Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region 1
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PANGASINAN II

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
EARTH SCIENCE
NAME: _____________________________ Grade/ Section_____________ Date: ________ Score: _______
MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Select the BEST answer for each of the following question. WRITE THE LETTER OF YOUR
CHOICE ON THE SPACE PROVIDED BEFORE EACH NUMBER. (1 point each)
_____1. What makes the Earth suitable for life?
a. all forms of life: from basic living micro-organisms to highly sophisticated and intelligent human beings exist.
b. The Earth has a suitable climate for the existence of all forms of life because of moderate amount of carbon
dioxide, which is the driving factor for the survival of life forms.
c. Earth is the only planet that uses the Sun’s light as useful as a source of energy.
d. All of these
_____2. Which is more important the Ozone layer or exosphere to sustain life in the Earth?
a. The ozone layer is important because it protects the life on Earth from ultraviolet radiation.
b. The exosphere is important because it helps the atoms to escape from the atmosphere to outer space.
c. Both ozone layer and exosphere are important to sustain life in the Earth.
d. None of this
_____3. What possible solution to protect the Earth ozone layer?
a. Don’t buy aerosol products with chlorofluorocarbons (CFC).
b. Utilized public transport
c. Avoid burning of plastics and rubber materials.
d. All of these
_____4. The Earth is comprised of four subsystems. These subsystems are also called the “sphere of the Earth.” SELECT ALL
APPLY
I. Atmosphere IV. Hydrosphere
II. Galaxies V. Ozone layer
III. Geosphere VI. Biosphere
a. I, II, III & IV b. I, III, IV, & VI c. III, IV, V, & VI d. II, IV, V, & VI
_____5. How would you show your understanding about hydrosphere?
a. hydrosphere composed of all the water on Earth in any form: water vapor, liquid water, and ice. It is comprised of
97.5% saltwater and 2.5% freshwater.
b. hydrosphere includes all bodies of water such as oceans, lakes, rivers, and marshes.
c. Both A & B
d. Only A
_____6. It is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid, with specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structure.
a. Chemicals b. Mineral c. Vitamins d. Medicines
_____7. Select the best definition of Mineral.
a. is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid, with a specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structure.
b. is a naturally occurring, organic solid, with a specific chemical composition and an indefinite crystalline
structure.
c. is a naturally occurring, inorganic liquid, with a specific chemical composition and a definite crystalline structure.
d. is a naturally occurring, inorganic solid, with a specific gravity composition and a definite crystalline structure.
_____8. How would you evaluate to identify minerals?
a. These tests are based on a mineral’s physical and chemical properties, which are crystal form, luster, hardness,
cleavage, fracture, streak, color, texture, density, specific gravity, and special properties.
b. Some minerals form such distinct crystal shapes that they are immediately recognizable.
c. Using smell and touch.
d. None of these
_____9. It is formed from melted rock deep inside the Earth wherein when molten rock (magma or lava) colds and solidifies.
a. Igneous rocks b. Metamorphic rock c. Sedimentary rock d. Magma or Lava.
_____10. How would you show your understanding about igneous rocks?
a. All magma develops underground, in the lower crust or upper mantle, because of the intense heat there.
b. Igneous rocks form when magma (molten rock) cools and crystallizes, either at volcanoes on the surface of the
Earth or while the melted rock is still inside the crust.
c. Igneous rocks can be easily identified with their texture, density, color, and mineral composition.
d. All of these 
_____11. Why do we need minerals in our society?
a. Minerals are essential raw materials in our daily lives, and are vital for economic, social, and technological
development.
b. The water you drink uses minerals to make it clean.
c. Minerals are used in building houses, schools, libraries, hospitals, offices, and shops.
d. All of these
_____12. What are the main stages of mining?
I. Exploration IV. Refining
II. Extraction V. Manufacturing
III. Bombing VI. Marketing
a. Only I, II, III, IV, & V b. Only I, II, IV, V, & VI c. Only II, III, IV, V, & VI d. Only I, III, IV, V, & VI.
_____13. What would happen if the gold were extracted using cyanidation process?
a. is a manual technique that is used to sort gold from other sediments. Wide, shallow pans are filled with sand and
gravel (often from riverbeds) that may contain gold.
b. In the process of gold cyanidation, the ore is crushed and then cyanide solution is added so that the gold particles
are chemically separated from the ore.
c. After the initial drilling, blasting, and equipping of a mine shaft, tunnels are built leading outwards from the main
shaft so that the gold reef can be reached.
d. This type of mining takes place from the surface of the Earth.
_____14. Which statement below is relevant to underground mining?
a. The rocks are loaded onto huge trucks and taken away for further crushing and processing
b. Any mineral that is found close to the surface can be mined using surface mining techniques.
c. Shaft mining is a dangerous operation, and roof supports are needed so that the rock does not collapse.
d. The valuable rocks are then blasted into smaller rocks using explosives.
_____15. How do fossil fuels form?
a. Fossil fuels are formed when organic matter that has been buried deep within the earth are subject to heat and
pressure over millions of years.
b. the dead organisms are buried over time and the extreme heat and pressure converts these dead organisms into
either coal, natural gas, or oil.
c. heat and pressure are critical to the formation of the fossil fuel.
d. All of these
_____16. What do you in which the energy within Earth is captured and harnessed for cooking, bathing, space heating,
electrical power generation, and other uses.
a. Hydroelectrical energy b. Geothermal energy c. Nuclear energy d. Solar power
_____17. How would you explain the dry steam geothermal generation using what you have leaned?
a. dry steam geothermal generation simply collect rising steam from the ground.
b. the heated water vapor is funneled directly into a turbine that drives an electrical generator.
c. Both A & B
d. Only B
_____18. What ideas justify the conclusion about binary-cycle geothermal power generation?
a. Electrical power usually requires water heated above 175 °C (347 °F) to be economical.
b. uses water to generate electricity, plants are usually located on or near a water source.
c. uses fossil fuel to generate electricity, plants are usually located on or near a water source.
d. None of these
_____19. Classifying human activities that affect the quality and quantity of soil.
I. Farming IV. Burning
II. Planting tress V. Poultry
III. Construction of Structures VI. Waste Disposal
a. Only I, II, III, & IV b. Only II, III, IV, & V c. Only I, III, & VI d. Only II, IV, & V
_____20. Can you create a proposal which would lead to soil conservation?
a. Yes! to obtain soil conservation we should be able to know the knowledge of the land resources.
b. Yes! protect bare exposed soil surfaces, and highly susceptible sites (e.g. steep slopes)
c. Yes! protect downstream watercourses from sedimentation and pollution.
d. All of these
_____21. Select the best definition about waste?
a. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use or in other words, there is no further use for the
product.
b. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary use or in other words, there is further use for the product.
c. Waste is any substance which is discarded after primary used and it can be reused.
d. None of these
_____22. Do you agree on the statement that “Technology has given rise to automation and this in turn has led to a profound
effect on our environment”? Chose the BEST answer.
a. No! because rising technology has no impact on earth.
b. No! because technology help us to ease life.
c. Yes! because from non- biodegradable plastics to ozone destroying CFCs, discover how accumulation of wastes
affects the planet.
d. Yes! because it is a part of the society.
_____23. What is the effect of organic domestic waste to humans’ health?
a. It poses a serious threat, since they ferment, creating conditions favorable to the survival and growth of microbial
pathogens.
b. Direct handling of solid waste can result in various types of infectious and chronic diseases with the waste
workers and the rag pickers being the most vulnerable.
c. There is no serious effect in humans.
d. Both A & B only
_____24. When was the Republic Act No. 9003 otherwise known as the “Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000
enacted?
a. January 24, 2001 b. January 25, 2001 c. January 26, 2001 d. January 27, 2001
_____25. What facts would you select to show the health impacts of solid waste on humans?
a. the pollution it is causing to the earth – be it land, air, and water.
b. possible occurrence of diseases that can be transmitted to humans.
c. Normally it is the wet waste that decomposes and releases a bad odor. This leads to unhygienic conditions and
thereby to a rise in the health problems.
d. All of these
_____26. Which of the following is not an example of physical weathering?
a. Freeze and thaw c. human activity such as mining
b. Acid rain falling on stone d. with blowing sand onto a rock
_____27. Which of the following is the most important factors in determining the rate of weathering?
a. rock type and climate c. animal actions and oxygen
b. carbon dioxide and rain d. abrasion and acid from plant roots
_____28. From the evidence, Earth’s core temperature is estimated to be around:
a. 4,000 to 6,000 degrees Celsius c. 6,000 to 8,000 degrees Celsius
b. 5,000 to 7,000 degrees Celsius d. 7,000 to 9,000 degrees Celsius
_____29. How would you show your understanding of why the Earth’s interior is hot?
a. A lot of Earth’s heat is left over from when our planet formed, four-and-a-half billion years ago.
b. Earth is thought to have arisen from a cloud of gas and dust in space. Solid particles, called “planetesimals”
condensed out of the cloud.
c. They’re thought to have stuck together and created the early Earth. Bombarding planetesimals heated Earth to a
molten state.
d. All of these
_____30. What process in which Earth makes heat?
a. It involves the disintegration of natural radioactive elements inside Earth – like uranium, for example.
b. Many of the rocks in Earth’s crust and interior undergo this process of radioactive decay
c. Both A and B
d. Only B
_____31. Which of the following is true about magma?
a. Magma is a mixture of molten rock, minerals, and gases.
b. Magma can be found in the universe.
c. Magma is cold as ice.
d. None of these
_____32. What facts would you select to show what magma behave like a solid (plasticity).
a. because of the great pressure of layers above it and the melt flows very slowly because it is under intense
pressure.
b. the formation of faults or breaks in rocks decreases the pressure, thus magma is changed into liquid form and
flows toward areas of low pressure.
 c. as magma rises at the surface of the Earth, pressure is decreased, and the gas forms a separate vapor phase like
what happens in sodas.
