Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VIII – Eastern Visayas
Schools Division of Calbayog City
CALBAYOG CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
P – 2 Brgy. Hamorawon, Calbayog City, Western Samar 6710. Tel. Nos. PLDT – (055) 209-1535
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PRE-TEST IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Name:___________________________Strand&Section:_______________Date:_____________

Direction: Select the corresponding letter of your best answer.

1. Which of the following planets today whose length of the days and tilt of its axis are similar to planet
Earth?
A. Venus
B. Jupiter
C. Mercury
D. Mars

2. What sphere of the Earth that composed of soil, sand, rocks and all structures related to land?
A. Atmosphere
B. Geosphere
C. Hydrosphere
D. Biosphere

3. When carbon dioxide dissolves from the air then goes to the ocean, what subsystems are interacting?
A. Atmosphere and biosphere
B. Atmosphere and hydrosphere
C. Atmosphere and geosphere
D. Atmosphere and atmosphere

4. What interaction is between when nitrogen returns to the soil after the decomposition of plants?
A. Biosphere and atmosphere
B. Geosphere and atmosphere
C. Biosphere and geosphere
D. Atmosphere and geosphere

5. How does the set of cycles, parts and processes of the Earth work together?
A. Planet
B. Cycle
C. Unit
D. System

6. Which one among the following is a primary rock?

A. sedimentary
B. igneous
C. metamorphic
D. none of the above

7. Which one of the following is generally found in sedimentary rocks?

A. basalt
B. silica
C. shale
D. magnesium
8. The internal atomic structure of a mineral most likely determines the mineral’s
A. Color, streak, and age
B. Origin, exposure and fracture
C. Size, location and luster
D. Hardness, cleavage and crystal shape

9. The results of all three physical tests shown are most useful for determining the_____
A. Rate of weathering of the minerals
B. Identity of the minerals
C. Environment where the minerals are formed
D. Geologic period when the minerals formed

10. As a rock breaks into smaller pieces, the surface area to volume ratio ______ .
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. stays the same
D. can increase or decrease depending on the size of the pieces

11. The physical and chemical weathering of a granite will produce ________ .
A. ions dissolved in rainwater and soil water
B. mineral fragments and granite fragments
C. clays and iron oxides
D. all of these

12. The following are internal sources of the Earth’s heat except ___________.
A. decay of radioactive elements
B. sinking of core materials through frictional heating
C. the heat that comes from the sun
D. the heat which have never been lost during the formation of the planet

13. How is heat distributed within the planet?

A. through radiation where materials within the planet does not have to interact
B. through simultaneous conduction, convection, and radiation within the Earth’s internal structure
C. through convection where magma distributes heat when it rises up
D. through conduction when heat-carrying particles come in contact with another particle that has less
temperature compared to it

14. In mountain-building, rocks can slip past each other vertically or horizontally due to huge forces of heat
and pressure. A shear zone can be observed at a site where these rocks slipped past. Rocks present at
the shear zone become crushed, flattened, or sheared. What type of metamorphism was described?
A. contact metamorphism
B. regional metamorphism
C. dynamic metamorphism
D. subduction metamorphism

15. Where among the following sites can contact metamorphism occur?
A. In subduction zones
B. In sites where there is a collision between continental crusts
C. In sites where there is magma near the surface
D. In sites where mountain-building process is present

16. At convergent plate boundaries where oceanic and continental crust meet _________ . 
A. no associated volcanism occurs
B. oceanic crust is subducted
C. continental crust is subducted
D. oceanic crust is created
17. One remarkable realization associated with the discovery of seafloor spreading was that_________.
A. the crust of the continents is denser than the crust of the ocean
B. the crust of the oceans is very young relative to the age of the crust of the continents
C. mountains are denser than then mantle
D. the rotational poles of the Earth have migrated.

18. One similarity between Carbon-14 and Uranium-238 is that both _________
A. are normally found in large quantities in living matter
B. have the same half-life
C. decay at a predictable rate
D. are found in granite

19. “Geological processes operating at the present time are the same processes that have operated in the
past” is a statement of ______
A. The principle of cross-cutting relationships
B. The principle of original horizontality
C. The principle of uniformitarianism
D. The principle of faunal succession

20. Earthquakes generally occurs in areas where __________

A. Rocks are found
B. Force on rock is weak
C. Force on rocks is greatest
D. Magnetic pull is greatest

21. Which of the following describes the epicenter of an earthquake?

A. A seismic wave that travels along the surface of Earth
B. The location where motion in an earthquake is detected last
C. The point on Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake’s focus
D. The location along a fault where the first motion of an earthquake occurs

22. All of the following are true about disasters except _______
A. A disaster may be domestic or international
B. A disaster may be caused by nature or have human origins
C. A disaster always receives widespread media coverage
D. A disaster may have a known and gradual onset

23. Disaster frequently result in all of the following except ________

A. Damage to the ecological environment
B. Displacement of populations
C. Destruction of a population’s homeland
D. Sustained public attention during the recovery phase

24. A flash flood is a flood that ________

A. Is caused by heavy rain rather than from the flooding of a river
B. Occurs in urban areas
C. Occurs suddenly and unexpectedly and for a short duration
D. Is caused by the blocking of drains

25. A flood can vary in ____

A. Size
B. Speed of water flow
C. Duration
D. All of the above

26. Which of the following is NOT a multicellular organism?

A. Grass
B. Amoeba
C. Mosquito
D. Worm
27. Which of the following is a key difference between Needham's and Spallanzani's experiments testing
the idea of spontaneous generation?
A. Needham heated his broth longer while Spallanzani did not.
B. Spallanzani heated his broth longer while Needham did not.
C. Needham sealed his flasks tightly while Spallanzani did not.
D. Spallanzani sealed his flasks tightly while Needham did not.

