Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF BOHOL
Talibon II, District

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the best answer to each question.

1. Which of the following theories states that the universe has been B. Magma never contains dissolved gases.
present ever since, no beginning and no end, expanding constantly, C. Magma always comes from the lower mantle.
and the density of matter remains unchanged due to continuous D. Typical magma temperatures exceed 10,000 degrees Celsius
creation of matter? 16. What does it indicate in increased number of small earthquakes
A. Big Bang Theory C. Pulsating Universe Theory on a fault indicate?
B. Light Theory D. Steady State Theory A. It is difficult to tell.
2. Which of the following theories emphasizes that the space was B. A strong earthquake is coming
entirely filled with matter, whirling around the sun like a vortex? C. another weak earthquake is coming
A. Laplace’s Theory C. Steady Theory D. No more danger of having earthquake
B. Nebular Hypothesis D. Theory of Vortices 17. What do you call the mineral particles in soil come from bits of
3. Which of the following planets in the solar system can support life? rocks?
A. Earth C. Mercury A. Parent material C. Subsoil
B. Jupiter D. Saturn B. Plant food D. Topsoil
4. Which of the following Earth’s subsystems contains essential 18. Which is not an intrusive rock type?
gases for humans and animals to breathe & survive? A. Andesite C. Gabbro
A. Atmosphere C. Geosphere B. Diorite D. Granite
B. Biosphere D. Hydrosphere 19. Which of the following stresses results to cracks in the crust?
5. What planet in the solar system lies in the Kuiper Belt that is very A. Compression C. Tension
small and only about half the width of the United States of America? B. Shearing D. None of these
A. Andromeda C. Ganymede 20. Which of the following statement is NOT True?
B. Ceres D. Pluto A. Continental crust is made of granite
6. Which of the following hypotheses developed by James Lovelock B. Continental crust is less than the oceanic crust
and Lynn Margulis postulates that the biosphere is a self-regulating C. Continental crust is thicker than the oceanic crust
system and is capable of controlling its physical and chemical D. Continental crust is younger than the oceanic crust
environment? 21. Which of the following best describes the continental drift t
A. Biosphere Hypothesis C. Nebular Hypothesis theory?
B. Gaia Hypothesis D. None of these A. Fossils are formed everywhere
7. What Earth’s cover contains solid rocks and minerals that B. Continents move over the ocean floor
measures 40 km deep and divided into oceanic and continental? C. Earth’s surface is broken to many pieces
A. Crust C. Mantle D. A new crust is formed over the ocean floor
B. Inner core D. Outer core 22. What do you call the break in the rock where there is
8. What is the second largest layer of the Earth that has a thickness considerable movement on the fracture surface?
of 2,200 km and composed of superheated liquid iron and nickel? A. Fold C. Joint
A. Crust C. Mantle B. Fault D. Convergent boundary
B. Inner core D. Outer core 23. Which process continually adds new material to the ocean floor
9. Which of the following properties of common rock-forming minerals while pushing older rocks away from the ridge?
implies brilliance, sparkle, radiance and gloss? A. Continental crust formation
A. Color C. Luster B. Period of normal magnetism
B. Hardness D. Streak C. Period of reverse magnetism
10. Which of the following rocks derived from limestone and widely D. Sea floor spreading
sourced from the province of Romblon? 24. Which of the following best describes a flat, low-lying land
A. Marble C. Sandstone adjacent to a seacoast?
B. Quartzite D. Slate A. Coastal plain C. Continental shelf
11. Which of the following processes best describes the breakdown B. Continental break D. Continental slope
of rocks without changing its composition? 25. Which of the following processes occurs in most sedimentary
A. Carbonic Weathering C. Hydro Weathering rocks and in those igneous rocks formed at the surface of the Earth?
B. Chemical Weathering D. Physical Weathering A. Erosion C. Stratification
12. What driving force that gives water the energy to erode & carry B. Deposition D. Weathering
away rock materials during erosion? 26. The following are the principles of relative dating, EXCEPT?
A. Energy C. Pressure A. Law of Superposition
B. Gravity D. Wind B. Principle of Cross Cutting Relationship
13. Which of the following refers to the downslope movement of C. Principle of Original Horizontality
bedrock & other debris caused by separation of a slope section along D. Principle of Reclusions
a plane of least resistance or slip surface? 27. Which of the following would give an estimate of the actual age of
A. Creep C. Landslide rocks?
B. Earthflow D. Slump A. Absolute Dating C. Radiocarbon Dating
14. Which of the following Earth’s internal source of heat comes from B. Index Fossil D. Relative Dating
its early stages of formation? 28. Which of the following helps to match rocks at the same age?
