EARTH SCIENCE

PRELIMS

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Direction: Select the best answer from the given choices and indicate it on the answer sheet provided.

1. This zone in the Solar System is characterized by its distance from the sun where there is just right amount of
energy received to make the temperature of a planet neither too hot nor too cold.
a. Cinderella zone
b. Goldilocks zone
c. Pocahantas zone
d. Three Bears zone

2. Which of the following correctly corresponds to the characteristics of the following Earth’s spheres?
a. Hydrosphere : Water Portion ; Atmosphere : Living Organisms
b. Atmosphere : Solid Earth ; Biosphere :Living Organisms
c. Geosphere : Solid Earth ; Hydrosphere : Gaseous Envelope
d. Biosphere : Living Organisms ; Geosphere : Solid Earth
3. Which of the choices comprises the largest fraction in the composition of the atmosphere?
a. Oxygen + Argon
b. Nitrogen + Argon
c. Nitrogen + Oxygen
d. Oxygen + Traces of Gases
4. What is the outermost layer of the solid part of the Earth?
a. Crust
b. Mantle
c. Inner Core
d. Outer Core
5. Which of the following correctly corresponds to the characteristics of the following planets?
a. Earth : Liquid Water ; Venus : Thick Atmosphere
b. Earth : Liquid Water ; Mercury : Fast Rotation
c. Venus ; Thin Atmosphere ; Mercury : Slow Rotation
d. Venus ; Thick Atmosphere ; Mercury : Fast Rotation
6. The tanning rays of the sun are called:
a. infrared rays
b. visible light
c. ultraviolet rays
d. gamma rays
7. A long-term platform which provides medium for research in space is called
a. space craft
b. space station
c. space shuttle
d. space satellite
8. Lithosphere which contains rock crust and mantle and also core is also known as ______________.
a. Geosphere
b. Hydrosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Biosphere
9. The phenomenon observed by Edwin Hubble which was used to explain the expansion of universe.
a. Photons
b. Redshift
c. Gravitational pull
d. Conservation of Momentum
10. Which of the following is a gas giant?
a. Uranus
b. Neptune
c. Pluto
d. Saturn

II. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Identify what is being asked and write your answer on the answer sheets provided.
1. The Belgian priest to whom the big bang theory is attributed __________________.
2. Ptolemy and Aristotle established a theory on __________________ universe where the spherical Earth is at the
center surrounded by concentric celestial spheres of planets and stars.
 3. It is a set of interconnected components that are interacting to form a unified whole ______________.
4. These are the building block of galaxies _________________.
5. Based on recent data, the universe is _________________ years old.
6. This is a cluster of billions of star ________________.
7. The center of the solar system ________________.
8. About _________ of the Earth is covered with the liquid water (hydrosphere) and as much of it is in the form of
ocean water.
9. The largest planet in the solar system ______________.
10. Also known as the “Red Planet” _____________.

III. MATCHING TYPE

Direction: Match column A with column B. Write the letter on your answer sheet. (Theories on the origin of the Galaxy
and Solar System)

COLUMN A COLUMN B
1. A theory where hydrogen and other gases swirled A. Inflation Theory
around and condensed into our sun and its planets. B. Oscillating Theory
2. One day our sun burst open, and planets and moons C. Steady-State Theory
shot out at high speeds and went to their respective D. Gas-Cloud Theory
places, then stopped, and started orbiting the sun, as E. Stellar Theory
the moons began orbiting the planets. F. Planetary Collision Theory
3. Planets and moons were flying around, and some G. Accretion Theory
were captured by our sun and began circling. H. Big Bang Theory
4. A pile of space dust and rock chunks pushed together I. Capture Theory
into our planet, and another pile pushed itself into J. Nebular Hypothesis
our moon. Then the moon got close enough and K. Fission Theory
began encircling the earth. L. Big Crunch Theory
5. Our world collided with a small planet, and the M. Proto-Planet Theory
explosion threw off rocks which became the moon, N. Encounter Hypothesis Theory
and then it began orbiting us.
6. Our planets, moons, and suns spun off from the
collision between stars.
7. Gas clouds were captured by our sun. But instead
of being drawn into it, they began whirling and
pushing themselves into planets and moons.
8. Developed in 1981 by Alan Guth: First moments after
Big Bang, the four fundamental forces were joined.
9. Developed by Edward Milne: According to this theory,
the universe does not have a beginning or an end.
10. Developed by Paul Steinhardt: This theory holds that
our Universe would be the last one of many originated
in the past, after successive explosions(Big Bang) and
contractions(Big Crunch).

IV. ESSAY (10 points)

Direction: Limit your answers at 100 words.
1. Would Earth be able to sustain life if one of the major spheres is not present? Why or why not?
2. Why is the Big Bang Theory the most accepted theory on the origins of the universe?