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Department of Education: Post Test (Quiz)
Department of Education: Post Test (Quiz)
Department of Education
Caraga Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SURIGAO DEL SUR
Multiple Choice:
Direction: Encircle the letter of the best answer.
1. A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called ____.
a. Stress b. faulting c. folding d. liquefaction
4. The point beneath Earth’s surface where the crust breaks and triggers an earthquake is called the
___________.
a. Epicenter b. focus c. fault d. magnitude
6. A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a/an ____________.
a. Fold b. hanging wall c. epicentre d. fault
7. An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a/an
_____________.
a. Seismograph b. creep meterc. laser-ranging device d. moment magnitude scale
8. What process occurs when an earthquake’s shaking turns loose soil into mud?
a. Deformation b. liquefaction c. shearing d. base-isolation
9. What type of fault forms when hanging wall moves upward past the footwall?
a. Normal fault b. fault-block mountain c. strike-slip fault d. reverse fault
10. The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is _____.
a. Compression b. tension c. shearing d. liquefaction
Multiple Choice:
Direction: Encircle the letter of the best answer.
4. What is a hurricane/typhoon?
a. A fierce tropical storm that brings heavy rain
b. A type of earthquake
c. A series of wildfires
d. All of the above