Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division of Quezon City
BATASAN HILLS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
IBP Road Batasan Hills, Quezon City

2nd QUARTER DIAGNOSTIC TEST-Grade 8 Earth and Space

2022-2023

Name: ____________________________________ Date: ___________________ Score: __________

Grade & Section: _________________ Set A or B: ________ Teacher: _________________________

Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the BEST answer and write the letter on your
paper.

1. Where typhoons and hurricanes do mostly formed?

A. Arctic Ocean C. Indian Ocean
B. Bering Sea D. Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, South China Sea
2. How does a cyclonic wind move in northern hemisphere?
A. clockwise C. both A and B
B. counter-clockwise D. north-south
3. What are the different paths of typhoon?
A. Recurving. Storms recurving affect eastern China, Taiwan, Korea, and Japan
B. Straight. A general westward path affects the Philippines, southern China, Taiwan, and
Vietnam.
C. Northward. From point of origin, the storm follows a northerly direction, only affecting small
islands.
D. All of the above
4. An upward fold in a layer of rock is called a(n)
A. anticline C. syncline
B. fracture D. dip-strike
For numbers 5 and 6, refer to the figure on the right.
5. Which of the following causes reverse faults?
A. compression C. Shearing
B. folding D. tension
6. In a reverse fault, the _______ moves upward relative to the _______.
A. hanging wall, footwall C. left side of the fault, right side
B. footwall, hanging wall D. hanging wall, direction of tension
7. The most frequent cause of major earthquakes is
A. faulting C. landslides
B. folding D. submarine currents
8. In the outer space, there are asteroids that are believed to be remnant of explosion of a planet. The
main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of
A. Earth and Mars. C. Mars and Jupiter.
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 B. Venus and Earth. D. Pluto and the Oort cloud
9. Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about the tail of a comet?
I. always points away from the Sun.
II. is gas and dust expelled from the comet's nucleus and blown outward by radiation
pressure and the solar wind.
III. trails behind the comet, pointing away from the Sun as the comet approaches it, and
toward the Sun as the comet moves out of the inner Solar System.
A. I and II only C. I and III only
B. II and III only D. I, II and III

10. The bright streak of light we see when a meteoroid enters our atmosphere is caused by
A. radioactive decay of material in the meteoroid.
B. sunlight reflected from the solid body of the meteoroid.
C. frictional heating as the meteoroid speeds through the gases of our atmosphere.
D. a process similar to the aurora that is triggered by the meteoroid's disturbing the Earth's
magnetic field.
11. Meteor showers such as the Perseids in August are caused by
A. passing asteroids triggering auroral displays.
B. the breakup of asteroids that hit our atmosphere at predictable times.
C. the Earth passing through the debris left behind by a comet as it moves through the inner
Solar System.
D. nuclear reactions in the upper atmosphere triggered by an abnormally large meteoritic particle
entering the upper atmosphere.
12. Astronomers think that most comets come from
A. condensation of gas in the Sun's hot outer atmosphere.
B. material ejected by volcanic eruptions on the moons of the outer planets.
C. small icy bodies in the extreme outer parts of the Solar System that are disturbed into orbits
that bring them closer to the Sun.
D. luminous clouds in the Earth's upper atmosphere created when a small asteroid is captured by
the Earth's gravitational force.
13. Which of the following is/are characteristic/s of a tsunami?
I. very long wavelength
II. very fast moving
III. very low amplitude in the open ocean
A. I & II only C. I & III only
B. II & III only D. I, II & III
14. Which of the following statements is true concerning primary waves?
I. travel in any medium
II. travel faster than S waves
III. travel slower than surface waves
IV. are responsible for most of the destruction associated with an earthquake
A. I and II only C. I, II and III only
B. II and IV only D. II, III and IV only
15. When an earthquake occurs, energy is released in all directions from its source. The source is also
referred to as the
A. focus C. seismic zone
B. inertial point D. wave front

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 Use the figure on the right to answer questions 16 to 18.

16. Which letter represents the source of an earthquake? Use letters A to D.

17. Which is the epicenter?
18. Which is the fault scarp?

19. An earthquake with a magnitude of 8.3 on the Richter scale releases about _________ times more energy
than one with a magnitude of 6.3.
A. 2 C. 100
B. 10 D. 1 000

20. Which of the following statements is true about S waves?

I. travel through solids only
II. are slower than P - waves
III. are faster than surface waves
IV. are the same as surface waves
A. I and II only C. I, II and III only
B. III and IV only D. I, III and IV only
21. The Mercalli scale rates earthquake intensity by determining _______.
A. the heights of tsunami
B. the number of faults in a region
C. the amount of damage to structures
D. the maximum motion recorded on seismic instruments
22. Which of the following factors affect the extent of destruction caused by earthquake vibrations?
I. the design of structures
II. the nature of the surface material
III. the intensity and duration of the vibrations
A. I and II only C. I and III only
B. II and III only D. I, II and III
23. Tsunamis ____________.
I. are waves that are produced by tidal forces
II. are often generated by movements of the ocean floor
III. can be caused by explosive underwater volcanic eruption
IV. often strike the mainland of Asia, but for
unknown reasons do not affect Japan
A. I and II only C. I, II and
III only
B. II and III only D. I, II, III D
and IV
24. Which of the following sequences correctly lists the different arrivals of seismic waves from first to last?
A. P waves ... Surface waves ... S waves C. Surface waves ... P waves .... S waves
B. P waves ... S waves .... Surface waves D. S waves ... P waves .... Surface waves

