Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
DIVISION OF CEBU CITY
Buhisan Night High School
Eskwelahan,Buhisan,Cebu City
SY 2019-2020

THIRD QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

9 –SCIENCE
Name: ______________________________________________ Sec:________________________Score:____________

Directions. Read the items carefully and write the CAPITAL letter of the correct answer on the space provided before
each number.

_____ 1. A volcano is
A. an opening on the earth’s surface where lava is thrown out.
B. a raised land on the surface of the earth with a crater where molten rocks come out.
C. a cone-shaped land mass with an opening at the top where lava flowed out.
D. all of these
___ 2. Which type of volcano has a dome shape?
A. cinder cone B. composite cone C. shield volcano D. none of the choices
___ 3. Which volcano type is gently sloped and not so steep?
A. cinder cone B. composite cone C. shield D. none of the choices
___ 4. How does a cinder cone volcano look? It has a
A. dome shape like a soldier's armor. C. nearly perfect sloped structure formed from lava, ash and rock
debris.
B. steep cone-shaped made of lava fragments. D. none of the choices
___ 5. Which Philippine volcano has a composite cone?
A. Mayon B. Pinatubo C. Taal D. Urot
___ 6. How will you classify volcanoes with no records of eruption?
A. inactive B. dormant C. active D. none of the choices
___ 7. How will you classify volcanoes that erupt recently?
A. inactive B. dormant C. active D. none of the choices
___ 8. Which is NOT true about active volcanoes?
A. They have just erupted recently. C. They have not erupted for more than 10,000 years.
B. They have erupted for the last 600 years. D. all of these
___ 9. Which is true about inactive volcanoes?
A. They erupted for the last 10,000 years.
B. They have no record of eruption for a period of more than 10,000 years.
C. They have not shown any signs of activity for the last 600 years.
D. None of the choices
___ 10. Why is Mt. Mayon classified as an active volcano in the Philippines?
A. It no longer shows any signs of activity. C. It erupted last year.
B. It has large gullies on its slope. D. Its slope is covered with thick vegetation for a long time.
___ 11. Which of these indicates that a volcano is about to erupt?
A. Ground swells. C. Localized landslides and rock falls from summit.
B. Increase in the frequency of volcanic quakes. D. All of these
___ 12. What causes volcanic eruption?
A. fluidity of magma B. low temperature inside the volcano C. pressure build up D. all of
these
___ 13. Which of these should be done to be safe in case of volcanic eruption?
A. Leave the places near the vicinity of a volcano.
B. Pack up food, clothing, and other things needed for evacuation.
C. For those living near the coast, evacuate to higher grounds in preparation for tsunamis.
D. All of the above
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___ 14. What is the physical clue that the volcano is preparing to eventually erupt?
A. The volcano should swell ,inflate and bulge
B. Nothing
C. The slope or incline of a volcano would steepen or increase
D. Both a and b

___ 15. Which of the following statements is true?

A. Volcanoes have no energy whatsoever.
B. The underground heat is tapped as a source of electricity in a geothermal plant.
C. Geothermal power plants can be put up anywhere in the Philippines.
D. Generators convert electrical energy to mechanical energy.
___ 16. What is the action taken by the government to reduce the country’s dependence on the fossil fuel as a source of
electrical energy?
A. Geothermal energy is used to generate electricity.
B. Geothermal power plants are put up in places with reservoir of underground heat.
C. The heat from the earth’s interior is utilized as a source of energy for electricity.
D. All of these
___ 17. Which of the following BEST describes climate?
A. The weather that occurs in the atmosphere within a day.
B. The patterns of weather that occurs in a region over a long period of time.
C. The patterns of weather that in a region over a short period of time.
D. The disturbance in the atmosphere that happens in a long period of time.
___ 18. What are the factors that affect the climate of a place?
A. altitude B. latitude C. topography D. all of these
___ 19. The following gases are emitted from a volcanic eruption except for
A.water vapor B. sulfur C.flourine D. hydrogen chloride
___ 20.Where would the most damage be caused in a earthquake?
A. Close to the epicenter
B. Far away from the epicenter
C. In rural areas
D. In urban areas

___ 21. What happens to the temperature as the place becomes farther from the equator?
A. increases B. decreases C. becomes irregular D. cannot be determined
___ 22. What are the characteristics of a composite volcano?
A. Steep sides B. covers a wide area C. running lava D. big caldera
___ 23. What happens to a constructive plate boundary?
A. Plates slides side by side.
B. One plate is forced beneath the other
C. Two plates move apart and new island is created.
D. None of the above
___ 24.What happens as a tsunami approaches the shore?
A. The wave height increases and the wave length shortens.
B. The wave height decreases and the wave length shorten.
C. The wave height increases and the wave length gets longer.
D. The wave height decreases and the wave length gets longer.

