LLORENTE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Llorente, Eastern Samar

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAM IN G8- SCIENCE

DIRECTION: Select the best answer from the choices given. Write the letter of the correct answer
only on your answer sheet.

1. a girl pulling a cart is an example of __________

a. no work done on an object c. no energy expended on an object
b. work done on the object d. no power done on an object
2. Which of the following statements describe Newton’s Second Law of Motion?
a. An object that is acted upon by balanced external force will change its motion or its
velocity.
b. The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force
acting on it and is inversely proportional to its mass.
c. An object that is acted upon by balanced force will accelerate.
d. The acceleration of an object is indirectly proportional to the magnitude of the net force
and proportional to its mass.
3. It acts on all objects on earth’s surface and causes them to accelerate when released.
a. Force b. velocity c. speed d. gravity
4. A lunch box resting on the surface of the arm chair. Examine the following forces acting on the
situation.
1. The force of the earth pulling on the lunch box
2. The force of the lunch box pushing on the earth.
3. The force of the lunch box pushing on the armchair.
4. The force of the arm chair pulling on the lunch box.
Which of the forces in the situation above is “action-reaction pair” that explains Newton’s third law?
a. 1and2 b. 1 and 3 c. 3 and 4 d. 3 and 2
5. Among the statements below, distinguish the Newton’s First law of Motion:
a. an object that is acted upon by balanced external forces will change its motion and
velocity.
b. an object will stay at rest or move at constant velocity unless an unbalanced external
force will change acts on it.
c. the greater the body’s mass, the lesser will be its inertia.
d. an object that is acted upon by balanced external force will accelerate.
6. Which of the following statements is correct?
a. as the mass of the object increases with the same amount of force, its acceleration
decreases .
b. as the mass of the object increases of different amount of force, its acceleration increases.
c. as the mass of the object decreases with the same amount of force its acceleration also
decreases.
d. as the mass of the object increases with the same amount of forces applied, its
acceleration also increases.
7. It is a push or pull acting upon an object as a result of its interaction with another object.
a. motion b. force c. friction d. speed
8. In the case of a circular motion, the whirling objects accelerate not due to the change in the speed
but –
a. the change in force c. the change in application
b. the change in the direction of velocity d. the change in the line of action
9. Which of the following describes action-reaction forces?
a. two forces act along the same line c. action acts on two forces at the same time
b. two forces are not equal in size. D. action acts on one object, while reaction on
another object.
10. If you hang a stone with a string and cut the string with a pair of scissors, what will cause the
stone’s motion?
a. the cutting of the string c. a balanced force
b. its acceleration d. due to the force of gravity.
11. When you give the can a push, it rolled over a farther distance on its side than when it was in an
upright position before coming to a stop – why?
a. the rolling can was empty
 b. the rolling can met less friction than the moving upright can.
c. the rolling can met greater friction than the moving upright can.
d. the rolling can has less mass and greater friction.
12. Which of the following statements supports forces on a balanced state?
1. Two forces are equal in size
2, Two forces acts in the same line
3. Two forces act upon the same object.
4. Two forces have the same line of action
a. 1 and 4 b. 2 and 3 c. 2 and 4 d. 3 and 4
13. If energy can be transferred, what happens to the energy of the one doing work and to the
object on which work is done?
a. The one doing work gains energy and object loses energy.
b. The one doing work loses energy and the object in which work is done gains energy.
c. The one doing work and the object gains energy
d. The one doing work and the object lose energy.
14. The rate of doing work or the rate of using energy is known as –
a. stored energy b. power c. time d. work
15. What is the factor to be considered in the rule “the higher the temperature, the greater is the
speed of the moving particles,”?
a. time and temperature c. height and temperature
b. time and heat d. temperature and amount of particles
16. Which of the illustrations below is an example of “no work done on an object?”

a.

b.

c.

d.
17. Suppose a boy and a girl are pulling a heavy cabinet at the same time with 10 units of force each
and with the same direction of force, what is the net force acting on the object?
a. 20 units b. 40 units c. 15 units d. 30 units
18. When work is done on an object –
a. it loses energy c. it gains energy
b. it decreases energy d. it increases energy
19. The energy of an object above the ground has the potential to do work once released. Why?
a. because it is a stored energy c. because it has an energy in motion
b. because it has the force applied d. because it is a stored energy
20. Work is done in all of the following except –
a. pushing a locked door c. walking through a revolving door
b. raising a window d. climbing a stairs
21. If energy can be transferred, what happens to the energy of the one doing work?
a. the one doing work gains energy and the object where work is done loses energy.
b. the one doing work and the object loses energy
c. the one doing work loses energy and the object where work is applied gains energy.
d. the one doing work and the object gain energy.
22. a pile of newspaper on the floor has a mass of 1 kg. If it is lifted from the floor to the top shelf
which is 2 m from the floor, what is the work done?
a. 18.6 J b. 9.8 J c. 19.6 J d. 9.6 J
23. Look at the illustration below, what is transferred from the ball to the empty plastic bottle?

