Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV – A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF LIPA CITY
LUMBANG INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LUMBANG, LIPA CITY BATANGAS

SUMMATIVE TEST IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

Grade 11 (First Quarter)

Direction: Select the letter of your choice from among the given options. Write all your
answers on a piece of paper.

1. One of the characteristics that make earth a unique planet is it location in the solar
system. What is a significant contribution of the fact that Jupiter is Earth’s neighbor in
the solar system?
A. Its strong gravity energizes the earth
B. Its strong gravity attracts Kuiper belts
C. Its strong gravity balances the earth in its orbit
D. Its strong gravity attracts space debris away from the Earth

2. The earth is able to sustain life for millions of years because of the presence of this
shield that protects the life forms from harmful solar radiation.
A. Aurora C. Magnetic field
B. Atmosphere D. North and south pole

3. What will happen if the earth is bigger than its current size?
A. It will not be able to sustain life
B. It will not have a moon on its orbit
C. It will move farther away from the sun
D. It will attract materials more strongly towards its center

4. Which of the following statements is true about the earth’s subsystem?

A. Most of the liquid water found in earth’s surface is potable
B. If the earth had been bigger than its current size, it would have less gravity
C. It takes 500 seconds from light from the sun to reach the surface of the earth
D. Earth is the only planet in the solar system having water in three phases:
solid, liquid and gas.

5. Unlike other planets in the solar system, earth holds an atmosphere which has an
essential function to life. What substance in the stratosphere is responsible for
absorbing high-energy radiation from the sun?
A. Ozone C. Carbon dioxide
B. Methane D. Diatomic oxygen

6. One of the four subsystems of the earth is the atmosphere. Which of these is the
correct sequence of atmospheric layer from the bottom up?
A. stratosphere-mesosphere-troposphere-thermosphere
B. troposphere-thermosphere- stratosphere-mesosphere
C. stratosphere- troposphere-thermosphere-mesosphere
D. troposphere-stratosphere-mesosphere-thermosphere
7. Which of the following statement is true?
A. Solar flares are deflected by gravity
B. Magnetosphere is part of the lithosphere
C. Aurora borealis is the result of falling space debris
D. The earth’s magnetic north pole serves as its geographic south pole

8. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Minerals may exist in solid form
B. Metallic minerals have light streak
C. The biggest of the four subsystems is the lithosphere
D. The biggest of the four subsystems is the hydrosphere

9. How does matter and energy flow in the atmosphere?

A. By the movement of air due to the difference in temperature
B. By the movement of air due to the difference in concentration
C. By the movement of air due to the difference in chemical composition
D. All of these

10. Which of this best exemplifies the flow of energy in the biosphere?
A. Food chain C. Photosynthesis
B. Water cycle D. Cellular respiration

11. A sample of mineral is being studied in the laboratory. Which of its property is readily
manifested by sheer observation?
A. Color C. Luster
B. Streak D. Hardness

12. A certain mineral is white in color. After it is bombarded with ultraviolet light, its color
changes into light red. What property of mineral is exemplified in the scenario?
A. Color C. Streak
B. Luster D. Fluorescence

13. What property of mineral enables it to continue glowing even after a source of
ultraviolet light has been turned off from it?
A. Luster C. Fluorescence
B. Asterism D. Phosphorescence

14. What mineral has the capacity to scratch all other minerals?
A. Topaz C. Fluorite
B. Quartz D. Diamond

15. Diamond is an example of mineral with

A. Brilliant luster C. Pearly luster
B. Glassy luster D. Waxy luster

16. How many seconds does it take for sun’s light to reach the surface of the earth?
A. 150 seconds C. 500 seconds
B. 250 seconds D. 1000 seconds
17. What is the average distance between the earth and the sun?
A. 91 million miles C. 95 million miles
B. 93 million miles D. 97 million miles
18. What is the process by which plants manufacture their own food by converting solar
energy into chemical energy?
A. Calvin cycle C. Cellular respiration
B. Photosynthesis D. Photodissociation

19. What is the gaseous layer that envelops the earth?

A. Ionosphere C. Ozone layer
B. Atmosphere D. Stratosphere

20. What element made up the earth’s outer core aside from Iron?
A. Nickel C. Copper
B. Cobalt D. Cobalt
21. Among the four subsystems, what is the largest?
A. Biosphere C. Atmosphere
B. Geosphere D. Hydrosphere

22. What is the subsystem that encompasses all life forms on earth?
A. Biosphere C. Atmosphere
B. Geosphere D. Hydrosphere

