Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Sarangani
SCIENCE 9 3rd Quarter Summative Test

Name: ___________________________Grade Level & Section: _________________

Teacher: _________________________Date: _______________ Score: _________

DIRECTION: Read the following questions carefully. Choose the correct answer and
write the LETTER ONLY on a separate ½ lengthwise sheet of paper.
1. Once magma reaches the surface it is called _________.
a. Silica b. Rock c. Tephra d. Lava

2. What makes a stratovolcano a composite one?

a. It is made up of pyroclastic material, which is pretty loose.
b. Because it tends to flatten out due to the composition of lava that flows from it
which is very fluid.
c. It spews out eruptions of small rock and ash, which gets deposited on the sides
of volcano.
d. It is simply a steep conical hill volcanic debris that accumulates around and
downwind from a volcanic vent.

3. How is the volcano named Taal in Batangas classified?

a. Active b. Dormant c. Extinct d. Passive

4. How does seismic data help scientists predict volcanic eruptions?

a. It helps scientists track the movement of magma inside the volcano.
b. It helps scientist track the amount of volcanic gas emissions.
c. It helps scientist measure the estimated pressure inside the volcano.
d. It helps scientist measure the types of gas released at the surface.

5. Why is it that a shield volcano looks like a warrior shield?

a. It is made up of pyroclastic material, which is pretty loose.
b. Because it tends to flatten out due to the composition of lava that flows from it
which is very fluid.
c. It spews out eruptions of small rock and ash, which gets deposited on the sides
of volcano.
d. It is simply a steep conical hill volcanic debris that accumulates around and
downwind from a volcanic vent.

6. The most explosive eruptions come from stratovolcanoes. What happens to the gas
bubbles and magma particles of this volcanoes?
a. The magma in these volcanoes is high in silica, making the lava sticky or viscous
then gas bubbles are less which able to escape from sticky viscous magma thus
increasing th pressure in magma chamber.
b. The magma in these volcanoes is low in silica, making the lava sticky or viscous
then gas bubbles are more which able to escape from sticky viscous magma thus
increasing the pressure in magma chamber.
c. The magma in these volcanoes is high in silica, making the lava sticky or viscous
then gas bubbles are less which able to escape from sticky viscous magma thus
decreasing the pressure in magma chamber.
 d. The magma in these volcanoes is low in silica, making the lava sticky or viscous
then gas bubbles are more which able to escape from sticky viscous magma thus
decreasing the pressure in magma chamber.

7. What is the relationship between active volcanoes and earthquakes?

a. Most earthquakes are caused by the interaction of the magma in the volcanoes
and not all earthquakes are related to volcanoes.
b. Most earthquakes are along the edges of the tectonic plates where most
volcanoes are. Earthquakes are just too strong to be unfelt and can be recorded by a
barometer.
c. Most volcanoes and earthquakes are located at plate boundaries. Active
volcanoes can cause earthquakes.
d. Most volcanoes releases magma and cools down to form an island.
Earthquakes happen of the certain pressure under the ground and they cannot be
correlated with volcanoes.

8. Which describes a cinder cone volcano?

a. a landform with steep sides that is made of small ashes piled around the vent
b. a landform with broad, gently sloping sides that is made of many layers of lava
rock
c. a landform with broad sides that is made of tilted blocks of rocks and thick lava
layers
d. a landform with steep concave sides that is made of layers of lava, alternating
rocks and ashes

9. Why do volcanoes at hot spots eventually become extinct?

a. The plate ultimately moves slow at the hot spot so the magma flow lately at the
volcano then subsides.
b. The plate eventually moves fast at the hot spot so the magma flow through the
volcano subsides.
c. The plate gradually moves slow at the hot spot so the sediments that flow from
a volcano subsides.
d. The plate ultimately moves fast at the hot spot so the sediments coming from a
volcano subsides.

10. Why do shield volcanoes take a long time to form?

a. They are gradually built up from successive layers of lava rock.
b. They are suddenly built up from non-sequential magma flows.
c. They are abruptly built up from inconsequent layers of ashes.
d. They are suddenly built up with different layers of rocks and ashes

11. What type of lava erupts from shield volcanoes?

a. Andesitic b. Basaltic c. Granitic d. Rhyolitic
12. Magma leaves a volcano through a ______.
a. Dike b. Sill c. Vent d. It escapes on its own

13. Very hot magma produces lava called ________.

a. Pahoehoe b. Silica c. Tephra d. Pyroclastic

14. An explosive eruption occurs if magma is _______.

a. High in viscosity c. Very thin
b. High in silica d. Balance in viscosity and silica

