Binan Integrated National _____7.

A pale gold mineral which smells like what is

High School emitted when lighting a match is called ______.
SENIOR HIGH DEPARTMENT
A. Gold
B. Sulphur
SECOND PERIODICAL TEST – EARTH SCIENCE C. Gypsum

Name:__________________________________________ _____8. The most evident characteristics of minerals and is

usually the first property used to identify minerals. It is the
Section:________________________________________
result of the way a minerals absorb light.
Date:___________________________________________
Score:__________________________________________ A. Color
B. Streak
I. MULLTIPLE CHOICE: C. Tenacity
DIRECTIONS. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write _____9. The color of a mineral in powder form, usually the
your answer on the space provided before each number. mineral is rubbed on the streak plate top determine its color.
______1. Dating method that can tell which sediments were
deposited first and also the approximate age of the A. Color
specimen. B. Streak
C. Tenacity
A. Relative
B. Absolute _____10. Your teeth, for example, which is made of calcite,
C. Approximate is more prone to abrasion compared to stones. Thus, the
stone is _____ that your teeth.
______2. Dating method that provides only the correct
sequence of events and not the actual numerical dates of A. Harder
the rocks. B. Softer
C. Same
A. Relative
B. Absolute ____11. Which of the following is TRUE about rocks?
C. Approximate
A. Rocks are the building blocks of minerals
______3. Which of the following best describes a mineral? B. Rocks are natural substances glued by man-made
processes.
A. Naturally occurring organic materials with crystalline C. Rocks are aggregate minerals clumped together .
structure and chemical composition
B. Naturally occurring organic solid materials with _____12.When Igneous rocks undergo weathering, erosion
crystalline structure and chemical composition and transportation, they will be transformed into _____.
C. Naturally occurring inorganic solid materials with
crystalline structure and chemical composition A. Metamorphic
B. Sediments
_____4. Minerals are considered natural because they are C. Crystal
formed by ____________.
____13. Which of the following statement doesn’t belong to
A. Chemical processes the uses of rocks?
B. Natural geological processes
C. Organic processes A. Rocks are used as materials for buildings.
B. Rocks also used in building rocks and furniture
_____5. Minerals are building blocks of _______. C. Rocks can be recycled.

A. Organic matters ____14. Igneous rocks came from the Latin word______.
B. Inorganic matters
C. Rocks A. Ignus
B. Ignes
_____6. When a mineral absorbs all the colors in the C. Ignis
spectrum except red, the mineral will appear ______.
____15. When the magma reaches the surface of the Earth,
A. Black it is called-_____.
B. Brown
C. Red A. Lava
B. Magma
 C. Ashes _____24. Sources of energy generated from the natural
source such as sunlight, wind, water, waves, tides, various
____16. Sedimentary rocks . came from the word sediment” forms of biomass and geothermal heat.
which means ___________.
A. Nonrenewable
A. To settle down B. Renewable
B. To settle at the top C. Natural gas
C. To settle at the bottom
____25. Which of the following is not renewable source of
____17. Which of the following is a sedimentary rock? energy?
A. Limestone A. Wind
B. Quartize B. Hydroelectric
C. Granite C. Natural Gas
____18. These rocks are formed from igneous or ____26. Refers to the biological or plant and animal material
sedimentary rocks that were exposed to high pressure, high used as fuel for the generation of electricity, fuel and heat.
temperature or a combination of both, deep below the Sources of these include: food waste, solid waste and wood.
Earth’s surface.
A. Hydroelectric
A. Sedimentary B. Geothermal
B. Metamorphic C. Biomass
C. Igneous
____27. The Agus VI Hydroelectric Power Plant is powered
____19. _______ is formed from the fossil remains. The by Maria Cristina Fall in Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte,
most common example is methane. Mindanao. What type of energy resource is this?
A. Natural gas A.Biomass
B. Oil
C. Coal B. Geothermal

