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International Philippine School in Jeddah

Senior High School Level
SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION
SY 2018- 2019

EARTH SCIENCE

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE ( 15 points )

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number.

_____1.) The Big bang Theory explains the

A) law of gravity
B) origins of the universe
C) why the universe was created
D) beginning of life

_____2.) What does the Big bang theory say?

A) All of the matter in the universe exploded from a tiny dense point
B) The universe is collapsing and getting smaller
C) The universe was created in its current location
D) Two galaxies collided causing a big bang

_____3.) What is the evidence of the Big bang theory?

A) Cavemen heard a loud bang at the beginning of time.

B) The universe is expanding.
C) The universe isn’t moving
D) The universe is getting smaller.

_____4.) Who observed galaxies moving away from us?

A) Edwin Hubble B) Aristotle C) George Lemaitre D) Robert Wilson

_____5.) What is the method of dating rocks that gives an actual time?

A) geologic time scale B) relative dating C) absolute dating D) carbon dating

II. Enumerate the following:

6-8) What are the three major factors that caused heating and melting in the early Earth’s interior?
____________________________, _____________________, ________________________________

9-12 ) What are the four division of the Geologic time scale?
______________, ________________, __________________________, _________________________
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13-15 What are the three elements which are present in Earth’s Crust?

_______________________, _________________________, __________________________________

III. MATCHING ( 10 points )

Directions: Choose the letter which are related to the highlights of events listed on column A.

COLUMN A
COLUMN B
_____16.) Pangaea formed. A. PreCambrian
B. Paleozoic
_____17.) Age of bacteria C. Carboniferous period
D. Mesozoic
_____18.) Age of mammals E. Cenozoic
F. Eon
_____19.) Age of reptiles G. Era
H. Period
_____20.) Vast swamps and forest created the huge coal beds. I. Epoch

_____21.) Photosynthesis of the seaweed added oxygen to the early atmosphere.

_____22.) Life appears on land like ferns and amphibians.

_____23.) Age of Dinosaurs

_____24.) Pangae broke apart.

_____25.) Age of fish

IV. COMPLETION
Directions: Identify the following scientific terms to complete the sentence.

___________26. ) _________ is the most abundant element that is present in Earth’s crust.
___________27. ) The earliest evidence of surface water on Earth dates back about ______ billion years.
___________28. ) Earth has extensive oceans and contained many dissolved elements such as _______.
___________29. ) _______ give us access to debris left over from the formation of the solar system.
___________30. ) Disk of gas and dust forms that collide and clump together into small chunks or ________.
___________31. ) ______ is the largest division of the geologic time scale.
___________32. ) ___________ is the oldest fossil bird.
___________33. ) ______ are large colonies of algae entered the fossil record approximately 3 billion years .
___________34. ) _________is the division of the most recent periods.
___________35. ) Largest mass extinction happened at the end of the __________wherein 90% of species
became extinct.
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V. TRUE OR FALSE ( 15 points )

Directions: Write T if the statement is true and write the correct scientific term
if the statement is false.

____36.) Through respiration, oxygen was released into the atmosphere that allows the animals to evolve.
____37.) Quaternary period is considered the age of humans.
____38.) Geologic time is broken up into sections based on major changes in Earth.
____39.) Paleo means recent life .
____40.) Mass extinctions mark the boundaries between the epoch.
____41.) Dinosaurs become extinct at the end of the Mesozoic.
____42.) Evidence of meteorite such as layer of Uranium element in rock layers.
____43.) We live in the Holocene epoch of the Cenozoic era.
____44.) A large gas cloud called nebula begins to condense.
____45.) Magnetosphere causes the mass of gas and dust to contract and begins to rotate.
____46.) Solar radiation blew gases primarily hydrogen and helium away from inner planets.
____47.) Outer core consists of solid iron.
____48.) The whole Earth composed of Iron, Oxygen, Silicon and Magnesium.
____49.) Crust is the weak ductile layer that deforms to accommodate the motions of the plates.
____50.) The density of the continental crust is lighter that the crust found on ocean bottom.

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TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS: 50

Prepared by: Checked by: Noted by:

MRS. EVELYN A. ASUNCION MRS. MA. ELENA R. CRUZ MRS. MIRACLE F. TAPADO
Subject Teacher SHS Coordinator School Principal
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ANSWER KEY

31. EON
1. B 32. ARCHAEOPTERYX
2. A 33. STROMATOLITES
3. B 34.EPOCH
4. A 35.PALEOZOIC
5. C 36. PHOTOSYNTHESIS
6. collision 37. T
7. compression 38.T
8. radioactive elements 39. ANCIENT
9. eons 40.ERA
10. era 41.T
11. period 42.IRIDIUM
12. epoch 43.T
13. Silicon 44. T
14. Aluminum 45.GRAVITY
15. Oxygen 46.T
16. B 47. INNER CORE
17. A 48. T
18. E 49. ASTHENOSPHERE
19. D 50. T
20. C
21. A
22. B
23. D
24. D
25. B
26. OXYGEN
27. 38
28. IRON
29. METEORITE
30. PLANETESIMAL