FIRST QUARTER EXAMNATION

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE SY 2019-2020 (GRADE XI- General Academic Strand)
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1. Which of the following NOT an implication of Hubbles law?
A. The universe is continuously expanding C. Earth is at the center of the universe
B. The universe had a beginning D. The universe was denser than it is now
2. Which theory states that at one time, everything existed at one point, which then expanded rapidly outwards to form the
universe as it is today?
A. Big Crunch C. Theory of Relativity
B. Steady State Theory D. Big Bang Theory
3. Which of the following best explains Edwin Hubble’s theory of the expanding universe?
A. Distant objects are unchanging.
B. Distant objects are extensions of the Milky Way Galaxy.
C. Distant objects are moving away from each other.
D. Distant objects are much closer to Earth than once imagined.
4. Which of the following refers to Earth’s true shape?
A. Flat B. Sphere C. Circular D. Oblate Spheroid
5. Roughly how old is our planet?
A. 6,000 years B. 4.54 Billion years C. 4.54 Million years D. Can’t be determine
6. Which of the following best explains why our planet is the most habitable planet in the solar system?
A. It is protected from harmful solar radiation by its magnetic field.
B. Earth is the only planet on which water can exist in liquid form on the surface.
C. Cycling processes sustain life and leads to the formation of minerals and energy.
D. It has a stable atmosphere that maintains the planet’s temperature that keeps life.
7. Which of the following tells the correct percentage of oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere?
A. 18 B. 21 C. 31 D. 40
8. Which gases were the largest components of the Earth’s atmosphere?
A. nitrogen and oxygen C. ethane and oxygen
B. carbon dioxide and water vapor D. methane and ammonia
9. Which of the following best explains the interaction between the biosphere and the atmosphere?
A. Water cycle C. Earthquake
B. Photosynthesis D. Volcanic eruption
10. Which statement best explains why Pluto has been excluded as a planet?
A. It is very far from the sun and it is very small
B. It doesn’t orbit the sun ever since
C. Lack of gravitational dominance
D. It has no atmosphere and satellites
11. How do you write the full meaning of the acronym NASA?
A. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
B. Natural Aeronautics and Space Association
C. National Airplanes and Spaceship Administration
D. North America and Spanish Association
12. What causes Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights)?
A. When the lights from the sun touches the rainbows, it scatters the colors into many places in the northern portion of the
planet.
 B. When the charged particles from the sun strike atoms and molecules in Earth’s atmosphere, they excite those atoms,
causing them to light up.
C. When charged particles produces different kinds of lights which are present in the clouds and being scattered in the
atmosphere.
D. When the atmosphere is reached by different greenhouse gases
13. What model was introduced by Claudius Ptolemy regarding our solar system?
A. Heliocentric model B. Geocentric model C. Expanding model D. None of the above
14. Who made the first telescope?
A. Tycho Brahe B. Nicolaus Copernicus C. Galileo Galilei D. Isaac Newton
15. What was the description of Edwin Hubble about the universe which gave rise to the Big Bang Theory?
A. The universe is constantly expanding
B. The universe is static and stationary
C. The universe is constantly unpredictable
D. The universe is a product of explosion
16. What are the four major layers of the earth (inward)?
A. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
B. Mantle, inner core, outer core, crust
C. Inner core, crust, outer core, mantle
D. Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
17. What is the Earth’s core made of?
A. Rock and salt B. Rock and metal C. Metal and gold D. Gold and salt
18. Which statement best explains why the earth’s inner core is solid?
A. Because of the movement of the outer core that squeezes it.
B. Because of low pressure and below freezing temperature.
C. Because of the balance between hot and cold temperatures.
D. Because of the high pressure that drop its temperature.
19. Which of the following doesn’t fit with the description of a mineral?
A. It is organic B. naturally produced C. varying chemical composition D. varying atomic arrangement
20. Which mineral is considered as the hardest according to Moh’s Scale of Hardness?
A. Quartz B. Calcite C. Diamond D. Topaz
21. Which of the following is a mineral?
A. Salt B. Coal C. Water D. Steel
22. Which rocks are formed through solidification and cooling of lava?
A. allotropic rocks
B. metamorphic rocks
C. igneous rocks
D. sedimentary rocks
23. Which rocks are formed at surface of crust due to melting of rocks?
A. fabric of igneous rocks
B. extrusive igneous rocks
C. intrusive igneous rocks
D. igneous sediments
24. What term refers to the process in which rocks are continuously transformed between the three rock types igneous,
sedimentary and metamorphic, plutonic and slow cooling?
