PRETEST / POST TEST IN SCIENCE V

FOURTH GRADING PERIOD

I. Directions: Read each item carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following makes the arrangement of objects in the solar system orderly?
a. Each body moving around the sun follows its own orbit. c. Each body moving around the sun attracts others.
b. The solar system occupies a very big space. d. Large bodies collide with smaller ones.
2. Why do planets stay in their own paths as they orbit the sun?
a. The planets can join together as they revolve. c. The sun’s gravity pulls at the orbiting planets.
b. The planets pull at each other. d. The planets are big and heavy
3. Why do Mars have a reddish color?
a. It is full of craters. c. Its soil has iron oxide.
b. It has ice caps. d. Its atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen.
4. Which planets can be seen at night from Earth without using a telescope?
a. Jupiter, Mars, Neptune c. Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune
b. Neptune, Saturn, Uranus d. Mercury, Venus, Mars
5. What planet that is seen from Earth and appears as a yellowish object- one of the brightest in the night sky?
a. Neptune b. Mars c. Venus d. Saturn
6. Why is Venus the hottest planet?
a. It is very near to the sun. c. It has volcanic craters.
b. Carbon Dioxide in its atmosphere traps heat. d. None of these
7. The sun, planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and meteor make up the ___________.
a. milky way b. galaxy c. constellations d. solar system
8. Study the table below and answer the questions below.
Planet Distance from the Time for the planet 8. The distance of planet Uranus from the Sun is
Sun (million km) to Circle the Sun 2,870 million km. About how long will it take Uranus
Jupiter 780 12 years to circle around the sun?
Uranus 2, 870 84 years a. 100 days c. 84 years
Neptune 4, 500 165 years b. 10 years d. 100 years

9. Which of these is true about the members of the solar system?

a. They are fixed in their own places c. They move around the sun
b. They have their own light. D. The sun moves around the planets.
10. Which of the following has the shortest day because it rotates very fast?
a. Venus b. Jupiter c. Uranus d. Neptune
11. What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in common?
a. They have volcanic craters. c. They have living things.
b. They have rocks. d. They have rings.

For numbers 12,13,14,examine the table on some of the characteristics of the four terrestrial planets or “inner planets”.
Some characteristics of the planets 12. What makes planet Earth distinct from the other terrestrial
Inner Nearness Surface Period of Period of planets?
from the Tempera- Rotation Revolution
Planet sun (in ture a. It has the longest period of revolution.
(Days)
rank) b. It has the brightest night sky.
Mercury 1 167 C 59 days 88 c. It rotates with the shortest time.
Venus 2 464 C 243 days 225 d. It has the hottest surface temperature.
Earth 3 15 C 24 hrs. 365
Mars 4 -63 C Almost 25 687 13. Which statement is true using the data in the table?
hrs
a. Venus the brightest night sky because of its satellite.
b. Mercury revolves the fastest. c. Earth revolves the slowest. d. Mars is the nearest inner planet.

14. Based on the table what could be TRUE of Earth’s characteristics as compared to the other planets?
a. It has temperature lower than Mars. c. It is the only planet that has a temperature that could
b. It has the coldest temperature. turn liquid water to ice
15. Why do we have days and nights on Earth?
a. because the Earth is round b. because of the Earth’s size c. because of the rotation the Earth
16. Which description is TRUE about some planets?
a. Venus and Earth are almost of the same size. c. Earth and Mars have almost the same mass.
b. Jupiter is the biggest planet but lesser in mass than Saturn d. Saturn is the only ringed planet.
17. Why is Mercury not the hottest planet although it is nearest to the sun?
a. It has no atmosphere that retains heat. c. It has low surface temperature.
b. It is nearer to Earth d. It is a gaseous planet.

18. Why can the planets move around the sun without colliding or bumping with one another?
a. because of the earth’s gravity c. because of the sun’s size
b. because of the orbit of each planet d. because each planet remain steady

19. Which planet has ring that make it very attractive?

a. Earth b. Mercury c. Jupiter d. Saturn
20. The Earth is sometimes nearer and sometimes farther away from the sun. Why?
a. because the earth and the sun pull each other c. because it revolves around the sun
b. because its orbit is elliptical d. none of the above
21. Why is the sun very important to us?
a. because it is the source of energy c. because it brings about the seasons of the year
b. because it causes day and night d. all of the above

22. . Why is the sun also a star?

a. It emits heat and light just like a star. c. Because it shines brightly like a star.
b. It has the same structure as a star. d. All of the above.

23. Which of these is the bright and visible part of the sun?
a. chromosphere b. photosphere c. corona d. prominence

24. What is the sun made up of?

a. rocky surface b. craters c. iron chemicals d. Hydrogen and Helium

25. What is the effect of solar flares on earth?

a. disruption of radio signals b. change in weather c. climate change d. disruption of earth’s rotation

26. Which of these are called shooting stars?

a. comets b. meteors c. stars d. asteroids

27. What heavenly bodies are formed between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter? It is made up of fragments of rocks
floating in space. a. meteors b. comets c. asteroid d. satellites

28. The gravitational pull of the sun and the moon on the waters on Earth causes ___________
a. tides b. earthquakes c. volcanoes d. tsunami

29. Which is considered the hottest planet in the solar system?

a. Earth b. Mercury c. Uranus d. Venus

30. Which of these directly use solar energy?

a. animals b. green plants c. human d. machineries

Prepared By:

Caricris O. Marata