Long Test 3 – Quarter 3
Science 9
Answer the following:
1 - 3. What is the difference between weather and climate?
4 -11. How is climate affected by:
a. latitude
b. altitude
c. topography
d. the wind system
Use the diagram of an imaginary
continent below to answer the
questions:
12 - 14. What is the prevailing
direction (Easterlies, Westerlies,
Trade winds) of wind in the region:
a. Above and 60°N latitude?
b. Between 60°N and 30°N?
c. Between 30°N and the equator?
15. Which location probably has
the same kind of weather year
round?
16. What factor could cause
location F to have a colder yearly
climate than any other location?
17 - 18. What factors could cause
location E to have the greatest
annual rainfall?
19. Which city, C or D, would you
expect to have a greater annual
rainfall?
20. Which city, A or B, would you expect to have the greatest temperature range throughout the year?
21. Location A is in a desert. What factors could account for the low precipitation?
22. What factors could cause the climate in location D to be cooler than B?
23 – 28. Label the globe with the location of the different climate zones.
29 – 30. What do you think will happen if the global atmospheric temperature will continue to rise?
Long Test 4 – Quarter 3
Science 9
I. TRUE or FALSE: Write T on the space provided before the number if the statement is correct about
constellations. If not, write F.
_____ 1. Stars that form constellation are not near each other.
_____ 2. The constellations visible to us at different times of the year because the Earth revolves
around the Sun.
_____ 3. Constellations can be used by the sailors and navigators in pointing directions.
_____ 4. Constellations can only be found in the Northern Hemisphere.
_____ 5. The names of most constellations are derived from myths and legends of ancient
civilizations.
_____ 6. Constellations are very good indicators of luck and fortune.
_____ 7. We see the same constellations in the sky all year long.
_____ 8. Constellations that are visible inn both hemispheres may appear upside-down in the
Southern Hemisphere.
_____ 9. The Sun is the only known star in our galaxy which is not part of constellation.
_____ 10. Orion is one of the most visible constellations. Because of its location, it can be seen
throughout the world
II. Matching Type
_____1. last shining stage of a low mass star a) supernova
_____ 2. small, dense object with an extremely strong force of gravity b) nebula
that forms when the largest of stars collapses c) black hole
_____ 3. huge clouds of dust and gases d) neutron star
_____ 4. an enormous explosion that occurs at the end of a large star’s life e) white dwarf
_____ 5. after a supernova, the core material of a large star packs
together to form this
_____ 6. a collection a gas, dust and hundreds of billions of stars a) fusion
_____ 7. substances join together to form new substances b) gravity
_____ 8. a group of stars that form shapes or patterns c) universe
_____ 9. the force that pulls objects towards each other d) galaxy
_____ 10. everything in existence including all energy and matter e) constellation
III. Describe / draw and label starting from its formation to its final end the lifecycle of a star 25
solar masses bigger than our Sun.