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EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

1st SEMESTER S.Y. 2023-2024

Directions: Read the questions properly and write the letter of your answer before the number.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The impact craters on the surface of the moon and c. It will provide concrete evidence of the hazards
Mercury are more observable as compared to Earth. and would lead to eradicating them.
Which of the following might be the reason for this? d. It will create more instability among people
a. Earth is younger as compared to Mercury or the living in the coastal regions.
moon. 4. Which of the following is the importance of
b. There were no meteorites that collided with the hydrometeorological hazard mapping?
Earth. I. It provides awareness of regions or
c. All meteorites ignite in the Earth’s atmosphere areas prone to the hazards
upon entry. II. It helps in creating policies on
d. Weathering processes on the earth’s surface risk reduction, mitigation, and management
have removed the traces of craters III. It shows the forecast of typhoons
2. Which of the following is similar to the modern a. I and II c. I and III
acceptable theories of the origin of the solar system? b. II and III d. I, II, and III
a. The Solar System started from an explosion. 5. If you were to compare maps identifying the location
of earth’s active volcanoes and the location of
b. The Solar System and all its content formed at earthquake epicenters, how would these maps compare?
the same time a. Few volcano locations would be in the same
c. The Solar System formed immediately after the regions as the earthquake epicenter
big bang b. The location of the volcanoes and the epicenters
d. The Solar System was formed through the
would only match in the oceanic regions.
encounters of stars
c. Several volcano locations would be in similar
3. Which of the following statements describes how
regions as the epicenters
monitoring and assessment of the coastal zones help in
d. The locations of all volcanoes and earthquake
coping with the effects of coastal processes?
epicenters do not coincide
a. It provides appropriate and adequate equipment
6. Which of the following descriptions of fossils is the
for the construction of engineering structures
most practical in correlating layers of sedimentary
against waves and storm surges.
rocks?
b. It will provide relevant data to mitigate and
a. The fossils has been found in few areas and is
manage erosion, submersion, and saltwater
limited to specific type of rock formation.
intrusion
b. The fossils has been found in many areas but is
limited to a specific type of rock formation
 c. The fossils has been found in many areas and is 12. Scientists infer that the earth’s outer core is liquid.
widely found in several types of rock formation Which of the following is the strongest support to this
d. The fossils has been found in few areas but is inference?
widely found in several types of rock formations a. P-waves may not be able to pass through the
7. Which of the following inferences did Alfred Lothar outer core
Wegener deduce from the nature of fossils of reptiles b. S-waves are dissipated when they pass through
found in aquatic rocks? the outer core interface
A. These reptiles swam long distances to reach the c. S-waves move faster when they pass through the
other continents outer core
b. These reptiles probably did have the capacity to d. P-waves cannot be transmitted through the outer
cross the oceans core.
c. These reptiles ate Glossopteris ferns 13. Which of the following scientific concepts is
d. These reptiles once lived deep in the Earth’s incorrectly paired?
oceans a. varying temperatures of air- convection in the
8. Which of the following events is not related to atmosphere
metamorphism? b. layers of the earth- varying densities of materials
a. production of mylonite c. location of the rich biodiversity- plasticity of the
b. when sedimentary rocks are buried a few mantle
hundred meters with temperature above 300’C and d. magnetic field of the earth- movement of the
absence of differential stress liquid outer core.
c. mechanical deformation similar to what occurs 14. The following statements support the idea that we
when a rock slide past one another along a fault zone. cannot accurately measure time using the principles of
d. lithification of layers of eroded materials stratigraphy. Which of these statements is a false claim?
9. Which of the following may occur when a large a. The fossils embedded in the many sedimentary
meteorite collides with the earth such that enough heat rocks have not yet been fully identified.
and high-pressure shock wave propagates into the rocks b. Sediments accumulate at different rates in
present at the impact craters? different sedimentary environment
a. crystallization of igneous materials c. Stratigraphy alone cannot be used to determine
b. metamorphism of the rocks in the area the relative ages of widely separated beds
c. compaction of disintegrated materials d. The rock record does not tell us how many years
d. formation of chemical sedimentary rocks have passed between periods of deposition
10. Which of the following determines the chemical 15. Which of the following natural boundary conditions
composition of residual soil in a certain area? mainly control the world’s coastal system?
a. the slope of the land and the particle size of the a. the sea level, sediments and external forcing
soil b. the amount and the type of sediments and
b. the minerals in the bedrock beneath the soil and external forcing
the climate in the region c. the geology of the coast, amount and type of
c. the frequency of crustal movements and sediments, and external forcing
earthquakes d. the beach nourishment, construction of coastal
d. the method of the soil transportation and defenses, and sediments.
