Assemblywoman Felicita G.

Bernardino Memorial Trade School

Lias, Marilao, Bulacan

Senior High School Department – STEM3B

Pre-Test in Earth Science

General Instructions
1. Write your answer on the space provided.
2. Write your answer in a capital letter and use black pen only.
3. Strictly no erasures or any alterations.
“Some people succeed because they are destined to, but most people succeed because they are determined.”

I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter that corresponds with the correct answer.
____ 1. Which of the following states that the universe originated ____ 14. A mineral describes the appearance of light as it is
from a singularity that expanded continuously? reflected off its surface?
A. Big Bang Theory C. Eternal Inflation Theory A. Cleavage C. Luster
B. Steady State Theory D. Oscillating Universe Theory B. Fracture D. Specific gravity
____ 2. Which of the following states that the universe is ____ 15. The most obvious property of a mineral, and it is often
continually being created at various parts of the universe? used in identification?
A. Big Bang Theory C. Eternal Inflation Theory A. Color C. Fracture
B. Steady State Theory D. Oscillating Universe Theory B. Cleavage D. Luster
____ 3. Which of the following states that the entire solar system ____ 16. A mineral that breaks cleanly along smooth planes has
started as a large cloud of gas that contracted due to self- __.
gravity? A. cleavage C. hardness
A. Nebular Hypothesis C. Encounter Hypothesis B. fracture D. specific gravity
B. Condensation Theory D. Protoplanet Hypothesis ____ 17. A mineral that doesn’t breaks cleanly along smooth
____ 4. It is a system composed of four major spheres that planes has __.
interact with one another to help sustain life. A. cleavage C. hardness
A. Earth C. Mercury B. fracture D. luster
B. Mars D. Venus ____ 18. It is a measure of the density of a mineral.
____ 5. All living organisms of the earth, including those on the A. Cleavage C. Luster
air, land, and water, are considered part of which B. Fracture D. Specific gravity
subsystem? ____ 19. It is naturally-occurring, coherent aggregate of minerals
A. Atmosphere C. Geosphere or solid materials such as natural glass or organic matter.
B. Biosphere D. Hydrosphere A. Atom C. Mineral
____ 6. It makes up the solid portion of the Earth. B. Element D. Rock
A. Atmosphere C. Geosphere ____ 20. Rocks such as igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
B. Biosphere D. Hydrosphere undergo various processes to change its classification.
____ 7. It is the totality of Earth’s water. The interrelationship between those rocks is called __.
A. Atmosphere C. Geosphere A. carbon cycle C. phosphorus cycle
B. Biosphere D. Hydrosphere B. oxygen cycle D. rock cycle
____ 8. It is the mixture of gases that surround the Earth. ____ 21. Igneous rocks are classified by __.
A. Atmosphere C. Geosphere A. density and texture
B. Biosphere D. Hydrosphere B. grain size and color
____ 9. Which is the inner most layer of the Earth? C. mineral composition and texture
A. Crust C. Outer core D. mineral composition and hardness
B. Inner core D. Mantle ____ 22. Sedimentary rocks are classified by __.
____ 10. Which is the outer most layer of the Earth? A. sediment size alone
A. Crust C. Outer core B. sediment size and hardness
B. Inner core D. Mantle C. mineral composition and color
____ 11. Which is the thickest layer of the Earth? D. sediment size or chemical composition
A. Crust C. Outer core ____ 23. Metamorphic rocks are classified according to __.
B. Inner core D. Mantle A. extent of melting
____ 12. It is defined as a naturally-occurring, inorganic solid with B. grain size or sediments color
a definite chemical composition and an ordered internal C. degree of foliation or recrystallization
structure. D. chemical composition or sediment size
A. Atom C. Mineral ____ 24. The process that transports rocks, soil, and sediments to
B. Element D. Rock a different location is called __.
____ 13. Which of the following physical properties is the color of A. erosion C. sedimentation
the mineral in its powdered form? B. mass wasting D. weathering
A. Color C. Luster ____ 25. The gradual breaking of rocks into smaller pieces is
B. Cleavage D. Streak called __.
A. erosion C. sedimentation
B. mass wasting D. weathering
____ 26. A bulk movements of soil, sand, and rock debris ____ 42. Mantle is subdivided into two layers, the upper and the
downslopes in response to the force of gravity. lower mantle. The lower mantle is also called __.
