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3rd Monthly Examination Part 1
Science
Grade 8 Our Lady of Mediatrix of all Grace and St. Matthew
Name: ______________________________________________________ Score: __________
Date: _____________________
TEST I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. If you want to change your answer, just put an X to first
choice. You are only required to change once.
1. Vibrations in the earth caused by the sudden movement of rock are called___________.
a. epicenters b. earthquakes c. faults d. tsunamis
2. The elastic rebound theory states that as a rock becomes stressed, it first: ___________.
a. deforms b. melts c. breaks d. shifts positions
3. The point along a fault where an earthquake begins is called the___________.
a. fracture b. epicenter c. gap d. focus
4. The point of the earth’s surface directly above the point where an earthquake occurs is called
the___________.
a. focus b. epicenter c. fracture d. fault
5. A characteristic of earthquakes that cause the most severe damage is___________.
a. a deep focus b. an intermediate focus c. a shallow focus d. a deep epicenter
6. Most severe earthquakes occur___________
a. in mountains b. along major rivers c. at plate boundaries d. in the middle of plates
7. The boundary of the Pacific plate scrapes against that of the North American plate and forms___________.
a. a single fault b. a subduction zone c. a volcano d. a fault zone
TEST II. TRUE OR FALSE
Direction: If the statement is true, write true on the line. If it is false, change the underlined word or words to
make the statement true.
_________ 1. A base-isolated building design increases the amount of energy that reaches the building during
an
earthquake.
_________ 2. The type of stress that pushes masses of rock sideways in opposite directions is tension.
_________ 3. S waves arrive at a seismograph after P waves.
_________ 4. By drawing circles to show distances from three seismograph stations, geologists can locate the
magnitude of an earthquake.
_________ 5. Folding of the crust produces anticlines and synclines.
TEST III. INDENTIFICATION
Direction: Here are some tropical cyclones that entered the Philippines. Classify each of them based on the classification
system.
NAMES DATE WINDER SPEED CLASSIFICATION
(km/h)
1. DADING 26 JUNE 3 JULY 1964 185
2. PITANG SEPTEMBER 1970 260
3. URING NOVEMBER 1991 85
4. WINNIE NOVEMBER 2004 50
5. REMING 28 NOVEMBER 195
2 DECEMBER 2006
6. JUAN OCTOBER 2010 230
7. SENDONG DECEMBER 2011 75
8. AURING JANUARY 1999 55
End of exam…
Dream big!!!!
CHRISTIAN JADE G. QUIJANO
SUBJECT TEACHER
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