Sample quiz

1. WATER CYCLE
I. Multiple choice and enumeration.
1. The process by which water is taken up by plants and released into the atmosphere is
called
a. condensation
b. evaporation
c. precipitation
d. transpiration
D
2. Which of the following is the largest reservoir within the hydrologic cycle?
a. ice sheets
b. the oceans
c. groundwater
d. the atmosphere
B
3. The amount of precipitation that soaks into the soil depends on
a. how long the rain lasts
b. whether or not there are
plants around
c. whether the soil is wet or dry

2. d. all of the choices
D
4. Water vapor is a greenhouse gas that helps regulate the temperature of the earth’s
atmosphere.
a. True
b. False
A
5. Where does the energy to drive the hydrologic cycle come from?
a. Earth’s interior
b. the sun
c. plate tectonics
d. photosynthesis
B
6. In the water cycle what is it called when water goes up through a plant and is turned
into a
Vapor?
a. Evaporation
b. Precipitation

3. c. Collection
d. Condensation
A
7. Condensation is when warm vapor rises, gets cold and does what In the water cycle?
a. Gathers in clouds
b. Falls out of the sky
c. Warms up again
d. Keeps rising until it turns to ice
A
8. When clouds get too heavy to hold water in the water cycle, what happens?
a. The water falls to the Earth
b. The water evaporates
c. Another cloud forms

4. d. The clouds get very large
A
9. It is transpiration and the evaporation from all water, soils, snow, ice, vegetation and
other surfaces are lumped together.
A. Transpiration
b. Evapotranspiration
c. Sublimation
d. Runoff
B
10. Process of a solid directly turning into a gas without passing through the liquid phase.
a. Condensation
b. Runoff
c. Sublimation
d. Percolation
C
11. Water held underground in the soil or in the pores or crevices in the rock.

5. a. Runoff
b. Water vapor
c. Precipitation
d. Evapotranspiration
A
12. Water cycle, is cycle that involves the continuous circulation of water in the Earth-
atmosphere system. What is the other term of water cycle?
A. Carbon cycle
b. Hydrologic cycle
c. Nitrogen cycle
d. Carbon cycle
B
13-15. The most common types of precipitation
• rain
• hail
• snow
TYPES AND SOURCES OF WATER
I. Identification

6. 1. It is a chemical substance composed of hydrogen and oxygen existing in gaseous, liquid
and solid states that is essential to all known forms of life.
- Water
2. It is a naturally occurring water that contains a low concentration of salts and other
dissolved solids.
- Freshwater
3. It a water passage where the tide meets a river current especially, an arm of the sea at
the lower end of a river.
- Estuary
4. A simple process used to conserve rainwater by collecting, storing, conveying and
purifying of rainwater that runs off from rooftops, parks, roads, open grounds, and etc.
for later use.
- Rain Water Harvesting
5. It is the largest and deepest aquifer in the world.
- Great Artesian Basin
II. Multiple Choice
6. The Earth is almost covered with how many percent of water?
a. 71%

7. b. 76%
c. 85%
d. 67%
Answer: a. 71%
7. Any body of water above ground, including both the saltwater in the ocean and the fresh water in
rivers, streams, and lakes.
A. Ground water
b. Rain water
c. Surface water
d. Fresh water
Answer: c. Surface water
8. The contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, so that it negatively affects
its uses.
a. Drying up of wells
b. Land Subsidence
c. Water Quality Deterioration
d. Water Pollution
Answer: d. Water Pollution
9. It is considered the cleanest water and contains plenty of dissolved minerals which the human body
needs.

8. a. Rain water
b. Ground water
c. Surface water
d. Salt water
Answer: b. Ground water
10. It occurs when large amounts of groundwater have been withdrawn from certain types of rocks,
such as fine-grained sediments.
A. Land Subsidence
b. Water Quality Deterioration
c. Drying up of wells
d. Water Pollution
Answer: a. Land Subsidence
III. Enumeration
11-12. Enumerate the 2 types of water.
- Freshwater
- Saltwater
13-15. Enumerate the 3 sources of water.
- Rain Water
- Surface Water
- Ground water

9. I. Multiple Choice
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is a physical process that occurs when molecules or atoms come together and form an orderly
arrangement.
A. Volcanism
B. Crystallization
C. Volcano
D. Volcanic Eruption
2. It is formed in the subduction zone when two plates collide one plate
Sinks into the mantle and melts the resulting magma rises through other plate above it and forms a
chain of volcanoes these are volcanoes from melted crusts or volcanoes from
Subduction.
A. Hotspot Volcanoes
B. Underwater Volcanoes
C. Volcanoes from melted crust
D. Crystallization
3. This is the process by which two different magmas mix together. This process can result in the
formation of different types of igneous rocks.
A. Magma Mixing
B. Assimilation
C. Fractional Crystallization
D. Magmatic Differentation

