Department of Education

REBOKON AGRICULTURAL AND VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Diagnostic Test
Earth and Life Sciences

Name: _______________________________ Strand: ___________ Grade level: _______ Date: ______________

Directions:
1. What is the accepted theory of the origin and ution of the universe before the Big Bang?
evol
d. Big Bang T.
a. Inflation Theory e. Contraction T. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
b. Steady State Theory
c. Explosion T.
2. What are the steps of frost wedging?
a. Ice thaws, water freezes, collects, crack d. Water, freezes and collects
b. Cracks, thaws, collects Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
e. Thaws and collects
c. Collects, thaws, freezes, cracks

3. Which among the statements is true about Gravity and Erosion?

a. Gravity causes rocks to move down d. Formation of talus
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b. Mass mov’t of fragment can be slow e. All of the above
c. Mass mov’t of fragment can be fast
4. Chemical weathering is caused by chemical reactions to break the minerals in the rock. Which
are NOT included in chemical weathering?

a. Acid Rain d. Organic acid Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

b. Hydrolysis e. Physical
c. Oxygenation

5. What is the main cause of cracks in big rocks?

a. Running water d. Extreme exposure to heat
b. Plant activity e. Freezing and thawing of water c. Animal Activity Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

6. What type of rock formed when the rocks were deposited underneath the sea level, because of
pressure, chemical fluids and heat, rocks will melt and become molten rocks?

a. Igneous d. Sedimentary Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
b. Metamorphic e. Marble c. Granite

7. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about geologic process?

a. Geologic process can be prevented d. Endogenous and
manipulated e. Exogenous
b. Results of human activity are part of geologic process Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Process are constant and inevitable

8. Which among the statements is NOT TRUE about metamorphic process?

a. It comes from pre-existing rocks d. Formed in non-foliated
b. Foliated manifests parallel bands e. When magma cools it forms a Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. From parent rocks metamorphic rocks

9. The shifting of tectonic plates caused by temperature or pressure, is also known as____.
a. Contact metamorphism d. Volcanism
b. Regional metamorphism e. Movement shift c. Plutonism Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
 10. What type of boundary will be formed if Plate A past Plate B?
a. Convergent
b. Divergent d. Sliding
c. Transform e. Slipping
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11. What should be the direction of movement of the two plates to form volcano and trenches?
a. Both plates move towards each other
b. Moving away from each other. d. The movement is downwards
c. Movement is upside down e. All upwards Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

12. Assuming that the oceanic plates is moving away from another oceanic, what geologic
feature is likely to form in this boundary?
a. Ridges
b. Mountain d. Falls
c. Rift valleys e. Trenches Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

13. Without volcanic eruption, what will happen to the rocks?

a. There will be lots of rocks
b. No rock cycles d. There are no small rocks
c. Only pebbles formed e. Huge rocks formed
Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

14. What type of rock formed when lava was crystallized?

a. Igneous d. Sedimentary
b. Metamorphic e. Granite c. Basalt Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

15. What causes the movement of the two oceanic plates?

a. Conduction current in the mantle d. Convection current in the mantle
b. Conduction current in the crust e. Radiaton Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Convection current in the mantle

16. What principle states the layer at the bottom of sequence is the oldest, and the successively
higher levels are successively younger?

a. Principle of original horizontality d. Inclusion Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

b. Cross cutting relationship e. Principle of Layering c. Principle of super position

17. Which among the statements is NOT TRUE abou t Absolute dating?
a. The methods used in this technique is d. Measure the physical properties of an
based on the decay rate of isotopes object
b. Radioactive isotopes within the fossils, e. All of the above. Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
rocks and artifacts may be used as data
c. One can find out which layer was formed
first relative to other layers

18. Geologists found out that the remains of ancient life found in oldest rocks are fewer and more
primitive than those found in younger rocks. What do these finding tell us about the life Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
forms in the past?
 a. Geologist have determined the age of rocks d. Geologist have traced the earliest life
layers through the fossils of life forms forms because of the fossils in rocks.
found in them e. None of the above
b. Very complex life forms are already
existing during the ancient time.
c. Very simple life forms lived in the past

19. If landslide started the hazard, what would be the possible root cause of this?
a. Soil erosion d. landslide
b. Heavy rain e. Hurricanes c. Deforestation Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

20. If volcanic eruption started the hazard, what possible event will happen next
a. Earthquake d. Landslide
b. Typhoon e. Storm surge c. Floods Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

