SUMMATIVE EXAM

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

AUGUST 7, 2019

Name:__________________________________ Grade/Section:_____________

DIRECTIONS: Encircle the correct answe., NO ERASURES!!!

1. The age of the dinosaurs happened during ________.

a. Cenozoic b. Paleozoic era c. Mesozoic era d. Precambrian era
2. What era the beginning of the earth?
a. Proterozoic b. Hadean c. Archean d. Paleiozoic
3. What period age of dinosaurs?
a. Jurassic b. Triassic c. Cretaceous d. Permian
4. The longest eon is called___________.
a. Archeon b. Phanerozoic c. Hadeon d. Proterozoic
5. The current era is called the _________.
a. Cenozoic era b. Paleozoic era c. Mesozoic era d. Precambrian era
6. Consist of liquid nickel and iron
a. Outer core b. Inner core c. Lower mantle d. Upper mantle
7. Is part of the lithosphere
a. Lower core b. Upper core c. Lower mantle d. Upper mantle
8. Exhibits plasticity
a. Outer core b. Inner core c. Lower mantle d. Upper mantle
9. An era is divided into smaller unit time scale called __________.
a. Epochs b. periods c. Eons d. Years
10. The first ancient life appeared during _________.
a. Cenozoic era b. Paleozoic era c. Mesozoic era d. Precambria
11. Consists of solid nickel and iron.
a. Outer core c. Inner core
b. Lower mantle d. Upper mantle
12. Its boundary may be described by the sudden increase in seismic velocity called
Moho discontinuity.
a. Lower core c. Upper core
b. Lower mantle d. Upper mantle
13. Where most weather changes occur.
a. Troposphere c. Stratosphere
b. Mesosphere d. Thermosphere
14. A French mathematician and Physicist.
a. Comte de Buffon c. Pierre Simon Laplace
b. Rene Decartes d. Immanuel Kant
15. The Nebular theory which suggested that a great cloud of gas and gas called?
a. Galaxy c. Nebula
b. Comet d. Stars
16. Why is it the Nebula collapsed?, EXCEPT
a. Because of Gravitational pull/force c. A & B
b. Because it contracts as it spins more rapidly d. No exception
17. The remaining gas and dust cloud form disk shaped bodies due to rotation called?
a. Solar Nebulae c. Nebulae
b. Comet d. Galaxy
18. Protects Earth from the meteoroids.
a. Troposphere c. Stratosphere
b. Mesosphere d. Thermosphere
19. Has ozone layer that protects Earth from the sun’s radiation.
a. Troposphere c. Stratosphere
b. Mesosphere d. Thermosphere
20. Has ionized gas.
a. Troposphere c. Stratosphere
b. Mesosphere d. Thermosphere
21. A French mathematician and Physicist.
a. Comte de Buffon c. Pierre Simon Laplace
b. Rene Decartes d. Immanuel Kant
22. The Nebular theory which suggested that a great cloud of gas and gas called?
a. Galaxy c. Nebula
b. Comet d. Stars
23. Its upper region is the coldest in the atmosphere.
a. Troposphere c. Stratosphere
b. Mesosphere d. Thermosphere
24. The gas that exists in the atmosphere in great amount is ______________
a. Oxygen c. Water vapor
b. Hydrogen d. Carbon dioxide
25. The presence of oxygen in the early atmosphere is due to _____________
a. Lightning c. Earthquake
b. Volcanic Eruption d. Spliting of water by ultraviolet
radiation
26. The following are the sources of oxygen in the atmosphere, EXCEPT
a. Ammonia c. Ozone
b. Sulfates d. Water
27. Why is it the Nebula collapsed?, EXCEPT
a. Because of Gravitational pull/force c. A & B
b. Because it contracts as it spins more rapidly d. No exception
28. The remaining gas and dust cloud form disk shaped bodies due to rotation called?
a. Solar Nebulae c. Nebulae
b. Comet d. Galaxy
29. The following are the Terrestrial planets , EXCEPT.
a. Mercury c. Venus
b. Earth d. Saturn
30. Which ocean zone is called the deep sea?
a. Abyssopelagic c. Bathypelagic
b. Epipelagic d. Mesopelagic
31. Which zone has plants?
a. Abyssopelagic c. Bathypelagic
b. Epipelagic d. Mesopelagic
32. The following are the theories that explain the origin of the universe, EXCEPT.
a. Big Bang Theory c. Steady State Theory
b. Inflation Theory d. Descartes Vortex Theory
33. The following are the early theories of the origin of the Solar System , EXCEPT.
a. Descartes Vortex Theory c. Buffon’s Collision Theory
