FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 8

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Acceleration is _________proportional to the net force acting on the body and_____________proportional to its mass.
A. inversely, directly B. directly, inversely C. the same, opposite D. opposite, the same

2. What force of the ground that can make you walk?

A. the ground pushes you upward C. the ground pushes you downward
B. the ground pushes you backward D. the ground pushes you forward

3. The coin drop on a glass after flicking it quickly. What law of motion shows in the situation?
A. law of interaction B. law of reaction C. law of inertia D. law of acceleration

4. It refers to the size and strength of a force.

A. magnitude B. line of action C. point of application D. direction

5. One of the innovations in the modern generation is the sports car used by the racers. What law of motion embodied in
the making of sports car?
A. law of interaction B. law of reaction C. law of inertia D. law of acceleration

6. The boy able to land on a port after he jumps from the boat. Where did the action force come from?
A. boat B. boy C. water D. port

7. Which of the following objects possesses greater inertia?

A. a 50kg rice C. a 25 kg cement
B. a 30kg table D. a 10 kg wood

8. Examine the figure below. How much is the net force or unbalanced force acting on an object?

18 N 10N

A. 10N B. 15 N C. 14 N D. 8N

9. How can you describe an object at rest when unbalanced force is acting on it?
A. it will not move C. it will move at constant velocity
B. it will move D. it changes its direction

10. Objects will tend to move at different velocity or will stay at rest. Why is it that an object will continue to move at a
constant speed or will remain at rest?
A. Because of friction C. Because there is no unbalanced force acting on it
B. Because there is no force acting on it D. Because there is no balanced force acting on it

11. In which activity illustrates that there is a work done?

A. A boy pushing a wall C. A girl sitting on the floor
B. A teacher speaking in front of the students D. A mother pushing a grocery cart
12. Which of the following scenario requires more power?
A. more work, more time C. less work, less time
B. less work, more time D. more work, less time
13. In the situations below, which of them best describe potential energy?
A. A book on the table B. A rolling toy C. The girl singing D. The boy eating

14. What kind of energy is acting on a moving object?

A. mechanical energy B. potential energy C. radiant energy D. kinetic energy

15. How much work is done when a block of wood is lifted with a force of 10 N to a height of 4m?
A. 2 J B. 4 J C. 10 J D. 40 J

16. Work is done if the object you push moves a distance in the direction parallel to the force you applied. Why is it that
the boy pushing a wall is considered as no work done?
A. Because the boy did not exerted force
B. The boy exerted force but there is no displacement of an object where force applied
C. The force exerted by a boy is not parallel to the movement of the object
D. There is no force applied but the object is moving

17. In what kind of wave do the sound propagates?

A. longitudinal wave B. transverse wave C. surface wave D. electromagnetic wave

18. Which of the following can sound travel slowest?

A. solid B. liquid C. gas D. plasma

19. When sound propagates in air where the temperature with altitude, which of the following sounds bends?
A. Towards the hotter region B. Towards the cooler and hotter region
B. Towards the hotter and cooler region C. Towards the cooler region

20. What characteristic of sound that refers to multiple reflections or echoes in a certain place?
A. Echoes B. Reflection C. Refraction D. reverberation

21. How does sound propagate?

A. Through a medium C. Propagate transversely
B. Through a vacuum D. propagate electromagnetically

22. People are fun of attending concerts as their entertainment. Why open field concerts are generally held during
nighttime?
A. Because majority of the people especially nearby places can attend to the concert
B. Because there is no work during nighttime
C. Because audience will not expose to extreme of the sun
D. During nighttime, earth’s surface is hotter than the atmosphere makes the sound travels towards the ground
direct to the audience

23. Which color registered the highest frequency and the shortest wavelength?
A. red, violet B. violet, violet C. red, red D. blue, violet

