Division of Island Garden City of Samal

DIVISION UNIFIED TEST IN GRADE 11 EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
SY: 2019-2020

Name:____________________________________ Score: _____________

Grade & Section: ___________________________ Date: ______________

Directions: Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the correct answer from the choices A, B, C, and
D. Write the letter of your answer in the space provided before the number. You have 1 hour to finish the
test. BEST OF LUCK!

____ 1. Below are statements of hypotheses that explain the origin of the universe EXCEPT one. Which is
it?
A. A group of people believed that the universe came from a tiny bubble and just
suddenly appeared in the cosmos.
B. Big Bang theory postulates that 13.8 billion years ago, the universe expanded
from a tiny, dense, and hot mass to its present size and much cooler state.
C. Steady state maintains its theory that new matter is created and is quietly and
continually appearing and expanding out from spaces in the galaxies.
D. The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam claim that a
supreme being created the universe, including man and other living things - Divine
Creation Theory.
____ 2. Which of the following successive stages in the formation of the solar system BEST describes the
Nebular hypothesis?
A. interstellar nebula - cloudlets - stars - formation of planets by supernova
B. protostar - solar nebula - capture of planets by nebula - dissipation of solar nebula
C. solar nebula - protostar and ringed disk - accretion of planetesimals - present
planets
D. protostar - solar nebula - capture of present planets - fragmentation of planets into
planetesimals
____ 3. Planet Earth is unique among the other planets in the solar system because it is
A. composed of 75% water.
B. composed of 25% land and soil.
C. the densest planet in the universe.
D. the only planet that has properties necessary to support life.
____ 4. What do you think is the importance of the different spheres or subsystems of the Earth?
A. They establish relationship across all spheres that interact and affect each other
when a change happens.
B. Each sphere or subsystem contributes life for non-living organisms.
C. All four subsystems give clean air for the living organisms.
D. They make our planet look beautiful and cozy.
____ 5. Which of the following explains the rise of new solar system discoveries, advancements, and
explorations?
A. Latest equipment and high-end information technology open doors to new
inventions and explorations.
B. The birth of technological advancements paves the way for new discoveries.
C. Our new era is very significant for the growing curiosity of humans.
D. All of the above.
____ 6. Which of the following is the Earth’s outermost layer?
A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core
____ 7. Earth is said to generate its own magnetic field, which layer produces the Earth’s magnetic field?
A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core
____ 8. Which among the layers of the Earth is the densest?
A. crust B. mantle C. outer core D. inner core
____ 9. Asthenosphere is different from lithosphere because it is
A. deeper than lithosphere. C. made up of molten rocks.
B. different in temperatures. D. composed of different materials.

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-1
____ 10. Below are common rock-forming minerals EXCEPT one. Which is it?
A. mica B. shale C. feldspar D. pyroxene

For items 11-13, study the rocks below.

marble granite sandstone limestone

____ 11. Which rock classification does marble belong?

A. igneous B. quartzite C. sedimentary D. metamorphic
____ 12. Which pair of rocks is sedimentary?
A. marble and granite C. marble and sandstone
B. granite and limestone D. sandstone and limestone
____ 13. Sandstone undergoes weathering. It forms from cemented sand-sized clasts when sand layers are
buried under sediments of sand. What classification of rock does it belong?
A. igneous B. quartzite C. sedimentary D. metamorphic
____ 14. Below are the processes how rocks are formed:
A It does not undergo metamorphism.
B It undergoes chemical erosion and coastal erosion.
C It undergoes biological, chemical, and mechanical weathering.
Which of the following BEST describes the weathering of limestone rock?
A. A and B B. B and C C. A and C D. A, B and C
____ 15. After the processes of weathering, rock fragments and products of alterations are carried away
through the process of erosion. How are these products of weathering being carried away and
deposited elsewhere?
A. Transporting agents such as wind, rivers, and floods carry weathered products
away from the source or original area.
B. Rocks are capable of locomotion and they can transfer locations by themselves.
C. Rocks transfer places during earthquakes and are broken into pieces.
D. They stay in the area for a long time until they change or disappear.

Situational Case:
You have witnessed the collapse of soil
and movements of rocks downward at
your neighborhood’s backyard. See
picture in the right.