deposition to the area. 16. In which of the following regions of the earth would
11. Which of the following is an aggregation of one or you find the thinnest layer of the crust
more minerals that have been brought together into a a. coastal areas c. mountains
cohesive solid? b. deserts d. oceans
a. silicates 17. Which of the following methods to prevent coastal
b. mineral clay erosion involves adding of sand in eroded areas?
c. rocks a. Breakwaters c. groins
d. magma b. beach nourishment d. seawalls
18. Which of the following events may trigger large 26. Which of the following is an engineering strategy
ocean waves called tsunamis or seismic waves placed along coasts to lessen the impact of storm surges
a. an earthquake c. volcanic eruption or waves?
b. landslides d. all of these a. sandbags c. breakwaters
19. Which of the following terms refers to the molten b. artificial seaweeds d. seawalls
rock material which crystallizes into minerals? 27. Which of the following rock samples and rock type
a. Rock salt c. magma have formed from pre-existing rocks?
b. crystals d. lodes a. gneiss, sedimentary c.marble, metamorphic b.
20. Which of the following types of rocks must have granite, igneous d. limestone, plutonic
been formed through factors like crustal movement, 28. Which of the following considered as the smallest
magmatic activity, or thermal fluid changes within the and most violent weather disturbance?
earth? a. tornado c. typhoon
a. limestone c. granite b. hurricane d. hailstorm
b. Schist d. basalt 29. Antibodies are important molecules for the immune
21. Which of the following lists direct natural hazards system. Such molecules are secreted by
brought about by earthquakes/ a. B lymphocytes c. Dendritic cells
a. ground shaking, tsunami, and landslides b. Macrophages d. T lymphocytes
b. lava flows, storm surge, and liquefaction 30. Which of the following representative organisms is
c. debris flows, fires and ground shaking characterized by a lack of nervous system that is
d. none of these controlled by a brain?
22. The Philippines is exposed to many a. Cockroach c. Mollusk
hydrometeorological hazards annually. Which of the b. Flatworm d. Sponge
following is not included in those hazards? 31. Which of the Following explains the origin of the
a. Tropical storm c. flash floods universe?
b. hailstones d. storm surge a. Nebular hypothesis
b. Encounter Hypothesis
c. Big bang Theory
d. Proto-planet Hypothesis
32. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The Solar system Started as a giant cloud of gas
23. Which of the following techniques help prevent
and dust
saltwater intrusion? b. The Planets develop from a nebula
a. the use of artificial seaweed c. The nebula was disturbed because of a black
b. the injection of freshwater to reservoirs hole
c. the construction of seawalls d. The nebula was disturbed because it collide with
d. the pumping out of groundwater a big comet.
24. Which of the following statements best describes 33. Which pair of words is correctly matched?
how seawalls protect coastal regions? a. Geosphere-Gravel
a seawalls generate waves b. Hydrosphere-Ice
b. seawalls decrease wave impact c. Atmosphere-Graphite
c. seawalls increase the speed of the waves d. Biosphere-Diamond
d. seawalls stop waves from hitting the shore 34. Which Scientist discovered evidence that supports
the big bang theory?
25. Which of the processes listed below form
a. Alfred Wegener
sedimentary rocks? b. J.J Thomson
a. compaction and pressurization c. George Lemaitre
b. melting and crystallization d. Robert Wilson
c. cementation and compaction 35. Which Celestial body has been proposed to cause the
d. erosion and deposition formation of the solar system after its encounter with the
sun?
a. Moon
 b. Comet
c. Star
d. Asteroids
36. Which the following statements is true?
a. Scientist believed that there is an undiscovered
planet in the Kuiper belt.
b. Pluto is a main planet
c. It is believed that liquid methane exist
underground the surface of Pluto.
d. Humans have discovered a fossil of a life-form
in Mars.
37. Which of the following is part of the atmosphere?
a. Asthenosphere
b. Troposphere
c. Lithosphere
d. Exosphere
38. Which is classified as a mechanical Layer of the
interior of Earth?
a. Crust
b. Mesosphere
c. Mantle
d. Troposphere
39. Which layer of Earth is made up of mostly iron and
nickle?
a. Crust
b. Asthenosphere
c. Mantle
d. Atmosphere
40. Which Scientist is known with their theories or
discoveries that helped humans understand the different
Earth systems?
a. Charles Darwin- Theory of Evolution
b. Edwin Hubble-Redshift of distant Stars
c. James lovelock-The Gaia hypothesis
d. Alexander Von Humboldt-The concept of
Uniformitarians.