FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

GRADE 8 SCIENCE AND TEACHNOLOGY

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

TOTAL
Levels of Learning (Revised Blooms Taxonomy)
50% 30% 20%
Content Competencies Remem- Unders- Analy- Appli- Evalua- Crea-
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1. State the different hypotheses explaining the origin of the universe. 1,2 41 3
I. ORIGIN AND
STRUCTURE OF THE 2. Describe the different hypotheses explaining the origin of the solar 3,4 18 42 47 5
EARTH system.
A. Universe and Solar
System 3. Explain that the Earth consist of four subsystems, across whose 5 26 2
boundaries matter and energy flow.
B. Earth and Earth Systems 4. Shows the contribution of people on the understanding of the earth 19 35 2
system.
5. Identify the layers of the earth and differentiate the layers of the 20 27 2
earth.

II. EARTH MATERIALS
AND PROCESSES
A. Minerals and Rocks
B. Exogenic Processes
C. Endogenic Processes
D. Deformation of the Crust
E. History of the Earth
6. Identify common rock-forming minerals using their physical and 6 43,44 3
chemical properties and classify rocks into igneous, sedimentary, and
metamorphic.
7.Describe how rocks undergo weathering 21 48 2
8. Explain how the products of weathering are carried away by 7 1
erosion and deposited elsewhere
9. Describe how magma is formed 8 1

10. Describe what happens after the magma is formed (plutonism and 9 10,22 3
volcanism)
11. Describe the changes in mineral components and texture of rocks 11,12 45 5
due to changes in pressure and temperature (metamorphism). 23 49
12. Compare and contrast the formation of the different types of 13 28 2
igneous rocks.
13. Describe how rocks behave under different types of stress such as 24,25 36 3
compression, pulling apart, and shearing .
14. Explain how the continents drift 14 29 2

15. Cite evidence that support continental drift 15,16 30 31 7

32 37,38
16. Explain how the movement of plates leads to the formation of 17 33 39 46,50 5
folds and faults
 17. Explain how the seafloor spreads 34 40 2
18. Describe how layers of rocks (stratified rocks) are formed

19. Describe the different methods (relative and absolute dating) to

determine the age of stratified rocks.
20. Explain how relative and absolute dating were used to determine
the subdivisions of geologic time

21. Describe how the Earth’s history can be interpreted from the
geologic time scale

III. NATURAL HAZARDS, 25/50

MITIGATION, AND 15/50
ADAPTATION 10/50
A.