CURRICULUM & IMPLEMENTATION DIVISION

DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT
GRADE 11-EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

QUESTIONNAIRE
DIRECTION: Read each statement carefully and SHADE the circle that
correspond to the letter of your answer on the answer sheet.

1. Earth is the only planet in the solar system capable of supporting life. What makes
planet Earth habitable?
a. Earth is the only planet with a magnetic field.
b. Earth is just the right size to support both plant and animal life.
c. Earth has an atmosphere, liquid water, and a moderate temperature.
d. Earth is larger than Mercury and Mars but smaller than Jupiter and Saturn.

2. The earth consists of four distinct yet connected spheres. Which of the following shows
the correct interaction between the subsystems when Mt. Pinatubo exploded?
a. Earthquake due to volcano explosion (lithosphere) →evacuation of people away
from the volcano (atmosphere)
b. Gases buildup inside the volcano (atmosphere) → cooling of groundwater near
the volcano (hydrosphere)
c. Release of volcanic gases and ash (hydrosphere) →global cooling of
climate(atmosphere)
d. Lava going down the slope of the volcano (geosphere) → destruction of crops
where the lava flows (biosphere)

3. A student sorted mineral samples into two groups: dull and shiny. Which of the
following properties did the student use to sort mineral samples into group?
a. Cleavage
b. Hardness
c. Luster
d. Streak

4. Sandstone undergoes weathering. It forms from cemented sand-sized clasts when sand
layers are buried under sediments of sand. What classification of rock does it belong?
a. Igneous
b. Quartzite
c. Sedimentary
d. Metamorphic

5. The interlocking crystals of an igneous rock help to classify it since these crystals are
evidence of how the rock formed. What causes crystal formation, and what does it arise
from?
a. Quartz coming out of a solution
b. Particles forming layers
 c. chemical reactions of minerals
d. Melted rock that cooled.

6. Which of the following would probably cause the most damage to a abandoned building
found in a jungle?
a. Storms
b. Wind and water
c. Solar heat and acid rain
d. Plant growth and earthquake

7. After the processes of weathering, rock fragments and products of alterations are
carried away through the process of erosion. How are these products of weathering
being carried away and deposited elsewhere?
a. They stay in the area for a long time until they change or disappear.
b. Rocks transfer places during earthquakes and are broken into pieces.
c. Rocks are capable of locomotion, and they can transfer locations by themselves.
d. Transporting agents such as wind, rivers, and floods carry weathered products
away from the source or original area.

8. The heat inside the Earth moves continents, builds mountains, and causes earthquakes.
Which of the following describes the source of the Earth’s internal heat?
a. It comes from the sun that reflects its hotness.
b. It is due to the radioactive decay of isotopes in the mantle and the crust that flow
to the surface.
c. It comes from the heated magma and melting materials in the inner core that
surface in the volcanoes.
d. It is due to sunspot deep within the Earth that melts iron nickel in the outer core
therefore emitting heat.

9. Geological processes lead to the formation of magma beneath the earth’s surface. Which
statement is TRUE about how magma is formed?
a. Magma which produced the Hawaiian volcanism came from the inner core.
b. Under the divergent plates, decompression triggers melting of mantle and core.
c. Increasing melting temperature triggered the complete melting of crust and
mantle.
d. The introduction of hydrous crust slab into the mantle produced partial melting
of mantle rocks.

10. The magma produced moves up through the mantle, and eventually into the crust.
Which statement best explain why magma rises upward?
a. It is very hot and very viscous.
b. It is fluid which moves up to high pressure area.
c. It is buoyant because it contains 20% dissolved gas.
d. It is less dense than the rocks where it originally formed.

11. The type of metamorphism this rock undergoes occurs due to the pressure and heat
from the movement of one tectonic plate against another.
a. Concrete Metamorphism
b. Contact Metamorphism
c. Regional Metamorphism
d. Tectonic Metamorphism
For items 12-13 study the properties of the two samples of igneous rocks below
Rock

Color Dark Light

Gravity High specific gravity Low specific gravity
Grain Fine grained Coarse grained
Formation Forms at the surface when Forms on the continent
lava cooled and solidified deep underground by
melting of continental
rocks

12. Before granite is formed, what process does it undergo?

a. Changing
b. Cooling
c. Melting
d. Precipitating

13. Based on the given properties, how do you compare the formation of two igneous rocks?
a. They have similar properties.
b. They differ in color and shape.
c. They have undergone gravitational force.
d. They form through melting and cooling processes.

14. When crust is pushed towards each other by compressional tectonic force, fold is
formed. What is most likely be formed to the one that come upward?
a. Bedrock
b. Mountain
c. Plains
d. Rift valleys

15. A stage in the stratification of rocks that makes use of salt crystals to glue layers
together as mineral solutions harden.
a. Cementation
b. Compaction
c. Erosion
d. Sedimentation

16. Which among the choices below BEST describes how these layers of rocks formed?

a. Rock layers (strata) are formed differently depending on the type of rock they
are made of.
b. Rock layers are immediately formed when tectonic plates and crustal plates
collide and rise up forming new plates and layers.
c. When a sequence of sedimentary layers is stacked one atop each other, it forms
stratigraphic section.
 d. Stratification, the layering that occurs in most sedimentary rocks and in those
igneous rocks formed at the Earth's surface, as from lava flows and volcanic
fragmental deposits.