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25. Shear stress on rock layers as shown on the right causes which type of fault?
A. footwall C. reverse
B. normal D. strike-slip
26. Earthquake A has a Richter magnitude of 7 as compared with earthquake B's 6. The amount of ground
motion is a measure of earthquake intensity. Which statement is CORRECT?
A. Earthquake A is 10x more intense than B.
B. Earthquake B is 0.001x as intense than A.
C. Earthquake A is 1000x more intense than B.
D. Richter magnitude does not measure intensity.

27. What kind of fault are shown on the right, respectively?

A. normal; reverse
B. reverse; normal
C. strike-slip; normal
D. thrust; normal fault
Fault 1
Fault 2
28. The magnitude of an earthquake depends on all of the following except
A. the area of the fault break C. the slip on the fault
B. the rigidity of the fault D. the type of faulting
29. Because of ________ and the rigidity of the rock, the rocks cannot simply glide or flow past each other.
A. drag C. friction
B. force D. lift
30. Record shows that the West Valley Fault in Metro Manila has moved in 1658 and is predicted to move
anytime now. What is its classification then?
A. active fault C. dormant fault
B. concealed fault D. inactive fault
31. The quantity of energy released by an earthquake is a measurement referred to as ____________.
A. displacement C. magnitude
B. intensity D. stress
32. Considering its distance from the source of the July 16, 1990 earthquake, Baguio City was damaged more
than might be expected because ____________.
A. of very poor building design
B. the buildings were very close together
C. the city was built on granite that readily transmitted the vibrations.
D. the unconsolidated sediments on which the city was built intensifiedthe vibrations

33. The record of an earthquake obtained from seismic instruments is called a(n) ____________.
A. seismogram C. time-travel graph
B. seismograph D. distance-time graph
34. Major earthquakes are often followed by somewhat smaller events known as ____________.
A. aftershocks C. tremors
B. foreshocks D. tsunami
35. In which scenario below would you be likely to hire a geologist to help better understand the situation?
A. A small community is worried about contamination of their water wells from an industrial waste site.
B. A space craft uses radar to map the surface of a planet in our Solar System.
C. Geologists might be employed in all of these scenarios!
D. A volcano is erupting on a Pacific island.

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36. Which of the following are geologic hazards?
A. earthquakes C. waves pounding on a coast
B. volcanoes D. all of these are geologic hazards
37. Which of the following conditions are associated with thunderstorms?
I. hail II. heavy rain III. lightning IV. thunder
A. I & II only C. III & IV only
B. II & III only D. I, II, III & IV
38. Smaller bodies, sometimes referred to as microplanets, are better known as
A. asteroids C. fireballs
B. comets D. meteorites
39 Most meteoroids probably originate or come from
I. the asteroid belt
II. interplanetary debris
III. the solid remains of comets
A. I and II only C. I and III only
B. II and III only D. I, II and III

For numbers 40 and 41, refer to the figure on the right.

40. Based on the figure on the right, in which column does air with greatest speed?
A. A C. C
B. B D. D
41. In which column is there calm air?
A. A C. C
B. B D. D
42. Winds of greater than 60 kph and up to 100 kph may be expected in at least 24 hours.
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
43. Very strong winds of more than 185 kph may be expected in at least 12 hours.
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
44. Which of the following landforms help lessen the impact of typhoons approaching the Philippine islands
and is considered the longest?
A. Mayon Volcano C. Pinatubo Volcano
B. Sierra Madre Mountains D. Zambales Mountains
45. The remains of an extraterrestrial particle that is found on Earth’s surface is called a(n)
A. asteroid C. meteoroid
B. comet D. meteorite
46. What is frequently a warning sign of an impending tsunami?
A. The sky suddenly clears. C. Seawater suddenly retreats from the shore.
B. Winds suddenly change direction. D. All the choices are correct

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 For items 47 to 50, refer to the illustrations below

47. Where did the tropical cyclones form?

A. land C. mountain
B. ocean D. valley

48. In what direction did typhoon Harurot move?

A. North to East C. East to North
B. South to East D. East to South

49. In case of Huaning , where did it die out?

A. on the land C. near the land
B. on the ocean D. on the mountain

50. Which part of the Philippines was hit by the four typhoons?
A. Luzon C. Palawan
B. B. Mindanao D. Visayas

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