A. Fossil fuel C. Primordial heat A. Absolute Dating C. Radiocarbon Dating
B. Organic compounds D. Radioactive heat B. Marker Fossils D. Relative Dating
29. Which of the following era represents 80% of the Earth’s history?
15. Which statement about magma is correct? A. Cenozoic era C. Paleozoic era
A. Magma forms when rocks melt. B. Mesozoic era D. Precambrian era
30. Which of the following instruments used to measure earthquake? D. Construction works should be at a safe and acceptable distance
A. Quake graph C. Seismograph from shoreline.
B. Quake meter D. Typanicgraph 42. What is the estimated age of the Earth?
31. Which of the following refers to the tremors that have occurred in A. 2000 Years C. 4. 5 Billion Years
Earth's crust? B. B. 10 Million Years D. 2 Quadrillion Years
A. Bed eruptions C. Volcanic eruptions 43. How did Mller and Urey verify the Primordial Soup Theory?
B. Earthquakes D. Volcano-Earth Quake A. They use a mixture of pure, dry, amino acids and subjected the
32. Which of the following is NOT a landslide mitigating practices? mixture to heat to form protenoid microspheres.
A. Making the slope more manageable by dividing into several B. They use a nucleic acid genome to transmit the genetic
smaller and less steep slopes reinforced by retaining walls. information and a lipid sac to let itself grow and divide.
B. Overlapping sheet piles driven into the ground to act as walls. C. They confined methane, ammonia, water, and hydrogen in a
C. Filling an area with sediments and rocks for reclamation close system and applied continuous electrical sparks.
purposes D. They stimulated the formation of organic molecules on the early
D. Use of plants and vegetables for slope stabilization earth using the energy from lightning to form amino acids.
33. Which of the following is a human activity that triggers landslides? 44. Which of the following statements best describes adaptation?
A. Blasting C. Erosion. A. Interaction between living and non-living things
B. Earthquakes D. Volcano B. An organize group of related parts that interact to form as a
34. Which of the following prevent landslide by cultivating the sloppy whole.
region in which the roots provide effect? C. Keeping things constant not just a characteristic of living things
A. Coherent C. Erosion that applies to nature as a whole.
B. Cohesion D. Flood D. Process of changing to fit some purpose or adjustment to
35. Which processes of atmospheric, hydrological or oceanographic environmental condition.
nature that may cause the loss of life or injury, property damage, 45. In the light-independent reaction, which of the following
social and economic disruption or environmental degradation? compounds together with carbon dioxide are needed to form
A. Biohazards glucose?
B. Hydrometeorological Hazards A. Ribulose Biphosphate (RuBP) and Adenosine Triphospate
C. Intertropical Convergence Zone (ATP)
D. Tornado B. Adenosine Triphospate (ATP) and Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide
36. Which refers to high resolution visual guide for flooding that (FAD)
indicates the areas that are most vulnerable to flooding by the C. Flavin Adenine Dinucleotide (FAD) and Ribulose Biphosphate
intensities of color? (RuBP)
A. Flood Information Network D. Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide An H ions (NADPH) and
B. Light Detection and Ranging Adenosine Triphospate (ATP)
C. Weather Hazard Information 46. Energy coming from the sun is the energy needed by plants to
D. Three-Dimension (3D) Hazard Map survive. Why?
37. The following are the “what to do” before, during and after the A. The energy from the sun helps in the process of photosynthesis.
occurrence of the hydrometeorological hazard EXCEPT B. The energy from the sun comes naturally, therefore it is not
A. Make a disaster plan. harmful to the plant.
B. Be calm when hazard strikes and carry out the disaster plan. C. The energy from the sun can provide heat that is necessary for
C. Continue practicing safety procedures even after the disaster. the plant to survive.
D. Frequently listen to the radio to calm one self. D. The energy from the sun contains minerals and nutrients
38. Which of the following coastal processes results as the wearing needed for the survival of the plants.
away of rocks at crust caused by the wave action and tidal wave 47. How energy is transferred from the environment to the cells of
currents which dissolve chemicals in rocks? organisms?
A. A. Coastal Erosion C. Salt Intrusion A. Sun →plant → consumers (where digestion occurs) →
B. Coastal Movement D. Submersion of low coastal zone digested food enters the cell → energy is released with the
39. Who are the first persons responsible in identifying the hazard help of oxygen in the cell.
areas in a coastal zone? B. Sun → plants → consumers (where digestion occurs) →
A. Barangay Officials energy is released with the help of oxygen in the cell →
B. Department of Health digested food enters the cells.
C. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council C. Sun → plants → digested food enters the cell → consumers
D. Local Government Unit (where digestion occurs) → energy is released with the help of
40. Which is the practical way of maintaining natural topography of oxygen in the cell.
the coasts by planting trees, shrubs and grasses? D. D. Sun → consumers (where digestion occurs) → plants →
A. Beach Nourishment C. Coastal Revegetation digested food enters the cell → energy is released with the
B. Building sand dunes D. Constructing groins and jetties. help of oxygen in the cell.
41. Which of the following does NOT mitigate coastal processes? 48. All of the following statements are not true, EXCEPT
A. Proper waste disposal A. Only animals undergo photosynthesis
B. Construction of landfills B. Only plants undergo photosynthesis
C. Regulated mining and quarrying C. Animals undergo photosynthesis in a certain condition.
D. Both animals and plants undergo the process of photosynthesis