Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
Schools Division of Aurora
District of Casiguran
LUAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

1st QUARTERLY EXAM

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
S.Y. 2021-2022
Name: ________________________ Date:_____________
Grade & Section:__________________ Score:____________

I. Directions: Select the best answer and write the letter of the correct answer
on the blank provided before each number. Pagkatapos sagutan sa test paper
ilipat ang iyong sagot sa answer sheet. Gumamit ng itim na BALL PEN sa
pag shade ng sagot.

________ 1. What hypotheses proposed that the planets formed gradually and naturally as the sun
formed?
a. Big Bang theory
b. Evolutionary hypotheses
c. Solar Nebula theory
d. Catastrophic hypotheses
________ 2. Which of the following hypotheses proposed that the planets formed from some
improbable event such as the collision of the sun and another star?
a. Big Bang theory
b. Evolutionary hypotheses
c. Solar Nebula theory
d. Catastrophic hypotheses
________ 3. Which of the following statement is correct about Big Bang Theory?
a. The planets form in the rotating disks of gas and dust around young stars
b. The universe began with explosion
c. The planets formed gradually and naturally as the sun formed
d. The collision of the sun and another star
________ 4. Refers to the quantity and quality of light reflected from the
Exterior surface of the mineral
a. luster b. habit c. color d. streak
________ 5. The core is believed to be made of _______
a. gold b. iron & nickel c. molten carbo d. silicon & oxygen
________ 6. Which of the following is the gaseous blanket of air that envelops and insulates the
earth?
a. biosphere b. lithosphere c. hydrosphere d. atmosphere
________ 7. What is the portion of the earth where animals and plants exists?
a. geosphere b. biosphere c. atmosphere d. hydrosphere
________ 8. The boundary between the crust and the mantle is known as the ____
a. asthenosphere
b. bedrock
c. Conrad discontinuity
d. Mohorovicic discontinuity
________ 9. Which of the following makes up most of the Earth?
a. core b. crust c. mantle d. water
________ 10. What is a naturally occurring solid mixture of one or more minerals, or organic matter?
a. magma b. rocks c. outcrop d. minerals

TRUE or FALSE: For numbers 11-15 only. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided before the number.
a. True b. False
________ 11. The two most abundant elements in earth’s crust are oxygen and silicon.
________ 12. Rocks are the fundamental building blocks of biosphere.
________ 13. Metamorphic means “changed form.”
________ 14. Basalt is an example of extrusive igneous rock.
________ 15. Cementation occurs when silica, calcium carbonate or iron oxide bonds the fragments
together.
16. It has and thin and solid outermost compositional layer of earth.
a. core b. mantle c. crust d. asthenosphere
17. which of the following is not a physical property of minerals?
a. habit b. luster c. acid d. streak
18. What type of rock is granite?
a. extrusive igneous rock b. intrusive igneous rock c. metamorphic rock d. sedimentary
rock

19. In what type of rocks does foliation occur?

a. extrusive igneous rock b. intrusive igneous rock c. metamorphic rock d. sedimentary rock
20. Which of the following activities is not helpful in the environment?
a. letting the animals in the forest to live freely
b. lessen the usage of water
c. using dynamite in catching fish
d. avoid using pesticides
21. According to the hypothesis of the spreading of the sea floor, where does the molten rock rise up?
a. equator
b. location of the Tethy sea
c. ridges on Mid-ocean floor
d. trenches on the rim of the pacific
22. Agent of chemical weathering that dissolves the soluble minerals present in rock
a. living organism
b. water
c. oxygen
d. acids
23. Agent of chemical weathering that produce a weak acids that slowly corrode the rocks
a. living organism
b. water
c. oxygen
d. acids
For numbers 29-38 only. Classify the following examples if it is A. Igneous, B.
Sedimentary, and C. Metamorphic. Write only the letter of the correct answer on the blank.