A. Erosion C. Sedimentation A. asthenosphere C. lithosphere
B. Mass wasting D. Weathering B. geosphere D. mesosphere
____ 27. A mixture of molten rock, minerals, and gases. ____ 43. According to Mohs scale, which minerals properly
A. Lahar C. Magma correspond to the hardest and least hard?
B. Lava D. Rock A. hardest: apatite; least hard: talc
____ 28. When magma never reaches the surface and cools to B. hardest: diamond; least hard: talc
form intrusions the resulting rocks are called __. C. hardest: diamond; least hard: fluorite
A. extrusive rocks C. metamorphic rocks D. hardest: orthoclase; least hard: calcite
B. intrusive rocks D. sedimentary rocks ____ 44. The Philippines belongs to the Pacific Ring of Fire.
____ 29. When magma does reach the surface during a volcanic Pacific Ring of Fire is __.
eruption, the rocks that form there are called __. A. a collection of country prone to tropical storm
A. extrusive rocks C. metamorphic rocks B. a collection of country along the pacific region with active
B. intrusive rocks D. sedimentary rocks volcanoes
____ 30. How is magma made at subduction zone? C. a collection of country along the pacific region with
A. Frictional heating as one plate slides over another. diverse culture
B. Increased pressure leads to melting at the subducting D. a collection of country along the pacific region with island
plates. pointing in the south
C. Increased temperature that leads to melting at the ____ 45. The Geologic Time Scale is based on __.
subducting plate. A. oceans and seas and the times of their formations
D. Water released from the subducting plate lowers the B. land forms such as mountains and faults in Philippines
melting point of the overlying mantle. C. various rock layers that occur in China and Philippines
____ 31. The process by which rising the temperature and D. different organisms that appeared during Earth’s history
pressure, or changing chemical conditions, transform ____ 46. The longest eon is __.
rocks and minerals. A. Archean C. Precambrian
A. Magmatism C. Plutonism B. Phanerozoic D. Proterozoic
B. Metamorphism D. Volcanism ____ 47. The earliest evidence of life seems to have occurred in
____ 32. Alfred Wegener is the proponent of the theory of the __.
continental drift. Continental drift suggest that __. A. Cenozoic Era C. Paleozoic Era
A. the plates runs past each other B. Mesozoic Era D. Precambrian Eon
B. the continents never moves apart ____ 48. Our current era is called __.
C. the crust moves into the lower mantle to create new magma A. Cenozoic C. Paleozoic
D. the seven continents was once part of the super continent called B. Mesozoic D. Precambrian
Pangea ____ 49. Dinosaurs, mammals, and flowering plants appeared
____ 33. Continental coastlines appear to fit together like __. during the __ Era.
A. clay model C. mud model A. Cenozoic C. Paleozoic
B. jigsaw puzzle D. crossword puzzle B. Mesozoic D. Precambrian
____ 34. A boundary between tectonic plates that move away from ____ 50. Shallow seas that teemed with life could found in the __
each other is called __. Era.
A. convergent boundary C. separation boundary A. Cenozoic C. Paleozoic
B. divergent boundary D. transform boundary B. Mesozoic D. Precambrian
____ 35. A boundary between tectonic plates that slide past each
other is called __.
A. convergent boundary C. separation boundary
B. divergent boundary D. transform boundary
____ 36. A boundary between tectonic plates that move toward
each other is called __.
A. convergent boundary C. separation boundary
B. divergent boundary D. transform boundary
____ 37. Rocks formed from the cooling and hardening of hot
liquid magma are called __ rocks.
A. igneous C. mineral
B. metamorphic D. sedimentary Prepared by:
____ 38. Rocks that are formed when the other forms of rock are
under extreme heat and pressure are called __ rocks. ERSAN A. RESURRECCION
A. igneous C. mineral Teacher I
B. metamorphic D. sedimentary
____ 39. Rocks formed from sediment that is compressed over Checked by:
time and becomes solid are called __ rocks.
A. igneous C. mineral MADELINE C. MANANSALA
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B. metamorphic D. sedimentary
____ 40. Which layer of the atmosphere where all weather occurs?
A. Exosphere C. Stratosphere
B. Mesosphere D. Troposphere
____ 41. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
A. Exosphere C. Stratosphere
B. Mesosphere D. Troposphere