Earth and Life Science

Quarterly Assessment
(Quarter 1)

SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BAGO CITY

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QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT 35
IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
1ST Quarter
S.Y. 2021-2022

Name: ____________________________Grade and Section:___________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the correct answer on provided

answer sheet from the given options.

1. What makes the planet Earth habitable compared to other

planets?
A. It has soil. B. It has people. C. It has trees. D. It has liquid water.

2. What makes planet Earth habitable?

A. It has comfortable distance from the sun.
B. It has atmosphere that protects from radiation.
C. The atmosphere holds carbon dioxide and other gases.
D. All of the above

3. How many percent of water comprises the Earth?

A. 15% B. 50% C. 30% D. 70%

4. In order for an organism to survive, nutrients are needed. What are the
nutrients that planet Earth can offer for an organism to exist?
A. Earth has an atmosphere and ozone layer.
B. Earth has both water cycle and nitrogen cycle.
C. Earth has natural activities to circulate nutrients.
D. All of the above

5. What subsystem will network with biosphere for

photosynthesis to take place?
A. atmosphere B. hydrosphere C. geosphere D. biosphere

6. All of the waters, including subsurface and atmospheric water comprise

the Earth. Which geological subsystem best label the statement?
A. the geosphere B. the biosphere C. the hydrosphere D.the atmosphere

7. Why is ozone layer important?

A. It traps heat from the sun to heat the planet.
B. It protects the plants and animals on earth from receiving too much ultraviolet
radiation.
C. It cools the earth through the evaporation of water vapor
D. It keeps the oxygen in the atmosphere closest to Earth and
the nitrogen separated in the atmosphere.

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8. What are the building blocks of rocks and it is mostly found in the
geosphere?
A. elements B. ore C. minerals D. soil

9. What is the property of minerals that reflects light on its surface?

A. color B. luster C. crystal structure D. streak

10. What type of weathering occurs when stalactites and stalagmites on

caves are formed?
A. chemical weathering B. freezing and thawing
C. mechanical weathering D. thermal and pressure change

11. What factor causes the breakdown of rocks by friction and impact?
A. abrasion B. burrowing C. frost wedging D. pressure

12.Which of the following processes does NOT cause physical weathering?

A. burrowing of animals B. freezing and thawing
C. oxidation D. temperature and pressure

13. Which diagram exhibits the most ideal arrangement for exogenic
processes?
A. erosion – sediments – weathering – transport- deposition
B. sediments – erosion – weathering – transport
C. sediments – transport – erosion – weathering
D. weathering – erosion – transport-deposition

14. Which of the following refers to the heat left over from the formation
of the Earth?
A. Radiogenic heat B. Primordial heat
C. Superheating D. Heat from the sun

15. What is produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and
crust?
A. radiogenic heat B. primordial heat
C. superheating D. heat from the sun

16. How much is the approximate terawatts in the flow of heat in Earth’s
interior to its surface?
A. 41 terawatts B. 43 terawatts
C. 47 terawatts D. 49 terawatts

17. What term should be used to describe a semi-liquid hot molten rock located
beneath the Earth?
A. lava B. sand C. rocks D. magma

18. During partial melting, which of the following minerals melt last?
A. biotite B. quartz C. feldspar D. none of the above

19. How does a water or carbon dioxide process when added hot
rocks as it decreases to its melting point?
A. during flux melting B. during heat transfer
C. during partial melting D. during decompression melting
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20. What is the effect of heat and pressure in rocks as there is an
increase in depth?
A. foliation surfaces shine B. low-grade metamorphism
C. grain size becomes coarse D. increase in mineral alignment

21. What happened to the temperature and pressure if the rocks are
buried down deep?
A. It increases B. It decreases
C. It remains constant D. It is intermittently degrading

22. What Latin word was the term “igneous” derived from?
A. ignus B. lithos C. meta D. sedere

23. Which of the following is associated with discovery of seafloor spreading?

A. Mountains and Volcanoes are denser than mantle
B. Rotational pole of the earth has migrated or moved.
C. The crust of the continents is denser than the crust of the ocean
D. The crust of the oceans is very young relative to the age of the crust of the continents

24. Which field of science deals with the study of rock layers?
A. Geology B. Paleontology
C. Petrology D. Stratigraphy

25. Who proposed the Law of Uniformitarianism?

A. Aristotle B. Nicolas Steno
C. James Hutton D. James Chadwick

26. What is the difference between an absolute date and a relative date?
A. An absolute date refers to a year or a 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 a 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.

27. Which of the following is NOT principle of Relative Dating?

A. Superposition B. Floral Succession
C. Original Horizontality D. Cross-cutting Relationship

28. As climate changed sea levels rose worldwide and seas expanded
across the center of North America. Some of the discovered fossils
include dinosaur bones, teeth and diverse plant fossils. In what division
is being referred to in the given statement?
A. Cenozoic B. Mesozoic
C. Paleozoic D. Precambrian

29. What will be the sequence of division in the geologic time scale, if
the order of position is from shortest to longest?
A. era, period, epoch B. epoch, period, era
C. period, epoch, era 3 D. epoch, era, period
30. What refers to the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a
mountain or cliff?
A.ground shaking B. liquefaction
C. landslides D. tsunami

31. Which of the following hazards undermine the foundations and

supports of buildings, bridges, pipelines, and roads, causing them to
sink into the ground, collapse, or dissolve?
A.eutrophication B. liquefaction
C.ground shaking D. pyroclastic density currents

32. What is the main cause of tornadoes?

A. Floods B. Hurricanes
C. Thunderstorm D. Tropical Storm

33. What do you call to the cyclones occurring in the North

Atlantic Ocean?
A. typhoon B. hurricanes
C. tornado D. thunderstorm

34. What do you call this hazard which involves the giant
waves which can move at speeds of up to 500 miles an
hour and reach heights of hundreds of feet?
A. ground shaking B. landslides
C. liquefaction D. tsunami

35. Which of the following is NOT a hydrometeorological hazard?

A. cyclone B. monsoon
C. typhoon D. tsunami

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 First Quarter Performance Task
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Name: Section: Teacher: _____________

Objective:

Performance Task 1:

The human population has increased rapidly since the 1700’s. For most of
human history, there were fewer than half-billion people on Earth. In mid-
2009, 6.7 billion people inhabited our planet. Because of these, extensive
pollution is everywhere. As a student, what can you do to save not only a
particular system, but the Earth itself? Write your answer in the table.

MY ENVIRONMENTAL “TO DO” LIST

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Performance Task 2:
Directions. Use the word MAGMATISM as an acronym. Use each letter to
represent word/s that is related to the lesson.