EARTH SCIENCE QUARTER 2

1. It is the process by which magma rises through the crust c. when it disintegrates into smaller pieces.
and crystallizes as an intrusive igneous rock beneath the d. when it is subjected to high temperature and pressure.
earth’s surface. 13.What kind of rocks are formed when the lava solidified
a. magmatism c. convection after reaching the Earth’s surface?
b. volcanism d. plutonism a. Extrusive igneous rock c. Intrusive metamorphic rock
2. In what layer of the earth does convection current take b. Intrusive igneous rock d. Extrusive metamorphic rock
place? 14. _________is the most common form of metamorphism
a. Mantle b. Outer core c. crust d. Inner core that occurs in broad areas.
3. The Earth’s internal temperature ___________ with a. Dynamic c. Regional
depth. b. Contact d. Shear
A. increases B. decreases C. stays the same D. All of the 15. It is described as saucer-like depressions of the seabed
above and the largest depressions on Earth.
4. It is a semi-liquid mixture of rocks found in the lower A. Ocean Basin B. River Basin C. Slope D. Rift
portion of the crust and upper part of the mantle. 16 ________ and _________ are the most important types
a. Magma b. Lava c. Igneous rock d. Viscosity of tectonic activity that shape ocean basins.
5. It is an opening on the Earth’s crust where magma and A. Divergent and Convergent
gases are being released? B. Hot spots and Subduction
a. Crust b. Volcano c. Core d. Mantle C. Strombolian and Vulcan
6. What kind of rocks are formed during volcanic D. Seafloor Spreading and Subduction
eruption? 17. Which of the following is an example of embryonic
a. metamorphic rock b. sedimentary rock stage?
c. Igneous rock d. None of the above A. Atlantic Ocean C. Persian Gulf
7. Plant roots growing into rocks which causes rock B. Great Rift Valley D. Tibetan Plateau
disintegration. 18. Which of the following tectonic activities led to the
A. Chemical weathering b. Physical Weathering formation of ocean basins?
C. Biological Weathering d. All of the Above I. Seafloor spreading III. Continental drift
8. If the temperature of the materials is low, what will II. Subduction IV. Magnetic reversal
happen to the rock? A. I and II C. II and III
a. It will become ductile. c. It will be spongy. B. I and III D. all of the above
b. It will brittle. d. It will be sturdy. 19. What is the largest oceanic basin in the world?
7. This type of stress act in opposite directions, where A. Arctic Ocean Basin C. Indian Ocean Basin
rocks are pulled apart. B. Atlantic Ocean Basin D. Pacific Ocean Basin
a. compressional stress c. deformation 20. What is found at the base of the continental rise in an
b. shear d. tensional stress ocean basin?
9. What is the force per unit area that is placed on a rock? A. Continental shelf C. ocean floor
a. ductile c. stress B. Continental slope D. abyssal plain
b. deformation d. strain 21. Which among the ocean basins below is in its
10. This is the most common stress, where two planes of declining stage?
material slide past each other. A. Indian Ocean Basin C. Atlantic Ocean Basin
a. compressional stress c. deformation B. Pacific Ocean Basin D. Arctic Ocean Basin
b. shear d. tensional stress 22. Why is the Pacific Ocean Basin said to be shrinking?
11. The following are factors that can affect the A. Because its seafloor is spreading.
deformation of rocks, except: B. Because it is located in the subduction zone.
a. number of materials c. pressure C. Because of the sediments deposited in the submarine
b. temperature d. rock materials canyon.
12. How can an igneous rock become a metamorphic D. All of the above.
rock? 23. It is the center of the Earth and divided into two.
a. when it melts and forms magma. A. Mantle C. Lithosphere
b. when it undergoes weathering and erosion. B. Crust D. Core
24. This layer combines the rigid crust plus the upper-most b. Many fossils of the organism must be found in rock
mantle. layers.
A. Mantle C. Lithosphere c. The fossil must be found in a limited area on Earth.
B. Crust D. Core
d. The organism must be unique..
27. _________ is a location where two tectonic plates are
moving toward each other, often causing one plate to slide 38. Based on the Geologic Time Scale, how old is the
below the other. Earth?
A. Divergent Plate Boundaries a. 4.6 billion years . b. 251.9 million years ago
B. Deviating Plate Boundaries c. 541 million years ago d. 0.01million years ago
C. Transform Plate Boundaries 39. Which is the correct hierarchy of divisions in the
D. Convergent Plate Boundaries geologic time scale from the largest to the smallest?
28. The following are different types of convergent plate a. epoch – period – era – eon
boundaries except: b. period – era – epoch – eon
A. oceanic-oceanic boundaries c. eon – epoch – era – period
B. oceanic-continental boundaries d. eon – era – period – epoch
C. continental-continental boundaries 40. What is the importance of dating?
D. oceanic-continental-oceanic boundaries
A. Determines the age of fossils
29. Earthquakes are common at ______________since the
B. Defines the sample of fossils
movement of magma and oceanic crust results in crustal
C. Identifies the number of fossils
shaking.
D. Regulates the particles in fossils
A. mid-ocean ridges C. boundaries
B. tectonic plate D. oceanic boundary

Nos, 30-32. Identify what type of dating method is used in

the following situations:

30. Radioactive isotopes determine rocks older than 1

million yrs. old
A. Relative Dating B. Absolute Dating
31. Ammonites lived in the Mesozoic era
A. Relative Dating B. Absolute Dating
32. actual date of parent and daughter
formation in rocks
A. Relative Dating B. Absolute Dating

33. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Rock layers are undisturbed
B. Deposition of evenly distributed sediments
C. The layers are gone after folding
D. Rock layers are older than faults found in them
34. What is the time needed for one-half of the parent
atoms to turn into daughter atoms?
a. Half-life b. Half-way c. In-behalf d. Better-half
35. First mammals on Earth were seen during the
Mesozoic era. It was how many million years ago?
a. 130 b.200 c. 150 d.251
36. Which geologic era do human beings evolve?
a. Cenozoic b. Mesozoic c. Paleozoic d. Precambrian
37. Which of the following does NOT serve as basis in
identifying index fossils?
a. An organism must have lived only during a short
period of time.