24. Which color has the most energy?

A. blue B. yellow C. red D. violet

25. When light strikes objects like prism, what will appear?
A. Rainbow colors appear. C. Only red color hits the prism.
B. White light enters a prism. D. The blue color appears at the top of the red light.
26. One of the properties of light is it exhibits refraction or bending of light. It is said that angle of incidence is
always___________the angle of refraction.
A. less than B. equal C. greater than D. both a and c

27. What do you call a bending of light when it travels from one medium to another of different optical densities?
A. dispersion B. refraction C. diffraction D. compression

28. How are the different colors of rainbow appear?

A. When the white light passes through an opaque object
B. When the white light passes through a vacuum
C. When the white light passes through a prism with different indices
D. When the white light is heated for several hours

29. Why the pencil on the glass with water appears to be broken?
A. The pencil will naturally break physically if it touches water
B. The light bends when it passes a denser medium from a less dense medium
C. The light bends as it passes to a medium with the same density
D. The pencil appears to be broken when light passes into it

30. Why there is hierarchy of colors of the rainbow?

A. because of the size of the colors
B. because all colors has the same frequencies
C. because each color has its own properties
D. because of the difference in energy that corresponds to frequency and its wavelength

31. It is the transfer of energy between objects or places because of difference in temperature or simply “energy in
transit”.
A. Temperature B. Heat C. Heat capacity D. Power

32. What happens if two objects at different temperature are touching?

A. Heat moves from the warmer object to the cooler object.
B. Heat move from the cooler object to the warmer object.
C. Heat moves to the warmer object.
D. No heat transfer takes place.

33. How is temperature of the medium related to the speed of sound?

A. The speed of sound is faster as it encounters a hotter media
B. The speed of sound is slower as it encounters a hotter media
C. The speed of sound is not affected by the temperature of the medium
D. As the temperature changes with altitude, the speed of sound remains the same

34. Water was becoming ice as it placed in a freezer for a couple of days. You get the ice from the freezer and you put it
in a container. Why does the ice inside the container melt after sometime?
A. The particles of ice lose the kinetic energy after exposing at room temperature
B. The ice melts because the heat from the surrounding was absorbed by ice
C. The ice melts because it gives of heat to the surrounding
D. The particles of ice become closer to each other

35. Bulbs A and B are connected in series, what happens to bulb A when bulb B is busted?
A. both bulbs are busted B. both bulbs light up C. bulb A will not light D. bulb A still light up
36. Several electrical appliances have their own fuses install. Which of these BEST describe the function of fuse for any
electrical appliances?
A. To protect the appliance from overheating.
B. To prolong the uses of any electrical devices.
C. Prevents the appliances from being damage in case of any overload or short in circuit.
D. To avoid short circuit.

37. It is an arrangement of a source energy (battery), connecting wires, and a load (bulbs).
A. voltage B. electric current C. circuit D. resistance

38. How can you differentiate series from parallel circuit?

A. In a series circuit, loads are connected to form a single pathway while parallel circuit has separate pathways for
each load.
B. In a series circuit, loads are connected to form a single pathway while parallel circuit has no pathways for each
load.
C. In a parallel circuit, loads are connected to form a single pathway while series circuit has separate pathways for
each load.
D. Both series and parallel circuit, loads are connected to form a single pathway.

39. Why in parallel circuit bulb are brighter than bulbs in series circuit
A. Total current is divided C. Total current is the same
B. Total current is multiplied D. Total current is subtracted

40. Why are home appliances should be connected in parallel?

A. To run-on the appliances
B. Electrical devices operate in the same line of voltage and to avoid short circuit
C. Electrical devices at home form two or more pathways for current to flow
D. To save electrical energy
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ANSWER KEY
1. B
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.D
6.B
7.A
8.D
9.B
10.C
11.D
12.D
13.A
14.D
15.D
16.B
17.A
18.A
19.A
20.D
21.A
22.D
23.B
24.A
25.A
26.C
27.B
28.C
29.B
30.D
31.B
32.A
33.A
34.B
35.C
36.C
37.C
38.A
39.C
40.B

Prepared by:

ALMA A. GANTOY