SCIENCE 8-Reviewer

Name __________________________________ Section __________________

Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space before the number.

1. What Newton’s law best explains why motorists should use seatbelts?
a. Law of acceleration b. Law of gravity c. Law of inertia d. Law of interaction
2. Which of the following greatly affects the speed of sound in air?
a. density b. elasticity c. pressure d. temperature
3. When an object is moving with constant velocity, what is its acceleration?
a. constant b. negative c. positive d. zero
4. Which of the following possesses gravitational potential energy?
a. an athlete running on a track c. a boulder at the top of a cliff
b. a rolling bowling ball d. a boy performing jumping jacks
5. One object has thrice as much mass as another object. The first object also has thrice as much __________.
a. acceleration b. inertia c. velocity d. weight
6. When the force acting on an object are balanced, the net force is __________.
a. equal to zero b. greater than zero c. less than zero d. undetermined
7. If the net force on a body double while its mass remains the same, its acceleration __________.
a. will become half b. will increase twice c. will remain constant d. cannot be determined
8. Which of the following is NOT a safety device?
a. Fuses c. Circuit breakers
b. Double insulation d. Series connection
9. Which of the following is not an advantage of a series connection?
a. longer connecting wire is required c. requires less amount of connecting wire
b. longer lifespan of battery d. simple method of electrical wiring
10. Which of the following describes the total energy possessed by a system of moving bodies?
a. changing from point-to-point c. maximum at the highest point
b. constant at any point d. minimum at the lowest point
11. Light bends around sharp corners because of __________.
a. diffraction b. dispersion c. reflection d. refraction
12. Thermal energy always transfers from __________.
a. a region of higher temperature to a region of lower temperature
b. a region of lower temperature to a region of higher temperature
c. toward the direction where the mass of the materials is greater
d. toward the direction where the mass of the materials is less
13. Which of the following is true about the mass and weight of a piece of rock on the moon’s surface compared to
its mass and weight on Earth?
a. mass is less; weight is the same c. both mass and weight are less
b. mass is the same; weight is less d. both mass and weight are the same
14. Which of the following describes the net force on an object wherein all the forces acting on it are equal in
magnitude and are opposite in direction?
a. negative b. positive c. zero d. cannot be determined
15. Consider a box sliding horizontally across a straight line. Which of the following factors affects the amount of
work done against friction in this situation?
a. direction of the box’s motion c. speed of the box
b. distance the box is moved d. time taken to move the box
16. When the liquid becomes hot, this means that there is an increase in __________.
a. density b. height c. elasticity d. temperature
17. How much current is flowing through a material whose resistance is 1000 ohms and the voltage across it is 10
V?
a. 0.01 A b. 0.10 A c. 1.0 A d. 10.0 A
18. How does acceleration of an object change in relation to its mass? Assume constant net force.
a. acceleration does not depend on mass c. inversely proportional
b. directly proportional d. cannot be determined
19. How will an increase in voltage affects the current flowing through a circuit of a certain conductor?
a. The current in the circuit will decrease. c. The current in the circuit will also increase.
 b. The current in the circuit will be the same. d. It has no effect in the current of the circuit.
20. Why parallel connection is widely used at home compared to a series connection?
a. Additional loads will decrease the overall resistance.
b. Each of the loads is independent from each other. Thus, if one load of the circuit breaks, the rest of the load
will still work.
c. Voltage will be the same, therefore, adding more bulbs in the circuit will not reduce its brightness/luminosity.
d. All the above
21. Red: lowest frequency ; violet: __________
a. equal frequency b. highest frequency c. lower frequency d. same frequency
22. Suppose a grocery cart is being pushed by a constant net force. What will happen to its acceleration if grocery
items are placed into it such that the mass doubles?
a. becomes double b. becomes half c. decreases four times d. increases four times
23. There are three ways or methods of heat transfer, which from the given choices is primarily the transfer of heat
from the sun to Earth?
a. conduction b. convection c. radiation d. none of the given