0 Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Division of Agusan del Norte
Jabonga District II
BANGONAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
1st
Jabonga, Agusan del Norte
S.Y. 2019 – 20120

Periodical Examination in Science 8 (SY 2019-2020)

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Read and answer the questions carefully.
2. Encircle the letter of your answer.
3. Use any pen with blue or black ink ONLY. Erasures of any kind are NOT allowed.
4. Review your answers properly.
5. Write your name and your grade and section in your questionnaire.

Name: _______________________________________ Grade/Section: _________________________

1. ______________ refers to when a force is equal and 13. The kinetic energy of a more massive object at rest is
opposite. greater than that of a less massive moving object.
A. balanced force C. magnitude A. False C. it depends
B. unbalanced force D. friction B. True D. no relation
2. When one force in a pair is greater than the other, we
call this: 14. A roller coaster climbing the first hill is an example of
A. balanced force C. magnitude A. building kinetic energy
B. unbalanced force D. friction B. building potential energy.
3. He proposed the Three Laws of Motion. C. gravitational forces.
A. Albert Einstein D. nuclear energy.
B. Sir Isaac Newton 15. Of the following units, the one that is a unit of potential
C. Michael Faraday energy is?
D. Marie and Pierre Curie A. Newton C. Meter
4. An object at rest will remain at rest unless an external B. Joule D. Liter
force act on it, this states the 16. A stationary object may have
A. 1st Law of Motion C. 3rd Law of Motion A. potential energy C. kinetic energy
nd
B. 2 Law of Motion D. Law of Acceleration B. velocity D. acceleration
17. What kind of energy is ‘stored’ in the rubber band?
5. The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to A. gravitational potential energy
the magnitude of the net force acting on it and is B. elastic potential energy
inversely proportional to its mass. C. kinetic energy
F F D. work
A. A= C. A= 18. The apparatus use to measure temperature.
d m A. thermometer C. ammeter
B. voltmeter d. thermostat
m 19. The mercury inside the thermometer go up (expand)
B A= . D. A=Fm
F or down (contract) can be explained by
6. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite A. Energy loss C. Thermal loss
reaction”. What Law of Motion? B. Heat loss D. Thermal expansion
A. 1st Law of Motion C. 3rd Law of Motion 20. The amount of heat needed by a material to increase its
nd
B. 2 Law of Motion D. Law of Acceleration temperature by a degree.
7. What is work? A. mass C. thermal expansion
A. force is directly proportional to distance B. temperature D. heat capacity
B. force is inversely proportional to distance 21. What is heat capacity?
C.force and distance are inversely proportional to work A. the amount of temperature needed to increase its
D. None of the above heat energy
8. The waiter carrying a tray while working. B. the amount of heat needed to measure its
A. with work C. it depends temperature
B. without work D. None of the above C. the needed temperature in increasing its
9. Pushing against the wall. temperature by one degree
A. with work C. it depends D. the amount of heat energy needed to increase its
B. without work D. None of the above temperature by one degree
10. Raising a flag during the flag ceremony 22. What is the formula for HEAT?
A. with work C. it depends c
A. Q=mcΔT C. Q=
B. without work D. None of the above mΔT
11. The moving energy.
A. potential energy C. kinetic energy m
B. Q= ΔTmc D. Q=
B. velocity D. acceleration cΔT
12. When work that is done on a body increases its
velocity, then, there is ____________in the kinetic energy 23. As the temperature increases the heat also ___________
of the body. A. increases C. equal
A. increase C. equal B. decreases D. no change
B. decrease D. no change 24. What is the unit for current?
A. volts C. ampere

