Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of City of Malolos
City of Malolos Integrated School – Atlag
(Formerly Atlag Elementary School)
1st QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE 8

Name: _____________________________________________ Grade & Section: __________________________

DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper. Use CAPITAL
LETTERS only. No erasures. No superimpositions.

1. Which is NOT a unit of force?

A. Dyne B. Joules C. Newton D. Pound
2. What refers to how large or strong is the force?
A. magnitude B. line of action C. velocity of the object D. direction of the force
3. What force is always directed opposite to the motion of an object?
A. Friction B. Gravitational C. Magnetic D. Tension
4. What force pulls an object back to the Earth?
A. Applied B. Gravitational C. Magnetic D. Tension
5. Which surface would be easiest for a bicycle to move?
A. Sand B. Grass C. Muddy road D. Concrete road
6. What type of forces holds between two celestial bodies like the Sun and Earth?
A. Applied B. Gravitational C. Magnetic D. Tension
7. What force acts perpendicular to the surface of the object in contact with?
A. Applied B. Gravitational C. Normal D. Tension
8. Two people pull on a rope in a tug-of-war. Each pull with a 300 N force. What is the net force?
A. 0 N B. 300 N C. 600 N D. 900 N
9. Planet Jupiter has a bigger mass than the Earth. If you were able to travel to planet Jupiter, what happens to your
weight?
A. increases B. decreases C. stays the same D. varies with day and night
10. What is the net force in the figure below?

A. 25 N, to the left B. 25 N, to the right C. 195 N, to the left D. 195 N, to the right
11. What is the definition of weight?
A. the size of an object C. the amount of matter in an object
B. the time it takes to get on a ride D. the magnitude of the force of gravity on an object
12. Which law states that forces act with equal magnitude and in opposite direction?
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Interaction C. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Gravitational Force
13. For every _________ there is an equal and opposite ___________.
A. action, action B. reaction, action C. action, reaction D. reaction, reaction
14. What Newton’s law of motion requires the use of seat belt in cars?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Interaction D. Law of Universal Gravitation
15. A guava with a mass of 0.200 kg has a weight of ___________.
A. 0.200 N B. 1.96 N C. 4.50 N D. 10.0 N
16. A stone hits the ground before a flat sheet of paper because ___________.
A. it is less massive C. the acceleration of gravity is greater on the stone
B. it is more massive D. there is more air resistance against the flat paper

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17. If the mass of an object is 45 kg on Earth, what is its mass on the moon?
A. 45 N B. 45 kg C. 441 N D. 441 kg
18. Which of the following phenomena applies the first law of motion?
A. A leaf sways back and forth falling from a tree.
B. When a ball falls on the floor, the ball bounces back up.
C. When pushed with the same force, a car accelerates slower than a grocery cart.
D. When a cardboard with coin on top is suddenly pulled, the coin falls into the glass.
19. According to the second law of motion, the net force is the product of mass and acceleration. Which of the following
has the greatest acceleration?
A. A 5.000 kg stone is pulled with a 10 N net force.
B. A 0.5000 kg toy car is pulled with a 9 N net force.
C. A 7.000 kg metal ball is pushed by a 17 N net force.
D. A 500.0 kg truck is accelerated by 1000 N net force from its engine.
20. In a grocery store, you can easily push a cart with 5 kg sack of rice than a cart with a 10 kg sack of rice to the counter.
Which of these explains the situation?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Interaction D. Law of Universal Gravitation
21. The following situations demonstrate potential energy EXCEPT:
A. a bullet fired from a gun C. a car parked at the top of a hill
B. a child at the top of a slide D. river water at the top of a waterfall
22. The potential energy is the energy an object has due to its __________.
A. mass B. motion C. position D. weight
23. The following conditions exhibits kinetic energy EXCEPT:
A. water inside a glass C. running athlete on the field
B. rolling stone from the hill D. dancing kids in the living room of the house
24. Which of the following quantities, when doubled, has the greatest effect on the amount of kinetic energy?
A. mass B. size C. speed D. weight
25. If a green ball is higher from the ground than a yellow ball and both have the same mass, which ball has more
potential energy?
A. green ball B. yellow ball C. both has the same PE D. both has the same KE
26. Which of the following factors does not affect the amount of potential energy of an object?
A. gravity B. height C. mass D. speed
27. Which happens to kinetic energy if mass is doubled?
A. doubled B. the same C. tripled D. quadrupled
28. Potential energy is the energy of an object based on its ___________.
A. height and mass B. mass and speed C. speed and height D. weight and speed
29. Where does a car on a hill have the greatest potential energy?
A. top of the hill C. halfway down the hill
B. bottom of the hill D. it has the same potential energy at all points
30. Kinetic energy is the energy an object possessed due to its ___________.
A. mass B. motion C. position D. weight
31. Which of the following factors does the speed of sound depend?
A. density B. elasticity C. temperature D. all of the above
32. An echo occurs when a sound wave is __________.
A. absorbed B. reflected C. refracted D. transmitted
33. What happens to the speed of sound as the temperature increases?
A. constant B. decreases C. increases D. cannot be determined
34. Which phenomenon explains why sound is heard at longer distances at night than in day?
A. echolocation B. reflection C. refraction D. reverberation
35. How fast does sound travel if the air temperature is 20 °C?
A. 334 m/s B. 340 m/s C. 343 m/s D. 345 m/s
36. 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. C. The higher the temperature the slower the speed.
B. The higher the temperature the faster the speed. D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound.
37. What is the relationship of temperature to the speed of sound?
A. equal B. no relationship C. directly proportional D. inversely proportional
38. Sound travels faster through warm materials than cold materials because __________.
A. warm particles move slowly C. warm particles are moving quickly
B. gas particles are packed tightly D. sound does not travel faster through a warm substance

