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MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN ELS

I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The understanding of the origin, evolution, structure and fate in the universe is called_____________.
A. Big Bang Theory B. Cosmology C. Earth Science D. Origin and Structure of the Earth
2. A Greco – Egyptian mathematician, who popularized the geocentric model wherein celestial bodies evolved around
the Earth.
A. Aristarchus B. Aristotle C. Claudius Ptolemy D. Philolaus
3. In the layers of the Earth, crust is solid, mantle is semi – liquid, what phase of matter is the inner core?
A. gas B. liquid C. plasma D. solid
4. It comprises the solid layer of the earth, that is, rocks and minerals that provides nutrients to plants and animals.
A. Atmosphere B. Biosphere C. Hydrosphere D. Lithosphere
5. Each Earth subsystem may be independent from one another but are interconnected through a ________________.
A. water cycle B. nitrogen cycle C. carbon dioxide cycle D. biogeochemical cycle
6. The boundary between the crust and mantle is known as ______________.
A. asthenosphere B. bedrock C. Conrad Discontinuity D. Mohorovic
Discontinuity
7. What type of mineral is SiO4?
A. Silicate B. Sulfate C. Oxide D. Hallide
8. A type of rocks that form from melting, cooling, crystallization of other rocks.
A. sedimentary B. igneous C. metamorphic D. semi – igneous
9. A type of rock formed by weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation of other rocks.
A. metamorphic B. igneous C. sedimentary D. semi – igneous
10. Which of the following is an example of metamorphic rocks?
A. Obsidian B. Shale C. Breccia D. Gneiss
11. Which of the following explain the flow of rock cycle?
A. lava – sediments – magma C. gabbro – pegmatite – diorite
B. slate – schist – gneiss D. sediments – lava – magma
12. The following are example of sedimentary rocks, except:?
A. Shale B. Sandstone B. Gypsum D. Gabbro
13. What causes the formation of metamorphic rocks?
A. Heat and Pressure B. Weathering C. Erosion D. Sedimentation
14. When rocks heated it turns into magma, what happen as it goes up in the earth surface?
A. It will become an igneous rock C. It will become a metamorphic rock
B. It will become sedimentary rock D. It will remain on the top of the volcano
15. Based from the picture, how do this rock formed?

A. Due to too much pressure and heat it becomes compact

B. Due to sedimentation to other rocks it become intact with other rocks
C. Due to erosion rocks stick to other rocks
D. Due to the heat coming from the interior of the Earth the rocks collide and stick to other rocks.
16. What happen to the metamorphic rocks as different pressure act on it?
A. There will be a layered or banded appearance C. There will be no banded or layered appearance
B. There will be a rough texture D. There will be a smooth texture outside and rough in the
inside
17. Why are marbles categorize as non-foliated metamorphic rock?
A. There are layered or banded appearance C. It is very hard and massive
B. Its texture is rough D. It is soft and shiny
18. The breaking down of the rocks into fragments is called __________________.
A. Mass Movement B. Weathering C. Erosion D. Deposition
19. If the soil is moved from one place to another due to wind it is called ________________.
A. Mass Movement B. Weathering C. Erosion D. Deposition
20. The transferring of the rock due to gravity is called ___________________
A. Mass Movement B. Weathering C. Erosion D. Deposition
21. As the rock disintegrate due to animals and plants, what kind of weathering is it?
A. Physical Weathering B. Biological Weathering C. Chemical Weathering D. Erosion
22. Which of the following pictures shows physical weathering?

A. B. C.

23. In the formation of metamorphic rock, one rock changes from other rocks due to heat and pressure. What happen to
its parent rock’s characteristic?
A. There is no trace of parent rock at all
B. The parent rock does not change its composition over the process
C. The new rock that forms have the characteristics of the parent rock
D. There is a change of size and shape but the rock remains the same.
24. These are intrusive igneous structures that result from the cooling and hardening of magma beneath the surface of
Earth.
A. volcano B. plutons C. Laccoliths D. mountain
25. How do magma forms?
A. Magma comes from the melted volcano which are inactive several years ago.
B. As the plate moves, some land splits making the soil to submerge in the mantle then melt due to too much heat.
C. Magma formed by the melting of rocks in the mantle, as the rocks heated it rises and when cooled sinks.
D. As the rocks in the crust sink to the ocean, it become liquid and when sediment it become magma.
26. As the metamorphic rock transform the texture of the rock becomes ____________.
A. soft B. coarse C. foliated D. non - foliated
27. The following are agent of metamorphism except:
A. density B. pressure C. heat D. fluid
28. What happen as metamorphism occur in rocks?
A. The texture of the rock will change but the chemical content remains the same.
B. The rock change its texture and transform to another form of rocks and can determine the parent rocks composition
C. The rock will become thin due to pressure and melt as heated.
D. The rock’s chemical content become change but the texture remains the same.
29. As the magma it rises and find its way to come out of the surface. What happen to the magma that did not reach the
surface?
A. The magma remains on the mantle and did not change its position
B. The magma melts and eventually vanish as exposed to too much heat.
C. The magma rises erode while others cooled down, sink and melt again.
D. The magma melts and become sediments in the core of the Earth.
30. Earth’s natural temperature increases with depth but it is not enough to melt the rock in the lower crust and mantle,
where does the other source of heat comes from?
A. It comes from the water that heats up from the mantle C. It comes from the collision of radioactive element
B. The heat comes from the sediments of radioactive D. Friction in subduction zones
elements
II. TRUE OR FALSE: Read and analyze each item carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, and FALSE if the
statement is incorrect.

