Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
Don Alipio Fernandez, Sr. Integrated School
First Periodic Examination in Science 8
SY2013-2014
Name: ______________________________________________ Date: _________________ Score: _______________
I. Multiple Choice: Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. A book is at rest on top of a table. Which of the following is correct?
A. There is no force acting on the book.
B. The book has no inertia.
C. There is no force acting on the table.
D. The book is in equilibrium.
2. According to Newton's First Law of Motion,
A. an object in motion eventually comes to a halt.
B. an object at rest eventually begins to move.
C. an object at rest always remains at rest.
D. an object at rest remains at rest unless acted upon by a net force.
3. If an object is moving, then the magnitude of its ____ cannot be zero.
A. speed B. velocity C. acceleration D. A and B
4. A car initially at rest accelerates in a straight line at 3 m/s². What will be its speed after 2 seconds?
A. 0 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 6 m/s
5. A body in free fall in a vacuum
A. will drop the same distance during each second of its fall.
B. will have the same average speed during each second of its fall.
C. will have a constant velocity during each second of its fall.
D. will have the same acceleration during each second of its fall.
6. A bowling ball at a height of 36 meters above the ground is falling vertically at a rate of 12 meters per second. Which of these best describes its
fate?
A. It will hit the ground in exactly three seconds at a speed of 12 m/s.
B. It will hit the ground in less than three seconds at a speed greater than 12 m/s.
C. It will hit the ground in more than three seconds at a speed less than 12 m/s.
D. It will hit the ground in less than three seconds at a speed less than 12 m/s.
7. The speedometer in your car tells you the ____ of your car.
A. acceleration B. average speed C. instantaneous speed D. velocity
8. To report the ____ of an object, we must specify both its speed and its direction .
A. acceleration B. mass C. velocity D. length
9. A ball is thrown horizontally with a speed of 25 m/s from the top of a tower 20 meters high. Assuming level ground below and negligible air
resistance, what will be the magnitude of the vertical velocity component when the ball hits the ground?
A. 25 m/s B. 15 m/s C. 20 m/s D. 50 m/s
10. The ________ of an object on the Earth's surface are directly proportional to each other.
A. acceleration and mass B. mass and weight C. force and velocity D. weight and acceleration
11. When a certain net force is applied to one brick on a frictionless surface, it accelerates at 6 m/s². When the same net force is applied to three
bricks that are cemented together,
A. they accelerate at 3 m/s². C. they accelerate at 18 m/s².
B. they accelerate at 6 m/s². D. they accelerate at 2 m/s².
12. To accelerate a 6 kg mass at 2 m/s² requires a net force of ____ .
A. 3 N B. 8 N C. 12 N D. 6 N
13. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is a statement of
A. Newton's First Law of Motion. C. Newton's Third Law of Motion.
B. Newton's Second Law of Motion. D. Newton's Fourth Law of Motion.
14. ____ are examples of vector quantities.
A. Acceleration and time B. Velocity and acceleration C. Volume and velocity D. Mass and volume
15. Potential energy is the energy possessed by an object due to
A. its momentum. B. its position. C. its velocity D. its acceleration.
16. Which of the following is true?
A. A body with zero velocity cannot have any potential energy.
B. A body with zero acceleration cannot have any kinetic energy.
C. A body with zero acceleration cannot have any potential energy.
D. A body with zero velocity cannot have any kinetic energy.
17. If two objects of different mass have the same non-zero momentum,
A. the one with less mass will have the greater kinetic energy.
B. the one with more mass will have the greater kinetic energy.
C. they will have the same kinetic energy.
D. the one with the higher speed will have the greater mass.
18. A car traveling at 60 km/hr passes a truck going 30 km/hr that has four times the mass of the car. Which of the following is true?
