MOCK TEST IN SCIENCE

FOR THE FINAL EXAMINATION

I. IDENTIFICATION. Identify the term(s) being described in each item. Select your
answers from the box below.
ozone layer

solar flare

mesopause

nitrogen

air

current
atmosphere

troposphere

weather

oxygen

mercury

precipitation

Coriolis effect

ozone

air pressure

low pressure
meteorology

humidity

nitrates
ionosphere/thermosphere

argon
___________________ 1. molecule composed of three atoms of oxygen
___________________ 2. the largest composition of the Earths atmosphere
___________________ 3. serves as Earths blanket, protecting us from extreme changes in
temperature
___________________ 4. gas component air that accounts about 20.95% of its total volume
___________________ 5. produced when lightning let nitrogen in air react with oxygen
___________________ 6. a layer of atmosphere that serves as Earths sunblock, regulating sunlight
___________________ 7. product of radioactive decay of potassium
___________________ 8. coldest place on Earth
___________________ 9. the warmest layer of the atmosphere
___________________ 10. part of the atmosphere that reflects back radio waves
___________________ 11. bright cloud of hot gas plasmas erupting from the suns surface
___________________ 12. study of weather and weather conditions
___________________ 13. atmospheric condition at a certain place over a short period of time
___________________ 14. the falling of water from the atmosphere back to the ground
___________________ 15. refers to the amount of water in vapor form present in the air
___________________ 16. force exerted by air
___________________ 17. causes warm and cloudy weather
___________________ 18. circular movement of cold and warm air
___________________ 19. used in maximum thermometer to measure temperature
___________________ 20. bending of winds in the Northern Hemisphere to the west and of the
Southern
Hemisphere to the east due to Earths rotation from east to west
II. Fill out each blank with the right missing word(s) that will complete each
sentence/paragraph.

1. The ___________________ is a medium-sized yellow star. It is a star in the ___________________

galaxy.
2. The sun is consisted of 73% ___________________, 25% helium, and 2% carbon and other
elements.
3. The surface of the sun has dark areas called ___________________.
4. The ___________________ is the outer layer of the sun, which has a faint crown of gas called
___________________.
5. ___________________ is the Evening and Morning Star. It is the hottest planet because of the
condition known as ___________________ effect.
6. ___________________ is the biggest planet in the ___________________ system, which has a total
of ___________________ moons.
7. ___________________ is the seventh giant planet from the sun and the ___________________
largest planet in the solar system.
8. ___________________ is considered as the largest dwarf planet in the solar system.
9. ___________________ are rocklike and metal-like objects that are also named minor planets and
can be found in a main belt between ___________________ and ___________________.
10.___________________ are also known as falling or shooting stars. Some of them may reach
Earths ground and are called ___________________.
11.The comets ___________________ are streams of gas and dust that forms the comets
__________________. The ___________________ is the solid part of a comet.
12.___________________ are systems of ___________________, gases and dust.
13.___________________ is the nearest neighbor galaxy of our own galaxy.
14.Edwin Hubble observed 35 nearby galaxies close to our own galaxy and named this cluster as
___________________.
15.___________________ galaxies have no obvious nucleus or ordered structure. They are smaller
and not as bright as the other galaxies.
III. Enumerate as required.
A. Layers of the atmosphere (in lowest to highest order)
1. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

5. ________________________________

3. ________________________________
B. Main parts of the Earth
1. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

2. ________________________________
C. Basic types of clouds
1. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

D. Elements of weather
1. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

5. ________________________________

4. ________________________________
E. Weather instruments
1. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

5. ________________________________

3. ________________________________
F. Inner/Terrestrial planets
1. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

G. Outer/Gaseous planets
1. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

4. ________________________________

H. Types of galaxies
1. ________________________________

3. ________________________________

2. ________________________________

4. ________________________________