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6. The Earth has a bigger mass than the Moon. If you
PRE-TEST were able to travel to the Moon, what happens to your
SCIENCE 8 weight?
Quarter 1 A. increases
B. decreases
1. Which of the following describes a force? C. stays the same
A. a pull only D. varies with day and night
B. a push only
C. a push or pull or both 7. Who formulated the Three Laws of Motion?
A. Aristotle
D. neither a push nor a pull B. Isaac Newton
C. Thomas Edison
2. How do forces occur? D. Alexander Graham Bell
A. in pairs
B. in triplets 8. Which of the following statements are true?
C. by themselves I. Action and reaction forces occur in pair.
D. as single quantity II. Action and reaction forces act on the same object.
III. Action and reaction forces can occur one at a time.
3. A 500-N lady sits on the floor. How much force the IV. Action and reaction forces have the same
floor exerts on her? magnitude.
A. 50 N A. I and II
B. 250 N B. I and IV
C. 500 N C. II and III
D. 1000 N D. II and IV
4. What is the net force in the figure below? 9. A boy jumps out of the boat into a dock. As the boy
A. 1 N, to the left moves forward to the dock, the boat moves backward.
B. 1 N, to the right Which statement describes this situation?
C. 11 N, to the left
D. 11 N, to the right

A. An object at rest remains at rest.

5. A leaf falls from a tree. What force(s) are acting on it?
A. Air resistance only
B. Gravitational force only
C. Applied force and air resistance
D. Air resistance and gravitational forces
B. Friction opposes the motion of an object.
C. For every action, there is an equal and opposite
reaction.
D. The net force is directly proportional to mass and
inversely proportional to acceleration.

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10. An object from a certain height falls freely. Which of 16. Which wave property is observed when a boy
the following happens to PE and KE when the object is shouts and hears his own voice inside the church?
half on its way down? A. echolocation
A. loses PE and gains KE B. reflection
B. gains PE and loses KE C. refraction
C. loses both PE and KE D. both reflection and refraction
D. gains both PE and KE
17. A sound wave travels through the air and hits a
11. Which of the following pair of quantities are the glass of water. Which of the following happens when
factors that affect kinetic energy? the sound wave moves from the air into the glass?
A. force and distance A. It gets louder.
B. mass and height B. It gets quieter.
C. mass and speed C. It travels faster.
D. time and height D. It travels slower.

12. The following applies the concept of potential 18. Speed of sound depends on the __________.
energy EXCEPT: A. pressure of the medium
A. water in a dam B. temperature of the medium
B. a person playing the guitar C. temperature of source producing sound
C. a rock sitting at the edge of a cliff D. temperature and humidity of the medium
D. tree branches high up in a tree
19. The reverberation of sound is used in
13. Which of the following does the speed of sound
wave depend?
A. loudness
B. pitch
C. temperature
D. thickness

14. 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. 20. What is the acronym used to remember visible
C. The higher the temperature the slower the speed. light?
D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound. A. DOGFOUND
B. KTPERRY
15. Which factor does not affect the speed of sound? C. ROYGBIV
A. density D. ROMERO
B. distance
C. elasticity 21. Which has the greatest energy among the colors in
D. temperature a rainbow?
A. green
B. orange
C. red
D. violet

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22. Red is the least bent among the seven colors A. No
because it has the ___________. B. Yes
A. lowest frequency C. Maybe
B. highest frequency D. None of the above
C. longest wavelength
D. shortest wavelength 29. When a substance undergoes thermal expansion,
its _________.
23. Why does white light separate into different colors A. mass increases
as it passes through a prism? B. volume decreases
A. The colors are changed by addition. C. particles get colder
B. This is an example of color by subtraction. D. particles spread out
C. Different colored light has different wavelengths.
D. The side part of a prism only let certain colors of light 30. Which of the following is NOT a unit of
pass through. temperature?
A. Calorie
24. A second prism will change a spectrum back into B. Celsius
white light. What does it show? C. Fahrenheit
A. Prism distorts image. D. Kelvin
B. Prisms are transparent.
C. Light travels at a constant speed. 31. The decrease in temperature of a substance
D. White light is composed of colors. indicates that the _______.
A. number of particles in it decreases
25. Which of the following colors of light bend the most? B. average velocity of its particles increases
A. indigo C. average potential energy of particles decreases
B. green D. average kinetic energy of its particles decreases
C. orange
D. violet 32. The normal body temperature is 37 ºC. What is this
in Fahrenheit?
26. White light separated through a prism is an example A. 32 ºF
of ___________. B. 99 ºF
A. diffraction C. 212 ºF
B. rarefaction D. 373 ºF
C. reflection
D. refraction 33. The boiling point of water is 100 ºC. What is this in
kelvin?
27. What average energy of particles does temperature A. 173 K
measure? B. 212 K
A. chemical C. 373 K
B. kinetic D. 512 K
C. mechanical
D. potential 34. It is a difference in electric potential energy in
joule/coulomb.
28. Does the temperature of a substance depend on A. Circuit
how much of the substance is present? B. Current
C. Resistance
D. Voltage