____ 16. If you were to narrate it in class, what appropriate report would it be?
A. A small landslide occurred in your neighbor’s backyard because the soil
collapsed due to loose soil.
B. A mudslide occurred in your neighbor’s backyard because the soil beds
collapsed due to weak foundation of land.
C. A mass wasting occurred in your neighbor’s backyard where the soil and rocks
moved downward due to the influence of gravity.

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-2
 D. A terrible earthquake occurred in your neighbor’s backyard that destroyed their
land and consequently collapsed the soil and rocks.
____ 17. The heat inside the Earth moves continents, builds mountains, and causes earthquakes. Which of
the following describes the source of the Earth’s internal heat? Internal heat of the earth
A. comes from the sun that reflects its hotness.
B. is due to the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and the crust that flow to
the surface.
C. comes from the heated magma and melting materials in the inner core that
surface in the volcanoes.
D. due to sunspot deep within the Earth that melts iron nickel in the outer core
therefore emitting heat.
____ 18. Rock melts and forms magma when the
A. temperature of the rock increases and its pressure decreases.
B. temperature of the rock decreases and its pressure increases.
C. pressure and temperature of the rock both increases.
D. pressure and temperature of the rock both decreases.

Refer to the box below to answer items 19-21:

ROCKS PROCESSES AND WAYS AFTER MAGMA IS FORMED
a. When magma is cooled and solidified below the Earth’s surface, it forms
intrusive rocks.
b. When magma finds its way to rise inside the volcano and moves out
through eruption which became a lava, it forms extrusive rocks when it is
cooled and solidified.
c. Magma becomes hard rocks when cooled and stayed underneath for a
long time until it becomes magma again.
d. Pre-existing rocks change in geologic texture and minerals due to heat,
pressure and introduction of chemically active fluids.

____ 19. Which of the ideas above describes plutonism?

A. a B. b C. c D. d
____ 20. Which of the ideas above describes volcanism?
A. a B. b C. c D. d
____ 21. Which of the ideas above describes metamorphism?
A. a B. b C. c D. d

For items 22-23 study the properties of the two samples of igneous rocks below.
Rock

Color dark light

Gravity high specific gravity low specific gravity
Grain fine grained coarse grained
Formation forms at the surface when forms on the continent deep
lava cooled and solidified underground by melting of
continental rocks

____ 22. Before granite is formed, what process does it undergo?

A. heating B. cooling C. precipitating D. changing
____ 23. Based on the given properties, how do you compare the formation of two igneous rocks?
A. They have similar properties.
B. They differ in color and shape.
C. They have undergone gravitational force.
D. They form through melting and cooling processes.

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-3
____ 24. Below is a picture of rock under stress. How do rocks behave under different kinds of stress?

A. Under tension, rocks are pulled apart that cause them to lengthen or break apart.
B. During compression, rocks squeeze together that cause them to fold or fracture
(break).
C. If the amount of stress on the rock is greater than the rock’s internal strength,
rocks bend elastically.
D. All of the above
____ 25. Which of the following explains how continents drift?
A. The crustal plates, tectonic plates and continental plates collide that cause the
continents to breaks apart.
B. Earth’s continents move relatively to each other, thus appearing to “drift” across
ocean bed.
C. Tectonic plates move only when there is an earthquake under the continental
plates.
D. Continents just float and they do not drift.
____ 26. Which evidence DOES NOT support the continental drift theory of Alfred Wegener?

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
____ 27. What would happen if two plates collide like in the picture?

A. Cotton clouds are formed.

B. Trees grow fast and bear more fruits.
C. Soil breaks and eventually cause landslide.
ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-4
 D. Rocks pile up and create towering mountains.
____ 28. How does seafloor spread?
A. It occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic
activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
B. It breaks apart during strong earthquake and suddenly sinks beneath the
lithosphere.
C. The crustal plates collide with the continental plates and forms volcano under the
ocean.
D. It collides with mammoth mountains and breaks the plates of the Earth.
____ 29. Which of the following DOES NOT describe the structure and evolution of the ocean basins?
A. The latest phase of the ocean basin growth began just less than 200 million years
ago with the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea.
B. Two billion years, the ocean basins have both grown and been consumed as plate
tectonics continued on Earth.
C. The ocean basins can be described according to their shapes: the continental
margins and the rifted margins.
D. The ocean basins do not change and remain the same up to this time.
____ 30. Which among the choices below BEST describes how these layers of rocks formed?

