GRADE 8 SCIENCE

LONG TEST (EARTH and SPACE)

NAME:_____________________________________________ Grade and sec:

______________________ Score: ____________
I. IDENTIFICATION. Read each sentences and identify what is being describe in each item. Choose your answer inside the
word box.
Fault Surface wave Active fault Equator S wave
Seismic waves Focus Epicenter P wave Inactive fault
____________1. A wave that can travel only in solid particles.
____________2. It has generated earthquakes before and is capable of causing more in the future.
____________3.It is the point within the earth where seismic waves originate.
____________4. A kind of fault which moved in the past and are not expected to move in the future.
____________5. It is the location on the earth's surface directly above the focus.
____________6. Vibration released during an earthquake is properly called as ______________.
____________7. Philippines is prone to tropical cyclone because of its geographical location which is near the ____________.
____________8. It can travel through solid and liquid particles.
____________9. A kind of wave that can travel slower than P and S wave.
____________10. It is a break on the earth’s crust where significant movement has taken place.

II. MATCHING TYPE. Match the pictures to its corresponding word.

11.
a. Fault

12. b. Stick n shake

13. c. Normal fault

d. Strike-slip fault

14.

e. Plate movement

15.

f. Reverse fault

16.

g. Stick n slip

III. TRUE OR FALSE.

______17. Focus is directly above the surface of the earth while epicenter is the origin of the earthquake.
______18. If an earthquake occurs, damage will be greater and intensity will be higher near the epicenter.
______19. Intensity measures the released energy during an earthquake, while magnitude can be determined by observing the effect
of the earthquake.
______20. Intensity and magnitude are the two different ways to describe how powerful an earthquake is.
______21. Tropical cyclone weakens and dies out when it hits masses of land.
______22. Philippines is visited by almost 20 typhoons every year because our country has warm temperature both in land and water.
______23. One of the most famous comets of the 20th century and the only known short period comet is Comet Halley wherein it takes
75 - 79 years to orbit around the sun.
______24. If a typhoon is located at 150 N, 1300 E, it is within the Philippine Area of Responsibility.
______25. Meteorite is a piece of rock or metal that burns and glows brightly in the sky as it falls from outer space into the Earth’s
atmosphere.
______26. Astronomers believed that asteroids are minor planets or planetoids that have been planets but did not fully form.
______27. Mindanao is often untouched by the tropical cyclone because the direction of the tropical cyclone is usually southeast
direction.

IV. SEQUENCING.
Arrange the following events. Use letter in arranging the events in chronological order.

A. How typhoon develop?

________ 28. The heat makes the air rise even more and air in the surroundings will keep coming in.
________ 29. The water vapor soon condenses and heat is given off.
________ 30. Air in the surroundings will move toward the area creating more wind.
________ 31. The warm ocean water heats up the air above it. The warm air then rises.

B. What is the correct sequence of events on swell of tsunami?

_______ 32. Ocean floor cracks due to vertical movement of the ocean floor.
_______ 33. The swelled water form wave and spread in all direction.
_______ 34. Wave will cause water to hit the lowland area specifically those that are at the shoreline.
_______ 35. An earthquake occur below ocean.
_______ 36. Due to vertical movement of ocean floor, water will swell.

V. MULTIPLE CHOICE.
37. What is the emergency warning system which PAG-ASA uses to inform the public living in different area/ places in the country
about the approaching weather disturbance such a typhoon and its effect.
A. Public storm warning signal (PSWS) B. Magnitude and intensity numbers
C. Rain fall and flood warning system D. Public alarm and information system
38. What is the active fault that passes our region?
A. West Valley fault B. Central Leyte fault C. West Ilocos fault system
39. How do land forms affect typhoon?
A. Landform like mountain can help in formation of a cyclone because of its temperature.
B. When a typhoon passes over land mass, it may lessen water vapor, weakened and died out because they are cut off from
the ocean water.
C. Land mass can produce hot and cold air mass that is essential in the development of a cyclone.
D. The hot air mass from the sea can be replaced by hot air mass from the land to keep cyclone going.
40. What does it mean regarding the automatic suspension of classes according to DepEd when storm warning signal no.2 is raised in
Antipolo City and the rest of the province of Rizal?
A. Attendance of students in schools is under the discretion of their parents.
B. No classes in pre-schools, elementary and high school levels.
C. Wait for the announcements from LGUs
D. No classes for all students in all levels
41. Which differentiate active fault from inactive fault?
A. Active faults caused volcanic and faulting activity in the earth crust while inactive faults do not.
B. Active faults have caused the trembling of the earth while inactive faults do not.
C. Active faults can generate yearly movement of earth’s crust while inactive faults are expected to move at least once in a
decade.
D. Active faults have moved in the past and are expected to move in the future while inactive faults have moved in the past
and are not expected to move in the future.
42. Which of the following best describes the composition of the comet’s central head structure called nucleus.
A. metallic crystals B. dirty ice C. rocks D. gaseous
43. How will you differentiate comets from asteroids in terms of origin?
A. Comets originate from Kuiper belt and Oort cloud while asteroids originate from main Asteroid Belt.
B. Asteroids originate from Kuiper Belt and Oort cloud while comets originate from Main Asteroid Belt.
C. Asteroids originate from the remnants of a planet while comets originate from remnants of a meteor.
D. Comets originate from the remnants of a planet while asteroids originate from the remnants of a meteor.
44. What is the annual light phenomenon characterized by many meteors appearing and shooting from the sky in a short period of
time?
A. meteor B. meteor shower C. meteorite D. meteoroid
45. When does a comet have the longest tail and largest coma?
A. when it is moving slowly B. when it crosses the ecliptic C. when it is in the point of its orbit nearest the sun.