Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
Division of Capiz
Roxas City

SINAMONGAN INTEGRATED SCHOOL

Sinamongan, Pilar, Capiz

1st Quarter Summative Exam

Grade 8 Science

Directions: Please select the letter of your best answer. Write your answer in a separate paper.

1. Which is NOT a unit of force?

A. Dyne B. Joules C. Newton D. Pound
2. What refers to how large or strong is the force?
A. magnitude B. line of action C. velocity of the object D. direction of the force
3. What force is always directed opposite to the motion of an object?
A. Friction B. Gravitational C. Magnetic D. Tension
4. What force pulls an object back to the Earth?
A. Applied B. Gravitational C. Magnetic D. Tension
5. Which surface would be easiest for a bicycle to move?
A. Sand B. Grass C. Muddy road D. Concrete road
6. What type of forces holds between two celestial bodies like the Sun and Earth?
A. Applied B. Gravitational C. Magnetic D. Tension
7. What force acts perpendicular to the surface of the object in contact with?
A. Applied B. Gravitational C. Normal D. Tension
8. Two people pull on a rope in a tug-of-war. Each pull with a 300 N force. What is the net force?
A. 0 N B. 300 N C. 600 N D. 900 N
9. Planet Jupiter has a bigger mass than the Earth. If you were able to travel to planet Jupiter, what
happens to your weight?
A. increases B. decreases C. stays the same D. varies with day and night
10. What is the net force in the figure below?

A. 1 N, to the left B. 1 N, to the right C. 11 N, to the left D. 11 N, to the right

11. Who formulated the Three Laws of Motion?
A. Aristotle B. Isaac Newton C. Thomas Edison D. Alexander Graham Bell
12. Which has more mass, a kilogram of cotton or a kilogram of iron?
A. the iron C. they both have the same mass
B. the cotton D. cannot be determined from the given information
13. Which has the greatest inertia?
A. airplane B. car C. jeepney D. bike
14. Which of these vehicles moving at the same velocity is difficult to stop?
A. a bus B. a car C. a train D. a truck
15. All of the following apply the third law of motion EXCEPT____________.
A. kicking a ball C. throwing a stone
B. rowing a banca D. taking out ketchup from a bottle
16. Which of the following statements are true?
I. Action and reaction forces occur in pair.
II. Action and reaction forces act on the same object.
III. Action and reaction forces can occur one at a time.
IV. Action and reaction forces have the same magnitude.
A. I and II C. II and III
B. I and IV D. II and IV
17. Which Newton's law explains when a man is pushed forward in the car as it stops?
A. 1st law B. 2nd law C. 3rd law D. 2nd and 3rd laws
18. In Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted upon by a net force will _____?
A. accelerates C. eventually come to a stop
B. change its velocity D. continue moving at constant velocity
19. What Newton’s law of motion requires the use of seat belt in cars?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Interaction D. Law of Universal Gravitation
20. A guava with a mass of 0.200 kg has a weight of ___________.
A. 0.200 N C. 4.50 N
B. 1.96 N D. 10.0 N
21. The following situations demonstrate potential energy EXCEPT:
A. a bullet fired from a gun C. a car parked at the top of a hill
B. a child at the top of a slide D. river water at the top of a waterfall
22. The potential energy is the energy an object has due to its __________.
A. mass B. motion C. position D. weight
23. The following conditions exhibits kinetic energy EXCEPT:
A. water inside a glass C. running athlete on the field
B. rolling stone from the hill D. dancing kids in the living room of the house
24. Which of the following quantities, when doubled, has the greatest effect on the amount of kinetic
energy?
A. mass B. size C. speed D. weight
25. If a green ball is higher from the ground than a yellow ball and both have the same mass, which ball
has more potential energy?
A. green ball B. yellow ball C. both has the same PE D. both has the same KE
26. Which of the following factors does not affect the amount of potential energy of an object?
A. gravity B. height C. mass D. speed
27. Which happens to kinetic energy if mass is doubled?
A. doubled B. the same C. tripled D. quadrupled
28. Potential energy is the energy of an object based on its ___________.
A. height and mass C. speed and height
B. mass and speed D. weight and speed
29. Where does a car on a hill have the greatest potential energy?
A. top of the hill C. halfway down the hill
B. bottom of the hill D. it has the same potential energy at all points
30. Kinetic energy is the energy an object possessed due to its ___________.
A. mass B. motion C. position D. weight
31. Which of the following factors does the speed of sound depend?
A. density B. elasticity C. temperature D. all of the above