17. In determining the ages of stratified rocks, which of the following statement is/are
correct?
I. The youngest layer is at the top while the oldest layer is at the bottom.
II. The oldest layer is at the top while the youngest is at the bottom.
III. Lithostratigraphy focuses on relationship of the layers
a. 1 and 3 are correct.
b. 2 and 3 are correct
c. 2 only
d. 3 only

18. Which of the following statements about the principles of relative dating is false?
a. The relative age of rocks can be determined using the rock sequence.
b. Based on the law of original horizontality, the rocks that were tilted may be due
to later events such as tilting episodes of mountain building.
c. The age of rocks can be determined by measuring its radioactive decay.
d. Both B and C

19. From the geologic time scale, which of the following era represents 80% of the Earth’s
history?
a. Cenozoic era
b. Paleozoic era
c. Mesozoic era
d. Precambrian era

20. It is a volcanic eruption hazard that are highly-dense, fluidized materials including rock
fragments and gases that flow rapidly.
a. Lahars
b. Pyroclastic flows
c. Pyroclastic surge
d. Tephars

21. A geohazard map indicates the areas that are susceptible to floods and landslides. Which
of the following is NOT found in a geohazard map?
a. Elevation
b. Tourist sites
c. Drainage systems like rivers and streams
d. Landslide- and flood-prone areas

22. Landslides are very dangerous. It is not enough that we know if our area of location is in
a landslide-prone area or not. Which of the human activities below trigger landslides?
a. Mining and quarrying
b. Dynamite fishing and excavating
c. Water pollution and spraying insecticides
d. Improper disposals of waste and land transformation

23. Human activities speed up or trigger landslides. Which of the following is NOT a
landslide mitigating practices?
a. Making the slope more manageable by dividing into several smaller and less
steep slopes reinforced by retaining walls
b. Overlapping sheet piles driven into the ground to act as walls.
 c. Filling an area with sediments and rocks for reclamation purposes
d. Use of plants and vegetables for slope stabilization

24. Which processes of atmospheric, hydrological or oceanographic nature that may cause
the loss of life or injury, property damage, social and economic disruption or
environmental degradation?
a. Biohazards
b. Intertropical Convergence Zone
c. Hydrometeorological Hazards
d. Tornado

25. Which of the following coastal processes results as the wearing away of rocks at crust
caused by the wave action and tidal wave currents which dissolve chemicals in rocks?
a. Coastal Erosion
b. Coastal Movement
c. Salt Intrusion
d. Submersion of low coastal zone

26. Who are the first persons responsible in identifying the hazard areas in a coastal zone?
a. Barangay Officials
b. Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council
c. Department of Health
d. Local Government Unit

27. Which is the practical way of maintaining natural topography of the coasts by planting
trees, shrubs and grasses?
a. Beach Nourishment
b. Building sand dunes
c. Coastal Revegetation
d. Constructing groins and jetties.
28. Based on the theory that life originated from volcanic eruption and lightning, the
reaction of gases of like methane and hydrogen creates what type of organic
compounds?
a. Amino acids
b. Ammonia
c. Carbon Dioxide
d. Proteins

29. On the theory of Primordial Soup, which of the following states the correct concept on
the origin of life?
a. According to the theory of Creationism, God created all life forms on Earth in
seven days.
b. Deep-sea vents released nitrogen-rich molecules that formed life on Earth
c. Life started from amino acid which came from space through meteorites, comets,
and other extraterrestrial bodies.
d. Continuous interaction of lightning strikes primordial soup resulted to the
generation of life forms.

30. This unifying themes in the study of life explains the changes in organisms over long
periods of time. It allows life forms to acquire new characteristics in response to their
environment.
a. Evolution
b. Heredity
c. Homeostasis
d. Structure and Functions
31. Which of the following statements best describes adaptation as one of the unifying
themes in the study of life?
a. Interaction between living and non-living things
b. An organize group of related parts that interact to form as a whole.
c. Process of changing to fit some purpose or adjustment to environmental
condition.
d. Keeping things constant not just a characteristic of living things that applies to
nature.

32. Sea stars and some echinoderms can reproduce by regeneration. What is regeneration?
a. An exact copy of its parent
b. A parent and offspring are completely different.
c. When an animal develops from an egg
d. A whole animal develops from a part of the original

33. In asexual reproduction of some animals, how does fragmentation differ from budding?
a. Exhibited by most invertebrates.
b. Requires an aquatic environment for it to occur.
c. Requires mature pieces growing from parent.
d. Regeneration occurs using fragment of an organism.

34. If you engineer the gene producing a toxin from Bacillus thuringiensis into a tomato
plant, what would be the resulting plant?
a. Plant cells of tomatoes will die.
b. Humans cannot eat the tomatoes.
c. Tomatoes will have bacillus infection
d. Tomatoes will be toxic to certain insects.
35. The following are disadvantages of genetically modified crops EXCEPT
a. Allergic reactions
b. High cost of GM seeds
c. Destruction of weed species
d. Reduced biodiversity of natural enemies

36. Which of the following metabolic processes is responsible in the breaking down of
complex substances into simpler form that can be absorbed by our body?
a. Circulation
b. Digestion
c. Respiration
d. Homeostasis

37. Bile is a sticky, yellow-green digestive fluid made by the liver. How does bile aid in
digestion?
a. It digests fats into fatty acids in the gall bladder.
b. It digests fats into fatty acids in the small intestine.
c. It breaks fats into small droplets in the small intestine.
d. It beaks proteins into amino acids in the small intestine.

38. What will happen to a new species if it has no adaptive traits for its new environment?
a. It will live.
b. It will survive.
c. It will be extinct.
d. It will increase in number.
39. To explain mechanisms of evolution, how does a cladogram help scientists classify
organisms?
a. It indicates a common ancestor
b. It illustrates differences among organisms
c. It shows the complexity in structures among organisms
d. It shows how species may be related by descent from a common ancestor.

40. How could a high carrying capacity of an environment affect the population size of the
species in an ecosystem?
a. Increase in population
b. Decrease in population
c. Migration of population
d. Does not affect the population size