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EARTH SCIENCE 1
Name: ___________________________________________________School: _______________________________________________ Room: __________OR No.: _________
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. (Avoid erasure)
1. The solidified lava of a volcano forms what type of second with a medium-sized jar, and the third with a
rock? small jar. He left the last candle uncovered. Which 7. Which of the following layer of the earth is incorrectly
A. Igneous candle probably took the longest time to burn? paired with its physical property?
B. Sedimentary A. Lithosphere – solid
C. Metamorphic A. The lit candle left uncovered B. Mesosphere – gas
D. Fossilized B. The lit candle covered with the biggest jar C. Inner core – liquid
C. The lit candle covered with the smallest jar D. Outer core – liquid
2. A rice farmer wants to study the effect of using too D. The lit candle covered with the medium sized 8. The rate of cooling magma affects the structures of
much pesticide on the fertility of soil. Which of the jar the igneous rock formed. When magma cools down at
following experimental set-ups would be the best to a slower rate, the igneous rock formed_______.
use to arrive at valid conclusion? 4. A solar or lunar eclipse will occur_____. A. Has a glassy texture wherein crystal did not
A. Rice plants are planted in two types of soil A. When the sun is near of the line of nodes of form.
using two containers, where both containers the moon and the moon is new or full. B. Has an aphanitic texture, which has very tiny
have the normal amount pesticide. B. Any time the moon is new or full. crystals.
B. A corn plant and rice plant are planted in the C. When the sun is near the solstice and the C. Has large crystals, called a phaneritic texture.
same type of soil using two containers, where moon is new or full. D. Has large crystals embedded in a matrix of
one container has more pesticide than the D. Halfway through an eclipse year. smaller crystals.
other. 9. Which is the correct sequence of events that occur
C. Rice plants are planted in same type of soil 5. The most abundant gas in the earth’s atmosphere resulting to greenhouse effect?
using three containers with different types of is_______. 1) Sunlight gets absorbed by rocks and soil are
pesticides. A. Oxygen D. Argon converted to heat and infrared.
D. Rice plants are planted in the same type of soil B. Nitrogen 2) Greenhouse gases traps radiation and prevent
using three containers, where the first C. Carbon dioxide it from escaping to outer space.
container has no pesticide, the second has the 3) Sunlight passes through the earth’s
normal amount of pesticide, and the third has 6. A star exhaust hydrogen in its core, it _______. atmosphere, reaching the earth’s surface.
pesticide more than normal. A. Becomes hotter and more luminous 4) The energy from the earth’s surface is
B. Becomes cooler and more luminous radiated to atmosphere.
3. Bart placed four identical candles on a table and lit C. Becomes hotter and less luminous A. 1,2,3,4 B. 3,1,4,2
them. He covered the first candle with a big jar, the D. Becomes cooler and less luminous C. 2,4,3,1 D. 4,2,1,3
SASE WEEK 1: SCIENCE Prepared by: MAMCO, NAHID G.
ATPC Science Chairperson
Fortified Academic Movement in Engineering Society (FAMES)
Based in the College of Engineering
Mindanao State University- Main Campus
9700 Marawi City, Philippines
msuengineering.fames2021.22@[Link]
FAMES SASE REVIEW 2021
10. On a clear day, a man stands outside and casts a long A. Seafloor spreading 20. The deep crack that runs through the center of a mid-
shadow is formed and points to the opposite direction B. Magnetic polarity ocean ridges is called a_______.
