FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST IN EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
S.Y. 2019 – 2020
SET A
Name: Track, Yr & Sec: Date:
I. Direction: Read each item very carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. A symbolic narrative of the beginning of the world as understood by a culture.
a. creation theory b. creation story c. scientific myth d. creation myth
2. An organization for the naming and nomenclature of planetary bodies and their satellites.
a. ICC b. IAU c. IUA d. IAA
3. What is the remnant or trace of organisms of a past geologic age?
a. Fuel b. Bones c. Fossils d. Artifacts
4. Considered to be the longest era in Earth’s geologic history.
a. Protezoic Era b. Paleozoic Era c. Cenozoic Era d. Mesozoic Era
5. It is the energy of the empty space; it causes the expansion of the universe to accelerate.
a. Solar energy b. dark energy c. atomic energy d. nuclear energy
6. Are fossils recognized as time indicators
a. Trace fossils b. Cast Fossils c. Index Fossils d. Mold Fossils
7. Places events or rocks in their chronological sequence or order of occurrence without knowing their actual
age.
a. Relative dating b. Absolute dating c. Relation dating d. Absorbent dating
8. The outermost region of the Solar System where most short-period comets originates.
a. Asteroid Belt b. Kuiper Belt c. Orion’s Belt d. Giant’s Belt
9. Are clusters of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust, and dark matter that are gravitationally
bound.
a. Universe b. Nova c. Nebula d. Galaxy
10. Uses radiometric data analysis to determine more exact ages of fossils, artifacts and rocks
a. Relative dating b. Absolute dating c. Relation dating d. Absorbent dating
II. Identify the following statements by providing the answer on the space provided.
11. A small rocky body devoid of atmosphere orbiting the sun and too small to be considered
planets.
12. Is a hypothetical kind of matter that cannot be seen a telescope.
13. Is the smallest unit of time on the scale and encompasses a period of millions of years.
14. The largest, most powerful, and fiercest creatures that ever lived.
15. One of the billions galaxies in the observable universe where our Solar System is located.
16. Is the interval of time occupied by the geologic history of Earth which also provides a
meaningful time frame within which events of the geologic past are arranged.
17. Any of the Solar System bodies composed mainly of ice and non-volatile dust which orbits
the sun.
18. A great cloud of gas and dust.
19. Are planets that are composed of dense, rocky and metallic materials.
20. Are planets that are made up mostly of hydrogen and helium.
21. A celestial body that is in orbit around the sun, has sufficient mass to maintain a self-gravity
but has not clear the neighborhood around it and is not a satellite.
22. Considered to be the “chaotic era” in which the earth was continually bombarded with
meteorites.
23. Is the study of rock layers (strata) and its layering (stratification).
24. A branch of geology that deals with the origin, composition, structure, and classification of
rocks.
25. A science that deals with the life of past geological periods as known from fossil remains.
II. List down what are asked in for each of the following. Use the back page of this test questionnaire.
26-27. Who are the proponents of the Big Bang Theory? (2)
28-31. What are Classification of Fossils? (4)
32-33. The Earth geologic history was divided into two eons. (2)
34-38. What are the theories of the Origins of the Solar System? (5)
39-40. What are the two main Classifications of Planets? (2)
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