Department of Education TAGUIG INTEGRATED SCHOOL SUMMATIVE TEST in SCIENCE 8 2ND GRADING-EARTH and SPACE Name: Section: Score: MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. _D__1. Which of the ff. best described a fault? A) It is a trace in the earth’s surface. B) It is a spot directly above the focus on the surface of the earth. C) It is a flat surface between two plates where fault slips and significant movement occurs D) It is a break or crack in the earth’s crust _A__2. How is fault movement related with earthquakes? A) Earthquake is an indication of fault movements B) Fault movement has nothing to do with earthquakes. C) movement along fault always result to earthquakes D) none of these _B__3. How movements along fault generate earthquakes? A) If the rocks along fault cannot overcome the energy coming from the inner part of the earth, rocks will slip and earthquakes are generated. B) If the frictional force that exist between rocks along fault reached its limit, rocks will snap and It is the energy released by an earthquake. C) Earthquakes are generated as long as frictional force holds stuck the rocks together D) A and B only _C__4. This fault can cause an earthquake if two plates slide or pass and move slowly. A) Normal fault B) reverse fault C) strike-slip fault D) none of these _B__5. Metro Manila is preparing earthquake drills for the so-called “The Big One”. Taguig City is one of the cities affected by which active fault? A) Iba Fault B) West Valley Fault C) Digdig Fault D) Tubao Fault ___C_6. It is an instrument used to measure and record details of earthquake. A) seismogram B) microscope C) seismograph D) stenograph __B__7. It is the energy released by an earthquake. A) Seismograph B) Magnitude C) Intensity D) Seismic waves ___C__8. It measures the strength of shaking produced by the earthquake at a certain location A) Focus B) Epicenter C) Intensity D) Magnitude ___D__9. It measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake A) Focus B) Epicenter C) Intensity D) Magnitude ___B__10. Which of the following measures earthquake’s intensity based on the observed effects on people and structures? A) Richter Scale B) Modified Mercalli Scale C) Centigrade Scale D) none of these ___C__11. Earl was sitting in front of the television when he suddenly felt an earthquake in which its vibration is like a heavy truck, what intensity did he feel? A) I B) VI C) IV D) V __A___12. The location on the Earth where earthquake starts is called ______. A) Focus B) Epicenter C) Intensity D) Magnitude ___B__13. The location on the surface of the earth directly above where the earthquake starts is called: A) Focus B) Epicenter C) Intensity D) Magnitude ___B__14. What happens when bending of rocks along fault becomes too much? A) Frictional limit will not be reached C) No vibration of ground will occur B) Rocks will snap and strengthen out D) All of these ___A__15. Which of the following waves can travel in all types of media? A) Primary waves B) Surface waves C) Secondary waves D) Quarter waves __C___16. How do rocks move during the passage of S wave through the rock? A) in a rolling circular motion C) perpendicular to the motion of wave travel B) in a rolling elliptical motion D) back & forth parallel to the motion of wave travel __C___17. Which government agency is responsible for monitoring earthquakes and volcanic activities in the Philippines? A) Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration B) Department of Health C) Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology D) National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council __D___18. What will happen to the velocity of a secondary wave when it passes through a liquid? A) decrease B) remains the same C) increase D) cannot be measured __B___19. Which among the seismic waves is the most destructive? A) Primary waves B) Surface waves C) Secondary waves D) Quarter waves ___A__20. Why not all movement along faults produces earthquakes? A) Earthquakes are not generated as long as frictional force holds stuck the rocks together. B) Earthquakes are not generated as long as rocks couldn’t able to overcome the energy coming from the inner part of the earth. C) Both A and B D) None of these __C__21. Which of the following is the main difference between hurricanes and typhoons? A) Temperature requirement B) Direction it travels C) location where it was formed D) Source __A__22. What condition best explain why Philippines is prone to tropical cyclones? A) Philippines is located near the equator and thus water in its vicinity is warming favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones. B) Philippines is located near the equator and thus water in its vicinity is cold favorable for the formation of tropical cyclones. C) Presence of monsoons, particularly Soutwest monsoon or habagat D) Both A and C __A___23. Which of the following is the reason why a tropical cyclone would die out on land? A) They die out because there is no warm water to sustain and keep them going B) They die out because the water is cold. C) They