Name: ____________________________________ Section: __________________
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
QUIZ # 2
I. Multiple Choice Write the letter of the best answer. Any form of erasure is considered
wrong. (10 POINTS)
_____ 1. 1. Which of the following process does NOT alter the composition of material?
A. chemical weathering C. Hydrolysis
B. dissolution D. mechanical weathering
____ 2. What is the type of chemical weathering that rapidly dissolves crystals of halite or
rock salt to form a solution?
A. abrasion B. dissolution C. hydrolysis D. oxidation
_____ 3. Which of the following is an example of oxidation?
A. rusting of iron C. feldspar decomposes to form clay
B. halite dissolves in water D. stalactites and stalagmites formation
____ 4. Which process exhibits the breaking down of rocks on the earth’s surface or cause
changes in its composition?
A. deposition B. erosion C. mass wasting D. weathering
____ 5. What term refers to the removal and transport of weathered material from one place
to another?
A. deposition B. erosion C. sublimation D. weathering
____ 6. Which of the following is NOT an agent of erosion?
A. glacier B. rocks C. water D. wind
____ 7. Which of the following cannot be considered as a role of gravity in erosion?
A. It moves glaciers down slope.
B. It loosens the land materials.
C. In mountains, it moves down large slabs of rocks.
D. It acts as agents of mass wasting like landslides, fall, mudflows, and avalanches.
____ 8. What term refers to the process wherein rocks break down into pieces?
A. deposition B. erosion C. mass wasting D. weathering
____ 9. What type of mechanical weathering occurs when freezing of water and repeated
thawing in cracks of rocks?
A. abrasion B. frost wedging C. oxidation D. solution
____ 10. What chemical reaction takes place during rusting of iron?
A. abrasion B. dissolution C. hydrolysis D. oxidation
____ 11. Petrologist classifies rocks based on how they were formed. What is the branch that
deals with the study of rocks?
A. Biology C. Paleontology
B. Geology D. Petrology
____ 12. Halite is made when a body of seawater becomes closed off and evaporates and salt
precipitates out and is deposited as crystallized halite. What type of sedimentary
rock is formed?
A. Clastic C. Organic
B. Chemical D. Pyroclastic
____ 13. Igneous rock is divided into two groups, extrusive and intrusive. Extrusive
igneous rocks form when magma makes its way to its surface as lava and the
cools forming rocks. Which of the following will be the characteristics of the
crystals?
A. Crystals are coarse-grained. C. Crystals are very large
B. Crystals are fine-grained. D. Crystals are phaneritic
____ 14. Fossils are found on this type of rocks.
A. Extrusive igneous rock C. Intrusive igneous rock
B. Metamorphic rock D. Sedimentary rock
____ 15. Igneous and metamorphic rock can be buried and undergo tremendous heating
and stress. What is the process of transformation of one rock type into another?
A. Compaction C. Metamorphism
B. Lithification D. Weathering
____ 16. What type of rocks are formed from sediments over long period of time?
A. Igneous Rocks C. Metamorphic Rocks
B. Sedimentary Rocks D. Minerals
____ 17. This refers to a type of rock that was heated and compressed over time. Which best
fits the description?
A. Igneous C. Sedimentary
B. Metamorphic D. All of the above
____ 18. What is the natural process that causes one kind of rock to change into another
kind?
A. Weathering C. Sediments
B. Rock Cycle D. Metamorphism
____ 19. A rock that forms when magma hardens beneath Earth’s surface is called an:
A. Intrusive metamorphic rock C. Intrusive igneous rock
B. Extrusive sedimentary rock D. Extrusive igneous rock
____ 20. What is the type of rock formed from lava that cools quickly that results to finer
grain and smaller size of crystals?
A. Extrusive igneous rock C. Sedimentary rock
B. Intrusive igneous rock D. Metamorphic rock
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.
1. _____________________________They are responsible for degradation and sculpting
of earth’s surface
2. ____________________________ is the breakdown of rocks into pieces without any
change in its composition.
3. ____________________________the disintegration and decomposition of rock at or
near the Earth surface in place.
4. ____________________________ happens when water gets inside the cracks of rocks.
5. __________________________is the breakdown of rocks through chemical changes.
6. The change in the composition of rocks is called ______________________________.
7. The separation and removal of weathered rocks due to different agents like water, wind,
glacier and gravity is called _________________________________________.
8. The movement of rocks, soil and regolith downward due to the action of gravity.
________________________________.
9. The process in which the weathered materials carried out by erosion and gravity settle
down in a particular location is called _______________________________________.
10. ____________________ is a chemical reaction wherein rock forming minerals react
with water and form different kinds of clay minerals.
III. ENUMERATION (11 POINTS)
1. Geologic processes that occur on the surface of the Earth such as:
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2. Example of Physical/Mechanical Weathering
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3. Give two types of Erosion
1.
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IV.. Complete the concept map using the words below. (9 points)
