1st Grading Examination

Social Studies-10
Contemporary Issues

Name : ________________________________ Date : ____________

Grade Level :_________________________________ Score :

I. Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Write the letter of your answers in CAPITAL LETTER at the space provided before each number.
CHOOSE your answers from the box. NO ERASURES. 1 point per item (20 points)

A. GREENHOUSE GASES B. KYOTO PROTOCOL C. CARPOOLING

D. CLIMATE CHANGE E. DISASTER F. TSUNAMI G. LANDSLIDE

H. EARTHQUAKE I. EL NINO J. LA NINA

K. GLOBALIZATION L. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE M. UNDEREMPLOYMENT

N. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION O. JULY 16, 1990 P. YOLANDA

Q. HURRICANE R. CHINA S. SOCIALISM T. TYPHOON

U. INDIA V. POPULATION W. ULTRAVIOLET RAYS

X. CALAMITY Y. TREATY OF PARIS Z. COLD WAR

____1. This natural disaster is the shaking of earth’s crust that results in the forming of new landforms.
____2. Refers to any systematic change in the long term statistics of climate elements.
____3. It comes from the Latin word which means sufferings caused by being unlucky or losing.
____4. Agreement signed by countries that prohibits industries from using materials that are destructive to the
environment.
____5. It is the enormous movements of rock and soils from a higher elevations to lower elevations.
____6. It comes from the Japanese words which means waves in the shore.
____7. Period that started when the ozone layer became damaged.
____8. Refers to the percentage of people who do not have a job out of the total number of those who are in
the labor force.
____9. It is the abnormal weather condition that results in prolonged rainy season.
____10. It is the abnormal weather condition brought about by the warming of the Pacific Ocean.
____11. This refers to having a job that are not related to their profession.
____12. This is a typhoon that is formed from Atlantic Ocean.
____13. What country has the highest number of populations in the world?
____14. It is the time when a killer earthquake strikes Baguio City and neighboring places that resulted into
destruction of buildings and casualties.
____15. It is a worldwide economic phenomenon that was formally conceptualized after the cold war.
____16. This country holds the seconds in most number in population.
____17. It is the using of one car by many people that lessens carbon emission and gas consumption.
____18. It is the strongest typhoon ever recorded in the Philippines.
____19. A political and economic theory of social organization that should be owned by the community as a
whole.
____20. Like covers that filters the heat of sunlight and prevent the earth from becoming too cold.

II. Identification
A. Directions: Identify what is being asked and write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS at the blank
before each number. 1 point per item (10 points)
_______________1.A phenomenon that is traced to the use of fossil fuels and activities that damage the
ozone layer.
_______________2. It is a law passed during Arroyo Administration that aims to strengthen the Disaster Risk
Reduction Management of the country.
_______________3. What kind of energy was introduced as a cleaner alternative fossil fuel?
_______________4. Acronym of the agency composed of scientists whose task is to report about climate
change in different parts of the world.
_______________5. Place in the earth’s crust where most of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes occur.
_______________6. Acronym of the agency that releases the lists of places in the Philippines that are flood-
prone.
_______________7. This is known as carbon trading or selling of rights or permission to dispose GHG in the
atmosphere.
_______________8. This phenomenon refers to any systematic change in the long-term statistics of climate
elements.
_______________9. This refers to the deliberate action of people to counter global warming and climate
change.
_______________10. A scandal in the United States about climate change.

B. Directions: Give the meaning of the following acronyms. Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS at
the space provided. 1 point per item (10points)

1. PHIVOLCS
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2. DSWD
3. ______________________________________________________________________
4. DOH
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5. NDRRMC
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6. PAG-ASA
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7. PAR
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8. DPWH
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9. ITCZ
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10. DEP-ED
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11. OCD
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V. Essay
Directions: Answer the question being asked. Minimum of five sentences. Underline key terms. 5 points per
item (10 points).
1. When you are given a chance to become the president of the Republic of the Philippines, how can you
help the Philippines to eliminate or decrease its growing unemployment rate? Why?

2. What is sustainable development? Is sustainable development helpful in our country? Why? Explain.

“Errors like straws upon the surface flow: He who would search for pearls must dive below.”
– John Dryden