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ELS SUMMATIVE

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The widely accepted theory about the origin of the universe is the Big Bang model, which states that the universe began as an incredibly hot, dense point roughly 13.7 billion years ago.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

2.

The Earth's history is recorded in the rocks of the core.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Relative Dating entails measuring the ratio of radioactive isotopes to their decay product.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

The Geologic time scale is divided into three (3) eras - Paleozoic, Jurassic and Cenozoic.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

5.

Mesozoic Era is known as the age of reptiles, it is made up of three(3) periods: Triasic, Jurassic and Creataceous.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

Age of mammals, age of flowering plants and the era that brought about the advent of humans is the Cenozoic era.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

The Geosphere extends from the surface to the center of the planet, a depth of 6,400 kilometers, being the largest of the four (4) spheres of the Earth.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

In 1912 a German meteorologist Afred Webener set forth the Continental Drift Theory. He believed that there was once a supercontinent Pangaea, meaning "all land" that existed.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

There are three (3) kinds of Continental drift: Divergent movements, Convergent movements and Vertical Movements.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

The mechanism that operates along the ocean ridge system to create new floor is called Seafloor spreading.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

This theory describes the forces within the Earth that give rise to continents, ocean basins, mountain ranges, earthquake belts, and other large scale features of the Earth's surface.

a)

A. Continental Drift

b)

B. Diastrophism

c)

C. Plate tectonics

d)

D. Seafloor spreading

12.

If the fold layer tilt away from the axis, the Fold is called_______.

a)

A. Anticline

b)

B. Procline

c)

C. Syncline

d)

D. Trucline

13.

Mineralogy is to minerals; _____is to rocks.

a)

A. Cholelithiology

b)

B. Geology

c)

C. Petrology

d)

D. Pertology

14.

All, BUT ONE, describes a mineral:

a)

A. Crystalline atoms are arranged in an orderly repetitive manner.

b)

B. Can be presented by a chemical formula

c)

C. Formed in nature

d)

D. Organic- formed by natural geologic processes.

15.

Physical properties of Minerals are, EXCEPT:

a)

A. Cleavage

b)

B. Fracture

c)

C. Luster

d)

D. Taste

16.

Metamorphic rock changes from their original form by ______.

a)

A. cools and solidifies

b)

B. heat and pressure

c)

C. melting of rock

d)

D. All of the above

17.

A kind of rock form where there are compilations of sediments over time

a)

A. Igneous

b)

B. Granite

c)

C. Metamorphic

d)

D. Sedimentary

18.

All of the following are examples of igneous rock ,EXCEPT

a)

A. Granite

b)

B. Limestone

c)

C. Obsidian

d)

D. Pumice

19.

Makes up 95% of the Earth's crust?

a)

A. Igneous

b)

B. Metamorphic

c)

C. Sedimentary

20.

Causes rocks to break into small pieces with each piece retaining the characteristics of the original.

a)

A. Chemical weathering

b)

B. Mechanical weathering

c)

C. Mass wasting

d)

D. Metamorphism

21.

All, BUT ONE, are methods of relative dating:

a)

A. Cross-cutting

b)

B. Inclusion

c)

C. Original verticality

d)

D. Superposition

22.

The country lies along the ________, home to several tectonic plate boundaries that stretch from Indonesia to the coast of Chile within a 40,000-km arc of seismic violence that triggers volcanic eruptions and unleashes earthquakes almost every day.

a)

A. Circum-Pacific Belt

b)

B. Pacific Ring of Fire

c)

C. All of the Above

d)

D. None of the Above

23.

The closest active fault to Manila and represents the most likely near-field source of large damaging earthquakes.

a)

A. Eastern Philippine Fault

b)

B. Central Philippine Fault

c)

C. Marikina Valley fault system

d)

Western Philippine Fault

24.

These disaster types refer to a large scale closed circulation system in the atmosphere which combines low pressure and strong winds that rotate counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Which one originates from the Western Pacific?

a)

A. Cyclone

b)

B. Hurricane

c)

C. Tropical cyclone

d)

D. Typhoon

25.

The earliest form of life that appeared on earth?

a)

A. Apes

b)

B. Bacteria

c)

C. Humans

d)

D. Plants

26.

A hypothesis which suggested that if the primitive atmosphere was reducing (as opposed to oxygen-rich), and if there was an appropriate supply of energy, such as lightning or ultraviolet light, then a wide range of organic compounds might be synthesized.

a)

A. Darwin-Linnaeus Hypothesis

b)

B. Darwin-Newton Hypothesis

c)

C. Oparin-Darwin Hypothesis

d)

Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis

27.

