Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division Office of Pampanga
SAN SIMON HIGH SCHOOL
San Jose, San Simon, Pampanga

Periodic Summative Test for Third Quarter in Science 8

NAME:_______________________________________ Grade and Section:____________________

Part A: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Direction: Read each item carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided
before each number.

_____1. What is the process by which the molecules on the surface of a liquid break away and
change into gas?
a. condensation c. freezing
b. evaporation d. melting

_____2. Which process is the reverse of evaporation?

a. condensation c. melting
b. freezing d. sublimation

_____3. What is it called when a solid turns directly into a gas?

a. condensation c. evaporation
b. deposition d. sublimation

_____4. Which of the following processes requires heat energy?

a. condensation c. evaporation
b. cooling d. freezing

_____5. What is a deposition?

a. phase change from liquid to gas c. phase change from gas to liquid
b. phase change from gas to solid d. phase change from solid to gas

_____6. Which of the following is NOT a process of changing the matter phase?
a. evaporation c. melting
b. freezing d. mixing

_____7. Which of the following refers to the process that absorbs heat and cools the surroundings?
a. exothermic process c. sublimation process
b. endothermic process d. deposition process

_____8. If heat is taken away from gas, what phase change will occur?
a. boiling c. evaporation
b. condensation d. melting
_____9. What phase changes does water undergo at 0 degrees Celsius?
a. evaporation and sublimation c. melting and freezing
b. freezing and deposition d. vaporization and melting
_____10. What phase changes does water undergo at 100 degrees Celsius?
a. condensation and evaporation c. melting and freezing
b. freezing and sublimation d. vaporization and deposition

_____11. The drops of water that appear on the outside of a glass of cold juice on a warm day is an
example of what phase change of matter?
a. Condensation: a gas turning into a liquid.
b. Deposition: a gas turning into a solid.
c. Evaporation: a liquid turning into a gas.
d. Sublimation: a solid turning into a gas.

_____12. When you place a pot of water on the stove and heat the water up, you notice that
bubbles form throughout. What phase change is the water undergoing?
a. boiling c. evaporation
b. condensation d. sublimation

_____13. What phase change does dry ice undergo when it transforms from a solid to a gas, skipping
the liquid phase entirely?
a. deposition c. melting
b. freezing d. sublimation

_____14. The beads of sweat on the outside of your cup come from the water vapor in the air. What
phase change did the water vapor have to undergo to become the dew drops on the outside of your
cup?
a. boiling c. freezing
b. condensation d. vaporization

____15. When you heat a sample of gas, what happens to the particles that make up the gas?
a. The particles move faster. c. The particles break apart.
b. The particles get smaller. d. The particles become denser.

_____16. The atomic number tells the _____________________.

a. number of electrons in the atom
b. number of protons in the atom
c. number of neutrons in the atom
d. number of protons and neutrons

_____17. The number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus is the ____________________.

a. Atomic mass
b. Atomic number
c. Mass number
d. Nucleons

_____18. Carbon has 6 protons. How many electrons does Carbon have?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8

_____19. Sodium has an atomic number of 11. How many protons does Sodium (Na) have?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12

_____20. Hydrogen has one (1) proton and electron. How many neutrons does Hydrogen have?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. Zero

_____21. Who discovered that orbital helps us to predict the area where we can find electrons?
a. Bohr
b. Dalton
c. Rutherford
d. Schrodinger

_____22. Which diagram most closely represents Rutherford’s nuclear model of an atom?

_____23. Who was the first person to use the term atom (atomos: meaning indivisible).
a. Dalton
b. Democritus
c. Rutherford
d. Thomson

_____24. According to the Atomic theory of John Dalton, all matter consists of tiny particles
called_________________.
a. atom
b. elements
c. particles
d. positively charge

_____25. Who proposed the plum pudding atomic model?

a. Bohr
b. Dalton
c. Democritus
d. Thomson
_____26. What do you call the chart containing information about the atoms that make up all
matter?
a. bubble chart c. line chart
b. column chart d. periodic table

_____27. Who formed the triad of elements with similar properties like the triad of calcium, barium
and strontium?
a. Albert Einstein
b. Dmitri Mendeleev
c. Johann Dobereiner
d. Lothar Meyer

_____28. What do you call with the vertical columns of the periodic table of elements?
a. families
b. groups
c. periods
d. valence

_____29. Which of the following refers to the horizontal row of numbers from top to bottom of the
periodic table?
a. families
b. groups
c. periods
d. valence

_____30. What is the majority of elements on the left side of the periodic table?
a. metal
b. metalloid
c. noble gases
d. non-metal

______31. What do you call an element with some metal properties but behaves non- metal in
certain instances?
a. metal
b. metalloids
c. non-metal
d. semiconductor

_____32. Which of the following is a part of the transition block that is considered as a special series
of elements?
a. actinides representative elements
b. inner transition elements
c. representative elements
d. transition elements

_____33. Which of the following elements is a good example of metal?

a. bromine
b. hydrogen
c. tellurium
d. tin

_____34. Which of the following is a non-metal element?

a. copper c. neon
b. lithium d. silicon

_____35.The chemical properties of an element depend on the number of ?

a. electron
b. neutron
c. nucleus
d. proton
_____36.What do you call the highest energy level that an electron occupies in the outermost shell?
a. electron configuration
b. energy level
c. valence electron
d. valence shell

_____37.When an element smashes into bits, what characteristic of an element does it acquire?
a. brittle
b. ductile
c. luster
d. malleable

_____38.Which of the following group of metals are less reactive to the group 1 and 2 of the
periodic table?
a. alkali metals
b. lanthanide series
c. transition metals
d. noble gases

_____39. Which of the following elements belong to group 3 and period 5 in the periodic table?
a. niobium
b. scandium
c. yttrium
d. zinc

_____40. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a metal?

a. brittle
b. ductile
c. shiny
d. malleable

PART B: TRUE OR FALSE

Directions: Write T if the sentence is correct, and an F if it is not correct.
Write your answers on the space before each number

_____1. Gases are easier to compress than solids.

_____2. The particles of a solid are packed closely together and cannot move around, but they can
vibrate.
_____3. Matter is anything that has no density.
_____4. There are forces that act between the particles.
_____5. Gases are made up of particles with very minimal kinetic energies and distance.
_____6. The particles of gases have the highest kinetic energy.
_____7. There is empty space between the particles.
_____8. Liquids cannot be compressed or expanded.
_____9. Matter is made up of particles that are constantly moving.
_____10. When the body breaks down food, carbon dioxide is produced as a waste product. Carbon
dioxide is in the liquid state of matter.

Prepared By: Checked By: Noted By:

ANGELITA A. MENESES ORALANDO Y. YUMUL JR. ARNEL PABLO L. AGUSTIN

SST-III SST-III/TIC in Science Principal I