Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education

NAME:_____________________________ DATE:_______________
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

1. What makes the planet Earth habitable?

A. comfortable distance from the sun
B. atmosphere that protects from radiation.
C. atmosphere holds carbon dioxide and other gasses.
D. All of the above

2. Which of the following BEST describes the surface of the planet Earth?
A. a thick layer of hydrogen gas
B. cloudy and hot with lots of volcano
C. cold, rocky, and covered with red dust
D. mostly water surface with some areas of land

3.Which of the following characteristics BEST describes the role of the ozone layer?
A. It traps heat from the sun to heat the planet.
B. It protects the plants and animals on earth from receiving too much.
ultraviolet radiation.
C. It cools the earth through the evaporation of water vapor
D. It keeps the oxygen in the atmosphere closest to Earth and nitrogen.
separated in the atmosphere.

4. The oxygen revolution changed Earth’s environment dramatically. Which of the

following adaptations took advantage of the presence of free oxygen in the oceans
and atmosphere?
A. The evolution of cellular respiration, which used oxygen to help
harvest energy from organic molecules.
B. The evolution of chloroplasts after early protists incorporated.
C. The evolution of multicellular eukaryotic colonies from communities
of prokaryotes.
D. The evolution of photosynthetic pigments that protected early algae
from the corrosive effects of oxygen.

5. A certain organism was cut and divided into two, leaving one piece headless and
the other tailless. After some time, each piece grows the missing body parts. What
does it show?
A. binary fission
B. binary fusion
C. transverse fission
D. transverse fusion
6. Which type of plate boundary creates a zone of tension by moving the plates apart?
A. convergent boundary C. transform fault
B. divergent boundary D. none of these

7. Movement of plate boundaries results in many events or land formations. Which of

the following is the reason behind mountain formations?
A. Converging Plates C. Both A and B
B. Diverging Plates D. Transforming Plates

8. Which of the following stores magma and located in a region just beneath the
crust all the way to the core?
A. crust C. mantle
B. inner core D. outer core

9. What heat transfer of fluid in the Earth’s interior results to the movement of rocky
mantle up to the surface?
A. conduction C. convection current
B. insolation D. radiation

10.Which of the following are boundaries between the three major layers of the Earth?
A. arches C.discontinuities
B. plates D. poles

11.What refers to the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden
release of energy caused by a convection current?
A. earthquake C. hurricane
B. storm surge D. volcanic eruption

12. Rocks vary in color, size, texture, and shape. They are classified based on how
they were formed. Which of the following deals with the study of rocks?
A. Biology C.Geology
B. Paleontology D. Petrology

13. Which of the following processes does NOT cause physical weathering?
A. burrowing of animals C. freezing and thawing
B. oxidation D. temperature and pressure

14. Which of the following processes of chemical weathering occur in the formation
of stalactites and stalagmites?
A. dissolution C. hydration
B. hydrolysis D. oxidation

15. How is heat energy transmitted through conduction?

A. collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules
B. large temperature difference between the substances that are in contact
C. equal temperature between the substances
D. A & B
.
16. What are the two factors that affect conduction on the Earth’s surface?
A. radioactive decay and nuclear disintegration of elements
B. movement of plates and radiation from the Earth’s core
C. heat from the Earth's core and radiation from the Sun
D. stored magma and volcanic eruption

17. In which way does heat energy move/transmit through collisions between
neighboring atoms or molecules?
A. conduction C. convection
B. insolation D. radiation

18. Conduction in mantle happens when heat is transferred from hotter molten
rocks to the Earth’s cold crust. What process is being described?
A. decompression melting C. flux melting
B. heat transfer D. partial melting

19.Mantle rocks remain solid when exposed to high pressure. However, during
convection, these rocks tend to go upward (shallower level) and the pressure is
reduced. What process is being described?
A. decompression melting C. flux melting
B. heat transfer D. partial melting

20. Which of the following human activities may NOT result in the movement of
sediments from one place to another?
A. building a highway C. washing the dishes
B. developing new athletic field D. cultivating soil and gardening

21. Which of the following statements BEST describe rock metamorphism?

A. rocks are exposed to heat and pressure
B. formation of new rocks from the combination of heat, pressure and hot
mineral-rich fluids
C. rocks change in color
D. remains as igneous rock

22. Which of the following type of metamorphisms is affected by heat and reactive
fluid?
A. contact C.regional
B. contact and regional D. dynamic

23. What Earth`s processes cause fossil evidence to be preserved in rock?

A. melting and faulting C.weathering and erosion
B. folding and metamorphism D. cementation and deposition

24. How can a community avoid the occurrence of a landslide in the future?
A. avoid creating loud noises C. call the emergency hotline
B. plant more trees in the slope D. construct more buildings
25.How does the amount of silica affect the color of igneous rock?
A. It has no effect at all.
B. It doesn’t matter what the color is.
C. The lesser the silica has, the lighter the color is.
D. The more the silica it has, the lighter the color is.

