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1st Monthly Test in SCIENCE 8

Name: _________________________________________________________________________Date: _____________________
Grade and Section: ________________________ Subject Teacher: ________________________ Score: ____________________
Read the directions carefully.
Part I – MULTIPLE CHOICE _____7. The force that pulls falling objects toward Earth is
called _____.
A. Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write
your answer on the space provided before each number. A. Gravity C. Inertia
USE CAPITAL LETTERS ONLY. B. Free fall D. Acceleration
_____1. In science, a push or a pull of an object is called a(n)
______8. According to Newton’s third law of motion, when a
A. Force C. Inertia hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail ______.
B. Acceleration D. Friction
A. creates a friction with the hammer.
B. disappears into the wood.
_____2. A net force (an unbalanced force that changes motion)
C. exerts an equal force back on the hammer.
causes an object to ____.
D. Nothing will happen
A. stay at the same speed C. Accelerate or decelerate
B. not move D. None of these _____9. What is Newton’s First Law of Motion?

A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Interaction

_____3. Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in B. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Momentum
direction are known as _____.

A. balanced forces C. friction forces
B. net forces D. None of these
_____4. Two boys wearing in-line skates are standing on a
smooth surface with the palms of their hands touching and their
arms bent, as shown below. If Boy X pushes by straightening
his arms out while Boy 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. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion
is known as _____.
A. Mass C. Force
B. Inertia D. Motion
_____10. When can you say that the force applied is
unbalanced?
A. if there is a change in direction
B. if there is a change in momentum
C. if there is a change in the speed
D. if there are no changes happened
_____11. The Law of Inertia states that, “An object at rest tends
to stay at rest if the resultant force acting on the object is equal
to ___.”
A. 1 C. 0
B. -1 D. 100
_____12. How long will an object remain at rest, according to
Newton’s First Law of Motion?
A. It can't rest.
B. Until noon.
C. Until an unbalanced force occurs.
D. As long as there are unbalanced forces acting on it.
_____13. The direction of gravity is _____.
A. upward C. to the left
B. downward D. to the right

_____6. You are riding fast on a skateboard when your wheel _____14. Who postulated the “Three Laws of Motion”?
suddenly gets stuck in a crack on the sidewalk. Why does your A. Sir Isac Newton C. Sir Esaac Newton
body go flying forward? B. Sir Esaak Newton D. Sir Isaac Newton
A. there is a net force pushing you off your skateboard
B. your inertia keeps you moving forward _____15. Law of Interaction states that, “For every action, there
C. someone pushed you is ________.”
D. none of these
A. unequal and opposite reaction
B. unequal and the same reaction
C. an equal and opposite reaction
D. an equal and the same reaction
_____14. What is magnitude?
A. It refers to the distance traveled by a moving object.
B. It refers to the weight of an object.
C. It refers to the size or strength of the force.
D. It refers to the mass of an object.
_____15. What is the standard unit for Force?
A. kg C. F
B. L D. N
_____16. Based on the illustration below, what is the Net Force?
A. 30 N East C. 30 N West
B. 90 N East D. 90 N West
_____17. What is the Net Force based on the picture below?
A. 950 N East
B. 950 N West
C. 50 N West
D. 50 N East
______18. Why is it harder to push a van filled with bowling balls
than it is to push van filled with basketballs?
A. The mass of the car is greater than the mass of the basketball.
B. The mass of the bowling balls is greater than the mass of the
basketballs.
C. The van with the basketballs is bigger than the van with the
bowling balls.
D. It should be equally as hard to push the two vans.
______19. Which ball will hit the ground first if dropped at the
same time and at the same height in a perfect vacuum?
a. Metal first, then plastic, then wood last
b. Wood first , then plastic, then metal last
c. They will all hit at the same time.
d. There is no way to tell.
______20. Robert works in NASA (National Aeronautics and
Space Administration). He is one of the specialists there who is
in-charge in making of spacecrafts and rockets. The launching
of rocket is a perfect example of application of which laws of
motion?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Interaction D. Universal Law
B. Directions: Determine the law of motion involved in the
following situations. Choose the answer from the box
below. Write the corresponding NUMBER of your answer on
the provided blank before each number.
1. Law of Inertia
2. Law of Acceleration
3. Law of Interaction
_____21. Lifting a dumbbell
_____22. Doing a push-up
_____23. A scotch tape rolling on the floor
_____24. Juggling the balls
_____25. Releasing the air of an inflated balloon
_____26. Collision of two cars
_____27. Jumping from a boat to the shore
_____28. Kicking a Soccer Ball
_____29. Dribbling a Basketball
_____30. Jeepney suddenly stops
Part II – MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE
Directions: Write T if the statement is true. If false, find and
underline the word/phrase that makes the statement wrong;
write the correct word/phrase on the blank provided before
each number.
_______________31. Sir Esaac Newton is the proponent of
Three Laws of Motion.
_______________32. Law of Interaction states that: “For every
action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
_______________33. The unit of force “N” stands for Newton.
_______________34. The concept “Force is equal to mass
multiplied by acceleration (F = ma)” refers to the 3rd Law of
Motion.
_______________35. Net force becomes zero when the forces
in opposite direction are equal.
Part III – PROBLEM SOLVING 46-50. Suppose Archie helps Khint to pull the heavy table having
5 units of force each of them against Justine with 10 units of
Directions: Illustrate the following situational problems.
force at the opposite side. What will be the net force acting on
Then, calculate the Net Force. (5 pts. each)
the object? Will the object move?
36-40. Justine and Khint push a heavy table together, at the
Illustration (2 pts.)
same time with 10 units of force towards East. What is the net
force acting on the object?
Illustration (2 pts.)

Solution (3 pts.)
Solution (3 pts.)

Net Force:_________________
Net Force:_________________
41-45. What if Justine and Khint pull the heavy table at the same Will the object move? _______
time in opposite directions with 10 units and 5 units of force
respectively, what will be the net force acting on the object? Will
the object move? To what direction will it move? (Note: Justine
is in the West; Khint is in the East)
Illustration (2 pts.)

Solution (3 pts.)

Net Force:_________________
Will the object move? _______
To What direction will it move?__________

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