which is west. C. Continental drift A. Volcanic arc
A. Early morning D. Plate tectonics B. Tectonic plate
B. Noon 16. Plate boundaries usually found at right angles to the C. Trench
C. Early afternoon mid-ocean ridges are called_____? D. Rift valley
D. Late afternoon A. Convergent boundaries
B. Divergent boundaries 21. A ______ is the movement of materials caused by the
11. Earthquakes can be especially hazardous for people C. Rift valleys difference in their temperature.
who live near the sea as huge waves called______. D. Transform boundaries A. Convention current
A. Storm surge C. Tsunami 17. One objection that critics had about Wegener’s B. Gondwana sequence
B. Typhoon D. Flood continental drift theory was_____? C. Continental drift
A. Wegener’s findings had no basis. D. Convection current
12. A landform that rises at least 300m (1000 ft) from its B. Wegener’s fossil evidence was not accurate 22. Space exploration started with the launching of_____?
surrounding area is called_____? C. Wegener’s could not provide any evidence to A. Luna 1
A. Mountain range support continental drift. B. Ranger 7
B. Hill D. Wegener’s idea of the mechanism capable of C. Sputnik 1
C. Mountain moving the continents was physically D. Venera 1
D. None of the above impossible 23. Television and radio programs are transmitted
through space by?
13. It’s the boundary between the crust and the mantle? 18. Tectonic plates are made up of rocks that are part of A. The space shuttles
A. Upper mantle the______? B. Radio satellite
B. Semi-liquid rock A. Asthenosphere C. Mapping satellite
C. Mohorovicic discontinuity B. Inner core D. Communication satellite
D. Lithosphere C. Outer core
D. Lithosphere 24. Two known dangerous volcanoes are located on
14. The theory used to explain the formation of Earth’s plates that are grinding together.
crust and its mountain is called_____? 19. Scientist have been convinced of the continental drift A. Mt. Mayon and Mt. Taal
A. Continental drift theory by fossils of a plant called_____. B. Mount St. Helens and Mt. Mayon
B. Magnetic polarity A. Carboniferous C. Mt. Pinatubo and Mount St. Helens
C. Seafloor spreading B. Glossopteris D. Mt. Taal and Mount St. Helens
D. Plate tectonics C. Gondwana
15. This theory states that all the continents were once D. Mesosaurus
part of a giant landmass-Pangaea?
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Fortified Academic Movement in Engineering Society (FAMES)
Based in the College of Engineering
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9700 Marawi City, Philippines
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25. Geostationary Satellites orbits at altitude around 30. Earth’s surface undergoes changes due to plate
________ km, they travel the same speed as earth’s tectonics activity caused by _______ that produces
rotation and therefore, seem stationary over one spot landforms such as mountain ranges and volcanoes
on Earth’s surface. located along ____________?
A. 32,000 km A. Earth’s Crust motion : Plate boundaries
B. 1,500 km B. Plate motion : Plate boundaries
C. 36,000 km C. Plate motion : Plates
D. 18,200 km D. Earth’s Crust motion : Plates
26. The Space Shuttle is different from the Skylab because 31. According to NASA report, the Earth’s age as one of
it ________. its vital statistics is?
A. is launched from earth A. 4.543 billion years old
B. carries astronauts from space B. 4.435 billion years old
C. is used in predicting weather C. 4.354 billion years old
D. has the ability to take off and return to Earth D. 4.544 billion years old
27. An example of mountain range formed through a 32. Its equatorial circumference is?
continent-continent collision is the ______? A. 40,079 km
A. Mount St. Helens D. Mount Himalayas B. 40,078 km
B. Andres Mountains C. 40,094 km
C. Mount Everest D. 40,075 km
28. The large system of underwater mountains is called
what?
A. Mid-ocean mountain B. Ocean ridge 33. Its equatorial radius is?
C. Mid-ocean ridge D. Rift valley A. 6,373 km
B. 6,379 km
29. Why do we see the sun rise in the east and set in the C. 6,376 km
west? D. 6,378 km
A. The earth revolves counterclockwise
B. The earth rotates from west to east
C. The sun rotates form east to west
D. The earth rotates from east to west

SASE WEEK 1: SCIENCE Prepared by: MAMCO, NAHID G.