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35. What is the SI unit of voltage? 40. A motorcycle starter motor needs 40.0 A to operate
A. ampere with a resistance of 0.150 ohms. What is the needed
B. ohm voltage to start the motor?
C. volt A. 5.00 V
D. watt B. 6.00 V
C. 7.00 V
36. It is the number of charges passing through a wire D. 8.00 V
per unit time.
A. Current 41. It is a closed-loop through which current flows.
B. Power A. Circuit
C. Resistance B. Current
D. Voltage C. Resistance
D. Voltage
37. Which of the following is the correct statement of
Ohm’s Law? 42. The following are advantages of bulbs connected in
A. When current increases in a circuit, voltage series EXCEPT:
increases and resistance increases. A. It does not overheat.
B. When current increases in a circuit, voltage B. It is easy to install and maintain.
decreases and resistance increases. C. Low current is needed to light all the bulbs.
C. When current decreases in a circuit, voltage D. Large amount of current is needed to light all the
decreases and resistance increases. bulbs.
D. When current increases in a circuit, voltage
increases while resistance remains constant. 43. The following are disadvantages of connecting too
many bulbs in parallel EXCEPT:
38. It converts electrical energy into different forms of A. Bulb will easily overheat.
energy such as light, heat, or sound in an electric B. It is difficult to maintain and install.
circuit. C. There will be current overloading in the conducting
A. Load wire.
B. Switch D. There will be equal amount of voltage for every load
C. Voltage source in a circuit.
D. Conducting wire
44. Three light bulbs with resistances 2000 Ω, 1600 Ω,
39. Consider a simple electric circuit with a voltage and 800 Ω are connected in series respectively. Which
source of 20.0 V which has a current of 0.500 A. What one has the highest brightness when the circuit is
is the resistance of the load? plugged to a 220 V voltage source?
A. 20.0 ohms A. 800 Ω
B. 30.0 ohms B. 1600 Ω
C. 40.0 ohms C. 2000 Ω
D. 50.0 ohms D. none of the above

45. Which of the following is usually connected in a

series circuit?
A. Christmas lights
B. appliances at home
C. light bulbs at home
D. headlight of motorcycle

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46. Which of the following best describes a parallel

circuit?
A. Current flows along one pathway.
B. Current flows along more than one pathways.
C. The flow of current comes from several sources.
D. The flow of current comes from more than one load.

47. What will happen if one light bulb is removed from a

series circuit?
A. The other bulbs will not work.
B. The other bulbs will get dimmer.
C. The other bulbs will get brighter.
D. The battery will become stronger.

48. It is a device that maintains steady supply of voltage

to your appliances at home.
A. Fuse
B. Resistor
C. Circuit breaker
D. Voltage regulator

49. At home, you noticed that a portion of an electrical

wire is worn out, exposing its metallic part. What do you
think might happen if you will just ignore this problem?
A. short circuit may happen
B. circuit is of better condition
C. overloading may not happen
D. nothing happens when someone touches the wire

50. When do you consider repairing electrical wirings at

home?
A. when a newly bought extension cord is used
B. when electrical appliances are in good condition
C. when fuses blows out or circuit breakers trip off
frequently
D. when lights do not flicker even if other appliances
are turned on

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

Prepared by:

DANICA P. APELADO
Teacher I

Checked by:

DAISY DC. IFURONG

Assistant Principal II

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