_______24. Granite
_______25. Breccia
_______26. Limestone
_______27. Rhyolite
_______28. Gabbro
_______29. Basalt
_______30. Coal
_______31. Quartzite
_______32. Marble
_______33. Gneiss
_______34. Sandstone
_______35. Shale
_______36. Siltstone
_______37. Rock salt
_______38. conglomerate
39. Refers to the tendency of mineral to break a very smooth, flat surface of the mineral.
a. luster b. habit c. color d. streak
41. Refers to color of mark or powder left by rubbing the mineral against a streak plate .
a. luster b. habit c. color d. streak
42. Which of the following causes of landslide is not included?
a. storms b. earthquake c. illegal logging d. air pollution
43. Is a process of degradation or breaking down of rocks into smaller fragments.
a. weathering b. endogenic processes c. exogenic processes d. landslide
44. Activity happen outside the earth surface resulting to weathering.
a. weathering b. endogenic processes c. exogenic processes d. landslide
45. Which of the following elements is the main component of core?
a. iron and calcium b. iron and nickel c. nickel and oxygen d. calcium and
oxygen
46. It is caused by the breaking apart of rocks without changing their chemical composition
a. endogenic processes
b. chemical weathering
c. physical weathering
d. exogenic processes
47. It is caused by the breaking apart of rocks with changing their chemical composition
a. endogenic processes
b. chemical weathering
c. physical weathering
d. exogenic processes
48. Formed as a result of repeated flooding and evaporation
a. chemical sedimentary rocks
b. clastic sedimentary rocks
c. organic sedimentary rocks
d. mechanical weathering
49. According to Moh’s Scale of Hardness which of the following is the softest mineral?
a. talc b. gypsum c. calcite d. diamond
50. According to Moh’s Scale of Hardness which of the following is the hardest mineral?
a. talc b. gypsum c. calcite d . diamond
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III
Schools Division of Aurora
District of Casiguran
LUAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FINAL EXAM
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
ALL STRAND
S.Y. 2020-2021
Name: ________________________ Date:_____________
Grade & Section:__________________ Score:____________

I. Encircle the correct answer

1. Which is not true about the organ function?
a. Stomach-protein digestion
b. Pancreas-enzyme production
c. Large intestine-bile production
d. Small intestine – nutrient absorption
2. The blood flows through the heat in a one-way path. In which chamber does it
first enter the body?
a. Left atrium
b. Rift atrium
c. Left ventricle
d. Right ventricle
3. What happens during exhalation of air from the human lungs?
a. The epiglottis closes
b. The diaphragm contracts
c. The rib cage expands as the rib muscles relax.
d.
4. Which is not an organ of the excretory system?
a. Nephridium
b. Flame cell
c. Kidney
d. Dendrite
5. Which is not an organ of the digestive system?
a. Cloaca
b. Chyme
c. Rumen
d. Crop
6. Which is not true bout hormones?
a. They are produce by endocrine glands
b. They are carried by the circulatory system
c. They elicit specific biological responses from target cells.
d. They are used to communicate between different organisms.
7. Which of the following is connected with the function of the parasympathetic
division of the nervous system?
a. Rest and digestion
 b. Figth-or-response
c. Increased metabolic rate
d. Release of acetylcholine only
8. Which of the following indicates that positive feedback has occurred?
a. A decrease in blood sugar increases the secretion of hormone that converts
glycogen to glucose
b. An increase in blood sugar increases the secretion of a hormone that stores
sugar as glycogen
c. An increase in calcium concentration increases the secretion of a hormone
that stores calcium in bone
9. Which of the following statements is not true regarding skeletal muscles?
a. Multinucleate
b. Under voluntary control
c. Made up of myofibrils
d. Can contract without nervous stimulation
10. Which of these hormones controls the formation of antibodies
a. Thyroxine
b. Prolactin
c. Parathyroid hormone
d. Glucocorticoids
11. Which of the following does not show a homologous structure?
a. Pelvis of a dog, of a cat, and of a human
b. Wings of insects and of birds
c. Forelimbs og a frog, a bird, a rabbit and a lizard
d. Arm of a human, the wing of a bird or a bat, the leg of a dog.
12. Which of the following is the strongest evidence of evolution from a common
ancestors?
a. Similar DNA sequence
b. Similar body structures
c. Similar embryological structure
d. Similar fossils
13. Which of the following statements are true concerning mutations?
I . mutations tell how all new alleles first arise
ii. mutations create new genetic variations in a gene pool.
iii. only mutations that occur in gametes influence evolution
iv. mutations really do not have much influence on allele frequencies

