This document contains a 10-question summative test on earthquakes administered by the ICTI Polytechnic College in Region X – Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The test covers key concepts like faults, epicenters, magnitudes, and intensities. It also includes thought exercises asking students to apply their understanding of fault models to scenarios about earthquake effects in different locations.
This document contains a 10-question summative test on earthquakes administered by the ICTI Polytechnic College in Region X – Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The test covers key concepts like faults, epicenters, magnitudes, and intensities. It also includes thought exercises asking students to apply their understanding of fault models to scenarios about earthquake effects in different locations.
This document contains a 10-question summative test on earthquakes administered by the ICTI Polytechnic College in Region X – Northern Mindanao, Philippines. The test covers key concepts like faults, epicenters, magnitudes, and intensities. It also includes thought exercises asking students to apply their understanding of fault models to scenarios about earthquake effects in different locations.
Directions: Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. It is an occasion within the Earth’s crust along which significant movement has taken place. a. Dip c. Epicenter b. Fault d Focus 2. When does an earthquake occur? a. when rocks along a fault suddenly move c. when two big vehicles collide b. when a building collapse near the river bank d. when great flood occur 3. It refers to the results of the earthquake on people, structures, and also the surroundings. a. energy line c. Epicenter b. intensity d. Magnitude 4. It's a scale accustomed to identify the intensity of an earthquake. a. numbers c. hindu-arabic b. letter dots d. roman numerals 5. It's the energy that's released in an earthquake. a. energy line c. Epicenter b. intensity d. Magnitude 6. The purpose where movement occurred which triggered the earthquake is that the a. Dip c. Epicenter b. Fault d. Focus 7. A wide array could be a break within the Earth’s crust along which significant movement has taken place. a. Dip c. Epicenter b. Fault d Line 8. implies that the rocks are displaced or shifted considerably. a. dip movement c. epicenter movement b. fault movement d. significant movement 9. It refers to the place where the fault begins to slip. a. Dip c. fault line b. focus d. Epicenter 10 What agency in our country that's chargeable for monitoring and observing earthquake and tsunami occurrence? a. PAGASA c. PHILVOLCS b. DENR d. DFA II. Directions: Do the following thought exercise. Justify your answer based on the fault model.
1. Suppose an earthquake occurred in Mindanao. Would it be the same intensity all
over the Philippines?
2. When an earthquake occurs, where would shaking be greater? Near the epicentre or away from the epicentre? Where would damage be more? Near the epicentre or away from the epicentre?
3. Based on your answers to Questions A and B, where would the intensity