Sample Science 4th Quarterly Examination
Governor Andres Pascual College
1045 M. Naval St., San Jose, Navotas City
4TH QUARTERLY EXAMINATION in SCIENCE GRADE 8
S.Y. 2014 2015
Name: Date: _ Score: _______
Grade Level & Section: _ Teacher: _ Rating: ______ INSTRUCTION: On the space given before the number, write the letter of your choice. Read carefully the question and understand. Please choose the best answer. KNOWLEDGE 1. Portion of the earth that is molten and flowing is __________.
a. Astenosphere
b. Lithosphere
c. Lower mantle
d. Crust
2. _________ are zones of weakness in the earths’ crust. Earthquakes occurs repeatedly in these areas.
a. Inactive faults
b. Footwall
c. Fault
d. Hanging wall
3. It is an area where two plates collide, pull apart, or slide past each other. It is identified that they have 3 types.
a. Fault
b. Plate boundary
c. Continental plate
d. Transform plate boundary
4. It is due to horizontal forces that slide the earths’ crust past each other.
a. Active fault
b. Lateral fault
c. Gravity fault
d. Reverse fault
5. This is a type of body wave that travel within the earth’s interior.
a. Pwave
b. Swave
c. Both A and B
d. Lwave
6. It expresses the intensity of an earthquake as felt. It values ranges from I to XII.
a. Ritcher Scale
b. Mercalli’s Scale
c. Seismic Scale
d. Tectonic Scale
7. It is the best known logarithmic measure used in scaling the magnitude of the earthquake.
a. Seismic Scale
b. Mercalli’s Scale
c. Ritcher Scale
d. Tectonic Scale
8. A series of intercontinental seismic plates that causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
a. Central Philippine Fault Zone
b. Marikina Fault Line
c. Pacific Ring of Fire
d. Plate Boundary
9. It means seismic waves. It is caused by the following phenomenon: earthquake, large scale undersea
1045 M. Naval St., San Jose, Navotas City
4TH QUARTERLY EXAMINATION in SCIENCE GRADE 8
S.Y. 2014 2015
Name: Date: _ Score: _______
Grade Level & Section: _ Teacher: _ Rating: ______ INSTRUCTION: On the space given before the number, write the letter of your choice. Read carefully the question and understand. Please choose the best answer. KNOWLEDGE 1. Portion of the earth that is molten and flowing is __________.
a. Astenosphere
b. Lithosphere
c. Lower mantle
d. Crust
2. _________ are zones of weakness in the earths’ crust. Earthquakes occurs repeatedly in these areas.
a. Inactive faults
b. Footwall
c. Fault
d. Hanging wall
3. It is an area where two plates collide, pull apart, or slide past each other. It is identified that they have 3 types.
a. Fault
b. Plate boundary
c. Continental plate
d. Transform plate boundary
4. It is due to horizontal forces that slide the earths’ crust past each other.
a. Active fault
b. Lateral fault
c. Gravity fault
d. Reverse fault
5. This is a type of body wave that travel within the earth’s interior.
a. Pwave
b. Swave
c. Both A and B
d. Lwave
6. It expresses the intensity of an earthquake as felt. It values ranges from I to XII.
a. Ritcher Scale
b. Mercalli’s Scale
c. Seismic Scale
d. Tectonic Scale
7. It is the best known logarithmic measure used in scaling the magnitude of the earthquake.
a. Seismic Scale
b. Mercalli’s Scale
c. Ritcher Scale
d. Tectonic Scale
8. A series of intercontinental seismic plates that causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
a. Central Philippine Fault Zone
b. Marikina Fault Line
c. Pacific Ring of Fire
d. Plate Boundary
9. It means seismic waves. It is caused by the following phenomenon: earthquake, large scale undersea