a. force of the ball c. energy of the ball

b. motion of the plastic bottle d. force of the plastic bottle
24. Which of the following factors is correct to get the POWER output?
a. height and mass b. mass and time c. time and energy d. mass and energy
25. A phase change when solid is changed into liquid due to heating –
a. condensation b. evaporation c. melting d. freezing
for Items 26-28:

Lukewarm
Cold water Tap water
water Hot water

Container A Container B Container C Container D

26. If liquid juice is to be dropped on the container simultaneously, in which container will it exhibit
the fastest scattering of the juice particles?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 1
27. What explains the observation in question 26?
a. the lower the temperature of water, the greater the speed of the particle
b. the higher the temperature of water, the lesser the speed of the particles
c. the higher the temperature of water, the greater the speed of the moving particles
d. the slowest the temperature, the faster the speed of the particles.
28. In which container did the juice particles scatters the slowest?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
29. This is used either to break the bonds between molecules or to rearrange the molecules without
any change in temperature
a. power b. time c. heat d. energy
30. Which of the examples below possesses an elastic potential energy?
a. running man c. rolling cart
b. a book on the table d. stretched rubber band
31. The flow of heat energy is from ______________
a. cooler to hooter c. hotter to cooler
b. hot to hottest d. cool to cooler
32. When solid is transformed to liquid, what changes in Kinetic energy happens?
a. kinetic energy increase c. kinetic energy disappears
b. kinetic energy decreases d. no change in kinetic energy
33. Ice placed in a container melts after sometime because . . .
a. heat from the surrounding’s is higher and absorbed by the ice in high temperature
b. heat from the surrounding’s is lower and absorbed by the ice in high temperature
c. heat from the surrounding is higher and absorbed by the ice to lower temperature
d. heat from the surrounding and temperature of the ice is the same
34. What type of electric connection provides more than one path of current?
a. parallel b. series – parallel c. series d. complex
35. To reduce your electrical bill_________________
a. make use of limited appliances
b. turn off appliances when not in use.
c. put off main switch during the day.
d. connect appliances in series.
36. Three bulbs which are in parallel will always have the same ____________
a. current b. voltage c. power d. resistance
37. Which of the following is true affecting the flow of current or charges?
a. the current or charges
b. the flow of current from negative to positive terminal
c. the length, thickness of the conducting wire
d. the number of bulbs
38. A student in electricity was asked to connect an ammeter but not available, what could be an
alternative way to measure the current?
a. compare the brightness of the bulb
b. apply the series connections
c. unplug other connections
d. apply the parallel connections
39. During the laboratory activity in science, students were asked to demonstrate a parallel
connection, they would –
a. prepare a battery with wire connecting from negative to positive terminal
b. connect the wire in only one path with one bulb
c. provide load branches and provide a separate path for charges to flow
d. turn off bulbs to form a single pathway.
40. Why do wires heat up when there is too much current?
a. the higher the current passing through the wire, the more collision between the electrons
b. electrons flow in an open circuit collide causing the wire to heat up.
c. the lower the electron will flow in a closed circuit collide with the atom of the conducting
wire.
d. current encounters very little resistance and causing the wire to heat up.
41. Which of the following medium is a better carrier of sound?
a. wood-air b. wire-metal c. water-metal d. air-metal
42. It is a change in speed of sound when it encounters a medium of different density –
a. reverberation b. refraction c. wavelength d. rarefaction
43. Why are open-field-concerts usually held during night time not during daytime?
a. speed of sound is neutral
b. sound travels faster in hotter media
c. sound is clearer
d. a chance for everyone to see and enjoy because it’s a free time.
44. If you count the number of compressions passing by a certain point in one second, you are able
to determine the –
a. wavelength b. frequency c. transverse waves d. pressure
45. If you run toward a source of sound of frequency f, will the boy hear a sound of frequency
higher, lower or equal to f?
a. equal b. higher c. lower d. none of this
46. Sound flow strongly in –
a. solid and liquid b. liquid and gas c. solid and gas d. gas only
47. The acceleration of an object is inversely proportional to:
a. The net force acting on it.
b. Its position
c. Its velocity
d. Its mass
48. Four light bulbs are connected in parallel, if one bulb is busted, _____________
a. the second bulb is busted but the other two bulbs continue to light.
b. all the remaining bulbs are busted.
c. the three remaining bulbs continue to light.
d. the remaining bulbs flicker on and off.
49. It is the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another of different optical
densities –
a. wavelength b. refraction c. dispersion d. spectrum
50. 8. Action – reaction forces are ______
a. Equal in magnitude and point in the same direction.
b. Unequal magnitude, point in the same direction
c. Equal in magnitude but point in opposite direction.
d. Unequal magnitude point in opposite direction.

GOODLUCK!!!

Prepared by:
G8 Science Teachers