Department of Education

Region V
Division of Camarines Sur
DEL GALLEGO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Zone III, Poblacion, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur

SUMMATIVE TEST
Earth and Life Science
Quarter 2
Name: _____________________________Grade/Section _____________________

Directions. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Why is Earth called “the living planet?”
a. It sustains life. C. It has water at the surface
b. It has atmosphere D. All of the above
2. Which among the set of planets are called terrestrial?
a. Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus
b. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth
c. Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter
d. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
3. What makes planet Earth uniquely different from other planets?
a. It has soil. C. It has people.
b. It has tress. D. It has liquid water.
4. 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
5. Why is Earth called a terrestrial planet?
a. It has life C. It is farther from the sun
b. It is closest to the sun D. It is placed at almost the middle planets

6. Which of the following is NOT one of the four subsystems of the Earth?
a. biosphere C. water sphere
b. hydrosphere D. geosphere
7. All of the waters, including subsurface and atmospheric water comprise the
Earth. Which geological subsystem best label the statement?
a. the geosphere C. the biosphere
b. the hydrosphere D. the atmosphere
8. Earth contains all living organisms including those on the land, in the water
and air. Which subsystem best describes the statement?
a. biosphere C. atmosphere
b. hydrosphere D. geosphere
9. Which subsystem suits the statement, “All living things, including humans,
are part of the immense Earth”?
a. biosphere C. hydrosphere
b. geosphere D. atmosphere
10.What subsystem will network with biosphere for photosynthesis to take
place?
a. atmosphere C. hydrosphere
geosphere D. biosphere

11. Pyrite is a yellowish mineral that looks like gold and is commonly called
fool’s gold. What is the property of mineral exhibited by pyrite wherein it
reflects light and with metallic look?
A. Color C. Luster
B. Hardness D. Streak

12. Quartz can break other than along planes of cleavage. What is the property
of mineral that show this characteristic?
A. Cleavage C. Hardness
B. Fracture D. Tenacity

13. Some minerals like mica has surfaces with planes of weak bonds in the
crystals. Thus, its crystals can be peeled like layers of onion. Which is the
property exhibited by mica?
A. Cleavage C. Hardness
B. Fracture D. Tenacity

14. Which property refers to the resistance of mineral to scratching?

A. Cleavage C. Hardness
B. Fracture D. Luster

15. What are the building blocks of rocks and it is mostly found in
the
geosphere?
A. minerals C. ore
B. soil D. elements
16. Rocks vary in color, size, texture and shape. They are classified based
on how they were formed. Which of the following deals with the study of
rocks?
A. Biology B. Geology  C. Paleontology D. Petrology

17. Halite is made when a body of seawater becomes closed off and evaporates
and salt precipitates out and is deposited as crystallized halite. What type of
sedimentary rock is formed?
A. Clastic B. Chemical C. Organic D. Pyroclastic

18 Igneous rock is divided into two groups, extrusive and intrusive Extrusive
igneous rocks form when magma makes its way to its surface as lava and
the cools forming rocks. Which will be the characteristics of the crystals?
A. Crystals are coarse grained.
B. Crystals are fine grained.
C. Crystals are very large.
D. Crystals are phaneritic
 19. Regional metamorphism occurs due to changes in pressure and
temperature over a large region of the crust. It may happen when rock
is
buried deep below the surface or where pieces of the Earth’s crust
collide.
Which is a metamorphic rock?
A. Breccia B. Conglomerate C. Marble D. Sandstone

20. Igneous and metamorphic rock can be buried and undergo

tremendous
heating and stress. What is the process of transformation of one rock
type
into another?
A. Compaction B. Lithification C. Metamorphism D.
weathering
21 A plant is growing into the base of a stone monument and creating a
crack on it? This is an example of _____________.
A. thawing
B. freezing
C. chemical weathering
D. mechanical weathering

22.Some minerals dissolve rapidly in water while others do not. If you put
crystals of halite or rock salt in water, the crystals rapidly dissolve to form a
solution. What is the type of chemical weathering exhibited by the mineral
halite?
A. abrasion
B. oxidation
C. dissolution
D. hydrolysis

23. Stalactites and stalagmites on caves are a popular attraction. These

were formed through deposition of calcium carbonate and other
minerals. What type of weathering occurred during the process?
A. freezing and thawing
B. chemical weathering
C. mechanical weathering
D. thermal and pressure change

24.Water reacts with one mineral to form a new mineral that has water part of
crystal structure. A mineral feldspar, the most abundant on the Earth’s crust
weathers by the process of chemical weathering. What is the process that is
exhibited by the feldspar?
 A. oxidation
B. hydrolysis
C. dissolution
D. pressure-release fracturing

25.Rusting is an example of chemical weathering. What is the process involved?

A. pressure-release fracturing
B. dissolution
C. hydrolysis
oxidation
26.Why does radioactive decay play a very important role in earth’s internal
heat?
a. Radioactive element can be found anywhere in the planet.
b. When radioactive element decays, it produces heat.
c. Spontaneous nuclear disintegration of radioactive elements produced
thermal energy.
d. All of the above

27.How does the conduction in the surface of the earth affect the temperature of
our atmosphere?
e. Air molecules come in contact with the warmer surface of the land and
ocean resulting to the increase of its thermal energy.
f. Air molecules come in contact with the cooler surface of the land and
ocean resulting to the decrease of its thermal energy.
g. Air molecules does not come in contact with the warmer surface of the
land and ocean resulting to the increase of its thermal energy.
h. Air molecules do not come in contact with the cooler surface of the
land and ocean resulting to the increase of its thermal energy.

28.How does convection in Earth’s mantle affects the formation of landmass like
volcano and mountain?
i. Heat tries to escape in the interior of the earth.
j. Collision and separation of tectonic plates happens due to the slow
motion of convection cells.
k. When warm material in the mantle rises up to the surface (ground), it
will cool and sinks, these cooled materials will eventually be turned
into landmass.
l. All of the above

29.What is produced by the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and

crust?
m. radiogenic heat
n. primordial heat
o. superheating
p. heat from the sun

30.This refers to the heat left over from the formation of the Earth?
q. radiogenic heat
 r. primordial heat
s. superheating
t. heat from the sun
31.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

32.What do you call the semi-liquid hot molten rocks found on the surface of
earth once the volcano erupts?
A. magma
B. rocks
C. sand
D. lava

33.What process occurs if there are formation and movement of magma under
the earth’s crust?
A. decompression melting
B. partial melting
C. heat transfer
D. flux melting

34.In what part of the earth does magmatism happen?

A. Asthenosphere
B. Earth’s crust
C. Earth’s core
D. Lithosphere

35.What are the two most abundant elements in magma?

A. oxygen and magnesium
B. silicon and aluminum
C. silicon and oxygen
D. oxygen and iron
36.What rock is the result of the metamorphism of limestone?
A. slate
B. schist
C. marble
D. phyllite

37.What are the main factors for contact metamorphism to occur?

A. air and water
B. heat and reactive fluid
C. temperature and water
D. pressure and temperature

38.How do you described the grain size texture of Hornfels?

A. fine
B. coarse
C. coarse to fine
 D. medium coarse

39.Which of the following rock samples is less influenced by the heat?

A. phyllite
B. gneiss
C. schist
D. slate

40.Which of the following is NOT true about metamorphism?

A. Slate and gneiss are examples of foliated rock.
B. Contact metamorphism creates non-foliated rocks.
C. Pressure is the main factor of contact metamorphism.