___ 25. In volcanic areas, groundwater heated by magma is a source of_____.

A. Lava flows C. geothermal energy
B. Silica D. pyroclastic flow
___ 26. Which of these statements is NOT true?
A. The altitude of a place affects its climate.
B. As the altitude increases, the temperature also increases.
C. The air pressure decreases as the altitude of the place increases.
D. The lesser is the density of air, the lower is the temperature and the colder is the place.
___ 27. City A is surrounded by bodies of water and has a moderate temperature. It is located near the equator. What will
most likely affect the climate of the city?
I. Altitude III. Topography II. Latitude IV. Distance from bodies of water
A. I and III B. I and IV C. II and III D. II and IV
___ 28. When liquid is highly viscous, it means there is more resistance to its
A. Conductivity B. flow C. insulation D. hardness
___ 29. Volcanic eruptions can affect climate because_______________.
A. They heat the atmosphere
B. The presence of volcanic dust
C. There is a sudden change of temperature
D. Volcanic dust and gas in the atmosphere reflects and absorbs radiation
___ 30. Which of the following are considered as greenhouse gases?
A. carbon dioxide B. methane C. nitrous oxide D. all of these
___ 31. What will happen if there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
A. Water vapor condenses. B. Temperature increases. C. Greenhouse effect occurs.
D. Climate changes.
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___ 33. Which condition happens during La Niña phenomenon?
A. Air pressure in the western Pacific increases. C. Upwelling of cold water is blocked.
B. Air pressure in the eastern Pacific decreases. D. Trade wind becomes stronger.
___ 34. Which of the following is an indication of global warming?
A. rising of sea level B. decrease of global temperature C. coastal erosion D. strong waves
in the ocean
___ 35. Which is the best practice to reduce the effect of climate change?
 A. livestock raising B. burning fossil fuel C. organic farming D. car
manufacturing

For questions 36-37, refer to the table below about stars W, X, Y and Z.
___ 36. Which star is the hottest?
A. W B. X C. Y D. Z Star Color
___ 37. Which star is very similar to the Sun? W Blue
A. W B. X C. Y D. Z X Red
___ 38. Which is the coolest star? Y White
A. W B. X C. Y D. Z Z Yellow
___ 39. Why do stars have colors?
A. It is because of the presence of oxygen. C. It is because of varied temperatures.
B. It is because of the presence of carbon dioxide. D. It is because of the different locations.
___ 40. Stars appear to move in the sky because
A. the earth is rotating on its axis. C. the night sky is rotating
B. the universe is expanding. D. new galaxies are formed.
____41. Volcanic belts form along
A. islands in the Pacific Ocean. C. the boundaries of Earth’s plates
B.North American mountain ranges. D. the coast of Antartica

_____42. The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of

A.volcanoes forming over a hot spot. C. The ring of fire
B.volcanoes forming along plate boundaries. D.continental drift
_____43. What can be used to identify a substance or to predict how it will behave?
A. stages of activity C.geothermal activity
B.physical and chemical properties D.viscosity

______44.What triggers the small earthquakes that occur around a volcano before an eruption?
A.upward movement of magma C.cooling magma inside the crust
B.pyroclastic flow D.platemovements
The diagram below shows two plates coming together. Use the diagram to answer questions 45 and 46.

______45. What kind of plate boundary is shown in the diagram?

A. divergent boundary C. convergent boundary
B. transform boundary D. transverse boundaries
_______46 What causes magma to form at this plate boundary?
A. The oceanic plate sinks beneath the continental plate and melts.
B. The continental plate gets warmer and melts.
C. The continental plate pushes magma up from the mantle.
D. The oceanic plate pushes magma up and forms mountains.
_______47. The 1991 Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines caused brilliantly colored sunrises and sunsets to be seen for
the next few years. What caused this phenomenon?
A. the eruption added large amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere
B. the eruptive cloud destroyed parts of the Earth's protective ozone layer
C. radioactive atoms blown into the atmosphere glowed red as they decayed
D. sulfur dioxide and other erupted gases formed aerosols in the stratosphere
_______48. Which of the following factors help determine whether a volcanic eruption will be violent or relatively
quiescent?
A. amount of dissolved gas in the magma
B. temperature of the magma
C. composition of the magma
D.all of these
_______49. Where are most volcanoes located?
A. At mountain ranges C. At convergent plate boundaries
B. At divergent plate boundaries D. only at Pacific ocean
_______50. Which of the following does NOT occur when two continental plates collide?
A.the crust becomes folded and deformed
B. The crust floating on Earths mantle develops a deep root
C. uplift occurs and results of Mountain belts
D.one plate sinks the other.
_____11.The symbol for rhenium is ______. a. Rh b. Re c. R d. Rm
_____12. The central part of an atom is referred to as _____. a. Charge b. Nucleus c. Radius d. Neutron
_____13. How many protons are there in C-12 isotope? a. 5 b. 6. c. 7 d. 8
_____14. It refers to the negatively charge particle of an atom. a. Electron b. Proton c. Neutron d. Atom

For questions 15 to 16. An element has an atomic number of 84 and a mass number of 209.

