SCIENCE 6

Summative Test No. 2

4TH QUARTER

Name: _____________________________________________ Score: __________

I. Read the questions very carefully. Choose the letter of the correct and write it on the blank.

____1. Which of the following atmospheric condition changes over a long period of time?
A. climate B. season C. weather D. typhoon
____2. What brings heavy rainfall throughout the country from May to October?
A. Northeast monsoon C. Mountain ranges
B. Southwest monsoon D. All of the above
____3. Dry months in the Philippines occur from December to _______.
A. January B. May C. June D. September
____4. Which of the following influences the climate of the Philippines?
A. Area of the country C. population of the country
B. Location of the country D. size of the country
____5. Why do the Philippines have generally warm temperature throughout the year?
A. It is near the sun C. It lies near the equator
B. It has many volcanoes D. It has many islands
____6. Which wind blows from Asiatic mainland to our country from October to March?
A. Northeast monsoon C. North wind
B. Southwest monsoon D. South wind
____7. Which wind blows from the west Philippine Sea that brings rain throughout the country?
A. Northeast monsoon C. North wind
B. Southwest monsoon D. South wind
____8. Which area experiences Type II climate?
A. Batanes B. Catanduanes C. Camarines Sur D. Negros
____9. The climate in the Philippines is determined by ____________.
A. Air temperature C. humidity
B. Air pressure D. amount of rainfall
____10. What does ITCZ stand for?
A. Intertropical converge zone B. Intertropical convergent zone
C. Intertropical Converging zone D. Intertropical convergence zone
____11. Which of the following would happen if the Earth did not rotate?
A. We would not have days and nights B. The sun would not shine an Earth.
C. The Earth would fall in space. D. We would not have any new year.
____12. Why do we have day and night?
A. Because the earth revolves around the sun. B. Because the earth rotates on its axis.
C. Because the earth tilts on its axis. D. Options A and C
____13. As the globe rotates, only half of it receives light so this side is bright. Places on this area experiences what time
of the day?
A. daytime B. night time C. dawn D. midnight
____14. When the other side of the earth is away from the sun, this side does not receive light so it is dark. What time on
this side of the Earth?
A. daytime B. night time C. dawn D. midnight
____15. As seen from the North Pole in what direction does the Earth rotates.
A. clockwise B. counter clockwise C. sideward D. backward
____16. How many times does the earth rotate on its axis in one year?
A. 24 times B. 48 times C. 365.25 times D. 12 times
____17. Why does the moon appear to move across the sky during the night?
A. It travels around Earth every day. B. Earth rotates on its axis.
C. It is extremely far away. D. All objects in space are moving.
____18. The earth’s _____ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
A. axis B. longitude C. orbit D. equator
____19. The portion of the earth facing the sun experiences _____while the other half away from the sun experiences ___.
A. day, night B. night, day C. night, dawn D. night, day
____20. The Earth is tilted on its axis as shown in the picture on the right. What would change if the Earth’s axis was not
tilted but straight up and down like in the picture at the left?
A. The Earth would not have seasons.
B. The Earth would stop orbiting the sun.
C. At the equator there would be 24 hours of daylight.
D. The daytime temperature at the North Pole would be the same as the equator.

KEY:
1.A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. A
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. D
11. A
12. B
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. A
17. A
18. A
19. A
20. A