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A. Y. 2020-2021
Fourth Periodical Examination–SCIENCE 9
Name: _____________________Date: _____________ Score: ________
Teacher: ____________________Parents’ Signature: ______________

A. Definition (30pts)

1. Constellation

2. Asterisms

3. Neap Tide

4. Spring tide

5. Solar Eclipse

6. Lunar Eclipse

B. Sentence Completion (20pts.)

Direction: Supply the missing word in each sentence.

1. Earth’s axis is tilted___________ from a vertical position.

2. __________or the North Star is a star that appears to stay fixed in the sky (we
appear to revolve around this star).

3. As earth rotates on its axis, it wobbles, thus the axis points in a different
direction every __________ years.

4. __________ is the time of the year when the hours of daylight is shorter than
the hours of darkness.

5. __________ is the time of the year when the hours of daylight is longer than the
hours of darkness.

6. Earth completes one rotation each day in a ____________ direction.

7. Earth ___________on its axis; it is similar to the motion of a spinning top.

8. When Earth is tilted___________ the sun, in the northern hemisphere, sunlight

spreads over a smaller area so there is intense heating of the surface.

9. __________ is what allows Earth to orbit around the sun and the moon to orbit
around the Earth.

10. When Earth is tilted __________ the sun, in the northern hemisphere, sunlight
spreads over a larger area so there is less heating of the surface.
 C. Eclipse & Seasons (18pts)
Direction: Illustrate the following.

1. Winter Solstice (date)

2. Summer Solstice (date)
3. Autumnal Equinox (date)
4. Vernal Equinox (date)
5. Lunar Eclipse
6. Solar Eclipse

S. Phases of the Moon (16pts)

Direction: Identify the following.

E. What You’ve Learned (16pts)

Direction: Explain the following.

1. Why does the moon affect the tides?

2. Does the moon have day and night?

3. Why does the earth have seasons?

4. How many times does the moon orbit the earth in a year?

5. What are the uses and importance of constellations to us?

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last
analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.-Max
Planck
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