Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
BASISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
A.PEREZ ST., POBLACION, BASISTA, PANGASINAN

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SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT
Grade 8 Science - First Quarter

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of your answer on the space provided.

_____1. A log is hanging from a rope. What term refers to the force exerted by the rope on the log?
A. elastic force B. friction C. normal force D. tension
_____2. If two forces act on object in the same direction, how is the net force calculated?
A. by adding them C. by subtracting them
B. by multiplying them D. by dividing them
_____3. Why is it harder to push a van filled with bowling balls that is to push a 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 that the mass of basketballs.
C. The van with the basketballs is bigger than the van the bowling balls.
D. It should be equally as hard to push the two vans.
_____4. Devices such as seat belts and air bags are used to protect passengers from which one of
Newton’s Laws?
A. Law of Action/Reaction c. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Acceleration d. none of these.
_____5. Which one of Newton’s Laws fits this statement: More mass means more force needed?
A. First Law B. Second Law C. Third Law D. None of these
_____6. Which one of Newton’s Laws fits this statement: Objects keep on doing what they are doing?
A. First Law B. Second Law C. Third Law D. None of these
_____7. The action and reaction forces referred to in the Law of Interaction by Newton
A. act on the same object C. need not be equal in magnitude
B. act on different object D. need not have the same line of action
_____8. How much force is needed to accelerate a 90 kg skier 2 m/s2? Formula: F=ma
A. 180 kg/ms2 B. 45 kg/ms2 C. 180 N D. 92 N
_____9. This type of force is the support force exerted upon an object that is in contact with another stable
object. It acts perpendicular to a surface.
A. Gravity B. Normal C. Magnetic D. Tension
____10. The amount of force needed to move an object is measured in...
A. Kilograms B. Centimeters C. Newtons D. Joules
____11. Which of the following objects has the greatest inertia?
A. ping pong ball B. golf ball C. soft ball D. bowling ball
____12. Which force always pulls downward on objects?
A. Normal force B. Friction force C. Gravity D. Air resistance
____13. What is the net force on the box shown below?
20 N
60 N
30 N