28. What type of response would you expect when a frightened dog hears a loud thunder clap?
A. The dog runs and hides
B. The dog eats
C. The dog sleeps
D. The dog barks in an attempt to make more louder

29. If organisms cannot adapt to changing environment conditions, what is likely to happen to the species?
A. They will become extinct
B. They will have to find new ways to care for offspring
C. They will have to learn to attract mates form other areas
D. They will have to learn t eat different foods

30. A piece of a geranium plant is cut and placed it in a jar of water in the window. Several weeks later the
piece has grown into a new plant. Which of the following is true about the genetic relationship between
the first plant and the new one?
A. The two plants are different genetically.
B. The two plants are slightly different genetically.
C. The two plants are genetically identical.
D. There is no way to know the genetic relationship.

31. The process of making changes in the DNA code of a living organism is called ______.
A. selective breeding
B. inbreeding
C. genetic engineering
D. hybridization

32. A special type of protein that acts as a scissor to cut DNA at specific DNA base sequence is known as
______
A. DNA ligase
B. DNA polymerase
C. Plasmid
D. Restriction enzyme

33. Which of the following is NOT the primary concern of GM crops?

A. Harming others on the field
B. Insecticide resistance among pest species
C. Forming human allergies during consumption
D. Gene flow contamination from existing plant varieties

34. Teeth are part of the skeletal system, but they are also part of the digestive system. What role do teeth
play in the digestive system?
A. They begin mechanical digestion.
B. They release enzymes into the saliva for chemical digestion.
C. They begin chemical digestion.
D. They are shaped for grinding, mashing, and tearing food

35. Identify the feedback mechanism that maintains your body temperature when your surroundings are
very hot.
A. The brain sends a message to the skin. The muscles in the skin contract, or shiver, to cool the body.
B. The muscles in the skin contract, which sends a message to the brain that you feel hot. The brain
sends a message to the skin’s heat receptors.
C. Heat receptors in the skin send a message to the brain. The brain sends a response to start
sweating, which cools the body.
D. The skin starts sweating. The sweat sends a message to the brain, which sends a response to stop
sweating.
36. Which type of blood vessel allows for the exchange of gases between the blood and body cells?
A. arteries
B. capillaries
C. veins
D. ventricles

37. Which body system is responsible for taking in oxygen and getting rid of carbon dioxide?
A. cardiovascular system
B. lymphatic system
C. lung system
D. respiratory system

38. In which structure is blood filtered within the kidneys?

A. nephron
B. gland
C. bladder
D. ureter

39. Water, urea, and other wastes are eliminated in a fluid called _____________.
A. urine
B. perspiration
C. carbon dioxide
D. protein

40. The _____________ makes urea and breaks down old red blood cells.
A. Liver
B. Kidneys
C. Pancreas
D. Urethra

41. A nerve cell is also called a(n) _____________.

A. cardiac
B. neuron
C. prokaryotic
D. epithelial

42. Tonsils, Spleen, and Lymph are part of this system which collects excess fluids and helps to fight
pathogens (germs):
A. Lymphatic
B. Digestive
C. Endocrine
D. Integumentary

43. The human body system that includes these glands, thyroid, adrenals, and pancreas:
A. Endocrine
B. Excretory
C. Digestive
D. Reproductive

44. Cardiac muscle tissue can be found in your _____________.

A. Stomach
B. Heart
C. Liver
D. Brain

45. Through careful observation, Charles Darwin came to understand that:

A. populations of plants and animals in nature most often consist of individuals that are each other’s
clone
B. those individuals whose variation gives them an advantage in staying alive long enough to reproduce
are more likely to pass their traits on to the next generation
C. populations of a species that become isolated from others by adapting to different environmental
niches quickly become extinct
 D. all of the above
46. The evolution of one species into two or more species as a result of different populations becoming
reproductively isolated from each other is:
A. adaptive radiation
B. creationism
C. photosynthesis
D. cellular respiration

47. What kind of factors are air, water, sunlight and temperature?
A. Dead
B. Abiotic
C. Living
D. Biotic

48. A triangular diagram that shows an ecosystem's loss of energy is a ___________

A. Food chain
B. Energy pyramid
C. None of these
D. Food web

49. Grass is eaten by a prairie dog. A coyote eats the prairie dog. This is an example of a ___________.
A. Food chain
B. Food web
C. A population
D. Nutrition map

50. What symbiotic relationship is where one organism benefits and the other is not affected?
A. Commensalism
B. Albinism
C. Parasitism
D. Mutualism

Prepared by:

EMMA RUTH D. LABRO

MARIFE C. MANALO

LADY SYDNEY S. TARRAYO

STEPHANIE ANNE O. KIM

Earth and Life Science Teachers