Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Iloilo City
RAMON AVANCEÑA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
NAME : YEAR & SECTION: ________________
SUMMATIVE TEST in SCIENCE 8 – 2nd Grading
Multiple Choice. Read each statement carefully and write your answers on a ONE WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER.
1. Which statement describes the intensity of an 9. Earthquakes are common in the Philippines because
earthquake? it is located in an area called ________________.
A. Shaking or vibrations on the ground. A. Pacific Ring of Fire C. Earthquake Prone Area
B. The measure of earthquake’s strength B. Pacific Ocean D. Southeast Asia
C. Waves recorded by the seismograph. 10. Which of the following best describes an
D. The measure of its effects on the surrounding area. earthquake?
2. What shock waves are caused by an earthquake that A. A large cloud that generates rain, hail, and lightning
travels through the ground called? B. A large storm with very high-speed winds
A. Transverse waves C. Electromagnetic waves C. An opening in the Earth’s crust where magma
B. Microwaves D. Seismic waves erupts to the surface.
3. The government agency that leads in the study and D. A violent shaking of the Earth that occurs when two
monitoring of geological and seismic activities in the tectonic plates bump into each other.
Philippines. 11. Intensity is expressed in ______________________.
A. DOH C. PAGASA A. Percentage C. Roman Numerals
B. PHIVOLCS D. DOST B. Hindu – Arabic Numerals D. Both B and C
4. Where does the shaking of the ground start? 12. ________ is the earthquake’s measure of strength
A. At the focus only based on earthquake or seismic wave recordings.
B. From the focus and spreads out. A. Fault C. Magnitude
C. From the epic center to the focus B. Intensity D. Scale
D. Cannot be determined where the shaking of the 13. As you go from the focus, the intensity __________.
ground starts. A. does not change C. increases
5. How do faults produce earthquakes? B. cannot be determined D. decreases
A. Tectonic plates collide forming volcanoes and 14. It is the system used by the Philippine Institute of
causing earthquake. Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) in
B. Molten rock materials accumulate and go out along determining the intensity of an earthquake.
the fault producing earthquake. A. PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Indication (PEII)
C. Magna and lava causes the ground to spread B. PAGASA Intensity and Earthquake Signal (PEIS)
producing faults. C. PHIVOLCS Scale Intensity and Efficiency (PSIE)
D. Energy from inside the Earth makes the ground D. PHIVOLCS Earthquake Intensity Scale.
move, one friction is overcome, a fault slips 15. Which of the following statements describes the
producing earthquake. intensity of an earthquake?
6. It is an instrument used to measure the amount of A. Expressed using Roman Numerals.
energy released by an earthquake? B. A measure of how strong an earthquake is.
A. Telegraph C. Stenograph C. An instrument that measures earthquake.
B. Seismograph D. Microscope D. All of the above.
7. It is a break in Earth’s crust where significant 16. Study Figure Y below. What type of fault involves
movement occur? the hanging wall moving down and the footwall
A. Epicenter C. Focus moving up as the crust moves towards each other?
B. Fault D. Intensity A. Strike slip Fault
8. People are interviewed, and buildings are inspected B. Normal Fault
to determine the _______________ of the earthquake. C. Reverse Fault
A. location of the focus C. location of an active fault D. None of the above
B. magnitude D. intensity
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17. Identify the fault shown in Figure X. 24. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Reverse fault A. Comets, asteroids, and meteors are the same in all
B. Strike Slip aspects.
C. Normal Fault B. Comets, asteroids, and meteors are remnants from the
D. None of the above formation of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago.
C. Comets, asteroids, and meteors come from the same
location in space.
D. Comets, asteroids, and meteors are rock fragments that
18. Which of the following statements is CORRECT? float in the outer space.
A. Tropical cyclones die out only when they are near 25.. Which of the following states the difference
land or in land. between an asteroid and a comet?
B. Tropical cyclones form when warm air meets cold A. A comet moves swiftly compared to an asteroid.
B. An asteroid seems to fall onto the ground while a
air near the land.
comet appears in the sky for a long period of time.
C. Tropical cyclones are possible to die out or weaken
C. A comet is difficult to see by the unaided eye
in a body of water
compare to the asteroid that enters the earth.
if the water is cold. D. All of the above.
D. Area near the Pacific Ocean will rarely hit by 26. Tropical cyclones are developed in the Pacific
tropical cyclone. Ocean and probably hit the nearby places. How does
19. What must be the temperature of the ocean water the Pacific Ocean contribute to the formation of
in order for the tropical cyclone to develop? tropical cyclone?
A. 20˚C C. 30˚C A. Pacific Ocean is the largest body of water that can supply
B. 26.5˚C D. 25.6˚C large amount of water for the nearby countries.
20. What are the factors that favor for the formation of B. Pacific Ocean, as it falls on the equator, can be the source
tropical cyclone? of water vapor for the formation of tropical cyclone.
A. temperature, water vapor, air C. Pacific Ocean is an open area where winds can move
B. air, water, sunlight, location freely.
C. eye wall, eye, tail D. Pacific Ocean is the only body of water that provides
D. humidity, water vapor, precipitation, evaporation sunlight, water vapor and strong wind for tropical cyclone
21. What do you call the fragment of asteroid or comet formation.
that enters the earth’s atmosphere? ~ ESSAY (9pts)
A. Meteor B. Meteorite What preparations will you make for an earthquake?
C. Meteoroid D. Shooting star What will you do during an earthquake?
22. How does a comet differ from a meteor? What will you do after an earthquake?
A. A comet revolves around the sun while a meteor
does not. ~~~
B. A comet has an elliptical orbit while a meteor has a
Prepared by:
circular motion.
C. A comet develops a tail of gas and dust while a
meteor has no tail.
MAE SHIEL F. BARCENAS, T- I
D. A comet reaches outer space while a meteor does
not go beyond Jupiter’s orbit.
23. Why do tropical cyclones die out in land or near
SHANE CATHERINE T. BESARES, T- I
the land?
A. because there is no wind that can support for the
formation of the clouds
GIA SHAYNE C. DELICANA, T- I
B. because there are many trees and establishments
that prevent for the formation of the typhoon
Checked by:
C. because in land there is no enough warm water
vapors that can make the typhoon strong
D. because in land it is by nature that it is the end
LILIAN A. SUMAMPONG
point of a typhoon
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Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Schools Division of Iloilo City
RAMON AVANCEÑA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Head Teacher III, Science Departmen
Address: Yulo Drive, Arevalo, Iloilo City
Telephone Nos.: 338-0292 / 337-7660 / 501-1379 / 327-4082
E-mail Address: 302750ranhs@[Link] BARCENAS, BESARES,delicana 2022
