Manuel B. Guinez Sr.

National High School

(formerly Banaybanay National High School)

First Quarter Exam in Science 8

Name: ______________________________________ Grade & Section: _______________

Test I:
Direction: Read the following questions carefully and encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is defined as a push or pull.
a. speed b. acceleration c. motion d. force
2. First Law of motion is also called as the _____________.
a. Law of Motion b. Law of Inertia c. Law of acceleration d. Law of Action
3. Force on a body at rest are _________ since it enables it to stay at rest.
a. Balanced b. Unbalanced c. Normal d. Gravity
4. Why does 1.5 kg ball rolls when an applied force is acted on it?
a. A Balanced force acts on it b. An Unbalanced Force Acts on it
c. A net force leaves it d. its in a state of equilibrium
5.How does mass affects the motion of an object?
a. mass is directly proportional to acceleration
b. mass is balanced with acceleration
c. mass is inversely proportional to acceleration
d. mass is just equal to acceleration
6. Which of the following best states the first law of motion?
a. a body at rest stays in motion unless acted upon by external force
b. a body at rest remains at rest and in motion in relation to the force
c. a body at rest remains at rest and a body in motion will continue to move unless acted upon by external net
force.
d. a body stays in motion and stays at rest at a constant speed.
7. Determine the acceleration of a 5-kg block, acted by a 20N force?
a. 4 m/s2 b. 7 m/s2 c. 50 m/s2 d. 5 m/s2
8. A 5-kg cart is pulled across an aisle by a horizontal force of 40N, what is the acceleration of an object?
a. 4 m/s2 b. 7 m/s2 c. 8 m/s2 d. 7 m/s2
9. Can a 250-kg car accelerate more than that of a 150-kg car, what the possible reason?
a. yes , because 250-kg car weighs higher thus having greater force
b. yes, because 250-kg car neglects friction
c. no, because 250-kg car is more massive than 150-kg car
d. no, because 250-kg car is less massive and less in force it exerts.
10.” A MAN PUSHING A CART” which of the two does the work to whom?
a. the cart does the work to the man
b. the man does the work to the cart
c. the man does the work on the floor
d. there is no work done on both bodies
11. Action acts on an object while __________acts on another object.
a. force b. speed c. reaction d. kinetic energy
12. Third Law of motion is also called ____________.
a. Law of Interaction b. Law of action c. Law of acceleration d. Law of motion
13. When a force is acted on a body it ___________ with ___________and _____________ reaction.
a. acts, unequal, same b. acted, unequal, same c. reacts, equal, opposite d. none
14.Since forces are equal in the third law of motion, do they cancel each other?
a. yes b. no c. sometimes d. never
15. In a circular motion, Why does the object stays in its path?
a. the force is in uniform circular motion c. the force remains balance
b. the force is constant d. there is a net force acting on it.
16. In a motorcycle moving in a tubular path with a constant speed of 100m/s, what enables it to stay in its circular
motion?
a. the tubular path and the constant speed c. the speed and the normal force
b. the speed alone d. the normal force and the constant speed
17. Work done is accompanied by the _________?
a. change in speed b. change in energy c. change in direction d. change in weight
18. There is work done if the force exerted is in _________direction with the motion.
a. different b. the same c. constant d. permanent
19. Which of the following is NOT an example of work done?
a. a mango falling from a branch b. a girl pushing a cart
c. a waiter carrying a tray d. a ball kicked by a boy
20. Which of the following represents work ?
a. a girl walking, while carrying a bag c. a waiter doing his work
b. an army carrying his rifle d. a girl pushing a cart
21. A girl pulls a sledge towards the direction in which the sledge is moving ________ does work on ___________?
a. sledge, girl b. Girl, sledge c. girl , floor d. floor, girl
22. How does an energy transferred from one object to another?
a. when a moving object hits the other object
b. when an object moves towards the other object
c. when an object moves in different direction with the other
d. when an object stays at rest
23. Transfer of energy results to what?
a. change in mass b. change in speed c. motion d. change in acceleration
24. The word kinetic, comes from a Greek word
a. Kinitikos b. kenitikus c. kinitikos d. kinetikos
25.It is the energy possessed by an object due to its position is called?
a. kinetic energy b. potential c. gravity d. none
26. The potential energy of an object is greater in ________________.
a. higher ground b. lower ground c. plain d. inclined plain
27. In your own understanding, which of the following possess higher kinetic energy?
a. the object with twice the velocity c. the object with high speed
b. the object with twice mass d. the object thrown away
28. A ball of mass 2 kg is kept on the table of height 3m. Calculate the potential energy possessed by it?
a. 58.8 kg/N b. 58.8 m c. 58.8 J d. 58.8m/s
29. A spring , with a spring constant k=7.50N/m, has been stretched 0.40 from its original position. What is the potential
energy stored in the spring?
a. 60.00N b. 0.60N c. 0.60J d. 0.60j
30. Which of the 2 types of people possess greater potential energy?
a. people in the mountain b. people in the city
c. people in the village d. people in the sea
31.Which best increase the kinetic energy of an object?
a. increase the velocity b. increase the speed
c. increase mass d. increase force
32. It is the transfer of energy .
a. hot b. cold c. heat d. temperature
33.Is the rate of hotness or coldness of a material.
a. hot b. cold c. heat d. temperature
34. In a cold object the heat energy __________.
a. difuses b. transferred c. consumed d. absorbed
35. Where does a dye scatter easily?
a. hot water b. cold water c. tap water d. freezing water
36. Force- 50N Distance travelled = 35m . Compute for the WORK done.
a. 1750 N b. 1700J c. 1750 J d. 1700m
37. Force= 80N Distance travelled = 40N. Compute for the WORK done.
a. 6400 J b. 6450 J c. 3200 J d. 3200m
38. A 55kg man runs at speed of 4m/s. Find his kinetic energy.
a. 440 J b. 440 N c. 4.40 s/m d. 4.40 m/s
39. Calculate the work done when a force of 10N acts through distance of 50m in the direction of the force?
a. 500m b. 500j c. 500J d. 500N
40. Compute for the acceleration of an object with a mass of 5 kg exerted by a force of 15.5N
a. 3.15m/s b. 3.1 ms/s c. 4.00m/s d. 4.5m/s