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BASIC EDUCATION LABORATORY

San Jose Campus

FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAM

Environmental Science

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I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Addition of harmful substances that has bad effects on environment and living things is
classified as _______________.
a. allotrophication c. atmospheric pressure
b. eutrophication d. pollution
2. Pollution which occurs by poor disposal of waste and rubbish is termed as _____________.
a. noise pollution c. thermal pollution
b. light pollution d. land pollution
3. How can land pollution harm the environment?
a. It can destroy the beauty of nature.
b. It can destroy the habitats of animals.
c. It can allow harmful chemicals to enter the soil.
d. All of the above.
4. What cause of land pollution uses chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides?
a. garbage c. mining
b. landfills d. farming
5. What cause of land pollution produces large holes in the ground and can cause erosion?
a. factories c. mining
b. farming d. garbage
6. What do we call the large areas where garbage is placed on the land?
a. landfills c. landmines
b. mines d. trashlands
7. Kind of land pollution in which salt content rises and land becomes unsuitable for farming
is ________________.
a. carbonization of soil c. salinization of soil
b. deoxygenating of soil d. oxygenation of soil
8. Chemical substance used to destroy weeds in crops is called _____________.
a. herbicide c. fungicide
b. insecticide d. pesticide
9. Chemicals that are used to get rid of insects that eat plants and crops are called _______.
a. carbo-oxides c. herbicides
b. pesticides d. insecticides
10. Contamination of soil system by considerable quantities of chemicals and substance is
known as ________________.
a. water pollution c. air pollution
b. soil pollution d. noise pollution
11. Harmful substance released by power plants and vehicles is ______________.
a. carbon dioxide b. oxygen
 c. nitrogen d. potassium
12. Reduce, reuse and recycle principle by which wastes can be reduced is classified as
_____________.
a. waste organizer principle c. re principle
b. waste management principle d. 3r principle
13. Water that is stored in layer of porous rocks under the ground is called ___________.
a. deoxygenated water c. allotropic water
b. underground water d. lead water
14. What contains water, air, humus and tiny pieces of rock?
a. rock c. soil
b. mineral d. clay
15. What component of soil is course and drains quickly?
a. sand c. silt
b. clay d. loam
16. What soil component is red and brown in color and holds water?
a. sand c. rock
b. clay d. silt
17. Where is silt usually found?
a. Near farms c. In a rock
b. Near a body of eater d. Beaches
18. Humus is found in ____________.
a. top soil c. rocks
b. oceans d. glaciers
19. What is a soil horizon?
a. A factor influencing how soil is formed.
b. A layer of soil.
c. An organism found within the soil.
d. A technique used to map soils.
20. Which soil horizon contains humus?
a. A-Horizon c. C-Horizon
b. B-Horizon d. R-Horizon
21. A mixture of weathered rock organic matter is called ___________.
a. rock c. bedrock
b. humus d. soil
22. Which three layers form the soil profile?
a. Air, water, and soil
b. Minerals, organic matter, and living organisms
c. Clay, silt and sand
d. Top soil, sub soil and bedrock
23. Why is organic matter (humus) an important part of soil?
a. It helps to improve water infiltration.
b. It can break down organic pollutants.
c. It converts nitrogen in the air into nitrates used by plants.
d. It is rich in nutrients, which is important for fertility.
24. What effect do plants’ roots have on soil?
a. The roots cannot break through soil.
b. The roots hold the soil together.
c. The soil hurts the roots.
d. None of the above.
25. What is the term for the general process by which rocks are broken down at the Earth’s
surface?
a. deposition c. lithification
b. erosion d. weathering
26. Which of the processes is not an example of weathering?
a. Dissolution of calcite
b. Breakdown of feldspar to form clay
c. Splitting of a rock along a fracture
d. Rusting of a nail
27. Which of the following factors would increase the rate of weathering?
a. increasing rainfall c. increasing organic matter
b. increasing temperature d. all of these
28. Which of the following conditions promotes slow chemical weathering?
a. cold temperatures c. high rainfall
b. thick soils d. fracturing
29. Which of the following human activities has resulted in increased rates of weathering?
a. The release of sulfur and nitrogen oxides that cause acid rain
b. The physical disintegration of rocks during construction and mining
c. Both A and B.
d. Neither A nor B.
30. What is soil erosion?
a. It is the process by which soil is formed.
b. A harmful process that involves the removal and transport of soil by wind and
water.
c. A natural method of filtering harmful pollutants.
d. A process often referred to as the greenhouse effect.
