LORDS JEWELS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL INC.

THIRD MASTERY TEST IN SCIENCE

8- INTEGRITY

Name: _______________________________________
Grade&Section: _______________________________
Teacher: _____________________________________

Score: __________
Date: ___________
P.S. ____________

General Directions: Read and understand each direction carefully. Write legibly your
answer on your examination paper.
I.

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space
provided.

_____1. Which layer of the earth contains rock that is moving slowly but continuously?
a. Outer Core
c. Mantle
b. Inner Core
d. Crust
_____2. What Philippine fault can cause damage to several places in the Metro Manila when it
moves?
a. Western Philippine Fault
c. Central Philippine Fault
b. West Valley Fault
d. Eastern Philippine Fault
_____3. Which government agency in the Philippines monitors the earthquakes?
a. DOST
c. PHIVOLCS
b. DENR
d. NDRRMC
_____4. What happens to the P-waves when they are approaching the molten part of the
Earths interior?
a. Disappear
c. Become slower
b. Velocity increases
d. Remain the same
_____5. Which region on Earths surface where violent earthquake is felt?
a. Crust
c. Focus
b. Epicenter
d. Plate tectonic
_____6. Which of the following seismic wave is detected first by the seismograph?
a. L-waves
c. P-waves
b. S-waves
d. R-waves
_____7. What do you call a scientist who study earthquake?
a. Archeologists
c. Seismologist
b. Geologist
d. Volcanologist
_____8. Which place in the Philippines was hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake last October
2013?
a. Cebu
c. Dumaguete
b. Bohol
d. Davao
_____9. Which of the following is described as sudden shaking of the ground associated with
the release of energy that built up stress in the lithosphere?
a. Seismic waves
c. Earthquake
b. Fault
d. Fissure
_____10. What type of faults in which hanging wall moved upward horizontally in relation to
the footwall?
a. Normal
c. Thrust
b. Reverse
d. Transformed
_____11. Which of the following is NOT a man made earthquake?
a. Mining
c. Nuclear Testing
b. Crustal Movement
d. Deep wells
_____12. Which of the following Theory describes the forces which causes the movement of
the crust in a slow process?
a. Plate Tectonic Theory
c. Crustal Theory
b. Elastic Rebound Theory
d. Plate Boundary Theory
_____13. What do you call the fracture in the surface of the crust where two blocks of rock
slip?

a. Earthquake
b. Fissure

c. Fault
d. Waves

_____14. What scale of measurement is used to determine the magnitude of an earthquake?

a. Seismograph
c. Mercalli Scale
b. Richter Scale
d. Seismogram
_____15. What is the other term used for earthquake focus?
a. Epicenter
c. Hypocenter
b. Midpoint
d. Epicentrum
_____16. What is the process where action of forces forms, the large scale deformation on
Earths surface?
a. Earthquake belt
c. Magnitude
b. Fault line
d. Diastrophism
_____17. Which term refers to areas where earthquake is often felt?
a. Earthquake zone
c. Pacific Ring of Fire
b. Earthquake belt
d. Pacific Ocean
_____18. Which of the following countries belongs to the Pacific belt?
a. Chile
c. Columbia
b. Australia
d. Africa
II.
A. Direction: Complete the word analogy below. Encircle the letter of the best
answer.
19. Earthquake: Shaking, Seismic Wave: _______
a. Waving
c. Vibration
b. Cracking
d. Motion
20. Dip slip fault: Normal Fault, Strike slip fault: _______
a. Reverse Fault
c. Normal Fault
b. Transform Fault
d. Thrust Fault
21. _______: Richter Scale, Intensity: Mercalli Scale
a. Focus
c. Magnitude
b. Epicenter
d. Intensity
22. Reverse Fault: Vertical, _________: horizontal
a. Normal
c. Dip Slip
b. Thrust
d. Transform
23. Magnitude: Numerical, _______: Roman numeral
a. Magnitude
c. Hypocenter
b. Intensity
d. Foci
24. Tsunami: Water, Earthquake: ______
a. Air
c. Land
b. Water
d. Ice
25. Eastern Philippine Fault: Philippine Sea, ________: Marikina City
a. Western Philippine Fault
c. West Valley Fault
b. Southern Philippine fault
d. Central Fault
26. Fault: Fracture, Diastrophism: _______
a. Movement
c. Cracks
b. Distortion
d. Motion
27. Atmosphere: _______, Lithosphere: Land
a. Land
c. Air
b. Water
d. Ice
28. Ice: ______, Water: Hydrosphere
a. Atmosphere
c. Asthenosphere
b. Lithosphere
d. Cryosphere
29. ________: Earthquakes, Volcanologist: Volcano
a. Botanist
c. Geologist
b. Seismologists
d. Archeologist
30. P- waves: Solid, S-wave: ________
a. Liquid
c. Plasma
b. Gas
d. Fluid
31. Loves waves: Shearing Motion, ________: Circular Motion
a. S-wave
c. Rayleigh wave
b. P-wave
d. Surface wave
32. ______: Longitudinal wave, S-wave: Transverse waves

