4th QUARTERLY EXAM in SCIENCE 3

I. Directions: Identify what is being described. Choose your answer inside the box. (2pts.)

Alps Desert Hill Island Mountain

Peninsula Plain Plateau Valley Volcano

_______________________1. It is a part of a plain that extends out to the sea.

_______________________2. It is a large area of flat, lowland.

_______________________3. It is a mountain in Switzerland, covered with snow.

_______________________4. It is a flatland on a high place.

_______________________5. It is lowland bordered by a mountain and a hill.

_______________________6. It is a mountain that has an opening or a crater.

_______________________7. It is a body of land completely surrounded by water.

_______________________8. It is a natural land mass lower and smaller than a mountain.

_______________________9. It is a very warm place with very little water.

_______________________10. It is the highest landform on earth.

II. Directions: Choose the correct answer in Column B. Write your answer on the lines provided. (2pts.)

A B

_____1. It is a body of freshwater surrounded by land. a. water

_____2. It covers ¾ or 75% of the earth’s surface. b. bay

_____3. It is a body of freshwater that comes from the high place like c. spring

mountain top and is part of a river.

_____4. . It is a body of salty water partially surrounded by land on three d. Waterfall

sides and sea on the fourth side.

_____5. It covers ¼ or 25% of the earth’s surface. e. pond

_____6. It is a body of salty water that is only a part of an ocean located f. Lake

near continents and islands.

_____7. It is the biggest of all water forms. g. sea

_____8. It is a body of shallow freshwater that comes from underground. h. river

_____9. It is a body of freshwater smaller than a lake. i. ocean

_____10. It is a body of freshwater that starts from mountain and flows j. Land

through a plain to the sea.

III. Directions: Write YES on the blank if the statement is correct and NO if it is incorrect. (2pts.)

_______1. You do not see the sun at night because you are on the side of earth away from the sun.

_______2.The light of the sun outshines the light of other stars so you do not see the stars during the day.

_______3. Stars look small because they are very far away from Earth.

_______4. The moon is made up of rocks and soil.

_______5. The sun is the highest thing in the sky.

_______6. The moon appears every night.

_______7. Clouds are in the sky all the time.

_______8. A crescent moon is a round moon.

_______9. Stars always twinkle.

_______10.A rainbow always appears often the rain.

IV. Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. (2pts.)

1. Thunder and lightning may occur during ______.

a. rainy weather b. windy weather c. stormy weather

2. Cotton clothes should be worn during ______ weather.

a. fair b. rainy c. stormy

3. A record of the condition of the atmosphere for a specific period of time.

a. weather bulletin b. weather diagram c. weather chart

4. Farmers need to know the kind of weather to:

a. build and paint houses and buildings b. know what crops to plant c. prepare the goods they will sell

5. You should protect yourself from the ______.

a. sun b. rain c. both

6. Farmers prepare their fields during ______ weather.

a. fair b. rainy c. stormy

7. When big dark clouds cover the sky, the weather is ______.

a. cloudy b. rainy c. fair

8. Weather is the ______ condition of the atmosphere at a given place and time.

a. daily b. weekly c. monthly

9. People can do a lot of activities ______ on fair weather.

a. indoors b. outdoors c. both

10. When there are strong winds, the weather is ______.

a. stormy b. windy c. rainy

V. Directions: Draw in the box the kind of landform you live on. Colour your drawing and give a brief
description. (20pts.)

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