_________described that life comes from lifeless or nonliving material through a mysterious process.

a)

A. Exogenesis

b)

B. Panspermia

c)

C. Spontaneous Generation

d)

D. None of the Above

28.

_______ theory explains how catalysts for nonliving things became living cells from chemical compounds abundant on early Earth.

a)

A. Primitive Earth

b)

B. Primal Soup

c)

C. Primerdial Soup

d)

D. Primordial Soup

29.

Keny is in the mall strolling with friends when one craved a hot, freshly steamed sweet corn. You wanted to share with her the disadvantages of GM corns, EXCEPT...

a)

A. May cause allergic reactions

b)

B. May contain higher amounts of beneficial substances

c)

C. May lead to antibiotic resistance

d)

D. May make us more vulnerable to serious diseases

30.

The first country in Asia to approve commercial cultivation of a GM crop for animal feed and food in 2002 when it allowed GM corn planting. It has also allowed GM crop imports for more than a decade. Around 70 percent of its corn output is GM.

a)

A. Brunei

b)

B. China

c)

C. Philippines

d)

D. Singapore

31.

All are true, BUT ONE, describes Sexual Reproduction:

a)

A. Fusion of female and male cells

b)

B. Faster

c)

C. Parent and offspring are not identical

d)

D. Variation is present in the same species

32.

Which body system work together to supply body cells with oxygen?

a)

A. Circulatory and Respiratory

b)

B. Endocrine and Muscular

c)

C. Nervous and Reproductive

d)

D. Respiratory and Immune

33.

pig: stomach, chicken:______

a)

A. Crop

b)

B. Gizzard

c)

C. Proventricle

d)

D. Proventriculus

34.

It's almost Graduation Day and it is almost your last chance to ask your crush for a date. She walked pass your house the next morning and you froze. Give 2 organ systems that were working together here?

a)

A. Circulatory and Nervous

b)

B. Digestive and Respiratory

c)

C. Excretory and Immune

d)

D. Urinary and Integumentary

35.

Quiz Day today and you have not reviewed for it because you are the know-it-all. You showed up in class, late but hyped to score high (You got the very proud nerves 😲!).

Give 2 organ systems that best work together in the scenario?

a)

A. Digestive and Nervous

b)

B. Integumentary and Immune

c)

C. Circulatory and Nervous

d)

D. Reproductive and Skeletal

36.

This demonstrates an example of the peppered moths living near English industrial cities. Which of the following best describes it?

a)

A. A change in an environment may result within the evolution of species living there

b)

B. Evolution occurs so slowly that it's impossible to work out that it's happened in but 1,000,000 years

c)

C. The environment near these cities has always favored dark colored moths

d)

D. None of the Above

37.

Who developed the theory of evolution by natural selection?

a)

A. Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin

b)

B. Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace

c)

C. Charles Lyell and James Hutton

d)

D. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck

38.

Which of the following is NOT an example of physical adaptations traits by natural selection?

a)

A. Color

b)

B. Camouflage

c)

C. Migration

d)

D. Mimicry

39.

A phylogenetic tree that is ʺrootedʺ is one, which of the following best described

a)

A. That extends back to the origin of life on Earth

b)

B. At whose base is found the common ancestor of all taxa depicted thereon tree

c)

C. That illustrates the rampant gene swapping that occurred early in lifeʹs history

d)

D. That indicates our uncertainty about the evolutionary relationships of the taxa depicted on the tree.

40.

Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) use a chemical marker in urine to warn other cheetahs of their territorial boundaries. The presence of surplus, or nonbreeding, individuals is a good indication that territoriality is restricting population growth. Which among the following type of density-dependent regulation is being exhibited by cheetahs?

a)

A. Competition for resources

b)

B. Disease

c)

C. Predation

d)

D. Territoriality

41.

BIOLOGICAL HIERARCHY

(a)  

42.

ReGelReGenDP is short for what six (6) processes of Genetic Engineering?

(a)  

43.

Types of ASEXUAL Reproduction with the given acronym B.B.F.P

(a)  

44.

The Three (3) Methods/Mechanisms/Types of Internal Fertilization: O.V.O

(a)  

45.

11 Organ Systems are (a)   according to the acronym SkeNeMREnImCURID

46.

The Four (4) Compartments of the Ruminant Digestive System are RROA, meaning (a)  

47.

The current System of Classification composing the eight (8) taxa...from D to S.

(a)  

48.

Mechanism of Evolutionary Changes are (a)   ( with the given acronym MMGN).

49.

" How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!" What book and verse in the Bible will you find these words?

(a)  

50.

In Genesis 1:28 is written "God blessed them and said to them, 'Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground." According to the book of Genesis, to whom has God spoken those words at that time?

(a)