FOURTH PERIODIC TEST

Name: ______________________________Date: _____________ Score:_

School: _____________________________ Teacher: ________________
I. Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank
_____1. When there is flood, the usual color of the water is brown or gray because of the presence of
sediments. These sediments are soil carried by the water from its source to other places. This is
a manifestation of ___________?
A. soil fertility B. soil is dirty C. soil erosion D. landslide
_____2. Which of the following rain can remove much soil?
A. light rain B. heavy rain C. rain shower D. icy rain
_____3. Some landforms can be created by erosion and some change their shape and forms totally. What
kind of erosion bring these changes?
A. erosion of the wind B. erosion by waves
C. erosion by water D. Erosion due to animals
_____4. Who are affected by soil erosion?
A. people B. animals C. plants D. all of A,B and C
_____5. If your parents bought a hilly farm, which method of farming would you suggest to prevent the
soil from erosion?
A. apply strip cropping B. practice crop rotation C. use cover crops D. all of A,B and C
_____6. Trees help prevent soil erosion. Which should help us attain this?
A. deforestation B. reforestation C. kaingin system D. logging
_____7. A side from other plants, which of the followings also serve as soil protector due to its root’s
binding ability?
A. weeds B. bamboos C. trees D. all of A, B and C
_____8. Sam’s father built a rest house on top of the hill they owned. What would you think will he do to protect his land
from being washed away?
A. rip-rapping B. apply cover crops C. both A and B D. use contour plowing
_____9. What can you do to help conserve soil?
A. Urge other to dispose their garbage properly B. Plant trees and take care of them until they grow big.
C. Tell your neighbors to plant in pots D. Avoid using fertilizer in plants
_____10. An instrument use to measure air pressure?
A. anemometer B. barometer C. wind vane D. hygrometer
_____11. Which is not an element of weather?
A. air temperature B. direction and speed of wind C. formation of clouds D. stars pattern
_____12. If the weather forecast says there would be a thunderstorm in the afternoon, which would you do?
A. stay at home all day B. Play in the rain in the afternoon
C. Go out in the morning and stay at home in the afternoon D. Swimming in the flood is nice idea
_____13. The weather elements that indicates the amount of moisture in the atmosphere.
A. air temperature B. wind speed C. clouds D. wind direction
_____14. If you take the air temperature at about 1:00 pm, where would be the lowest temperature registered?
A. in a closed room B. in an open playground C. under the tree shade D. along the pave road
_____15. The clouds whose top may rise up to 18 km with its base close to the play ground.
A. cirrus B. stratus C. cumulus D.cumulu-nimbus clouds
_____16. The clouds that form high up in the sky and look like curly feathers
A. cirrus B. stratus C. cumulus D. nimbus
_____17. How do clouds formed? If there’s ________________________
A. water vapor in the air B. presence of condensation nuclie
C. dew point temperature D. all of A, B and C
_____18. As the Earth revolves around the sun, there’s a time when Earth seems closest to the sun. What do you call this
position? A. aphelion B. apparent C. perihelion D. revolution
_____19. If the smoke from any source of fire move straight up, what does it mean?
A. Wind moves northward B. Wind moves southward
C. Wind moves slightly eastward D. Wind moves gently or calmly
_____20. How are you going to position a wind vane if you have one at home?
A. in front of the house so you can see its movements
B. at the back of the house for safe keeping from children
C. in an open area where there are no walls or trees block the wind
D. in a tree so no one can remove it but still you can see its movements.
_____21. If the arrow head of a wind vane points towards where the sun rises where do you think the wind is blowing to?
A. eastward B. northward C. westward D. southward
_____22. In what direction does the Earth rotate as seen from the south Pole?
A. counterclockwise B. clockwise C. left to right D. west to east
_____23. While the Earth is rotating it is also doing another movement. It is moving on a path around the sun. What do
you called this pathway? A. axis B. orbit C. rotation D. revolution
_____24. What is the name of the star where the Earth’s North Pole always point to as it revolves around its orbit?
A. Andromeda B. Polaris C. Sun D. Draco
_____25. What is the proof that the Earth revolves around the sun? As the Earth revolves_____________?
A. the north change B. we have days and nights
C. Phases of the moon changes D. we see different constellation at certain periods of the year
_____26. Why do we have leap year every fourth year? Because ______________?
A. it is a traditional event B. It is the completion of the excess days yearly
C. it is the counts of the year D. it is what the constellation tells about.
_____27. If the Earth revolves around the Sun in 400 days, How long is one Earth Year?
A. 13 months B. 13 months & 4 days & 12 hours exactly
C. 13 months & 4 days D. 13 months & 4 days & 18 hours exactly
_____28. As you observe the sky, you will say that all the heavenly bodies move the sun rises from the east going to west
same with the clouds & stars at night but in reality they are not moving. It is actually the Earth that moves. As
the Earth moves we see heavenly bodies moving also. We called this as ______________?
A. synovial motion B. coherent motion C. apparent motion D. Stellar-effect motion
_____29. As the Earth revolves around the sun it follows its own orbit. The orbit is not perfect circle in shape but an
eclipse. The sun is not exactly at the center of the orbit. During its revolution, there is a time when the Earth is
closest. It is called ______________?
A. aphelion B. perihelion C. apparent movement D. stellar motion
_____30. The unit of time as the planet Earth complete its journey around the sun.
A. a day B. a week C. a month D. a year
_____31. What is the Earth’s natural satellite?
A. agila B. Lawin C. Moon D. Sun
_____32. How is the moon revolve around the sun?
A. The moon revolves around the Earth Earth 29 ½ days.
B. As the moon revolves around the Earth, it is also moves on its axis 24 hours
C.As the moon revolves, it also rotates once on its axis as it makes one revolution around the Earth
D. As the moon revolves around the Earth, It keeps on rotating on its axis.
_____33. From the New Moon to the First Quarter, the moon that we see in the sky seems to be growing in one side. This
process is called _____________?
A. waxing B. Waning C. phasing D. rounding
_____34. From the Full Moon to the first Quarter, one side of the moon seems to be disappearing. This is called _____?
A. waxing B. waning C. phasing D. reserving
_____35. When the Earth, The moon & the Sun are in straight line, The moon is between the Sun and the Earth. What
phase of the moon is this__________?
A. New moon B. Full moon C. Crescent D. Gibbous
_____36. The moon, as it orbits around the Earth, appears to change shape because _____________?
A. It is not always the same distance from Earth B. It moves nearer the Earth
C. It moves further from the Earth D. It changes its position in relation to then sun and the Earth
_____37. What causes an eclipse?
A. The moon hides behind the sun B. The Sun is covered by other stars
C. Earth Rotation & Revolution D. Earth’s Rotation & moons revolutions
_____38. What portion of the moon do we see during crescent?
A. the whole B. one half C. one Fourth D. Three-fourths
_____39. An eclipse could only happen during New Moon & Full Moon. Why? It is only at these periods of time that the
Sun, Moon, Earth could be in ______________.?
A. right angle B. acute angle C. a straight line D. an obtuse angle
_____40. Which of the following should not be used to observe solar eclipse?
A. binoculars B. x-ray negatives
C. cardboard w/ a hole & white sheet of paper D. a piece of glass darkened with smoke
 ANSWER KEY
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. B
7. D
8. C
9. B
10. B
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. C
15. D
16. A
17. D
18. C
19. D
20. C
21. C
22. B
23. B
24. B
25. D
26. B
27. D
28. C
29. B
30. D
31. C
32. C
33. A
34. B
35. C
36. D
37. D
38. C
39. C
40. A