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2ND QUARTER EXAMINATION

FIRST TERM, FIRST SEMESTER
COR 5: EARTH SCIENCE
S.Y. 2023 – 2024

NAME: _______________________________________________SCORE: _________________

GRADE & SECTION: ____________________________________________________________
TEACHER: NAZER M. LACABO, LPT

I. Multiple Choice
Instruction: Analyse and write your answer in capital letter on the space provided.

______1. What are the two things that affect the rate of weathering?
A. rain and ice D. size of rock and time of the
B. time and date years
C. type of rock and climate
2. Which of the following best describes chemical weathering?
A. The process by which rocks are broken down by physical forces
B. The process by which rocks are broken down by chemical means
C. The process by which rocks are broken down by anthropogenic activities
D. all of these
3. How is magma formed?
A. Magma is formed through movement of rocks and minerals.
B. Magma is formed under the earth’s mantle through solar radiation.
C. Magma is formed through heating and cooling of materials on the earth’s surface.
D. Magma is formed under certain circumstances in special location deep in the crust or in
the upper mantle of the Earth.
4. At what temperature will magma turn entirely to liquid?
A. More than 2000 degrees Celsius
B. Between 1000 and 1200 degrees Celsius
C. Between 800 to 1000 degrees Celsius
D. More than 1300 degrees Celsius
5. Which of the following words is NOT associated with metamorphism?
A. heat
B. mantle
C. pressure
D. weathering
A. heat
B. mantle
C. pressure
D. weathering
A. Heat C. Pressure
B. Mantle D. Weathering
6. Which of the following plate boundaries do rocks slide past each other?
A. Combine plate boundaries C. Divergent plate boundaries
B. Convergent plate boundaries D. Transform plate boundaries
7. Which of the following type of fault is found in divergent plate boundaries?
A. If Earth was too close to the Sun, water would vaporize and be
useless to life.
B. It traps heat, making Earth a comfortable temperature and the
oxygen within our atmosphere is essential for life.
C. Plate Tectonics is vital for a world to host life- that is, planet whose
shell is broken up into plates that constantly move around.
D. All of the choices
A. If Earth was too close to the Sun, water would vaporize and be
useless to life.
B. It traps heat, making Earth a comfortable temperature and the
oxygen within our atmosphere is essential for life.
C. Plate Tectonics is vital for a world to host life- that is, planet whose
shell is broken up into plates that constantly move around.
D. All of the choices
A. If Earth was too close to the Sun, water would vaporize and be
useless to life.
B. It traps heat, making Earth a comfortable temperature and the
oxygen within our atmosphere is essential for life.
C. Plate Tectonics is vital for a world to host life- that is, planet whose
shell is broken up into plates that constantly move around.
D. All of the choices
A. If Earth was too close to the Sun, water would vaporize and be
useless to life.
B. It traps heat, making Earth a comfortable temperature and the
oxygen within our atmosphere is essential for life.
C. Plate Tectonics is vital for a world to host life- that is, planet whose
shell is broken up into plates that constantly move around.
D. All of the choices
A. Normal C. Strike Slip
B. Reverse D. Transverse
8. Which of the following is the hottest and the densest layer of Earth?
A. Crust C. Mantle
B. Outer core D. Inner core
9. Which of the following conditions promotes slow chemical weathering?
A. Fracturing C. High rainfall
B. Thick soil D. Cold temperatures
10. What happens to pieces of rock as they are transported by a river?
a. Atmosphere
b. Biosphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Lithosphere
a. Atmosphere
b. Biosphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Lithosphere
a. Atmosphere
b. Biosphere
c. Hydrosphere
d. Lithosphere
A. smaller and more jagged C. much larger and rounder
B. gets larger and more jagged D. they get smaller and rounder
______11. What heat transfer of fluid in the earth’s interior results to the movement of rocky mantle up to the
surface of the earth?
A. Conduction C. Insolation
B. Convection current D. Radiation
_______12. Which of the following is described as the process of heat exchange between the Sun and the Earth
that controls the temperatures of the latter?
A. Conduction C. Insolation
B. Convection D. Radiation
13. Who proposed that seafloor is spreading?
A. Alfred Wegener C. Harry Hess
B. Alfred Williams D. Harry Humphey
14. Which of the following provide evidences for seafloor spreading?
A. Explosive stratovolcanoes and rock drilling.
B. Floating continents and the ages of continental rocks.
C. The pattern of seafloor ages and the pattern of seafloor magnetic stripe.
D. The pattern of seafloor magnetic strip and the age of continental rocks.
 15. Which is not involved in the process of seafloor spreading?
A. Magma
B. Mid –ocean ridges
C. It tends to happen near the edges of continents.
D. The newest rock is at the center of the mid-ocean ridges
16. Which of the following are boundaries between the three major layers of the earth?
A. Arches C. Plates
B. Discontinuities D. Poles

