Department of Education

Region III
DIVISION OF CITY OF SAN FERNANDO
Sindalan, City of San Fernando (P)

FOURTH PERIODIC TEST IN SCIENCE & HEALTH V

SY 2013-2014

Name:___________________________________ Date: ______________

Grade and Section:_________________________ Score: _____________

Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which is NOT true about solar system?

a. Solar system includes the Suns planets and their moons and asteroids which
travel around the sun in definite path called orbits.
b. The solar system is known as Suns family.
c. The members of the solar system do not bump one another as they travel in
space because they have their own orbits around the sun.
d. Solar system consist of sun and eight planets.

2. What member of the solar system that passes through the Earths atmosphere
and produces a bright flash in the sky.
a. Comet b. Meteoroids c. Satellites d. Asteroids

3. Why do the planets stay in their own paths as they orbit the sun?
a. The planets revolve around the sun at different speeds.
b. The planets pull at each other.
c. The suns gravity pulls at the orbiting planets.
d. The planets are big and heavy.

4. Why dont planets have the same orbits?

a. Because planets have different distances from the sun.
b. Because planets shine differently.
c. Because planets have similar orbits due to their size.
d. Because planets are very far from the sun.

5. Which of the following makes the arrangement of objects in the solar system
orderly?
a. Each body moving around the sun follows its own orbits.
b. The solar system occupies a very big space.
c. Each body moving around the sun attracts other bodies.
d. Some bodies are very large while others are small.

6. Which is the biggest heavenly body in the solar system?

a. Jupiter b. Earth c. Sun d. Neptune

7. Why is the sun also considered a star?

a. The sun has the same structure as a star.
b. The sun has similar color with that of star.
c. The sun emits heat and light just like a star.
d. None of the above.

8. Which statement is TRUE about sun?

a. The sun is a star because it emits its own light and heat by nuclear fusion
reactions.
b. The sun is the only star in the solar system.
c. It is a source of heat and light.
d. All of these are correct.
9. Which of the following describes the chromosphere?
a. it looks red because of glowing hydrogen gas.
b. the center part of the sun composed of iron and nickel.
c. glowing surface of the sun found beneath the photosphere
d. made of gases surrounded by photosphere.

10. It is the outer portion of the suns atmosphere.

a. Photosphere b. Chromospheres c. Corolla d. Core

11. Which of the following are not fixed features of sun?

a. Solar flare b. corona c. sunspot d. prominence

12. Why are sunspots harmful?

a. Sunspots disrupt radio communication.
b. Sunspots produce magnetic storms.
c. Sunspots form northern lights.
d. Sunspots cover the photosphere.

13. Which of the following shows the way solar energy is being used?

I. Lizards warm themselves under the sun.

II. Horses eat grasses in the field.
III. People used solar power for electricity.
IV. People dry corn crops under the sun.
a. I and II b. I and III Only c. I, II, and III d. I,II,III and IV

14. Why sun is very useful to us?

a. Because suns energy help plants to make food.
b. Because the food the plants made, makes people and animals survive.
c. Because without suns energy not everybody have electricity.
d. All of these are correct.

Study the table on distance of planets from the sun.

Planet Ave. distance in million kms from the Sun

Mercury 58
Neptune 4486
Jupiter 778
Earth 150

15. What planet is the farthest from the sun?

a. Mercury b, Neptune c. Earth d. Jupiter

16. What is the nearest planet?

a. Mercury b. Neptune c. Earth d. Jupiter

17. Which of the following statement is correct ?

a. Planets farther to the sun have higher surface temperature.
b. Planets nearer to the sun have lower surface temperature.
c. The surface temperature of the planets are affected by their distances
from the sun.
d. All of these are correct.

18. The farther the planet is from the sun, the ___ it revolves around the sun.
a. faster b. hotter c. slower d. colder
 Study the table on some characteristics of four planets

Characteristics of Planets
Planets Moon Ring Ave. Surface
temperature
(degree celsius)
Mercury Absent Absent 124.5
Mars Present Absent -68.5
Earth Present Absent -15
Saturn Present Present -178

19. Which characteristics distinguish Mercury from the other three planets?

I. Absence of moon.
II. Presence of ring.
III. Highest surface temperature.

a. I and III b. II and III c. I and II d. III only.

20. From the table, which characteristic/s distinguish/es Saturn from the other three
planets?

I. Absence of moon.
II. Absence of ring.
III. Lowest surface temperature.
a. I only b. I and II c. II only d. II and III

21. What is the common characteristic of inner planets?

a. They have gaseous surface.
b. They have rocky surface
c. They have a liquid surface.
d. They have an atmosphere.