d. All of these
_____33. It is the giant slabs of Earth’s lithosphere (the outer layer of the Earth) that move in relation to each other.
a. Fault b. Tectonic plates c. epicenter d. rock plates
_____34. What are the three types of stress that can be placed on rock?
I. Slide IV. Colliding
II. Compression V. Shear stress
III. Tension VI. Convergence
a. Only I, II, & III b. Only II, III, & IV c. Only II, III, & V d. Only IV, V, & VI
_____35. Which statement is relevant about tectonic plates?
a. are giant slabs of Earth’s lithosphere (the outer layer of the Earth) that move in relation to each other.
b. are small slabs of Earth’s lithosphere (the outer layer of the Earth) that move in relation to each other.
c. are giant slabs of Earth’s lithosphere (the outer layer of the Earth) that cannot move in relation to each other.
d. are giant slabs of Earth’s atmosphere (the outer layer of the Earth) that move in relation to each other.
_____36. How did scientists discover that rocks farther from the mid-oceanic ridge were older than those near it?
a. by mapping rocks on the seafloor using sonar.
b. by measuring how fast seafloor spreading occurs.
c. by observing eruptions of molten materials on the seafloor.
d. by determining the age of rock samples obtained from drilling the seafloor.
_____37. Which of the following is NOT found in the deep ocean basins?
a. Abyssal plains c. ocean trenches
b. Ocean ridges d. continental slope
_____38. The layering that occurs in most sedimentary rocks and in those igneous rocks formed at the Earth’s surface, as from
lava flows and volcanic fragmental deposits.
a. Deposition b. Mineral c. Stratum d. Stratification
_____39. Which statements is relevant on how layers of rocks (stratified rocks) are formed?
a. Stratification, the layering that occurs in most sedimentary rocks and in those igneous rocks formed at the
Earth’s surface, as from lava flows and volcanic fragmental deposits.
b. The layers range from several millimeters to many meters in thickness and vary greatly in shape.
c. Strata may range from thin sheets that cover many square millimeters to thick lens like bodies that extend only a
few meters laterally.
d. All of these
_____40. Fossils are useful for all the following except
a. determining the exact age of the earth
b. determining the former climate of a region
c. determining the former environment of a region
d. correlating rocks in one location with those in another
_____41. It uses an isotope with a half-life of 4.5 billion years in dating very old rocks which are more than 10 million years
old, specially rocks that do not contain fossils.
a. Carbon-14 method b. uranium Lead methos c. relative dating d. potassium argon method
_____42. What is the most accurate age range for the sandstone layer?
a. less than 60 million years c. 60-180 million years
b. 60-100 million years d. 100-180 million years
_____43. This technique measures the decay of C-14 in organic material and can be best applied to specimens younger than
60,000 years.
a. carbon dating c. rubidium dating
b. potassium dating d. uranium dating
_____44. It is the chronology of the Earth’s formation, changes, development, and existence.
a. Geologist time b. Geologic time c. Geology d. Time scale
_____45. A system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time. It is used to describe the timing and
relationship between events that have occurred throughout Earth’s history.
a. Geologist time b. Geologic time c. Geology d. Geologic Time scale
_____46. Select the best definition of Pre Cambrian-Era?
a. It encompasses about 90% of Earth’s history. Lower limit is not defined but ended about 542 million years ago.
Earth’s surface passed through a molten stage before solidifying into rocks. Few are known of this era.
b. This era began 542 million years ago and lasted about 291 million years. The name was compounded from
Greek palaois (old) and zoon (animal).
c. Shallow inland sea covered large portions of the continents. Life remained in the seas. Starfish and trilobites
became abundant.
d. All of these
_____47. Which is more important to know the Pre Cambrian-Era or Paleozoic Era?
a. The most important to know is the Pre-Cambrian Era because it encompasses about 90% of Earth’s history.
Lower limit is not defined but ended about 542 million years ago
b. The most important to know is the Paleozoic Era because, this era began 542 million years ago and lasted about
291 million years. The name was compounded from Greek palaois (old) and zoon (animal).
c. Both Pre Cambrian-Era and Paleozoic Era is important to understand the Erath’s Story.
d. None of these
_____48. This era began 251 million years ago and lasted about 186 million years. The name was compounded from Greek
mesos (middle) and zoon (animal). It is referred to as the Age of Reptiles
a. Cenozoic era b. Mesozoic era c. Quarternary/ Neogene d. Paleozoic era
_____49. What are the 5 classifications of tertiary/ Paleogene under Cenozoic era?
I. Paleocene epoch V. Oligocene epoch
II. Eocene epoch VI. Miocene epoch
III. Jurassic VII. Recent epoch
IV. Cretaceous period VIII. Pliocene epoch
a. Only I, II, III, IV, & V c. Only I, II, V, VI, & VIII
b. Only III, IV, V, VI, & VII d. Only IV, V, VI, VII, & VIII
_____50. Any trace of living creatures such as a recognizable structure or impression of structure of an organism like
skeleton, trails or fecal remains that are embedded in very old rocks which are at least 5000 years old.
a. artifacts c. isotopes
b. fossils d. sediments