SCIENCE 9

1st UNIT EXAM

3rd Quarter (SY: 2022-2023)
Name: _______________________________

Section: _________________________________ Date:

Instruction. Read each statement and from the choices select Score:
the best answer. Write the letter of the correct
answer in the space provided.

____ 1. What is a volcano? ___5. What factor affects the viscosity of magma as
a. A land form which has a summit but shown in the figure?
without crater.
b. A mountain created by faulting and
folding of the Earth’s crust.
c. The movement of the Earth’s crust when
plate boundaries move.
d. A cone shaped mountain formed by
erupting lava, ash and gases.

___2. Which of the following is NOT a factor that

affect the viscosity of magma?
a. Temperature of magma a. Low gas content
b. Size of the volcano’s crater b. High silica content
c. Chemical composition of magma c. Low temperature of magma
d. Amount of dissolved gases contained in d. High temperature of magma
the magma
___6. What type of volcanic eruption is caused by the
interaction of water and magma?
For numbers 3 and 4, choose from the illustration
a. Vulcanian b. Plinian
below.
c. Phreatomagmatic d. Strombolian
Which among the following is being described. ___7. The picture shows what type of volcanic
eruption?

a. Plinian b. Vulcanian
c. Phreatic d. Strombolian
___3. Volcano with a steep slope and wide crater.

a. 1 c. 3 ___8. What is volcanic eruption?

b. 2 d. 1 and 3 a.It is a region deep within the Earth’s mantle from
which heat rises.
___4. A volcano with a broad, slightly domed b.It is a sudden violent shaking of the ground,
structure. causing great destruction.
a. 1 c. 3 c. It happens when hot lava, ash and gases are
b. 2 d. 2 and 3 discharged from a volcanic vent.
d.It happens when the plate edges of the Earth’s
crust move downward or sideways.
___9. Mount Pinatubo erupted last April 2, 1991. What
kind of volcanic eruption was Mount Pinatubo?
a. Vulcanian b. Plinian
c. Phreatomagmatic d. Strombolian

___10. What type of volcanic eruption is very explosive?

 a. Plinian b. Strombolian
c. Phreatomagmatic d. Phreatic

___11. What factor is associated with huge volcanic ___19. Volcanic eruption is often associated with
eruptions that may cause decrease in the Earth’s negative effects. Which of the following
average temperature for a few years? statements below describe the negative effects
a. Heat b. Light of volcanic eruption?
c. Acid rain d. Volcanic ash a. Ash ejected from the volcano acts as a good
fertilizer for soils.
___ 12. What do you call the release of magma from a b. People became more creative by making
volcano? earthenware out of the ashfall.
a. Hotspot b. Eruption c. Volcanic eruptions cause health problems, loss
c. Epicenter d. Earthquake of lives and properties.
d. Volcanoes attract many tourists who enjoy the
____13. Which of the following materials from a volcano dramatic scenery they produce
determines its explosiveness?
a. Water vapor b. Color
___20. BONUS para sa mga wala ga uyab-uyab. Char!
c. Silica content d. Temperature
BONUS BITAW NI PARA SA TANANG PRESENT
____14. The gases and dust particles thrown into the KARON NA ADLAW (5PTS).
atmosphere during volcanic eruptions have
influences on climate. Which volcanic gases
can cause global cooling and has the potential
to promote global warming? PART II. LABELLING. Label the following
a. Argon and silicon carbide Illustrations.
b. Carbon monoxide and sulfur
c. Oxygen and hydrogen peroxide
d. Sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide

____15. Which of the following is NOT a material ejected

or released from volcano during an eruption?
a. Oxygen b. Phosphorus
c. Potassium d. Silicon dioxide

____16. What is the common health problem during A. B.

volcanic eruption?
a. Fever
b. Cance0072
c. Hypertension
d. Respiratory illness

____17. Volcanic eruption can have both positive and

negative effects. Which of the following
C. D.
statements below describe the positive effects
of volcanic eruption?
a. Produce very rich soils for farming.
b. Destruction of properties.
c. People left homeless
d. Loss of lives

___18. Why do people near a volcano need to evacuate

before it erupts?
I. Hot lava can spew out in gentle streams or can
erupt violently into the air.
II. Death and serious injury to people and animals
may result from burns and inhalation of hot
ash and gas.
III. The extreme temperatures of rocks and gas
inside pyroclastic flows can cause combustible
material to burn.
IV. After erupting from the volcano, hot lava will
solidify instantly once an object gets in its way
as it flows trapping anything in its path.
a. I and II A. LAVA
b. I, II and IV B. MAGMA
c. III and IV only
C. LAYERS OF LAVA AND ASH
d. II, III and IV only
D. CRATER
E. ASH
F. MAGMA CHAMBER