A. 10 N to the left C. 60 N to the left

B. 10 N to the right D. 50 N to the right
____14. A push or pull that cause the object to move, stop or change direction is _____.
A. force B. motion C. Energy D. inertia
____15. For every ___________, there is an equal and opposite ______________.
A. reaction, action B. action, reaction C. reaction, action D. action, action
____16. He was the scientist who formulated the 3 laws of motion.
A. Gregor Mendel B. Sir Isaac Newton C. Dmitri Mendeleev D. Albert Einstein
____17. The combined force of all forces acting on an object is the _______ force.
A. Net B. big C. bad D. use
____18. Gravity and magnetism are examples of what kind of forces?
A. Frictional B. Contact C. Non-Contact D. Momentum
____19. Why do you lean towards left when a car turns right?
A. because of inertia C. because of velocity
B. because of gravity D. because of buoyancy
____20. If you increase the mass of an object, what happen to its acceleration?
A. stays the same B. stops C. also increases D. decreases
____21. Which of the following energy forms is associated with an object in motion?
A. potential energy C. kinetic energy
B. nonmechanical energy D. elastic potential energy
____22. When you take from the ground to the first floor, what type of energy have you gained?
A. Nuclear B. thermal C. kinetic D. potential
____23. Which quantity has the greatest influence on the kinetic energy that a large truck has while moving?
A. Mass B. velocity C. weight D. size
____24. The main difference between kinetic and potential energy is that
A. kinetic energy involves position, and potential energy involves motion
B. kinetic energy involves motion, and potential energy involves position
C. although both energies involve motion, only kinetic energy involves position
D. although both energies involve position, only potential energy involve motion
____24. When would you have the highest kinetic energy?
A. standing beside the desk C. falling from the desk
B. standing on top of the desk D. sitting below the desk
____25. When you have the highest potential energy?
A. standing beside the desk C. on the floor
B. falling from the top of the desk D. standing on the desk
____26. Which of the following quantities has the greatest influence on the amount of kinetic energy of a car
while traveling on a highway?
A. mass B. size C. speed D. weight
____27. Which of the following pair of quantities are the factors that affect kinetic energy?
A. force and distance B. mass and height C. mass and speed D. time and height
____28. The following applies the concept of potential energy except:
A. water in a dam C. a rock sitting at the edge of a cliff
B. a person playing the guitar D. tree branches high up in a tree
____29. What is the best example that something has kinetic energy?
A. a car parked on a steep hill C. a picture hanging on a wall
B. a tennis ball rolling across the court D. a piece of coal before it’s burned
____30. A man stops his car on top of a hill. Describe this scenario in terms of energy.
A. high potential energy C. it is impossible to tell
B. high kinetic energy D. no energy left
____31. What is the formula for potential energy?
A. PE = mgh B. PE = 2mv2 C. PE = 1/2mv2 D. PE = mv2
____32. Which object will have the most kinetic energy?
a. small object moving slowly c. small object moving quickly
b. large object moving quickly d. large object moving slowly
____33. Potential energy is the energy an object has due to its ____________.
A. mass B. position C. gravity D. motion
____34. Which of the following does the speed of sound wave depend?
A. loudness B. pitch C. temperature D. thickness
____35. Which of the following is true about the effect of air temperature on the speed of sound?
A. The lower the temperature the faster the speed.
B. The higher the temperature the faster the speed.
C. The higher the temperature the slower the speed.
D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound.
____36. Which factor does not affect the speed of sound?
A. density B. distance C. elasticity D. temperature
____37. A sound wave travels through the air and hits a glass of water. Which of the following happens when
the sound wave moves from the air into the glass?
A. It gets louder. B. It gets quieter. C. It travels faster. D. It travels slower.
____38. Speed of sound depends on the __________.
A. pressure of the medium C. temperature of source producing sound
B. temperature of the medium D. temperature and humidity of the medium
____39. What is the standard unit of measurement for kinetic energy?
A. Ampere B. Volt C. Newton D. Watt
____40. Which wave property is observed when a boy shouts and hears his own voice inside the church?
A. echolocation C. both reflection and refraction
B. reflection D. refraction
____41. Which color has the highest frequency?
A. blue B. red C. violet D. green
____42. Which has the greatest energy among the colors in a rainbow?
A. green B. violet C. red D. orange
____43. What refers to the splitting of white light into seven different colors?
A. dispersion B. refractive index C. reflection D. refraction
____44. What refers to the bending of light as it passes from one medium into another?
A. frequency B. reflection C. refraction D. wavelength
____45. Which of the following arrangements of visible light colors shows decreasing wavelength?
A. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
B. red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo
C. violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow
D. violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, yellow, red
____46. What can prisms do?
A. Change sunlight into a single color.
B. Invert a light ray’s frequency and wavelength.
C. Separate the incoming light into its constituent colors.
D. Slow down light to few meters per second, when used back to back.
____47. Nina sent an arrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result, she observed the light dispersing
into ___.
A. four colors B. three colors C. five colors D. seven colors
____48. Violet is bent most among the seven colors because it has the ___________.
A. highest frequency B. lowest frequency C. longest wavelength D. shortest
wavelength
____49. What is the acronym used to remember visible light?
A. DOGFOUND B. KTPERRY C. ROYGBIV D. ROMERO
____50. The diagram shows a ray of white light passing through a prism and emerges as a band of colored
light which strikes a screen. What is the color of X and Y?