15. A volcano that is no longer erupting but is likely to erupt again in the future is
________.
 a. Extinct b. Dormant c. Active d. Pro – active

16. Where do hot spots usually occur?

a. only at plate boundaries c. only under the middle of plates
b. far from plate boundaries d. near the plate boundaries

17. What forms when magma hardens in the pipe of a volcano?

a. Sill b. Dike c. Volcanic neck d. Silic a

18. When a volcano erupts quietly, what kind of mountain is formed?

a. Shield b. Cinder Cone c. Composite Cone d. Lava Domes

19. What forms when hot water and steam are trapped underground in a narrow crack?
a. Hot Spring b. Geyser c. Batholith d. Estuary

20. The Ring of Fire refers to ____________.

a. an active erupting volcano
b. the land once known as Pangaea
c. the spreading that takes place on ocean floor.
d. the volcanoes surrounding the Pacific ocean.

21. What do you call to the heat that is produced from magma in volcanoes within the
Earth?
a. Geothermal b. Hydroelectric c. Solar d. Biofuel

22. How many volcanoes make up the Pacific Ring of Fire?

a. 1,000 b. 268 c. 832 d. 452

23. When lava breaks through the crust, a ___________ is formed.

a. Trench b. Volcano c. Mantle d. Glacier

24. Dust, ash, and bombs are all types of ________________.

a. Lavas b. Eruptions c. Volcanoes d. Pyroclasts

25. What do you call to a person who studies the formation of volcanoes and their
current and historic eruptions?
a. Seismologist b. Geologist c. Volcanologist d. Anthropologist

26. Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines was known for which of the following types of
erupted materials which could be found just about everywhere within a few hundred
kilometres?
a. Liquid lava c. Pyroclastic flaws and searing hot ash and gas
b. Cinders and Ash d. Poisonous gases

27. Which of the following is not a function of Earth’s atmosphere?

a. It protects Earth’s surface from solar radiation.
b. It enables animals and plants on Earth’s surface to survive.
c. It turns carbon dioxide and oxygen into glucose.
d. People use it to generate electricity.

28. How does plate movement shape the land?

a. By making different low regions of landforms such as plateaus and plains. It
can also cause an earthquake and form an island.
 b. By making different high regions of landforms such as mountains and basins.
It can also cause earthquakes and form a new mountains.
c. By making uplifted landforms such as mountains and plateaus. It can also
cause earthquake and form volcanoes.
d. By making different elevated landforms such as plains and hills. It also cause
an earthquake that later forms a volcano

29. It is a renewable resources that is naturally replenished on a human timescale for it

is generated within the earth.
a. Electrical b. Geothermal c. Mechanical d. Hydroelectric

30. Which of the following is the correct order to generate electricity in a geothermal power
plant?
a. Generator changes the mechanical energy to electrical energy → heat from the
inside earth → steam causes the turbine to turn → heat causes the water to turn into
steam.
b. Heat causes the water to turn into steam → generator changes the mechanical
energy to electrical energy → heat from the inside earth → steam causes the turbine to
turn.
c. Heat causes the water to turn into steam → steam causes the turbine to turn →
generator changes the mechanical energy to electrical energy → heat from the inside
earth.
d. Generator changes the mechanical energy to electrical energy → heat causes
the water to turn into steam → heat from the inside earth → steam causes the turbine to
turn.

31. A type of geothermal power plant that works on the water with low temperature about
225°F to 360°F. It transmits the heat from geothermal hot water to another working fluid.
a. Direct dry steam c. Flash and double flash cycle
b. Binary cycle d. Direct flash binary cycle

32. All of the following are the advantages of geothermal energy except:
a. are adaptable to many different conditions.
b. it is relatively clean and most systems only emit water vapor although some emit
very small amounts of sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide and particulates.
c. they can be used to heat, cool or power individual homes, whole districts or
industrial processes. It is not a fossil fuel that will be eventually used up.
d. can release small amount of greenhouse gases such as hydrogen sulfide and
carbon dioxide and have linked to subsidence or the slow sinking of land.

