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DR.

V ORESTES ROMUALDEZ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC


SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Tacloban City

QUIZ in Earth Science

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: _____________________

Test 1. MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which of the following factors would increase the rate of weathering?


a. increasing rainfall
b. increasing temperature
c. increasing organic activity
d. all of these

2. _________is the movement of sediment from one place to another.


a. Erosion
b. Deposition
c. Weathering
d. All of the above

3. The dropping off of sediments in a new place is called __________.


a. Erosion
b. Deposition
c. Mass wasting
d. Endogenic

4. Which of the following is NOT a cause of weathering, erosion, and deposition?


a. Fire
b. Water
c. Wind
d. Ice

5. How does freezing water cause the weathering of rocks? The freezing water—
a. keeps the rocks in place
b. makes the rocks last longer
c. expands cracks and breaks rocks
d. causes rocks to fall in landslides

6. What type of weathering is it when acid rain breaks down and changes the rock?
a. Chemical
b. Physical
c. Biological
d. Erosion

7. How do plants weather rocks?


a. when the leaves dissolve the rocks
b. when roots grow into cracks of rocks and expand the rock
c. when the plant moves water from the roots to the leaves
d. None of the above
8. Which of the following lists of processes are in the correct sequence as to their occurrence in
nature?
a. Weathering, deposition, erosion, transport
b. Transport, deposition, erosion, weathering
c. Weathering, erosion, transport, deposition
d. Weathering, erosion, deposition, transport
9. Which is not caused by weathering?
a. Cementation
b. Water
c. Wind
d. Temperature Changes
10. It is the disintegration of rocks as a result of the action by living organisms
a. Biomass
b. Transport
c. Biological Weathering
d. Mechanical Weathering

Test II. Matching Type. Match column A with column B. Write your answer on the space provided.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

_______1. Decrease of rock pressure A. Flux melting


_______2. Formation of new crystal B. Decompression Melting
_______3. Known as mechanical weathering C. Radiogenic heat
______ 4. High temperature D. Physical
______ 5. Influence by gravity E. Neocrystallization
_____ 6. Elements that release radiation F. Primordial Heat
_____ 7. Materials carried by erosion that settle G. Particles expand
down in a particular location H. Chemical Weathering
_____ 8. Processes that occur beneath the I. Mass wasting
surface of the Earth J. Endogenic Process
_____ 9. Magma through addition of water and K. Metamorphism
other volatiles L. Particles contract
_____ 10. Change in mineral composition due to M. Recrystallization
heat and pressure N. Deposition
O. Exogenous process
Test III. Essay

Write an essay about, “environmental practices that can be done to minimize the threats of
exogenic and endogenic processes to human safety”. (20 pts). Follow the rubrics:
Rubrics 5 4 3 2 Score
Content The The The The
student student student student
discussed discussed discussed discussed
at least 4 3 different 2 different 1 idea.
different ideas ideas
ideas
Organization of Ideas All of the There was There were There were
thoughts 1 astray 2 astray 3 astray
were thought. thoughts. thoughts.
organized

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