Senior High School Department

SY: 2023-2024; First Semester

FINAL EXAMINATION IN EARTH SCIENCE

Name: ___________________________________________ Score: ______________

Year, Strand & Section: _________________________________ Date: _______________
I. Multiple Choice:
Direction: Read each item carefully and encircle the letter of your choice. Strictly no
erasures.

1. This mineral is used in toothpaste because of its fluoride content that helps prevent
tooth decay.
a. Gold c. Silica
b. Feldspar d. Fluorite
2. Central banks use this mineral as currency reserves. The amount of this mineral stored
in banks affects the inflation rate of the currency of a country.
a. Gold c. Silver
b. Diamond d. Iron
3. Diamonds are used as primary material in cutting tools because of its .
a. cost c. clarity
b. hardness d. price
4. What property of silica enables it to be a component of some electronics?
a. can create glass which is used for fiber optics
b. contains sand used for glass making
c. has silicon which is a metalloid
d. has oxygen which transmits electricity efficiently
5. What could be the reason why some minerals cost more than other elements or
compounds?
a. have more uses c. are scarce
b. are non-renewable d. are hard to mine
6. How do you separate ore minerals from unwanted rocks near the surface of the earth?
a. magnetic separation c. surface mining
b. flotation d. underground mining
7. What method of mining involves digging of tunnels to extract the ore deposits?
a. magnetic separation c. surface mining
b. flotation d. underground mining
8. It is a type of analysis that uses heavy - liquid testing which aims to know the less
dense, same density, and denser material from the given samples.
a. comminution c. mineralogical analysis
b. concentration d. chemical analysis
9. Which is NOT true about the process of concentration?
a. It involves the separation of the valuable minerals from the raw materials.
b. It involves different degrees of attraction of minerals to magnets
c. It involves flotation separation
d. It involves crushing and grinding
10. The by-product of milling ores that are usually dumped in a pond or a water
reservoir are .
a. acid c. pollutants
b. wastes d. tailings
11. Pyrite is a yellowish mineral that looks like gold and is commonly
called fool’s gold. What is the property of mineral exhibited by pyrite
wherein it reflects light and with metallic look?
a. Color b. Hardness c. Luster d. Streak
12. Quartz can break other than along planes of cleavage. What is the
property of mineral that shows this characteristic?
a. Cleavage b. Fracture c. Hardness d. Streak
13. Some minerals like mica have surfaces with planes of weak bonds
in the crystals. Thus, its crystals can be peeled like layers of onion.
What is the property exhibited by mica?
a. Cleavage b. Fracture c. Hardness d. Tenacity
14. Which property refers to the resistance of minerals to scratching?
a. Cleavage b. Fracture c. Hardness d. Luster
15. What are the building blocks of rocks and it is mostly found in the
geosphere?
a. Elements b. Minerals c. Ore d. Soil
16. In its powdered form, the mineral hematite is reddish. Which
mineral property is described?
a. Color b. Luster c. Streak d. Hardness
17. Which is not a property that can be used to identify a mineral?
a. Luster b. Streak c. Hardness d. Opaque
18. What is the property of minerals that reflects light on its surface?
a. Crystal structure b. Color c. Streak d. Luster
19. Which refers to a naturally occurring, inorganic solid that has a
definite crystalline structure and chemical composition?
a. Compound b. Crystal c. Mineral d. Rocks
20. During the 1800’s, miners can identify real gold from pyrite through
biting the surface of the mineral. If a bite mark is exhibited, then the
said mineral is considered real gold. What property is tested in this
scenario?
a. Cleavage b. Hardness c. Luster d. Streak color
21. What is a carbonate mineral that occurs in a different crystal form
and is less common than either calcite or dolomite?
a. Aragonite b. Calcite c. Gypsum d. Silica
22. What constitutes the size, shape and arrangement of mineral
grains in a rock?
a. Permeable Origin b. Porosity c. Cement d. Texture
23. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a mineral?
a. Crystal Structure c. Organic
b. b. Naturally Occurring d. Solid
24. What refers to the tendency for a mineral to break along flat surfaces?
a. Cleavage b. Hardness c. Ductility d. Tenacity
25. What is the solid form of a mineral produced by a repeating
pattern of atoms?
a. Crystal b. Density c. Element d. Fracture
26. Which of the following mineral characteristics refers to the tendency
to break along very smooth surfaces?
a. Cleavage b. Color c. Hardness d. Luster
27. Silicates are one of the most abundant minerals on Earth.
Which of the following example is a silicate?
 a. Amber b. Apatite c. Feldspar d. Magnetite
28. Quartz is composed of silicon and oxygen. Which common group of minerals do
quarts belong?
a. Oxide b. Silicate c. Sulfate d. Sulfide
29. Gypsum, also known as dessert rose, has a chemical name of Calcium
sulfate dehydrate. To which group of rock-forming mineral does it
belong?
a. Oxides b. Silicates c. Sulfates d. Sulfides
30. Which group of minerals do common table salts belong?
a. Carbonates b. Fluorites d. Halides d. Sulfide

II. True or False:

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write T if the statement is true write T and F if the
statement is false before the number.

1. Rock is a naturally substance consisting of aggregate minerals clumped

together with other Earth materials through natural processes.
2. Meta means “change” and morph means “heat”
3. The term sedimentary come from the root word sediments
which means “remaining particles”.
4. Igneous rocks begin as melted rocks (magma), and then in time it crystallizes and
freezes, depending on the condition of the
environment.
5. Rock cycle is a diagram that shows the continuous succession of how rocks
form, break down, and reform as a result of the processes that induces the
formation of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks.

III. Matching Type:

Directions: Match Column A with Column B. Write the letter of the correct answer
before the given number.

Column A Column B

1. It is the study of minerals. a. Mineral

2. It refers to the mineral’s resistance b. fracture
from being scratched. c. Phosphate Class
3. This type of metal is found in electric d. Luster
wires, industrial materials, and other e. hardness
things that are needed in construction. f. Sulfide Class
4. It is considered an important biological g. Silicate Class
mineral found in the teeth and bones of h. Native Element Class
many animals . i. Cleavage
5. It is consist of intermetallic elements j. mineralogy
(e.g., gold, silver and copper), semimetals, k. quartz
non- metals (e.g., antimony, bismuth,
graphite and sulfur) or natural alloys, and
constituents of a few rare meteorites.
6. It is defined as a naturally formed, generally
inorganic, crystalline solid composed of an
ordered array atoms having a specific
chemical composition.
7. It is the largest and most abundant group
containing silicon and oxygen with some
aluminum, magnesium, iron and calcium.
8. It is the tendency of minerals to break along
planes of weak bonding.
9. These are minerals that do not exhibit
cleavage.
10. It refers to the way light is reflected from a
mineral surface.