BATTLE OF THE

SCIENCE
WIZARDS
LEO K. ASTRERA
TAYTAY – MALAYA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
 ARE YOU READY?

I CAN’T HEAR YOU….

MAKE IT LOUDER….

READY FOR THE

EASY ROUND.
 ___1. Which of the following best describes a rock?

A. Solid and organic material

B. Solid and inorganic material
C. Solid and liquid organic material
D. Liquid and inorganic material
___2. In your science activity, you observed that some rock samples are big while others ara small. Your observation clearly shows that the rocks may differ in
______.
A. Color
B. Hardness
C. Shape
D. Size
___3. Your teacher asked you to use a hand lens to observe the rock samples. You noticed that some rocks have coarse grains while others have fine grains in
them. This shows that rocks differ in ________.
A. Size
B. Texture
C. Shape
D. Color
___4. While doing the activity, you observed that some rocks can be scratched by other rocks. This shows that rocks differ in _________.
A. Size
B. Color
C. Hardness
D. Shape
___5. In your science class, you were able to observe that rocks differ in size, color, shape texture and hardness. This observation shows that rocks ________.

A. Maybe soft or hard

B. Maybe light or dark – colored
C. Maybe big or small
D. Have different characteristics
___6. Why does sedimentary rocks are important to geologist and archeologist?
A. It serves as decoration
B. They used it to make a jewel
C. They used it to study the structure of things that existed in the past.
D. It serves as collections.
___7. Which of the following would not be used from rocks and minerals?
A. Jewelry C. Building
B. Electrical device D. ceramics
___8. Chalk is used to write on blackboards because ...
A. It wears away easily
B. It is permeable
C. It doesn’t float
D. It has graphite
___9. Marble is often used for statues or grand buildings because ...
A. it has attractive textures and colors
B. it splits easily into thin sheets
C. it wears away easily
D. All of the above
___10. What could be a problem with a monument made from chalk?
A. It wouldn't float
B. It couldn't be shaped
C. It could crumble over time
D. All of the above
___11. Which of the following tends to cause physical or mechanical weathering?
A. Animal that burrow in the ground
B. Root of plants growing into the cracks in the rocks
C. Water that seeps into the pores and cracks of rocks
D. All of these
___12. Which of the following occurs when acidic water caused the rocks to break producing clay and soluble salts?
A. Carbonation
B. Oxidation
C. Hydrolysis
D. Erosion
___13. The following human activities are caused of physical weathering, EXCEPT.
A. Quarrying of rocks
B. Mining ores
C. Building roads and tunnels
D. Boating and fishing
___14. How does temperature weather rocks?
A. Rocks are heated and cooled continuously.
B. Rocks are cooled tremendously all the time.
C. Rocks are heated greatly all the time.
D. Rocks are at different temperature.
___15. Plant serves as agents of weathering. Which of the following statements support this ideas?
A. Falling of leaves cause rocks to break.
B. Decaying trunks of plants cause the rocks to break
C. Root of plants that grow in rocks and cause them to break.
D. Branches of plants cause the rocks to break when blown by the winds.
READY FOR THE
AVERAGE
ROUND
1. A boundary that separates the crust from
the mantle is called _________.

MOHOROVICIC
DISCONTINUITY/MOHO
2. Water in the ocean is evaporated through
___________.

HEAT FROM THE SUN

3. ________ is the continuous movement of water
through the process of evaporation and condensation.

WATER CYCLE
4. These are rocks formed by the compaction
and cementation of sediments.

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
5. What are rocks made up of?

MINERALS
6. It is the hardest mineral and can only be
scratched by its own kind.

DIAMOND
7. What is the molten rock found beneath
the earth’s surface?

LAVA
8. What kind of rocks are formed at the
bottom of the sea?

SEDIMENTARY ROCK
9. A tropical cyclone having the wind speed of
greater than 118 kph is called ________.

TYPHOONS
10. A weather instrument that measures air
pressure is called _____.

BAROMETER
READY FOR THE
DIFFICULT
ROUND
1. How do you know
that the typhoon is
coming?
2. Why is it important
to know the weather
condition of today?
 3. How can extreme
temperature changes
affect rocks?
4. How do rocks differ?
5. Why should you
practice safety
measures in case of
typhoons?
 THANK YOU AND
CONGRATULATIONS!