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Refresher-Science

Name: JOCEL PALGAN A. BEED 2A

Multiple Choice. Write the letter of your answer before the number.
___B_ 1. The sun is _____
a. the only star in our galaxy
b. just one of billions of stars that make up our galaxy
c. the largest planet in our solar system
d. technically speaking, one of Earth’s moons
___C__2. Which of these features makes Earth unique among the planets in the solar system?
a. It is the only round planet.
b. It is the only planet with its own moon.
c. It is the only planet that has enough oxygen in its atmosphere to sustain life.
d. it is the only ringed planet.
__A___ 3. Comets are icy masses of frozen gases and dust particles. What happens when a
comet gets too close to the sun?
a. The gases catch fire, making the comet glow.
b. The ice begins to melt, leaving a trail of gases and debris.
c. The comet explodes, which is called a supernova
d. The comet bounces off the sun’s magnetosphere
___A__4. What did seventh-century astronomer Edmund Halley notice about the comet later
named after him?
a. The comet passed by Earth on a predictable schedule.
b. The comet passed by Earth at random intervals
c. The comet passed by Earth only once in a million years
d. The comet was on a collision course with Earth
__A___5. What is a meteorite?
a. a chunk of rock that survives our atmosphere and falls to Earth
b. a meteor that has not hit Earth yet.
c. a piece of rock that is in orbit around Earth
d. A radioactive moon rock.
___D__ 6. What is the central and largest body of our solar system?
a. Jupiter
b. Milky Way
c. Earth
d. the sun
___B__7. The fate of Earth is linked to the sun. Which of the following explains why this
statement is true?
a. Without Earth in orbit, the sun would quickly burn up.
b. Without the heat and light of the sun, life on Earth will cease.
c. Without each other, they would spin out of control.
d. Without the sun to cool things off, the interior of Earth would burn up the planet.
___A__ 8. Planets have elliptical orbits. This means that _____
a. Their orbits are perfectly round
b. their orbits are in the shape of a figure eight
c. at some point of its orbit, a planet is closer to the sun.
d. their orbits change direction from time to time.
___B__9. We have a twenty-four hour day because that is _____
a. the length of time it takes the moon to travel around Earth
b. the length of time it takes Earth to rotate once around its axis
c. the length of time it takes Earth to travel once around the sun
d. the length of time it takes to the sun to rotate once around its axis
___D__10. On Earth, one year is _____
a. the length of times it takes the moon to travel once around the Earth
b. the length of time it takes Earth to rotate once around its axis
c. the length of time it takes the sun to travel once around Earth
d. the length of time it takes Earth travels once around the sun
___C__ 11. How many planets are in our solar system?
a. 5 b. 7 c. 9 d. 11
___D__12. Which planet is nearest to the sun?
a. Mars b. Venus c. Earth d. Mercury
___B__ 13. Which planet is usually farthest from the sun?
a. Saturn b. Pluto c. Uranus d. Jupiter
___D__ 14. Which planet is the biggest?
a. Saturn b. Pluto c. Uranus d. Jupiter
__Saturn___ 15. Which planet has the biggest, most easily-seem rings orbiting?
a. Jupiter b. Uranus c. Neptune d. Pluto
___A__ 16. What is the name of the group of objects that orbit the sun between Mars and
Jupiter?
a. asteroids b. meteoroids c. comets d. meteors
___B__ 17. Which is the only planet whose English name was not derived from Greek/Roman
Mythology?
a. the sun b. Earth c. Mercury d. Venus
__C___18. What is a Milky Way?
a. the way planets orbit the sun
b. a white star
c. the galaxy to which the solar system belongs
d. a chocolate bar in the outer space
___A__19. What are the icy objects with huge tails that orbit the sun?
a. comets b. asteroids c. meteorite d. meteor
___B__20. Which is called the “Red Planet”?
a. Mercury b. Mars c. Venus d. Earth
___B__21. What is the sun made up of?
a. soil b. gases c. rock d. volcanoes
__C___22. What planet comes after Venus from the sun?
a. Mercury b. Mars c. Earth d. Jupiter
___A__23. Which planet has the most moons?
a. Saturn b. Earth c. Uranus d. Pluto
___A__ 24. Which two planets have no moons?
a. Mercury and Venus
b. Mars and Pluto
c. Neptune and Uranus
d. Earth and Uranus
___B__25. What makes the planet Mars look like it is red?
a. fires from the volcanic eruption
b. iron in the soil
c. rain and clouds
d. gases in the air
__D___ 26. Which sequence describes the movement of magma from inside a volcano to the
surface?
a. vent, dike, magma chamber
b. dike, magma chamber, vent
c. dike, summa chamber, vent
d. magma chamber, dike, vent
__B___ 27. Wide, gently sloping mountains formed by low-silica flows are called_____
a. calderas b. shield volcanoes c. composite volcanoes d. lava plateus
___A__28. Magma first froms in _____
a. the lithosphere b. the asthenosphere c. the magma chamber d. vents
___D__29. Eruptions with a high-silica content may produce _____
a. a shield volcano b. a caldera c. sedimentary rocks d. an explosive sound
__C___30. This instrument measures the movement at opposite sides of a fault.
a. seismometer b. laser range finder c. GPS d. tide gauge
__B___ 31. What are the plates underneath the earth’s crust called?
a. earthquake plates b. tectonic plates c. armor plates d. fault plates
___D__32. If a continent rides on top of two converging plates, they will collide and form_____
a. faults b. an ocean c. river basin d. mountains
__C__33. Which is not true among the following statements?
a. The earth’s crust is continually changing.
b. The change in the surface of the earth is due to natural process
