Luciano Millan National High School

Asingan, Pangasinan

SUMMATIVE TEST
Grade 9 SCIENCE

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I. KNOWLEDGE
A. Multiple Choice
Direction: Choose the best answer from the given options. Encircle the letter of your choice.

1. A volcanic crater that has formed when a part of the wall of the crater collapses following an
explosive eruption.
a. Summit c. Caldera
b. Volcano d. Cinder

2. It is the source of energy of a Geothermal Power Plant

a. Heat form Earth’s interior c. Lightning
b. Heat from the Sun d. Wind

3. It is a type of eruption characterized by tall eruption columns that reach up to 20km high with
pyroclastic flow and ash fall tephra.
a. Plinian c. Strombolian
b. Vulcanian d. Phreotomagmatic

4. Which among the following is an active volcano?

a. Kanlaon c. Tamburot
b. Cabaluyan d. Mt. Apo

5. Which characteristic of magma mainly determines its explosiveness?

a. silica content c. amount
b. temperature d. color

B. Enumeration
a. Enumerate the 3 parts of the volcano.
6. 7. 8.
b. Enumerate the factors affecting viscosity of the magma.
9.
10.
11.
c. Enumerate four (4) geothermal power plants here in the Philippines
12. 14.
13. 15

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Giselle E. Saguiped
 II. PROCESS

A. Complete the illustration, geothermal energy cycle that shows how the heat from the Earth is
tapped as a source of electricity in power plant. (6pts.)

1. _______________________
2. _______________________
3. _______________________
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4. _______________________
5. _______________________

B. Give at least four (4) signs of impending volcanic eruption.

•1.
•2. _

•3
•4 _

C. Give types of Tephra and include its sizes. D. Identify the following: the content inside
of the volcano and the content outside.

Tephra

III. Understanding
Direction: Choose two (2) among the 4 questions. Explain what is being asked.
Put it in ½ sheet of pad paper. 10 points each.
1. Referring to the figure above (PROCESS A), explain the steps to follow to generate electricity.
2. How does the eruption of the volcano lower the atmospheric pressure?
3. Give one positive and negative effect of volcanic eruption.
4. Explain the relationship of silica content to the viscosity of the magma/lava.

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Giselle E. Saguiped
ANSWER KEY.  Noticeable variation in the chemical content of the
springs, crater lakes within the vicinity of the
I. Knowledge volcano
1. c. Caldera  Drying up of springs/wells around the volcano;
and,
2. a. Heat form Earth’s interior
 Development of new thermal areas and/or
3. b. Vulcanian reactivation of old ones; appearance of solfataras.
4. a. Kanlaon
5. a. Silica content C. Tephra and its sizes (11-13)
Enumeration 1. Ash – particles smaller than 2mm in
6. Summit diameter
7. Slope 2. Volcanic cinders – Between 2mm and
64mm in diameter
8. Base
3. Volcanic Bombs – larger than 64mm
(2.5inches) in diameter
9. Magma’s temperature
10. Silica Content or chemical
D. (14-15)
composition
1. Outside the volcano – LAVA
11. Amount of dissolved gases
2. Inside the volcano – MAGMA
12-15.
III. Understanding
- Valencia, Negros -Bago City, Negros
1.
Oriental Occidental
a. Wells are drilled deep into the Earth to pump
-Kidapawan, North -Bacon, Sorsogon
steam or hot water to the surface (heat from inside
Cotabato
the Earth)
-Calacan, Laguna -Tiwi, Albay
b. When the water reaches the surface, the drop in
-Tongonan, Leyte
pressure causes the water to turn into steam.
c. The steam spins a turbine, which is connected to a
II. Process
generator that produces electricity.
A. Geothermal Power Generation
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(6pts)
d. Cooling tower cools the steam which condenses it
1. Hot water
back to water
2. Steam
e. The cooled water is pumped back into the earth to
3. Turbine – Generator
begin the process again.
4. Cooling Tower
5. Injection well
2. Sulfur dioxide and ash fall are carried by wind
B. Signs of impending volcanic
during volcanic eruption. As it circulates, it may block
eruption (7-10)
the sunlight causing a decrease in the Earth’s
 Increase in the frequency of volcanic quakes with
temperature.
rumbling sounds; occurrence of volcanic tremors
3. Positive: Makes the soil fertile
 Increased steaming activity; change in color of Negative: destruction of properties and loss
steam emission from white to gray due to of lives.
entrained strash 4. Magma with high silica content is more viscous
 Crater glow due to presence of magma at or near than those with less silica content. The magma
the crater with less silica content is relatively fluid and
 Ground swells (or inflation, ground tilt and ground travels far.
fissuring due to magma intrusion
 Localize landslides, rockfall and landslides from the
summit area which not attributable to heavy rains
 Noticeable increase in the extent of drying up
vegetation around the volcano’s upper slopes
 Increase in the temperature of hot springs, wells,
and crater lake

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Prepared by: Josaiah B. De Guzman Noted by: Alex Lopez
Giselle E. Saguiped