SCIENCE 9

QUARTER 4
SUMMATIVE TEST 2
General Directions: Multiple Choice. Choose the best choice and write the letter of your answer on your
answer sheet.
1. Which of the following refers to the atmospheric changes over longer periods of time?
A. Climate C. Greenhouse Effect
B. Climate Change D. Weather
2. What factor that affects climate refers to the place’s elevation in relation to the ground or sea level?
A. Altitude C. Mountains
B. Latitude D. Ocean Currents
3. What factor affecting the climate of an area is influenced by the tilt of the Earth’s axis?
A. Altitude C. Mountains
B. Latitude D. Ocean Currents
4. Where do warm ocean currents come from?
A. Equatorial Region C. Temperate Region
B. Polar Region D. Tropical Region

5. Which side of the mountain has precipitation and thus experiencing a colder climate?
A. Forward C. Upward
B. Leeward D. Windward
6. What is the climate like at the top of a mountain compared to the bottom of the mountain?
A. cooler C. warmer
B. drier D. wetter
7. Ocean currents bring warm water from the equator towards Earth's________.
A. continents C. poles
B. equator D. Southern hemisphere
8. What landform causes the rain shadow effect?
A. lakes C. plains
B. mountains D. valleys
9. What is the Greenhouse Effect?
A. It is a gardening technique used to grow C. It is a phenomenon where plants absorb
plants in controlled environments. excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
B. It refers to the process of converting D. It is a process where gases in Earth's
greenhouses into eco-friendly living spaces. atmosphere trap heat, leading to warming of
the planet's surface.
10.What refers to the amount of carbon dioxide and other carbon compounds emitted due to the
consumption of fossil fuels by a particular person or group?
A. Carbon Culprit C. Carbon Footprint
B. Carbon Dioxide D. Climate Change
11.Which of the following statements is CORRECT about why surrounding bodies of water regulate the
climate of the nearby land?
A. Bodies of water create strong winds that C. Bodies of water reflect sunlight, reducing the
blow inland, influencing weather patterns on amount of solar radiation reaching nearby
nearby land. land and cooling the climate.
B. Bodies of water trap greenhouse gases, D. Bodies of water absorb heat during the day
preventing them from affecting the climate of and release it at night, moderating the
nearby land. extreme temperature on nearby land.
12.Which of the following BEST explains why ocean current move the way they do?
A. The Coriolis effect which is a result of the C. The Doppler effect which creates sounds
earth’s rotation. waves contributing to current movement.
B. The Greenhouse effect which traps the heat D. The Gyres effect which creates loops as the
in the earth surface. currents travel form the equator to the poles.
13.How does latitude affect the climate of a place?
A. by determining the amount of precipitation it C. by influencing the angle and intensity of
receives throughout the year sunlight it receives, which in turn affects
temperature and seasonality
B. by influencing the ocean currents and D. by determining the altitude and topography
atmospheric circulation patterns of the region, which in turn influences
temperature and precipitation patterns.
14.How does altitude affect temperature?
A. by influencing the flow of ocean currents and C. by influencing air pressure to decrease with
atmospheric circulation patterns. increasing altitude, leading to a decrease in
temperature.
B. by determining the proximity to large bodies D. by influencing the amount of greenhouse
of water, which moderates temperature gases present in the atmosphere, which in
extremes turn affects the retention of heat.
15.The following factors explain why land heats and cools faster than water EXCEPT;
A. Color C. Specific Heat
B. Gravity D. Texture
16.Which of the following statements is INCORRECT?
A. Places at high altitude have cold climates. C. Leeward side of the mountain has warm
climates.
B. Places far from the equator have cold D. Currents moving away from the poles bring
climates. warm currents.
17.Which diagram BEST describes how air rising above a mountain produces precipitation?
A. C.

B. D.

18.During summer, many people visit Baguio because of the cold weather. What do you think makes
Baguio cold?
A. altitude C. distance from the ocean
B. latitude D. topography

19.Why do mountain climbers bring thick jackets when they go up the mountain?
A. The temperature increases as the altitude C. The altitude increases as the temperature
increases. increases.
B. The temperature decreases as the altitude D. The altitude decreases as the temperature
increases. increases.
20.Why are the coldest places found at the poles?
A. because they receive less amount of heat C. because less amount of gaseous particles
from the sun trap heat from the surface
B. because they receive great amount of heat D. because great amount of gaseous particles
from the sun trap heat from the surface

21.Which of the following causes global warming?

