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Prelims
Grade 11 Science
NAME: SCORE:
YEAR AND SECTION: DATE:
A. Multiple choice: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.
1. Evidence suggests that Earth is about 4.6 billion years old, even though no Earth rocks have been found that can be dated at
more than 4 billion years old. This discrepancy is most likely caused by Earth’s original crust being?
a. Difficult to date so precisely. c. Blasted away during Earth’s formation.
b. Subject to extensive erosion. d. Destroyed by solar radiation.
2. Which of the following statements best describes how the planets of the solar system formed?
a. They are condensed rings of matter thrown off by the young Sun.
b. They are the remains of an exploded star once paired with the Sun.
c. The Sun captured them from smaller, older nearby stars.
d. They formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas.
3. The existence of extra-terrestrial life may never be proven, but this idea will become more scientifically acceptable over time if
a. No one disputes this idea in a scientific forum.
b. Hypotheses are made related to the idea.
c. Alternative hypotheses are proposed and confirmed.
d. Increasing scientific evidence supports the idea
4. As part of the modern theory of the origins of the elements, it is hypothesized that before the formation of the stars, most of the
matter in the universe consisted of what atoms?
a. hydrogen and helium c. nitrogen and carbon
b. silicon and lithium d. uranium and radium
5. Stars begin their life cycle in
a. a black hole. c. a nova
b. a nebula. d. a supernova.
6. Which of these could increase average global temperatures?
a. increased use of fossil fuels c. increased ocean algal blooms
b. decreased carbon dioxide emissions d. increased numbers of animal species
7. When the Big Bang Theory first originate and with whom?
a. 1940’s with Einstein
b. 1920’s by George Lemaitre that was subsequently supported through research by Hubble
c. 1809 by Hubble
d. Early 1500’s with Galileo
8. Based on the hypothesis about the origin of the earth, our universe is
a. Shrinking
b. Expanding
c. We don’t know if it’s changing or staying the same size
d. Staying the same size
9. The theory that most likely correct about the origin of our universe is
a. The Big Crunch
b. The Dynamic State
c. The Steady State
d. The Big Bang
10. The universe is mainly made of
a. The Milky Way Galaxy
b. Our Sun
c. Dark Energy
d. Dark Matter
11. New stars are formed from
a. The collision of one or more stars
b. The gas in the nebula
c. Coalescence of planet
d. Cosmic rays trapped in a magnetic field
12. As gaseous material condensed in the solar nebula, ices formed
a. Only far from the sun
b. Only inside the present orbit of Mars
c. Only between the present orbits of Earth and Venus
d. Only between the sun and mercury
13. If nebular theories of the origin of the solar system are correct, then which of the following is a likely consequence?
a. There may be many planetary systems in the galaxy
b. The sun is much older than the planets
c. The sun once spun much slowly than it does today
d. The sun once had a binary companion
14. According to nebular theories, the planets formed from material which was
a. Pulled from the sun during a collision of another sun
b. Ejected from the sun
c. Captured by the sun from space
d. Part of the collapsing cloud which formed the sun
15. Substantial object, resembling asteroids in size and composition, which built up early in the development of the solar system are
referred to as
a. Protoplanets
b. Planetary
c. Grains
d. Nebulae
16. Area on Earth where life exists?
a. Atmosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Lithosphere
d. Biosphere
17. Layer of the atmosphere where all weather occurs?
a. Stratosphere
b. Troposphere
c. Mesosphere
d. Thermosphere
18. It is the layer of gases that surround the earth?
a. Atmosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Lithosphere
d. Biosphere
19. The most common contender brought up for this solvent is the one life uses on earth?
a. Water
b. Energy
c. Time
d. Oxygen
20. The nutrients created by photosynthesis in turn are what the bulk of life on earth directly or indirectly relies on for fuel?
a. Water
b. Energy
c. Time
d. Oxygen
21. It talks about the origin of the universe that starts in one singularity?
a. Big Bang Theory
b. Encounter Hypothesis
c. Nebular Hypothesis
d. Proto planet Hypothesis
22. Also known as the evolutionary or evolving universe theory that concentrates in a specific event as the beginning of the
universe.
A. Big Bang Theory
B. Solar Nebular Theory
C. Other Theory
D. None of the above
23. It is classified as a barred spiral galaxy.
a. Natural satellites
b. Asteroids and comets
c. Milky Way Galaxy
d. Group of stars
24. Which of the following is not a terrestrial planet?
a. Mars
b. Venus
c. Mercury
d. Jupiter
25. This is a bright object that move slowly among the stars and may become visible to the naked eye.
a. Asteroid
b. Comets
c. Galaxy
d. Axis
B. identification: Identify the terms being described by the following statements. Write your answer before the number.
1. It provides shield that protects us from extra-terrestrial debris, radiation and any other harmful effects.
2. This division of Earth’s subsystem is comprised of all living things.
3. Consists of all the waters of the Earth.
4. This division of the Earth’s subsystem is compromised by non – living materials of the Earth’s interior and surface.
5. It refers to the hypothesis that suggests that a great cloud of gas and dust rotated slowly in space and shrank under the pull of its
own gravitation or collapsed by the explosion of a passing star.
6. It refers to the theory where the whole solar system started as a large cloud of gas that contract under self gravity.
7. It refers to the theory that states that a material in the form of hot gas from a rogue star and the sun was stripped off and
fragmented into smaller lumps forming planets.
8. It refers to the field that protects the earth from the storm of charged particles from the sun.
9. It is the physical Earth where the soil, rocks and magma are found.
10. It refers to all the water held on Earth.
C. Enumeration: Give what is ask in the following questions.
What are the five dwarf planets in the solar system?
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What are five layers of atmosphere?
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