21. What is the reason why the temperature increases as altitude increases on the stratosphere?
a. Due to ozone d. Due to Carbon dioxide
b. Presence of Oxygen e. Presence of Hydrogen c. Nitrogen Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

22. What is the contribution of Robert Brown in cell theory?

a. Discovered a honeycomb-like structure
in a cork slice
b. Observe water closely and was
surprised to see tiny organisms and
recognized them as living units
c. All plants are made up of cells
d. All animals are made up of cells
e. Discovered the presence of nuclei within
cells.
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23. Which of the sets occur during the photosynthesis process?

a. Light dependent reaction d. Carbon dioxide reduction
b. Light Independent reaction e. Splitting of water molecules into Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Carbon dioxide fixation hydrogen and oxygen

24. Why do green plants need solar energy.

a. To release carbon d. Produce glucose
b. To decrease water e. To grow Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Absorb nitrogen

25. What causes the increased carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere in deforested areas?
a. Increased transportation rate d. Increased rate of cellular respiration
b. Decreased rate of photosynthesis e. Decrease rate of absorption Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Increased absorption of solar energy by the surface of the earth

26. The food making process by which most plants use light energy to produce glucose from carbon
dioxide and water is called photosynthesis. What is the food making process in animals.

a. Lipid synthesis d. Cellular respiration Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

b. Cellular division e. Cell process c. Protein synthesis
27. Which of this reaction can take place only in the presence of light. They capture solar energy
and store it in molecules that will supply the energy necessary for the next reaction to occur?

a. Light dependent reaction d. Conversion of ADP Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

b. Light independent reaction e. Carbon fixation
c. Conversion of ATP

28. In asexual reproduction, which of the statement is NOT TRUE?

a. No formation of flowers d. New offspring are physically identical
b. Clones are produced e. None of the above c. Fragmentation Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ

29. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about sexual reproduction in plants?
a. The endosperm provides food in the d. Sperm and egg cells
embryo e. Production of new organism b. Single parent Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Develops as a fruit

30. Calvin cycle is also known as Light Independent reaction. The final product of this cycle is __.
a. Rubp d. RNA
b. ATP e. Sugar Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. DNA

31. The fact that all organisms have DNA as their genetic material is evidence that____.
a. Natural selection occurred d. All organism descended from common
b. Genetic resistance rarely occur ancestor Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Organisms have adapted to their e. It carries few of genetic material
environment

32. Which of the following statement is true? Macromolecules are polysaccharides All
living things get the energy that they
a. Very few living things can create d. need for growth, repair, and reproduction
complex organic molecules out of e. carbon and
other common elements Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
b. Only microscopic organisms begin
their lives as single cells
c. Genes are segments of DNA molecules

33. Base pair happen when nitrogenous bases form hydrogen bond. Each base has a specific partner
such as guanine with cytokine and adenine with thymine. If one strand of DNA is CGGTAC,
what will be the corresponding strand?
Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
a. GCCAUT d. TACGT
b. GCCATG e. GTCCGT
c. GCCTAG

34. Both reproductive system have parts which function the same way except for one part.
a. Uterus d. Testicles
b. Kidney e. Lungs Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Sperm /egg

35. Which of the following describe the sperm cells, adaptation, for fertilization, EXCEPT
a. Has tail for locomotion d. Eventually meet the ovum
b. Process ATP as source of energy e. Spermatozoa Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Has enzymes that digest the jelly coat

36. True when a population is above the carrying capacity.

a. Abundant resources d. Population density does not affect
b. Resources are limited e. Suitable for species to surviv c. Resources is equal to needs Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
 37. Which of the following is TRUE regarding biological evolution?
a. Evolution is genetic change in a d. Both a and b are
correct population from generation to e. Only C is correct Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
generations
b. Rate of evolution is the same for all living things

c. Genes are segments of DNA molecules.

38. How does the population change over time? EXCEPT

a. Natural increase of birth d. Constant number of residents
b. Death rates e. Domestic migration Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Migration from one place to another

39. The correct hierarchy of classification, going from the most inclusive to the least inclusive is _.
a. Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, d. Domain, genus, order, family, class
genus, species e. Phylum, genus, species, order, kingdom b. Kingdom, genus, species,
family Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
c. Kingdom, phylum, genus, species, family,
order

40. Which of the following roles of species in a biotic community uses raw materials from the
environment to manufacture their own food?

a. Consumers d. Producers Ⓐ Ⓑ Ⓒ Ⓓ Ⓔ
b. Detritivores e. Omnivores
c. Decomposers