SIR TEI ABAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL 225052
Grade 11- Geology Test #:01 – Week 6, Term 1, 2023
Strand 1: Science as Inquiry Unit 11.1: Thinking Scientifically 1

Content Standard: 11.1.1 Students will be able to understand and use the units of measurement, geological maps, common
geological equipment and techniques.

Name: __________________________Class: ______ Gender: ____ Date: ______Duration: 50mins

SOLUTION TO TEST#1

Part A: Multiple Choice Questions (5marks)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
D C C C B

Part B: Short Answer Type Questions (14marks)

Q6 Polarizer
0
Q7 Polarizer/Analyzer/ 360 rotating stage/ Bertrand lens
Q8 Earthquakes, landslide, tsunami, volcano eruption, flood, drought, frost, etc.
Q9 Three types of geological hammers: 1. Chisel head, 2. Pick head, and 3. Flat head
Q 10 Hand lens (simple hand lens)
Uses of Geographical Information System (GIS):
1. Used for capturing, storing, checking, and displaying data/positions/location
Q 11
2. Used to show data on map like streets, locations, minerals, rocks, vegetation, landscapes,
populations, roads, rivers, soil types, farms, etc.
Q 12 Three types of compasses: 1. Classical, 2. Modern, and 3. Digital compasses
Methods to:
1. Acquire: GPS, observation, survey, interviews, mapping, case studies, literature reviews, seismic
Q 13 waves, GIS, remote sensing, experiments, etc.
2. Display: GPS/GIS, Geological Maps, text books, newspaper, media, presentation, TV, radio, internet
services, modeling, etc.
Calculation:
and
Q 14

Part C: Matching Type Questions (6marks)

Group A: Equipment /Tools Group B: Uses/Function

A. Clinometers F
_______to get bearings or measure the orientations of geological features.

D
_______to break and split rocks to obtain fresh surface to determine the
B. Field books composition, nature, mineralogy, history, and field estimate of rock strength.

C. Petrographic/polarising E
_______portable device used to magnify and identify (see) small minerals
microscope and details in rocks more closely
A
_______measure the dip angle of rock beds or the height of geological and
D. Geological Hammer geographical features.
C
_______to produce an enlarged image of an object (thin section) being
E. Hand Lenses
viewed.
B
_______used to take descriptive and/or reflective information after or before
F. Compass
survey or observation.

Prepared by: Mr. S. JOEL @STASS _2023