b. M Theory d. Solar Nebular Theory
34. The following are the Terrestrial planets , EXCEPT.
a. Mercury c. Venus
b. Earth d. Saturn
35. The following are the exceptions in Jovian Planets.
a. Jupiter c. Mars
b. Uranus d. Neptune
36. Classifications of planets are based on their positions relative to the sun, EXCEPT.
a. Inner planets include Mercury, Venus , Earth and Mars
b. Outer planets include Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus and Neptune
c. Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter form boundary between the
inner and outer planets
d. Inferior planets are located inside the orbit of Earth ,Which include
Mercury and Venus
37. A British mathematician and astrophysicist.
a. James Hopwood Jeans c. Immanuel Kant
b. Pierre Simon Laplace d. George Louis Leclerc
38. Early telescopes showed stars as only points of light , while the planets appeared to
be much larger , providing evidence that stars must
a. Be more plentiful in our solar system than planets.
b. Travel in elliptical orbits like planets
c. Be much farther from earth than planets.
d. Reflect much more light than planets.
39. Which of these increase average global temperatures?
a. Increased use of fossil fuels
b. Increased ocean algal blooms
c. Decreased carbon dioxide emissions
d. Increased numbers of animal species
40.Carbon in the atmosphere is most often found as which of the following
compounds?
a. Stratospheric zone c. carbon monoxide
b. Fossil fuel d. Carbon Dioxide
41. Classifications of planets are based on their positions relative to the sun, EXCEPT.
a. Inner planets include Mercury, Venus , Earth and Mars
b. Outer planets include Jupiter, Saturn , Uranus and Neptune
c. Asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter form boundary between the
inner and outer planets
d. Inferior planets are located inside the orbit of Earth ,Which include
Mercury and Venus
42. Among these observed regularities are the following , EXCEPT.
a. The orbits of all planets are almost in the same plane.
b. Superior planets are located outside the orbit of Earth.
c. The orbits of the planets are nearly in the same plane as the rotation of
the sun.
d. The planetary orbits are nearly circular.
43. A dwarf planet is a celestial body that has the following characteristics , EXCEPT.
a. The orbits of all planets are almost in the same plane.
b. Has sufficient mass for its self- gravity to overcome rigid body forces so
that it assumes an nearly-round shape.
c. Has not cleared the neighbourhood around it
44. The largest planet.
a. Jupiter c. Mercury
b. Earth d. Mars
45. A day on Saturn takes about 10 Earth hours. Which fact would best explain this
short day?
a. Saturn is less dense than Earth
b. Saturn is much farther from the Sun than Earth
c. Saturn rotates more rapidly than Earth
d. Saturn’s orbit has greater eccentricity than Earth’s
46. A student models an impact crater on the Moon by dropping a marble from a known
height onto a pan of smooth flour. Before reaching any conclusions about the results of
this simple expirement, the student repeats the activity several times so that
a. Difference produced by standard variability in conditions become clear
b. She can produce as large a crater as possible before measuring a
diameter
c. Her ability to simulate a meteor impact becomes more realistic with
practice
d. Is not a satellite
47. There are four celestial bodies that have been categorized as dwarf planet,
EXCEPT.
a. Eris c. Ceres
 b. Pluto d. Mars
48. There are several experimental evidence to support the big bang theory, EXCEPT.
a. Galaxies moving away
c. Presence of Cosmic Microwave background
b. Classified based on their mass
d. Abundance of light elements
49. Composed mainly of ice and non-volatile dust.
a. Comets c. Stars
b. Nebulae d. Galaxy
50. Made up of rocks and are sometimes refered to as minor planets in many ways.
a. Comets c. Asteriods
b. Meteriods d. Galaxy
51. The red planet.
a. Jupiter c. Mercury
b. Earth d. Mars

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