a. O-wave
b. P-wave
33. Mantle: Molten Rock, Inner Core: ________
a. Liquid Iron and Nickel
b. Granitic Rock
34. ______: Oceanic Plate, Granitic Rock: Continental Plate
a. Molten Rock
b. Basaltic Rock

c. M-wave
d. N-wave
c. Solid Iron and Nickel
d. Basaltic Rock
c. Solid Iron
d. Liquid Iron

B. Complete the table by supplying the missing term. Write the letter of your answer on
the space provided. Choose your answer from the word pool below.
A. Intensity XII
D. Intensity VI
G. Magnitude 2.5

B. Intensity II
E. Intensity I
H. Magnitude 8

J. Magnitude 4.5

K. Magnitude 3

C. Intensity III
F. Magnitude 2
I. Magnitude 1.5

Richter
Magnitude
Scale
XII
Damage Total, objects thrown up in the air
38. H
III
Felt noticeably indoors, Vibration like passing truck 39. G
35. E
Detected only by sensitive instruments
40. I
36. B
Felt by few persons at rest, objects may swing
41. F
37. D
Felt by all, damage small
42. J
Direction: Read and understand the following questions below and then, encircle
the letter of the correct answer.
MODIFIED MERCALLI SCALE

III.

43. Which of the following cannot be used as indicator of an approaching earthquake?

a. Prediction of a fortune teller.
b. The animals have a strange behavior.
c. The place is situated on a fault line.
d. The place has experienced violent earthquakes in the previous year.
44. Which statement best describes an aftershocks?
a. The aftershocks happen before the main shock.
b. The aftershocks are small earthquakes after the giant quake.
c. The aftershocks are energy penetrating the earth.
d. The aftershock can give prediction about the earthquake.
45. How important are seismic waves in the study of the Earths interior?
a. It gives information about the Earths interior.
b. It can predict tsunamis
c. It makes the Earth interior move
d. It causes fault formation
46. Why are surface waves are not used to study the inner layers of the earth?
a. It cannot pass through gases
b. The energy release is too slow
c. The wave cannot travel too far
d. It only travels near Earths surface
47. Why are animals involved in the study of earthquake?
a. They have power to predict earthquake
b. They are more knowledgeable than human
c. They are more sensitive than human
d. They make earthquake stop
48. What do you think will happen to a place situated on or near an active fault?
a. It will have sink hole
b. It will be prone to earthquake
c. There will be tremor
d. There will be magma
49. How movements along fault lines generate earthquakes?
a. Rocks movement
b. Mantle convection

c. Diastrophism
d. None of the above
50. How underwater earthquakes generate tsunamis?
a. Oceanic plate displacement
b. Mantle Movement
c. Crustal plate displacement
d. Oceanic crust movement
For numbers 51 -50, determine whether the following statement below are the things
you need to know and to do before, during and after an earthquake occur. Write only the
letter that corresponds to your best answer.
A. Before and earthquake

B. During an earthquake c. After an earthquake

_____51. Check yourself and others for injuries.

_____52. Duck under a strong table or desk and hold on to it.
_____53. Be familiar with the doorways or emergency exits.
_____54. Participate in earthquake drills and orient the family about it.
_____55. Move to an open area away from tress, walls, power lines or buildings.
_____56. Apply first aid.
_____57. Look around to help others as well as your neighbors.
_____58. Learn and practice First Aid and CPR.
_____59. Drop to the ground; cover your head; and hold on until the shaking is over.
_____60. Prepare a bag filled with emergency supplies.

God bless you