FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8

Name: _____________________________________________________ SCORE: _______________________

Direction: Read each statement carefully. Choose the best answer and write it on the blank before each number.

________1. Which of the following is a property of solid?

A. It will diffuse or spread easily.
B. It has indefinite shape and volume
C. Particles are incompressible and rigid.
D. Particles are slightly close with each other.
________2. Which chemical system has molecules that vibrate around a fixed point?
A. block of wood C. air inside the balloon
B. air inside the tire D. ice inside the glass with water
________3. Which of the following observations prove that solid particles have high density?
A. Ball has definite shape and volume.
B. Air inside the ball can be compressed.
C. Nails are good conductor of electricity.
D. Particles of the nails can move freely
_______4. A solid is a state of matter that has _____
A. Indefinite volume and indefinite shape
B. Definite volume and a definite shape
C. Definite volume and an indefinite shape
D. Indefinite volume and a definite shape
_______5. In which state of matter are particles packed together in a fixed positions?
A. Gas B. solid C. liquid D. compound
_______6. Which of the following best describe the particles of liquid?
A. Are tightly packed together and stay in a fixed position
B. Have no viscosity
C. Decrease in volume with increasing temperature
D. Are free to move in a container but remain in close contact with one another
_______7. The surface of water can act like a sort of skin due to a property of liquids called _______
A. Viscosity B. surface tension C. condensation D. evaporation
_______8. In which state of matter do the particles spread apart and fill all the space available to them?
A. Crystal B. liquid C. gas D. solid
_______9. The change from liquid to solid, or the reverse of melting, is called______
A. Condensation B. boiling C. sublimation D. freezing
_______10. What is vaporization?
A. A gas becoming a liquid C. A gas becoming solid
B. A liquid becoming a solid D. A liquid becoming a gas
_______11. Which of the following is NOT a property of liquid substances?
A. It takes the shape of the container.
B. It has a definite volume.
C. The particles are arranged randomly.
D. They occupy all the spaces available.
_______12. Below are examples of liquid, EXCEPT:
A. Alcohol B. Rock C. Vinegar D. Wine
_______13.It is a phase transition where a liquid turn into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing
point.
A. Condensation B. Evaporation C. Freezing D. Melting
_______14.Why does the plunger of the syringe cannot be pushed when there is water inside? The water particles are to
each other.
A. Close B. Very close C. Far D. Very far
_______15.When you hang the wet clothes in the string and got wet after few hours, what do you think happened to the
water?
A. Evaporated B. Condensed C. Frozen D. Melted
_______16. All of the following situations below show that liquid water undergoes condensation, EXCEPT:
A. Morning Dew on the Grass C. Hanging clothes get dry
B. Clouds in the Sky D. Fog in the Air
_______17. Why is there water droplets formed under the cover of the pot?
A. These are water vapor that touches the cover and condensed
B. Water molecules that are in motion and evaporated
C. Water mixes with air
D. These are water molecules that absorbed heat
______18. What makes ice melt for some time when placed in a saucer in the table?
A. Due to lower temperature C. Cold surroundings
B. Due to higher temperature D. None of these
______19. As you pour the water from one container to another, what happens to the shape of the water?
A. It takes the shape of the container C. It change its volume
B. It doesn’t fit in D. The shape of the container changes
______20. What happens to a liquid when placed in a container and left inside the freezer overnight? It becomes …
A. Liquid water C. Evaporated
B. solid water D. melted
______21. In which of the following three states of matter are the particles moving the fastest?
A. Solid C. Gas
B. Liquid D. They are all moving the same.
______22. Which of the following has the greatest amount of movement at a given temperature?
A. Gas C. Solid
B. Liquid D. They all have the same movement
______23. Which is a measurement of the amount of matter in an object?
A. mass C. weight
B. volume D. conductivity
______24. Which of the following is an example of a gas?
A. Air you breathe. C. A chair you sit on.
B. Coffee you drink. D. Water you swim in.
______25. Gases can be defined by the following statement:
A. Gases freely flow to fill the container they are in.
B. Gases have neither a defined volume nor shape.
C. Gases are highly compressible.
D. All of the above
______26. To describe a gas, you could say:
A. The particles are very attracted to each other.
B. The particles are not very attracted to each other.
C. The particles are close together like a liquid.
D. The particles of a gas are further apart than the particles in a liquid or solid
______27. Maria observed that the water starts turning to steam until all liquid water has become water vapor. What
process of phase change is involved?
A. freezing B. vaporization C. melting D. sublimation
______28. Which of the following will happen when heat is added to a material?
A. The molecules will compress.
B. The molecules will move slowly.
C. The liquid molecules will turn to vapor.
D. The liquid molecules will become solid.
_______29. Which of the following is an example of physical change?
A. rusting of a car C. tarnishing of silver
B. boiling of water D. mixing an acid and a base
______30. During phase change energy is either being released or absorbed, which of the following situation that energy
is released or removed?
A. baking a cake C. freezing of water
B. boiling of water D. melting of the ice cream
______31. The following statement describe atom except________________.
a. Atom is the smallest component of an element.
b. Atom is a fundamental piece of matter.
c. Atom consists of nucleus, containing proton and neutron and electron bound to the nucleus by electrical
attraction.
d. Atom is always a whole number and non – living matter.
______32. What sub – atomic particles carry neutral charge and located inside the nucleus?
a. electron c. nucleus
b. neutron d. proton
______33. If you comb your hair and the comb becomes positively charged, what will happen to your hair?
a. It will remain uncharged c. It will become positively charged
b. It will be repelled by the comb d. It will become negatively charged
______34. Which of the following best describes a negative atom?
a. p+6, n0 6, e-6 c. p+5, n0 6, e-6
b. p+6, n0 5, e-6 d. p+6, n0 6, e-5
_______35. Calcium is one of the important atoms in the body, how can we help our body rich in calcium?
a. exercise daily
b. take a bath twice a day
c. drink 8 glasses of water everyday
d. eat food that is rich in calcium like dairy products like milk and cheese
_______36. The mass number of the atom can be obtained by _____________.
a. adding the protons and the electrons
b. adding the electrons and the neutrons
c. determining the number of protons only
d. adding the number of protons and neutrons
_______37. What are the three basic subatomic particles?
a. proton, neutron, and electron c. Nucleus, proton, and neutron
b. proton, neutron, and hydrogen d. proton, ion, and electron
_______38. The number of protons within the nucleus of an atom is called its ___.
a. atomic mass c. atomic number
b. mass number d. nucleon number
_______39. Which particles have approximately the same size and mass of each other?
a. neutrons and electrons c. Protons and neutrons
b. electrons and protons d. electron, proton and neutron
_______40. An element has a mass number of 40 and atomic number of 20. How many neutrons does this atom have?
a. 40 c. 60
b. 20 d. 2