subsystem known as Geosphere?
or outside the Earth. a. biosphere c. atmosphere
a. Igneous c. Metamorphic b. lithosphere d. hydrosphere
b. Sedimentary d. Glass
14. The hardest mineral is ___________.
5. A common rock-forming mineral with a hardness of 7, has a a. calcite c. quartz
glassy luster b. diamond d. talc
a. olivine c. feldspar
b. amphibole d. quartz 15. Large movement of rocks and earth’s materials downslope
due to gravity
6. Process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces or a. major reduction c. mass wasting
changing its chemical composition b. mass reduction d. mass transfer
a. Weathering c. Transport
b. Erosion d. Deposition 16. Which statement on mechanical weathering is NOT true?
a. Rocks breaks into smaller fragments
7. Brittle deformation of the crust when it is subjected to low b. Chemical changes happen in rocks
pressure and temperature conditions c. Moss on the wall creates hairline fractures in the
a. Folding c. mountain-building cement
b. Faulting d. subduction zone d. Water in crevasses freezes in winter and thaws in the
summer
8. The science that deals with the idea that the Earth is made
up of different segments and that they move relative each 17. Rock fragments transported in a streambed _________.
other a. Get smaller and rounder
a. Seafloor-spreading c. Converging Plates b. Get larger and rounder
b. Subducting Plates d. Plate Tectonics c. Get smaller and angular
d. Get larger and angular
9. Dating rocks by studying their relationship with adjacent
rocks and their sequence of formation 18. The composition of magma which is likely to have highest
a. absolute dating c. radioactive dating viscosity is __________.
b. relative dating d. Carbon-dating a. felsic c. mafic
b. intermediate d. ultramafic
19. The type of plastic crustal deformation that produces 31. Waste that comes out of your skin after playing hard is
___________ of rocks a. carbon dioxide c. perspiration
a. faulting c. shearing b. feces d. urine
b. folding d. subduction
32. When you cut your nails and you don’t feel pain. This shows
20. In seafloor spreading, where do the molten materials rise that it is
and erupt? a. attached to the skin c. part of the skin
a. Deep ocean trenches c. Hot spots b. dead cell d. a living cell
b. Mid-ocean ridges d. North and south pole
33. Volcanic eruptions release huge amount of volcanic gases
21. The process of sinking oceanic material into the mantle is
such as carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and hydrogen
called ___________.
sulphide. Which of the following substances is produced
a. conduction c. convection
when sulphur dioxide gas reacts with water droplets in the
b. continental drift d. subduction
atmosphere?
22. Which part of the ocean floor is the flattest? a. ozone c. coal
a. abyssal plain c. trenches b. methane d. acid rain
b. ocean ridges d. continental slope
34. Drinking flood-contaminated water causes __________.
23. Which of the following is a portion of the wold’s highest a. diarrhea c. blood infection
mountain range? b. flu d. pneumonia
a. Caledonides c. Sierra Madre
b. Himalayas d. Urals 35. The onset of southwest monsoon (Habagat) generally starts
from __________ and ends in __________.
24. Where in the ocean floor is the deepest? a. Mid-October; late March
a. rift valleys c. submarine canyons b. June; early October
b. abyssal plain d. oceanic trenches c. December; February
d. May; September
25. Mapping of ocean floor was possible by ___________.
a. Sending scuba divers c. Using sonars
36. Which is NOT one of the basic mechanisms of change in a
b. Studying earthquakes d. Using telescopes
population?
26. A type of seismic wave that has a push and pull motion a. mutation c. natural selection
a. P-wave c. A- wave b. migration d. adaptations
b. S-wave d. Z-wave
37. Changes in gene frequencies within a population are called
27. In what era do humans belong? ____________.
a. Cenozoic c. Mesozoic a. gene flow c. microevolution
b. Jurassic d. Paleozoic b. macroevolution d. binomial expansion

28. Mesozoic Era ended with the demise of giant reptiles termed 38. Deserts, tropical rainforests, grasslands, and mossy forests
as dinosaurs, this happened around are called ____________.
a. 45 m.y.a. c. 65 m.y.a. a. environment c. communities
b. 55 m.y.a. d. 75 m.y.a. b. ecosystem d. landforms
29. How far from a fault line are homeowners allowed to build
39. Which statement best describes a man-made ecosystems?
their homes under the New Building Code of the Philippines?
a. They require less energy to maintain.
a. 3 meters c. 5 meters
b. They require more energy to maintain.
b. 4 meters d. 6 meters
c. They can be controlled and easily modified.
30. A geohazard map indicates the areas that are susceptible to d. They are composed of both biotic and abiotic factors.
floods and landslides. Which of the following is NOT found
in a geohazard map? 40. The condition of an ecosystem may be altered by man-made
a. Elevation disturbances. Which of the following is not considered one
b. Tourist sites of them?
c. Drainage systems like rivers and streams a. Timber harvesting c. road building
d. Landslide- and flood-prone areas b. Wetland drainage d. volcanic eruption