17. Which of the following is the outermost layer of the Earth?

A. Core C. Discontinuity
B. Crust D. Mantle
18. What was one of the results from the data gathered during deep-ocean drilling?

A. The oceanic crust is youngest adjacent to the mid-oceanic ridges.

B. The oceanic crust is coldest adjacent to mid-oceanic ridges.
C. The oceanic crust is hottest near the continents.
D. The oceanic crust has the same age all throughout.
______19. Which of the following statements best differentiate continental drift hypothesis from plate tectonics
theory?
A. Continental drift claims that the continents drifted apart from a supercontinent while
plate tectonics teaches that the lithosphere is divided into several plates moving over
Earth.
B. Continental drift explains the formation of continents while plate tectonics describes the
formation of the ocean floor.
C. Continental drift clarifies the misconceptions about movement of continents while plate
tectonics explains the concept of polar wandering.
D. Continental drift hypothesis and plate tectonics theory are the same.
______ 20. Why is plate tectonics considered as a unifying theory of geology?
A. Plate tectonics can explain large-scale phenomena such as earthquakes, volcanoes and
ocean floor formation.
B. Plate tectonics can explain the mechanism of polar reversals.
C. Plate tectonics has more extensive evidences compared to continental drift.
D. Plate tectonics correctly predicts the next movement of the plates.
_______21. Which statement does NOT summarize one of the lines of evidence used by Afred Wegener to
support the theory of continental drift?
A. Glacial deposits indicate a different climatic condition.
B. Similar geologic formations occur on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
C. Bands of rock move farther from their positions from a mid-ocean ridge.
D. Similar fossils are found on widely separated continents.
_______22. Why did no one believe Wegener’s theory?
A. He could not explain how the continents moved.
B. His evidence was wrong.
C. He didn’t have enough evidence.
D. He didn’t use the right technology to gather data.

_______23. What does the theory of continental drift state?

A. The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents.
B. The continents were once joined in a super continent and have moved over time.
C. Continents are stationary and do not move.
D. None of these.
_______24. Which of the following is most likely to occur during juvenile stage of the ocean basin?
A. Formation of young to mature mountain belts.
B. Formation of narrow seas with matching coasts.
C. Formation of a complex system of linear rift valleys on continents.
D. Formation of ocean basin with continental margins.
______25. Why are undersea mountains flat?
 A. This was caused by earthquake.
B. It is eroded by the motion of the waves.
C. It is caused by large marine animals.
D. It is caused by large ships passing through it.
26. What causes earthquakes, and the formation of volcanoes, and mountains on earth?
A. Convection currents in the crust C. Sinking of the oceanic crust.
B. Convection currents in the mantle. D. Movements of the outer core
______ 27. Why is the inner core solid?
A. Because it is under too much pressure to melt.
B. Because it is very hot.
C. Because of plasticity.
D. Because it consists mostly of silicon.
______28. Plate tectonics is the theory that the Earth’s crust __________.
A. Moves around on the surface of the Earth through the ocean.
B. Is stationary except for the continents that move through the ocean.
C. Is broken into pieces that move around.
D. Is broken down into stationary pieces.
______29. Which of the following is a common theory of how the Earth and other planets were formed?
A. From the absolute of the Milky Way Galaxy.
B. From a cloud of helium, oxygen and hydrogen.
C. From a large interstellar cloud of dust and gas coalescing.
D. From another planet that broke off to become the Earth.
______30. Which statement is FALSE on how layers of rocks are formed?
A. A break-down of igneous rocks forms layers of rocks.
B. Sediments are deposited vertically by gravity.
C. Erosion and weathering that occur on a flat field from layer of rocks.
D. Sediments are cemented over hundreds of years and form layers.
______31. Which of the following is TRUE regarding superposition which mean the undisturbed sequence of
sedimentary rocks?
A. The oldest rocks are on top.
B. The youngest rocks are on top.
C. The youngest rocks are in the middle.
D. There is no way to know which layers are older
______32. Which of the following statements is correct?
I. Marker fossils only existed for a particular period of time.
II. Marker fossils found beneath are far older than the fossils found near the surface.
A. I and II are true C. I only
B. II only D. Both are false
______33. Which of the following statement is correct?
I. Ammonite is a marker fossil for Mesozoic era.
II. Belemnite is a marker fossil for Cenozoic era.
A. I and II are true C. I only
B. 2 only D. Both are false
______34. An unreformed sedimentary layer is ____ than the layer above and _____ than the layer below.
Which of the following pairs of words best complete the sentence?
A. Older, older C. Younger, older
B. Older, younger D. Younger, younger

