Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
SAPA GRANDE INTEGRATED SCHOOL
SAPA GRANDE, BURGOS, PANGASINAN

FIRST SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

School Year: 2021 – 2022 (1st Semester)
EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE
Learning Area

DIRECTION/S: Blacken your answer for each question on your Answer Sheet.
1. How many percent of water comprises 8. What refers to the tendency for a
the Earth? mineral to break along flat surfaces?
A. 15% C. 50% A. Cleavage
B. 30% D. 70% B. Hardness
2. Earth is said to be a unique planet. C. Ductility
Which answer verifies the statement? D. Tenacity
A. It supports life. 9. Which of the following is NOT a
B. It is mostly covered in water. characteristic of a mineral?
C. Its atmosphere is mostly nitrogen A. Crystal structure
and oxygen. B. Naturally occurring
D. All of the above C. Organic
3. Which distinct characteristic made Earth D. Solid
different from any other planet? 10. During the 1800’s, miners can identify
A. It is the only rocky planet. real gold from pyrite through biting the
B. It is the only planet that turns around surface of the mineral. If a bite mark is
in space. exhibited, then the said mineral is
C. It is the only planet that has a large considered real gold. What property is
amount of liquid water. testes in this scenario?
D. It is the only planet that changes its A. Cleavage
structure. B. Hardness
4. Which term is used to describe the thin C. Luster
layer of solid rock that makes up the D. Streak color
outermost part of the Earth? 11. What type of rocks are formed from
A. Core C. Mantle sediments over a long period of time?
B. Crust D. Biosphere A. Igneous
5. Which subsystem suits the statement, B. Metamorphic
“Global ecological system interacting C. Sedimentary
with each other”? D. All are correct
A. Atmosphere 12. Which of the following is TRUE about
B. Geosphere rocks?
C. Hydrosphere A. Coal is not considered as rock.
D. Geosphere B. Rocks do not contain minerals.
6. Ozone plays an important part for C. Most rocks are a mixture of
organisms to stay alive. To what sphere minerals.
does ozone belong? D. Rocks are composed of only one
A. Atmosphere mineral
B. Biosphere 13. A student obtained a cup of quartz sand
C. Geosphere from a beach. A saltwater solution is
D. Hydrosphere poured into the sand and is allowed to
evaporate. Afterwards, the mineral
7. Human actions greatly affect the Earth residue from salt water solution
itself. Which of the following is an cemented the sand grains together.
example of a human impact of the Which of the following is most likely
biosphere? formed?
A. Littering A. Extrusive igneous rock
B. Air pollution B. Intrusive igneous rock
C. Water pollution C. Metamorphic rock
D. Littering, air and water pollution D. Sedimentary rock

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Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
SAPA GRANDE INTEGRATED SCHOOL
SAPA GRANDE, BURGOS, PANGASINAN

14. Which rock type is formed from B. Hydrolysis

hardened magma beneath the Earth’s C. Oxidation
surface? D. Temperature
A. Intrusive metamorphic rock 20. Which of the following does NOT
B. Extrusive sedimentary rock describe the advantage of wind barrier
C. Intrusive igneous rock such as row of trees along the edge of
D. Extrusive igneous rock field?
15. Igneous rock is divided into two groups, A. Conserve moisture
extrusive and intrusive. Extrusive B. Trap the blowing wing
igneous rocks from when magma makes C. Increases the effects of wind
its way to its surface as lava and the erosion
cools forming rocks. Which will be the D. Protect crops from the effects of
characteristics of the crystals? wind.
A. Crystals are very large.
B. Crystals are phaneritic.
C. Crystals are fine grained.
D. Crystals are coarse grained. Prepared by:
16. What type of weathering occurs when
stalactites and stalagmites on caves are CHARMINE A. BAYANITO
formed?
A. Chemical weathering
B. Freezing and thawing
C. Mechanical weathering
D. Thermal and pressure change
17. Which process exhibits the breaking
down of rocks on the earth’s surface or
cause changes in its composition?
A. Deposition
B. Erosion
C. Mass wasting
D. Weathering
18. Which of the following human activities
may NOT result to the movement of
sediments from one place to another?
A. Building a highway
B. Washing the dishes
C. Developing new athletic field
D. Cultivating soil and gardening
19. Which of the following processes does
NOT cause chemical weathering?
A. Dissolution

Document Code: P1BUR-FR-019

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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
SAPA GRANDE INTEGRATED SCHOOL
SAPA GRANDE, BURGOS, PANGASINAN

Document Code: P1BUR-FR-019

Address: Sapa Grande, Burgos,Pangasinan
Revision No.: 01
Telephone No.: 09088619050
Page No.: Page 3 of 4
Email: elvis.nacional001@deped.gov.ph
Effectivity Date: 01-23-2020