Republic of the Philippines

Region VII,Central Visayas

Department of Education
Division of Lapu-Lapu City
BABAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8 2018-2019

Name: Year/Section: Date: Score:

1. Which of the following explains why a passenger in a speeding bus is thrown forward when the bus suddenly
stops?
a. Acceleration b. gravitation c. inertia d. interaction
2. Which of the following statement/s is/are true about balanced force?
a. It causes an object to move. C.It has a net force equal to zero.
b. It keeps an object to stay at rest. D.All statements are correct.
3. Force can cause a _____________.
a. stationary objects to start moving. c.moving objects to change direction
b. moving objects to change speed. D. all of the above
4. What is the relationship between heavy objects and inertia?
A. Only heavy objects have inertia. C. Heavy objects have less inertia.
B. Heavy objects have no inertia. D. Heavy objects have more inertia.
5. The action and reaction forces referred to in Newton’s third law ___________.
a. Act on the same bodies c. need not be equal in magnitude
b. Act on different bodies d. must have the same line of action
6. A bag lies on top of a table. Which of the following statements correctly describes the situation?
a. The bag exerts no force on the table.
b. The bag is absolutely at rest in any reference frame.
c. There are no forces acting on the bag.
d. There are many forces acting on the bag but they balance each other.
7. Your friend kicks a soccer ball, and it stops a few feet from you. What needs to happen to it in order for it to
return to your friend?
A.Friction has to be applied to the ball. C.Speed has to be applied to the ball.
B.Force has to be applied to the ball. D. Inertia has to be applied to the ball.
8. What would happen to the acceleration of the object if the mass is great?
a. it would be lesser. c. It would be doubled.
b. it would be the same with the mass. d. It would be half as less.
9. Overcoming an object’s inertia always require/s a/an
a. large mass c. unbalanced force
b. massive force d. two of the above
10. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a uniform circular motion?
a. The speed is always constant. c. The movement of the object is in a straight line.
b. It changes direction moment by moment. d. It usually follows a circular path.
11. The moon’s motion around Earth illustrates ______________.
a. Uniform motion c. uniform rectilinear motion
b. Uniform circular motion d. uniformly accelerated motion
12. Whirling stone:centripetal force: moon in orbit :___________
a. Centripetal force c. gravitational force
b. Electrical force d. magnetic force
13. If gravity pulls you down toward the center of Earth with force of 500N, how much upward force does the
ground exert on you?
a. 0 N b. 50 N c. 500 N d. none of the above
14. The direction of a moving object will not change if the net force acting on it is
a. greater than zero c. zero
b. less than zero d. two of the above
15. What happens to the velocity and speed of an object moving in a uniform circular motion?
a. Velocity changes but speed remains the same.
b. Velocity and speed are the same.
c. Velocity remains the same but the speed changes.
d. Velocity and speed both change.
16. In which situation is work done?
a. A weightlifter holding a barbell.
b. A gardener pushing a lawnmower.
c. A vendor carrying a basket of goods.
d. A security guard standing in front of a building.
17. A sack of feathers weighing 10N falls from a height of 2m. How much work is done?
a. 5J b. 20J c. 40J d. 200J
18. In which of the following situations is work NOT done?
a. A little boy pulling his toy car. b. A man pushing a wall.
 c. A diver jumps off a cliff. d. Two cars racing on a drive way.
19-20. Refer to the following situation.
Student A lifts a book weighing 20N to a shelf in 5secs. If student B lifts the book to the same height in
10seconds, which of the following is true?
19. a. Student A and B did not do any work.
b. Student A did less work than student B.
c. Students A and B did the same amount of work.
d. S tudent A did a greater amount of work than Student B.
20. a. Students A and B have zero power.
b. Students A and B have the same power.
c. Student A has less power than Student B.
d. Student A has greater power than Student B.
21. The rate at which work is done is called _______________.
a. displacement b. kinetic energy c. potential energy d. power
22. In which situation does an object possess kinetic energy?
a. a moving car b. digested food c. a stretched rubber band d. a book lifted from the table
23. Which of the following scenarios did NOT show potential energy?
a. A rock on top of a mountain.
b. A parked car.
c. A stretched rubber band.
d. A guava fruit falling from a branch.
24. What happens to the kinetic energy if the mass is doubled but the velocity remains the same?
a. also doubled b. halved c. tripled d. quadrupled
25. What happens to the kinetic energy if the velocity is doubled but the mass remains the same?
a. also doubled b. halved c. tripled d. quadrupled
26. What is the kinetic energy of a 67.5kg marathon runner who crosses the finish line at a speed of 3.33 m/s?
a. 38.2 J b. 112 J c. 374 J d. 3670 J
27. The power in watts when a 400N weight is lifted to a height of 6m in 2mins.
a. 10W b. 20W c. 30W d. 40W
28. Sound travels best in _________.
a. copper b. air c. water d. wood
29. Which factor will not affect the speed of sound?
a. size of the medium c. elasticity of the medium
b. density of the medium d. temperature of the medium
30. Sound waves are _____________.
a. longitudinal c. either transverse or longitudinal
b. transverse d. neither transverse or longitudinal
31. Which of the following factors affect the speed of sound in air?
a. air temperature c. frequency of the sound
b. loudness of the sound d. wavelength of the sound
32.Through which of the following medium does sound travel the fastest?
a. sea water c. air on a cool, breezy day
b. a cup of coffee d. a solid block of aluminum
33. A boy shouts inside a big church. He hears his own voice. Which of the following wave property is shown?
a. diffraction b. interference c. reflection d. refraction
34. If you look down a pool of still water, you see your face clearly. Which one of the following gives the best
explanation for this observation?
a. Dispersion of light upon entering the water.
b. regular reflection of light by the surface of the water.
c. Irregular reflection of light by the surface of the water.
d. light is reflected from the surface of the water in different directions.
35. An incident ray hits a mirror at an angle of 30o . What is the angle of reflection?
a. 15o b. 30o c. 40o d. 45o
36. When light travels from air to glass, its speed ___________.
a. decreases b. increases c. remains the same d. increases then decreases
37. A medium has a high index of refraction. The speed of light in that material is __________.
a. faster b. slower c. remains the same d. undetermined
38. When sunlight falls on soap bubbles, the band of colors seen is due to ________
a. diffraction b. dispersion c. interference d. refraction
39. Which of the following is not true about refraction of light?
a. the angle of incidence is equal to the angle of refraction.
b. when light travels at an angle from air to water, the speed decreases.
c. when light travels at angle from glass to air, its speed increases.
d. refraction is the bending of light when it obliquely passes through from one medium to another of different
optical density.
40. Which of the following statements is true about the relationship between frequency and wavelength of light?
a. the greater the frequency of light, the greater is its wavelength.
b. the frequency of light is inversely proportional to its wavelength.
c. the frequency of light is directly proportional to its wavelength.
 d. Light of higher frequency has longer wavelength.
41. Which of the following colors has the highest frequency.
a. Yellow b. Blue c. Green d. violet
42. Which of the following colors has the longest wavelength?
a. Orange b. Red c. Indigo d. White
43. When a substance is heated, its molecules ____________.
a. become larger c. move faster and farther apart
b. stay in the same place d. move slower and closer together
44. The phase change that takes place when a solid becomes a gas without passing the liquid state is called _______.
a. condensation b. evaporation c. freezing d. sublimation
45. Which statement about heat is not true?
a. heat is energy in transit.
b. Heat can be changed to another form of energy.
c. Heat is a substance that can be transferred from one place to another.
d. Heat is energy that flows from one body to another due to temperature difference.
46. The average kinetic energy of the molecules of a body is a measure of the body’s ____________.
a. heat b. mass c. temperature d. volume
47. The unit for the rate of flow of charge is the ____________.
a. ampere b. coulomb c.ohm d. volt
48. what do users of electricity pay for?
a. electrical power used c. time in using electricity
b. electrical energy used d. voltage of the electrical bulb
49. The opposition to electric current or the ability of a material to reduce flow of charge through it is _________.
a. circuit b. current c. resistance d. voltage
50. Which length of wire offers greatest resistance?
a. 10cm b. 20cm c.30cm d. 40cm
 TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS

