DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN SCIENCE 8

SY 2022-2023

Instructions: Read each question carefully and shade the correct answer in the
answer sheet provided to you. Do not write anything on this test questionnaire.

1. What type of force that causes a change in motion?

A. Balanced
B. Friction
C. Tension
D. Unbalanced

2. Which of the following Newton’s law of motion best explains why it is necessary
to fasten one’s seat belt in a vehicle or aircraft?
A. The First Law
B. The Second Law
C. The Third Law
D. The Law of Gravity

3. What is the net force acting on a 5kg crate that is accelerating at 3m/s2?
A. 10N
B. 15N
C. 20N
D. 25N

4. A ball falls from height of a tower. Which of the following statement is true?
A. The potential energy of the ball is conserved as it falls
B. The kinetic energy of the ball is conserved as it falls
C. The difference between the potential energy and kinetic energy
is constant as the ball falls
D. The sum of kinetic and potential energy of the ball is constant

5. You are drinking bottled water and suddenly it knocked off on your desk.
At what point where the bottle has the highest kinetic energy?
A. At the highest of the fall
B. In the middle of the fall
C. At the bottom of the fall
D. None of the above

6. 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

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 7. On decreasing the temperature, what happen to the speed of sound in air?
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Does not change
D. First increase then become constant

8. Which of the densities shows the bending of light rays as they pass obliquely
from one medium to another.
A. Diffraction
B. Dispersion
C. Transmission
D. Refraction

9. Why electrical wires are covered with insulating material

A. It is expensive and ductile
B. It lowers cooling cost to preserve the wire materials
C. To prevent accidental contact with other conductors of electricity
D. To preserve the wire materials

10. How many new 1.5 dry cells can you connect to a 9 V lamp to obtain the
brightest lamp without destroying the lamp?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 6

11. Why does current flow from the opposite direction of electrons?
A. The negatively charged electrons move in the direction opposite the
electric field.
B. The particles that carry charge through wires in a circuit are mobile
electrons
C. The electric field direction within the circuit is pushed
D. The electron flow in the direction opposite to the field

12. A simple relationship can be made between a tank of water and a voltage
supply. The higher the water tank above the outlet the greater the pressure
of the water as more energy is released.
A. The higher the voltage the lesser the potential energy
B. The higher the voltage the greater the potential energy as more
electrons are released.
C. The higher the voltage the lesser the kinetic energy as more electrons
are released
D. The lesser the voltage the lesser the potential energy as more
electrons are released

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 13. In a parallel circuit which of the following is the same value of throughout
the circuit?
A. Voltage
B. Current
C. Resistance
D. Charge

14. Which of the following you should do if someone is shocked electrically?

A. Check for breathing and heartbeat.
B. Turn off the power source
C. Remove the person from the power source
D. Use the fire extinguisher

15. The Alpine Fault cuts through New Zealand. At this location, two plates are
sliding past each other slowly over time. How would you describe this using
illustration?

A.

B.

C.

D.

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16. The stress along the outer layer of the Earth causes the build-up of energy.
What do you think prevented the rocks from releasing this energy?
A. The bending of rocks
B. The vibration of rocks
C. The friction between rocks
D. The energy released by rocks

17. What is referred to as a measure of the amount of energy released in

an earthquake?
A. Intensity
B. Magnitude
C. Stress
D. Tension

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School: Surigao del Norte National High School Sukdanan
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 18. When designing a building in a place with many earthquakes, which of
the following would you likely to suggest?
A. Create a wide and/or secured base.
B. Make sure it is very tall and skinny.
C. Have parts of the building that stick out on one side and not the other.
D. Use the cheapest materials possible, the building will need to be rebuilt.

19. Which of the following statements best describes the outer core?
A. The outer core is thought to be liquid.
B. P waves do not travel through the outer core.
C. P waves and S waves can travel through the outer core.
D. P waves travel through the outer core at a higher velocity than S waves.