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 B. ohm D. Joule A. Yes, because thermal expansion applies to solid,
25. The unit for current is named after liquid or gas.
A. Alessandro Volta C. Andre-Marie Ampere B. Yes, because the term thermal expansion will only
B. Georg Simon Ohm D. James Prescott Joule be applicable to mercury
26. What is the unit for Voltage? C. No, because thermal expansion is not an effect of
A. volts C. ampere heat transfer and is only applicable to solid
B. ohm D. Joule D. None of the Above
40. The higher the elevation the longer it takes to reach the
27. The unit for voltage is named after heat capacity of water
A. Alessandro Volta C. Andre-Marie Ampere A. True C. It depends
B. Georg Simon Ohm D. James Prescott Joule B. False D. Not supported
28. What is the unit for Resistance?
A. volts C. ampere
B. ohm D. Joule 41. Which has more heat?
29. The unit for resistancet is named after A. the boiling water at the top of the mountain
A. Alessandro Volta C. Andre-Marie Ampere B. the boiling water at the bottom of the mountain
B. Georg Simon Ohm D. James Prescott Joule C. the same heat energy is measured
30. Greg and Ben were playing in the garden when D. None
suddenly Ben pushes Greg which resulted to Greg 42. If the voltage in the circuit were doubled, what would
moving backwards. What type of force is applied? happen to the current in the circuit?
A. balanced force C. magnitude A. current decreases twice
B. unbalanced force D. friction B. current also doubled
31. A force of 10 N is acting on an object of mass 10 kg. C. current decreases 4 times
What is the acceleration produced in it? D. current is not affected
A. 1m/s2 C. 100 m/s2 43. In series connection, the total voltage is equal to the
B. 1m/s D. 100 m/s sum of the voltages across each load.
32. Which of these best describes the concept of inertia? A. True C. either of both A and B
A. A force that attracts objects with mass B. False D. Not determined
B. The tendency of an object to float in water 44. Which statement regarding Ohm's Law is correct?
C. A force created when surfaces are in contact A. When resistance increases in a circuit with a specific
D. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion potential difference then current must also increase
33. No work is done if the force you exert does not make B. Increasing the resistance in a circuit always decreases
the object move. the potential difference across it
C. If resistance is kept constant, potential difference
A. False, because the object in which you applied your
changes directly with changes in current
force is stationary. D. An electrical conductor's resistance depends on the
B. False, because there is work done when a person potential difference it experiences
applied a force to an object. 45. If two forces are acting on an object they are equal in
C. True, because the amount of force you exerted is not magnitude
enough to move the object. A. and equal in direction C. cancel each other
D. True, because the force that you exerted must have a B. and in opposite direction D. none of the above
corresponding result which is the distance which is 46. A boy is carrying a bucket of water of mass 5 Kg. If he
parallel to the force applied. does 500 J of work, to what height will he raise it?
34. Work is done when A. 9.2 m C. 10.2 m
A. force is applied to an object B. 9.4 m D. 10.4 m
B. the movement of the object is measureable 48. A car is moving with the velocity of 10 m/s and is
C. the direction of the force and distance is having mass of 250 Kg. Calculate its Kinetic energy?
perpendicular A. 12200 J C. 12400 J
D. the direction of the force and the direction of the B. 12300 J D. 12500 J
motion is parallel to each other 49. A fruit hangs from a tree and is about to fall to the
35. Which form of energy does the flowing water possess? ground of 10 meters height. It has a potential energy of
A. kinetic energy C. electrical energy 22.5 J. Calculate the mass of the fruit.
B. potential energy D. gravitational energy A. 0.249 kg C. 0.229 kg
36. The P.E. of a body at a certain height is 200 J. The B. 0.239 kg D. 0.329 kg
kinetic energy possessed by it when it just touches the 50. An axle is too large to fit into the hole in a wheel that is
surface of the earth is made of the same metal. How can the axle be made to fit
A. > P.E C. = P.E into the hole.
B. < P.E D. cannot be known A. by heating the wheel alone
37. A car on the parking lot. B. by cooling both the axle and the wheel
A. kinetic energy C. electrical energy C. by cooling the axle alone
B. potential energy D. gravitational energy D. by heating both the axle and the wheel
38. An object gains energy when raised from the ground 51. The amount of heat required to raise the temperature
and loses energy when made to fall. of a unit __________of a material by 10C is called its heat
A. force energy capacity.
B. magnetism energy A. Volume B. Mass
C. elastic potential energy C. Weight D .Density
D. gravitational potential energy 52. Why does the temperature of the ocean not fluctuating
39. The mercury inside the tube expands or contracts in as much as the temperature of sand?
response to a change in temperature. A. Water has higher heat capacity.
B. Neither of these answers are correct.

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 C. Both of these answers are correct. 55. A piece of wire connected to a 6V cell has a current of 1.5A
D. The mass of the ocean is greater flowing through it. What is the resistance of the wire?
53. Two bulbs are connected and plugged to the outlet as A. 9 ohms B. 6 ohms C. 4 ohms D. 12 ohms
shown in the figure. Both bulbs have the same
A. current C. resistance
B. voltage D. voltage and current Prepared by: TREXIA B. AUTIDA
54. What is the voltage difference across a piece of wire of
resistance 100 Ω with a current of 2A
Checked by: DEMINDA A. SANCHEZ
A. 5 volts B. 200 volts C. 2 volts D. 500 volts

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