FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 8/2022-2023

Name: ______________________ Grade & Section: ________________ Date: ____________ Score: _______
Direction: Read the statements or questions carefully and then write the letter of the correct answer on the space before each
number.
____1. It is commonly exerted by way of a push or a pull on an object. What is it?
A. energy B. power C. force D. work
____2. Your science book lies flat on the table. What is true about the force/s acting on the book?
A. There are no forces acting on the book so it is at rest.
B. The book is acted upon by the downward force of gravity.
C. The book is acted upon by the upward force of the table.
D. The book is acted upon by the downward force of gravity and the upward force of the table on the book.
___ 3. Which is NOT a correct unit for power?
A. joules B. joules per second (J/s) C. kilowatts D. watts
___ 4. In which medium do sound waves travel fastest?
A. Air B. Metal rod C. Rubber D. Water
___ 5. Which property of sound waves enhances one’s voice due to multiple reflections or echoes that often occurs in small rooms like
in bathroom?
A. Echo B. SONAR C. RADAR D. Reverberation
___ 6. Which of the following is described as the bending of light when it travels from one medium to another of different optical
densities (e.g. from air to water)?
A. Echo B. Reflection C. Refraction D. Reverberation
___7. Light travels so fast. Which of the following is the correct speed of light in vacuum or space?
A. 1x108 m/s B. 2x108 m/s C. 3x108 m/s D. 4x108 m/s
___8. Which of the following are the composition visible light ?
A. Gamma rays C. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet light (ROYGBIV
B. Radio waves D. Ultraviolet light
___9. When visible light or white light strikes the glass prism or the mirror in the bowl of water, the colors of white light or visible light
separate into different colors. This process is known as_____.
A. Dispersion B. Index of refraction C. Optical density C. Reflection
___ 10. Which is transferred when you dip your finger in warm water?
A. Heat B. Kinetic energy C. Molecules Temperature
___ 11. Refer to test item # 10, which transfer of heat maybe taking place?
A. Finger to water B. Water to finger C. Water to glass D. B and C only
___ 12. Voltmeter is an electrical device that measures the amount of
A. current C. resistance B. voltage D. voltage and resistance
___ 13. In a simple circuit, what happens to the bulb if you add another battery?
A. The bulb is brighter C.The bulb is busted.
B. The bulb is dimmer. D. The brightness remains the same.
___ 14. In a simple circuit, which of the following moves the electric charges?
A. Battery B. Bulb C. Switch D. Wire
___ 15. Which is INCORRECT about electric power and energy?
A. Energy = power x time, while power = work/time
B. Energy is measured in joules while power is measured in watts.
C. Energy is measured in watts while power is measured in joules.
D. Electric energy is the product of power and time while electric power is the rate of doing work by the energy source.
___ 16. A coin was placed on top of a cardboard and the cardboard was placed on top of a glass.
When the cardboard was quickly pulled, which situation below will most likely to happen?
A. It continuously moved with the cardboard.C. The cardboard displaced the coin.
B. The coin dropped in the glass. D. The coin flew.
___ 17. How is force and distance related to work?
A. Work is the what you get when a force acts over a certain distance.
B. Without distance or force there would be no work.
C. There is work done if the force you exert does not make the object move
D. Both A and B are correct.
___ 18. Which describes the power output in climbing 4-meter stairs in 10 seconds with a weight equal to 500 N? A. Power is
equal to height of stairs multiplied by time.
B. Power is height of the stairs divided by time.
C. Power is weight multiplied by the height of the stairs.
D. Power is work done divided by the by the time in seconds.
___19. Which statements differentiates kinetic from potential energy?
A. Potential energy is the energy of weight, and kinetic energy is the energy of nuclear atoms.
B. Potential energy is the energy of speed, and kinetic energy is the stored energy.
C. Kinetic energy is the energy of motion, and potential energy is stored energy.
D. Potential energy equal to ½ mv2 and kinetic energy is equal to mgh.
___ 20. Which best explains the relationship between the speed of sound and the medium through which it passes?
A. Sound travels slower in air because of the increased distance between air particles.
 B. Sounds travels faster in air because of the decreased distance between air particles.
C. Sound travels faster in solids because of the increased distance between solid particles.
D. Sound travels slower in solids because of the decreased distance between solid particles.
___ 21. How does temperature of the medium affect the speed of sound?
A. At lower temperatures particles vibrate faster.
B. The hotter the medium the faster the sound travels.
C. At higher temperatures, particles have lesser kinetic energy.
D. Particles vibrate faster and there will be lesser collisions per unit of time.
___ 22. Anna puts a straw into a glass of water. She notices that the straw appears to be broken when she looks through the glass
and the water from the side. Which term best explains why the straw looks like it is broken?
A. Absorption B. Reflection C. Refraction D. Transmission
___23. Increase in temperature of body is proportional to the _____.
A. Amount of heat absorbed. C. Amount of heat evolved.
B. Density of a substance. D. Average kinetic energy.
___ 24. Which describes the temperature of water before it reaches its boiling point?
A. It increases upward. C. Temperature becomes constant
B. Temperature decreases. D. It increases and then it decreases.
___ 25. The following EXCEPT one takes place when the circuit is overloaded.
A. Large current produced can generate a lot of heat that could start a fire.
B. Electric current exceeds the wire’s current rating.
C. The circuit will always function normally.
D. The breaker and wire start to heat up.
___ 26. Inertia of an object depends on its mass. Which objects below has the greatest inertia?
A. Bicycle B. Bus C. Jeepney D. Motorbike
___ 27. At constant force, what will happen to acceleration of an object when mass is doubled?
A. It is doubled. C. It is tripled.
B. It decreases by one-half. D. It remains the same.
___ 28. Which one is a conductor?
A. rubber C. plastic cup B. silver coin D. pape
___ 29.In the spectrum of visible light, energy of light increases as one goes towards the right
side of the color spectrum. Which of the colors of visible light has the greatest energy?
A. Blue B. Green C. Orange D. Red
___ 30. We usually see the color of leaves as green because the color green is the color that is____.
A. Absorbed B. Bent C. Reflected D. Refracted.
___ 31. Colors of visible light with longer wavelengths have lower frequencies and those with shorter
wavelengths have greater frequencies. How is energy of light related to its wavelength?
Color Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
Wavelength 700nm 650nm 600nm 550nm 500nm 450nm 400nm
A. They are directly proportional. C. They are inversely proportional.
B. Energy increases twice as much as wavelength. D. There is no direct relationship between them.
___32. Which of the following transfers more heat?
A. 1 liter of tap water C. 1 500 mL of boiling water
B. 2liters of boiling water D. 1 000 mL of cold water
___ 33. Keeping the voltage the same, what happens to the current in the circuit when resistance is increased?
A. Cannot be measured B. Decreases C. Increases D. Remains the same
___ 34.How can you increase the resistance in the electric circuit?
A. Decrease the load. C. Increase the load.
B. Add another battery. D. Use thick connecting wires.
___ 35. The temperature of iron is 37OF. Convert it into Rankine scale.
A. 490 OR B. 493 OR C. 495 OR D. 497 OR
___ 36. Which of Newton's Laws is demonstrated by a ball rolling to a wall then stopping?
A. Newton's First Law C. Newton's Second Law
B. Newton's Third Law D. Newton's Law of Acceleration
___ 37. A steel ball with a mass of 1 kg was kicked with a force of 100 N. What is its acceleration?
Note: N/kg = m/s2
A. 1.0 m/s2 B. 2.0 m/s2 C. 100 m/s2 D. 200 m/s2
____38. Which of these equations gives the amount of work done?
A. Work=F/d B. Work= Fd C. Work= Fgd D. Work= F/t
____39. How much work was done on an object when a constant force of 10 N pushed it 4 m away?
A. 0 J C. 20 J B. 40 J D. 10 J
____40. Which part of an electric circuit supplies energy?
A. bulb C. connecting wire B. switch D. battery
____ 41. Which of the pictures below shows that there is NO work done?