A. Amount of rainfall C. Rising of warm air into the atmosphere
B. Increasing amount of CO2 in the atmosphere D. Volcanic eruption

22.Which of the following is an indication of global warming?

A. Coastal erosion C. Rising of sea level
B. Decrease of global temperature D. Strong waves in the ocean
23.When there is urbanization, there is an increase in greenhouse gas emissions due to all of the
following, EXCEPT for ____________ Describe certain climatic phenomena that occur on a global level
(CK)
A. Urban dwellers using public transport C. More ownership of cars and usage of other
instead of private transport. motor vehicles in urban areas, which are
powered by burning of fossil fuels.
B. Urban dwellers requiring higher energy D. More industrial activities (eg. manufacturing
consumption for household activities (eg. and construction) in urban areas which lead
heating, lighting, cooling, cooking). to more fossil fuels burnt for energy
consumption.
24.The following are causes of global warming EXCEPT;
A. Burning Fossil Fuels C. Increases in Greenhouse Gases
B. Deforestation D. Rotation of the Earth
25.What does this projected data tell us about how human activities contribute to global climate
change?

A. Human activities are causing the climate to C. Human activities are the main source of
change therefore any climate change strategy higher CO2 emissions; thus, climate change
will not significantly decrease the global adaptation strategies and policies must be
temperature in the future. strictly enforced in developing countries
because they will experience the greatest
impacts of climate change.
B. Humans, on a global level, are the main D. The international community needs to be
contributors to climate change, especially united and committed in making huge and
those from rich countries. Thus, the use of drastic efforts now to adapt to and mitigate
fossil fuels should be reduced mainly by climate change to reduce greenhouse gas
developed countries like the US. emissions and establish more carbon sinks
because it will still take about 100 years
before CO2 and temperature will stabilize.

For items 26 and 27, refer to the graph below.

26.Which statement best describes the graph showing the relationship between carbon dioxide and
temperature from 1964 to 2008?
A. Temperature is directly proportional with the C. As the concentration of carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide concentration for this time increases, so does the temperature in a span
period. of approximately 5 decades.
B. Temperature is inversely proportional with D. From 1964 to 2008, the CO 2 concentration is
the carbon dioxide concentration for this steadily increasing. While temperature is
time period. variable, the general trend is increasing as
well.
27.Based on the graph shown above, what does this tell us about how the global CO2 concentration will
affect the global temperature in the future?
A. We cannot predict the future trend because C. The trend will be the same because the
we don’t have the data yet. period covered to complete this data is long
enough to forecast the future.
B. The trend will be the same because the D. The global temperature is bound to increase
period covered to complete this data is long in the future because humans will continue
enough to forecast the future. to burn fossil fuels which currently are our
sole source of energy.
28.Which among the following statements is INCORRECT about El Niño?
A. El Niño can only bring droughts never floods. C. El Niño occurs when the trade winds are
weaker than normal.
B. The development of El Niño events is linked D. El Niño can raise sea levels on both coasts
to the trade winds. by changing atmospheric pressure patterns
in both the North Pacific and North Atlantic.
29.Given that climate change is happening, which among the above activities has the most impact when
it comes to reducing your carbon footprint?
I. walking to/from school
II. riding a bicycle
III. carpooling
IV. using an electric motorbike
A. I and II only C. II and IV only
B. I and III only D. III and IV only

30.The following statements expresses the danger of climate change EXCEPT:

A. Climate change leads to increased C. Once released into the atmosphere,
biodiversity as species adapt to changing greenhouse gases remain potent for many
conditions. years, making it difficult to reverse the
process.
B. Humans have altered a natural process and D. Abrupt changes to the climate system may
exaggerated changes that might normally have unintended outcomes that may pose
occur over millions of years. challenges for societies, like more extreme
weather, spread of diseases, a decline in
marine life, or an alteration of ocean
circulation patterns.