3rd QUARTER EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 9
NAME: _______________________________________________ SCORE: _____
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Only black or blue ball pens are allowed to use. Strictly, no erasures. Do
not talk to your seatmates. If you have a question/s please raise your right hand and ask your teacher. Do not
CHEAT. Anyone caught cheating will automatically marked zero.
Test I. IDENTIFICATION. Direction: Answer the following questions. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.
_______________ 1.It is a molten rock inside a volcano.
_______________ 2. Stars that form a pattern.
_______________ 3. It is the condition of the atmosphere over a long period of time.
_______________ 4. It is a part of a volcano where magma is stored.
_______________ 5. It is a tube where magma goes out of.
_______________ 6. How many constellations do we have?
_______________ 7. Orion is an example of.
_______________ 8. It is the only opening of the earth’s crusts.
_______________ 9. We have so many active volcanoes in our country because we are located at the.
_______________ 10. It is the two bright stars at Orion.
Test II. MULTIPLE CHOICES. Direction: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Write
your answer on the space provided before each number.
_____ 1. What elements are stars made up of?
a. Iron & Calcium c. Hydrogen & Helium
b. Calcium & Hydrogen d. Helium & Iron
_____ 2. Which of the following are important ways to reduce your own use of fossil fuels?
a. Replace your incandescent light bulbs.
b. Select energy star appliances.
c. Make transportation choices that conserve fossil fuel like driving less, using public transportation
and choosing a fuel-efficient vehicle, or better still, a hybrid.
d. Practice the 4 R’s.
_____ 3. What is the evidence that volcanoes provide information about the interior of the earth?
a. They were able to observe the behaviour of the rocks inside the earth.
b. The benefits we can get from volcanoes.
c. The movement and characteristics of the rocks beneath the earth.
d. None of the above.
_____4. What does the H-R diagram show?
a. Magnitude & Color c. Temperature & Color
b. Temperature, Color & Magnitude d. Temperature & Magnitude
_____ 5. One of the benefits that we can get from geothermal energy is
 a. A source of energy
b. A heating system
c. Heat pumps that control the temperature
d. All of the above
_____ 6. What particular type of star is our sun?
a. Super Giant Star c. Giant
b. White Star d. Red Giant
_____ 7. When a volcano erupts on its parasitic cone, it will form a
a. New vent c. new magma chamber
b. New lava dome d. caldera
_____ 8. Which among the following is an example of circumpolar constellation?
a. Cygnus c. Ursa Major
b. Orion d. Canis Major
_____ 9. Volcanic eruption affects the climate because.
a. They emit volcanic gas and dust in the upper part of the atmosphere.
b. They gradually change the temperature.
c. They release lava.
d. Volcanoes have no effects when they erupt.
_____ 10. Which of the following is the cause of climate change?
a. Greenhouse effect
b. Global warming
c. Overpopulation
d. Melting of glaciers
_____ 11. What do you call the actual brightness of a star?
a. Apparent magnitude c. sixth magnitude
b. First magnitude d. Absolute magnitude
_____ 12. The smallest known active volcano in the Philippines is
a. Mt. Apo c. Mt. Mayon
b. Mt. Pinatubo d. Mt. Taal
_____ 13. Which species survival is the most immediately imperilled due to global warming?
a. Grizzly bear c. black bear
b. Giant panda d. polar bear
_____ 14. According to scientists, climate change is normal, it becomes worse because of?
a. Human activities c. environment
b. Natural disaster d. gases
_____ 15. What is the biggest contributor to the greenhouse shield?
a. Methane c. Halons
b. Carbon dioxide d. Nitrous Oxide
Test III. RANKING TASK:
Direction: Part A. Arrange the following effects of climate change from the worst effect to the least. Use
numbers 1-4.
_____ Rise in the sea level
_____ Increase of global temperature global warming
_____ Sickness, disease and malnutrition
_____ Extreme weather vents
Part B. Arrange the following from the most active to the least active volcano. Use numbers 1-5.
_____ Mt. Kanlaon
_____ Mt. Mayon
_____ Mt. Makaturing
_____ Mt. Taal
_____ Mt. Bulusan
Test IV. TRUE/FALSE: Write true if the statement is correct. And if the statement is false, change the
underlined word to make the statement correct.
_______________1. Each element gives off its own spectrum of light.
_______________ 2. The brightness of most stars increase as the star’s surface temperature decrease.
_______________ 3. Sirius is a star found in Orion.
_______________ 4. Red giants are very small hot stars.
_______________ 5. Spectroscopy is a device that measures the spectrum of an object.
_______________ 6. Asterisms are stars that form a pattern.
_______________ 7. Climatograph is a graph that shows the climate type of a certain place.
_______________ 8. Mt. Pinatubo is the most active volcano in the Philippines.
_______________ 9. The three parts of volcano are the magma vent, main chamber and the crater.
_______________10. NDRRMC is the Philippine Government agency that is responsible for monitoring
volcanoes.
Test V.
1. Draw and label the parts of a volcano.
2. Draw the following according to their patterns. (Constellations)
1. Leo Minor

2. Orion

3. Leo

4. Cancer

5. Gemini