TANDOC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

San Carlos City, Pangasinan

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1ST QUARTER, 1ST SEMESTER; SY: 2021-2022
SUMMATIVE TEST - EARTH SCIENCE

Name: ____________________________Grade : _____ Score: ______

Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the blanks provided. Letters must be written in CAPITAL
FORM. No erasures allowed. Failure to comply with the directions will be given NO considerations.
______1. Which of the following statements is true?
a. All rocks contain minerals but minerals do not contain rocks.
b. All minerals are rocks, but not all rocks are minerals.
c. There is no relationship between rocks and minerals.
d. Rocks and minerals do not go together.
______2. Which of the following minerals is considered the hardest on the Earth?
a. Talc b. Gold c. Iron d. Diamond
______3. Which of the following minerals is considered as the softest?
a. Fluorine b. Talc c. Gypsum d. Halite
______4. A mineral that is used to make cement, concrete, pottery, and bricks?
a. Halite b. Gravel c. Clay d. Corundum
______5. A process of ore genesis that happen on the surface of Earth, like erosion.
a. Internal process
b. Hydrothermal process c. Surficial process
d. Fragments from solar system
______6. A mineral that maintains a healthy immune system?
a. Zinc b. Copper c. Iron d. Calcium
_____7. A mineral that the window glass is made of?
a. Halite b. Talc c. Chromite d. Quartz
_____8. It is a mineral used in water purification process?
a. Zeolite b. Chalcopyrite c. Bentonite d. Borax
_____9. It is a process used to extract metals in their pure form.
a. mining b. biomining c. metallurgy d. biotechnology
_____10. The process when ore minerals are created/ deposited is called?
a. ore genesis b. ore deposition c. ore demolition d. ore segregation
______11. Ore is a ___________ resource.
a. renewable b. nonrenewable c. infinite d. limitless
______12. A process of ore genesis that includes geologic activity such as when volcanoes bring ore from deep
in the planet to the surface.
a. Internal process
b. Hydrothermal process
c. Surficial process
d. Fragments from solar system
______13. The type of mining is characterized when minerals are extracted near the Earth’s surface?
a. surface mining b. underground mining c. roasting d. grinding
______14. The method of metal extraction that uses heat to separate the metal from the rest of the ore and
requires another chemical, to separate metal from its ore?
a. smelting b. electrolysis c. hammering d. exploding
______15. The method uses electricity and acid to separate metal from the ore?
a. smelting b. electrolysis c. hammering d. exploding

______16. A 180 km thick layer of the upper mantle that responds to stress by deforming and flowing slowly
rather than fracturing.
A.) lithosphere C.) Gutenberg discontinuity
B.) Asthenosphere D.) Moho Discontinuity
______17. A layer of the geosphere that is responsible for the existence of the protective magnetic field.
A.) Crust C.) Mantle
B.) Inner core D.) Outer core
______18. An inorganic naturally occurring crystalline substance represented by a single chemical formula or
element is called _______.
A.) Element C.) pure substance
B.) mineral D.) rock
_______19. Pyrite is a mineral that appears metallic black though reddish when scratched on a tile plate. Reddish
color is the true color of the mineral in powdered form also known as ---.
A.) Cleavage C.) Streak
B.) Diaphaneity D.) Tenacity
_______20. Breakage is the ability of minerals to be slice off/cut off into pieces. Quartzite was broken into smaller
pieces with similar shapes as the original mineral. What property of mineral is exhibited by quartzite?
A.) Cleavage C.) Habit
B.) Fracture D.) Hardness
_______21. Talc is to baby powder while ___________ is to toothpaste.
A.) Apatite C.) Fluorite
B.) Calcite D.) Gypsum
______22. Most of the minerals on the earth crust is made up of two most abundant elements which are
_________and _________.
A.) Helium and hydrogen C.) Oxygen and silicon
B.) Iron and nickel D.) Sulfur and oxygen
______23. Gold and silver are minerals that is composed of individual elements known as _________.
A.) Carbonates C.) Native
B.) Halides D.) Silicate
_____24. Weathering is the process wherein rocks are broken into smaller pieces. Which of the factors affects the
rate of this natural process?
A.) Climate
B.) Exposure to agents of weathering
C.) Topography
D.) All of these
_____25. In the process of rock cycle, what are the factors needed in the transformation of rocks back into
magma?
A.) Heat and pressure C.) melting and cooling
B.) erosion and weathering D.) all of these

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Prepared by:

ROWENA V. BALIGNASAY
Subject Teacher