INSAN ISLAMIC ASSEMBLY, INC.

MSU - District
14th INSAN SASE SERVICE REVIEW CLASS
MSU Main Campus, Marawi City, Philippines

Name: Date:

General Science

Direction: Choose the correct answer from the given choices.

1. The water cycle would not occur if which of the following were missing?
A. Animals B. Ice caps C. Plants D. Solar energy

2. What is the layer of the atmosphere in which weather occurs?

A. Troposphere B. Mesosphere C. Exosphere D. Stratosphere

3. Which of the following describes the phase changes necessary to occur when water changes from:
ocean water glacier fresh water water vapor?
A. freezing melting freezing C. melting freezing freezing
B. evaporating freezing melting D. freezing melting evaporating

4. A sheet of ice would float on a freshwater lake because ice

A. is more dense than water. C. has less volume.
B. is less dense than water. D. has less mass.

5. Answer the question below using the data in Fig. P5.

Water Source % of Total Water on Earth
The majority of water on Earth exists as saltwater. Which Oceans 97.2
water source would increase the most if ice caps and Ice Caps/Glaciers 2.38
glaciers melt? Groundwater 0.397
A. Oceans Surface Water 0.022
B. Groundwater Atmosphere 0.001
C. Surface water Fig. P5
D. Atmosphere (From http://www.epa.gov/NE/students/pdfs/ww_intro.pdf)

6. Use the diagram (Fig. P6) to answer the following question.

Which of the following is not a contributing factor to

the uneven warming of Earth’s surface?
A. Different surfaces warm at different rates.
B. Different surfaces retain energy differently.
C. The Sun is farther from Earth during the winter. Fig. P6
D. The Sun’s rays hit the surface at varied angles.

Use the diagram of the water cycle (Fig. P7) to answer questions 7 and 8.
(From http://www.doe.mass.edu/mcas/)

7. What change is occurring in stage 1 of the diagram?

Water is changing from a
A. liquid to a gas. C. gas to a liquid.
B. solid to a liquid. D. liquid to a solid.
8. In what process is water vapor changing to a liquid?
A. Condensation
B. Convection
C. Radiation
D. Transpiration
Fig. P7
9. The two most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth’s atmosphere are
A. water vapor (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). C. ozone (O3) and carbon monoxide (CO).
B. carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4). D. nitrogen (N2) and oxygen (O2).

10. Greenhouse gases help keep Earth at a habitable temperature by

A. blocking the cold winds and ices originating in outer space.
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C. allowing only infrared light to reach Earth’s surface.
D. retaining some of the Sun’s energy in our lower atmosphere.
11. Weather patterns in the United States of America generally travel from the
A. North Pole toward the Equator. C. west toward the east.
B. Equator toward the North Pole. D. east toward the west.

12. Carbon dioxide concentration within Earth’s atmosphere were approximately 315 parts per million (ppm) in 1960
and steadily rose to 355 parts per million (ppm) by 1990. The most likely cause of the overall change in the level
of carbon dioxide from 1960 to 1990 is an increase in the
A. number of violent storms. C. use of nuclear power.
B. number of volcanic eruptions. D. use of fossil fuels.

13. Convection in the oceans and atmosphere is a result of the difference in

A. mass. C. weight.
B. temperature. D. volume.

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14. Use the graph showing an Urban Heat Island
Profile (Fig. P14) to answer the question that follows.
Where are temperatures the highest?
A. Suburban areas
B. Rural areas
C. Downtown areas
D. Commercial areas Fig. P14

15. Use the diagram of a rain shadow effect (Fig. P15) to answer the following question.

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(From: http://www.fao.org/docrep/006
Clouds usually form on the windward side because
this is where air
A. rises and cools.
B. rises and warms.
C. sinks and cools.
D. sinks and warms.

16. When determining a region’s climate, the two main

variables considered are the average
A. air temperature and the size of the region.
B. precipitation and average air temperature. Fig. P15
C. wind speed and the types of animals present.
D. barometric pressure and the average precipitation.

17. Which of the following statements best explains why it is warmer at the equator than the North Pole?
A. The equator has more daylight hours per year than the North Pole.
B. The equator has a larger area than the North Pole.
C. The equator is closer to the Sun than the North pole.
D. The equator receives more direct sunlight than the North Pole.

18. One of the largest volcanos in our solar system-if not the largest-is named Olympus Mons. The volcano is located
on:
A. Jupiter C. Venus
B. Jupiter’s moon Callisto D. Mars

19. Who was the first man to classify stars according to their brightness
A. Aristarchus C. Pythagorus
B. Hipparchus D. Copernicus

20. Planets orbit around

A. comets. C. nebula.
B. galaxies. D. stars.

21. In order for a lunar eclipse to occur, the moon must be in what phase?
A. Full moon C. 3rd Quarter
B. 1st Quarter D. New Moon

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 22. What type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
A. Elliptical C. Lenticular
B. Irregular D. Spiral

23. Which of the following allows humans on Earth to experience day and night?
A. Revolution C. Rotation
B. Orbit D. Axis

24. Which of the following keeps planets of the solar system in orbit around the sun?
A. Electromagnetic energy C. Atmospheric pressure
B. Thermal energy D. Gravitational force

25. Which one of the following answers is the best explanation as to why the gas giant planets have so many moons
as compared to the inner planets?
A. Solar flares burned up the very small moons associated with the inner planets.
B. The gas giant planets have a stronger gravitational pull capable of holding more moons.
C. The inner planets rotate so rapidly that they throw off the moons.
D. New moons periodically grow from the thick atmospheres of the gas giant planets.

26. Rounded to the nearest day, the Mercurian year is equal to:
A. 111 days C. 50 days
B. 88 days D. 25 days

27. Compared to other stars, the Sun is a

A. medium-sized star. C. supernova.
B. red giant. D. white dwarf.

28. The rapidly moving stream of charged particles that is being driven away from the sun is known as what?
A. Solar stream C. Solar wind
B. Solar air D. Solar radiation

29. A student observed the shape of the Moon once every 7 days during the month of June. Which of the following
sets of drawings shows how the Moon’s shape could have changed during the month of June?

A. C.

B. D.

30. A comet’s tail points in which direction?

A. toward the sun C. behind the comet in its orbit
B. toward the earth D. away from the sun

ANSWER KEYS:
1. D
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. C

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12. D
13. B
14. C
15. A
16. B
17. D
18. D
19. B
20. D
21. A
22. D
23. C
24. D
25. B
26. B
27. A
28. C
29. A
30. D