Diocesan Schools of Urdaneta

ST. PHILOMENA’S ACADEMY

Pozorrubio, Pangasinan

SECOND MIDTERM EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 8
(All Section)

NAME: ____________________________________________________ SCORE: _____________

SECTION: __________________________________________________ DATE: ______________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space before the number.
_______1. It refers to a smallest and innermost domain, whose boundary is closest to the Philippine Islands?
A. PAGASA B. PAR C. PHIVOLCS D. DENR
_______2. Which of the following tropical cyclone has a wind speed of 119-200 kph?
A. Tropical Depression C. Typhoon
B. Tropical Storm D. Super Typhoon
_______3. Which government agency in the Philippines monitors typhoon?
A. DOST B. DENR C. PAGASA D. PHIVOLCS
_______4. What is the category of tropical cyclone when it reaches the maximum sustained winds of 58 km/hr?
A. tropical storm B. tropical depression C. super typhoon D. typhoon
_______5. Which of the following places is most commonly used the term “Hurricanes”?
A. South Pacific C. Caribbean Sea
B. Indian Ocean D. Northwest Ocean
_______6. It is the intense circulating weather systems that develop in the western part of the North Pacific
Ocean?
A. Earthquake B. Tsunami C. Typhoon D. Climate
_______7. The following statements can happen when storm signal number 2 has been raised EXCEPT?
A. All big trees are uprooted.
B. Classes from pre-school to elementary school are cancelled.
C. All lines of communication are down.
D. Houses made in light materials can destroy.
_______8. Which of the following is frequently visited by typhoons?
A. Northern Luzon B. Palawan C. NCR D. Visayas
_______9. This are the ocean waves being pushed towards the shore through the force of the winds and intense
low pressure of a tropical cyclone?
A. Tropical Storm B. Storm Surge C. Typhoon D. Tropical Cyclone
_______10. Which of the following is the peak season for typhoons in the Philippines?
A. January B. February C. May

II. MATCHING TYPE

Direction: Match the description in column A with the concepts in column B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
_______1. A tropical cyclone with the maximum sustained wind
speed of 65 to 117 kph A. PAR
_______2. Tropical cyclone with the maximum sustained wind speed of
more than 200 kph. B. Tropical depression
_______3. Tropical cyclone with the maximum sustained wind speed of
more than 119 to 200 kph. C. Superthyphoon
_______4. A tropical cyclone with the maximum sustained wind D. Tropical Storm
speed of 36 to 64 kph E. Typhoon
_______5. An area around the Philippines which PAGASA is
tasked to monitor tropical cyclones.
III. ACRONYMS
Direction: Complete the following acronyms given.
1. JTWC- _______________________________________________________________________
2. TCWC- _______________________________________________________________________
3. ITZC- ________________________________________________________________________
4. PAGASA- _____________________________________________________________________
5. PHIVOLCS- ___________________________________________________________________

IV. ENUMERATION:
Direction: Give what is asked.

What to do BEFORE a Typhoon

1.
2.
3.
What to do DURING a Typhoon
1.
2.
3.
4.
What to do AFTER a Typhoon
1.
2.
3.
V. ESSAY (5 pts. each)
Direction: Answer the following questions.
1. What causes a typhoon?

2. Why the Philippines is prone to typhoon?

Prepared by:

MARILOU P. DELA VEGA

DANICA F. LORENZO
Subject Teachers
 Diocesan Schools of Urdaneta
ST. PHILOMENA’S ACADEMY
Pozorrubio, Pangasinan

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
(ABM 11, GAS 11 and ICT 12)

