Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
Schools Division of Cebu City, South District 5
PAMUTAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Address: Proper Pamutan, Cebu City, Philippines School ID.: 500226 Email: pamutanschool@yahoo.com Contact No.: 09754820499
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
GRADE 11-EARTH and LIFE SCIENCE

MULTIPLE CHOICE: CHOOSE THE LETTER OF THE CORRECT ANSWER.

1. A system which is made up of the sun and the heavenly 10. Which of the following is NOT one of the four major
bodies that move around it is known as_______. geological subsystems of the earth?
a. lunar c. solar system a. biosphere c. atmosphere
b. space d. galaxy b. watersphere d. geosphere
2. Heavenly bodies which revolve around the sun are 11. An idea that the solar system came from a rotating cloud
called_______. that collapsed due to gravity at around 4.6 b.y.a.
a. orbits c. planets a. Nebular Hypothesis c. Swirling cloud
b. stars d. galaxies b. Gravitational collapse d. Big Bang
3. The thinnest layer of the earth is the_________. 12. A type of rock that is formed through cooling and melting
a. Crust c. Inner core inside or outside the Earth.
b. mantle d. outer core a. Igneous c. Metamorphic
4. All living organisms of the earth, including those on the b. Sedimentary d. Glass
land, water and air, are considered part of which subsystem? For questions 13 & 14, please refer to the information given
a. biosphere c. atmosphere below.
b. hydrosphere d. geosphere I. Compressional Tectonic Forces
5. Arrange the following events according to the Nebular II. Tensional Tectonic Forces
Theory on the origin of the Solar System. III. Shearing Tectonic Forces
I- Self-gravity contracts a gas cloud
II- disk begins to rotate 13. Which of the following refers to the pushing of crustal rock
together?
III- ring forms into a planet
a. I only c. I & II
a. I-III-II b. I-II-III c. II-I-III d. III-II-I
b. II only d. I & III
For questions 6 – 9, please refer to the information
14. When it caused the Earth’s crust past each other and
given below.
slide, what type of Tectonic force is involve?
Elements Symbol % by weight of % a. III b. II c. I d. I,II,III
the Earth’s atoms 15. When crust is pushed towards each other by
crust compressional tectonic force, fold is formed. What
Oxygen O 46.6 62.6 is most likely to be formed to the one that come
Silicon Si 27.7 21.2 upward?
Aluminum Al 8.1 6.5 a. Mountain c. plains
Iron Fe 5.0 1.9 b. rift valleys d. bedrock
Calcium Ca 3.6 1.9 16. It refers to the single supercontinent in the early history
Sodium Na 2.8 2.6 of the Earth.
Potassium K 2.6 1.4
a. Pangaea c. Gondwana
Magnesium Mg 2.1 1.8
b. Pangaea d. Laurasia
6. Which of the eight elements has the least
percentage of atoms? 17. Process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces or
a. Aluminum c. Potassium changing its chemical composition
b. Oxygen d. Magnesium a. Weathering c. Transport
7. Approximately, how many percent of the Earth’s b. Erosion d. Deposition
crust is composed of Oxygen an Silicon? 18. It refers to a little deformation of the crust when it is
a. 64.3% c. 74.3% subjected to low pressure and temperature conditions
b. b. 69.8% d. 94.3% a. Folding c. mountain-building
8. What is the total computed value of the TOP 3 b. Faulting d. subduction zone
elements? 19. The science that deals with the idea that the Earth is
a. 82.9% c. 90.3% made up of different segments and that they move
b. b. 84.3% d. 92.4% relative each other.
9. Which of the following is the appropriate description of the a. Seafloor-spreading c. Converging Plates
Hydrosphere? b. Subducting Plates d. Plate Tectonics
a. The mixture of gases that surround the Earth 20. Dating rocks by studying their relationship with adjacent
b. The solid portion of the Earth rocks and their sequence of formation is __________.
a. absolute dating c. radioactive dating
c. All waters on Earth including subsurface and atmospheric
b. relative dating d. Carbon-dating
water
d. Only surface water on Earth
21. Seafloor-spreading and magnetic reversals record that found in a geohazard map?
the magnetic field of the Earth __________ through a. Elevation
time b. Tourist sites
a. increases c. varies c. Drainage systems like rivers and streams
b. decreases d. remains unchanged d. Landslide- and flood-prone areas
22. The thickest layer of the Earth’s internal structure is ___. 42. Volcanic eruptions release huge amount of volcanic
a. crust c. outer core gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and
b. mantle d. inner core hydrogen sulphide. Which of the following substances is
23. Crust consists mostly of _________. produced when sulphur dioxide gas reacts with water
a. oxygen and silicon c. iron and nickel droplets in the atmosphere?