39. When the direction of a wave changes as it passes from one medium to another, it is called ___________.

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 A. density B. echo C. reflection D. refraction
40. What happens to the speed of sound when it travels in warmer objects?
A. constant B. faster C. slower D. cannot be determined
41. When a boy yells his name inside a cave, the sound reflects off the walls of the cave and travels back to his ears.
What do you call the reflected sound?
A. density B. echo C. echolocation D. refraction
42. Concerts usually take place during nighttime where everyone has a chance to see and to enjoy the live show. Why
does sound contribute to the concert schedule?
A. Sound is more audible at night due to minimal noise.
B. Sound propagates faster in air at night than at daytime.
C. Sound is heard well in far areas during nighttime than during daytime.
D. Sound changes and refracts when it encounters a medium of different density.
43. A baseball player bats a ball with a force of 1,000 N. The ball exerts a reaction force against the bat of __________.
A. less than 1,000 N B. more than 1,000 N C. 1,000 N D. none of the above
44. Suppose a woman is pushing a grocery cart with a 500 Newton force along the 7 meters aisle, how much work is
done in pushing the cart from one end of the aisle to the other?
A. 3500 J B. 350 J C. 35000 J D. 3.500 J
45. A car with a mass of 700 kg is moving with a speed of 20m/s. Calculate the kinetic energy of the car.
A. 14,000 J B. 140,000 J C. 1,400 J D. 140.000 J
46. The largest land predator is the male polar bear, which has a mass of around 500.0 kg. If the top speed of a male
polar bear is 11.0 m/s, how much KE does it have?
A. 30,250 J B. 3,025 J C. 302,500 J D. 30.250 J
47. A tennis ball is traveling at 50 m/s and has a kinetic energy of 75 J. Calculate the mass of the tennis ball.
A. 0.06 kg B. 0.6 kg C. 6.0 kg D. 60.0 kg
48. A 5000kg truck has 400000J of kinetic energy. How fast is it moving?
A. 1.265 m/s B. 126.5 m/s C. 12.65 m/s D. 1,265 m/s
49. Roger’s tennis ball has a mass of 0.3 kg. If he holds the ball above the ground at a height of 2.0 m to serve, what is its
gravitational potential energy?
A. 58.8 J B. 5.88 J C. 588 J D. 5,888 J
50. An owl has a mass of 4.00 kg. It dives to catch a mouse, losing 800.00 J of its PE. What was the starting height of the
owl, in meters?
A. 20.41 m B. 2.041 m C. 204.1 m D. 2,041 m

Prepared by:

MRS. JESSICA P. PINGOL

Teacher III

Checked: Noted:

MRS. BELINDA S. ROQUE JOEY R. CABIGAO, PhD

Teacher III/OIC-Department Head School Principal IV

Office Address: F. Estrella St., Atlag, City of Malolos, Bulacan 3000 PHILIPPINES
School ID: 500404
Telephone No.: (044) 662-4849
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of City of Malolos
City of Malolos Integrated School – Atlag
(Formerly Atlag Elementary School)
1st QUARTERLY ASSESSMENT IN SCIENCE 8
ANSWER KEY

1 B 11 D 21 A 31 D 41 B

2 A 12 B 22 D 32 B 42 B

3 A 13 C 23 A 33 C 43 C

4 B 14 A 24 C 34 C 44 A

5 D 15 B 25 A 35 C 45 B

6 B 16 D 26 D 36 B 46 A

7 C 17 B 27 A 37 C 47 A

8 A 18 D 28 A 38 C 48 C

9 A 19 B 29 A 39 D 49 B

10 B 20 C 30 B 40 B 50 A

Prepared by:

MRS. JESSICA P. PINGOL

Teacher III

Checked: Noted:

MRS. BELINDA S. ROQUE JOEY R. CABIGAO, PhD

Teacher III/OIC-Department Head School Principal IV

Office Address: F. Estrella St., Atlag, City of Malolos, Bulacan 3000 PHILIPPINES
School ID: 500404
Telephone No.: (044) 662-4849