Name: _____________________________

FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE 7

TEST I. Multiple Choice. Read and analyze the statement carefully. Encircle the correct
answer.

1. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?

a. Mesosphere b. stratosphere c. thermosphere d. troposphere
2. In which layer do virtually all weather phenomena take place?
a. Exosphere b. mesosphere c. stratosphere d. troposphere
3. In which atmospheric layer is most water vapor found?
a. troposphere b. stratosphere c. mesosphere d. thermosphere
4. what happen when air is heated?
a. It expands, then rises c. it spreads in all direction
b. It stays in place d. it moves toward a lower elevation
5. Which warm faster, the land or water?
a. Land b. water c. both warm up at the same rate
d. rate of warming varies, depends on weather
6. what happens to the surrounding air as warm air rises?
a. Moves in all direction c. moves away from the rising air
b. Moves to higher altitude d. moves toward the place where warm air
rises
7. Which of the following does NOT describe the amihan?
a. Brings lot of rain c. comes around July to September
b. Brings cold weather d. comes from the northwest and moves southward
8. Which of the following is most likely to cause a rise in the average temperature
of the Earth’s atmosphere in the future?
a. Atomic warfare
b. Carbon dioxide from fossil fuel
c. Dust clouds from volcanoes
d. Depletion of the earth’s ozone layer
9. Which of the following correctly describes the stratosphere?
a. It is an atmospheric ozone layer
b. It has high concentration of ionized particles
c. It is a layer important to telecommunications
d. It is a layer extending to a height of about 8 km.
10. You see pieces of cardboard, empty soft drink cans, and broken wooden chair
dumped in vacant lot. What materials are being wasted in the dumpsite?
a. Paper b. metals c. wood d. all of these
11. The earth is a tilted planet. What is the degree of tilt?
a. Approximately 25 degrees
b. Exactly 25 degrees
c. 23.5 degrees
d. 90 degrees with respect to the sun
12. What does the earth tilt cause?
a. The seasons b. day and night c. tsunamis d. earthquakes
13. Why you cannot see the moon at day time?
 a. The earth faces the sun b. moon changes in size c. clouds are
everywhere
14. When lunar eclipse occurs?
a. When sun is between earth and moon
b. When earth is between sun and moon
c. When moon is between earth and sun
d. When earth is between sun and other celestial bodies
15. During calendar year, the maximum numbers of lunar eclipse that can occur are:
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5

TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE. Read and analyze the statement. Write your NAME if the is
correct and write LAST NAME if the statement is wrong.

_____________1. Temperature, rainfall, chemical changes and biological action act together
to continuously form soil.

_____________2. Climate is a significant factor not only in soil formation but also in
sustaining diversity of plants and animals in the country.

_____________3. Bays, rivers, lakes are examples of natural water forms.

_____________4. Too much rain fall will results flood, landslides and health related
problem.
_____________5. The main function of a watershed is for production of continuous water
supply.
_____________6. Gold is important in making electric wires.
_____________7. Iron is the main material for steel bars.
_____________8. Geologist is the scientist who study the earth and processes that occur in
and on it.
_____________9. The Philippines is ranked second to the United States in terms of
geothermal energy.
_____________10. Natural gas is a form of fossil fuel, so are coal and crude oil.

TEST III. ENUMERATION.

What are the nonmetallic minerals found in the Philippines?

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What are the atmospheric layer in the atmosphere?

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