________31. The rock folding is influenced by the type of the rocks and compressive forces.
________32. In the theory of Alfred Wegener, continents were connected before like a giant land mass which is called
LAURASIA.
________33. In order to understand the continental drift theory, there are evidences that explains this and one of this is
the Theory of Relativity.
________34. The Seafloor Spreading Theory is a process that occurs at mid-ocean ridges, where new oceanic crust is
formed through volcanic activity and then gradually moves away from the ridge.
________35. The continents were like jigsaw puzzle due to the pressure exerted by the mantle.
________36. The continents drift because of the movement of the plate due to the process that happen in the mantle.
________37. During the Mesozoic Era there is no existence of life and oxygen is abundant.
________38. The relative dating gives the exact age of a rock based from the Theory of Superposition.
________39. In absolute dating, Half – life is being used to determine the radioactive element present and its life span.
________40. The igneous rocks are used to determine the relative dating of rock’s age using its composition.

III. Essay. Read and analyze each questions carefully. Answer briefly
41-43 . Differentiate relative dating from absolute dating. (3pts)
44-48. Give atleast five (5) ways in coping with geologic hazards brought about by earthquakes and landslide.
49-50. Suggest ways in lessening the occurrence of landslide.

Prepared by:

CINDY D. MANIPOL
Subject Teacher

Noted:

EDRALYN G. DELOS REYES, Ph. D.

Principal II
Pangalan ______________________________________ Pangkat ___________________________________

Unang Panahunang Pagsusulit sa Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao 7

Panuto: Basahin at unawaing mabuti ang bawat pahayag. Piliin ang titik ng tamang sagot at isulat bago ang bilang.

1. Ang mga sumusunod ay mahalagang layunin ng inaasahang kakayahan at kilos (developmental task) sa bawat yugto
ng pagtanda maliban sa:
A. Nagsisilbing gabay kung ano ang inaasahan ng lipunan sa bawat yugto ng buhay
B. Nakatutulong upang malinang ang kakayahang iakma ang sarili sa mga bagong sitwasyon
C. Nagtuturo sa isang nagdadalaga/nagbibinata ng mga nararapat na gawin na akma sa kanilang edad.
D. Nagsisilbing pangganyak o motibasyon upang gawin ng isang nagdadalaga at nagbibinata ang inaasahan sa kanya ng
lipunan.
2. Ang pagtanggap sa sariling kahinaan at pagkilala sa sarili ay nakakatulong upang malinang ang kakayahan sa
pagtamo ng bago at ganap na pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga kasing edad. Ito ay kabilang sa:
A. Alamin kung ano talaga ang iyong nais C. Mahalin mo ang iyong sarili
B. Panatilihin ang tiwala sa isa’t isa D. Panatilihing bukas ang komunikasyon.
3. Ang pagtanggap sa kapwa batay sa tunay na pagkatao ay nakatutulong sa pakikipag-ugnayan sa mga kasing edad.
Ang pahayag ay may kinalalaman sa ______________________.
A. Alamin kung ano talaga ang iyong nais C. Tanggapin ang kapwa at kaniyang tunay na pagkatao
B. Panatilihin ang tiwala sa isa’t isa D. Mahalin ang sarili
4. Ang pagbabahagi ng nararamdaman, ninanais, mga plano, takot at kasiyahan sa iba ay makatutulong sa pakikipag-
ugnayan sa iba. Ang pahayag ay naglalarawan sa____________________.
A. Alamin kung ano talaga ang iyong nais C. Mahalin mo ang iyong sarili
B. Panatilihin ang tiwala sa isa’t isa D. Panatilihing bukas ang komunikasyon.
5. Ang paglilibang at paminsang – minsang pakikipaglaro sa iba ay nakakatulong sa mga nagdadalaga at nagbibinata sa
pakikipag-ugnayan sa kapwa. Ito ay inilalarawan sa:
A. Maglaro at maglibang C. Mahalin mo ang iyong sarili
B. Panatilihin ang tiwala sa isa’t isa D. Panatilihing bukas ang komunikasyon.
6.