10. 4. It is a phenomenon connected with volcanoes and its volcanic activity such as the movement of
magma from the mantle to the surface of the earth.
A. Volcanic Eruption
B. Volcano
C. Crystallization
D. Volcanism
5. It is a molten rock beneath the surface of the earth.
A. Magma
B. Chimney
C. Lava
D. Magma Chamber
6. It is characterized by the slow and steady release of lava from a volcano.
A. Explosive Volcanism
B. Intrusive Volcanism
C. Effusive Volcanism
D. Volcanic Eruption
7. It is formed along the rift of two plates which are being pulled apart magma rises out of the rift from
the sea floor as the sea floor spreads.
A. Hotspot Volcano
B. Underwater Volcanoes
C. Subduction

11. D. Volcanic Eruption
8. This is the process by which magma assimilates or absorbs material from the surrounding rocks. This
process can affect the composition of the magma and the minerals that crystallize out
Of it.
A. Magma Mixing
B. Assimilation
C. Fractional Crystallization
D. Magmatic Differentation
9. It is characterized by the slow and steady intrusion of magma into the Earth’s crust.
A. Explosive Volcanism
B. Intrusive Volcanism
C. Effusive Volcanism
D. Volcanic Eruption
II. Enumeration
Directions: Enumerate the following.
10-12. Enumerate the three types of volcanos base on their activity

12. 13-15. Enumerate the three types of volcano base on their external structure.
1. It is the breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of the Earth.
Answer: Weathering
2-3. What are the three types of weathering?
Answer:
Mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
Biological weathering
4. Sometimes called physical weathering, and it describes the process of rocks crumbling.
Answer: Mechanical weathering
5. Usually a result of rain or saltwater being slightly acidic.
Answer: Chemical weathering
6. Caused by the actions of plants and animals as they grow, nest and burrow.
Answer: Biological weathering
7. Is the wearing away of the land by forces such as water, wind and ice.
Answer: Erosion

13. 8. What are the three main forces that cause erosion?
Answer: water, wind, and ice.
9. What is the main cause of erosion on Earth.
Answer: Water
10-11. Give two types of soil
Answer:
Residual soil,
Transported Soil
12-15. Give some of ways that water causes erosion:
Answer: Rainfall, Waves, Floods
Biomagnification and Eutrophication
Multiple Choice
1. The increase in concentration of a pollutant that occurs in a food chain.
a. Biomagnification
b. Pollution
c. Eutrophication
d. Deforestation
2. Manures and biosolids are processed industrially and contain contaminants like pharmaceuticals and
personal care products.
a. Agriculture
b. Industrial Activities

14. c. Organic Contaminants
d. Mining Activities
3. Classification of Eutrophication that caused by human activity.
a. Natural Eutrophication
b. Algal Bloom
c. Anthropogenic Eutrophication
d. Disruption of Food Chain
4. Cause of Biomagnification that the industries and factories release toxic substances that are released
into the soil, lakes, oceans, and rivers.
A. Organic Contaminants
b. Industrial Activities
c. Mining Activities in the Ocean
d. Agriculture
5. It is the process in which a water body becomes overly enriched with nutrients, leading to plentiful
growth of simple plant life.
a. Deforestation
b. Biomagnification
c. Air Pollution
d. Eutrophication
Identification
6. It is called for the uncontrollable growth of algae.
7. Refers to the excessive enrichment of water bodies via natural events.
8. Species in the water bodies that are toxic and are inedible.
9. The industries and factories release toxic substances that are released into the soil, lakes, oceans, and
rivers.
10. Biomagnification makes humans more prone to cancer, kidney problems, liver failure, birth defects,
respiratory disorders, and heart diseases.
Enumeration
11-12. What are the classification of Eutrophication?

15. 13-14. Give the 3 effects of Biomagnification.
Answer Key:
1. a. Biomagnification
2. c. Organic Contaminants
3. c. Anthropogenic Eutrophication
4. b. Industrial Activities
5. d. Eutrophication
6. algal bloom
7. Natural eutrophication
8. Phytoplankton
9. Industrial Activities
10. Impact on Human Health
11-12. Anthropogenic Eutrophication and Natural Eutrophication
13-14. Impact on Human Health
Destruction of Coral Reefs
Disruption of Food Chain
I. Multiple Choice
1. It is one of the most common types of clouds that can be seen at any time of the year.
a. Stratus clouds
b. Altostratus
c. Cirrus
2. What form when warm air currents rise above the Earth’s surface creating cumulonimbus clouds.
These clouds produce rain, lightning, hail and occasionally tornadoes.
A. Thunderstorms
b.Thunderstorms clouds
c. Lightning

16. 3. What is the presence of a liquid, generally water, in trace amounts. For a thunderstorm to occur,
moisture is considered to be a mandatory condition. It is measured in dew points.
A. Moisture
b. Dew point
c. Rising unsteady air
4. What is the movement within a fluid that occurs when hotter, less dense material rises and colder,
denser material sinks.
a. Convection
b.Moisture
c. Cumulonimbus
5. It is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground.
a. Thunderstorm
b. Cumulonimbus
c. Lightning
III. Identication
________ 6. Are a sign of fair weather, though they may discharge rains sometimes in form of a light
shower.
________ 7.form as a result of the gradual accumulation of moist area over a large area as the warm
frontal system lifts the warm and moist area higher up in the atmosphere where it condenses.
________8.also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the
presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth’s atmosphere, known as thunder.
_________9. It is the amount of moisture in the air or can be defined as the temperature to which the
air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor.
_________10.are composed of thin layers of clouds covering a large area of the sky. This is simply mist
or fog when it forms close to the ground.
IV. Enumeration
11-13.Enumerare all thunderstorm go through three stage of their life cycle.
14-15. Enumerate atleast two types of thunderstorm.

