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SECOND QUARTERLY EXAM IN SCIENCE 9

Name: _________________________________________________________ Score: ____ /50

Teacher: Ms. Alyssa Mae F. Dapadap
Directions: Multiple Choice: Encircle the CORRECT answer. STRICTLY NO ERASURE! Erasure will
be mark as wrong, THINK BEFORE YOU WRITE.

1. What is a volcano?
a. The movement of the earth’s crust by the movement of the plate boundaries
b. A coned-shape mountain or hill formed by eruptions of lava and ash
c. A mountain created by the folding of the earth’s crust
d. All of the above
2. Magma which is forced onto Earth's surface is known as ________.
a. Vent
b. Cone
c. Lava
d. Magma Chamber

3. What will happen to volcanic material during eruption?

a. blown to some meters
b. blown to many kilometers
c. blown to some inches
d. blown to some feet

4. Divergence of plates allows magma from mantle to reach surface as what form?
a. ice
b. rocks
c. lava
d. stones

5. What makes lava flow one of the less deadly volcanic processes?
a. It is clearly visible from miles away, so can be easy to avoid.
b. It is far cooler than other types of volcanic hazards.
c. It flows very slowly, moving perhaps a few miles within an hour.
d. It contains less toxic and life threatening gases.
6. Which of the following terms describes rock fragments and other particles ejected from a
volcano?
a. Lava
b. Lahar
c. Blocks
d. Cement
7. What is the classification of a volcano that has not erupted for the past 10 years, but has the
potential to erupt in the future?
a. Active volcano
b. Cinder cone volcano
c. Composite volcano
d. Dormant volcano
8. What determines the viscosity of magma?
a. Silica Content
b. Iron Content
c. Lava Content
d. Coke Content
9. What is a volcano with broad bases and gently sloping slides?
a. Cinder cone
b. Composite
c. Shield
 d. Caldera
10. What region does the 90% of volcano in the world occur?
a. The bad lands
b. The ring of fire
c. The cascade mountain
d. The mid-atlantic ridges
11. What are areas of volcanic activity that result from plumes of hot solid material that have risen
from areas deep within the Earth's Mantle?
a. Hotspot
b. Subduction zone
c. Composite
d. Cinder cone
12. What is the instrument used in measuring earthquake?
a. Barometer
b. Thermometer
c. Seismograph
d. Seismogram
13. Weather and climate refer to conditions
a. in the core of the Earth
b. in the air
c. in empty space
d. inside a science lab
14. Which of the following is NOT an example of a type of weather condition?
a. Hurricane
b. Desert
c. Tornado
d. Thunderstorm
15. The climate of a desert is usually –
a. hot and dry
b. dark and wet
c. wet and cold
d. rainy and humid
16. What will happen if the water vapor in the air condense ?
a. Cold Air
b. Rainbow
c. Lightning
d. Formation of Clouds
17. What causes water vapor in the air to condense?
a. Rain
b. a cooler temperature
c. nimbus clouds
d. Gravity
18. Which of the following is NOT a type of precipitation?
a. Snow
b. Hail
c. Clouds
d. Rain
19. The tiny droplets of water that form clouds fall to the Earth due to the force of –
a. Sound
b. solar energy
c. gravity
d. magnetic power
20. Which of the following is TRUE about lightning?
a. an electrical charge released into the atmosphere
b. strong wind
c. energy from the sun
d. a loud noise in the atmosphere
21. Where does Hurricanes form?
a. Desert
b. Cloud
c. Forest
 d. ocean
22. A heavy snowstorm is called a –
a. Blizzard
b. Hurricane
c. Tornado
d. Thunderstorm
23. Air pressure means
a. the weight of the air pressing on everything in the environment
b. the type of clouds in the atmosphere
c. the amount of water vapor in the air
d. the amount of precipitation in a certain area
24. What does the word front mean?
a. the type of weather in a place
b. the place where it is raining
c. the place where one air mass meets another
d. a large bubble of air
25. Which of the following is TRUE about air mass?
a. the place where air changes mass
b. the force of wind
c. a large pocket of air
d. a type of weather map

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5. a sudden and violent shaking of the
ground, sometimes causing great
destruction, as a result of movements
within the earth's crust or volcanic
action.
6. a quantity representing the amount of
water vapor in the atmosphere or in a
gas.
11. second major layer of Earth's
atmosphere
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1. a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard
after a lightning flash due to the expansion
of rapidly heated air.
2. a Philippine national institution dedicated to
provide information on the activities of
volcanoes, earthquakes, and tsunamis
3. rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fa from the
atmosphere
4. he region of the earth's interior between the
crust and the core, believed to consist of
15. evaporation of water through the plants hot, dense silicate rocks
7. the lowest region of the atmosphere, where
weather occurs
8. a kind of volcano exemplified by Mt. Mayon
9. a plate sinking under another
10. an instrument measuring atmospheric
pressure, used especially in forecasting the
weather and determining altitude.
12. an arch of colors formed in the sky in certain
circumstances, caused by the refraction and
dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other
water droplets in the atmosphere.
13. a boundary between two plates
14. tallest mountain of the Philippines

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