I - Multiple Choice (40 items)

Directions: From the four choices given in each statement, choose the correct answer and write the
letter on your paper.

1. What imaginary line is circling the Earth halfway between north and south poles?
a. Latitude b. Longitude c. Equator d. Prime Meridian
2. What system is used to locate points by labeling them with numbers?
a. Binary System b. Coordinate System c. Circular System d. Solar System
3. What imaginary lines used to measure the distance in degrees east or west of the prime
meridian?
a. Longitude b. Prime Meridian c. Latitude d. Equator
4. The numbers that are measured with respect to a system of lines is called __________.
a. Prime Meridian b. Angles c. Coordinates d. Decimal Numbers
5. What imaginary line is used as a reference point for measuring longitude east and west?
a. Equator b. Latitude c. Equator d. Prime Meridian
6. What imaginary lines used to measure the distance in degrees north or south of the equator?
a. Latitude b. Equator c. Prime Meridian d. Longitude
7. Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature
and can be used for economic gain is called __________.
a. Minerals b. Rocks c. Natural Resources d. Elements
8. What is the main function of a watershed?
a. It serves as a big water canal in every community so the environment won’t flood.
b. It is the production of water supply to maintain the life forms within it and in the area fed by
its stream.
c. It supplies water in dams and falls to sustain the hydroelectric power.
d. None of the above
9. How would you determine if a certain country has a biodiverse environment?
a. If it has a lot of varieties of natural resources.
b. If it has a lot of varieties of minerals.
c. If it has a lot of varieties of life forms.
d. If it has a lot of varieties of nonliving things.
10. What would result if there is a breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces by natural processes?
a. Erosion b. Weathering c. Melting d. Cementation
11. What is the significant factor in soil formation and sustenance of diversity of plants and animals
in the country?
a. Climate b. Water c. Air d. Weather
12. The consolidated mixtures of minerals and are not crystals are called ________.
a. Elements b. Natural Resources c. Minerals d. Rocks
13. A naturally occurring, inorganic, crystalline solid with a definite internal structure and chemical
composition is called __________.
a. Rocks b. Minerals c. Elements d. Natural Resources
14. Which of the following choices below is an example of metallic minerals?
a. Limestone b. Marble c. Gold d. Sand
15. Which of the following choices below is NOT an example of nonmetallic minerals?
a. Copper b. Clay c. Marble d. Limestone
16. What energy comes from the Earth’s heat?
a. Biomass b. Solar Energy c. Geothermal Energy d. Hydroelectric Power
17. How would you determine if the natural resources are renewable?
a. If it can be replenished in a long period of time.
b. If it can be replenished in a short period of time.
c. If it cannot be replenished in a short period of time.
d. If it cannot be replenished in a long period of time.
18. Which statements below supports the formation of coal, oil and natural gas?
a. They were formed from rocks and minerals that melted deep in Earth.
 b. They were formed from
c. They were formed from plants and animals that lived on Earth millions of years ago and were
buried deep in Earth.
d. None of the above.
19. What natural resources are cannot be replaced easily in a short period of time?
a. Renewable b. Solar c. Geothermal d. Nonrenewable
20. What could be done to conserve natural resources?
a. Use them every day without replacing them in return.
b. Protect and use them wisely without wasting it.
c. Use them for emergency purpose only.
d. None of the above.
21. The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth is called ____________.
a. Ozone layer b. Atmosphere c. Greenhouse d. Climate
22. What atmospheric shield provides the Earth with protection from the ultraviolet rays?
a. Auroras b. Troposphere c. Mesosphere d. Ozone layer
23. What colorful array of lights caused by the interaction between Earth’s magnetic field and the
solar wind?
a. Exosphere b. Auroras c. Ozone layer d. Mesosphere
24. What is used to grow seedlings in the late winter and early spring and later, planted in the open
field when the weather is warmer?
a. Greenhouse b. Climate c. Atmosphere d. Ozone
25. Which of the following choice below is NOT an example of greenhouse gases?
A. Carbon dioxide b. Water vapor c. Methane d. Oxygen
26. What process where greenhouse gases trap the heat in the atmosphere?
a. Global Warming b. Ozone Depletion c. Greenhouse Effect d. Climate Change
27. What would result if greenhouse effect doesn’t exist?
a. Earth would be very cold for living things to live.
b. Earth would be very warm for living things to live.
c. Earth would be in normal temperature for living things to live.
d. All of the above.
28. The prediction that climate will warm as a result of the addition to the atmosphere of humanly
produced greenhouse gases is called ____________.
a. Climate Change b. Global Warming c. Ozone Depletion d. Monsoon
29. Which of the following gases below can be dissociated by solar radiation which releases chlorine
and destroys ozone?
a. Carbon dioxide b. Hydrochloric acid c. Methane d. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC’s)
30. How would you determine a land breeze?
a. If the air or wind moves from south to north during daytime.
b. If the air or wind moves from sea to land during daytime.
c. If the air or wind moves from land to sea during night time.
d. If the air or wind moves from north to south during night time.
31. What force is exerted by the gas molecules to make up an air on a given surface area?
a. Water Pressure b. Air Pressure c. Work Force d. Electric Force
32. What would happen to the cool air if the place is a high pressure area?
a. It will sink. c. It will float.
b. It will rise. d. It doesn’t move.
33. The long term conditions in a region is called __________.
a. Monsoon b. Weather c. Climate d. Global Warming
34. How would you determine a sea breeze?
a. If the air or wind moves from north to south during night time.
b. if the air or wind moves from land to sea during night time.
c. If the air or wind moves from south to north during daytime.
d. If the air or wind moves from sea to land during daytime.
35. What is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time?
 a. Weather b. Monsoon c. Global Warming d. Climate
36. What would happen to the warm air if the place is a low pressure area?
a. It will float. c. It will rise.
b. It will sink. d. It doesn’t move.
37. The seasonal wind of the Indian ocean and Southern Asia blowing from the southwest in
summer and from northeast in winter is called _________.
a. Monsoon b. Climate c. Weather d. Sea Breeze
38. What monsoon comes from the northeast draws cold, dry air from Siberia, China and Japan?
a. Habagat b. Weather c. Climate d. Amihan
39. What weather phenomenon forms when trade winds converge in tropics and rise to form rain
clouds?
a. Intratropical Convergence Zone c. Intertropical Convergence Surface
b. Intertropical Convergence Zone d. Intratropical Convergence Surface
40. What monsoon comes from the southwest characterized by hot and humid weather, frequently
heavy rainfall, and a prevailing wind from the west?
a. Amihan b. Climate c. Habagat d. Weather