26 . Why is the Philippines frequently visited by typhoons?

A. highly populated C. composed mostly of islands
B. located near the Pacific Ocean D. near the western hemisphere

27. One of your classmates is living in a coastal area of the community. You found out
that this coastal area is already polluted. What activity can you suggest to mitigate the
said problem?
A. acoustic concert B. coastal clean-up drive
C. population control campaign D. recollection among the community

28. It is the term for an organism that shifts from female to male like reel fish.
A. protandrous B.protogynous
C. hermaphrodite D. None of the Above

29. Which of the following is the BEST reason for the human population to choose
coastal zones as settling grounds?
A. abundant marine resources
B. peaceful and safe residential area
C. small possibility for trade and transport
D. unfertile agricultural land

30. Scientists use a criterion to decide where to place the boundaries between the
major divisions of the geologic time scale. They are considering major changes.
Where can these major changes be found?
A. written in the fossil record C. occurring in the solar system
B. in structure of the Earth’s layer D. in the arrangement of the
continent

31. This refers to the mechanism of asexual reproduction in which female offspring
develops from unfertilized eggs.
A. budding C. fragmentation
B. parthenogenesis D. transverse fission

32 . It involves direct reproduction in which each portion regenerates missing parts

to become a complete new animal depending on the axis of separation.
A. budding C. fragmentation
B. parthenogenesis D. transverse fission

33. Relationships between the complex communities of individual organisms are

seen in the different systems of the Earth. What do you call the unit in nature?
A. ecosystem C. complexity
B. ground D. system
34. Which system of the Earth is considered as the largest component of the Earth?
A. atmosphere C.biosphere
B. geosphere D. hydrosphere

35. From the given choices, which is an example of a connection between biosphere
connecting to atmosphere?
A. Animals eat plants. C. Animals drink water.
B. Animals live in caves. D. Plants produce oxygen.

36. What makes fossils essential to scientists and the history of the Earth?
A. It predicts what organisms will become extinct.
B. It analyzes the composition of sedimentary rock
C. It describes the history of past life and environment.
D. It presents the temperature of the oceans in different depths.

37. Which statement DOES NOT describe planet Earth?

A. It has 70% water. C. It is a rocky, terrestrial planet.
B. It has solid and active surface D. It has atmosphere made of
nitrogen alone

38. Reproduction in animals involves production of new living organisms by

combining two gametes from different organisms, one male producing motile
gametes that must fuse with the egg cell from female organisms.
A. sexual C. asexual
B. both a and b D. none of a and b

39. What do you call the point of origin in an earthquake located just above the focus?
A. convergent C.divergent
B. epicenter D. transform

40. Sperm cell and egg cell are used in sexual reproduction among animals. This
refers to the collective term for sperm and egg cells.
A. gametes C. body cells
B. both a and b D. none of a and b

41. Where does the new oceanic lithosphere form?

A. convergent boundary C. divergent boundary
B. transform fault D. none of these

42. How does deforestation speed up landslides?

A. due to the planting trees C. due to the cutting of trees
B. catching of wild animals D. increasing the human population

43. What Ocean is located in the eastern part of the Philippines in which most typhoons
originate?
A. Arctic C.Atlantic
B. Indian D. Pacific
44. When two tectonic plates collide, the oceanic crust usually subducts beneath the
continental crust because it is___________________.
A. denser than continental crust C. thicker than continental crust
B. thinner than continental crust D. less dense than continental crust

45. Which of the following is NOT a hydrometeorological hazard?

A. cyclone C. tsunami
B. monsoon D. typhoon

46. Which of the following is NOT a geologic hazard?

A. earthquakes C. landslides
B. typhoon D. volcanic eruptions

47.What will you construct to prevent the further advancement of saltwater if it is

already present in the coastal areas?
A. beach nourishment C. beach dewatering
B. breakwaters D. sand bags

48.In which division in the geologic time scale did the continents come together to
form the supercontinent called Pangaea?
A. Paleozoic Era C. Cenozoic Era
B. Triassic Period D. Jurassic Period

49. Which of the following is an example of environmental resistance?

A. Predators struggle for similar prey.
B. Adequate food and water supply for the people
C. The health condition of the organisms is stable
D. Suitable habitat increases the growth of producers.

50. What do you call the method of placing geologic events in sequential order as
determined by their position in the rock record?
A. Absolute dating C. Correlation
B. Relative dating D. Uniformitarianism