31. How are rocks classified?
a. They are classified by their process of formation.
b. They are classified according to the minerals they contain.
c. They are classified by their uses.
d. None of the above.
32. What are the three main types of rock?
a. Igneous, pumice, basalt
b. Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
c. Shale, sandstone, limestone
d. Conglomerate, slate, obsidian
33. It is created by the cooling and solidification of molten rock.
a. igneous rock c. metamorphic rock
b. sedimentary rock d. none of the above
34. Where are the two possible cooling places for rocks?
a. extrusive and plutonic
b. magma and lava
c. external and intrusive
d. inside and outside of the volcano
35. Which of the following characteristics DOES NOT pertain to extrusive rock?
a. cools quickly c. has small or no crystals
b. fine grained d. formed by magma
36. What is an example of extrusive rock?
a. granite c. sandstone
b. obsidian d. shale
37. Which of the following characteristics DOES NOT pertain to intrusive rock?
a. plutonic c. has large crystals
b. cools slowly d. formed outside the volcano
38. What is sedimentary rock?
a. It is generally formed from the compaction or cementation of sediments.
b. It is formed from the deposits of mud and sand (through wind and water erosion)
that are cemented together by chemicals or pressure.
 c. It has three types.
d. All of the above.
39. What are the three types of sedimentary rock?
a. Plutonic, intrusive and extrusive
b. Magma, lava and intrusive
c. Clastic, crystalline and bioclastic
d. None of the above
40. Which rock is made from pebbles cemented together?
a. Sandstone c. Gypsum
b. Limestone d. Conglomerate
41. Which of the following is not an example of a crystalline rock?
a. Rock Salt c. Dolostone
b. Rock Gypsum d. Limestone
42. What is an igneous or sedimentary rock that has been changed by extreme pressure and
heat?
a. Limestone c. Granite
b. Conglomerate d. Metamorphic
43. Metamorphic rocks are also known as ______________.
a. hot rocks c. changing rocks
b. dirt rocks d. solid rocks
44. Ration of hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) in water molecule by volume is ___________.
a. 2:1 c. 3:1
b. 1:2 d. 1:4
45. Which of the following is a FALSE statement about water?
a. Water is a polar molecule.
b. More than 50% of our bodies are composed of water.
c. Water is a non-polar molecule.
d. Water covers 75% of the earth’s surface.
46. Water molecules form hydrogen bonds by ________________.
a. The attraction between the positive poles of one water molecule with the negative
poles of another
b. The sharing of electrons between one water molecule and another
c. The transfer of electrons between one water molecule and another
d. Water molecules never form hydrogen bonds.
47. ______________ is the attraction between molecules of the same substance.
a. Adhesion c. Cohesion
b. Covalent bonding d. Ionic bonding
48. ______________ is the attraction between molecules of different substances.
a. Adhesion c. Cohesion
b. Covalent bonding d. Ionic bonding
49. The highest heat capacity of water allows it to ________________.
a. Form additional hydrogen bonds,
b. Absorb large amounts of heat energy before the temperature changes.
c. Boil at higher temperatures than many liquids
d. B and C
50. In a solution of salt dissolved in water, the water is acting as the __________ and the salt
is the ____________.
a. solute, solvent c. solvent, solution
b. solvent, solute d. solution, solvent
51. Pure water has a pH of ___________.
a. 5 c. 7
b. 6 d. None of the above
52. The pH scale ranges from 1-14, a lower number on the pH scale would indicate
__________ acidity than a higher number.
a. lower
b. higher
c. ph does not have to do with acidity
d. equal
53. The introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into the water is ___________.
a. water pollution
b. portable water
c. desalination
d. point source pollution
54. What is an example of non-point source pollution?
a. runoff from several steel factories
b. waste water from mine
c. leaking tank
d. unlined landfill
55. Why is polluted ground water difficult to clean?
a. Water cycle happens slowly
b. Ground water is shallow in the ground
c. Ground water is hard to find
d. Water cycle stops when water is polluted
56. Most of the pollution in the ocean comes from ______________.
a. commercial boats c. waste from land
b. oil spills d. leaking tankers
57. Way in which plants die because of dropped level of oxygen is classified as
_____________.
a. eutrophication c. de-oxygenation
b. oxygenation d. allotrophication
58. Artificial eutrophication or nutrient poisoning mostly comes from ___________.
a. oil c. agricultural runoff
b. toxic waste d. none of the above
59. Rain in which acids are combined as classified as _____________.
a. acid rain c. fossil rain
b. allotropic rain d. deoxygenated rain
60. What human disease is caused by polluted water?
a. Sickness and diarrhea c. Fever
b. Tuberculosis d. Abdominal pain

Prepared by:

Diane Marr N. Dencio

Environmental Science Teacher