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- 1. Multiple Choice
- Earth includes beach grasses, forms of life in the sea, on land, and even in the air. Which term best describes the statement?
atmosphere
Biosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
- 2. Multiple Choice
From the given choices, which is an example of a connection between biosphere connecting to atmosphere?
Animals eat plants
Animals drink water
Humans eat plants.
Plants produce oxygen.
- 3. Multiple Choice
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?
BIOLOGY
GEOLOGY
PALEONTOLOGY
PETROLOGY
- 4. Multiple Choice
What chemical reaction takes place during rusting of iron?
abrasion
dissolution
hydration
oxidation
- 5. Multiple Choice
type of rock formed from lava that cools quickly that results to finer grain and smaller size of crystals
intrusive igneous rock
extrusive igneous rock
clastic sedimentary rock
foliated metamorphic rock
- 6. Multiple Choice
In which type of rock can fossils be found?
extrusive igneous rock
intrusive igneous rock
sedimentary rock
metamorphic rock
- 7. Multiple Choice
Heat is directly transmitted through a substance when there is a difference of temperature between adjoining regions, without movement of the material. This method of heat transfer usually occurs on the earth's surface
conduction
convection
radiation
any of the three are correct
- 8. Multiple Choice
The semi-liquid hot molten rocks located beneath the Earth
lava
magma
minerals
rocks
- 9. Multiple Choice
What happens to the molten rocks when they reach the Earth’s surface?
They flow continuously.
They remain semi-liquid molten rocks.
They cool down and solidify.
Their temperature remains the same.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which diagram exhibits the most ideal arrangement for exogenic processes?
erosion – sediments – weathering – transport- deposition
sediments – erosion – weathering – transport
sediments – transport – erosion – weathering
weathering – erosion – transport-deposition
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?
glacier or ice
rocks
water
wind
- 12. Multiple Choice
Type of mechanical weathering which occurs when freezing of water and repeated thawing in cracks of rocks
abrasion
frost wedging
exfoliation
oxiidation
- 13. Multiple Choice
All are geologic hazard EXCEPT
earthquake
landslide
tsunami
typhoon
- 14. Multiple Choice
Is a common method used to date anything that was once alive (including plants) and up to 70,000 years old.
absolute dating
radiocarbon dating
uranium dating
relative dating
- 15. Multiple Choice
In the geologic time scale, which division is the longest
eon
epoch
era
period
- 16. Multiple Choice
At present, we are now living in this eon
Archean eon
Hadean eon
Proterozoic eon
Phanerozoic eon
- 17. Multiple Choice
During this period of earth's geologic time, dinosaurs are abundant and roam around the world
Devonian Period
Triassic Period
Jurassic Period
Cretaceous Period
- 18. Multiple Choice
According to one of the geologic principles, which of the following is the youngest layer of rocks?
A
B
C
D
- 19. Multiple Choice
Which of the following shows a normal fault?
- 20. Multiple Choice
This is San Andreas Fault in California. The plates in both sides of the fault are sliding past each other. This type of plate boundary movement is an example of
convergent plate boundary
divergent plate boundary
transform plate boundary
none of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
TRUE OR FALSE: Big Bang is the most accepted theory about the formation of universe.
TRUE
FALSE
- 22. Multiple Choice
TRUE OR FALSE: One way geologists measure hardness is using a relative scale referred to as Moh’s scale of mineral hardness
TRUE
FALSE
- 23. Multiple Choice
TRUE OR FALSE: Pearl is a mineral because it came from a living organism.
TRUE
FALSE
- 24. Multiple Choice
TRUE OR FALSE: Contact metamorphism produces foliated (rocks without any cleavage) rocks such as marble, quartzite, and hornfels.
TRUE
FALSE
- 25. Multiple Choice
TRUE OR FALSE: Using the rock identification flow chart, if the rock has crystals which are organized and are not scattered, then the rock must be metamorphic.
TRUE
FALSE
- 26. Multiple Choice
Most earthquakes occur along this region of the earth
Mid Oceanic ridge
Mediterranean Sea
Pacific Ring of Fire
subduction zone
- 27. Multiple Choice
Which of the following may cause chemical weathering of rocks?
freezing action of water
minerals in rocks react with the hydrogen in water
sudden exposure to high temperature
burrowing of animals such as ants and rodents
- 28. Multiple Choice
Which of the following activity may increase the rate of soil erosion that mat result to landslides?
crop rotation
cutting down of mature trees
use of wind break as barrier
tree planting campaign
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which is true when a layer of shale is found on top of a layer of sandstone?
The sandstone is younger than the shale
The shale is younger than the sandstone
The shale and sandstone have the same age
Cannot be determined
- 30. Multiple Choice
Humans appear during the
Cenozoic Era
Tertiary Period
Holocene Epoch
All of the above
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