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Niňo Academy
Taliwa, Malitbog Southern Leyte
Senior High School
Grade 11, 2018-2019
Set A Exam for Earth & Life Science Grade 11 Rizal & Bonifacio

Name:_____________________________________ 75
Score:________
Grade & Level: Grade 11  ____________________ Date: 07-28-2018

Test I. Multiple Choice. (NRx2).50 points

Write the letter of the BEST answer BEFORE THE NUMBER in your test paper. STRICTLY NO ERASURES

1. Hubble observed the majority of galaxies are moving away from us and each other

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a. Universal expansion and Hubble’s law c. Universal Decay and Hubble’s law
b. Universal exploration and Hubble’s law d. Hubble Space telescope
2. Radiometric dating

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a. gives us the age of items from the decay of radioactive materials found within the object
b. Moon rocks have been dated and found to be older than Earth
c. Gives us an estimated time that Earth and the Moon formed
d. All of the above

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3. Any feature (e.g. fault or intrusion) that cuts across rocks is younger than the youngest rock that is cut is called

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a. Principle of Crosscutting Relationships c. Principle of Superposition
b. Principle of Original Horizontality d. Principles associated with Relative Dating
4. The comparing of rock units to decipher their age relative to one another
a. Principle of Crosscutting Relationships
b. Principle of Original Horizontality
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c. Principle of Superposition
d. Principles associated with Relative Dating
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5. May not apply to rocks that have been folded (can get turned upside-down).
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b. Principle of Original Horizontality d. Principles associated with Relative Dating

6. Mesozoic Era is also known as
a. Ancient life c. Modern Life
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b. Middle life d. Present Life

7. What Happened During the Precambrian Era?
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a. Earth formed c. both a & b is correct

b. Eukaryotic cells evolved d. both a & b is incorrect
8. Mr. Susanoo is studying the longest part of Earth’s History. He is studying
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a. Precambrian c. postcambrian
b. Cambrian d. all of the above
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9. Ms. Tsunade the Geologist determined the age of the rock and she says that the relative dating is
a. use radiometric dating techniques to determine how long ago the rock formed in the exact number of
years
b. whether the rock is older or younger than other rocks
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c. Both a & b is correct

d. None of these
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10. is the most popular green gemstone in the United States and most of the world
a. Emerald c. Ruby & Sapphire
b. Amethyst d. diamond
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11. Both Geologist are arguing for the most expensive stone in the world. Later on they found out that the ______ is
the most top rank in jewelry store.
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a. Ruby c. pink diamond

b. Black Gold d. black diamond
12. Which group belongs to the most abundant elements in Earth’s crust?
a. Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, phosphorus, sodium, potassium, magnesium
b. Oxygen, silicon, hydrogen, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium
c. Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, nitrogen, potassium, magnesium
d. Oxygen, silicon, aluminum, iron, calcium, sodium, potassium, magnesium
13. Nowadays money can buy everything but the problem is you don’t have a money, suddenly while walking on the
earth’s crust (street) you saw a ________ that defines as the most popular purple gem. It has a beautiful color
and reasonable price.
a. Gaspeite c. emerald
b. Amethyst d. purple gem
14. How can we express gold and diamond for mathematical durability?
a. Gold is ≤ durable than diamond c. both a & b is correct
 b. Gold is ≥ durable than diamond d. none of these
15. is the antithesis of the mid-oceanic ridge
a. transform c. convergent
b. subduction d. divergent
16. In old times most philosophers released their pseudo falsifiable theory about rocks, some of them said that the
rocks has only one minerals only. Do you agree?
a. Yes, almost rocks contained only one minerals
b. No, some of them contain one mineral but the others has more than two.
c. Maybe, it depends on the laboratory test.
d. No, it contains two or more minerals.
17. Which color is the hottest when heating?
a. White c. orange
b. Red d. gray
18. After the volcanic explosion most of the intrusive rocks 900 Celsius (1652 Fahrenheit) burst out and called as

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extrusive rocks landed hundred kilometers away and cool down approximately for 2 weeks. 3000 years later

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these rocks change in form into a shiny brittle rock. It is called _______
a. Igneous rock c. metamorphic rock
b. Sedimentary rock d. stone

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19. This is also known as destructive plate boundary
a. Divergent c. convergent
b. Transform d. all the above
20. Which states of matter/phases belong is our Sun?

