ST. JOSEPH’S COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL OF SAPAD, INC.

Poblacion, Sapad, Lanao del Norte

4th MIDTERM EXAMINATION

DISASTER READINESS AND RISK REDUCTION
S.Y. 2019-2020
Senior High Department Mr. Johnfil C. Singco

Name: ___________________________ Date:________

Year& Sec.:_______________________ Score________

Test Directions: This examination consists of 30 items multiple choices, and 4 essay AVOID ERASURES.
Time allotment 60 minutes
For item 1-30 read the statement carefully and encircle the best answer.
1.It is the shaking of the ground is caused by the passage of seismic waves.
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
2.This occurs ground movement happens on a fault line and breaks through to the surface.
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
3.Most of the time,fault rupture follow s preexisting faults known as zone of weakness.
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
4.The area on the surface of the earth where the origin of the earthquake is.
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Epicenter
5.This occurs when seismic shaking cause loose materials in the soil to mix with ground water or soil
saturated with water.
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
6.Subsidence is the lowering of land due to various causes,one of which is the earthquake on a fault line.
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
7.The English term for “Tsunami”.
a.Harbor line c.Labor wave
b.Harbor wave d.after wave
8.A Japanese word means “harbor wave”
a.Ground shaking c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Tsunami
9.Lanslides may happens during or after an earthquake when a weakened section of land falls of
primarily due to gravity.
a.Earthquake-induce lanslide c.Ground Rupture
b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
10.The weak land may be due to its composition of frails rocks or its foundation.
a. Earthquake-induce lanslide c.Ground Rupture
 b.Liquefaction d.Earthquake-induce ground subsidence
11.It is an instrument used to measure movements in earth’s surface.
a.Seismograph c.Seismometer
b.Tremor d.Satellite
12.It is a form of energy that travels through the interior of Earth.
a.Seismic wave c.Seismometer
b.Tremor d.Satellite
13.It is a seismic action is usually the first one to be recorded.
a.Seismograph c.Seismometer
b.S-wave d.P-Wave
14.After the p-wave and it carry the most of the energy of a seismic activity.
a.Seismograph c.Seismometer
b.S-wave d.P-Wave
15.A zigzag line that means it detects a_________.
a.Seismic wave c.Seismometer
b.Tremor d.Satellite
16.A person that observe and collect seismic waves in areas that are prone to earthquakes.
a.Seismic wave c.Seismometer
b.Seismograph d.Seismologists
17.It is a landform characterized by two colliding plates where one descends and the other stays above.
a.Volcanous c.Platou
b.Treches d.Valley
18.This is an Indonesian term for the mixture of water, pyroclastic materials, and rock fragments flowing
down a volcano or river valley.
a.Lahar c.Ash fall
b.Pyrocalstic flow d.Lava flow
19.It is so powerful enough to remove or carry away trees, boulders ,and logs. Buildings, houses, and
other structures can be partially or completely buried by the turbulent flow of lahar.
a.Lahar c.Ash fall
b.Pyrocalstic flow d.Lava flow
20.This os composed of bits and pieces of pulverized rock, materials, and volcanic glass generated from
the volcanic eruption.
a.Lahar c.Ash fall
b.Pyrocalstic flow d.Lava flow
21.The impact from the released gas shatters the magma and is forced out into the atmosphere where it
hardens into fragments of volcanic rock and glass.
a.Lahar c.Ash fall
b.Pyrocalstic flow d.Lava flow
22.This refers to the fast-moving fluidized mass of rock fragments and gases.
a.Lahar c.Ash fall
b.Pyrocalstic flow d.Lava flow
23.When __________ travels down a volcano, it maintains a very high temperature, burning everything
in its path.
a.Lahar c.Ash fall
b.Pyrocalstic flow d.Lava flow
24.How high is the temperature of a Pyroclastic flow
a.1000°c c.350°c
b.750°c d.730°c
25.This is a rock fragment that is ejected from a volcano during its explosive eruption.
a.Lahar c.Ballistic projectile
b.Volcanic gas d.Lava flow
26. If the projectile of rock fragment is solid when ejected, it is considered a __________? This is
volcanic projectiles.
a.Lahar c.Ballistic projectile
b.Bomd d.Block
27.But if is launched in a partially molten or molten state ,it is a_____________? This is volcanic
projectiles.
a.Lahar c.Ballistic projectile
b.Bomd d.Block
28.This consist of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, which are poisonous and hazardous to organisms.
a.Lahar c.Ballistic projectile
b.Volcanic gas d.Lava flow
29.What are the chemicals that can cause acid rain?
a.Chlorine and petrol c.Ballistic projectile
b.Volcanic gas d.sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide
30.This is molten rock that pours from the slopes of the volcano and it moves more slowly than
pyroclastic flow.
a.Lahar c.Ballistic projectile
b.Volcanic gas d.Lava flow

FOR ITEM 31-34 essay 10 points each

31. What are things needs to be done BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER EARTHQUAKE?
32. What are things needs to be done BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER VOLCANIC ERUPTION?
33. What are things needs to be done BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER LANDSLIDE?
34. What are things needs to be done BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER SINKHOLES?

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