b. iron and silicon d. copper and nickel a. ozone b. methane c. coal d. acid rain
24. An Earth subsystem known as Geosphere? 43. Drinking flood-contaminated water causes __________.
a. biosphere c. atmosphere a. diarrhea b. flu c. blood infection d. pneumonia
b. lithosphere d. hydrosphere 44. The onset of southwest monsoon (Habagat) generally
25. The hardest mineral is ___________. starts from __________ and ends in __________.
a. calcite b. diamond c. quartz d. talc a. Mid-October; late March c. December; February
26. Large movement of rocks and earth’s materials b. June; early October d. May; September
downslope due to gravity 45. One of geology's greatest contributions to human
a. major reduction c. mass wasting thought is:
b. mass reduction d. mass transfer a. the realization that the world is round
27. Which statement on mechanical weathering is NOT b. the realization that the sun not the Earth is the center
true? of the solar system
a. Rocks breaks into smaller fragments c. the recognition of the long span of time involved in
b. Chemical changes happen in rocks Earth history
c. Moss on the wall creates hairline fractures in the cement d. the recognition that the Earth is the center of the solar
d. Water in crevasses freezes in winter and thaws in the
system
summer
28. Rock fragments transported in a streambed _________. 46. Oxygen built up in the Earth's atmosphere because:
a. Get smaller and rounder c. Get smaller and angular a. the oceans separated from the crust
b. Get larger and rounder d. Get larger and angular b. rocks weathered and released their oxygen
29. The composition of magma which is likely to have c. algae and other organisms employed photosynthesis
highest viscosity is __________. d. oxygen settled on Earth from planets further from the
a. felsic b. intermediate c. mafic d. ultramafic sun
30. The type of plastic crustal deformation that produces 47. Which of the following statements about convection is
___________ of rocks. true?
a. faulting b. folding c. shearing d. subduction a. heat is transferred from hot material to cool material
31. In seafloor spreading, where do the molten materials rise without inducing a flow.
and erupt? b. cool material flows upward and displaces hot material
a. Deep ocean trenches c. Hot spots c. hot material flows upward and displaces cool material
b. Mid-ocean ridges d. North and south pole d. random circulation occurs
32. The process of sinking oceanic material into the mantle 48. Volcanism is associated with which of the following
is called ___________. types of plate boundaries?
a. conduction c. convection a. convergent plate boundaries
b. continental drift d. subduction b. divergent plate boundaries
33. Which part of the ocean floor is the flattest? c. transform fault plate boundaries
a. abyssal plain c. trenches d. divergent and convergent plate boundaries
b. ocean ridges d. continental slope 49. The theory of plate tectonics was not initially widely
35. Where in the ocean floor is the deepest? accepted because ______.
a. rift valleys c. submarine canyons a. land bridges would have blocked plate movement
b. abyssal plain d. oceanic trenches b. rocks of the Earth's crust were considered too stiff for
36. Mapping of ocean floor was possible by ___________. continents to move through them
a. Sending scuba divers c. Using sonars c. fossils on South America and Africa did not match
b. Studying earthquakes d. Using telescopes d. ocean floor mapping showed that older rocks occur
37. A type of seismic wave that has a push and pull motion away from mid-ocean ridges
a. P-wave b. S-wave c. A- wave d. Z-wave 50. Why is our vulnerability to natural disasters growing?
38. In what era do humans belong? a. because the frequency of volcanic eruptions is
a. Cenozoic b. Jurassic c. Mesozoic d. Paleozoic increasing
39. Mesozoic Era ended with the demise of giant reptiles b. because the human population is increasing
termed as dinosaurs, this happened around c. because the number of earthquakes each year is
a. 45 m.y.a. b. 55 m.y.a. c. 65 m.y.a. d. 75 m.y.a. increasing
40. How far from a fault line are homeowners allowed to build d. because the number of floods each year is increasing
their homes under the New Building Code of the Philippines?
a. 3 meters b. 4 meters c. 5 meters d. 6 meters “If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it
well enough” – Albert Einstein
41. A geohazard map indicates the areas that are susceptible Good luck!
to floods and landslides. Which of the following is NOT