In Science / Junior High School | 2025-03-09

Direction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer and write on the blanks provided. 1. Which of the following reason why Baguio is seriously damage during 1990 Earthquake? a. Baguio is near a body of water with active fault line. b. Baguio's landscape is not an earthquake proof area. c. Baguio is infested with pest that weakens its soil. d. Baguio is located in a high mountainous area with active fault lin 2. Bohol last 2013 experience a 7.2 magnitude earthquake and the shaking happen for almost a month. What is the reason why there is continuous shaking in the area? a. Because it is happened in the middle of the day. b. Because earthquake is affected by the vertical ray of the sun. c. Because earthquake has a possibility of creating a lot of shakings called aftershocks. d. Because earthquake occur in the deepest core and it waves makes the crust move continuously. 3. Which of the following statements is true about an earthquake? a. It is the shaking of the Earth's crust. b. It results volcanic eruption. 4. Which of the changes will happen on Earth's surface if there is an occurrence of successive earthquake? I. Some lowlands may become higher. III. Rock layer will be lowlands. II. Some highlands may turn to lowlands a. I and II b. I, II, III c. It makes tectonic plates bigger. d. Both a and b. IV. Earth will release gas from its interior surrounding its surface. c. II and III d. all the above c. a rise of giant wave will happen. d. all of the above 5. What will happen if the epicenter of the earthquake takes place near an active volcano? a. a volcanic eruption might occur b. a storm surge will engulf the area 6. Which intensity scale would result to changes in the structure of Earth's surface? a. Intensity I-Scarcely Perceptible b. Intensity III-Weak c. Intensity V-Strong d. Intensity X-Completely Devastating 7. When the Richter scale reported a magnitude 2 in a certain area, which of the following will likely to happen? a. A rise of giant wave will happen. c. Not felt only seismograph can detect the movement. b. Poor constructed building will be greatly damaged. d. Windows, dishes and door rattle. 8. Which of the following shows that a volcano has been formed? a. When there is an earthquake. b. When there is a tsunami that brings waves. 9. How does tsunami occur? a. It sweeps inland due to wrong winds. c. When a magma under the earth's crust escapes through a vent. d. When there is a very big explosion that produces a loud sound. b. It sweeps inland due to big waves caused by undersea earthquakes. 10. What happened in Japan when tsunami hit last March 2011? c. It sweeps inland dues to tidal waves. d. It sweeps inland due to landslides. a. A power plant was destroyed and radiation was scattered in the area. c. Many people died. b. Many buildings and bridges were destroyed. d. All of the above.​

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