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Multiple Choice: Read the questions carefully. Choose the best letter answer in each item.

1. Which of the following statement is true?

a. Living organisms can harness energy from the sun.
b. All living organisms cannot survive without sunlight.
c. Living organisms cannot harness energy from chemical substances.
d. All of the above.
2. Ozone layer is one of the compositions of the Earth’s atmosphere. What do you think will happen if the ozone
layer completely depletes?
a. Changes in weather b. Solar wind will pass through
c. Penetration of ultraviolet radiation to Earth’s d. Meteors will freely get through the Earth’s
surface atmosphere.
3. How does ozone layer support life on Earth, EXCEPT?
a. By providing significant insulation.
b. By providing energy needed by organisms.
c. By protecting it from the sun’s harmful radiation to Earth’s surface.
d. By giving protection against small to medium size meteorites.
4. Which of the following factors is essential for life to exist?
a. Liquid Water b. Nutrients
c. Temperature d. All of the above
5. What is the most important factor that determines the earth’s temperature?
a. Size of the orbit b. Distance from the sun
c. Gas in the atmosphere d. Amount of water in the planet
6. It is composed of all living things and the areas where they are found. It includes all animals, microbes, and
plants.
a. Atmosphere b. Biosphere
c. Geosphere d. Hydrosphere
7. Why are hydrosphere and geosphere involved in the given scenario below?
“Flooding moves soil and rock to new places”
a. Flood, soil, and rock are components of hydrosphere.
b. Soil is part of geosphere while rock is part of hydrosphere.
c. Flood is a component of hydrosphere while soil and rock are components of geosphere
d. Flood is a part of geosphere while soil is a component of biosphere.
8. It is composed of all water on earth in any form. This includes ice, water vapor and liquid water.
a. Atmosphere b. Biosphere
c. Geosphere d. Hydrosphere
9. It serves as the Earth’s blanket. Its name rooted from the Greek word atmos which means gas and sphaira
which means globe or ball.
a. Atmosphere b. Biosphere
c. Geosphere d. Hydrosphere
10. Earth is made up of landforms like mountains and hills. Which subsystem do mountain and hills belong?
a. Atmosphere b. Biosphere
c. Geosphere d. Hydrosphere
11. Scientist used a scale of 1-10 to show the hardness of a mineral. What number would be given to the hardest?
a. 1 b. 5
c. 6 d. 10
12. What properties of minerals determine its TRUE color?
a. Color b. Hardness
c. Specific Gravity d. Streak
13. What is the hardest mineral?
a. Calcite b. Diamond
c. Quartz d. Talc
14. Angela tests a mineral sample by scratching to white and black porcelain plate to determine its true color. What
property of mineral did she test?
a. Color b. Hardness
c. Specific Gravity d. Streak
15. Which of the following mineral properties relates why talc is used as a component of baby powder?
a. Cleavage b. Fracture
c. Hardness d. Streak
16. Which type of rock may contain plants and animals’ remains?
a. Igneous rocks b. Ore body rock
c. Sedimentary rock d. Metamorphic rock
17. Which of the following statement is true about metamorphic rocks?
a. It formed from existing rocks.
b. It is subjected to cold and high pressure
c. It is composed plants and animals’ materials.
d. It is formed by the deposition and cementation of minerals and organic particles.
18. Which of the following is the classification of sedimentary rock?
a. Intrusive rock b. Foliated rock
c. Chemical rock d. Non-foliated rock
19. This type of igneous rock is formed through a faster rate of solidification of lava on the surface of the earth.
a. Extrusive Igneous Rock b. Extensive Igneous Rock
c. Intrusive Igneous Rock d. Intensive Igneous Rock
20. This type of igneous rock is formed from solidification of magma below the surface.
a. Extrusive Igneous Rock b. Extensive Igneous Rock
c. Intrusive Igneous Rock d. Intensive Igneous Rock
21. Which set of mineral are necessary in making fertilizer?
a. Aluminum, Iron and Copper b. Potassium, Nitrogen and Carbon
c. Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium d. Potassium, phosphorous and Nitrogen
22. Which property of aluminum makes it useful in making aircraft?
a. Light b. Durable
c. Less Corrosive d. All of the above
23. At a young age, Eve has developed rickets, a condition that effects bone development in children. She
experiences bone pain and has soft and weak bones that lead to bone deformities. Which mineral is eve
lacking for her bone condition?
24. Plaster:Gypsum;Toothpaste:__________.
a. Fluorite b. Gold
c. Sodium d. Mercury
25. Copper is a good conductor of electricity and is less corrosive, therefore it is best used for ____________.
a. Cooking b. Electrical Wiring
c. Plumbing d. All of the above
26. What mineral processing did a geologist perform if he took a sample of mineral form the prospective mineral
deposit?
a. Analysis b. Comminution
c. Dewatering d. Sampling
27. What method of mining involves digging of tunnels to extract ore deposits?
a. Deep mining b. Open – pit mining
c. Surface mining d. Underground mining
28. Which of the arrangement of minerals processing is correct?
a. Comminution, dewatering, crushing, grinding and analysis
b. Sampling, Annalysis, Comminution, filtration and dewatering
c. Sampling, analysis, comminution, concentration and dewatering
d. Dewatering, comminution, analysis, sampling and surface mining
29. Which of the following is the first step in mineral processing?
a. Analysis b. Comminution
c. Dewatering d. Sampling
30. Which of the following statement/s is/are incorrect?
I. Surface and underground mining use explosives
II. Underground mining is cheaper than surface mining
III. Open – pit mining is the most common type of surface mining
a. I only b. II only
c. I and II d. I and III