1. VERE TEC HN ICAL HIGH SC HOOL
SOCIAL STUDIES E-TEST
GRADE: 8
Student’s Name: _____________________________
Class: ___________________
Date: __________________
Mr. D. Gooden
Instructors: ______________
Instructions: Answer ALL questions.

2. Use the words below to fill the blank spaces and complete the paragraph.
Write the letter that best describes your response to the questions below on the line
provided.
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1. The position of a place is called its: (c) Zoology _____
(d) Agronomy
(a) Surface
(b) Location 5. The outer layer of the earth where we
(c) Longitude live:
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(d) Locality (a) Core
(b) Mantle
2. Instrument use to locate places: (c) Crust
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(a) Microscope (d) Inner Core
(b) Compass
(c) Cardiograph
_____ 6. Low lands between hills or
(d) Ruler
mountains:
3. The body of water that surrounds (a) Valleys
Jamaica is called the: (b) Depression
(a) Atlantic Ocean (c) Sinkhole
(b) Pacific Ocean (d) Mountain _____
(c) Red sea
(d) Caribbean Sea _____ 7. Limestone in a/an:
(a) Volcanic Rock
(b) Sedimentary Rock
4. The science or study of rocks: (c) Metamorphic Rock
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(a) Geology (d) Igneous Rock
(b) Meteorology

3. (a) Hill
(b) Slope
8. Rocks formed when heat and (c) Mountain
pressure change the original rock are (d) Plain _____
classified as:
(a) Igneous Rock 16. Look at the diagram below and
(b) Sedimentary Rock identify what type of rainfall id
(c) Metamorphic Rock represented.
(d) Limestone Rock _____
9. Jamaica is located at ______ and
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(a) 20º South latitude / 77º East
Longitude
(b) 18º North latitude / 80º West
longitude
(c) 18º North Latitude / 77º West
longitude
(d) 17º South latitude / 80º East
longitude _____
10. Jamaica’s closest neighbouring
islands are:
(a) Cuba and Cayman
(b) Haiti and Cuba
(c) Haiti and Cayman
(d) Cuba and Trinidad _____ (a) Convectional Rainfall
(b) Frontal Rainfall
11. The hills, mountains, deep rivers and (c) Torrential rainfall
valleys all form a part of Jamaica’s (d) Relief rainfall _____
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17. In which climatic zone is Jamaica
(a) Watershed found?
(b) Coastline (a) Temperate Zone
(c) Physical features (b) Tropic Zone
(d) Geology _____ (c) Polar Zone
(d) Hot Zone _____
12. In some areas of Jamaica heavy
rainfall loosens rocks and soils and 18. Jamaica experiences a:
carries them away. This process is (a) Tropical climate
called: (b) Tropical Marine climate
(a) Flooding (c) Tropical Mansoon climate
(b) Erosion (d) Temperate climate _____
(c) Earthquake
(d) Drought _____ 19. The instrument used to measure
rainfall:
13. The line of longitude that divides the (a) Rain gauge
globe into two halves. (b) Wind vane
(a) Prime/Greenwich Meridian (c) Weather balloon
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(b) Equator (d) Thermometer
(c) Tropic of cancer
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(d) Tropic of Capricorn 20. Mangroves are:
(a) Trees with long roots
14. The most important line of latitude. (b) Trees with tangles aerial roots
(a) The Arctic Circle (c) Trees with long branches
(b) The Equator (d) Trees with no roots _____
(c) The tropic of Cancer
(d) The Greenwich Meridian _____
21. Afternoon rainfall is also called:
15. A large natural elevation of the (a) Relief rain
ground usually between 600m and (b) Convectional rain
1000m is called a: (c) Late rain
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4. (d) Frontal rain
22. All the plants that are growing in an
area is called __________
(a) Vegetation
(b) Natural vegetation 27. The following weather symbol
(c) Agriculture means:
(d) Horticulture
23. All the plants that are growing in an
area without the interference of man.
(a) Vegetation
(b) Flowers
(c) Natural Vegetation
(d) Farming _____ (a) Partly cloudy
(b) Sunny
24. What does this weather symbol (c) Thunder storm
mean? (d) Windy _____
28. The average state of the atmosphere
recorded over a long period of time.
(a) Weather
(b) Climate
(c) Temperature
(a) Thunder storm (d) Rainfall _____
(b) Partly cloudy
(c) Sunny 29. The marine aspect of our climate is
(d) Windy _____ determined by the:
(a) Mountains
25. The average state of the atmosphere (b) Hill
recorded over a long period of time. (c) Sea
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(a) Weather (d) Ocean
(b) Climate
(c) Temperature 30. Which of the following is not a
(d) Rainfall _____ natural disaster?
(a) Earthquake
26. The science or the study of the (b) Oil spill
weather: (c) Hurricane
(a) Geology (d) Landslide _____
(b) Chemistry
(c) Meteorology
(d) Astrology _____
Use the grid below to find the location of the following places.
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3.
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5. 5. Tokyo________________________
Define the following terms:
Latitude___________________________________________________________
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Longitude_________________________________________________________
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Label the diagram below by naming the major lines of latitude.
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Name and describe the THREE types of rocks.
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2. ____________________________________________________________________________________
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Name ONE Caribbean country that is affected by volcanoes. _____________________________
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6. Give the meaning of the terms:
I. Climate_________________________________________________________________________
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II. _________________________________________________________________________
Weather
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Label and write the use of the weather instruments below.
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