Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
MIMAROPA REGION
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PUERTO PRINCESA CITY
BAHILE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
BAHILE, PUERTO PRINCESA CITY

Summative Assessment
QUARTER 1
Earth and Life Science 11
Name:__________________________________ Date:______________________
Directions: Choose the letter of the BEST answer and write it on the space provided before the number.

Topic: HABITABLE EARTH

_____1. Earth is a habitable, in what zone describes an area in space where a planet is located just the
right distance from its home star so that the planet’s surface is not too hot and not too cold?
a. Godzilla zone b. Goldilocks zone c. Happy zone c. Habitable zone
_____2. Earth’s revolution takes 365 days to be completed. Which of the following statements BEST
describe earth’s revolution?
a. The complete revolution on its own axis c. The complete revolution around the
sun
b. The complete revolution on the moon d. the complete revolution of the sky
_____3. Which of the following criteria are required for a planet to be habitable?
I. Water is in a liquid form III. Right distance from its home star, not too hot, not too cold
II. there are mountains and volcanoes IV. High gravitational force
a. I, II and III b. I and II c. I and III d. I, III and IV
_____4. What is the 4th planet from the sun?
a. Earth b. Mars c. Mercury d. Venus
_____5. Why is it important that a planet possesses the right temperature?
a. For the planet to sustain life. c. To transform water into three phases (solid, liquid,
gas).
b. For the water to remain in liquid form. d. To prevent dreadful microorganisms from increasing
rapidly
_____6. The following are the reason why sun is important to earth, EXCEPT.
a. water cycle b. earthquake c. solar energy d. photosynthesis
_____7. The troposphere is where water from the ocean form clouds and precipitation. What two
subsystems interact?
a. atmosphere and geosphere c. hydrosphere and geosphere
b. atmosphere and hydrosphere d. hydrosphere and biosphere
_____8. What subsystem consists of the rocks and soil in the earth?
a. atmosphere b. biosphere c. geosphere b. hydrosphere
_____9. What is any of the natural pathways by which essential elements of living matter are distributed?
a. biological cycle b. biosociochemical cycle c. biogeochemical cycle d. All of the these
_____10. It is important to understand our earth due of the following reasons EXCEPT:
a. Humans affect earth cycles and spheres.
b. Humans are the only thinking species on earth.
c. Increased knowledge will help change the way humans live on earth.
d. Understanding our earth will help people how to manipulate the resources to its fullest and gain
a luxurious and extravagant living.
Topic: ROCK-FORMING MINERALS

_____11. Which of the following characteristics should NOT be considered in identifying a genuine
mineral?
a. crystalline structure b. naturally-occurring c. organic d. solid
_____12. One of the characteristics of minerals is can be represented by a chemical formula, which of
these is the correct chemical formula of quartz?
a. SiCa2 b. SO2 c. SiO2 d. O2Si
_____13. What is refers to the characteristic shape of a mineral unit (either an individual crystal or an
aggregate of crystals)?
a. color b. crystal habit c. fibrosis d. hardness
_____14. Which of the following given minerals is the hardest?
a. Apatite b. Calcite c. Corundum d. Quartz
_____15. What characteristic is refers to the color of the mark it leaves behind after being rubbed against a
piece of unglazed porcelain?
a. color b. crystal habit c. hardness d. streak
_____16. The surface of a mineral reflects light. What property of mineral this pertains to?
a. luster b. streak c. spark d. strike
_____17. What do you call a plane of weakness in the crystal structure along which a mineral is likely to
split smoothly?
a. cleavage b. crystal defect c. fracture d. splitting point
_____18. Which of the following can be scratched by gypsum?
a. Calcite b. Corundum c. Talc d. Quartz
_____19. What is the most abundant mineral in the world?
a. Calcite b. Corundum c. Talc d. Quartz
_____20. If your birthday is in the month of January, what is your birth stone?
a. Calcite b. Emerald c. Garnet d. Sapphire

Topic: THREE MAIN CATEGORIES OF ROCKS

_____21. Which type of rock was formed by the crystallization or solidification of magma?
a. Igneous rocks b. Metamorphic rocks c. Sedimentary rocks d. Hard rocks
_____22. What type of igneous rock was formed underneath the surface of the earth?
a. extrusive igneous b. intrusive igneous c. perestic igneous d. volcanic igneous
_____23. Mafic igneous rocks are dark-colored due to huge presence of olivine and pyroxene that are rich
in _________.
a. magnesium and iron c. manganese and iron
b. magnesium and calcium d. manganese and calcium
_____24. What process do Sedimentary rocks undergo?
a. eutrophication b. lithification c. solidification d. All of these
_____25. Breaking down of rocks into smaller ones at the surface of the crust, accumulate as clasts then
piled on top of one another. What process is being describe?
a. chemical weathering c. mechanical weathering
b. dreagical weathering d. subtional weathering
_____26. Which of these rocks can NEVER contain fossil fuel?
a. Basalt b. Limestone c. Sandstone d. Shale
_____27. Which of the following properties is NOT a basis for igneous rock to be identified?
a. color b. hardness c. location of information d. texture
_____28. What do you call to the process by which formation and growth of individual mineral crystal
occurs?
a. Cementation b. Crystallization c. Lithification d. Metamorphism
_____29. Aside from being an igneous extrusive rock, obsidian can also be classified as aphanitic because
of what reason?
a. big crystal parts b. small crystals c. coarse-grained d. fine-grained
_____30. Marble is classified as _________________.
a. igneous rocks b. metamorphic rocks c. sedimentary rocks d. hard rocks
Test II. TRUE or FALSE
Directions: Read each statement carefully, Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if its
incorrect.

_________31. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere with 78% composition.
_________32. Changes within one subsystem eventually causes change in others just like the domino
effect.
_________33. Rock, mountain, hills and soil belong to geosphere subsystem.
_________34. Even without atmosphere or the envelop of gas covering the earth, we can still survive.
_________35. Corundum with hardness scale 9 is the hardest mineral
_________36. Ruby and Sapphire are differently colored types of mineral corundum (Al2O3).
_________37. Plutonic igneous rocks are magma that solidified underneath the earth surface.
_________38. Metamorphic rocks are combination of 2 or more rocks formed by pressure.
_________39. Stalagmites and stalactites are examples of sedimentary rocks.
_________40. Sedimentary rock is the weakest and can easily broke compare to igneous and
metamorphic.

Prepared by:

Parent’s Signature/Date Date Checked

1. B
2. C
3. C
4. B
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8. C
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10. D
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