_____15. How many electrons are there in an atom of the element? a. 84 b. 125 c. 209 d. 293
_____16. How many neutrons? a. 84 b. 125 c. 209 d. 293
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_____17. Al 27 has a mass number of _____. a. 13 b. 14 c. 27 d. 40
_____18. Who proposed the plum pudding model of an atom?
a. Ernest Rutherford b. Ernest Marsden c. Lothar Meyer d. J.J. Thomson
_____19. Which of the following element has the smallest number of protons in its atom?
a. Li b. Ne. c. He d. B
_____20. What is the element with atomic number of 8? a. Carbon b. Nitrogen c. Oxygen d. Fluorine
_____21. An element X contains 30 protons, 10 neutrons and 30 electrons. The mass number of the element is ____.
a. 10 b. 30 c. 40 d. 60
_____22. Which of the following subatomic particle is lightest?
a. Proton b. Neutron c. Electron d. All of the above
_____23. He proposed the nuclear model of an atom in 1912.
a. Ernest Rutherford b. Ernest Marsden c. Lothar Meyer d. J.J. Thomson

For questions 24 to 27 74 -3
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_____24.How many protons are there in an atom of germanium?

a. 32 b. 42 c. 74 d. -3

_____25. How many neutrons are there in an atom of the element?

a. 32 b. 42 c. 74 d. -3
_____26. How many electrons?
a. -3 b. 32 c. 29 d. 35
_____27. Atoms which has the same number of protons but different number of neutrons is known as _____.
a. Electron b. Isotope. c. Proton d. Atom
_____28. What makes the atom neutral?
a. Equal number of protons and neutrons c. Number of neutrons and electrons
b. Equal number of protons and electrons d. Equal number of neutrons and nucleus
_____29.The sub-atomic particle of an atom located outside the nucleus.
a. Electron b. Proton c. Neutron d. Electron
_____30. The atomic number of an atom is the number of _________ in the atom’s nucleus.
a. Proton b. Electron c. Neutron d. Valence Electron
_____31. He is an English chemist who proposed the law of octaves.
a. John Newlands b. Johann Dobereiner c. Henry Moseley d. Dmitri Mendeleev
_____32. A physicist who observed that the order of x-ray frequencies emitted by elements follow the ordering
of the elements by atomic number.
a. John Newlands b. Johann Dobereiner c. Henry Moseley d. Dmitri Mendeleev
_____33. Which of the following is NOT a noble gas? a. He b. Cl c. Ne d. Kr
_____34. How many elements are there in a periodic table? a. 100 b. 108 c. 118 d. 119
_____35. It is a chart containing information about the atoms that make up all matters.
a. Venn Diagram b. Atomic structure c Electron configuration d. Periodic table
_____36.He is known as the “Father of modern periodic table”
a. John Newlands b. Johann Dobereiner c. Henry Moseley d. Dmitri Mendeleev
_____37. The horizontal rows in the periodic table are called groups or family.
a. true b. False c. Maybe d. none of the above
_____38.Who proposed the Law of Triads? a. John Newlands c. Johann Dobereiner
b. Henry Moseley d. Dmitri Mendeleev
_____39. The ease and speed with which metal reacts with another substance is called ____.
 a. oxidation b. activity series c. reactivity d. energy levels
_____40.How many groups or families are there in the periodic table?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 12 d. 18
_____41. Which of the following metal is most reactive? a. K b. Li c. Na d. Ca
_____42. Elements in the periodic table are arranged according to __________.
a. chemical reactivity b. number of neutrons c. atomic number d. atomic weight
_____43. Which of these things is NOT listed in the periodic table?
a. Element Name or symbol b. Atomic weight c. Atomic number d. Atomic orbital radius
_____44. W stands for ______. a. Tantalum b. Tungsten c. Thallium d. Thulium
_____45. The element with an atomic number of 10 is _____. a. Neon b. Nitrogen c. Sodium d. Argon
_____46. The symbol for tin is _____. a. T b. Tn c. Sb d. Sn
_____47. Ag stand for what element? a. Mercury b. Silver c. Gold d. Astatine
_____48. Which of the following is the abbreviation for copper? a. Cr b. Co c. Cu d. Cp
_____49. What is family or groups of elements in the right-most column of the Periodic Table?
a. Halogens b. Alkali metals c. Noble gases d. Alkali Earth Metals
_____50. The atomic number of an element tells you the number of _____ in a neutral atom.
a. Protons b. Neutrons c. Electrons d. None of the Above