FIRST QUARTER TEST IN SCIENCE 8

S.Y. 2019 -2020

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS: Read each statement carefully and select the best answer.

1. What is force?
a. A force is a push or a full acting on an object that changes the motion of the object.
b. An ability to do work.
c. A rate of doing work.
d. A product of force and displacement.
e. An amount of matter that an object possesses.
2. The force that pulls falling objects toward Earth is called
a. Gravity b. Free fall c. Inertia d. Acceleration e. Tension
3. Which of the following formulas is used to calculate net force?
a. F= m / a d. F= v*a/time
b. F= M * a e. F= a/m
c. F= distance / time
4. A 7 kg balikbayan box is horizontally pushed at 1.5 m/s2. Find the force applied on the box.
a. 10.5 N
b. 4.6 N
c. 105 N
d. 46 N
e. 0.105 N
5. Which of the following statements about contact forces are true?
a. Friction s a contact force
b. gravity is a type of a contact force
c. contact forces require two or more surfaces to touch one another
d. there is more friction when rough surfaces touch
e. they do not need human intervention to arise
6. . The book is on the table. Which of the following best describe the
situation.

a. There are forces acting on them in the same direction.

b. There are forces acting on them in the opposite direction
c. There is a net force present on the objects
d. There is no force acting on the object
e. The objects are moving
7. Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction are known as ______.
a. balanced forces c. unbalanced forces
b. net forces d. friction forces e. None of these
8. When a net force is present the forces are said to be ____________.
a. Balanced b. Unbalanced d. Changing d. Unchanged e. In motion
9. A boy pulls a wagon with a force of 6 N east as another boy pushes it with a force of 4 N east. What is the net
force?
a. 2N b. 10N c. 24N d. 1.5N e. 0N
10. 4. Which of the following statements about velocity and/ or speed are true?
a. velocity is connected with the direction of motion, whereas speed is not
b. a moving object can have a negative velocity
c. velocity and speed are equivalent
d. speed can never have a negative value
e. speed is connected with the direction of motion, whereas velocity is not
11. Which statement best describe the third law of motion?
a. Action-reactions forces are always equal.
b. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
c. All forces are equal and lies in the same direction.
d. Two forces have different line of action.
e. Two forces acts along the same line.
12. How does the acceleration of an object change in relation to its
 mass? It is _________.
a.. directly proportional d. neither a or b
b. acceleration doesn’t depend on mass at all. e. none of the above
c. inversely proportional
13. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as_____.
a. Mass b. Inertia c. Force d. Motion e. Acceleration
14. According to Newton’s third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail
a. creates a friction with the hammer.
b. exerts an equal force back on the hammer
c. disappears into the wood
d. exerts force more than the force exerted by the hammer
e. Nothing will happen
15. This law states that “ The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely
proportional to its mass”.
a. Law of Inertia c. Law of Interaction e. Law of Gravitation
b. Law of Acceleration d. Law of Conservation Of Energy
16. Which of the following situations show that work is done?
a. A girl carrying a bag on her shoulder
b. A boy lifts a 5-kg onion sacks on top of vegetables stand.
c. A mother carrying a baby while waiting a tricycle.
d. A singer rendered his last song.
e. A car on the parking lot.
17. In which of the following cases is no work done?
a. A weightlifter lifts a barbell.
b. A weightlifter holds a barbell overhead.
c. A weightlifter slowly lowers a barbell.
d. A weightlifter drops a barbell and the barbell falls to the ground.
e. A weightlifter started lifting a barbell again
18. You are doing work when .
a. you stand still on a moving train d. you sit down and watch TV for an hour
b. you climb a wall e. you push a wall
c. you hold a book up for a long time and got tired
19. Work is done when the force applied to an object causes the object to have a __________
a. Displacement b. Force c. Magnitude d. Change e. Direction
20. Which of the following sentences uses work in the scientific sense?
a. Stan goes to work on the bus.
b. Anne did work on the project for 5 hours.
c. Joseph found that holding the banner in place was hard work.
d. An engine does work on a car when the car is moving.
e. An engine does work on a table resting on a plane
21. Which is the proper unit of Power?
a. Newton (N) b. Joule (J) c. meter per second(m/s) d. meter (m) e. Watt (watt)
22. A man pushes a crate along a factory floor by exerting a force of 55N. If the crate moves a distance of 4m, how
much work does the man perform
a. 220 J b. 220 N c. 165 N d. 145 J e. 200 N
23. Calculate the power required of a 60-kg ranger climbs a tree 5 meters high in 10 seconds. Acceleration due to
gravity is 9.8 m/s2. .
a. 29,400 J/s b. 2940 J/s c. 294 J/s d. 29.4 J/s e. 2. 94 J/s.
24. Which of the following statements indicates the best way to increase power?
a. increase the amount of work done in a given amount of time, or do a given amount of work in less
time .
b. increase the amount of work done in a given amount of time, or do a given amount of work in more
time.
c. decrease the amount of work done in a given amount of time, or do a given amount of work in less
time .
d. decrease the amount of work done in a given amount of time, or do a given amount of work in more
time.
e. all of the following
25. What is the power develop by a jumbo jet that cruises at 200m/s when th thrust of its engine is 100,00N?