NAME: ____________________________________________________ SCORE: _____________

SECTION: __________________________________________________ DATE: ______________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space before the number.
_______1. These are solid substances that are present in nature and can be made of one element or more
elements combined together
A. minerals B. diamonds C. rocks
_______2. It is the maximum amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of
solvent at a specified temperature.
A. melting point B. chemical change C. solubility
_______3. It is the temperature at which the substance changes from a solid to a liquid.
A. melting point B. chemical change C. solubility
_______4. It is one of the most obvious properties of a mineral.
A. hardness B. crystal form C. color
_______5. The shape of the crystals can often be used to identify minerals .
A. hardness B. crystal form C. color
_______6. The ability to resist being scratched is one of the most useful properties for
identifying minerals.
A. hardness B. crystal form C. color
_______7. It is a measure of how much “stuff” is squeezed into the amount of space the
mineral occupies.
A. density B. luster C. cleavage
_______8. It is how a mineral reflects light.
A. density B. luster C. cleavage
_______9. The way in which a mineral breaks along smooth flat planes.
A. density B. luster C. cleavage
_______10. The ability of minerals to glow when bombarded with ultraviolet light.
A. reaction with acids B. fluorescence C. phosphorescence
_______11. The ability of minerals to glow even after a source of ultraviolet light has been turned off.
A. reaction with acids B. fluorescence C. phosphorescence
_______12. These are made of grains of one mineral type, or some have a mixture of different minerals.
A. minerals B. diamonds C. rocks
_______13. A type of rock that solidify from magma, a molten mixture of rock- forming minerals.
A. metamorphic rocks B. sedimentary rocks C. igneous rocks
_______14. It is form when magma reaches the Earth's surface a volcano and cools quickly.
A. intrusive igneous rock B. Igneous rock C. extrusive igneous rock
_______15. It crystallizes below Earth's surface, and the slow cooling that occurs there allows large crystals to
form.
 A. intrusive igneous rock B. Igneous rock C. extrusive igneous rock
_______16. A type of rock formed by the compaction and cementing together of sediments, broken pieces of
rock- like gravel, sand, silt, or clay.
A. metamorphic rocks B. sedimentary rocks C. igneous rocks
_______17. These are formed from mechanical weathering debris.
A. clastic sedimentary rock B. sedimentary rock C. chemical sedimentary rock
_______18. A type of rock formed by changes in pre-existing rocks under the influence of high temperature,
pressure, and chemically active solutions.
A. metamorphic rocks B. sedimentary rocks C. igneous rocks
_______19. They are formed in an environment with either directed pressure or shear stress.
A. not foliated rocks B. foliated rocks C. molten rocks
_______20. They are formed in an environment without directed pressure or relatively near the surface with
very little pressure.
A. not foliated rocks B. foliated rocks C. molten rocks

II. MATCHING TYPE

Direction: Match column A from column B and write your answer on the space provided before the number.
Column A Column B
______1. The planets and moons where wandering A. Capture Theory
around and were captured by the sun.
______2. As gas swirled around, oddies of gas caused B. Accretion Theory
the formation of sun and planets.
______3. A small of materials gradually combined and C. Steady State Universe Theory
formed the earth.
______4. The Earth collided with a small planet, D. Gas Cloud Theory
producing the moon.
______5. A new matter is quietly but continually appearing E. Stellar Collision Theory
out of nothing from the spaces in the galaxies.
______6. It states that the universe began with a big explosion. F. Oscillating Universe Theory
______7. The clouds were pulled by sun’s gravity, then formed G. Fission Theory
into planets and moons.
______8. The bursting of the sun sent out the planets and the moon. H. Big Bang Theory
______9. Two stars collided and formed the planets and the moon. I. Planetary Collision Theory
______10. It is another big bang that will occur when the universe J. Planetesimal Theory
starts.

III. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Identify the systems of the earth described in each item. Write G if it is geosphere, H if it is
hydrosphere, B if it is biosphere and A if it is atmosphere.
______1. Streams ______6. Rocks ______11. Oxygen
______2. Humans ______7. Animals ______12. Sand
______3. Carbon dioxide ______8. Ocean ______13. Glaciers
______4. Bacteria ______9. Nitrogen ______14. Plants
______5. Polar ice caps ______10. Soil ______15. Hydrogen

IV. ENUMERATION
Direction: Give what is being asked.
Factors that Make our Planet Habitable
1. 5. 8.
2. 6. 9.
3. 7. 10.
4.

Subsystems of the Earth

1. 3. 5.
2. 4.

Physical Properties of Minerals

1. 3. 5.
2. 4.

V. ESSAY (5 pts.)
1. What makes the Earth habitable?

Prepared by:

MARILOU P. DELA VEGA

Subject teacher