Republic of the Philippines

Region VII, Central Visayas

Department of Education
nd
2 SUMMATIVE TEST in SCIENCE

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: ________________

School: ____________________________________________ Date: __________________

I. IDENTIFICATION

Identify if what is being asked in the statements given. Choose your answers on the box
provided. Write your answers on the space provided.

Asteroid Rock Meteor Tropical Depression

Mars Meteor Shower Meteorite Nucleus Intesity
Hurricane Jupiter Focus Ellipse
Typhoon Epicenter Metal Magnitude

__________________1. It is the point on the earth’s surface vertically above the focus of an
earthquake.
__________________2. A large chunk of rock that orbits the sun .
__________________3. A piece of rock or metal that strikes Earth’s surface .
__________________4. It is the name given to storms in the Atlantic Ocean and Eastern Pacific.
__________________5. Name of storms that occur in Western Pacific.
__________________6. It is a piece of rock or metal that enters Earth’s atmosphere.
__________________7. Most of the asteroids are located between _______ and _________.
__________________8. It occurs whenever Earth moves through the dust trail of a comet.
__________________9. Is the exact point inside the crust where a tremendous amount of energy
where earthquake starts.
__________________10. Asteroids are made up of ______ and_____.
__________________11. It is the head / solid part of the comet.
__________________12. Typhoon starts as ________.
__________________13. It is the shape of the comet’s orbit.
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE.

Instructions: Read each item carefully. Choose the correct answer from the given four options.
 Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. What agency in our country that is in charge for monitoring and observing earthquake and tsunami
occurrence?
A. DFA B. DENR C. PAG-ASA D. PHIVOLCS

2. It refers to the place where the fault begins to slip.

A. dip B. epicenter C. fault line D. focus

3. It’s the energy that’s released in an earthquake.

A. energy line B. epicenter C. intensity D. magnitude

4. It refers to the results of an earthquake on people, structures, and also the surroundings.
A. energy line B. epicenter C. intensity D. magnitude

5. When does an earthquake occur?

A. When great flood occur.
B. When two big vehicles collide.
C. When building collapse near the river bank.
D. When rocks along a fault line suddenly move.

6. It is an occasion within the Earth’s crust along which significant movement has taken place.
A. dip B. epicenter C. fault D. focus

7. Where we can find asteroid belt?

A. Earth and Mars.
B. Saturn and Jupiter.
C. Venus and Earth
D. Mars and Jupiter

8. What is the main, solid part of the comet?

A. Iron tail B. Dust tail C. Nucleus D. Coma

9. Some meteoroids survive passage through Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground. How are they
called?
A. Meteorites B. Asteroids C. Copper belts D. Lithosphere

10. Why meteors are commonly called as “shooting star”?

A. because it will make our wish pos
B. because it is piece of space rock burning up in Earth’s atmosphere that looks like as star
light across the sky
C. because it looks like a piece of the Sun heading for Earth
D. because it is a storm in Earth atmosphere

11. What is an asteroid?

A. A giant snowball in space
 B. A miniature star
C. A large rock that is orbiting the Sun
D. a massive rock on Earth surface

12. What is a space object called when it lands on Earth?

A. A meteoroid B. A meteorite C. A meteor D. Garden

13. Why do scientists think may have killed the dinosaurs?

A. Because of the massive impact created by an asteroid or meteorites with Earth
B. Because of the fiery tail of a comet passing near Earth
C. Because they were frighten by seeing meteors in the sky
D. Because the light blinded them

14. Which of the following best describe a comet?

A. Shooting stars
B. The smallest dwarf planets
C. Large balls of ice mixed with rocks and dust
D. inert gas planets

15. In what type of water do typhoons occur?

A. cold, icy ocean waters
B. warm, tropical ocean waters
C. moderately cold lake waters
D. warm river waters

16. What is the name of the storm that originates over the Indian Ocean?
A. hurricane
B. typhoon
C. cyclone
D. tornado

17. What agency takes charge of giving information about the coming typhoon?
A. DOST
B. PAGASA
C. PHIVOLCS
D. NDRMMC

18. Generally, tropical cyclone moves in _________________ direction.

A. southeast B. southwest C. northeast D. northwest

19. A storm system characterized by counterclockwise rotating air around a central core that has a
low pressure.
A. rain B. gust of wind C. typhoon D. fog

For numbers 20– 22, refer your answers to the illustration below.
20. Point A, where slip initiated during the earthquake. It is also where the vibrating waves originate
is called________.
A. epicenter B. focus C. fault D. magnitude

21. Point C is called the ___________.

A. epicenter B. fault line C. seismic wave D. dip of the earth

22. Point B is called the earthquake __________. It is point directly above the focus.
A. epicenter B. focus C. fault D. all of
these

23. A global generic term for an intense circulating weather system over tropical seas and oceans.
A. tropical cyclone B. super typhoon C. tropical depression D. typhoon

24. Typhoons ______ power as they move over warm bodies of water.
A. lose B. equate C. gain D. drop

25. Severe weather occurs, fiercest rains and most intense winds are happening in what part of the
typhoon?
A. Eye B. Inner Rain bands C. Eye Wall D. Outer Rain

26. Where do typhoon forms?

A. in a river or stream
B. under the earth
C. over the ocean
D. at plate boundaries
27. What do we call the tropical cyclone that occurs in the North Pacific Ocean?
A. Hurricane B. Storm C. Typhoon D. None of the above

28. All of the following will occur when wind blows over a warm ocean water except
A. wind collects moisture
B. warm air rises
C. pressure not affected
D. cold air moves down
29. Where are hurricanes/typhoons most likely do the most damage?
A. in a desert
B. in a forest
C. on the North pole
D. near the seaboards
30. All of the following are the same type of typhoon that differs only on strength, location, speed
and direction EXCEPT one
A. Tropical Depression B. Typhoon & Hurricane
C. Tropical Storm D. Tropical Cyclone