20. What could you do to make your home seismic safe?

A. Don’t mind the earthquake because it never happens anyway.
B. Move all heavy objects to lower shelves so they can’t fall on you.
C. Build your house according to your preferences not minding if it’s safe
from earthquakes.
D. Move all light objects to lower shelves because it is the most proper
way of arranging things.

21. Identify which statement describes about storm surge?

A. It is a rise in sea level due to global warming.
B. It is an abnormal rise of sea water due to tropical cyclone that
occurs along the coast.
C. It is the lowering of the temperature due to the friction between
surface water and wind.
D. It is a destructive wave due to underwater earthquake that occurs
along the seacoast.

22. Identify which phenomenon happens after typhoon?

A. Earthquake
B. Landslide
C. Pyroclastic flow
D. Volcanic eruption

23. What probably caused the extinction of dinosaurs?

A. They caught the flu.
B. An asteroid hit the Earth.
C. They ate each other until they went extinct.
D. A meteorite came and hit the Earth causing their extinction.

24. How could you verify which of the statement below is correct?
A. Only asteroids collide with Earth.
B. Comets are ball of ice, dust, and metal.
C. Meteoroids are streak of light produced when comet enters Earth’s
atmosphere.
D. Only asteroids can be found in the solar system.

Test Curator: Chery Lou A. Alceso DepEd-Caraga

School: Surigao del Norte National High School Sukdanan
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 25. Why gas molecules can easily be compressed?
A. Gas molecules are soft.
B. Gas molecules are far apart.
C. Gas molecules are free and move easily.
D. Gas molecules follow the shape of the container.

26. How can you classify solids from liquids according to its volume and shape?
A. Both solids and liquids have definite shape and volume.
B. Both solids and liquids have indefinite shape and volume.
C. Solids have no definite shape and volume while liquids have.
D. Solids have definite shape and volume while liquids have none.

27. Thin blade float on water. Spider walking on surface of ponds. What
property of liquid explains these activities?
A. Viscosity property of liquid.
B. Fluidity property of liquid.
C. Capillary action property of liquid.
D. Surface tension property of liquid.

28. Which of the following describes solid?

A. It flows and spread out.
B. The particles move freely.
C. It has no definite shape and volume.
D. The particles are packed closely in fixed positions.

29. Which of these statements is true about physical change?

A. New substance is formed.
B. It involves the breaking of bonds.
C. No changes in the physical appearance.
D. It involves a change in physical appearance.

30. Why do you think food coloring spreads out faster in hot water than in
cold water?
A. The molecules in hot water are larger .
B. The food coloring molecules are small.
C. The hot water molecules are less dense
D. The hot water molecules move more quickly.

31. Which of the following are the three subatomic principles that make
up an atom?
A. Proton, neutron, and isotope
B. Proton, isotope, and electron
C. Proton, electron, and isotope
D. Proton, neutron, and electron

32. What is an atomic number?

A. Number of protons in an atom
B. Number of electrons in an atom
C. Number of neutrons in an atom
D. Number of protons and electrons in an atom
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 33. How would you describe the relative mass and electrical charge of a neutron?
A. It has a mass of 1 and charge of -1
B. It has a mass of 0 and a charge of +1
C. It has a mass of 1 and a charge of 0
D. It has a mass of -1 and charge of +1
34. What is the chart that shows classifications of elements according to
their properties and increasing atomic numbers?
A. Atomic table
B. Element table
C. Group table
D. Periodic table

35. Why do you think power lines are made of metal wires?
A. Metal is an insulator and it does not conduct electricity.
B. Metal is not affected by gravity so energy flows quickly through it.
C. Metal is shiny, can be bent or stretch and allows energy to move slowly.
D. Metal is a conductor and allows the energy to flow quickly through
the power line.

36. Which of the following statements describes the chemical property

of an element?
A. Sulfur is not shiny and not malleable.
B. Silicon is shiny and is poor conductor of electricity.
C. Sodium is solid at room temperature and reacts with other elements.
D. Aluminum is solid at room temperature and is a poor thermal insulator.