17. Answer key :
1. C
2. B
3. A
4.A
5.C
6.Cumulus clouds
7.Nimbostratus clouds
8. thunderstorm
9.Dew point
10. Stratus clouds
11. Developing stage
12. Mature stage
13. Dissipation Stage
14. Single-cell thunderstorms
15. Supercell thunderstorms
1.It refers to the temporary conditions of the atmosphere.
a)Weather
b)Precipitation
c)Weather Instrument
d)Severe weather
2.It refers to any type of weather event that has the potential to cause significant damage.
a)Severe weather
b)Weather Instrument
c)Humidity

18. d)Precipitation
3.It refers to the degree of hotness or coldness of air.
a)Wind
b)Temperature
c)Air pressure
d)Cloud cover
4.It refers to the force of the air on a given surface divided by the area of that surface.
a)Air Pressure
b)Precipitation
c)Humidity
d)Temperature
5.It refers to the movement of air.
a)Humidity
b)Precipitation
c)Temperature
d)Wind
6.It refers to any form of moisture or water that falls on the ground.
a)Cloud cover
b)Precipitation
c)Wind
d)Air Pressure
7.It is the devices used in measuring the different weather components.
a)Thermometer
b)Weather Instrument

19. c)Hygrometer
d)Rain Gauge
8.It is also called a weather vane.
a)Wind vane
b)Barometer
c)Anemometer
d)Thermometer
9.An instrument used to measure the humidity, or amount of water vapour in the atmosphere.
a)Hygrometer
b)Anemometer
c)Rain Gauge
d)Barometer
10.It helps in measuring the actual amount of rainfall.
a)Thermometer
b)Rain Gauge
c)Barometer
d)Wind Vane
Enumeration
Enumerate the five several different types of severe weather
Answer key for Multiple choice
1.Weather
2.Severe Weather
3.Temperature

20. 4.Air pressure
5.Wind
6.Precipitation
7.Weather Instrument
8.Wind Vane
9.Hygrometer
10.Rain Gauge
Answer key for Enumeration
1.Tornadoes
2.Hurricanes
3.Thunderstorms
4.flashfloods
5.blizzards.
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
IDENTIFICATION:
EARTH 1. It is a great planet to live on because it has a wonderful atmosphere around it.
EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE 2. It is similar to a jacket for our planet. It surrounds our planet, keeps us warm,
gives us oxygen to breathe, and it is where our weather happens.
IONSPHERE 3. It is a very active part of the atmosphere, and it grows and shrinks depending on the
energy it absorbs from the Sun.
TROPOSPHERE 4. The innermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere.
TROPOSPHERE 5. This layer has the air we breathe and the clouds in the sky.
TROPOSPHERE 6. The layer we call home.

21. STRATOSPHERE 7. It is located above the troposphere and below the mesosphere.
MESOSPHERE 8. It is called middle layer.
THERMOS 9. Means heat, and the temperature in this layer can reach up to 4,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
THERMOSPHERE 10. It is the home of the International Space Station as it orbits Earth.
EXOSPHERE 11. It is the outermost layer of our atmosphere.
EXOSPHERE 12. There is a lot of empty space in between. There is no air to breathe, and it’s very cold.
OZONE LAYER 13. The layer that absorbs most of the UV radiation the sun sends to us.
TROPOSPHERE 14. This layer has the air we breathe and the clouds in the sky.
MAGNETOSPHERE 15. The area around Earth where charged particles feel Earth’s magnetic field.
1. It is considered the edge of solar system since that is where the gravitational and physical influences
of the sun end.
- Oorth Cloud
2. Where is the location of our solar system in the milky way galaxy?
- Orion star cluster
3. What do we call the shape of each orbit?
- ellipse
4. This planet complete the rotation around the sun in 225 days and a day is 243 days here on Earth and
it is longer than it’s year.
- Venus
5-6. What are the two categories of planets?
- Terrestrial planets
- Jovian planets
7. It has the shortest orbit in the solar system at about 3 Earth months.

22. - Mercury
8. The gravity on this planet is 1.8 times stronger to Earth, so if you weight 100 pounds on Earth, you
weight about 108 pounds in here.
- Saturn
9. The atmosphere of this planet is made up of approximately 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen.
- Earth
10. It is a ball of color around the surface of the sun, a reddish glow that can be seen during an eclipse
- Chromosphere
11. It is the planet that is famous for rotating on it’s side.
- Uranus
12. Where did the asteroids, comets and meteoroids orbit?
- Sun
13. How long does the Jupiter’s Great Red Spot storm existed?
- Over 300 years
14. They are re very small bodies made of ice and dust.
- Comets
15. It is the Neptune’s largest moon.
- Triton