a. I and II
b. II and IV
c. I,II, and III
d. I,II,II, and IV
14. Which statements regarding natural selection is the most CORRECT?
a. Natural selection is the stole means by which populations can evolve
b. Well adopted individuals leave more springs, and hus, contribute more to
the next generation gene pool.
c. Adaptation beneficial in one habit should generally be beneficial in all
other habitats as well.
d. Different species that occupy the same habitat will adapt to that habitat by
undergoing the same genetic changes
15. Which of the following statements is correct?
 a. Individuals do not develop, genes do evolve
b. Individuals do not develop, populations do evolve
c. Populations do not evolve, individuals do evolve
d. Populations do not evolve, species do evolve
16. Which statements best describes allopatric speciation?
a. Speciation that occurs without reproductive separation
b. Speciation that occurs without geographic separation
c. Speciation that occurs when some members of a species become
geographically separated from the rest of the species
d. Speciation that occurs when some members of a species become
reproductively separated from the rest of the species.
17. Which of the following principles is NOT part of Darwin’s theory of evolution
by natural selection?
a. Evolution is a gradual process that occurs over a long period of time
b. Variation occurs among individuals in a population
c. Mutations are the ultimate source of genetic variation
d. More individuals who were born survive in the end.
18. What refers to an alternation in the arrangement of nucleotides in a
chromosomes, possibly resulting in either s structural or physiological change
in the organism?
a. Genetic drift
b. Gene floe
c. Natural selection
d. A mutation
19. What can be expected if two modern organism distantly related in an
evolutionary sense?
a. Their chromosome are similar
b. They are members of the same genus
c. They share fewer homologous structure
d. They share a common ancestors
20. During the early ages, a human fetus had a tail and gill arches, which field has
provided this evidence that biological evolution has occurred?
a. Paleontology
b. Comparative anatomy
c. Comparative embryology
d. Comparative biochemistry
21. Which type of ecosystem is able to support many large animals despite
receiving moderate amounts of rainfall?
a. Taiga
b. Savanna
c. Tropical rainforest
d. Temperate forest
22. Which biome has the shortest growing season?
a. Grassland
b. Tropical rainforest
c. Coniferous forest
d. Savanna
23. Which of the following can contribute to density-dependent factors that affect
the population size?
a. Floods
 b. Earthquakes
c. Removal of toxic wastes by decomposers
d. Intraspecific competition for nutrients
24. How are energy and matter used in the ecosystem?
a. Matter is used in ecosystem; energy is not
b. Energy is cycled through ecosystems; matter is not
c. Matter is cycled through ecosystem; energy is not
d. Energy can be converted into matter; matter cannot be converted into
energy.
25. Which roles does the goat perform when we consider that it consumes a
herbivorous diet?
a. An autotroph
b. A primary consumer
c. A secondary consumer
d. A quaternary consumer
26. What is the most vital role of the photosynthetic organism in an ecosystem?
a. Absorbing solar radiation
b. Producing organic detritus for decomposers
c. Recycling energy from other tropic levels
d. Converting inorganics compounds into organic compounds
27. Which of the following groups of organisms are the producers in aquatic
ecosystem?
a. Plants
b. Algae
c. Cyanobacteria
d. All of the above
28. Which of the following has the greatest impact on the rate of chemical cycling
in an ecosystem?
a. The rate of decomposition
b. The rate of primary production
c. The location of the nutrient reservoirs
d. The production efficiency of the consumers
29. Which of the following factors does not influence biotic potential?
a. Suitable habitat
b. Adequate food supply
c. High reproductive rate
d. Very low temperature
30. In which ocean zone do you expect to see abundant photosynthesis organisms
that need adequate supply of light energy?
a. Neritic zone
b. Intertidal zone
c. Open-ocean zone
d. Ocean floor zone