Department of Education

Region VII, Central Visayas

Division of Talisay City

TABUNOC NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Tabunok, Talisay City Cebu

2nd PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 8

S.Y.2022-2023

NAME: ________________________ Grade & Section: ______________________ Score: ____________

Instructions: Read and analyze each question carefully. Choose the best answer from the choices provided.
Write your answer on the space provided before the item.
_____ 1. What is a crack or break in the lithosphere that can shift and cause an earthquake?
A. Epicenter B. Eruption C. Fault D. Focus
_____ 2. What do you call a fault where two blocks of crust pull apart and create space?
A. Normal fault B. Reverse fault C. Strike-slip fault D. Transform fault
_____ 3. How will you describe the movement of the walls in a strike-slip fault?
A. moving sideways C. pushing the side together
B. pulling the side apart D. pushing and pulling the sides
_____ 4. How does a reverse fault form?
A. The blocks slide past each other.
B. The blocks pull apart from each other.
C. The hanging wall moves upward relative to the footwall.
D. The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
_____ 5. What do you call the amount of ground displacement in an earthquake?
A. Crack B. Dip C. Fold D. Slip
_____ 6. What type of fault is illustrated in the picture?
A. Normal
B. Reverse
C. Strike-slip
D. Transform
______ 7. How will you describe the movement of fault in this illustration?
A. moving sideways
B. pulling the sides apart
C. pushing the sides together
D. moving in vertical direction
______ 8. Which of the following geologic features is an example of a reverse fault?
A. Anatolian fault B. San Andreas fault
C. Himalayas mountain D. East African rift zone
______ 9. What refers to a vibration of the Earth due to the rapid release of energy?
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Friction D. Stress
______ 10. Earthquakes happen along a fault line. Which of the following is NOT true about fault?
A. It can be found on land. B. It is where fault cyclone starts.
C. It can be found under the sea. D. It is a break in the Earth’s crust.
______ 11. In which type of fault can earthquake occur?
A. Normal B. Reverse C. Transform D. All of these
______ 12. Which type of fault would be least likely to occur along the valley?
A. Normal B. Reverse C. Thrust D. Transform
______ 13. Where is the epicenter located in the illustration?
 A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 2 and 3
______ 14. What point on Earth's surface is directly above the focus?
A. Epicenter B. Fault C. Focus D. Magnitude
______ 15. What is focus?
A. center of the earth B. end of the seismic waves
C. surface of the earth where the wave starts D. location where an earthquake’s waves begin
______ 16. Which of the following describes an active fault?
A. no earthquake occurs B. no record of earthquake
C. expected to generate earthquake D. generates earthquake once in a million of years
______ 17. Which point is closest to the epicenter?
A. Point A
B. Point B
C. Points A and B
D. Points B and C
______ 18. What scale measures the magnitude or size of an earthquake?
A. Mercalli scale B. Richter scale C. Spring scale D. Weighing scale
______ 19. What is referred to as a measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?
A. Intensity B. Magnitude C. Stress D. Tension
______ 20. Which of the following statements refers to the magnitude scale?
A. It measures the effect of an earthquake on a given area.
B. It is a negative impact of the earthquake on surrounding areas.
C. It is the devastation caused by an earthquake varies with location.
D. It is the quantified value of seismic energy produced during an earthquake.
______ 21. What is the description of a 5.0 – 5.9 magnitude in a Richter scale?
A. light B. major C. moderate D. strong
______ 22. In which of these places will an intense earthquake likely happen?
A. near a mountain B. along active fault
C. near coastal area D. along inactive fault
______ 23. What is the intensity of the earthquake that is felt by few people at rest indoors and hanging objects swing
slightly?
A. moderately strong B. slightly felt
C. strong D. weak
______ 24. What is centered on the portion of the fault that has the greatest movement?
A. Epicenter B. Focus C. Ground D. Surface
______ 25. What is the main cause of seismic waves?
A. Earthquake B. Thunder C. Traffic D. Volcano
______ 26. What type of wave is P wave?
A. Electromagnetic B. Longitudinal C. Transverse D. Ultrasonic
______ 27. Why is there an abrupt change in the speed of seismic waves as they travel inside the Earth? It is because seismic
waves are ___________.
A. colliding
B. overtaking the compressional waves
C. passing through a material with the same density
D. going into a material with different properties and densities
______ 28. Which of the following travels the fastest and is detected first in the seismic station?
A. Love wave B. Surface wave C. Primary wave D. Secondary wave
______ 29. Which kind of waves does NOT travel through a liquid?
A. Love B. Primary C. Secondary D. Surface
______30. What type of seismic waves are responsible for a destructive earthquake?
A. Love B. Primary C. Secondary D. Surface
______ 31. How do rock particles move during the passage of primary waves?
A. no motion
 B. in circular motion
C. back and forth parallel to the direction of the waves
D. back and forth perpendicular to the direction of the waves
______ 32. If P wave passes through solid to liquid media, what will happen to its velocity?
A. increases B. decreases C. speeds up D. stays the same
______ 33. What consist of a body wave?
A. primary and Love waves B. surface and primary waves
C. secondary and surface waves D. primary and secondary waves
______ 34. What is the most destructive seismic wave?
A. Primary B. Secondary C. Shear D. Surface
______ 35. Which statement is correct?
A. S waves are slower than P waves. B. P waves are slower than S waves.
C. P waves have the same speed as the S waves. D. It is not possible to record the speed of S and P waves.
______ 36. In which media can primary waves travel?
A. both liquids and solids B. in liquids but not in solids
C. in solids but not in liquids D. neither in solids nor in liquids
______ 37. Where do typhoons form?
A. Lakes B. Oceans C. Rivers D. Streams
______ 38. Which weather disturbance develops in the northwest Pacific Ocean?
A. Blizzard B. Tornado C. Tropical Cyclone D. Tsunami
______ 39. What is the other term for tropical cyclone?
A. Earthquake B. Tsunami C. Typhoon D. Wildfire
______ 40. What Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) has a wind speed of 160 kph?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
______ 41. Where do typhoons that hit the Philippines mostly originate?
A. Indian Ocean B. Pacific Ocean C. South China Sea D. West Philippine Sea
______ 42. What does ITCZ mean?
A. Intertropical Convergence Zone B. Intratropical Converging Zone
C. Intertropical Converging Zone D. Intratropical Convergence Zone
______ 43. Which tropical cyclone has a wind speed greater than 200 kph?
A. Super typhoon B. Typhoon C. Tropical storm D. Tropical depression
______ 44. How would you describe the condition within the typhoon’s eye?
A. Calm B. Intense C. Sunny D. Violent
______ 45. Which agency takes charge of giving information about incoming typhoon?
A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
B. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
C. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
D. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
______ 46. What will you do if a typhoon will hit your place?
A. store bread and milk B. hide in a room without windows
C. watch TV and share on Facebook D. leave the area and proceed to the evacuation center
______ 47. What causes tropical cyclone to spin?
A. rotation of the earth B. revolution of the earth
C. gravitational pull of the sun D. gravitational pull of the moon
______ 48. What is the cyclonic circulation of tropical cyclone if it is located in the southern hemisphere?
A. Clockwise B. Upward rotation
C. Counterclockwise D. Downward rotation
______ 49. What agency oversees the tracking of the movement and strength of a typhoon once it enters PAR?
A. Department of Environment and Natural Disaster (DENR)
B. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC)
C. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS)
D. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)