ATPC Science Chairperson
Fortified Academic Movement in Engineering Society (FAMES)
Based in the College of Engineering
Mindanao State University- Main Campus
9700 Marawi City, Philippines
msuengineering.fames2021.22@[Link]
FAMES SASE REVIEW 2021
Answer key (Earth science) heat and infrared. The energy from the earth’s time, these plants grew on a single landmass that
surface is radiated to atmosphere. Greenhouse later broke apart.
gases traps radiation and prevent it from escaping
1. A – igneous rock is form solidified molten material
to outer space. 20. D – Rift valley
like magma and lava.
10. A – When the sun rises in the east in the morning, 21. D – The part of the mantle closer to Earth’s core
2. D – To test hypothesis, we use the scientific
along shadow is formed and points to the opposite is much hotter than the part farther from the core
method. For the experiment to have a definite direction which is west. and closer to the lithosphere. The cooler materials
conclusion, there should be different treatments,
sinks to Earth’s core, while the hotter materials
and these are compared to a control setup. 11. C. rises to replace the cooler one. The rising and
3. A – The uncovered candle will burn longer since it sinking cycle repeats continuously. This circular
has an unlimited supply of oxygen for combustion
12. C. motion carries the plates of the lithosphere along
coming form the atmosphere. All the other setups with it, thus, causing the continents to move.
had limited because of the cover.
13. C - Mohorovicic discontinuity is the boundary
between the crust and the mantle. 22. C – Sputnik 1
4. A – Eclipse occurs when the earth or the moon
blocks the path of light coming from the sun.
14. D. The plate tectonics theory explains the 23. D – Communication satellite
Alignment such as these occurs during the new attributes of earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain
moon or the full moon phase. formation, and related geophysicists phenomena 24. C - Mt. Pinatubo and Mount St. Helens
5. B - Nitrogen
to movement and interaction of the rigid plates 25. C – 36,000 km
6. B – Once a star exhausts its core hydrogen supply, forming earth’s crust. 26. D - has the ability to take off and return to Earth
the star becomes redder, larger, and more
27. D – Mount Himalayas
luminous: it became a red giant star. As the
15. C.- Continental drift theory is the theory that 28. C – Mid-ocean ridge
hydrogen core also burns down, there is no longer explains that all continents were once part of a 29. D – The earth rotates from east to west
any source of heat to support the core against
giant landmass Pangaea that broke apar, and the 30. B – Plate motion and Plate boundaries.
gravity and making the star cooler as well. continents drifted away to their present position. 31. A – 4.543 billion years old
32. D – 40.075 km
7. C – The inner core is solid due to high pressure
16. B – Hot molten rock from the mantle rises to the 33. D – 6,378 km
surrounding it, squeezing the atoms of the surfaces through the rift valleys in the mid-ocean
elements in it.
ridges. The plates then move apart to either side of
the rift valleys.
8. C – Phaneritic (Phaner = visible) texture is an
17. D – Many scientist were skeptical about Wegener’s
igneous rock texture wherein the materials are continental drift theory at first, because they
sufficiently large to see each individual crystal with believed that Earth was a solid mass, there was no
the naked eye. They are typical of intrusive igneous
proof or explanation as how continents could have
rocks. These rocks crystallized slowly below move kilometers away across Earth’s crust.
Earth’s surface. As magma cools slowly the
minerals have time to grow and form large crystals.
18. D – lithosphere
Example of phaneritic igneous rocks are gabbro,
diorite, and granite.
19. B – Glossopteris is a fossil of a seed that were
found in south Africa, Australia and India.
9. B - Sunlight passes through the earth’s Scientist believed that the seed of this plants were
atmosphere, reaching the earth’s surface. Sunlight
too large to be carried out by winds over the ocean
gets absorbed by rocks and soil are converted to to different continents. They believed that at one
SASE WEEK 1: SCIENCE Prepared by: MAMCO, NAHID G.
ATPC Science Chairperson