49.

When magma cools quickly, what kind of texture or crystals does a

rock? Republic of the Philippines
a. coarse-grained or large crystals DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region III – Central Luzon
b. a mixture of all types of grains or sizes of crystals
Division of Bulacan
c. medium-grained or medium crystals
d. fine-grained or small crystals
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50. Compaction and cementation are two common processes Senior High School Department
Akle, San Ildefonso, Bulacan
associated with:
a. erosion
b. transportation
c. sedimentation
d. lithifaction
Midterm Examination
S.Y. 2017 – 2018

Earth & Life Science 11

Prepared by:

ERICA C. DE GUZMAN
Subject Teacher
 1. Based on the Big Bang Theory, how does the universe formed? 42. Normal fault takes place when crust is
a. An atom expand because of force
b. A supreme being created the universe a. pushed towards
c. An explosion of concentrated matter and energy b. pulled apart
d. A dust of cloud and gases rotate and cools down c. vibrated
d. expanded
2. How old is the universe?
a. 2017 years b. 2016 years c. 4.6 billion years c. 13. 7 billion years 43. Which of the following is a type of stress?
a. shear b. compression c. tension d. all of these
The table below gives additional information about the planets: their periods of
revolution about the Sun and rotation about their axes. 44. Process by which magma rises forming new oceanic lithosphere layers is
called

a. sea floor spreading

b. sea flooring
c. sea bed spreading
d. sea reversal

45. Place where sea-floor spreading occurs is termed as

a. mid-ocean ridges c. ditches
3. Which planet has the longest year in Earth time? b. ocean basin d.crates

a. Mercury b. Venus b. Earth d. Mars

46. When a denser (oceanic) plate slips underneath a less dense (continental)
plate, this forms.
4. Which among the planet in the solar system is considered as Earthlike
a. ocean basin b. trench c. continental shelf d. seamount
planet?
a. Mercury b. Venus b. Earth d. Mars 47. It is considered as the sea with highest salinity.
a. Red Sea b. Deep Sea c. Dead Sea d. South China Sea
5. The sphere that includes all the living things is the _____________. 48. The San Andreas fault zone in California is an example of ________
a. Biosphere b. Lithosphere c. Atmosphere d. Hydrosphere plate boundary
6. Which does not belongs to the group? A. divergent
a.Thermosphere b. Atmosphere c. Mesosphere d. Stratosphere B. transform
7. Which sphere comprises 70% of the Earth’s surface? C. convergent
D. none of above
a. Biosphere b. Lithosphere c. Atmosphere d. Hydrosphere
have?

a. coarse-grained or large crystals

35. What is formed when magma cools slowly beneath the Earth’s 8. Which sphere provides nutrients to most plants and animals?
surface? a. Biosphere b. Lithosphere c. Atmosphere d. Hydrosphere
a. ore minerals c. intrusive rocks
b. extrusive rocks d. metamorphic rocks 9. Lithosphere is composed of ______________.
a.The continental and oceanic crust
b. the crust and the uppermost mantle
36. it is the movement of large fragment of rocks down the slope due to
c. the lower mantle and the outer core
gravity.
d. the upper mantle
a. earthquake b. erosion c. mass wasting d. weathering
10. Which among the following is not a Jovian planet?
37. A large super continent existed 225 million years ago was: a. Saturn b. Neptune c. Venus d. Uranus
a. Gondwanaland b, Laurasia c. Pangaea d. Eurasia
11. .Today, Pluto is considered as ___________.
38.The animal fossil that helped support the theory of continental drift is a. Satellite b. dwarf planet c. star d. moon
called
a.Mesosauraus B. b. Glossopteris c. 12. Which layer of the Earth contains nickel and iron and produces magnetic
Metosanous d.Glossoplanits field?
a.crust b. mantle c. inner core d. outer core

39. The person to propose the hypothesis of continental drift in 1911 was
13. Which among the layers of the Earth’s internal structure is the densest layer?
a. Wegener b. Hess c. Richter d. Dewey
a.crust b. mantle c. inner core d. outer core
40. Possible cause for plate movement includes:
14. Which mineral is the hardest?
a. plumes
a.Gypsum b. Quartz c. diamond d. talc
b. hot spots
c. convection currents in the mantle
15. it refers to the powdered color of the mineral.
d. none of above a. habit b. cleavage c. color d. streak

41. How does the Mesosaurus fossil evidence support the continental 16.What property of mineral is unreliable?
drift theory? a. habit b. cleavage c. color d. streak
a. because it’s unlikely that the Mesosaurus could swim between
continents 17. In the word cleavage, what does the root word “cleav” mean?
b. because the Mesosaurus lived millions of years ago, when scientists a. to move b. to cut c. to break d. to split
believe the continents began to
18. What specialty property of mineral has the ability to glow under UV light?
c. because it's unlikely that the Mesosaurus existed on both continents.
a. Phosphorescence c. Fluorescence
d.The Mesosaurus fossil evidence does not support the continental drift
b. Piezoelectric d. Magnetism
theory. It proves it wrong.
19. A rock sample contains shell pieces in it, what type of rock does it belong?
a. Wate b. wind c. glaciers d. biological organisms
a. Igneous b. Sedimentary c. Metamorphic d.
Fossils
27. It is a process of degradation of rocks into sediments.
a. mass wasting b. weathering c. erosion d. earthquake
20.How do intrusive igneous rock formed?
a. Result of heat and pressure 28. Which is usually the primary factor that affects the rate of weathering?
b. From magma that cools down within the earth a. topography b. volume c. climate d. biological organisms
c. From volcanic eruption, magma cools and harden onto the earth’s surface
d. from fragments of rocks, sand, mud and other materials carried by stream 29. Which is not an example of physical weathering
into lake a. burrowing animals c. deformation of rocks
b. plant roots d. frost wedging
21.Which rock is derived from limestone? 30. What kind of weathering is described by dissolution of rock in water?
a. sandstone b. conglomerate c. gneiss d. marble a. physical weathering c. chemical weathering
b. mechanical weathering d. none of these
22. Which type of sedimentary rock is formed when standing water evaporates
leaving dissolve materials behind to form a precipitate. Use the photo below to answer Questions 31 and 32.
a. clastic b. chemical c. organic d. none of these

23. Heat and pressure produces what type of rock?

a. Igneous b. Sedimentary c. Metamorphic d. Fossils

24Which is NOT an agent of chemical weathering?

a. water b. carbon dioxide c. oxygen d. wind

31. Which agent of erosion is shown in the picture of

a. glaciers b. wind c. running water d. earthquakes

32. Which is the underlying force behind the agent of erosion ?

a. pressure b. gravity c. temperature d. light
25Which process most likely produced the present appearance of this feature
33. What is magma?
found in Arches
National Park, Utah? a. molten rock b. bubbles of gas
a. chemical weathering c. volcanic crystals d. carbonic acid in rocks
b. mechanical weathering
c. earthquake activity 34. Which of the following terms is appropriate for magma that extrude
d. acid precipitation
out of the Earth’s surface?
26. Which erosional agent was most likely responsible for the appearance of a. lava flow b. pyroclastic flow c. tephra d. pyroclastic surge
this feature?
A. we