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1st QUARTER EXAMINATION IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ________________________

Course Strand: _____________________________________ Rating: ______________________

DIRECTIONS: Read the following questions below. Choose the correct answer and write it on
the space provided.
AVOID ERASURE. Any erasure in your test paper will consider as wrong answer.
NO CHEATING. Anyone who found cheating will be AUTOMATICALLY ZERO in the
exam.

TEST A. IDENTIFICATION (2POINTS)

__________________1. It is the first major step in the hydrological cycle or water cycle.Evaporation
__________________2. It is the reverse process of evaporation. Condesation
__________________3. It is the cycle that explains the continuous movement of water above or
below the Earth’s Surface. Water Cycle
__________________4. It is the study that deals with the celestial objects and the phenomena
happening on it. Earth Science
__________________5. It is the entire body of space and time, including its contents, such as stars,
galaxies and planets and its physical laws that influence matter and energy
such as relativity. Astronomy

TEST B. MULTIPLE CHOICE.

Write the correct answer in the space provided.(10 POINTS)

________1. Which of the following is not a type of weathering?

A. superficial B. physical C. chemical D. mechanical
________2. It is the process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces called sediments.
A. climate change B. crushing C. leaching D. weathering
________3. This type of erosion happens when light materials, such as small rocks and pebbles,
are carried by the wind to different places.
A. water erosion B. wind erosion
C. glacial erosion D. soil erosion
________4. Which of the following is NOT the agent of erosion?
A. wind B. water C. glaciers D. acid
________5. What are the disadvantages of soil erosion?

I. It washes out the topsoil and leaves it infertile.

II. It cleans the soil.
III. It carries small rocks to different places.
IV. It is associated to floods.
A. I and IV B. II and III C. II and IV D. III and IV
________6. Which of the following is not true about chemical weathering?

A. Agents of chemical weathering include water, strong acids, and oxygen.

B. Rock materials are changed into other substances with physical
and chemical compositions.
C. Agents of chemical weathering include living things such as insects
and roots of the trees.
D. One example of chemical weathering include feldspar hydrolyzed by rainwater.
 ________7. Which of the following human activities helps reduce the effect of soil erosion?
A. crop rotation method B. overgrazing of animals
C. converting forests to farms D. kaingin system
________8. What is the role of water in chemical weathering of rocks?

A. It hydrates and breaks the minerals on the rocks.

B. It washes out the dirt on rocks.
C. It fertilizes the soil.
D. It combines with metals in the minerals of rocks to form oxides.
________9. Which of the following human activities reduces the quality of the top soil?
A. kaingin system B. crop rotation method
C. planting more trees D. leaving the soil as it is
________10. Which of the following is NOT an example of areas where the sediments are
deposited?
A. abyssal zone B. caves C. mountains D. deltas

TEST C. DEFINITION OF TERMS (5points)

1. Earth system as a closed system.

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2. Creationist Theory
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3. Endogenic Process
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4. Exogenic Process
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5. Stellar Collision Theory

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TEST D. FILL IN THE BLANKS. (2POINTS)

There are 1.___________ planets in our solar system. They Are 2.___________, Venus, Earth, Mars,
3.___________, Saturn, Neptune and 4.___________. They 5.____________ around Sun and rotate
about their own axis. 6._____________ is at the centre and accounts for about 99.9% of the mass of
solar system. Planets have been classified into two types namely 7._______________ planets and
8._______________ planets depending on similarity of their structures. Beside these planets our solar
system has Asteroids between the orbits of 9.________________ and 10.________________. Then
we have 11.__________________ which revolve around sun in highly elliptical paths. We can see
12.___________________ after every 76 years.

Nine Mercury Venus Jupiter Pluto

revolve sun terrestrial Jovian
Mars comets Halley’s comet Earth
rotate meteors asteroids

TEST E. ENUMERATION (15 POINT)

1 – 4 Types of Erosion

5 – 9 Layers of the Atmosphere (start from inside going to outside)

10 – 11 Types of Igneous Rock

12 – 15 Types of Sedimentary Rock

TEST F. (10 points)

drawing – 5 points explanation – 5 points

Draw the process of Rock Cycle and explain each process.

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Prepared by: Approved by:

Ms. Karla Jenica N. Patlunag, LPT Dr. Willie L. Dela Cruz, Ph.d
SHS Teacher Principal