A. B. C. D.
___ 42. When measuring the speed of sound outdoors, it is generally fastest during what season?
A. Cold season C. Summer
B. Rainy season D. The same in any season
___ 43. Why are open field concerts are usually held during nighttime? It is because ______.
A. Sounds travels from hotter to cooler media or area
B. Sound travels from cooler to hotter media or area.
C. Sound is better heard in far areas during daytime.
D. Sound propagated is the same in at any temperature.
___ 44. The picture on the right is the free-body diagram of an accelerating car.
Properly label the yellow arrow: Air resistance
A. Driving force C. Initial velocity
B. Mass of the car D. Time interval Reaction

Weight (mg) Friction

____45. Which of the following correctly define electric current?
A. It supplies energy to the load
B. It is the rate of flow of electric charge.
C. It resists the flow of charges in the circuit.
D. It forces the electric charges to move through the wires.
____46. Which of the following is incorrect?
A. Copper wire is a conductor.
B. A switch opens and closes an electric circuit.
C. Ammeter measures the amount of electric current.
D. Series circuit allows electric charges through several paths.
____47. If the amount of voltage is increase
A. current decreases C. current does not change
B. current also increases D. current becomes double
____48. Ohm‟s law mathematically is
A. I = V / R B. I = V R C. I = R / V D. I = V- R
____49. In a circuit ohmmeter measures
A. current B. resistance C. voltage D. electric potential
____50. A dry cell
A. measures voltage C. supplies energy in the circuit
B. consumes electrical energy D. is similar to the loads such as electric bulb