_____35. Which of the following describes the Principle of Original Horizontality?

A. In rare cases, horizontality of rock layers occurs.
B. In most cases, sedimentary beds are deposited as horizontal units.
C. Not all layers of the rock are deposited horizontally.
D. Both b and C.
36. How does absolute age differ from relative age?
A. only absolute dating indicates which rock is older.
B. only relative dating finds the age in years.
C. Only absolute dating finds the age in years.
D. Only relative dating indicates which is younger.
______37. Absolute age is defined as__________.
 A. The age of rock determined by radiometric dating.
B. The age of rock based on its location.
C. The age of rock based on living animals.
D. The age of rock determined by relative dating.
______38. What is the difference between an absolute date and relative date?
A. An absolute date refers to a year or range of years while a relative date indicates a
chronological order.
B. A relative date is derived from radiometric dating techniques while an absolute date comes
from guesswork.
C. A relative date refers to a year or range of years while an absolute date indicates a
chronological order.
D. An absolute date involves testing of sedimentary rocks while relative date involves testing of
igneous rocks.
______39. Which of these is the best indication of the relative age of a rock layer?
A. the thickness of the layer
B. the chemical make-up of the layer
C. the distance of the layer on the surface
D. the position of the layer compared to other layers
______40. Which of the following processes will give an absolute age of a rock?
A. Examining the rock’s relative position in a rock outcrop.
B. Examining the environment in which the rock is found.
C. Comparing the size of crystals in the upper and lower parts of the rock.
D. Comparing the amount of decayed and undecayed radioactive isotopes.
______41. Myra understands the characteristics of Agnatha when she describes it as:
A. A primitive jawless fish.
B. A primitive armored fish with cartilage skeleton.
C. A fish with jaw.
D. A fish with legs.
______42. In what order do the following organisms appear in the geologic record from oldest to youngest?
A. Bacteria, fish, birds, human C. Human, fish, birds, bacteria
B. Bacteria, birds, fish, humans D. Fish, bird, humans, bacteria
______43. What two traits do the best index fossils have?
A. Widespread geographically, long lifespan.
B. Specific place, long lifespan.
C. Widespread geographically, short lifespan
D. Specific place, short lifespan
______44. What do the fossils reveal about the environment in the region over time?
A. It changed from aquatic to land. C. It was consistently aquatic.
B. It changed from land to D. It was consistently land.
aquatic.
______45. Which statements best compares the relative ages of the intrusion and the fault?
A. The intrusion is younger than the fault.
B. The fault is younger than the intrusion.
C. The intrusion and the fault are the same.
D. None of the above.
II. ESSAY
Answer the following questions. Write 3-5 sentences to answer the question.
The answer will be rated according to the rubrics below.
RUBRICS
5-has a strong central idea that is related to the topic.
4-has a few grammatical and spelling errors that do not distract from the over-all message.
3-uses common words accurately, but sentences tend to be simplistic and unsophisticated.
2-has one or two severe grammatical errors.
1-lack of a central idea.

46-50. Discuss and explain the history of the Earth through geologic time. Cite 3-5 important events. (5pts)
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