32. An echo occurs when a sound wave is __________.

A. absorbed B. reflected C. refracted D. transmitted
33. What happens to the speed of sound as the temperature increases?
A. constant B. decreases C. increases D. cannot be determined
34. Which phenomenon explains why sound is heard at longer distances at night than in day?
A. echolocation B. reflection C. refraction D. reverberation
35. How fast does sound travel if the air temperature is 20 0C?
A. 334 m/s B. 340 m/s C. 343 m/s D. 345 m/s
36. Which of the following is true about the effect of air temperature on the speed of sound?
A. The lower the temperature the faster the speed.
B. The higher the temperature the faster the speed.
C. The higher the temperature the slower the speed.
D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound.
37. What is the relationship of temperature to the speed of sound?
A. equal B. no relationship C. directly proportional D. inversely proportional
38. Sound travels faster through warm materials than cold materials because __________.
A. warm particles move slowly C. warm particles are moving quickly
B. gas particles are packed tightly D. sound does not travel faster through a warm substance
39. Ships use echolocation to measure the __________.
A. size of fish C. depth of water
B. area of ocean D. density of water
40.When the direction of a wave changes as it passes from one medium to another, it is called
A. density B. echo C. reflection D. refraction
41. Which has the least energy among the colors of a rainbow?
A. green B. orange C. red D. violet
42. Violet is bent most among the seven colors because it has the ___________.
A. highest frequency C. longest wavelength
B. lowest frequency D. shortest wavelength
43. Which of the following can separate white light into seven colors?
A. box B. cellphone C. paper D. prism
44. Nina sent an arrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result, she observed the light
dispersing into ___.
A. four colors B. three colors C. five colors D. seven colors
45. Rainbows are formed through ______.
I. dispersion
II. reflection
III. refraction
A. I only B. I and II C. III only D. I, II and III
46. What can prisms do?
A. Change sunlight into a single color.
B. Invert a light ray’s frequency and wavelength.
C. Separate the incoming light into its constituent colors.
D. Slow down light to few meters per second, when used back to back.
47. For visible light, which property changes with color?
I. frequency
II. period
III. wavelength
A. III only B. I and II C. I and III D. I, II, and III
48. Which of the following colors has the highest energy?
A. orange B. red C. violet D. yellow
49. What refers to the bending of light as it passes from one medium into another?
A. frequency B. reflection C. refraction D. wavelength
50. Which of the following arrangements of visible light colors shows decreasing wavelength?
A. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
B. red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo
C. violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow
D. violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, yellow, red
51. Who introduced the absolute temperature scale?
A. Andres Celsius C. William Rankine
B. Gabriel Fahrenheit D. William Thompson
52. Which expands the greatest when heated at the same temperature?
A. gas B. solid C. liquid D. all expand equally
53. A substance releases heat without changing its temperature whenever it is ___________.
A. melting and boiling C. melting and condensing
B. boiling and condensing D. freezing and condensing
54. A change in 10K corresponds to _______.
A. -263ºC B. -263Cº C. 10Cº D. 10ºC
55. Why is sand hotter than water at daytime but colder at night?
A. Sand is solid, while water is liquid. C. Sand has a lower specific heat than water.
B. Sand and water have equal specific heats. D. Sand has higher specific heat than water.
56. What happens to water when its temperature reaches 4ºC?
A. It becomes denser. C. Its volume will reduce.
B. It becomes less dense. D. Its volume will not change.
57. What is the absolute zero temperature?
A. -273ºC B. -32ºF C. 0ºC D. 273K
58. What happens to the temperature if more heat is added to a sample of boiling water in the stove at
1 atm?
A. decreases B. increases C. remains the same D. increases then decreases
59. Dry ice has a temperature of -110.2ºF. What would its temperature be on the Celsius scale?
A. -711.0 B. -198.0 C. -142.2 D. -79.0
60.Temperature of a body measures the molecular_______.
A. average kinetic energy
B. average potential energy
C. differences in kinetic energy
D. differences in potential energy

As we embark on a new beginning, let us all be grateful.

Happy New Year😊

- Sir Eries

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Grade & Subject 8 SCIENCE Quarter: 1st Quarter Summative Test

Duration (Hours)

No. of Questions
COGNITIVE PROCESS Test Item
Learning Competencies DIMENSION Placement

Rememberin

Understand

Evaluating
%

Analyzing
Applying

Creating
ing
g
The learners should be able
to…

Investigate the
relationship between the
amount of force applied
1 and the mass of the 4 16.67 10       5  5 1—10
object to the amount of
change in the object's
motion
Infer when a body exerts
a force on another, an
2 4 16.67 10       5 5   11—20
equal amount of force is
exerted back on it
Identify and explain the
factors that affect
3 4 16.67 10     5   5   21—30
potential and kinetic
energy
Investigate the effect of
4 temperature to the speed 4 16.67 10   5   5     31—40
of sound
Explain the hierarchy of
5 colors to the energy of 4 16.67 10 5   5       41—50
visible light
Differentiate between
6 heat and temperature at 4 16.67 10       5 5   51—60
the molecular level
TOTAL 24 100 60 5 5 10 20 15 5 60

Prepared by: Noted:

ERIES D. ISIDERIO ARNOLD B. ANI

Subject Teacher Principal II