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PETER’S MODEL SCHOOL

Grade: 8 Sub: PHYSICAL SCIENCE
QUESTIONNAIRE FOR SA1 (2021-22)

CHAPTER 1 – FORCE

1. How does force affect shape of an object?

2. Draw the FBD to represent various forces acting on a body placed at rest on the table and a
body moving on the floor
3. When does the net force become zero when various forces are acting on a body?
4. Write any two examples of muscular force and contact forces.
5. On a moving platform T, A and B blocks are placed as shown in the figure.
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Answer the following questions:

i. What are the forces acting on Block B
ii. What are the forces acting on Block T.
6. A trolley, a small wooden block, inextensible string, weight hanger weights, pully and a table
are provided. How you conduct an experiment to observe the nature of friction. Write the
experimental setup and procedure of the experiment.
7. Write about contact forces with examples.
8. Calculate the net force in the following
9. What are the materials required to find the limiting force borne by a string? Write
experimental procedure. What are the precautions to be taken while conducting the
experiment?
10. Name the types of field forces. Explain them.
11. Why does the sharper side of a knife cut more easily than the blunt side of it?
12. Calculate the pressure applied by a force of 20 N acting on a surface area of 5 m2. Mention the
correct units.
13. Draw FBD to show when 5N normal force, 5N gravitation force, 10N muscles force and 10N
frictional force on a body placed on a table.

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CHAPTER 2 – FRICTION

1. Why is boric acid sprinkled on carom board while playing?

2. What happens if frictional force decreases continuously?
3. Why is the sole of shoe grooved?
4. Sliding Friction is more than Rolling Friction.
5. Give any two ways to reduce wear and tear in off machines
6. Why do tyres have a pattern on them?
7. Why do trucks carrying heavy loads have 8 to 10 wheels?
8. The lubricants reduce the friction. How?
9. Mention two situations where friction is useful in daily life.
10. What are the influencing factors of frictional force? Explain any two of them.
11. How do you decrease or increase friction in daily life situations?
CHAPTER 3 – SYNTHETIC FIBRE

1. What will happen if synthetic fibres are not blended with natural fibres?
2. In the flame test, what are your observations when a thermoplastic is burnt?
3. Write the advantages and disadvantages of artificial fibre.
4. Which fibres are more comfortable among natural and artificial fibre? Why?
5. How do you separate the thermo plastics and thermo setting plastics by flame test? Mention
the materials used for this experiment.
6. Write the consequences if plastics are not properly disposed.
7. Nylon is preferred to make a good parachute or a climbing rope.
8. Handles of vessels are made with melamine.
9. Write about 4R principle.
10. Garbage thrown in plastic bags is harmful to the environment.
11. Plastics are non biodegradable materials which cause pollution. How do you prevent the
pollution by using reduce, reuse, recycle and recover (4R) formula?

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13. Write advantages of natural fibre in your daily life.

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15. Why are thermosetting plastics used to make switches and kitchenware?
16. What is blending? Explain with the help of an example.

17. “Plastic bags are more dangerous than atom bomb for future”. How can you justify the

statement?

18. What efforts can you make to reduce the plastic pollution?

CHAPTER 4 – METALS AND NON METALS

1. Do only metals conduct electricity? Discuss.

2. If red litmus and blue litmus papers are dipped in water, what changes are expected?
3. List out the materials required to observe the reaction of metals with oxygen.
4. Separate the following as malleable and non malleable. (Zinc, Sulphur, iron and carbon)
5. Write some uses of metals in day to day life.
6. Write experimental procedure to observe what happened when metals react with acids.
7. What will happens if ductility and electric conductivity were not shown by metals?

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9. Draw a simple electric circuit using battery, bulb, iron nail and connecting wires.
10. List out the materials required in the experiment that proves that oxygen reacts with metals
and non metals and also explain the experimental process.
11. Explain the physical properties of any 4 metals you use in your daily life.
12. Blue colour of copper sulphate disappears when zinc granules are added. Why?
 CHAPTER 5 – SOUND

1. Ringing cell phone introduced into the container as shown in the adjacent figure?
Write your observations.
2. What is sound pollution? Mention some harmful effects of sound pollution. Suggest
some measures to control sound pollution.
3. List any 4 musical instruments and explain the way they work.
4. List the characteristics of sound and explain.
5. How is pitch related to frequency?
6. List any four measures to control sound pollution.