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ELS ADM Q1 M11 10. When sedimentary rocks deposited in flat layers are
left undisturbed it follows the statement in which of
1. What is the relative position of oldest rock layer as the given principles?
stated in the principle of Superposition? A. Cross-cutting Relationship
A. at top B. Fauna Succession
B. at the bottom C. Original Horizontality
C. at the middle D. Superposition
D. at random location
11. What can be inferred if you find an outcrop of mud
2. Which process is involved when sedimentary rocks cracks in gray shale? It can be inferred that the area
are arranged in layer? was once ________.
A. Deposition A. a beach
B. Foliation B. a desert
C. Sedimentation C. a tidal flat
D. Stratification D. deep under the ocean
3. Which term in the list is associated with rock layers? 12. Which of the following occurrences alters a rock
A. Defoliation layer quickly?
B. Extrusion A. earthquakes
C. Intrusion B. rain
D. Strata C. rivers
D. snow
4. What type of rock/s usually undergo cross- cutting on
rock layers? 13. What makes index fossils useful in identifying the
A. Igneous Rock relative age of rocks?
B. Metamorphic Rock A. They are short-lived.
C. Sedimentary Rock B. They are radioactive.
D. Stratified Rock C. They are old enough to be analyzed.
D. They are present in both young and older rocks
5. Why is there a need for correlation of rock layers?
A. It gives the relative age of the rocks. 14. Which type of conformities state that sedimentary
B. Fossils embedded in the rock layers serve as a proof rocks, when tilted or folded, are overlain by more flat-
of their correlation. lying layer of rock?
C. It provides information that the rock layers are A. Angular Conformity
connected to each other long ago. B. Disconformity
D. All of the above C. Nonconformity
D. Inclusion
6. Which principles states that geological processes
operating at the present time are same processes 15. What will be the position of the youngest beds in
that have operated in the past? undisturbed sedimentary deposits?
A. Cross-cutting relationship A. They stay at the bottom.
B. Original horizontality B. They are found on the top rock layer.
C. Uniformitarianism C. Youngest beds are separated from sedimentary
D. Inclusion deposits.
D. Neither b or c
7. Which of the following shows a method of
correlation? ELS ADM Q1 M12
A. similarity of rock types 1. Which type of dating method can be used on rock
B. presence of index fossil layers by applying the Law of Superposition?
C. sequence of mineral content on rock A. Absolute Dating
D. all of the above B. Relative Dating
C. Radioactive Dating
8. If an igneous rock A cross cuts sedimentary rock B, D. Radiometric Dating
what will be the relative age/position of igneous rock
A? 2. Which was the first method used to determine ages
A. Igneous rock A will be on top of rock B. of rock and fossils?
B. Igneous rock A is older than sedimentary rock B. A. Absolute Dating
C. Igneous rock A is younger than sedimentary rock B. B. Relative Dating
D. Igneous rock A is at the same age with sedimentary C. Radioactive Dating
rock B. D. Radiometric Dating
9. Which of the following is NOT a type of unconformity? 3. What is the difference between an absolute date and
A. Angular a relative date?
B. Disconformity A. An absolute date refers to a year or a range of years
C. Nonconformity while a relative date indicates a chronological order.
D. Uniformity B. A relative date is derived from radiometric dating
techniques while an absolute date comes from
guesswork.
C. A relative date refers to a year or a range of years D. Relative Dating
while an absolute date indicates a chronological
order. 11. Which of these is the best indication of the relative
D. An absolute date involves testing of sedimentary age of a rock layer?
rocks while relative date involves testing of igneous A. the thickness of the layer
rocks. B. the chemical make-up of the layer
C. the distance of the layer on the surface
4. What method of rock dating is used in giving rocks an D. the position of the layer compared to other layers
actual date?
