Binan National High School

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MONTHLY TEST – EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Name: _______________________________ Score: ____________

I. TRUE OR FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and false if it is

wrong.
________________ 1.The Big Bang Theory remains to be the prevailing
cosmological model for the early universe.
________________ 2. Steady State theory became accepted because it
answered many “puzzling” observations that arose in the
Big Bang.
________________ 3. The inner planets are generally gaseous.
________________ 4.The lithosphere is the solid part of the Earth.
________________ 5.Earth is surrounded with water but only 3% can be used
directly for drinking.
________________ 6. The earth has undergone significant changes since its
formation.
________________ 7.Earth materials include rocks, minerals and plants.
________________ 8.Carbonate class minerals are mostly found in marine
environments.
________________ 9.Physical weathering is the breakdown of rocks by
mechanical process.
________________ 10. The Continental Drift theory was completely accepted
by the scientific community on its very first
publication.

II. Identify the terms described in the following statements.

________________ 1.The supergiant continent where all the continents came
from according to the Continental Drift Theory.
________________ 2.This are glacial deposits from rock strata in areas that
were once covered with snow.
________________ 3.This type of rock stress results in the formation of
mountains.
________________ 4.This type of rock stress results in the formation of
sinkholes.
________________ 5.This happens when magma is generated and develops into
igneous rocks.
________________ 6.It is the accumulation of materials such as soil, rocks
fragments and soil particles settling on the ground.
________________ 7.This refers to the movement of large masses of materials
down a slope or steep – sided hill or mountain due to the pull of gravity.
________________ 8.It is the type of weathering by which rocks break down
due to chemical reaction.
________________ 9.This element class contains metals and intermetallic
elements.
________________ 10. It is the largest and most abundant group of minerals.
________________ 11.It refers to the measure of the mineral’s resistance to
scratching.
________________ 12.It is the color of the mineral in powdered form.
________________ 13.The shape of the Earth.
________________ 14.It is the blanket of air that envelopes the Earth.
________________ 15.It is the life zone of the Earth.
________________ 16.It indicates the ability of a mineral to attract or
repel other minerals.
________________ 17.The slow movement of soil along a curved surface.
________________ 18.It refers to the reaction of a mineral to light.
________________ 19.These are naturally occurring inorganic solids.
________________ 20.The hierarchy inside the food chain.

III. Matching Type.

A B

______ 1. Steady State Theory a. Charles Darwin

______ 2.Cosmic Inflation Theory b. Inge Lehmann
______ 3. Nebular Hypothesis c. Fred Hoyle and Hermann Bondi
______ 4. Planetisimal and Tidal Theory d. Alexander Oparin
______ 5. Liquid Outer Core and Solid Inner Core e. Immanuel Kant and Pierre Laplace
______ 6.The Boundary between the Crust and the Mantlef.Thomas Chamberlin and Forest Moulton
______ 7.The Theory of Uniformitarianism g. AndrijaMohorovicic
______ 8. Theory of Evolution h. Allan Guth and Andre Linde
______ 9. The primordial Soup Theory i. Alfred Wegener
______ 10. Continental Drift Theory j. James Hutton

IV. Enumerate the following:

1 – 3 Theories on the Origin of the Universe
4 – 5 Thoeries on the Origin of the Solar System
6 – 8 Physical Properties of Minerals
9 – 11 Endogenous Processes
12 – 13 Types of Rock Stress
14 – 15 Evidences of the Continental Drift Theory

VI.