a. 20,000w b. 20,000,000w c. 200,00w d. 2,000w e. 200w
26. A 3kg toy fire truck moves at 4m/s forward. What is its kinetic energy?
a. 3.0J b. 2.8J c. 2.6J d. 2.5J e. 2.4J
27. How is temperature relative to kinetic energy?
a. Higher temperature has greater kinetic energy.
b. Higher temperature has lesser kinetic energy.
c. Lesser temperature has a lesser kinetic energy.
d. None of the above
28. The energy of a moving object is called _______________.
a. Potential Energy c. Kinetic Energy e. Chemical Energy
b. Thermal Energy d. None of these
29. If a car is rolling naturally downhill without the engine running, what energy transfer is happening?
a. Chemical energy changing into gravitational potential energy.
b. Kinetic energy changing into gravitational potential energy.
c. Gravitational potential energy changing to kinetic energy.
d. Heat energy changing to kinetic energy.
e. Elastic potential energy into gravitational potential energy.
30. Which of the following has the greatest amount of Potential Energy?
a. 13 kg bag on a 5 m height d. 14 kg bag on a 6 m height
b. 10 kg box on a 8 m height e. 12 kg box on a 4 m height
c. 15 kg box on a 3 m height
31. Refer to the picture below. Identify the part labelled as C.
a. crest
b. trough
c. amplitude
d. resting point
e. wavelength
32. A sound wave cannot travel through which of the following
a. Air b. Water c. Metal d. Vacuum e. All of the above
33. How would you relate the temperature of the medium with the speed of sound?
a. The higher the temperature, the slower the sounds travel.
b. The lower the temperature, the faster the sound travels.
c. The lower the temperature, the slower the sound travels.
d. The temperature of the medium has nothing to do with the speed of sound.
e. The higher the temperature, the faster the sound travels.
34. Which of the following exhibits refraction of sound?
a. an echo produced by a new house bought in a subdivision
b. a speaker on the ground being heard upstairs in daytime.
c. a reverberation of sound in a untouched habitat of animals.
d. a speaker loudly playing the song “too much love will kill you”
e. an echo in a crowded room that has no curtain
35. Due to which phenomenon sound is heard at longer distances in nights than in day?
a. Reflection c. Diffraction of sound
b. Refraction d. Interference of sound e. Dispersion
36. Why does dispersion occur when white light passes through a prism?
a. the speed of the red light and violet glass are the same in glass.
b. red light travels slower than violet light in glass.
c. violet light travels slower than red light in glass.
d. orange light is slower than blue light in glass.
e. None of the above.
37. Which proves that light can be bent or change in direction?
a. reflection b. refraction c. dispersion d. diffusion e. propagation
38. Which color in the spectrum has the highest energy?
a. Yellow b. Green c. Blue d. Indigo e. Violet
39. Which color in the spectrum has the lowest energy?
a. Red b. Orange c. Yellow d. Green e. Blue
40. Which color in the spectrum has the highest frequency?
a. Yellow b. Green c. Blue d. Indigo e. Violet
41. Which of the following is correct about heat transfer?
a. conduction took place after heating an iron table by the sunlight
b. convection happens when cool air rises and warm air goes down
c. radiation from a microwave oven baking a chiffon cake
d. heat flowing from lower to higher temperature
e. convection taking place on solid stones and beads
42. A cold steel is dipped in a cup of hot milk. It transfers heat to its other end by the process of ___________.
a. Convection d. Radiation e. None of the above
b. Conduction c. Absorption
43. Why are bridges build with gaps?
a. for easy layering. c. to make them attractive e. to allow contraction
b. to allow thermal expansion d. so cars would slow down
44. What do you call the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a unit by 1ᵒC?
a. specific value c. molar heat capacity e. thermal expansion
b. specific heat capacity d. molar heat fusion
45. If the objects absorbs heat, what happens ?
a. Its temperature remains constant d. Its temperature become zero
b. Its temperature changes e. Nothing will change
c. Its temperature does not change
46. Find the voltage running on a series when its electric current is 7 A being impeded by a 13 ohm.
a. 92 V b. 1.86 V c. 0.54 V d. 29 V e. 18. 6 V
47. Who is Georg Simon Ohm?
a. a. He states that an object at rest will remain at rest, an object in motion will remain in motion unless
acted upon by unbalanced force.
b. He states that the force needed to stretch a spring is proportional to the displacement.
c. He proposes the three laws of motion.
d. He states that the current is directly proportional to the potential difference or voltage and inversely
proportional to the resistance.
e. He states that the acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely
proportional to the mass.
48. With the given diagram below, how are series and parallel connections different?

a. They both convert electrical energy to light, heat and sound.

b. Series circuit has two or more pathways while parallel circuit has one pathway.
c. Current is the same anywhere in series, while current splits in parallel.
d. Both are kinds of circuit where electricity passes through.
e. In series, voltage across each pathway equals the voltage supply. In parallel, voltage shared in ratio to resistance.
49. The following diagram shown a _________

a. Parallel circuit
b. Incomplete circuit
c. Series circuit
d. Open circuit
e. switch
50. Why does a circuit need a resistor?
a. To lower down the electric bill.
b. To avoid short circuit connection
c. To prevent no power connection done by agency
d. To make the wire thick and strong.
e. All of the above