22. Why does Mars have reddish color?

a. It is full of craters.
b. It has ice caps.
c. Its soil has iron oxide.
d. Its atmosphere consists mostly of hydrogen.

23. What separates the outer planets from the inner planets?
a. asteroid b. meteor c. oort cloud d. aurora borealis

24. What do Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in common?

a. They have Volcanic craters.
b. They have rocks.
c. They have living things.
d. They have rings.

25. The earth is the third planet in the solar system. Among the eight planets, it has a
characteristic which makes it unique among the rest. Which is it?
a. It has atmosphere and water.
b. It is massive and spherical.
c. It is the only planet to support life.
d. It is located in the milky way galaxy.

26. Why does the sun looks brighter and bigger than any of the stars?
a. The sun is the heart of the solar system.
b. The sun is the nearest star to the earth.
c. The sun is the main sources of energy on earth.
d. The sun is made up of glowing gases.

27. Why do planets have different period of revolution?

 a. Planets differ in sizes.
b. Planets are made of different materials.
c. Planets vary from their distance from the sun.
d. Planets are satellites of the sun.

28. Which distinguishing characteristic belong to comets?

a. They have great red spots.
b. They have head and tails.
c. They burn up as they enter the earths atmosphere.
d. They look red because of their iron oxide content.

For items number 29 to 30, refer to the illustration of the solar system.

29. Which of the planets has the longest revolution around the sun?
a. Mercury b. Jupiter c. Uranus d. Neptune

30. Name the planet which has prominent rings around it.
a. earth b. Saturn c. Uranus d. Neptune

31. All of the following characteristics are clearly possessed by major planets except
for one.
a. All major planets are spherical.
b. All major planets are massive.
c. All major planets harbor life.
d. All planets have atmosphere.

32. Out yellow star, the sun, is important to all life forms on earth, What will happen if
the solar system doesnt have the sun?
a. all life forms will grow stronger,
b. All life forms grow weaker.
c. All life forms on earth will be frozen.
d. All plants will dry up.

33. All planets in the solar system rotate on their axis west to east EXCEPT
a. Saturn and Jupiter c. Uranus and Venus
b. Mars and Mercury d. Neptune and Mars

34. These tides occur during the new moon and full moon when the sun, moon and
earth are in a straight line.
a. spring tide b. neap tide c. high tide d. low tide

35. Which of these appears as a thin layer of red light around the Sun during an
eclipse?
a. Chromosphere b. corolla c. Photosphere d. sunspot

36. Why do planets not collide as they revolve around the sun?
a. Their period of are different.
b. The planets differ in size.
c. The planets have their own orbits.
d. Planets move differently.

37. The eight known planets move around the sun in _____
a. irregular orbits b, spherical orbits c. elliptical orbits d. one orbit

38. Among the planets, why is Neptunes period of revolution the longest?
 a. It is nearest the sun.
b. it is farthest orom the sun.
c. It has slow rate of speed.
d. it has six rings.

39. What is the effect of solar flares on Earth?

a. disruption of radio signal c. change in climate
b. change in weather d. disruption of earths rotation

40. Why are comets glow when they approach the sun?
a. The frozen parts of the comets changes to gas as it naers the sun.
b. The comets burn up as they approach the sun.
c. The comets give off very bright light.
d. both a and c

41. Why do tides occur every 12 hours?

a. because of the earth revolution c. because of the tilting of the earth on its axis
b. because of the earths rotation d. because of Earths interior

42. Which of the following is TRUE about asteroids?

a. asteroids have luminous tails c. asteroids follow a particular orbit
b. asteroids burn up as they enter the earths atmosphere
d. Asteroids hit the ground and bounce

43. What planet is known to be the Earths twin?

a. Neptune b. Venus c. Uranus d. Mars

44. How Neptune and Jupiter similar?

a. They are gas planet. C. They are moonless
b. They have polar ice caps d. They are heavy and dense

45. What causes tides?

a. the combined gravity of the sun and the moon c. the surface temperature of the earth
b. the Earths rotation and revolution d. both b and c

46. Mercury has no moon. Which other planet has no moon also?
a. Mars b. Neptune c. Earth d. Venus

47. Which planet has 12 moons and it is the largest planet?

a. Saturn b. Jupiter c. Mars d.Neptune

48. Why Venus is considered the hottest planet in the solar system?
a. because it has thick cloud layer containing carbon dioxide
b. because it has a very hot interior temperature
c. because it is the nearest planet to the sun
d. both a and b

49. Why does Uranus appear bluish?

a. because of ammonia and nitrogen c. because of carbon dioxide
b. because of nitrogen and methane d. because of nitrogen and argon

50. What part Earths surface is land?

a. 1/4 b.1/2 c.3/4 d.1/3

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS !