Grade 8 Science

Consuelo National High School
Dumalagan, Butuan City
Second Periodical Exam

SCIENCE 8
Name: ________________________________________________ Date: ________________ Score: ________________
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. The amount of ground displacement in an earthquake is called ________________.

a. Epicenter b. Slip c. Clip d. Focus
2. The shaking of the earth’s crust caused by a release of energy.
a. Earthquakes b. Typhoon c. Erosion d. Eruption
3. A break in the lithosphere along which movement has occurred.
a. Epicenter b. Slip c. Fault d. Focus
4. Which of the following describes the buildup and release of stress during an earthquake?
a. Mercalli scale c. Elastic rebound theory
b. Prinicple of superposition d. Travel time difference
5. If an S wave will go from solid to a liquid, what would happen to its velocity?
a. Stay the same b. increase c. stop d. decrease
6. Which of the following earthquake waves causes a lot of damage?
a. P waves b. S waves c. Surface waves d. Q waves
7. Where is the focus with respect to the epicenter?
a. Directly above the epicenter c. in the P wave shadow zone
b. Directly below the epicenter d. in the S wave shadow zone
8. Which of the following factor does not affect the intensity of an earthquake?
a. Distance from the epicenter c. structure/design
b. Kind of soil d. the type of faulting
9. Where does an earthquake start?
a. Intensity b. seismic waves c. magnitude d. focus
10. Why there is a breaking of Earth’s crust as earthquake arise?
a. There is fault within the ground c. there is epicenter
b. There is focus within the ground d. there is magnitude
11. In an earthquake the shaking starts from the focus and spreads out. The behavior of the vibration is called______
a. Focus b. fault c. epicenter d. seismic waves
12. How tsunami generated?
a. the bottom of the sea suddenly moves then the water above can be affected
b. from the seafloor to the surface water moves
c. a sudden push from an underwater fault can produce a wave
d. all of the above
13. Intensity VI
a. People lose their balance c. light sleepers awake
b. Sleeping people are awakened d. people are panicky
14. Intensity X
a. Trees are shaken very violently c. hanging objects swing slightly
b. All man-made structure are destroyed d. people are forcibly thrown to ground
15. It is the system used by the PHILVOCS in determining the intensity of an earthquake.
a. PEIS b. PIES c. PSIE d. PESS
16. An Instrument used to measure an Earthquake.
a. Seismogram b. Seismograph c. Mercalli Scale d. Richter scale
17. The strength measured by the amount of released energy.
a. Intensity b. magnitude c. force d. speed
18. How many typhoons enter the Philippines every year?
a. 13 b. 17 c. 20 d. 22
19. Winds in a typhoon move in a certain direction; they go around a central area called the _____________.
a. Heart b. Center c. Eye d. Head
20. What is the direction of the wind when a typhoon forms?
a. Circular motion c. Clockwise direction
b. Counterclockwise direction d. Uniform motion
21. What is the maximum wind speed if it is a typhoon?
a. 64kph b. 118kph c. 200kph d. greater than 200
32. What is meant when a typhoon has entered the Phil. Area of Responsibility?
a. A weather disturbance enters the Phil
b. The hurricane is at the Northern part of the Atlantic
c. A weather disturbance is far from the Phil
d. The tornado is at Southern part of the Atlantic
33. What is PAG-ASA?
a. Philippine Astronomical, Geophysical, and Atmospheric Services Administration
b. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration
c. Philippine Atmospheric, Geochemical, and Astronomical Services Administration
d. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Sciences Administration
34. Why the clouds in a typhoon do is in spiral arrangement?
a. They are being blown by winds in a counter-clockwise direction
b. The wind speed is greater than 200km
c. They are being blown by winds in a clockwise direction
d. The wind speed is lesser than 100km
35. Where did the tropical cyclones form?
a. In the mountains
b. At the forests
c. From the ocean
d. Starts from the land
36. What will you do when there is a public storm warning signal 1?
a. Sleep
b. Seek shelter in strong buildings
c. Listen to severe weather bulletin issued by PAGASA
d. Evacuate
37. What effect may cause by passing the eye of a tropical cyclone?
a. High pressure b. low pressure c. causes a lot of damage d. calm weather
38. What will happen if the typhoon is in PSWS # 4?
a. Many coconut trees broken or destroyed
b. Some banana plants are tilted or downed
c. Some coconut trees may be tilted while few are broken
d. Coconut plantation may suffer extensive damage
Points Latitude, Longitude
For numbers
29-32. Plot the following points on the map and connect. 29. a. 70 N, 1280 E
33. If the typhoon is located at 70 N, 1280 E, is it within the PAR?
30. b. 80 N, 126 0 E
34. How about if the typhoon is at 240 N, 1180 E, is it inside the PAR?
31. c. 110 N, 125 0 E
32. d. 130 N,1220 E
35. When the eye of a tropical cyclone passes over a certain place, it is the winds at the eyewall that wreak _____________.
a. A calm condition
b. A lot of damage
c. Nothings happen
d. Peacefully
36. What are the three parts of a comet?
a. The head, body, and tail
b. The nucleus, coma, and tail
c. The nucleus, protons, and electrons
d. The head, dust tail, and ion tail
37. What is a comet made of?
a. Ice made from frozen gases, water, and dust
b. Moon dust
c. Fire and Ice
d. Fire only
38. Which comet is the often considered the most famous?
a. Holly's comet b. Halley’s Comet c. Gioppo's comet d. Hale Bopp Comet
39. What are asteroids?
a. Pieces of stars
b. Small planet
c. Large rock-like chunks with some metals that orbit the sun
d. Part of a comet
40. What is the asteroid belt?
a. An area between the orbits of Mars amd Jupiter where most asteroids are found
b. A belt of rocks across a planet
c. A belt of rocks crossing the sun
d. A belt of rocks from oort cloud
41. Meteors are bright streaks of light and smoke that are heated by
a. Air condensation
b. Air friction
c. Air compression
d. Air pressure
42. Meteorids are
a. Chunks of ice made up of dust and water
b. Chuncks of metallic stony matter
c. Luminous balls of plasma
d. None of the above
43. Which of the objects below orbit the sun?
a. Planets b. Asteroids c. Comtes d. All of these objects orbit the sun
44. Which of the two spaces rock a frequent visitor of Earth: comet or asteroid?
a. Comet b. asteroid c. a and b d. meteor
45. Comets and asteroids are referred to by astronomers as
a. Near- Mars Object c. Near- Earth Fragment
b. Near- Earth Object d. Near- Asteroid Belt
For numbers 46-50. Draw a comet and label its parts.

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Consuelo National High School

Dumalagan, Butuan City

Second Periodical Exam

Name: ________________________________ Date: Score:

Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. The amount of ground displacement in an earthquake is called ________________.

32. d. 130 N,1220 E

For numbers 46-50. Draw a comet and label its parts.

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