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a. Solid c. gas

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b. Liquid d. plasma
21. If Phanerozoic is _______ , Paleozoic is _______, Mesozoic is ______ and Cenozoic is ________. Arrange the
correct answer in descending form.
a. visible, middle, recent, ancient
b. recent, middle, ancient, visible
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c. visible, ancient, recent, middle
d. visible, ancient, middle, recent
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22. If Phanerozoic is _______ , Paleozoic is _______, Mesozoic is ______ and Cenozoic is ________. Arrange the
correct answer in ascending form.
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a. visible, middle, recent, ancient c. visible, ancient, recent, middle

b. recent, middle, ancient, visible d. visible, ancient, middle, recent
23. Arrange the following rocks cycle on how to form a diamond stone.
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I. igneous rock
II. sedimentary rock
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III. metamorphic rock

a. I,II only c. I, III only
b. I only d. I, II, III
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24. SCENARIO: 1:00 AM while you were sleeping, 1:30 AM starts the collision on the plate boundary. Later on your
appliances is vibrating violently and around 2:00 AM were the magnitude 8.5 invades your hometown for 30
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seconds. During the massive earthquake something pop ups in your mind…. And you saw your family crawling
onwards in your favorite table (aguy ahong mga butang maguba na intawon sa panghawa mo diha!). Base on the
newscast that the plate boundary is congregating each other. This called as
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a. Converging boundary c. subducting

b. Diverging boundary d. earthquake
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25. Composite volcano can determined by

a. Quite and violent c. steep or gentle slope
b. Slow moving lava d. all of the above
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Test II. Matching type. (NRx1).10 points.

Write the letter of the BEST answer BEFORE THE NUMBER in your test paper. STRICTLY NO ERASURES

______1. Cretaceous A. Forms the plates

______2. Devonian B. Liquid shell composed of mostly iron
______3. Tertiary C. Oldest on bottom, youngest on top
______4. Lithosphere D. Paleozoic
______5. Outer core E. determine age of rock and correlate rocks
______6. Radioactive decay F. calculated the age of the Earth at 6000 years.
______7. Principle of superposition G. igneous
______8. Principle of Faunal Succession H. Mesozoic
______9. Archbishop James Ussher I. Half-life
______10. Hardest rock J. Cenozoic
Test III. Alternative response TRUE or FALSE. (NRx1).5 points.
Write CAPITAL WORDS only before the number. “(Right – Wrong) RULE”. STRICTLY NO ERASURES

______1. Mass extinction begins at Mesozoic Era and this is the birth of an ancient human
______2. There are 4 principal types of unconformities.
______3. Shield volcano is the most violent
______4. Subduction may not also occur between two regions of oceanic crust
______5. Subduction may also occur between two regions of oceanic crust

TEST IV. Crossword puzzle. (NRx2).10 points.

Crossword puzzle. Fill in the boxes below. STRICTLY NO ERASURES

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1. Popular and colorful gem with fire and brightness that rivals diamond.

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2. Gem variety of olivine. Derived from the mantle and rarely from meteorites.
3. Colorful man-made glass that is full of highly-reflective metallic inclusions.
4. Blue to bluish- green gem material that has been used for over 6000 years.

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Prepared by: Mr. Logue 

Answer Key:
1a
2d
3. a
4d
5c
6b
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8a
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10 a
11 b
12 d
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24 a
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Test II.
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8E
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Test III.
1 FALSE
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2 FALSE
3 FALSE
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4 FALSE
5 TRUE
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Test IV.
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1 (zircon)
2 (peridot)
3 .(Goldstone)
4 (Turquoise)
5 (zoisite)