A. Rock layers (strata) are formed differently depending on the type of rock they are
made of.
B. Rock layers are immediately formed when tectonic plates and crustal plates collide
and rise up forming new plates and layers.
C. When a sequence of sedimentary layers is stacked one atop each other, it forms
stratigraphic section.
D. Stratification, the layering that occurs in most sedimentary rocks and in those
igneous rocks formed at the Earth's surface, as from lava flows and volcanic
fragmental deposits.
____ 31. Below are methods of determining the age of stratified rocks EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. manual dating C. absolute dating
B. relative dating D. radiometric dating
____ 32. Which of the following DOES NOT describe how the index fossils or guide fossils are used?
A. Index fossils are used to define geological periods.
B. Index fossils can be used to help determine the relative age of rock layers.
C. Index fossils are the basis for defining boundaries in the geologic time scale and
for the correlation of strata.
D. Index fossils correlate to the formation of the rocks layers and types of rocks, such
as igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks.
____ 33. Below are some descriptions how the Earth’s history can be interpreted from the geologic time scale
EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. The geologic time scale (GTS) is a system of chronological dating that relates
geological strata (stratigraphy) to time of the Earth’s age.
B. Geologic time spans are considerably more difficult to comprehend than historical
time spans because they are so incredibly long.
C. Scientists have put together the geologic time scale to describe the order and
duration of major events on Earth for the last 4 1/2billion years.
D. It is used by geologists, paleontologists, and other Earth scientists to describe the
timing and relationships of events that have occurred during Earth’s history.

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-5
 For items 34-35, study the table below.
Hazards that may happen
A Ground shaking, surface rupture, ground failure,
tsunamis
B Pyroclastic flows, lava flows, lahars, volcanic gas
C Mudslides, rock falls, avalanches, debris flows
D Falling debris, big fire, dark smoke, toxic smoke

____ 34. Which letter describes the earthquake and volcanic eruption hazards?
A. A & B B. A & C C. C & D D. B & D
____ 35. Which letter describes landslides and fire hazards?
A. A & B B. C & D C. A & C D. B & D
____ 36. Below are practical ways of coping geological hazards of earthquakes EXCEPT one. Which one is
it?
A. Stay inside of damaged buildings and infrastructures.
B. If you are outside, go to an open area away from buildings, trees, streetlights, and
power lines.
C. If you are in a coastal area, move to a higher ground. The earthquake may trigger
tsunamis.
D. If you are in a mountainous area or near unstable slopes, be aware of landslide.
Soil and rocks may be loosened by the earthquake.
____ 37. Which of the human activities below triggers landslides?
A. mining and quarrying
B. dynamite fishing and excavating
C. water pollution and spraying insecticides
D. cutting down trees and land transformation
____ 38. Which of the following practical ways DOES NOT help you cope with hydro- meteorological hazard?
A. Move to the evacuation place before typhoon comes.
B. Listen to radio or television news for updates.
C. Store enough water and food.
D. Stay panic and ask for help.
____ 39. Which of the following methods of coastal protection involves adding of sand and water mixture to
prevent erosion?
A. beach nourishment C. sandbags
B. breakwaters D. seawall
____ 40. In your own little way, as a student, how can you prevent or mitigate the impact of land
development and waste disposal in your community?
A. Put barricades to stop the developers.
B. Plant more trees and implement proper waste disposal.
C. Join radical activities like protests to stop land development.
D. Be passive and abstain from environmental campaign activities.

