SUMMATIVE TEST IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

NAME: _________________________________ DATE:

GRADE & SECTION:________________________ TEACHER: MERLYN M. ROMERO
Write the Letter of the correct answer before each number.

1. Why is Earth called “the living planet?” 11. What process occurs if there are formation and
A. It sustains life. C. It has water at the surface movement of magma
B. It has atmosphere D. All of the above under the earth’s crust?
2. Which among the set of planets are called A. flux melting
terrestrial? B. heat transfer
A. Jupiter, Neptune, Uranus C. partial melting
B. Mercury, Venus, Mars, Earth D. decompression melting
C. Earth, Venus, Mars, Jupiter 12. What term should be used to describe a semi-
D. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune liquid hot molten rocks
3. What makes planet Earth uniquely different located beneath the Earth?
from other planets? A. lava
A. It has soil. C. It has people. B. sand
B. It has tress. D. It has liquid water. C. rocks
4. What makes planet Earth habitable? D. magma
A. It has comfortable distance from the sun. 13. In what part of the earth does magmatism
B. It has atmosphere that protects from radiation. happen?
C. The atmosphere holds carbon dioxide and other A. Asthenosphere
gases. B. Earth’s crust
D. All of the above C. Earth’s core
5. Why is Earth called a terrestrial planet? D. Lithosphere
A. It has life C. It is farther from the sun 14. What do you call the semi-liquid hot molten
B. It is closest to the sun D. It is placed at almost rocks found on the surface of
the middle planets earth once the volcano erupts?
6. Which of the following best describes the A. lava
surface of the planet Earth? B. sand
A. a thick layer of hydrogen gas C. rocks
B. cloudy and hot with lots of volcano D. magma
C. cold, rocky, and covered with red dust 15. During partial melting of magma, where does
D. mostly water surface with some areas of land decompression melting take
7. Which of the following is NOT one of the four place?
subsystems of the Earth? A. convergent boundary
A. biosphere C. water sphere B. mid-ocean ridge
B. hydrosphere D. geosphere C. subduction zone
8. All of the waters, including subsurface and D. all of the above
atmospheric water comprise the
Earth. Which geological subsystem best label the
statement?
A. the geosphere C. the biosphere
B. the hydrosphere D. the atmosphere
9. 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
10. Which subsystem suits the statement, “All
living things, including humans,
are part of the immense Earth”?
A. biosphere C. hydrosphere
B. geosphere D. atmosphere