Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT of EDUCATION
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
PAYAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

1st QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8

Name of Learner: _____________________________ Score: ________________

Section: _____________________________________ Date: ________________

Directions: Read and analyze each question carefully. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the
correct answer.

1. What force is directed opposite to the motion of an object?

A. friction C. magnetic
B. line of action D. tension
2. What force holds between two celestial bodies like the Sun and Earth?
A. applied C. magnetic
B. gravitational D. tension
3. Which of the following describes a force?
A. a pull only C. a push or pull or both
B. a push only D. neither a push or a pull
4. When you move a chair across the floor, what force must your push be stronger than?
A. friction C. normal
B. magnetic D. tension
5. The earth has a bigger mass than the moo. If you were able to travel to the moon, what happens to your
weight?
A. increases C. stays the same
B. decreases D. varies with day and night
6. Forces can make object moves or stop, speed them up or slow down. If you want to accelerate a bigger mass,
what are you going to do?
A. apply a bigger force C. apply a force equal to the mass
B. apply a lesser force D. use the same amount of force
7. If a man pushes the crate with much force, what do think would happen to the crate’s acceleration?
A. the acceleration will be lesser C. the acceleration remains the same
B. the acceleration will be greater D. the acceleration will be equal
8. Force can cause an object to move. What can you say about mass and acceleration produced if the applied
force is constant?
A. Mass and acceleration are directly proportional C. they are equal with one another
B. they are inversely proportional D. they are unrelated
9. If the same amount of force given acts on the two different objects, what will happen to the acceleration of the
smaller object?
A. greater than the acceleration of another object with a heavier mass
B. lesser that the acceleration of another object with a heavier mass
C. equal to other object with a heavier mass
D. they both accelerate at the same rate
10. Force cause object to accelerate or decelerate. If a billiard player strikes the cue ball which is 0.17kg with a
greater force. What conclusion can you draw regarding ball’s acceleration?
A. it increases C. exactly the same
B. it decreases D. zero
11. Which law states that forces act with equal magnitude and in opposite direction?
A. law of inertia C. law of interaction
B. law of acceleration D. law of gravitational force
12. What Newton’s law of motion requires the use of seat belt in cars?
A. law of inertia C. law of interaction
B. law of acceleration D. law of universal gravitation
13. Why does a stone hits the ground first before a flat sheet of paper when they are both dropped at the same
height?
 A. it is less massive C. the acceleration of gravity is greater on the stone
B. it is more massive D. there oi more air resistance against the flat paper
14. A volleyball player hits the ball with his hands. The reaction force is the force exerted by the ball on the
player’s hand. What is the action force?
A. the force the player exerts in holding the ball C. the player’s weight
B. the force of the hand on the ball D. the ball’s weight
15. “For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction” according to the third law of motion. Which of the
following situation does not illustrates Newton’s third law?
A. rowing a boat C. a bird flapping its wings to fly
B. playing tug of war D. a boy solving a physics problem
16. Which of the following phenomena applies the first law of motion?
A. A leaf sways back and forth falling from a tree.
B. When a ball falls on the floor, the ball bounces back up.
C. When pushed with the same force, a car accelerates slower than a grocery cart.
D. When a cardboard with coin on top is suddenly pulled, the coin falls into the glass
17. When you comb your hair, you exert force on the comb. Which of the following would be the reaction force?
A. the force of the comb on your hand C. the force of the comb on your hair
B. the force of your hair on the comb D. the force of your hair on your hand
18. A heavy box is pulled by a worker. How much force does the box apply on the worker, according to the Law
of Interaction?
A. less than the worker’s applied force C. equal to the worker’s applied force
B. greater than the worker’s applied force D. it cannot be determined
19. In a grocery store, you can easily push a cart with 5 kg sack of rice than a cart with a 10 kg sack of rice to the
