QUEEN ANNE SCHOOL

Santa Rosa, Laguna

SY. 2022-2023
FIRST MONTHLY EXAMINATION
SCIENCE 8
Name: _________________________ Date: ________________________
Section: ________________________ Score: _______________________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICES (25 POINTS)
Choose the letter of the best answer by writing it on the blank provided before each number.
Strictly NO ERASURES!
____1. Which type of quantity is characterized by both magnitude and direction?
a. Scalar c. Physical
b. Vector d. Speed
____2. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
a. Velocity c. Displacement
b. Mass d. Acceleration
____3. Distance is which of the following types of quantities?
a. Scalar c. Magnitude
b. Vector d. Direction
____4. Which of the following does not undergo acceleration?
a. A car with constant speed moving in a circular path
b. A car moving at 60 km/h along a straight path
c. A speeding motorcycle
d. A truck that comes to a complete stop
____5. Acceleration occurs when an object undergoes _____.
a. speed increase
b. speed decrease
c. a change in the direction of travel
d. any change of the above
____6. A quantity that reflects change in position only, from one point to another.
a. distance c. motion
b. speed d. acceleration
____7. A quantity that reflects change in the position from one point to another with respect
to time.
a. distance c. motion
b. speed d. acceleration
____8. A change in velocity at a given time interval.
a. distance c. motion
c. speed d. acceleration
____9. Any movement done that results in change in position.
a. distance c. motion
b. speed d. acceleration
____10. The vector quantity of speed is- ?
a. acceleration c. velocity
b. displacement d. motion
____11. The actual change in position from one point to another with respect to direction.
a. acceleration c. velocity
b. displacement d. motion
____12. The body is said to be accelerating when-
a. There is an increase in the velocity at a given time interval.
b. There is a decrease in the velocity at a given time interval.
c. There is a constant value in the velocity at a given time interval.
d. There is a stationary behavior in the velocity at a given time interval.
____13. The body is said to be decelerating when-
a. There is an increase in the velocity at a given time interval.
b. There is a decrease in the velocity at a given time interval.
c. There is a constant value in the velocity at a given time interval.
d. There is a stationary behavior in the velocity at a given time interval.

____14. It is equal to the final velocity minus initial velocity divided by the time interval.
a. acceleration c. velocity
b. displacement d. motion

____15. Which of the following is a unit of force?

a. kilogram c. newton
b. joule d. watt

____16. Which of the following is an example of unbalance forces?

a. boat floating c. person sitting on a chair
b. book on the top of the table d. rising balloon

____17. Two forces of the same magnitude are added; one pointing east, and the other,
west. What is the magnitude of the resultant force?
a. 0 c. 1
b. 2 d. 3

____18. The resultant magnitude of two forces ___.

a. is always positive
b. is usually zero
c. can never be zero
d. can be negative, positive, or zero

____19. Friction acts ___.

a. on rough surface only
b. on stationary only
c. only when an object is in motion
d. whether an object is moving or not

___20. The magnitude of a frictional force depends on ___.

a. the area of the contact surfaces
b. the condition of the contact surfaces.
c. the forces pushing the surfaces together.
d. both a and b

____21. To reduce friction, one could ____.

a. place extra weight on the object that is moving.
b. reduce the area of contact between surfaces.
c. remove wheels to reduce the downward pressure in trolleys
d. use lubricant

____22. A big truck slams into a little car. Which vehicle will exert a greater force during the
crash?
a. the car c. both will exert the same force
b. the truck d. cannot be determined

____23. Which of the following statements about circular motion is correct?

a. the speed is changing all the time.
b. the linear speed is constant but the acceleration is changing all the time.
c. the linear speed is constant and the velocity is constant.
d. the linear is constant but there is acceleration because the velocity is changing.
____24. You attached a rock to a rope, and were swinging it around in a circle very quickly. If
you could keep the speed of the rock constant as you pulled the rope in, what would
happen to the force transmitted to you by the force?
a. increase inversely with the distance
b. decrease inversely with the distance
c. increase as the square of the distance
d. decrease as the square of the distance

____25. Which of the following statements is true about the pair of action-reaction forces in
Newton’s third law of motion?
a. it consist of forces that are always opposite but not equal.
b. it always cancels each other out when the third law is applied to a body.
c. it consist of forces that are always equal and act on the same object.

II. Problem Solving. (10 points)

Identify the given, formula, and always provide your solution. Box your final answer/s.
1. A 120,000-kg truck is accelerated from rest at a rate of 5 m/s2. What is the force applied?
2. A 900-kg vehicle is going 20 m/s along a level highway. How much force is required to stop the car in a
distance of 100 m?