1. Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CAPIZ
GUINBIALAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL
SUMMATIVE EXAM IN SCIENCE 8
Address: Banica, Roxas City
Contact No.: (0936) 620 2371
Email Address: capiz@deped.gov.ph
Website: http://depedcapiz.ph
Direction: Read each statement carefully. Write the
letter of your answer before the number.
1. What is a crack or break in the lithosphere that can
shift and create 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. What refers to a vibration of the Earth due to the
rapid release of energy?
A. earthquake
B. fault
C. friction
D. stress
5. In which type of fault can earthquake occur?
A. normal B. reverse C. transform D. all of these
6. What is the movement of a strike-slip fault?
A. up B. down C. sideways D. backwards
7-10 Enumerate the three types of fault.
11. Where do typhoons form?
A. lakes C. rivers B. oceans D. streams
12. Which weather disturbance develops in the
northwest Pacific Ocean?
A. blizzard C. tropical cyclone
B. tornad D. tsunami
13. What is the other term for tropical cyclone?
A. earthquake C. typhoon
B. tsunami D. wildfire
14. What Public Storm Warning Signal (PSWS) has a
wind speed of 160 kph?
A. 1 C. 3
B. 2 D. 4
15. Where do typhoons that hit the Philippines mostly
originate?
A. Pacific Ocean C. Indian Ocean
B. South China Sea D. West Philippine Sea
16. What does ITCZ mean?
A. Intertropical Convergence Zone
B. Intratropical Converging Zone
C. Intertropical Converging Zone
D. Intratropical Convergence Zone
17. Which tropical cyclone has a wind speed greater
than 200 kph?
A. super typhoon C. tropical storm
B. typhoon D. tropical depression
18. How would you describe the condition within the
typhoon’s eye?
A. calm C. sunny
B. intense D. violent
19. Which agency takes charge of giving information
about incoming typhoon?
A. Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR)
B. Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
(PHIVOLCS)
C. National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management
Council (NDRRMC)
D. Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and
Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA)
20. What causes tropical cyclone to spin?
A. rotation of the earth
B. revolution of the earth
C. gravitational pull of the sun
D. gravitational pull of the moon
Prepared by:
CRISTIAN D. ALONZO
Subject Teacher
Checked:
FE P. DEPEÑA
School Head