33. What are the chemicals that is being emitted by the geothermal power plants that are
harmful to our environment?
a. Sulphur, salt and other minerals c. Boron, nitrogen and antimony
b. Hydrogen, phosphorus and tin d. Nickel, silver and lead

34. Which of the following is the negative effect of volcanic activities?

a. provide fertile land which results in a higher crop field for farmers.
b. the dramatic scenery created by the eruption attracts tourist bringing more
income to the area.
c. rising magma bring valuable minerals to the surface creating mining
opportunities.
d. when ash and mud from the eruption is mixed with the rain water or melting
snow, rapid mudflows are produced.
35. Which of the following sequence of events show how geothermal heat pumps works
in a proper sequence when the weather is cold?
a. The water or refrigerator cools down and pumped back to underground to start
the process → movement of water or refrigerator through the loops of pipes → warmed
water or refrigerant transfers heat into the building and water or refrigerant heats up as
it travels through the part of loop buried underground.
b. Warmed water or refrigerant transfers heat into the building → water or
refrigerant heats up as it travels through the part of loop buried underground → the water
or refrigerator cools down and pumped back to underground to start the process and
movement of water or refrigerator through the loops of pipes.
c. Movement of water or refrigerator through the loops of pipes → water or
refrigerant heats up as it travels through the part of loop buried underground →
warmed water or refrigerant transfers heat into the building and the water or refrigerator
cools down and pumped back to underground to start the process.
d. Water or refrigerant heats up as it travels through the part of loop buried
underground → warmed water or refrigerant transfers heat into the building → movement
of water or refrigerator through the loops of pipes and the water or refrigerator cools down
and pumped back to underground to start the process.

36. It is the general pattern of weather in a certain area over a period of time.
a. Weather b. Latitude c. Climate d. Typhoon

37. Is one of the factors that affects climate and is commonly used to mean the height
above sea level of location.
a. Temperature b. Altitude c. Climate d. Latitude

38. Is the long term heating of Earth’s climate systems observed since the pre – industrial
period.
a. Global warming c. Greenhouse Effect
b. Carbon dioxide d. Climate change

39. Is another factor that affects the climate of a certain place.

a. Coriolis effect b. Topography c. Climate d. Weather

40. Is an abnormal and lengthy warming in the eastern part of the pacific ocean.
a. El Niña b. El Niño c. La Niña d. La Niño

41. In astronomy, the measure of the brightness of a star of other celestial body means
the brighter the object is the lower the number assigned is determined through its ______.
a. Latitude b. Altitude c. Magnitude d. Climate

42. A group of stars that form a pattern in the night sky.

a. Sun b. Constellation c. Planet d. Asteroid

43. Is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of the surface ocean waters.
a. Coriolis effect b. El Niño c. La Niña d. Climate

44. What do you call to the brightness of an object as it appears to an observer on Earth?
a. Magnitude b. Apparent Magnitude c. Absolute Magnitude d. Star

45. It is an imaginary ring linking all points sharing a parallel.

a. Latitude b. Climate c. Altitude d. Weather
46. It is the overall atmospheric condition of a place for a period over 30 years or more.
a. Typhoon b. Climate c. La Niña d. Temperature

47. _____________ happens when the temperature in EasternPacific rises above

normal.
a. El Niño b. Topography c. La Niña d. Altitude

48. Stars can be found in large groups throughout the universe. What are these groups
called?
a. Solar System b. Asteroids c. Comets d. Constellations

49. How do stars appear to move in the sky?

a. because new galaxies are formed c. because the night sky is rotating
b. because the Earth is rotating on its axis d. because universe is expanding

50. Which star is very similar to our Sun?

a. Red b. Yellow c. Blue d. White

51. If you are located at the North Pole, where will you see the Polaris?
a. Polaris will not be seen in the North Pole c. Just above the horizon
b. Around 45° from the horizon d. Overhead

52. What will happen if there is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
a. Greenhouse effect occurs c. Water vapor condenses
b. Temperature increases d. Climate change might takes place

53. Which of the following shows the effect of Climate change?

a. Situation of bodies of water c. Deforestation of the forest
b. Coastal erosion in some places d. Rising of sea level

54. What might happen if there is an increase of global temperature due to some
atmospheric gases?
a. Climate change c. Global warming
b. Greenhouse effect d. Depletion of ozone layer

55. It is commonly known as the “North Star”

a. Polaris b. Pegasus c. Arcturus d. Astrophel

56. Which is the best practice to reduce the effect of climate change?
a. Livestock raising c. Car manufacturing
b. Organic farming d. Burning fossil fuels

57. It refers to the hotness or coldness of an object?

a. Thermometer b. Temperature c. Humidity d. Weather

58. What do you call to the side of the mountain that receives most of the precipitation?
a. Leeward side b. Portside c. Windward side d. Starboard side

59. An imaginary line that is parallel to the equator is called __________.

a. Latitude b. Longitude c. Prime Meridian d.Greenwich
Meridian
60. It is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of the ocean water surface.
a. Topography b. Climate c. La Niña d. El Niño