Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Caraga Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR

POST TEST (Quiz)

Grade 8 SCIENCE – Week 1&3

NAME: ______________________________________________ DATE: _____________

GRADE: ________________ SECTION: _________________ SCORE: ______

Multiple Choice:
Direction: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called ____.
a. Stress b. faulting c. folding d. liquefaction

2. Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismograph?

a. Surface waves b. S waves c. tsunamis d. P waves

3. Anticlines and synclines are two types of ____________.

a. Seismic waves b. faults c. folds d. aftershocks

4. The point beneath Earth’s surface where the crust breaks and triggers an earthquake is called the
___________.
a. Epicenter b. focus c. fault d. magnitude

5. Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?

a. Shearing b. liquefaction c. tension d. compression

6. A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a/an ____________.
a. Fold b. hanging wall c. epicentre d. fault

7. An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a/an
_____________.
a. Seismograph b. creep meterc. laser-ranging device d. moment magnitude scale

8. What process occurs when an earthquake’s shaking turns loose soil into mud?
a. Deformation b. liquefaction c. shearing d. base-isolation

9. What type of fault forms when hanging wall moves upward past the footwall?
a. Normal fault b. fault-block mountain c. strike-slip fault d. reverse fault

10. The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is _____.
a. Compression b. tension c. shearing d. liquefaction

Balilahan, Mabua, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, 8300

(086) 211-3225
surigaodelsur.division@deped.gov.ph
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 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Caraga Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR

POST TEST (Quiz)

Grade 8 SCIENCE – Week 4

NAME: ______________________________________________ DATE: _____________

GRADE: ________________ SECTION: _________________ SCORE: ______

Multiple Choice:
Direction: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. Where do hurricanes/typhoons form?

a. In a river or stream b. Over the ocean c. At plate boundaries d. Under the Earth

2. Another name for a typhoon in the Atlantic Ocean

a. Tornado b. Tsunami c. Hurricane d. Blizzard

3. Where are hurricanes/typhoons most likely to do the most damage?

a. Near the seaboards b. In the forest c. In a desert d. On the North Pole

4. What is a hurricane/typhoon?
a. A fierce tropical storm that brings heavy rain
b. A type of earthquake
c. A series of wildfires
d. All of the above

5. What is the difference between typhoons and hurricanes

a. wind speed b. amount of rain fall c. strength of winds d. place they originate

Balilahan, Mabua, Tandag City, Surigao del Sur, 8300

(086) 211-3225
surigaodelsur.division@deped.gov.ph
ISO Cert. No. AW/PH909100102