GRANT INSTITUTE OF TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY

Green Valley Subdivision, San Pablo City, Laguna

Senior High School Department

Preliminary Examination in Earth and Life Science

Name ____________________________ Date ___________________
Grade & Section ________________________ Score __________________
Test I. Identification.
Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer inside the box below.
Genesis Metamorphic Rock Universe Steady Slate Theory
Earth Rock Cycle Steady State Theory Color
70% Minerals Big-bang Theory Hardness
Igneous Silicate Minerals Pulsating Theory Adamantine
Extrusive Streak Solar System John

1. According to the Bible, God created the universe, and there is a beginning. In this book, it
is described how God created the universe, and in certain sequence, there is no doubt that
he did that exactly. In what book of the Bible did these statements come from?
2. It is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life and is the only one to
have liquid water in the surface.
3. How many percent of the Earth is covered by liquid or frozen water?
4. It is form of rock from the cooling of melted rock (either magma or lava) into solid form.
5. If the cooling occurs on the earth’s surface, the rock is an _____________ or volcanic
rock.
6. This type of rock form when existing rocks are subjected to intense heat and pressure,
usually deep below the earth’s surface.
7. What do you call the process in which the continual transformation of rocks from one
type to another is happening?
8. It is the fundamental components of rocks.
9. It is the most abundant components of rocks on the Earth’s surface, making up over 90%
by mass of the Earth’s crust.
10. It is the color of minerals in powdered form.
11. It is an all space-time, matter and energy including the solar system, all stars and galaxies
and content of intergalactic space, regarded as a whole.
12. This theory proposes that the overall structure of the universe is always the same at any
point in time and space.
13. This theory proposes that the entire universe was once condensed in a very small compact
particle called primeval nucleus.
14. In this theory it is assumed that there is continuous expansion and contraction in universe.
15. It is located somewhere on Milky Way Galaxy. It consists of the sun being at the center
minor and major planets and other celestial bodies.

Test II. Enumeration

Directions: Enumerate the following in any order.
1-3. The different kind of Rocks.
1.
2.
3.
4-6. Origin of the Solar System
4.
5.
6.
7-9. The theories of the origin of the Universe.
7.
8.
9.
10-13. The Earth Subsystems.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14-15. The different types of Crust.
14.
15.

Test III. Matching Type.

Directions: Match column A with the corresponding item in column B. Write the letter of your
answer with each number.

1. It is the dense center and hottest A. Strata

part of earth.
2. It is the mostly-solid bulk of B. Earth
Earth’s interior. It lies between
core and crust. C. Mantle
3. This type of physical properties
resist to scratching. D. Color
4. Diamond-like luster and usually E. Hardness
transparent and have a high refractive index.
5. This type of mineral has the appearance F. Adamantine
of being coated with an oily substance.
6. All the forces that act outside the G. Greasy
earth’s surface and cause changes in the
earth’s surface. H. Radiogenic
7. It is the decomposition and
disintegration of rocks and minerals I. Weathering
at the earth’s surface.
8. It is composed of semi-liquid hot J. Magma
molten rocks located beneath the Earth.
9. The thermal energy released as a result K. Core
of spontaneous nuclear disintegration.
10. It is the layer or series of rocks L. Exogenic
found in the ground.

Test IV. True or False

Directions: Read each statement below carefully. Write EARTH if you think the statement is
TRUE. If the statement is false, UNDERLINE THE WORD which makes it wrong, and WRITE
THE CORRECT ANSWER on the space provided.
____________1. The crust is the outermost part of the earth and is very thin compared to the
other layers.
_____________2. The common non-silicate minerals, which constitute less than 10% of the
earth’s crust, include carbonates, oxides, sulfides, phosphates, and salts.
_____________3. Mineral’s color may change depending on the surface.
_____________4. Pearly is the whitish iridescence of materials such as pearls.
_____________5. Physical weathering is caused by heating and cooling, the growth of foreign
crystals and by the collision of rock pieces during movement.
_____________6. Chemical weathering occurs when a rock or mineral is changed after being
caused by acid or oxygen.
_____________7. Erosion is the removal of weathered rocks and minerals by moving water,
wind, glaciers and gravity.
_____________8. The word endogenic is derived from the Greek word endo and genic. The
word endo comes from “endon”, which means “internal”, and the genic word comes from
“genesis” which means origin.
______________9. The word exogenic comes from two Greek words exo and genic. The word
exo means “from inside” and the genic word means “origin”.
_____________10. Earth is the only planet in the solar system capable of supporting life.

“The earth is always changing, readjusting to our existence. Each era is full of unique
challenges.” -Val Echendu