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Republic of The Philippines Department of Education Region VI - Western Visayas Division of Capiz Brgy. Canapian, Maayon Capiz

This document contains a summative test in Science 8 from the Canapian Integrated School in the Philippines. The test has two parts: 1) a 25 question multiple choice section about earthquakes, typhoons, meteors and weather; and 2) a short answer identification section defining 5 terms. The test was prepared by a teacher and the answer key is provided.

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Republic of The Philippines Department of Education Region VI - Western Visayas Division of Capiz Brgy. Canapian, Maayon Capiz

This document contains a summative test in Science 8 from the Canapian Integrated School in the Philippines. The test has two parts: 1) a 25 question multiple choice section about earthquakes, typhoons, meteors and weather; and 2) a short answer identification section defining 5 terms. The test was prepared by a teacher and the answer key is provided.

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Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Division of Capiz
CANAPIAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Brgy. Canapian, Maayon Capiz

2nd Quarter
Summative Test in Science 8

Name : _________________________Year and Section : __________________ Date: ____________

General Direction: Strictly No erasures. Any form of erasures is considered wrong. Write
your answers on a whole sheet of paper.

Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of your BEST answer.

1. The amount of ground displacement in a earthquake is called the _________.


a. Epicenter b. dip c. slip d. focus
2. The point where movement occurred which triggered the earthquake is the
_______ .
a. Dip b. epicenter c. focus d. strike
3. An instrument that detects and measures earthquakes is a __________.
a. Seismogram b. focus c. focus seismic map d. seismograph
4. Which one can travel through solid, liquids, and gases?
a. P-wave b. S-wave c. surface wave d. Seismic wave
5. What is the shaking of Earth’s crust caused by a released of energy?
a. Earthquake b. fault c. epicenter d. plate
6. Which of the following is NOT a caused of an earthquake?
a. Landslides
b. lightning strikes
c. eruption of volcano
d. moving tectonic plates
7. an earthquake of similar or lesser intensity that follows the main earthquake.
a. Fault b. aftershock c. magnitude d. seismic waves
8. The amount of energy released during an earthquake is called ___________.
a. Magnitude b. P-wave c. surface wave d. altitude
9. Vibrations that travel outward from the earthquake fault at speeds of several
miles per second.
a. Surface wave b. S-wave c. P-wave d. seismic wave
10. Which of the following waves is the slowest?
a. P waves b. S waves c. Surface waves d. tsunami
11. A system of thunderstorms that move around the center is called a
_________.
a. Tropic depression
b. Hurricanes
c. tropical cyclone
d. typhoon
12. when a tropical cyclone has a low wind speed, no more than 64 kilometers per
hour (kph), it is called ___________.
a. Tropical storm
b. Tropic depression
c. Typhoon
d. Super typhoon
13. It is an annual light phenomena characterized by many meteors appearing in
the sky in a short period of time
a. Meteors b. comets c. meteor shower d. asteroid
14. It is a light phenomenon or streak of light as observed from Earth when a
meteoroid passes through Earth’s atmosphere.
a. Meteor shower b. comet c. meteorite d. meteor
15. It is a fragment from a comet, an asteroid, Moon, or even Mars that orbits
around the Sun, following the orbit of its parent or source.
a. Meteoroid b. meteor c. star d. meteor shower
16. Objects made of ice, gas and dust and orbit our sun are called__________.
a. Asteroid b. meteoroid c. comets d. Meteors
17. Asteroids “hang out” in our solar system I a place called_____________.
a. The Kupier Belt
b. The Planetary Rings
c. The Oort Cloud
d. The Asteroid Belt
18. One similarity between asteroids, comets, and meteoroids is that they all:
a. Are made of rock
b. Come from the Oort Cloud
c. Come from the Asteroid Belt
d. Orbit the sun
19. These objects that orbit the sun are nicknamed “dirty snowballs.”
a. Comets b. meteors c. asteroids d. meteoroids
20. What causes meteors to burn up in our atmosphere?
a. Heat from the sun
b. They are already so hot that our atmosphere can’t handle it
c. Heat from Earth’s atmosphere
d. Friction from the Earth’s atmosphere
21. When did typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines killing at least 6,155 people?
a. October 2014 b. November 2013 c. November 2014d. November 2012
22. In which layer where all the weather disturbances can happen?
a. Thermosphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Stratosphere
d. Troposphere
23. Which of the following do you experience when there is a typhoon EXCEPT?
a. Very strong winds
b. Heavy rains
c. Large ocean waves
d. Shaking of the ground
24. What happens when sea level rises and strong winds blow from offshore to
the coastline area?
a. Tsunami b. Thunderstorms c. Tropical Storm d. Storm surge

25. What are the components needed for a typhoon to form?


a. Warm air b. moist air c. heated air d. cool air

II. Identification: Identify the meaning of the following terms.


1. PAR
2. PAGASA
3. ITCZ
4. PSWS
5. LPA

Prepared by:
LAYSA L. FALSIS
TEACHER I
Noted by:
CLARIE MAE B. DIONGCO
TEACHER-IN-CHARGE
ANSWER KEY
Test I
1. C
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. A
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. D
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. C
14. D
15. A
16. C
17. D
18. D
19. A
20. D
21. C
22. D
23. D
24. D
25. A
Test II
1. PAR- Philippine Area of Responsibility
2. PAGASA- Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services
Administration
3. ITCZ- Intertropical Convergence Zone
4. PSWS- Public Storm Warning Signals
5. LPA- Low Pressure Area

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