die out because there is no oxygen to sustain them. D) All of these __C___24. It has a maximum wind speed of over 117kph. A) Tropical depression B) Tropical storm C) Typhoon D) LPA __C___25. Which of the following Public Storm Warning Signals is described INCORRECTLY? A) PSWS No. 1- tropical cyclones winds of 30-60kph are expected within the next 36 hours and B) PSWS No. 2 - tropical cyclones winds of 61-120kph are expected within the next 24 hours. C) PSWS No. 3- tropical cyclones winds of 121-170 kph are expected within the next 18 hours D) PSWS No. 4- tropical cyclones winds of 171-220kph are expected within the next 12 hours __C___26. Which of the following correctly describes an active fault? A) Faults that have not moved and not caused earthquakes in the past B) It is represented by heavy dashed lines in the Map of the Distribution of Active Faults and Trenches in the Philippines C) Both A and B D) None of these _A__C__27. Which of the following correctly describe the wind speed and air pressure within the eye and at the eye wall? A) Wind speed and air pressure are low on the eye and great on the eye wall. B) Wind speed and air pressure are great on the eye and low on the eye wall. C) Wind speed is low on the eye while air pressure is great on the eye wall. D) Wind speed is great on the eye while air pressure is great on the eye wall __C___28. Which government agency is responsible for monitoring earthquakes and volcanic activities in the Philippines? A) Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration B) Department of Health C) Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology D) National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council ___C__29. The name of the storm that originates over the Indian Ocean. A) Hurricane B) Typhoon C) Cyclone D) Tornado __D___30. How does land masses and bodies of water affect typhoon? A) They affect wind direction B) Disrupts the spin of typhoon C) dissolved or weaken typhoons D) all of these __A____31. Another name for typhoon in the Atlantic Ocean is _____ A) Hurricane B) Typhoon C) Cyclones D) Tornado ____B__32. Wind speed is between 65-118kph A) super typhoon B) Tropical storm C) typhoon D) Tropical depression ___C___33. Where do hurricanes/typhoons form? A) in a river B) at plate boundaries C) over the ocean D) under the earth ___C___34. This color warning is raised when the expected rainfall amount between 7.5 mm and 15mm within one hour and likely to continue. A) Red alert B) Orange alert C) Yellow alert D) White alert ___#5___35. Which public storm warning signal that tropical cyclone winds of more than 220kph? A) PSWS#1 B) PSWS#2 C) PSWS#3 D) PSWS#4 ____D__36. Which of the following is incorrect? A) The Philippines is usually hit by tropical cyclone due to its geographical location which is near the equator making the bodies of water near the vicinity warmer. B) The northern part of the Philippines is usually hit by tropical cyclone due to its origin, movement, and end point. C) Mindanao is not usually hit by tropical cyclone due to its origin, movement, and end point. D) none of these __C____37. Where do typhoons occur? A) Atlantic Ocean B) Indian Ocean C) West Pacific Ocean D) East Pacific Ocean ___B___38. In which part of the typhoon has the strongest winds and heaviest rains? A) Eye B) Eyewall C) Inner rainbands D) Outer rainbands ___C___39. It refers to the icy center of a comet A) Shell B) Dust C) Nucleus D) Coma ____A__40. What is the largest planetoid in the Solar System? A) Ceres B) Vega C) Gigantor D) Charon ___B___41. Which part of the comet that always faces away from the Sun? A) Coma B) Ion tail C) Nucleus D) Rock Core ____D__42. Meteors are A) shooting stars B) solar wind particles captures by the earth’s magnetic field C) signals from the other worlds D) luminous trails left by small extraterrestrial particles rapidly passing through the air ___A___43. The asteroids are A) miniature planets B) satellites of planets C) pockets of gas in the solar system D) planets orbiting the stars ____D__44. Meteors are A) shooting stars B) solar wind particles captures by the earth’s magnetic field C) signals from the other worlds D) luminous trails left by small extraterrestrial particles rapidly passing through the air ___A___45. The asteroids are A) miniature planets B) satellites of planets C) pockets of gas in the solar system D) planets orbiting the stars ____B__46. The asteroid belt is located between A) Venus and Mars B) Mars and Jupiter C) Earth and Mars D) Venus and Earth ____C__47. Why do comets vaporize? A) because of the high pressure B) because of the friction C) because of the heat from the Sun D) because of the fusion ____B__48. It refers to a small, pebbled-sized rock from space that withstands the conditions of the Earth’s atmosphere and falls to the ground. A) Comet B) Meteorite C) Meteor D) Meteoroid ___D___49. What do you call a small rocky body that travels though the space? A) Comet B) Meteorite C) Meteor D) Meteoroid _____C_50. Where do comets come from? A) Asteroid belt B) Clouds C) Kuiper Belt D) Meteor
