Day 1 Pre-test

Question 1

What branch of Earth Science deals with the earth, its processes, and history?

Answer 1

Geology

Question 2

Father of Modern Geology

Answer 2

James Hutton

Question 3

The Philippine Fault Zone is a?

Answer 3

Sinistral Fault

Question 4

Why are there volcanoes on both western and eastern seaboards of the Philippines?

Answer 4

There are trenches on both sides

Question 5

A fault with upthrown footwall

Answer 5

Normal fault

Question 6

Serves as a footwall of two normal faults

Answer 6

Horst

Question 7

A fault that has little to no vertical movement

Answer 7

Strike-slip fault

Question 8

What is a fault?

Answer 8

It moved yesterday

Question 9

Why is wind erosion insignificant compared to running water?

Answer 9

1) water can carry more volume of sediments
2) wind carries low volumes of sediments

Question 10

What epoch is today

Answer 10

Holocene

Question 11

Which one is a structurally controlled stream? (Dendritic, Radial, Perpendicular, Parallel)

Answer 11

Perpendicular

Question 12

How did Earth Scientists described the timing and agreements of events for the geological time scale?

Answer 12

they based it on:
1) large-scale geological events
2) mass extinctions
3) changes in paleoenvironments
4) dominant species

Question 13

The Philippines is an example of

Answer 13

Volcanic Island Arc

Question 14

Which is the strongest bond on earth?

Answer 14

Covalent

Question 15

What do you call a spur that is a remnant of a fault

Answer 15

Triangular facets

Question 16

What and where was the fault that generated a 7.2Mw Earthquake on October 15, 2013?

Answer 16

North Bohol Fault, Bohol

Question 17

What is the Bowen’s Reaction Series

Answer 17

It is a representation of general mineral compositions and variation igneous rocks at certain temperatures

Question 18

Which one does not belong? (Burgess Shale, Aldan River, Marble Mountains, La Brea Tarpits)

Answer 18

La Brea Tarpits

Question 19

Which of the following transport agents generally result in the most poorly sorted sediments? (Rivers, Ocean Waves, Glaciers, Winds)

Answer 19

Glaciers

Question 20

What is the most common rock found from the Precambrian

Answer 20

Gneiss

Question 21

Eustatic change is one of the most likely outcome of global warming. What is eustasy?

Answer 21

Sea level change

Question 22

In which period gave rise to the first mammals?

Answer 22

Triassic

Question 23

During which period did the first true coniferous trees appeared?

Answer 23

Carboniferous

Question 24

Which is built by organisms? (Kettles, Benches, Atolls, Levees)

Answer 24

Atolls

Question 25

How fast does the earth spin at the equator

Answer 25

~1600 kph

Question 26

What is the radius of the Earth?

Answer 26

6370 km

Question 27

What great change in the Earth's biology took place around 2300mya

Answer 27

Oxygenation

Question 28

Which of the following minerals would crystallize first in silicate magma?

Answer 28

Olivine

Question 29

Silt and clay are most likely part of a river's

Answer 29

Suspended load

Question 30

Where was the first unrecognized republic of the Philippines reclared?

Answer 30

Biak-na-bato

Question 31

Which one was the worst mass extinction? (K-Pg, Permian-Triassic, Pleistocene, Precambrian-Cambrian)

Answer 31

Permian-Triassic

Question 32

Which minerals always go together? (Azurite & Malachite, Olivine & Quartz, Quartz & Calcite, Hematite and Chert, Magnetite and Chlorite)

Answer 32

Azurite and Malachite

Question 33

What famous fossil was found in the Solnhofen Limestone Formation?

Answer 33

Archeopteryx

Question 34

What is called the natural splitting in direction of a schist?

Answer 34

Foliation

Question 35

What kind of fault shook Eastern Visayas lsst July 6, 2017?

Answer 35

Left-lateral strike-slip fault

Question 36

What occurred in what's called the Cambrian explosion?

Answer 36

Abundance of hard-bodied organisms

Question 37

Which metal is the best electrical conductor?

Answer 37

Silver

Question 38

The length of this dinosaur is less than 2m, having a prominent role in the Jurassic Park film series?

Answer 38

Velociraptor

Question 39

When was the last eruption of Mt. Taal?

Answer 39

2024 (October 10)

Question 40

Which structure is a result of compression?

Answer 40

North Bohol Fault

Question 41

This is a result of a fault slicing off and exposing a part of an aquifer?

Answer 41

Spring

Question 42

Sierra Madre is the result of the subduction of the?

Answer 42

Luzon Trough

Question 43

These parts of the Philippines is continental derived/ has affinity except: (Zamboanga, Romblon, Northern Palawan, Southern Palawan)

Answer 43

Southern Palawan