EARTH SCIENCE
Midterm Examination
Name: __________________________________
Teacher’s Name: Ms. MARY ANN L. TOLIBAO
TEST 1. Multiple Choice.
Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. All are true about the Universe, except?
a. Hydrogen, Helium and Lithium are the most
abundant element.
b. It comprises all space and time and all matter
and energy in it.
c. The origin and evolution of the universe is
based on the Solar Nebula Theory.
d. 13.8 billion years ago, the universe expanded
from a tiny, dense and hot mass to its present
size and much cooler state.
2. When do redshift happen?
a. When the light or other electromagnetic
radiation from an object has increased in
wavelength or shifted to the red end spectrum.
b. When the light or other electromagnetic
radiation from an object has decreased in
wavelength and has shifted to the blue end of
the spectrum.
c. When the light or other electromagnetic
radiation from an object has increased in
wavelength and has an increasing frequency.
d. When the light or other electromagnetic
radiation from an object has decreased in
wavelength and has a decreasing frequency.
3. What is an asteroid?
a. They are called minor planets.
b. They are called shooting star.
c. They form glowing tails as the flow of the
solar winds and radiation from sunlight pushes
the gas and dust away.
d. They are icy bodies orbiting in the outer
fringes of the Solar system.
4. The layer of the atmosphere where we can find the
Aurora borealis or the Northern and Southern
lights.
a. Troposphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Thermosphere
d. Exosphere
5. When one ecosystem doesn’t function well, will it
affect the living condition of the other ecosystem?
a. No, different ecosystem is independent from
each other.
b. No, changes won’t affect if the other
ecosystem is on the different continent.
c. Yes, each member of the ecosystem belongs to
the environment of other parts of the system.
d. Yes, if only they live on the same ecosystem.
6. The rapid depletion of our natural resources can be
avoided if?
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a. We burn up unused paper and plastic
containers.
b. We support sustainable development by doing
the 5R (Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose,
Recycle).
c. We keep throwing our garbage in waterways.
d. We use fossil fuel for electricity.
7. If chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) continue to deplete
the ozone layer, what will happen then?
a. There will be no changes at all.
b. The ozone in the ozone layer will decrease
affecting the screening of ultraviolet radiation.
c. We will have more energy supply.
d. We can enjoy summer more often.
8. What differences exist between Terrestrial planets
and Jovian planets?
a. Terrestrial planets are the inner planets while
Jovian are those outer planets.
b. Terrestrial are denser than Jovian.
c. Terrestrial has rocky surface while Jovian are
made of ice or liquid interior.
d. All of the above.
9. He first suggested the Big Bang Theory in 1920s
when he theorized that the universe began from a
single primordial atom?
a. George Lemaitre
b. George Kuiper
c. George Gamow
d. Edwin Hubble
10. Evidences that supports the Big Bang Theory?
a. Measurements showed that the universe is
expanding and the galaxies are moving away
from each other.
b. A cosmic microwave background radiation
was detected.
c. Primordial helium was discovered.
d. All of the above.
TEST II. Modified True or False.
Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and
FALSE if it is not. Then, change the underline word/s
to make the statement correct. (1 point for each correct
answer including the correct word)
1. Atmosphere is the gaseous blanket that insulates
the Earth from extreme temperature.
2. Hydrosphere covers up to 50% of the surface of
the Earth.
3. Producers are organisms that can make their own
energy through biochemical processes, which are
just processes in living things that involve
chemical reactions.
4. A heterotroph is an organism that cannot 5. It is a clay mineral composed of hydrated
manufacture its own food by carbon fixation and magnesium silicate, widely used in baby powder.
therefore derives its intake of nutrition from other 6. It is a soft sulfate mineral used as the main
sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal constituent in many forms of plaster,
matter. blackboard/sidewalk chalk, and drywall.
5. Consumers are organisms that break down dead or Across:
decaying organisms, and in doing so, they carry 7. The building blocks of rock.
out the natural process of decomposition. 8. A special property of minerals when it reacts with
6. Oxygen is the gas that humans and other animal acid.
breathe out which is taken in by plants to undergo 9. A hot fluid within the earth’s crust. When cooled,
photosynthesis. it formed into an intrusive igneous rock.
7. Environment is a community interacting with the 10. Describe how light is reflected from a mineral
nonliving things-heat from the Sun, air and water. surface.
8. Ecology is the science that study the relationship 11. It is a popular gemstone used in jewelries.
between the organisms and their environment. 12. ____ rocks arise from the transformation of
9. Natural Resources are materials or substances such existing rock types, in a process called
as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that metamorphism.
occur in nature and can be used for economic gain. 13. A process that get the weathered material moving
10. Population is the undesirable or unhealthy from one place to another.
environmental contamination. 14. It is a magma (molten rock) emerging as a liquid
onto Earth’s surface.
TEST III. Complete the Crossword Puzzle. 15. This mineral in one ingredient in glass.
Direction: Identify what is being describe by each
statements by providing the missing letters.
TEST IV. Analyze the Relationship
1 Direction: Write the words that will complete the
7 2 analogy. (2 pts each)
1. Longer wavelength: Red:: _____: Blue
8 2. ______: Mars::Jovian: Saturn
3. Universe: 13.8 billion:: Earth System: _____
4. Troposphere: Atmosphere:: ______: Lithosphere
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5. Thermosphere: Hottest:: _____: Coldest
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6. Algae: _____:: Human: Heterotrophs
7. Abiotic: Temperature:: _____: Producer
11 8. Scavengers: _______:: Human: Consumer
9. Pollution: Contamination::______: Problem of
1 3 using more resources in a year.
2 10. Water vapor turn to clouds: Condensation:: In a
form of rain or snow: ________
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1 TEST V. Evaluation/ Creation.
3 Direction:
A. Explain your understanding on this quote,
5 6 “Too much is taken from Earth yet too much
is put into Earth”. (15 points)
14 1 B. Illustrate the processes of rock cycle (15
5 points).
C. Make a diagram describing the Geologic Time
Scale (15 points).

Down:
1. Continental crust are mostly made up of this rock.
2. _____ Rock is formed when sediments are
deposited out of air, ice, wind, gravity or water
flows carrying the particles.
3. _____ igneous rock also known as volcanic rock. GOOD LUCK!!
Formed when lava cools down and solidify.
4. _____tion is a process that converts sediments to
solid rock.
“Failure will never overtake me if my Mandino
determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og