II – Matching Type (10 items)

A. Properties of Metallic Minerals
Directions: Match the metallic minerals in column B with the properties in column A. Write the letter of
the correct answer on the blanks provided before each number.

A. (Properties) B. (Metallic Minerals)

_____1. Main material for steel bars used in a. Gold
buildings and road construction. b. Nickel
_____2. Mixed with copper or other metals to c. Tin
form stainless cooking wares. d. Copper
_____3. Material for milk cans and other e. Iron
preserved food products. f. Limestone
_____4. Used in making electrical wines. g. Marble
_____5. Important in making jewelries.

B. Layers of the Atmosphere

Directions: Match the layers of the atmosphere in column B with the distances in column A. Write the
letter of the correct answer on the blanks provided before each number.

A. (Distances) B. (Layers of the Atmosphere)

_____1. 50 km from Earth’s surface a. Troposphere
_____2. 500km to 1,000 km from Earth b. Stratosphere
_____3. 7km to 20 km from Earth’s surface c. Mesosphere
_____4. 50km to 80km above the Earth’s d. Thermosphere
surface. e. Exosphere
_____5. 80km to 110km above the Earth’s f. Auroras
surface g. Ozone layer

III – True or False (10 items)

Directions: Write T if the statement is TRUE and change the underline word if the statement is FALSE.
Write your answer on the blanks provided before each number.

_____1. Eclipse is the partial or complete blocking from view of one object by another.
_____2. Equinox is the two days of the year on which both hemisphere is tilted toward and away from
the sun results to equal length of daytime and night time.
_____3. Solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves through Earth’s shadow at full moon.
_____4. Partial eclipse happens when the sun/moon/earth are not exactly aligned in the same plane but
are close.
_____5. Umbra is the only part of the light that is blocked so the light is dimmed but not totally absent.
_____6. Season is the effect of earth’s revolution around the sun.
_____7. Lunar eclipse occurs when moon casts a shadow on Earth blocking our view of the sun.
_____8. Total solar eclipse is when the moon is in just the right place and at just the right distance to
completely block the bright surface of the sun at the middle point of the eclipse.
_____9. Penumbra is the part of a shadow in which all of the light has been block.
_____10. Direct rays are arrays of the sun that hit the ground at 90°.