A. Rock formation B. Rock cycle C. Rock transformation D. Rock disintegration
25. Which process refers to the breaking down of rocks and minerals?
A. Weathering B. Erosion C. Flood D. Mass wasting
26. Which of the following doesn’t belong to the group?
A. Dissolution B. Hydrolysis C. Oxidation D. Frost wedging
27. Which of the following most likely is the reason why a large rock slowly breaks apart under a growing tree?
A. Hot sunlight B. Plant roots C. Falling leaves D. Running water
28. What will happen when a large amount of soil have eroded from a steep hill?
A. An avalanche B. A sinkhole C. A landslide D. An earthquake
29. What is being implied when a plant that is growing on rocks resulted to weathering?
A. Leaves dissolve the rocks may change its chemical composition.
B. Roots grow into crack of rocks expand the rock causing breakage.
C. Plant moves water from the roots to the leaves may affect its interaction
to the rocks surface may cause abrasion
D. Plants growth weathers rocks due to its increasing weight.
30. Which of the following refers to the muddy water being carried away by fast-moving river?
A. Weathering B. Erosion C. Deposition D. Dragging
31. What is a geyser?
A. a body of water which intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the core.
B. a part of the sea where a strong pressure is found that pulls most object towards the center..
C. a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
D. a part of a volcano where the magma chamber is connected where most of the melted rocks are found.
32. Which is NOT a direct use of geothermal energy?
A. Hot spring used in spa C. Heat pumps for buildings
B. Heating water at fish farms D. Electricity generation
33. What process refers to the production of energy by utilizing heat trapped inside the earth surface?
A. Hydrothermal energy C. Solar energy
B. Geo-Thermal energy D. Wave energy
34. What term refers to the release of magma from a volcano?
A. epicenter B. earthquake C. hotspot D. eruption
35. Which of the following refers to the area below the crust where magma is stored?
A. magma dome C. magma chamber
B. magma crater D. magma vent
36. Which statement identifies the correct statement about magma?
A. Typical magma temperatures exceed 10,000 degrees Celsius.
B. Magma never contains dissolved gases.
C. Magma forms when rocks melt.
D. Magma always comes from the lower mantle.
37. Which statement describes most of the magma generated on earth?
A. Stays below the surface and forms intrusions
B. Sings to the core-mantle boundary because of its magnetism
C. Erupts at the surface and forms volcanic rocks
D. Made up of hot molten materials that’s high in pressure.
38. What does the term "pyroclastic" mean?
A. Any volcanic eruption of a non-silicate magma
B. Unusually fluid lava flows
 C. High-quality obsidian used to make arrowheads and spear points
D. "fire broken" materials erupted by a volcano
39. How can hot rocks of Earth's mantle be caused to melt and create basaltic magma?
A. They can't- it is impossible to melt mantle rocks
B. Reduce the concentration of water and other volatiles
C. Reduce the confining pressure on the hot rocks
D. Reduce the temperature of the rocks.
40. From which parent rock does marble came from?
A. granite B. limestone C. sandstone D. shale
41. What type of metamorphism is caused by high temperature and high pressure imposed over a large volume of crust?
A. burialB. contact C. regional D. cataclastic
42. What is the most prominent textural feature of regional metamorphic rocks?
A. foliation B. bedding C. cataclasis D. ripples
43. Who was credited in developing the theory of continental drift?
A. Harry Hess B. Galileo Galilei C. Alfred Wegener D. Isaac Newton
44. Why does the continental drift theory not well accepted by other scientist at first?
A. There was a competing theory at the time that was more believable.
B. There was no data showing the continents ever moved.
C. The scientists did not know the force responsible for moving the responsible for moving the continents.
D. The scientist presenting the data was unreliable.
45. How does fossil evidence support Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift?
A. Similar fossils are found along continental margins that appear to join together.
B. Fossils are found in areas where the present-day climate could not have supported the
Organisms that made the fossils.
C. Similar fossils of giant, land-dwelling dinosaurs are found on continents separated by oceans.
D. All of the above
46. What do you call the process that continually adds new crust?
A. Subduction B. Earthquake C. Sea-floor spreading D. Convection
47. What is formed when two continental plates pull apart?
A. Subduction zone B. Mountain range C. Earthquake D. Rift valley
48. Where does the ring of fire which (ring of volcanoes and earthquakes) occur?
A. The mid-ocean ridge C. Hot spots
B. Plate boundaries D. Only in transform boundaries
49. What is the name of the place where two plates collide?
A. Transform boundary C. Divergent boundary
B. Hot spot D. Convergent boundary
50. Which type of faulting would be least likely to occur along the mid-Atlantic ridge?
A. normal B. reverse C. transform D. all of these could occur
51. Where does sea-floor spreading, molten material rises from the mantle and erupts?
A. along the edges of all the continents C. at the north and south poles
B. along mid-ocean ridges D. in deep-ocean trenches
52. Where do Mid-ocean ridges found?
A. found in all of Earth's oceans. C. found only in the Pacific Ocean.
B. long deep-ocean trenches D. located mostly along coastlines
 53. How did scientists discover that rocks farther away from the mid-ocean ridge were older than those near it?
A. by determining the age of rock samples obtained by drilling on the sea floor
B. by mapping rocks on the sea floor using sonar
C. by observing eruptions of molten material on the sea floor
D. my measuring how fast sea-floor spreading occurs
54. The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as
A. continental drift B. subduction C. convection D. conduction
55. Which of the following refers to the process of continually adding new crust to the ocean floor along both sides of the mid-ocean
ridge?
A. sea-floor spreading B. continental drift C. convection D. plate tectonics
56. What term is used to describe the division of the Earth’s history based on life forms which lived during that period?
A. Seafloor spreading B. Geologic Time Scale C. Prehistory D. Periodic events
57. How do you make a list of the Geologic Time Scale (subdivided into 4 groups) from the largest?
A. Eons, period, epochs, eras C. Eras, eon, periods, epochs
B. Epochs, periods, eras, eons D. Eons, eras, periods, epochs
58. What is the proper way of listing the 4 time periods (eras) beginning with the most recent?
A. Pre-cambrian- Mesozoic-enozoic-Paleozoic
B. Plaeozoic-Mesozoic-Pre-cambrian-Cenozoic
C. Pre-cambrian-Paleozoic-Mesozoic-Cenozoic
D. Cenozoic-Pre-cambrian-Paleozoic-Mesozoic
59. Which of the following is NOT a cause for natural extinctions on Earth?
A. Volcanic extinctions B. Man destroying natural habitat C. Meteorite impacts D. Invasive species
60. What does the geologic time scale represent?
A. The theorized development of life on earth dating back 4.6 billion years ago
B. The fossil record as we know it.
C. The age of the earth and all creatures on it.
D. The geologic history of universe

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