Science 8

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1. What Newton’s law of motion requires the use of seat belt in cars?
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Interaction
C. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Universal Gravitation
2. 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 B. Law of Interaction
C. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Universal Gravitation
3. According to the second law of motion, the net force is the product of mass and an
acceleration. Which of the following has the greatest acceleration?
A. A 5.000 kg stone 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 accelerated by 1000 N net force from its engine.
4. What happens to the surface of the water when the rate of evaporation is greater?
A. It becomes cooler. B. It absorbs less energy.
C. It becomes more massive. D. It absorbs greater energy.
5. During warm days, you cool yourself by damping your skin with a wet towel. Which of the following
takes place?
A. Your skin absorbs the coldness of the water.
B. Your skin releases energy when water from your skin evaporates.
C. The temperature of the water on your skin decreases as it evaporates.
D. The temperature of your skin increases as water evaporates from
your skin.
6. Which of the following is TRUE about the formation of faults?
A. It forms when the rocks of the crust are compressed or stretched by plate movement.
B. It forms when the rocks of the crust are melted by the magma.
C. It forms when the rocks of the crust shake.
D. It forms when the rocks of the crust subducts
7. What do you call a system of forces that pulls or stretches rock layers on opposite sides?
A. compression B. earthquake C. faults D. tension
8. Choose the best statement that explains how earthquake waves provide information from the interior
of the earth to the surface.
A. Seismic waves travel through increasing depths in the earth.
B. Seismic waves spread out in all directions through the earth’s interior.
C. Seismic waves that pass through the Earth are refracted and reflected.
D. Seismic waves are consistent even if moving from one section to another
9. Which of the following is a broken-up rock fragment from outer space that makes it to the Earth’s
surface?
A. Asteroid B. Meteorite C. Meteoroid D. Meteors
10. The bright streak of light we see when a meteoroid enters our atmosphere is caused by
_____________________.
A. Radioactive decay of material in the meteoroid.
B. Sunlight reflected from the solid body of the meteoroid.
C. Frictional heating as the meteoroid speeds through the gases of our atmosphere.
D. A process similar to aurora triggered by the meteoroid’s disturbing Earth’s magnetic field.
11. Freezing and melting are ______ processes.
A. Irreversible B. Reversible C. Permanent D. impossible
processes
12. You have taken the ice cream from the freezer and accidentally forgot to return it back. After some
time, there is a liquid all over the counter in the kitchen. What happened to the ice cream? The ice
cream _____.
A. Condensed B. Evaporated C. Froze D. Melted
13.Which of the following describes what happens to the molecules of water vapor when cooled?
A. Slow down and lose kinetic energy causing them to attract each other and become liquid.
B. Move faster and gain kinetic energy that cause them to attract one another and become liquid.
C. Slow down and gain kinetic energy that cause them to move apart and become gas.
D. Slows down and lose kinetic energy that causes them to move farthest apart and become gas.
 14. Consider the following sequence:
I. Al < Si < P < S
II. Be < Mg < Ca < Sr
III. I< Br < Cl < F
Which of these give(s) a correct trend in increasing atomic size?
A. I only B. II only C. III only D. I and II only
15. The evaporation of liquid is an important step in the water cycle. How do liquid water molecules
into the gas phase? The molecules____________
A. gain kinetic energy, which enables them to move faster and escape to gaseous phase.
B. lose kinetic energy, which enables them to move slower and escape to gaseous phase.
C. gain kinetic energy, which enables them to move slower and escape to gaseous phase.
D. lose kinetic energy, which enables them to move faster and escape to gaseous phase.
16. Which of the following sequences correctly traces the passage of food through the human digestive
tract?
A. Esophagus, pharynx, stomach, large intestines, small intestine
B. Esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, pharynx
C. Pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
D. Pharynx, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine
17.Which of the following is NOT a benefit of biodiversity?
A. Agriculture B. Ecotourism
C. Medicine D. deforestation
18.Which of the following is correctly arranged starting from lowest to highest trophic level?
A. Grass, snake, mouse, eagle C. algae, hawk, monkey, bacteria
B. Grass, grasshopper, frog, snake D. bacteria, hawk, frog, mushroom
19.What gas is released by plants and needed by animals?
A. Carbon B. Oxygen C. Nitrogen D. Phosphorus
20.. In the water cycle, what process is involved when water vapor turns into water droplets?
A. dehydration B. evaporation C. condensation D. precipitation