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FIRST QUARTERLY EXAM IN SCIENCE 8
EXAM QUESTIONAIRE
Teacher: Alyssa Mae F. Dapadap, LPT
I.Shade the letter that corresponds to the best
answer. Use the separate answer sheet to record
your answers
1. Susan and Sean are in identical cars.
Susan ascends a mountain via a short,
steep trail (labeled A below). Sean ascends
the same mountain via a long, gentle trail
(labeled B below). Which of the following
statements is true?
A. Susan gains more gravitational potential
energy than Sean.
B. Susan gains less gravitational potential
energy than Sean.
C. Susan gains the same gravitational
potential energy as Sean.
D. To compare gravitational potential
energies, we must know the lengths of
the two trails.
2. A 20-ton truck collides with a 1500-lb car
and causes a lot of damage to the car.
Since a lot of damage is done on the car
A. force on truck is greater than force on
the car.
B. force on the truck is equal to the force
on the car
C. force on the truck is smaller than the
force on the car.
D. the truck did not slow down during the
collision.
3. An object of mass m sits on a flat table.
The Earth pulls on this object with force mg,
which we will call the action force. What is
the reaction force?
A. The table pushing up on the object with
force mg.
B. The object pushing down on the table
with force mg.
C. The table pushing down on the floor with
force mg.
D. The object pulling upward on the Earth
with force mg.
4. A child's toy is suspended from the ceiling
by means of a string. The Earth pulls
downward on the toy with its weight force of
8.0 N. If this is the "action force," what is
the "reaction force"?
A. The string pulling up on the toy with an
8N force.
B. The ceiling pulling up on the string with
an 8N force.
C. The string pulling down on the ceiling
with an 8N force.
D. The toy pulling up on the Earth with an
8N force.
5. According to Newton's __________ law of
motion, an object with less mass will
experience a greater acceleration if a
constant force is applied to the object.
A. first B. second C. third D. fourth
6. Which object has more inertia and why? A
bowling ball at rest or a high-speed soccer
ball?
A. Soccer ball. Because it is moving with a
high velocity.
B. Soccer ball. Because it has a greater
volume than the bowling ball.
C. Bowling ball. Because it is not moving.
D. Bowling ball. Because it is more
massive.
7. Which of Newton's laws best explains why
motorists should buckle-up?
A. first B. second C. third D. gravitation
8. The acceleration due to gravity is lower on
the Moon than on Earth. Which of the
following is true about the mass and weight
of an astronaut on the Moon's surface,
compared to Earth?
A. Mass is less, weight is same.
 B. Mass is same, weight is less.
C. Both mass and weight are less.
D. Both mass and weight are the same.
9. An object sits on a flat table. The Earth
pulls on this object with force mg, which we
will call the action force. What is the
reaction force?
A. The table pushing up on the object with
force mg.
B. The object pushing down on the table
with force mg.
C. The table pushing down on the floor with
force mg.
D. The object pulling upward on the Earth
with force mg.
10. Which of the following shows work done?
A. holding a book
B. pushing a wall
C. sleeping
D. pushing a car at a certain distance
11. What medium does the sound travels
faster?
A. Solid B. Liquid C. Gas D. Vacuum
12. Why is it difficult to walk on any oily floor?
A. Because the floor gets spoiled
B. Because there is more resistance
C. Because of force of friction is high
D. Because force of friction is low
13. Which of the following is the accurate
reason why the sole of the shoes becomes
plain after wearing it over a month?
A. Due to friction
B. Due to no friction
C. Sole is of bad quality
D. None of the above
II. Math Problems
14. What is the use of lubricants?
A. Increases friction
B. Reduces friction
C. Used to light fire
D. Used to put off fire
15. Which of the following statements indicates
the best way to increase power?
A. increase the amount of work done
in a given time, or do a given
amount of work in less time
B. increase the amount of work done
in a given time, or do a given
amount of work in more time
C. decrease the amount of work done
in a given time, or do a given
amount of work in less time
D. decrease the amount of work done
in a given time, or do a given
amount of work in more time
16. When you speak to a friend on the
telephone, the vibrations caused by your
voice are
A. recorded as small pits on the surface
of a plastic disc
B. transmitted directly as sound waves
to the other person
C. transmitted by the vibrations of the
telephone wire
D. converted into electrical signals and
sent through wires
17. Which best explains the relationship
between the speed of sound and the
medium through which it passes?
A. sound travels faster in solids
because of the increased distance
between solid particles
B. sounds travels faster in air because
of the decreased distance between
air particles
C. sound travels slower in air because
of the increased distance between
air particles
D. sound travels slower in solids
because of the decreased distance
between solid particles
18. Josephine adds thicker strings to her guitar.
What does that do?
A. it prevents the guitar from using air
particles to transfer the sound
B. it changes the number of strings on
the guitar
C. it changes the vibrations made by
the guitar
D. it prevents the guitar from making
sounds
19. Which requires more power? Lifting a box
with a 20 N force at a height of 4 m in 1
minute or pushing a box at 4m with a force
of 200N in 2minutes? Do not forget your
conclusion.
20. Calculate the kinetic energy of a 0.5kg golf
ball travelling at:
a. 20m/s b. 50 m/s
21. Oxygen has a boiling point of 90.19 K. What
is the temperature in Fahrenheit
22. The average surface temperature on Mars
is -63 C. What is the temperature in
Fahrenheit
23. Compare the speed of sound of rubber at
25 C and Speed of sound of iron at 25 C.
24. A thunder was heard by Justine exactly at
3.6 seconds after a lightning flash assuming
 that the temperature of the air was equal to
30 C, How far was the lightning?

III. ESSAY: Write a 150 word essay based on the

given prompt/scenario. It will be graded based on
the rubric below:

Content- 50 %
Grammar- 25%
Organization- 25%

25. Suppose an audience watching a science

fiction movie hears a loud roar as a
spaceship explodes in outer space.
Why is this scene unrealistic?