A. Absolute Dating 12. Which of the following processes will give an
B. Geological Dating absolute age of a rock?
C. Historical Dating A. examining the rock’s relative position in a rock
D. Relative Dating outcrop
B. examining the environment in which the rock is
5. Which of the following is NOT true about Relative found.
Dating? C. comparing the size of crystals in the upper and lower
A. quantitative method of dating parts of the rock
B. principles to recognize the relative ages of rocks D. comparing the amount of decayed and undecayed
C. used to arrange geological events and the rocks they radioactive isotopes
leave behind in sequence
D. used stratigraphy method (oldest found at the bottom 13. Where can you find the youngest fossil in an
and youngest at the top) undisturbed file?
A. on the topmost
Refer to the diagram below and answer the questions B. at the bottom
that follow. C. upper part
D. lower part
13. In what era did the first skeletal elements, soft- 8. What natural hazard is involved when rock
bodies metazoans and animal traces exist? underground suddenly breaks along a fault causing
A. Cenozoic Era tectonic movement?
B. Late Proterozoic A. cyclone
C. Mesozoic Era B. earthquake
D. Paleozoic Era C. hurricane
D. volcanic eruption
14. Which of the following does NOT belong to
Paleozoic Era? 9. What causes an earthquake?
A. Cambrian A. a movement along fault
B. Devonian B. glacier
C. Jurassic C. landslide
D. Silurian D. very large storm
15. In what era did the rocks with fossils of animals and 10. What do you call this hazard which involves the
plants such as dinosaurs, mammals and trees form? giant waves which can move at speeds of up to 500
A. Cenozoic Era miles an hour and reach heights of hundreds of feet?
B. Mesozoic Era A. ground shaking
C. Paleozoic Era B. landslides
D. Phanerozoic Era C. liquefaction
D. tsunami
ELS ADM Q1 M15
1. Which of the following may result in falling rocks and 11. Which of the following describes the vibration of the
debris that collide with people, buildings, and ground during an earthquake?
vehicles? A. ground shaking
A. earthquake B. landslides
B. land slide C. liquefaction
C. tsunami D. tsunami
D. typhoons
12. What natural hazard has the effects of reshaping
2. Which of the following is NOT a volcanic hazard? new land, debris avalanche, destroyed forests, and
A. flooding death to many animals?
B. lahars A. earthquake
C. lava B. hurricane
D. pyroclastic flows C. tsunami
3. Which of the following is an example of a hazard D. volcanic eruption
associated with earthquake?
A. eutrophication
13. A natural physical process becomes a natural C. mining
hazard when the process becomes ____. D. tsunamis
A. scary
B. dormant and inactive 8. Which of the following area is LEAST prone to
C. faster than usual earthquakes?
D. extreme and unpredictable A. Ifugao
B. La Union
14. What is the process during earthquake shaking C. Palawan
where sand and silt grains in wet soil are rearranged, D. Tarlac
and the water in the spaces between the grains are
squeezed? 9. Which of the following provinces has the HIGHEST
A. ground shaking risk of volcanic-related hazard?
B. landslides A. Batangas
C. liquefaction B. Batanes
D. tsunami C. Laguna
D. Sulu
15. What refers to the sliding down of a mass of earth or
rock from a mountain or cliff? 10. Which of the following is NOT an example of
A. ground shaking geologic hazards?
B. landslides A. earthquakes
C. liquefaction B. landslides
D. tsunami C. tropical cyclones
D. volcanic eruptions
ELS ADM Q1 M16
1. Which of the following is an example geologic 11. Where can you find the Ring of Fire?
hazard? A. Arctic Ocean
A. earthquakes B. Atlantic Ocean
B. climate change C. Indian Ocean
C. deforestation D. Pacific Ocean
D. mining
12. Which of the following is an example of geologic
2. Which of the following maps is used to identify a hazard?
place that is prone to disaster? A. earthquakes
A. hazard B. flood
B. physical C. tornado
C. resource D. tropical cyclone
D. topographic
13. What refers to the movement of rock, debris, and
3. How do you classify climate- and weather-related soil down a slope?
hazards? A. earthquakes
A. anthropogenic B. landslide
B. biological C. typhoon
C. chemical D. volcanic eruptions
D. natural
14. Why do you think that majority of the Cordillera
4. Which of the following geologic features makes the Administrative Region are included in the most
provinces of La Union and Pangasinan pare at risk to landslide prone provinces in the Philippines?