23. Oceans occupy what percent of earth’s water?

A. 65% C. 80%
B. 71% D. 98%
24. What is the compound in the stratosphere absorbs high energy radiation?
A. Ozone C. Carbon dioxide
B. Methane D. Diatomic oxygen

25. What do you call a sophisticated pieces of equipment’s that can understand earth
interior use by the scientist?
A. Radar C. photons
B. Sound D. seismic waves

26. What property of mineral that can be observed directly?

A. Size C. Streak
B. Color D. Texture
27. What is second softest mineral according to the Mohs scale of hardness?
A. Talc C. Calcite
B. Apatite D. Gypsum
28. Which of these is an example of a silicate mineral?
A. Galena C. Feldspar
B. Gypsum D. Corundum
29. Which of these is an example of non-silicate mineral?
A. Galena C. Orthoclase
B. Feldspar D. Plagioclase

30. What is the ability of a mineral to continue glowing even after a source of ultraviolet
has been turned off.
A. Luster C. Fluorescence
B. Luminosity D. Phosphorescence

31. Which of the following are boundaries between the three major layers of the Earth?
A. Arches C. poles
B. Discontinuity D. plates

32. What heat transfer of fluid in the earth’s interior results to the movement of rocky
mantle up to the surface of the Earth?
A. Convection current C. insolation
B. Conduction D. radiation

33. Which of the following resulted to the formation of new crust from magma that rises to
the earth’s surface between the two plate boundaries?
A. Convergent boundary C. strike fault
B. Divergent boundary D. transform boundary

34. When two tectonic plates collide, the continental crust usually rise up over the oceanic
crust because it is______.
A. Denser than continental crust C. Thinner than continental crust
B. Thicker than continental crust D. Less dense than oceanic crust

35. Which of the following land formation or events is not connected to convergent plate
movement/margin?
A. Deep-focus earthquake C. Valleys
B. Trench D. Volcanic arc

36. What is the relative position of oldest rock layer as stated in the principle of
superposition?
A. At top C. at the middle
B. At the bottom D. at random location

37. Why is there a need for correlation of rock layers?

A. It provides information that the rock layers are connected to each other long ago.
B. Fossils embedded in the rock layers serve as a proof of their correlation.
C. It gives the relative age of the rocks.
D. All of the above.

38. Which of the following makes use of the position of rocks to determine its age?
A. Relative dating C. Radioactive dating
B. Absolute dating D. Radiometric dating

39. Which layer of the rocks show the cross-cutting relationship?

A. Layer 1 C. Layer 4
B. Layer 3 D. Layer 6

40. Which of the following is a principle of Relative Dating?

A. Principle of Half-Life C. Principle of Superposition
B. Principle of Layering D. Principle of floral succession
41. Which of the following does NOT belong to Paleozoic Era?
A. Jurassic C. Cambrian
B. Devonian D. Ordovician

42. What do you call the person who studies fossils and ancient life?
A. Biologist C. anthropologist
B. Archeologist D. paleontologist

43. In what era did the first skeletal elements, soft-bodies metazoans, and animal traces
exist?
A. Cenozoic Era C. Paleozoic Era
B. Mesozoic Era D. Phanerozoic Era

44. How where the scientists able to arrange the fossils they gathered?
A. They were able to arrange the fossils according to age.
B. They were able to arrange the fossils according to structure.
C. They were able to arrange the fossils according to chemical content.
D. They were able to arrange the fossils according to place of discovery.

45. Which statement is true of earthquake?

A. All of them can be prevented.
B. Weak ones can be prevented.
C. Some of them can be prevented.
D. None of them, can be prevented.

46. What specific region of the world is characterized by the presence of active volcanoes,
tsumani, and earthquake?
A. The ring of fire C. the North and south pole
B. The Eastern Europe D. Western Europe

47. Which of the following hazards undermine the foundations and supports of buildings,
bridges, pipelines, and roads, causing them to sink into the ground, collapse, or
dissolve?
A. Eutrophication C. Liquefaction
B. Ground shaking D. Pyroclastic density currents

48. How do you classify climate – and weather – related hazards?

A. Natural C. Biological
B. Chemical D. Anthropogenic

49. What refers to the movement of rocks down a slope?

A. Wave C. tsunami
B. Debris D. landslide

50. What do you call the vibrations or shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by the rapid
movement of rocks in the crust?
A. Shadow zones C. tsunami
B. Earthquakes D. hot spot

Submitted by:
LORENA G. DIZON
(Teacher)
Noted by:
MARIBEL T. LESCANO
Principal II