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-6
 FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATIONS
SY: 2019-2020
Earth and Life Science - Senior High School
TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS

Understanding
Remembering

Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying

Creating
Key
Competency Item

60% (EASY) 30% (AVER- 10% (DIFI-

AGE) CULT)

I. ORIGIN AND STRUCTURE OF THE

EARTH

1. State the different hypotheses ex-

plaining the origin of the universe
1 A
S11/12ES -Ia-e-1
2. Describe the different hypotheses
explaining the origin of the solar
2 C
system S11/12ES -Ia-e-2
3. Recognize the uniqueness of
Earth, being the only planet in the
solar system with properties nec-
3 D
essary to support life S11/12ES -
Ia-e-3
4. Explain that the Earth consists of
four subsystems, across whose 4 A
boundaries matter and energy
flow S11/12ES -Ia-e-4
5. Explain the current advance-
ments/information on the solar
5 D
system S11/12ES -Ia-e-5
6. Identify the layers of the Earth
(crust, mantle, core) S11/12ES -
6,7 A,D
Ia-e-7
7. Differentiate the layers of the 8,9 D,C
Earth S11/12ES -Ia-e-8
II. EARTH MATERIALS AND PRO-
CESSES

1. Identify common rock-forming

minerals using their physical and 10 B
chemical properties S11/12ES -Ig-
9
2. Classify rocks into igneous, sedi-
mentary, and metamorphic
11,12,13 D,D,C
S11/12ES -Ig-10
3. Describe how rocks undergo 14 D
weathering S11/12ES -Ig-11
4. Explain how the products of
weathering are carried away by 15 A
erosion and deposited elsewhere
S11/12ES -Ig-12
5. Make a report on how rocks and
soil move downslope due to the 16 C
direct action of gravity S11/12ES -
Ig-13

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-7
 6. Describe where the Earth’s inter-
nal heat comes from S11/12ES -
17 B
Ig-14
7. Describe how magma is formed 18 A
(magmatism) S11/12ES -Ig-15
8. Describe what happens after the
magma is formed (plutonism and
19,20 A,B
volcanism) S11/12ES -Ig-16
9. Describe the changes in mineral
components and texture of rocks
due to changes in pressure and
21 D
temperature (metamorphism)
S11/12ES -Ig-17
10. Compare and contrast the for-
mation of the different types of ig-
22, 23 A,D
neous rocks S11/12ES -Ig-18
11. Describe how rocks behave under
different types of stress such as 24 D
compression, pulling apart, and
shearing S11/12ES -Ig-19
12. Explain how the continents drift 25 B
S11/12ES -Ig-20
13. Cite evidence that support conti- 26 C
nental drift S11/12ES -Ig-21
14. explain how the movement of
plates leads to the formation of
27 D
folds and faults S11/12ES -Ig-22
15. Explain how the seafloor spreads 28 A
S11/12ES -Ig-23
16. Describe the structure and evolu-
tion of ocean basins S11/12ES -
29 D
Ig-24
17. Describe how layers of rocks
(stratified rocks) are formed
30 D
S11/12ES -Ig-25
18. Describe the different methods
(relative and absolute dating) to 31 A
determine the age of stratified
rocks S11/12ES -Ig-26
19. Explain how relative and absolute
dating were used to determine the 32 D
subdivisions of geologic time
S11/12ES -Ig-27
20. Describe how marker fossils (also
known as guide fossils) are used
to define and identify subdivisions
33 B
of the geologic time scale
S11/12ES -Ig-28
21. Describe how the Earth’s history
can be interpreted from the geo-
34 A
logic time scale S11/12ES -Ig-29
III. NATURAL HAZARDS, MITIGATION,
AND ADAPTATION

22. Describe the various hazards that

may happen in the event of earth- 35 B
quakes, volcanic eruptions, and
landslides S11/12ES -Ig-30
23. Give practical ways of coping with 36 A
geological hazards caused by
ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-8
 earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,
and landslides S11/12ES -Ig-32
24. Identify human activities that
speed up or trigger landslides
37 A
S11/12ES -Ig-33
25. Give practical ways of coping with
hydrometeorological hazards
caused by tropical cyclones, mon-
38 D
soons, floods, or ipo-ipo
S11/12ES -Ii-37
26. Give practical ways of coping with
coastal erosion, submersion, and 39 C
saltwater intrusion S11/12ES -Ii-
40
27. Cite ways to prevent or mitigate
the impact of land development,
waste disposal, and construction
40 B
of structures on control coastal
processes S11/12ES -Ii-41

ELS11/12_CORE SUBJECT-9