____20. Malampaya Gas Facility in ________ is an example C. Hydroelectric

of a deepwater gas-to-power system operated in the
Philippines. ____28. The famous wind farm in the Philippines is located
in_____.
A. Batangas
B. Palawan A. Pagudpod, Ilocos Sur
C. Zambales B. Pagudpud, Ilocos Norte
C. Pagudpod, Ilocos Norte
_____21. ______ are formed from the remains of marine
animals and plants that lived millions of years ago that ____29. Energy that can be harnessed from the heat
accumulated on the sea bottom and went through geologic coming from the Earth is called _____.
forces and formations.
A. Hydroelectric
A. Natural gas B. Geothermal
B. Oil C. Biomass
C. Coal
____30. What element mainly used in solar cells?
_____22. Formed from plant materials that has been
subjected to heat and pressure. A. Aluminum
B. Silicate
A. Natural gas C. Silicon
B. Oil
C. Coal ____31. Hydroelectric power can be harnessed on the
following except.
_____23. These sources of energy are finite and once
extracted, depletion may follow. Examples of these are fossil A. Mountains
fuels, oils and coal. B. Tidal power
C. Waterfalls
A. Nonrenewable
B. Renewable ____32.Hydroelctric power is an energy obtained from
C. Natural gas converting the __________of fast moving water to _______.

A. Electricity –Kinetic
 B. Kinetic-Thermal ____38. Energy harnessed from wide open spaces
C. Kinetic- electricity where the wind is strong.

____33. Which of the following is NOT a source of Biomass? A. Geothermal

B. Wind
A. Fossils C. Solar
B. Plants
C. Animal wastes ____40. Renewable energy is generated from natural
sources such as sunlight, wind water and geothermal
____34.The figure below shows the formation of _____. heat. Renewable energy is also known as _____.

A. Alternative sources
B. Native resources
C. Built –in resources

____41. Which of the following is not a cleaner source

of energy?
A. Coal A. Coal
B. Oil B. Wind
C. Petroleum C. Biomass
____35. The figure below shows the formation of what ____42. Which of the following is not a non-renewable
energy resources? source of energy?

A. Natural gas
B. Biomass
C. Oil

____43. Which of the following is true about our soil

resource?
A. Coal A. Soil is the thin top layer of Earth’s crust
B. Oil B. Soil consists of minerals, organic materials,
C. Petroleum organisms, water and air.
C. We are not experiencing scarcity of arable land.
____36. Based on the figure, which of the following is the
correct sequence on how geothermal energy can be _____44. About ____ % of Earth’s surface is covered
harness? with water.

A. 70
B. 80
C. 85

_____45. There is only a small amount of water, about

______ is available for our use.

A. 4%
I. Hot water is pumped up B. 2%
II. The steam condense into liquid C. 1%
III. Heat is used to produce steam.
IV. The water is injected back to the ground _____46. Which of the following can be of help in
V. Steam is used turn the turbine mitigating or preventing soil exploitation?

A. Excessive tillage
A. I,II,III,IV,V
B. Use of pesticides
B. II, I, III,V,IV
C. Crop rotation in farming
C. I, III, V,II,IV
_____47. We speed up erosion through the following
____37. Energy derived from the sun is called____.
actions except.
A. Geothermal A. Overgrazing of animals
B. Wind B. Deforestation
C. Solar C. Reforestation
_____48. _______ is another practice that can greatly
increase the rate of erosion in a region. It is
characterized by the clearing the forest by means of
cutting tress without replacing or replanting.

A. Reforestation
B. Deforestation
C. Kaingin

_____49. The following promote proper waste disposal

except.

A. Reduce, reuse and recycle.

B. Improper segregation
C. Constructing sanitary landfill

_____50.Urban development has increased the

production of waste even in gaseous from. Which of the
following human activities cannot mitigate the increased
in gaseous wastes?

A. Burning
B. Used of water-based sprays
C. Used od chemical-based insect killers