PRECIOUS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF DAVAO

Santos Cuyugan Avenue, GSIS Heights, Matina, Davao City

HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SENIOR HIGH GRDADE 12 - GARNET
EARTH SCIENCE First Summative Quiz
2nd QUARTER
I. Listening Quiz.

The central importance of soil for the functioning of terrestrial systems is increasingly
recognized. Critically relevant for water quality, climate control, nutrient cycling and biodiversity, soil
provides more functions than just the basis for agricultural production. Nowadays, soil is increasingly
under pressure as a limited resource for the production of food, energy and raw materials. This has led
to an increasing demand for concepts assessing soil functions so that they can be adequately considered
in decision making aimed at sustainable soil management. The various soil science disciplines have
progressively developed highly sophisticated methods to explore the multitude of physical, chemical
and biological processes in soil.

II. MODIFIED TRUE or FALSE. Write Yay if the statement is correct and write the word/s that make/s the
statement erroneous.
1. Hydrosphere is the movement of water around Earths surface and its subsystems. WATER CYCLE
2. Precipitation is the process in which the rain that falls into the land surface penetrates the soil.
INFILTRATION
3. Sublimation is the evaporation of water from the leaves and stems of plants. TRANSPIRATION
4. The biosphere is the living skin of Earth which is a result of the dynamic interaction among the four
subsystems. PEDOSPHERE
5. One of the five factors that affect soil formation is the topography because the gradient of the slope
affects water flow and erosion. YAY
6. Soil erosion refers to the wearing of a field's topsoil by the natural physical forces of water and wind
or through forces associated with farming activities such as tillage. YAY
7. A community of organisms interacting with each other and with the living and nonliving components
of the environment is called population. ECOSYSTEM
8. Provision services is one of the services offered by the ecosystem that provides living organisms with
the basic needs for survival. YAY
9. A waste cycle is the process involving the transformation of raw materials into usable or consumable
products and their disposal. RESOURCE CYCLE
10. The second option of the waste management hierarchy of options is treatment of waste to minimize
its effects on the environment. REUSE AND RECYCLE

III. TEXT ANALYSIS. Analyze and explain the illustration given on each item in no less than three
sentences.
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