Fourth Mastery Test in Science and Health

1. When Daniel looks out the window, he observes that nimbus clouds are present in the sky. This
indicates that there will be ______________.
a. rain
c. strong winds
b. fair weather
d. thunder and lightning
2. You are in a place where there are no weather instruments to use , but you would like to know the direction of the
wind and its speed.What is the best thing to do?
a. Observe the plants
b.Observe the clouds
c. Observe the plants
d. Observe the people around
3.What are clouds primarily made of?
a. mist
b. water

c. watervapor
d. tiny droplets of water

4. There are big tall clouds that look like mountains of cotton balls in the sky.
What kind of clouds are these?
a. cirrus clouds
c. cumulus clouds
b. stratus clouds
d. nimbus clouds
5. What are clouds made of?
a. condensed water vapor
b. water in a form of a gas
c. water in solid form
d. water and gases in the air
6.The measurement of the hotness and coldness of the air called ______________.
a. humidity
c. temperature
b. pressure
d. velocity
7. A fisherman plans to go to the ocean to catch fish.He notices that it is about to rain.This shows that the weather
affects the ________________.
a. the activities we do c. games we play
b. clothes we wear
d. food we eat
8. A report that tells about the weather.
a. Weather transformation
b. Weather forecast

c. Weather outlook
d. Weather bureau

9. Which temperature reading shows the coolest air?

a. 35 C
c. 25 C
b. 20 C
d. 10 C
10. At 8:00 am , the temperature readings in the cities were the following:
Baguio - 15 C

Manila - 24 C

Tagaytay - 17

What does this show?

a.
b.
c.
d.

Temperature in different places vary

Temperature in different places are low
Temperature in different places are high
Temperature in different places are the same

11. How does water evaporate when air is warm?

a. slow
c. fast
b. moderate
d. very slow
12. You are facing south , You observe that pieces of paper are blown towards the direction you are
facing. Where is the wind coming from
a. North
c. East
b. South
d. West
13. It is an instrument use to tell the speed of the wind.
a. wind vases
c. anemometer
b. barometer
d. rain gauge
14. It is the condition of the atmosphere in a place at a given time.
a. Clouds
c. weather
b. Wind
d. Pain

15. What is the orbital shape of the earth as if moves around the sun?
a. circular
c . rectangular
b. elliptical
d. triangular
16. How long does it take for the earth to rotate on its own axis?
a. 24 minutes
c. 24 days
b. 24 hours
d. 24 months
17. How long does it take for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun?
a. one day
c. one month
b. one week
d. one year
18. What causes day and night?
a. Suns rotation
b. moons rotation

c. Earths rotation
d. Earths revolution

19. It is the force that pulls an object towards the center of the earth that keeps us from falling off into the space.
a. Friction
c. Pressure
b. Gravity
d. Space
20. How does the earth rotate on its axis?
a. from north to south
b. from east to west

c. from south to north

d. from west to east

21. How many days are there in a leap year?

a. 362
b. 366

c. 364
d. 365

22. Which of the following would happen if the earth did not rotate?
a. we would not have days and night
b. the sun would not shine on earth
c. The earth would fall in space
d. We would not have a new year

23. What is the period of time called year?

a. time it takes the moon to revolve around the earth
b. time if takes the earth to revolve around the sun
c. time it takes the moon to rotate on its axis
d. time it takes the earth rotates on its axis
24. About how many rotation does the earth make in one revolution?
a. 365
c. 565
b. 750
d. 850
25. When does the earth receive less heat from the sun?
a. When the sun is too far away
b. When there is moisture in the air
c. When the earth absorbs the heat coming from space
d. When the clouds reflect some heat back into the space
26. How many hours does it takes for the earth to travel one half of its way on its axis
a. 12 weeks
c. 12 hours
b. 12 months
d. 12 minutes
27. The east side of the earth is facing the sun,
On what side of the earth is nighttime?
a. South
b. West

c. Northwest
d. Southwest

28. Kathryn is ten years old. How many times has the earth revolved since Kathryn was born?
a. One hundred times
b. fifty times
c. twenty four times
d. ten times
29. What is the earths nearest neighbor in the sky?
a. the moon
c. planet mars
b. the sun
d. planet venus
30. When does a solar eclipse occur?
a. When the moon is at full moon phase
b. When the sun is between the moon and the earth

c.
d.

When the earth is between the sun and the moon

When the moon is in a straight line between the sun and the earth.

31. It is the earths satellite

a. moon
b. Sun

c. Comet
d. Asteroid

32. The eclipse of the moon is called ________________.

a. Solar
c. Umbra
b. Lunar
d. Penumbra
33. Why does lunar eclipse last longer than a solar eclipse?
a. The moon rotates faster than the earth
b. The earth rotates faster than the moon.
c. The moons shadow is longer than that of the earth.
d. The earths shadow is larger than that of the moon.
34. Why do we see only one side of the moon?
a. the moon rotates once as if makes one turn around the earth
b. the moon revolves the earth and the sun
c. the moon rotates twice as if makes one turn around the earth
d. the moon does not have its position in space
35. In which phase of the moon would a lunar eclipse occur?
a. full moon
c. gibbous noon
b. half moon
d. new moon
36. In which of the following position of the sun , Earth and moon can we see full moon?
a.

b.

c. c.

d.

S
M

37. Why should a person does not view directly to a solar eclipse?
a. the person will die
b. the person will cursed
c. the persons eyes will be damaged
38. What is according to scientist is causing damage to the ozone layer?
a. carbon dioxide
c. solar flares
b. chemical pollution
d. ultraviolet rays
39. What planet is the nearest to the sun?
a. Jupiter
b. Earth

c. Mercury
d. Saturn

40. Who discovered the worlds most famous comet?

a. Edmund Halley
c. Neil Armstrong
b. Galileo Galilei
d. David Scott

E
S

M
E