counter. Which of these explains the situation?
A. law of inertia C. law of acceleration
B. law of interaction D. law of universal gravitation
20. Whenever an object exerts a force on another object, the second object exerts a force of the same size but in
the opposite direction to that of the first object. What can you say about the statement?
A. always true C. sometimes true
B. always false D. cannot be determined
21. What type of energy that is being stored in an object?
A. chemical C. kinetic
B. mechanical D. potential
22. Potential energy is the stored energy in an object. Which of the following factors has no effect on potential
energy?
A. mass C. height
B. speed D. strength of gravity
23. If a feather were dropped from a building's rooftop. Which of the following happens to Potential Energy
and Kinetic Energy of the feather?
A. it losses PE while gaining KE C. it gains both PE and KE
B. it gains PE while losing PE D. it loses both PE and KE
24. Potential energy is a form of energy that has been stored. Which of the following statements does not
apply to potential energy?
A. Alice is out for a stroll down the street C. a boulder at the top of a mountain
B. a coconut hanging from a tree D. a car parked on the side of the hill
25. The energy of a moving object is called kinetic energy. When you double the mass, what happens to the
kinetic energy of the object?
A. the same C. increased by three times
B. doubled D. increased by four time
26. An object of mass 8.2 kg is moving with a velocity of 4 m/s. What is its kinetic energy?
A. 32.8 J C. 65.6 J
B. 2.05 J D. 20.7 J
27. An object is thrown vertically upward. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. it gains PE but losses KE C. it gains both PE and KE as it goes up
B. its KE is zero at the highest point D. its PE is greatest at the highest point
28. Kinetic energy is defined as the energy of a moving object. Which of the following quantities are the
factors affect kinetic energy?
A. force and mass C. mass and speed
B. mass and height D. time and height
29. What happens to the kinetic energy of a pendulum at the bottom of the swing?
A. the same with its PE C. twice as much as its PE
B. half as much as its PE D. four times as much as its PE
30. Zaidee, an archer inserts her arrow on the string and pulled the string backward before she releases it. What
made the bow shoots the arrow on the target?
A. PE on the string C. KE on the string
B. PE on the bow D. KE of her fingers
31. Which phenomenon explains why sound is heard at longer distances at night than in day?
A. echolocation C. refraction
B. reflection D. reverberation
32. Which of the following factors does speed of the sound depends?
A. density C. temperature
B. elasticity D. all of the above
33. What happens to the speed of sound as the temperature increases?
A. constant C. increases
B. decreases D. cannot be determined
34. Which phenomenon explains why sound is heard at longer distances at night than in day?
A. echolocation C. refraction
B. reflection D. reverberation
35. When a boy yells his name inside a cave, the sound reflects off the walls of the cave and travels back to his
ears. What do you call the reflected sound?
A. density C. echolocation
B. echo D. refraction
36. Sound propagates through air and other media. What happens to the sound's speed as it travels through hotter
medium?
A. slower C. constant
B. faster D. cannot be determined
37. Sound is a mechanical wave and it requires medium in order to propagate. Which of the following statements
is correct about the effect of air temperature on the sound’s speed?
A. the speed of the sound is unaffected by temperature
B. the higher the temperature, the faster the speed of the sound
C. the lower the temperature, the faster the speed of the sound
D. the lower the temperature, the slower the speed of the sound
38. Gigs and Discos are frequently held at night for everyone’s enjoyment. What role does sound play in the
schedule?
A. sound travels faster in air at night
B. there are few noises at night
C. in cooler temperature, sounds travel faster
D. when sounds interact with a medium of varying density, it changes and refracts
39. The speed of sound is affected by the medium's temperature. What happens to the sound speed as the
temperature decrease?
A. it decreases C. constant
B. it increases D. cannot be determined
40. The speed of sound can be determined by the medium. What facts can you gather about the relationship of
speed of sound and temperature of the medium?
A. the higher the temperature of the medium, the faster the sound
B. the slower the sound, the cooler the medium
C. the faster the sound, the cooler the medium
D. the speed of the sound remains constant regardless of the medium’s temperature