Q4 SCIENCE 7 Periodical Test
Q4 SCIENCE 7 Periodical Test
Test I – MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and understand each statement and/or question below. ENCIRCLE the letter of
your chosen answer.
1. What do you call the horizontal lines in the globe?
A. Axis B. Equator C. Latitude D. Longitude
2. What do you call the vertical lines in the globe?
A. Axis B. Equator C. Latitude D. Longitude
3. Which of the following resources are affected when factories release waste into rivers and streams?
A. Air B. Forest C. Land D. Water
4. Which of the energy resources are renewable?
A. Coal B. Fossil Fuels C. Natural Gas D. Wind
5.What is the important abundant element in the atmosphere?
A. Argon B. Carbon Dioxide C. Nitrogen D. Oxygen
6. What is the basis for dividing the layers of the earth’s atmosphere?
A. Amount of oxygen B. Gas composition C. Temperature D. Weather patterns
7. What is the correct order of earth’s atmospheric layers from bottom to top?
A. Stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, exosphere
B. Stratosphere, troposphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, exosphere
C. Troposphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
D. Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
8. A local wind system created during the day by a convection current of cool sea air and warm land air.
A. Land Breeze B. Monsoon C. Sea Breeze D. Trade Winds
9. A seasonal wind that either travels northeastward or southwestward.
A. Land Breeze B. Monsoon C. Sea Breeze D. Trade Winds
10. It is when warm air rises, cool air replaces it and meets at one point.
A. Breeze B. ITCZ C. Monsoon D. Trade Winds
11. It is our main source of heat energy.
A. Electricity B. Moon C. Natural Gas D. Sun
12. At what degree angle does the earth tilted on its own axis?
A. 0 degrees B. 23.5 degrees C. 66.5 degrees D. 90 degrees
13.What movement of the earth dictates day and night?
A. Revolution B. Rotation C. Season D. Tilt of the earth
14. It is an astronomical event that occurs when the sun, earth and moon are positioned along a straight path.
A. Eclipse B. Meteor C. Shooting starD. Solar flare
15. A dark figure or image that is formed when an object blacks a source of light.
A. Eclipse B. Darkness C. Shadow D. Torque
16. How will you locate the exact places on earth?
A. The lines of latitude only C. A neighboring area to describe the location
B. The lines of longitude only D. The intersecting line of latitude and longitude
17. Which pairing is incorrect?
A. Latitude: Amount of Energy C. Longitude: Time Difference
B. 0 degree: Origin D. Coordinate System: Amount of Energy
18. How important is the coordinate system in locating places on earth?
A. It is a convenient and easiest way to be used in locating places on earth.
B. It requires time since it needs to look first for the longitude and latitude.
C. It needs a person to bring all the time its map to locate places.
D. All of the above.
19. Why are coal, petroleum and natural gas considered non-renewable resources if they were produced from plant and
animal remains?
A. It takes a very long time to produce them.
B. Using them results in environmental problems.
C. They are difficult to locate and explore from earth.
D. The Philippines is dependent on supply from other countries.
20. How are we going to reduce problem on the global warming?
A. Plant more trees. C. Have vehicles properly tuned up.
B. Avoid using products with CFCs D. All of the above
21. Why is the presence of ozone above the troposphere important for the survival of living things on earth?
A. It warms earth’s surface. C. It makes jet flying more comfortable.
B. It helps in cloud formation. D. It offers protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
22. Why do hikers put on thicker clothes when climbing high mountains?
A. To protect them against insect bites.
B. To be easily be located when they get lost.
C. To survive the low temperature as they go higher.
D. To add more weight so they will not be pushed by the wind.
23. How air moves constantly from high pressure area to low pressure area?
A. Cool air rises to the atmosphere since it is light then warm air takes its place.
B. Warm air rises to the atmosphere since it is light then cool air takes its place.
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A and B
24.Which of the following statement correctly describes how sea breeze happens?
A. When land is expose to the sun making the air above to become warm and rise, and be replaced by
cooler air from the sea.
B. When sea is expose to the sun making the air above to become warm and rise, and be replaced by
cooler air from the land.
C. Both A and B
D. Neither A nor B
25. Which of the following statement is NOT true about breeze, monsoon and Intertropical Convergence Zone?
A. All of them brings abundant rainfall and catastrophe in the area.
B. Their movement always directed towards the equator where temperature is high.
C. Warm air always rises for these systems and replaced by cooler air thus its wind direction.
D. These systems always move from high pressure area to low pressure area in horizontal manner.
26. How does the tilt of the earth’s axis affect the number of hours of sunlight that are hitting the earth?
A. Sunlight hours are not affected by the tilt of the earth.
B. Sunlight hours are greater when earth is tilted toward the sun.
C. Sunlight hours are greater when earth is tilted away from the sun.
D. Sunlight hours are greater when the earth is neither tilted away nor toward the sun.
27. When the north pole is tilted toward the sun, will the daytime be longer than night time in the norther hemisphere?
A. Yes, because it receives direct rays.
B. Yes, because it receives diagonal rays.
C. No, because it receives heat around the sun.
D. No, because it receives oblique rays from the sun.
28. What effect does the tilting of the earth cause?
A. When the earth is tilted away from the sun, we have day.
B. When the earth is tilted away from the sun, we have night.
C. It changes the angle than the sun strikes the earth in different land areas.
D. It causes the earth to be farther away from the sun at different times of the year.
29. When the northern hemisphere is tilted away from the sun, it experiences what season?
A. Fall B. Spring C. Summer D. Winter
30. Which statement below correctly differentiates Umbra and Penumbra?
A. Umbra is the darker shadow while penumbra is the faded one.
B. Umbra is the faded and lighter shadow while penumbra is darker.
C. Umbra is darker yet faded shadow while penumbra is lighter to almost no shadow,
D. None of the above.
31. Which pair below is correct?
A. Solar Eclipse; Penumbral C. Lunar Eclipse: Annular
C. Shadow: Umbra D. Eclipse: Syzygy
Test II – MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. Read each statement below. Answer YES if the sentence is true, and NO if it
is not. Then, replace the underlined word/phrase with correct idea.
39. The Prime Meridian is at 0o latitude and divides the earth into east and west.
40. Natural Resources are materials or elements from the environment that people did not create.
41. Ozone in the troposphere offers us protection from the sun’s harmful UV rays.
42. Monsoons are often misconceived as weather system bringing lots of rain like a typhoon.
43. We have seasons because earth is closer to the sun in summer.
44. Syzygy is the straight or the nearly-straight formation of the sun, earth and moon.
Test III – COMPARISON. Inside the table below, write the difference between the terms mentioned on each item. (2
points each item)
45.
SOLAR ECLIPSE LUNAR ECLIPSE
46.
POINT SYSTEM:
2 points – Overall feature of the
illustration is correct
1 point – some parts are incorrect
Test IV – DRAW ME! On the space provided below, draw the following phenomena.
47. Wind direction of Sea Breeze (include in your drawing the land and sea)
48. Arrangement of the sun, moon and earth during Solar Eclipse