PRE-TEST IN SCIENCE 8

FIRST QUARTER

NAME: _______________________________
SECTION:____________________________
Read each item carefully and choose the best answer.

______1. Which of the following affects the inertia of an object?

A. mass C. Gravity
B. weight D. composition
______2. Which of the following demonstrates the Law of Inertia?
A. Acceleration of a ball as result of an external force acting on it
B. An object thrown in space will remain moving.
C. A student pushing a wall but the wall is not moving
D. A swimmer jumping off the diving board
______3. What acceleration is imparted to a grocery cart with a mass of 12.5 kg when a woman pushed it with a
force of 11 N?
A. 0.5 m/s2 C. 1.2 m/s2
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B. 0.88 m/s D. 2.2 m/s2
______4. Which of the following masses will require the greatest force to accelerate?
A. 1 kg C. 100 kg
B.10 kg D. 1000 kg
______5. The Law of Interaction states that when a body exerts a force on another, _________ amount of force
is always exerted in ____________ direction.
A. equal, same C. half, same
B. equal, opposite D. half, opposite
______6. If the jeepney is exerting force on the ground as shown in the figure, what is the direction of the force
exerted by the ground on the jeepney?
_______7. Complete the action-reaction pair: Upward force exerted by the table on the vase and
_________________.
A. Downward force exerted by the floor on the vase.
B. Upward force exerted by the floor on the vase.
C. Downward force exerted by the vase on the table.
D. Upward force exerted by the vase on the table.
_________8. Which energy is possessed by moving objects and has the capacity to do work?
A. Gravitational potential energy
B. Chemical energy
C. Elastic energy
D. Kinetic energy
_________9. What energy is contained by the water at rest on the top of the water falls?

A. Kinetic energy
B. Gravitational potential energy
C. Elastic energy
D. Chemical energy
__________10. Which of the following velocities of an object will give the least kinetic energy?
A. 2 km/s C. 200 cm/s
B. 20 km/s D. 200 m/s
_______11. What happens to the speed of sound when the temperature of the medium through which sound
travels increases?
A. increases C. remains the same
B. decreases D. turns to zero
_______12. Find the speed of sound in air if the temperature is 30 degrees Celsius.
A. 349 m/s C. 301 m/s
B. 361 m/s D. 381 m/s
________13. Which of the following describes how the energy of color is related to its frequency?
A. direct proportionality
B. inverse proportionality
C. direct square proportionality
D. inverse square proportionality
_________14. Which of the following has the highest frequency?
A. red B. green C. orange D. yellow
________15.Which of the following has the lowest energy?*
A. blue B. violet C. green D. orange
________16. Which of the following best describes temperature?*
A. It is the measure of the total kinetic energy in a system.
B. It is the measure of the total kinetic and potential energy in a system.
C. It is the measure of the average kinetic energy in a system.
D. It is the measure of the average kinetic and potential energy in a system.
________17. What is the direction of heat flow when a person touches cold water?
A. from the water to the hand
B. from the hand to the water
C. from the water to the hand then back to the water
D. heat will not flow
______18. How is the current related to the charge?
A. direct proportionality
B. inverse proportionality
C. direct square proportionality
D. inverse square proportionality
_____19. When more electrical devices are added in a series circuit, what will happen to the total current in the
circuit?
A. It will increase C. It will not change.
B. It will decrease. D. It will become zero.
_____20A. for insulating C. for grounding
B. for conducting D. for wiring