A. The car and the truck have the same momentum and the same kinetic energy.
B. The car has the same momentum and twice as much kinetic energy as the truck.
C. The car has the same kinetic energy and twice as much momentum as the truck.
D. The car has the same kinetic energy and half as much momentum as the truck.
19. A swinging pendulum has ____ at the bottom (middle) of its arc.
A. minimum potential energy B. minimum total energy C. maximum potential energy D. maximum total energy
20. Real machines are not 100% efficient because
A. some of the energy input is always transformed into thermal energy.
B. some of the energy input is always transformed into gravitational potential energy.
C. that would require the work output to be 100 times the work input, which is impossible.
D. that would require the work input to be 100 times the work output, which is impossible.
21. When you run up two flights of stairs instead of walking up them, you feel more tired because
A. you do more work when you run than when you walk.
B. your power output is greater when you run than when you walk.
C. the gravitational force is greater on a running person than on a walking person.
D. the gravitational acceleration is greater on a running person than on a walking person.
22. The work done against gravity in moving a box with a mass of 5 kilograms through a height of 3 meters is
A. 150 joules. B. 150 newtons. C. 15 joules. D. 15 newtons.
23. Angular momentum is the product of
A. rotational inertia and rotational velocity. C. mass and velocity.
B. linear momentum and angle. D. force and impulse.
24. When you stand in equilibrium on only one foot,
A. your center of mass will be directly above that foot.
B. your center of mass will be directly above the other foot.
C. your center of mass will be directly above a point equidistant between your two feet.
D. your rotational inertia will be zero.
25. In general, when a liquid is heated
A. it will expand at a lesser rate than a solid. C. it will contract at a greater rate than a solid.
B. it will expand at a greater rate than a solid. D. it will contract at a lesser rate than a solid.
26. If a flat metal plate with a circular hole cut through it is heated,
A. the hole gets smaller.
B. the hole gets larger.
C. the hole may get larger or smaller, depending on the material of the plate.
D. the hole may get larger or smaller, depending on how much the plate is heated.
27. Water has a higher specific heat capacity than iron. This means that
A. water is more dense than iron. C. water heats more rapidly than iron.
B. water is hotter than iron. D. water heats more slowly than iron
28. Which of these is an example of heat transfer by conduction?
A. The handle of a metal spoon becomes hot when you use it to stir a pot of soup on the stove.
B. The air near the ceiling is normally warmer than air near the floor.
C. You can boil water in a microwave oven.
D. You feel the heat from a bonfire even though you are several meters away from it.
29. Rising air tends to
A. expand and become cooler. C. become denser and warmer
B. expand and become warmer. D. become denser and cooler.
30. Radiation is heat transfer by
A. molecular and electronic collisions. C. bulk fluid motions.
B. electromagnetic waves. D. atmospheric currents.
31. A capacitor is a device used to
A. convert electricity into light. C. force current through a wire.
B. convert electricity into heat. D. store separated electrical charges.
32. A positively charged object
A. has a deficiency of protons. C. has a deficiency of electrons
B. has a deficiency of neutrons. D. has an excess of electrons.
33. Good electrical insulators are usually
A. good thermal conductors. C. good electical conductors.
B. poor thermal conductors. D. poor thermal insulators.
34. According to Coulomb's law, if the distance between two charges is doubled, the force each charge exerts on the other will be ___ its previous
value.
A. double B. one half of C. four times D. one fourth of
35. If the charges in an electrical circuit always flow in the same direction, the current is called
A. an alternating current. B. a constant current. C. a direct current. D. an oscillating current.
36. If the current in a wire is 6 amperes, how much charge will flow through it in 2 seconds?
A. 12 coulombs B. 2 coulombs C. 8 coulombs D. 6 coulombs
37. If a voltage of 110 volts produces a current of 2 amps in an electrical device, the resistance must be
A. 110 ohms. B. 2 ohms. C. 108 ohms. D. 55 ohms.
38. If 120 volts are used to light a 30-watt light bulb, the current in the bulb will be
A. 120 amps. B. 30 amps. C. 150 amps. D. 0.25 amps.
39. Wires that are _____ have lower resistance.
A. longer and thicker B. longer and thinner C. shorter and thicker D. shorter and thinner
40. If light bulb A has four times the resistance of light bulb B and the same current passes through each bulb, the voltage across bulb A will be ___
the voltage across bulb B.
A. equal to B. one half of C. one fourth of D. four times
41. If three light bulbs of different wattage are connected in series to a battery,
A. the voltage drop across each bulb will be the same.
B. the current in each light bulb will be the same.
C. the resistance in each light bulb will be the same.
D. the power consumed by each light bulb will be the same.
42. How long is a meter stick?
A. 36 inches B. 100 mm C. 10 cm D. 100 cm
43. Electrons carry a
A. a positive charge. B. a negative charge. C. a neutral charge. D. variable charge.
44. The unit of electrical charge is the
A. N (Newton). B. m (meter). C. J (Joule). D. C (Coulomb).
45. Kinetic energy is defined to be one-half the
A. mass times speed. C. mass times acceleration.
B. mass times speed squared. D. weight times speed squared.
46. The property of an object at rest to remain at rest is known as
A. inertness B. inertia C. resistance D. sluggishness
47. If an object moves with a constant velocity, we can conclude that
A. it is moving toward its natural place. C. there is no unbalanced (net) force acting on it.
B. there are no forces acting on it. D. it has a very large mass.
48. If the net force on a hot-air balloon is directed straight upward, which way does the acceleration point?
A. downward C. upward only if the balloon is rising
B. upward D. sideways
49. The net horizontal force on a 40,000-kg railroad boxcar is 2,000 N. What is the acceleration of the boxcar?
A. 0.005 m/s2 B. 0.05 m/s2 C. 0.5 m/s2 D. 10 m/s2 E. 20 m/s2
50. An apple weighs 1 N. When held at rest sitting on your head, the net force on the apple is
A. 0 N B. 0.1 N C. 1 N D. 10 N E. none of the above