This document contains a 50-question science exam for 8th grade students covering topics in physics including forces, motion, energy, heat, light, electricity, and circuits. The exam is multiple choice format with questions testing students' understanding of concepts like inertia, net force, balanced forces, work, potential and kinetic energy, properties of light, conduction of electricity, and circuit components. Students are instructed to choose the best answer from the options provided and mark their responses on an answer sheet. The exam was prepared by teacher Ingrid Joy S. Caburatan for Libertad National High School.
This document contains a 50-question science exam for 8th grade students covering topics in physics including forces, motion, energy, heat, light, electricity, and circuits. The exam is multiple choice format with questions testing students' understanding of concepts like inertia, net force, balanced forces, work, potential and kinetic energy, properties of light, conduction of electricity, and circuit components. Students are instructed to choose the best answer from the options provided and mark their responses on an answer sheet. The exam was prepared by teacher Ingrid Joy S. Caburatan for Libertad National High School.
This document contains a 50-question science exam for 8th grade students covering topics in physics including forces, motion, energy, heat, light, electricity, and circuits. The exam is multiple choice format with questions testing students' understanding of concepts like inertia, net force, balanced forces, work, potential and kinetic energy, properties of light, conduction of electricity, and circuit components. Students are instructed to choose the best answer from the options provided and mark their responses on an answer sheet. The exam was prepared by teacher Ingrid Joy S. Caburatan for Libertad National High School.
This document contains a 50-question science exam for 8th grade students covering topics in physics including forces, motion, energy, heat, light, electricity, and circuits. The exam is multiple choice format with questions testing students' understanding of concepts like inertia, net force, balanced forces, work, potential and kinetic energy, properties of light, conduction of electricity, and circuit components. Students are instructed to choose the best answer from the options provided and mark their responses on an answer sheet. The exam was prepared by teacher Ingrid Joy S. Caburatan for Libertad National High School.
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LIBERTAD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Libertad, Misamis Oriental
SCIENCE 8 – FIRST QUARTER EXAM SY 2019-2020 ***Choose the best answer from the choices. Write the letter only in your answer sheet.
SET A 1. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as a. Mass b. Inertia c. Force d. Motion
2. A net force (an unbalanced force that changes motion) causes an object to a. stay at the same speed. b. not move. c. Accelerate or decelerate d. None of these
3. Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction are known as a. balanced forces b. net forces c. friction forces d. None of these
4. Two girls wearing in-line skates are standing on a smooth surface with the palms of their hands touching and their arms bent, as shown in the right side. If Girl X pushes by straightening his arms out while Girl Y holds his arms in the original position, what is the motion of the two boys?
a. Boy X does not move and Boy Y moves backward.
b. Boy Y does not move and Boy X moves backward. c. Boy X and Boy Y both move backward. The motion depends on how hard Boy X pushes. d. Both will not move.
5. In science, a push or a pull of an object is called…
a. force. b. acceleration. c. inertia. d. friction
6. You are riding fast on a skateboard when your wheel suddenly gets stuck in a crack on the sidewalk. Why does your body go flying forward? a. there is a net force pushing you off your skateboard b. your inertia keeps you moving forward c. someone pushed you d. none of these
7. The force that pulls falling objects toward Earth is called
a. Gravity b. Free fall c. Inertia d. Acceleration
8. According to Newton’s third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail a. creates a friction with the hammer. b. disappears into the wood. c. exerts an equal force back on the hammer. d. Nothing will happen
9. A hot iron is turned off and cools down to room temperature. The iron cools because a. the iron does not hold heat very well. b. the room transfers cold energy to the iron c. heat energy is transferred from the warm iron to the cooler room. d. the thermal energy is destroyed during an interaction with the room.