LEARNING EASY AVERAGE DIFFICULT TOTAL

COMPETENCIES
Investigate the Item NO. 1,2,3,13 4
relationship between
the amount of force
applied and the
mass of the object to
the amount of
change in the
object’s motion.
(S8FE-1a-15)

Demonstrate how a Item no. 6,14 Item no. 4,5 4

body responds to
changes in motion.
(S8FE-1b-17)

Relate the laws of Item no.7,9 Item no.8 3

motion to bodies in
uniform circular
motion. (S8FE-1b-
18)

Infer that circular Item no. 10,11,12 Item no.15 4

motion requires the
application of
constant force
directed toward the
center of the circle.
(S8FE-1b-19)
Identify situations in Item 16,18 Item no. 17 3
which work is done
and in which no
work is done.
(S8FE-1c-20)
Describe how work Item no. 21,19,20 3
is related to power
and energy. (S8FE-
1c-21)
Differentiate Item no.22,23 Item no.24,25,27 Item no.26 6
potential and kinetic
energy. (S8FE-1d-
22)

Relate speed and Item no.28 1

position of object to
the amount of
energy possessed by
a body. (S8FE-1d-
23)
Infer how the Item no.30,33 Item no.29 Item no.34 4
movement of
particles of an
object affects the
speed of sound
through it. (S8FE-
1e-24)
Investigate the Item no.31,32 2
effect of
temperature to
speed of sound
through fair testing.
(S8FE-1e-25)
Demonstrate the Item no.38,35 Item no.36 3
existence of the
color components of
visible light using a
prism or diffraction
grating. (S8FE-1f-
26)

Explain the Item no.41,42 Item no.37 3

hierarchy of colors
in relation to
energy. (S8FE-1f-
27)

Explain that red is Item n0.39 Item no.40 2

the least bent and
violet the most bent
according to their
wavelengths or
frequencies. (S8FE-
1f-28
Differentiate Item no.43,44,46 Item no.45 4
between heat and
temperature at the
molecular level.
(S8FE-1g-29)
Infer the Item no.47 1
relationship between
current and charge.
(S8FE-1h-30)

Explain the Item no.48 1

advantages and
disadvantages of
series and parallel
connections in
homes. (S8FE-1i-
31)

Differentiate Item no.49 1

electrical power and
electrical energy.
(S8FE-1i-32)

Explain the Item no. 50 1

functions of circuit
breakers, fuses,
earthing, double
insulation, and other
safety devices in the
home. (S8FE-1i-33)
30 15 5 50
 ANSWER KEY

ITEM NUMBER ANSWER

1 C
2 D
3 D
4 D
5 D
6 D
7 B
8 A
9 D
10 C
11 B
12 C
13 C
14 D
15 C
16 B
17 B
18 B
19 C
20 D
21 D
22 A
23 D
24 A
25 D
26 C
27 B
28 A
29 A
30 A
31 A
32 D
33 C
34 B
35 B
36 A
37 B
38 B
39 A
40 B
41 D
42 B
43 C
44 D
45 B
46 C
47 A
48 B
49 C
50 D