A. X=Blue, Y=Red B. X=Red, Y=Violet C. X=Green, Y=Re D. X=Green, Y=Blue

____51. What average energy of particles does temperature measure?
A. kinetic B. potential C. chemical D. mechanical
____52. Does the temperature of a substance depend on how much of the substance is present?
A. No B. Yes C. Maybe D. None of the above
____53. Do all particles of the substance at a certain temperature move at the same speed and in the same
direction?
A. No B. Yes C. Maybe D. None of the above
____54. What happens to the temperature of an object when the particles are moving faster?
A. increases then reduces B. increases C. remains constant D. reduces
____55. When a substance undergoes thermal expansion, its _________.
A. mass increases C. particles get colder
B. volume decreases D. particles spread out
____56. Which of the following happens when ice changes into a liquid at 0ºC?
A. The molecules move slower than before.
B. The temperature of the substance increases.
C. The potential energy of the molecules increases.
D. The average movement of the molecules increases.
____57. A decrease in temperature of a substance indicates that the_______.
A. volume of the substance reduces
B. volume of the substance increases
C. particles of the substance get closer with each other
D. particles of the substance move farther from each other
____58. Why does liquid in the thermometer rise when put in hot water?
A. The liquid is boiling.
B. The liquid is evaporating.
C. The liquid gains heat from the hot water causing it to expand.
D. The liquid loses heat from the hot water causing it to contract.
____59. Why is sand hotter than water at daytime but colder at night?
A. Sand is solid, while water is liquid.
B. Sand and water have equal specific heats.
C. Sand has a lower specific heat than water.
D. Sand has higher specific heat than water.
____60. Which expands the greatest when heated at the same temperature?
A. gas B. solid C. liquid D. all expand equally
____61. What is the electric current if a circuit has a resistance of 100 Ω and voltage of 12.0 V?
A. 0.120 A B. 9.00 A C. 12.0 A D. 25.0 A
____62. What will happen to the current if the voltage is reduced to one half?
A. t decreased by one fourth C. decreased by one half
B. doubled D. tripled
____63. Calculate the voltage if the current passing through the wire is 3 A, and has a resistance of 10 Ω.
A. 6 V B. 30 V C. 75 V D. 150 V
____64. Ampere is a unit of what electrical quantity?
A. current B. load C. resistance D. voltage
____65. What type of conducting wire has the greatest resistance to the flow of current?
A. thin, long wire B. thick, long wire C. thin, short wire D. thick, short wire
____66. What is the amount of current when 60 coulombs of charges pass through a circuit in 10 seconds?
A. 3 A B. 4 A C. 5 A D. 6 A
____67. What is the voltage across a 6 Ω load when 3 A of current passes through it?
A. 2V B. 9 V C. 18 V D. 36 V
____68. It is the number of charges passing through a wire per unit time.
A. current B. power C. resistance D. voltage
____69. It is the opposition to the flow of electric charges as they travel through a conducting wire.
A. circuit B. current C. resistance D. voltage
____70. A water heater has a resistance of 22 Ω connected to a 220-V voltage source. What is the needed
current to operate the heater?
A. 5 A B. 7 A C. 8 A D. 10 A
____71. What is the SI unit of resistance?
A. ampere B. ohm C. volt D. watt
____72. It is a closed-loop through which current flows.
A. circuit B. current C. resistance D. voltage
____73. Which of the following electrical quantities in parallel circuit is constant?
A. voltage B. current C. resistance D. total resistance
____74. Which of the following is usually connected in series circuit?
A. christmas lights C. light bulbs at home
B. appliances at home D. headlight of motorcycle
____75. What happens to the brightness of the bulbs connected in series when more and more bulbs are
added to the circuit?
A. increases B. decreases C. cannot be predicted D. remains the same
____76. What will happen if one light bulb is removed from a series circuit?
A. The other bulbs will not work. C. The other bulbs will get brighter.
B. The other bulbs will get dimmer. D. The battery will become stronger.

For question nos. 2 to 6, the choices are as follows:

A. series circuit B. parallel circuit

____17. What type of circuit is appropriate in connecting appliances and light bulbs at home?
____18. What type of circuit connection is used in Christmas lights?
____19. What type of circuit connection should a light bulb be connected to maintain maximum brightness?
____20. What type of circuit connection should a light bulb be connected to maintain the amount of current in
the conducting wire

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Grade 8 Science Teachers