earthquakes? Because it is
A. Iba Fault A. near from the sea
B. Lianga Fault C. near in mountain ranges
C. Manila Trench B. situated near active volcanoes
D. Tablas Fault D. near NCR
5. Which of the following provinces has the highest risk 15. Which of the following area is LEAST prone to
of volcanic eruptions based on DENR and Manila earthquakes?
observatory report? A. Cavite
A. Bataan B. Ifugao
B. Camiguin C. Tarlac La
C. Laguna D. Union
D. Sorsogon
6. Which of the following is NOT among the provinces ELS ADM Q1 M17
with high proneness to landslide? 1. Which of the following is NOT an effect of landslide?
A. Cebu A. damage to property
B. La Union B. death
C. Metro Manila C. extreme heat
D. Mountain province D. injury
7. Which of the following is NOT included in the group? 2. What refers to the use of explosives underground?
A. earthquakes A. excavation
B. landslides C. mining
B. land pollution 13. What makes a landslide dangerous to human lives?
D. quarrying A. It is fast and unpredictable.
B. It can slowly diminish population.
3. What refers to the movement of rock down a slope? C. It is as powerful as typhoon.
A. debris D. It can be avoided by running.
B. landslide
C. tsunami 14. Which among the following human activities can
D. wave trigger a landslide?
I. building being demolished
4. What will you do when there is a sudden landslide? II. musical concert
A. stay cool III. team of construction workers clearing trees for a new
B. wait for the rescue road
C. call the neighbor IV. woman dancing on top of a pole
D. stay alert and awake
A. I and III
5. What makes railway and building construction a B. II and IV
possible cause of a landslide? C. II, III and IV
A. slope excavation D. I, II, III and IV
B. use of heavy equipment
C. lack of personal safety gears 15. How can a community avoid the occurrence of a
D. poor sanitation among workers landslide in the future?
A. avoid creating loud noises
6. Which among the following human activities speed up C. plant more trees in the slope
or trigger landslide? B. call the emergency hotline
A. cooking D. construct more buildings
B. mining
C. planting of trees ELS ADM Q1 M18
D. watering the plants 1. What is the name of the deadliest typhoon ever hit
the Philippines in 1881?
7. Which of following is the human activity that trigger A. Angela
landslides using excavation or pit? B. Haiphong
A. excavation C. Thelma
C. mining D. Uring
B. land use
D. quarrying 2. What monsoon brings cloudless skies and nippy
mornings during the dry season?
8. Which of the following is an example of land use? A. easterlies
A. construction of houses B. summer southwest
B. parasailing C. winter northeast
C. scuba D. low pressure area
D. surfing
3. What are the two seasons in the Philippines?
9. What should be the initial reaction when there is a A. wet and dry
landslide? B. hot and cold
A. scream loudly C. summer and winter
B. move away from the slope D. autumn and spring
C. call the emergency hotline
D. take a picture and post in internet 4. Which of the following is the MOST exposed region in
the country to tropical cyclones?
10. Which among the following can trigger a landslide A. Region I
even if there is no human activity present in an area? B. Region II
A. forest fire C. Region III
B. gravity D. Region IV
C. lighting
D. thunder 5. What ocean is located in the eastern part of the
Philippines in which most typhoons are originated?
11. How does a deforestation speed up landslide? A. Arctic
A. due to the planting trees B. Atlantic
B. due to the cutting of trees C. Indian
C. catching of wild animals D. Pacific
D. increasing the human population
6. Which of the following is an EXCEPTION on the
12. Which among the following factors contributed variation of flood?
MOST in a landslide during land pollution? A. color
A. blasting of rocks B. duration
B. improper use of soil C. size
C. use of heavy equipment D. speed
D. use of a variety of manpower
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