Republic of the Philippines

Deparment of Education
Region IV – A CALABARZON
Division of Quezon
LUTUCAN INTEGRATED NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Lutucan Malabag, Sariaya, Quezon

2nd QUARTERLY PRETEST IN SCIENCE 8

Name: ____________________________ Date: _________
Grade & Section: ___________________ Score: _________
I. Direction: Write the correct letter in the space provided.
_____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 B. pulling the side apart
C. pushing the side together D. pushing and pulling the sides
_____4. How does a reverse fault form?
A. The blocks slide past each other. B. The hanging wall moves downward relative to the footwall.
C. The blocks pull apart from each other. D. The hanging wall moves upward 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. What refers to a vibration of the Earth due to the rapid release of energy?
A. Earthquake B. Fault C. Friction D. Stress
_____8. 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.
_____9. In which type of fault can earthquake occur? A. Normal B. Reverse C. Transform D. All of these
_____10. Which type of fault would be least likely to occur along the valley?
A. Normal B. Reverse C. Thrust D. Transform
_____11. What type of fault is illustrated in the picture?
A. Normal B. Reverse

C. Strike-slip D. Transform
_____12. The Alpine Fault cuts through New Zealand. At this location, two plates are sliding past each other slowly
over time. What type of fault exists at Alpine Fault? A. Divergent B. Normal C. Reverse D. Transform
_____13. What is the movement of a strike-slip fault? A. Backwards B. Downward C. Sideways D. Upward
_____14. The stress along the outer layer of the Earth causes the build-up of energy. What prevent the rocks from
releasing this energy?
A. bending of rocks B. vibration of the rocks C. friction between rocks D. energy released by rocks
_____15. 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
_____16. What type of stress causes the formation of mountains?
A. Shear Stress B. Confining Stress C. Tension Stress D. Compression Stress
_____17. Pangea break off into seven continents, what could be the probable cause of this event?
A. Shear Stress B. Confining Stress C. Tension Stress D. Compression Stress
_____18. Friction between the two sides of a fault keeps it from moving until the stress on the fault overcomes the friction, then
B. False C. Maybe both. D. It depends on the situation.
the fault slips and creates an earthquake. A. True
_____19. Which among of the following is the safest location during an earthquake?
A. inside the house B. inside the car C. in an open area D. under a tree
_____20. Which agency of the government in the Philippines is monitoring the movement of the earth crust?
A. PHIVOLCS B. PAGASA C. DOST D. DENR
_____21. What will be produced if there is a sudden movement of the earth's crust due to the release of stress
accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity? A. typhoon B. tsunami C. flood D. earthquake
_____22. Landmasses and bodies of water affects typhoon. Which of these differentiate the characteristics of
landmasses and bodies of water?
 A. Landmasses have more water vapour than bodies of water.
B. Landmasses produce strong wind and heavy rain while bodies of water cannot.
C. Landmasses strengthen typhoon while bodies of water disrupt the spin of a typhoon.
D. Landmasses disrupt the spin of a typhoon while bodies of water strengthen typhoon.
_____23. What agency tracks the activities of typhoon that enters PAR?
A. Department of Education (DepEd)
B. Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
D. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
_____24. Typhoon Grasya is 186 km away from Bislig City, and its landfall is expected in 3.00 hr. What is the speed
of the typhoon? A. 60.0 kph B. 61.5 kph C. 62.0 kph D. 63.5 kph
_____25. Which of the following is the MOST probable cause why typhoons die out as it hit the landmass?
A. Its pressure remains constant B. Its wind speed is affected by steep mountains
C. Its wind speed will be affected by the barrier trees D. It has not enough fast rising water vapor to sustain it
_____26. Which statement is INCORRECT about the importance of tracking the pathway of typhoon?
A. People will know how strong or weak a typhoon is.
B. People may know the accurate time and date of the arrival of a typhoon.
C. Residents in the affected area will be prepared for the coming of typhoon.
D. Each family will have enough time to spend for a family bonding before the typhoon arrives.
_____27. Which part of the typhoon has a calm condition? A. eye B. eyewall C. rain band D. wind system
_____28. Which statement below is INCORRECT about typhoon?
A. It generally moves in northwest direction.
B. The eye has lesser wind speed than the eyewall.
C. It requires ocean waters to form regardless of its location.
D. Air pressure within typhoon increases as distance from the eye of the storm increases.
_____29. What would be the consequence of an incorrect prediction of typhoon?
A. There is no direct effect if the tracking is incorrect.
B. The forecast for the typhoon’s intensity and direction would also be incorrect.
C. People would have no time to prepare for the danger that the typhoon would bring.
D. There would be a massive destruction of properties and lives of the people in the affected area
_____30. What are commonly called as “shooting stars”? A. asteroids B. comets C. meteors D. meteorites
_____31. What are found in the circular or somewhat like “doughnut-shaped” region between Mars and Jupiter?
A. asteroids B. comets C. meteors D. meteorites
_____32. Which Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are found on the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud?
A. asteroids B. comets C. meteors D. meteorites
_____33. What are comets made of? A. dust only B. metal only C. dust and metal D. dust, metal, and ice
_____34. What do you call the depression caused by the objects that fell on a planet or moon?
A. canyon B. crater C. plateau D. pothole
_____35. Which could have probably caused the extinction of dinosaurs?
A. They caught the flu. B. A meteorite came and hit the Earth causing their extinction.
C. They ate each other until they went extinct. D. An asteroid hit the Earth.
_____36. What is the major difference among comet, meteor, and asteroid in terms of structure?
A. Comet contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
B. Meteor contains icy shell while asteroid and comet do not have.
C. Asteroid and comet contain icy shell while meteor does not have.
D. Asteroid contains icy shell while asteroid and meteor do not have.
_____37. What will happen if a comet gets closer to the sun? A comet will ______.
A. expire B. explode C. melt and disappear D. form a long tail made of gas and dust
_____38. Why do scientists study comets? It is because they _____________.
A. like studying it B. need to survey the space
C. want to examine the mineral contents D. want to study the origin of the Earth and other planets
_____39. Why would global temperature of the Earth drop when struck by a massive asteroid?
A. The resulting cloud would block out sunlight.
B. The low temperature of asteroid would chill the oceans.
C. The impact would move the Earth farther from the Sun.
D. The ice in the asteroid would increase the Earth’s reflective power.
_____40. When objects strike a surface of a planet, they leave a deep impression on the surface called ___________.
A. canyon B. crater C. plateau D. pothole

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