For item numbers 49-51, refer to the figure below. Write the letter of the correct answer.
______ 50. Which location has the highest air pressure? D
______ 51. Which location is the eyewall? F
______ 52. Which location has a calm condition? E
______ 53. Which statement is INCORRECT about tracking the typhoon?
A. It predicts the path as to where typhoon will take its course.
B. It involves determining the position and strength of high-and-low pressure areas.
C. It involves using a single weather instrument to predict its strength and movement.
D. It involves predicting the movements of typhoon within 5 to 7 days, and in 6 to 12 hours whenever there is a
storm.
______ 54. Which is NOT a sign of an approaching typhoon?
A. decreasing rainfall B. increasing cloudiness
C. decreasing barometric pressure D. increasing wave height and frequency 14
______ 55. When forecasting a typhoon, PAGASA usually talks about sustained winds. These sustained winds are at the
A. eye B. eyewall C. rain band D. top
______ 56. A typhoon is moving at 15 kph and is making a landfall at point A at exactly 5:30 AM. At what time will the
typhoon hit point B if the distance between the two points is 225 km?
A. 7:30 AM B. 7:30 PM C. 8:30 AM D. 8:30 PM
______ 57. Which is an effect of a typhoon?
A. tsunami B. earthquake C. storm surge D. calm weather condition
______ 58. How often PAGASA monitors the weather and predicts typhoon movement in the Philippines?
A. daily B. monthly C. quarterly D. yearly
______ 59. Super typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines in 2013. According to the World Vision Organization, how many people
died during this natural disaster?
A. 5000 B. 6000 C. 7000 D. 8000
______ 60. What are the factors to consider to have an accurate typhoon track prediction?
A. typhoon’s size, strength of high-and-low pressure areas and how these areas will migrate
B. typhoon’s position, strength of high-and-low pressure areas and how these areas will migrate
C. typhoon’s position, vicinity of high-and-low pressure areas and how these areas will migrate
D. typhoon’s size, temperature of high-and-low pressure areas and how these areas will migrate