10. Tom boils some water to make a cup of tea. While the water is boiling the temperature a. increases. b. decreases. c. stays the same. d. none of these
11. White light is actually a combination of several different _________ of light traveling together. a. speeds b. types c. Wavelengths d. none of these
12. Compared to sound, light travels:
a. slow b. faster c. about the same d. none of these
13. The approximate speed of light (as it travels) is
a. 303,000,000 m/s b. 330,000,000 m/s c. 300,000,000 m/s d. none of these
14. Sound travels the fastest in…
a. gases b. liquids c. solids d. it does not travel
15. Light travels the fastest in…
a. outer space b. air c. water d. a wall
16. Which of the following sentences uses work in the scientific sense. a. Stan goes to work on the bus. b. Anne did work on the project for 5 hours. c. Joseph found that holding the banner in place was hard work. d. An engine does work on a car when the car is moving.
17. There is NO work done if…
a. A weightlifter lifts a barbell. b. A weightlifter holds a barbell overhead. c. A weightlifter slowly lowers a barbell. d. A weightlifter drops a barbell and the barbell falls to the ground.
18. Energy transferred as heat occurs between two bodies in thermal contact when they differ in which of the following properties? a. mass b. specific heat c. density d. temperature
19. When the net force is equal to zero the forces are said to be ____________. a. Balanced b. Unbalanced d. Changing d. Unchanged
20-26. Choose the best answer from the box below:
a. Isaac Newton b. Law of Inertia c. Law of Acceleration d. Law of Interaction
20. The 2nd Law of Motion
21. The 3rd Law of Motion
22. The 1st Law of Motion
23. This law states that “ The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely proportional to its mass”
24. The scientist who proposed the “The Three Laws of Motion”
25. This law states that “ A body will remain at rest or move at constant velocity unless acted upon by an external net or unbalanced force”
26. “ For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”
SET B 27. If the force you exert does not make an object move, it basically means a.No work is done b. work is done c. working d. none of these
28. Work is done when the force applied to an object caused the object to have a __________ a.Displacement b. Force c. Magnitude d. Change
29. The work done can be calculated as
a.W=Fd b. F=wd c. d=fw d. w= df
30. The collection of all colors
a. black b. green c. white d. None of the above 31. The energy of a moving object is called _______________. a.Potential Energy b. Kinetic Energy c. Thermal Energy d. None of these
32. Stored energy is _____________.
a.Potential Energy b. Kinetic Energy c. Thermal Energy d. None of these 33. In the EM spectrum, the following radiations have higher energy… a.Radio waves, microwaves, Infrared, Visible light c. UV, X-ray, Gamma b. Radio waves, microwaves, UV, Gamma Rays d. None of these
34-40. Choose the answer from the box below:
a. True b. False
34. In the visible spectrum, red has the longest wavelength
35. Heat transfer is from low to high temperature. 36. Violet color has the greatest energy in the visible spectrum. 38. The energy of an object enables it to do work. 39. Light is made up of magnetic and electrical fields. 40. Electrons are insignificant in electricity.
41. Exists as ‘energy in transit’ and it is not contained in an object
a. Heat b. Temperature c. hotness d. coldness
42. The sky appears blue because
a. Light reflects from the Earth’s ground to the skies b. Blue has the longest wavelength c. Blue & violet colors scatters more and human eyes are more sensitive to blue color d. None of the above
43. If the objects absorbs heat, what happens
a. Its temperature remains constant b. Its temperature changes c. Its temperature does not change d. Nothing will happen
44. What instrument measures temperature?
a. Geiger counter b. Thermometer c. Ammeter d. Rainmeter 45. It is the distance between two successive crests and two successive troughs. a. radiation b. frequency c. wavelength d. None of these 46. It is referred to as the flow of electrons in a circuit. a.current b. voltage c. resistance d. electricity 47. Supplies energy in a circuit a.load b. wire c. battery d. none of these 48. This is the hindrance for the electric charges to flow through wires. a.Flow of charges b. resistance c. circuits d. current 49. These are the two types of circits a. load & battery b. Series & Parallel c. Both a & b d. None of these 50. Loads (bulbs) do not light up when there is a gap in the circuit because… a. Electrons become positively charged b. Electrons stop and turns back c. Electrons will jump off from the wire d. Electrons cannot flow through
Prepared by: GODBLESS! INGRID JOY S. CABURATAN Teacher