37. On the digestion process, as chyme enters the small intestine its process
slows down. Why do you think so?
A. Slowing it down allows the food to take a long time inside a humans
body.
B. The process slows down voluntarily allowing the human body to grow
productively.
C. The process slows down in small intestines from taking time to form
digested food into feces.
D. By slowing it down it allows the small intestines to absorb all the
nutrients left before it enters the large intestines.

38. What is the most important role of enzyme during digestion?

A. Enzymes help blood flow easily during digestion.
B. Enzyme significantly help normalize fat absorption.
C. Enzymes help speed up chemical absorption during digestion
D. Enzymes allow the food to absorb more water breaking down into
simpler forms.

39. Which is DNA?

A. Deoxynucleic acid
B. Deoxyrinucleic acid
C. Deoxyrivonucleic acid
D. Deoxyribonucleic acid
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 40. Which statement describes the importance of meiosis in gametogenesis?
A. It is responsible for the development of embryos.
B. It is responsible for providing new growth cells needed for replacement
of worn-out cells.
C. It is responsible for the formation of sex cells that are responsible for
sexual reproduction.
D. It is responsible for the formation of new cells provided for the
developmental growth of the embryos and male sex cells.

41. A horse breeder has a male with black hair and a female white hair horse.
When he crossed both horse, all will have F1 kits (foal=baby horse) will have
a black hair. Which trait is dominant and which is recessive?
A. Both black and white hair are recessive.
B. Both black and white hair are dominant.
C. Black hair is dominant, white hair is recessive.
D. White hair is recessive , black hair is dominant.

42. How would you interpret the result of the offspring using a punett square?
A. by showing off the dominant and recessive traits
B. by predicting the result of genotypic and phenotypic ratio
C. by showing off if the parents are homozygous or heterozygous
D. by showing off the percentage results of genotypic and phenotypic
ratio

43. Can a human male be a carrier of a red-green color blindness? Why?

A. Yes, because males can be a carrier.
B. No, because males can only express color blindness.
C. No, because females can only express color blindness.
D. Yes, because both males and females can be a carrier of color
blindness.

44. What branch of Science that deals with naming and classifying
living organisms?
A. Genetics
B. Heredity
C. Taxonomy
D. Zoology

45. Which of the following is an example of direct economic value of species?

A. Ants aid in building soil nutrients.
B. Earthworms turn and fertilize the soil.
C. Cutting bamboo poles for making furniture.
D. National Park in Misamis Oriental, Mindanao.

46. What will happen to the organisms of the second trophic level if the
third trophic level is eliminated?
A. The organism dies.
B. Diminish in number.
C. Increase in number.
D. Occupy the second trophic level.

Test Curator: Chery Lou A. Alceso DepEd-Caraga

School: Surigao del Norte National High School Sukdanan
Email Address: [email protected] Standardized Diagnostic Test
 47. In a food chain, the nutrients/materials are being brought back to its
reservoir in the environment. In what particular trophic level does it
possibly happen?
A. Consumers
B. Decomposers
C. Producers
D. All of the above

48. What is the most important processes in the water cycle that
exclusively happens in plants?
I. Condensation
II. Evaporation
III. Precipitation
IV. Transpiration
A. IV only
B. II and IV only
C. I, II and III only
D. II, III and IV only

49. Which of the following refers collectively to all harmful materials that enter
the biosphere through the land, air or water?
A. Garbage
B. Poison
C. Pollutants
D. Residue

50. Which of the following activity will result to an increase of carbon

dioxide levels?
A. The use of insecticide and herbicide in farming.
B. The use of aerosol sprays containing CFC’s.
C. The clearing of trees for commercial purposes.
D. The uncontrolled soil erosion during heavy rains.

Test Curator: Chery Lou A. Alceso DepEd-Caraga

School: Surigao del Norte National High School Sukdanan
Email Address: [email protected] Standardized Diagnostic Test