3rd PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE 8
Name: ________________________Grade & Sec.: ___________________________
Date: ____________________________ Score: _______________________________
I. Direction: Choose and write the letter of the correct answer in each item below.
_____ 1. What flows and carries power in a circuit?
A. resistance B. Electric current C. voltage D. battery
_____ 2. What is this symbol for?
A. Light bulb B. switch C. battery D. resistor
_____3. As the resistance of a circuit increases (voltage remains constant), the
current will
A. increase B. decrease C. stay the same
_____4. Match the stress that corresponds to divergent boundaries
A. compression B. tension C. shear D. magnetic
____ 5. If the current through a circuit is 2 A and the resistance of a light bulb in the circuit is
10 Ohms, what is the voltage difference across the light bulb?
A. 5 V B. 12 V C. 0.2 V D. 20 V
____6. Which type of plate boundary is most associated with normal faults?
A. convergent B. strike-slip C. divergent D. transform
____ 7. If both sides of a light bulb are at the same voltage, what happens to the light bulb?
A. It glows very brightly
B. There is no light
C. The brightness of the light will vary over time
D. The bulb will explode
____ 8. Shear stress is associated with what type of plate boundary?
A. convergent B. divergent C. transform D. strike-slip
____ 9. What type of fault is most associated with a transform boundary?
A. strike-slip B. reverse C. normal D. convergent
____10. What 'flows' in a wire?
A. Protons B. Neutrons C. Atoms D. Electrons
____11. Reverse faults have __________________ and folding that formed the Alps and
Himalayas.
A. tension B. compression C. stress
____12. A Charging system producing 14.5 Volts with a current flow of 43.5 Amps, what is the
circuit resistance?
A. 58 Ohms B. 0.33 Ohms C. 13 Ohms D. 1 Ohms

____13. What would the circuit resistance be if a 7.5 Amp draw was present with the engine
running and the charging system producing 15 Volts?
A. 15 Ohms B. 4 Ohms C. 0.3333 Ohms D. 2 Ohms
____14. How many Volts would it take to push 1 Amp through a resistance of 1 Ohm?
A. 10 volts B. 1 volt C. 48 volts D. 5 volts
____15. If voltage increases (but resistance stays the same), current will...
A. increase B. decrease C. stay the same
____ 16. In a parallel circuit if one of the light bulbs burns out the rest _________.
A. stop the flow of electricity C. can still light up
B. will go out D. of the light bulbs burn out also
____17. This is needed in a circuit to start the electrons moving.
A. battery B. power source C. switch D. wire
____18. As resistors are added in series to a circuit, the total resistance will
A. increase B. decrease C. stay the same
____19. Which layer of Earth is the source of lava that erupts from volcanoes?
A. inner core B. outer core C. asthenosphere D. lithosphere
____20. Name the area between the two diverging plates in this picture.
A. transform boundary
B. ocean trench
C. rift valley
D. subduction zone
____21. Identify natural land feature that are formed at a convergent boundary.
A. Appalachian Mountains C. Africa’s Rift Valley
B. San Madrid Fault D. Florida Keys

____22. Philippines is a volcanic island chain. Describes the location of the Philippines.
A. subduction zone C. convergent boundary
B. normal fault D. hot spot
____23. What events can produce an earthquake?
A. the force of tsunamis in the oceans
B. a sudden release of energy from the mantle
C. movement of tectonic plates along a fault
D. the violent shaking of sections of the lithosphere
____24. The movement of Earth’s plates causes changes in the Earth’s crust. The form of the
mountain range, what type of plate boundary would most likely occur?
A. convergent boundary with subduction
B. convergent boundary without subduction
C. divergent boundary
D. transform boundary
_____25. Identify the process that causes tectonic plates to move?
A. Conduction in the inner core
B. Convection in the inner core
C. Convection in the mantle
D. Conduction in the mantle
_____26. What is the ring of fire?
A. The section of the volcano which the most activity takes place in
B. The most deadly volcano in the world
C. A section along the pacific ocean where a hot spot of volcanoes are located.
_____ 27. What is subduction?
 A. When the ocean creates tsunamis
B. Tectonic plates rising
C. The formation of rocks in the ocean
____28. When one tectonic plate sinks below another due to gravity in the mantle. Which of the
following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?
A. Collapse of Cavern C. Eruption of Volcano
B. Lightning Strikes D. Moving Tectonic Plates
____29. What is a break in the lithosphere along which movement in an earthquake has first
occurred?
A. Earthquake B. Epicenter C. Fault D. Focus
____30. Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
A. Epicenter B. Focus C. Fault D. Plate
____31. Where is the point on the Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?
A. Epicenter B. Fault B. Hypocenter D. Tremor
____32. The earthquake with the highest Richter scale reading ever took place in 1960, in
Valdivia, Chile.
A. 10.20 B. 9.5 C. 2 D. 3.4
____33. What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
A. Earthquake B. Epicenter C. Magnitude D. Seismogram
____34. Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?
A. Mercalli Scale B. Richter Scale C. Seismogram Scale D. Bernoulli Scale
____35. What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or
volcanic eruption?
A. Aftershock B Liquefaction C. Seismic Gap D. Tsunami