c. The outflow of molten magma beneath the ocean becomes new ocean floor
d. When an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate, both plates sink.
__D___34. Which theory does not support changes in the earth’s crust?
a. plate tectonic b. continental drift c. seafloor spreading d. gravity
__D___35. Where would you likely build your house knowing that your country is prone to
earthquake?
a. near the sea
b. at the front of the mountain
c. along the mountain slope
d. on a plain or flat piece of land
__A___36. What type of stress causes strata to be folded into anticlines and synclines?
a. compression b. extension c. shearing d. none of these
__A___37. Wherever you are, when you feel an earthquake you should always_____
a. duck, cover and hold b. stay in place c. panic d. shout for help
__A___38. If you feel an earthquake starting and you are in your house, get over to the _____
of the room away from windows, large mirrors, and shelves until the shaking stops.
a. corner b. window c. exit d. middle
___B__39. If you feel an earthquake starting and you are in your school, get under your _____
until the shaking stops and follow the school emergency plan.
a. blackboard ledge b. desk c. door d. cabinet
___B__40. If you feel an earthquake starting and you are outside, get _____spot away from
buildings, trees, power lines, and overpasses.
a. under tree b. out in the open c. inside a building d. inside a car
__A___41. These transverse body waves are more slower and are similar to the up-and-down
movement of a rope wave.
a. P waves b. S waves c. body waves d. Rayleigh waves
__A__42. Which country experienced the largest earthquake of the twentieth century?
a. Chile b. USA c. Japan d. Philippines
__B___ 43. Where is the safest place to be during an earthquake if you are indoors?
a. beside the walls b. under the bed
c. under or beside a sturdy furniture d. ran down the stairs
__D__ 44. Where do earthquakes occur?
a. along plate boundaries b. along folds c. near volcanoes d. under the ocean
__C___45. Where did the deadliest recorded earthquake occur in the 1990’s?
a. China b. Japan c. Philippines d. New York
__B___46. Shaking of the earth is caused by a sudden movement of rock beneath its surface.
What do we call this phenomenon?
a. plate movement b. earthquake c. eruption d. faulting
___A__47. What is an earthquake that follow a larger earthquake originating at or near its focus
called?
a. aftershock b. tremor c. seismic gap d. faulting
__D__48. _____refers to the strength of an earthquake at a particular location.
a. magnitude b. intensity c. Mercalli scale d. Richter Scale
___B__49. _____ is a fracture in the earth’s crust brought above by movements of one side of
rock layers relative to one another.
a. fold b. fault c. trench d. rift valley
__D___50. The outer shell of the earth, consisting of moving plates of crust, and the rigid upper
mantle is called _____.
a. asthenosphere b. atmosphere c. biosphere d. lithosphere
__B___51. Huge sea waves caused by earthquakes are called_____.
a. tidal waves b. tsunamis c. twisters d. hurricanes
__B___52. According to this theory, the surface of the earth is broken into large plates. The size
and position of these plates change over time. The edges of these plates, where they move
against each other, are sites of intense geologic activity, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruption,
and mountain formation.
a. continental drift b. plate tectonics
c. principle of uniform processes d. law of thermodynamics
__D___53. The most common fossils are _____.
a. muscles, twigs, and hair b. bones, hairs, and leaves
c. bones, shells, and seeds d. shells, fur, and eggs
___A__54. These factors open certain areas in the gorge and make the studying of fossils earlier?
a. sunlight and pressure b. wind and cold temperature
c. wind and sun d. rain and wind
__D___55. _____ is the method often used to calculate a rock’s absolute age.
a. carbon dating b. half-life c. uranium dating d. radioactive element
___D__56. When a radioactive isotope decays, it _____.
a. explodes b. gain mass c. disappears d. changes to another element
__A___57. The geologic time table is based on the events interpreted from_____.
a. rocks and fossil record b. earth and planet
c. tectonic plate d. sun and other heavenly bodies
__A___58. 4.6 billion Years is equivalent to _____.
a. 4 600 000 000 million years b. 460 000 000 million years
c. 46 000 million years d. 46 00 000 000 million years
___C__59. Much information can be gathered from the rocks and fossils of the _____
a. Pre-Cambrian b. Mesozoic c. Paleozoic d. Cenozoic
___A__60. The islands of Japan lie at a _____.
a. convergent boundary where oceanic lithosphere is being subducted
b. convergent boundary where there is no subduction
c. divergent boundary
d. transform boundary
___D__61. The most distinctive property of the asthenosphere is _____.
a. its high density b. its high temperature
c. that it is in liquid state d. its ability to flow rather easily
___C__62. The earth’s core is made primarily of _____
a. iron-magnesium silicate minerals b. sulfur and nickel
c. iron d. carbon
__B___63. A divergent boundary could be recognized by _____.
a. a high mountain belt b. a volcanic arc c. drift valley d. all of them
__A___64. The earth’s mantle is made primarily of _____.
a. iron-magnesium silicate minerals b. feldspar an d quartz
c. iron d. carbon
___B__65. These continents were once believed to be connected, one moving westward and the
other eastward, resulting in the formation of the Atlantic Ocean.
a. Asia and Oceania b. South America and Africa
c. South America and North America d. Europe and Antarctica

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