NORTHERN PARAMEDICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL COLLEGE OF PANABO, INC.

Cabaluna St., New Visayas, Panabo City

Junior High School Unit

SCIENCE 8
rd
3 Monthly Examination

NAME: ____________________________ GRADE/SECTION: ______________ Score: _______

CONTACT #: _______________________
Teacher : Ms. Manilyn C. Mangotara

TEST I. INSTRUCTION: From the pool of words listed below, find the best word(s) that best describe each
item. Some words will be used twice or thrice depending on the question in every
item. NO ERASURE. Write your answer clearly and neatly. STRICTLY FOLLOW THE
INSTRUCTION before answering. (2 points each)

Giuseppe Mercalli Normal fault Seismic waves

Tsunamis Hanging wall Surface waves Earthquake
Syncline Focus Aftershock Richter Magnitude
Faults Seismology Ground rupture Intensity
Seismologist Liquefaction Faults
Lithosphere Seismograph

_____________________ 1. A fault that is formed when compression causes the hanging wall to move over the
foot wall.
_____________________ 2. The block of rock that lies above a fault.
_____________________ 3. It is a huge wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean.
_____________________ 4. Layers of rock that bend can produce a downward fold.
_____________________ 5. Process in which the violent shaking of an earthquake turns soft soil into liquid mud.
_____________________ 6. The scale that accurately rates the size of seismic waves only for small, nearby
earthquakes.
_____________________ 7. Geologists can determine earthquake risk by locating where ________ are active.
_____________________ 8. An earthquake that occurs shortly after a larger earthquake.
_____________________ 9. It is the point beneath the surface where rock breaks and earthquake starts.
_____________________ 10. Who invented the Mercalli scale.
_____________________ 11. The solid part of the Earth.
_____________________ 12. Another term for earthquake waves traveling through the entire Earth are used to
aid scientists in their work of studying earthquakes.
_____________________ 13. A shaking or trembling of the crust caused by underground volcanic eruption or by
breaking and shifting of rocks beneath the surface.
_____________________ 14. The study of earthquakes.
_____________________ 15. Scientists who study and monitor seismic activities of the Earth's crust.
_____________________ 16. Large crustal features formed by the movement of the lithospheric plates of the Earth.
_____________________ 17. It gives the degree of damage to the area caused by an earthquake.
_____________________ 18. An instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic waves.
_____________________ 19. The breakage and displacement of the Earth's surface.
_____________________ 20. The result of vibrations produced by earthquakes and travel along the outer layer
of the Earth.

Good Luck!!!
Keep Fighting!!!

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