SCIENCE 8 FIRST SUMMATIVE TEST 2022-2023

_____11. Which of the following describes the Newton’s third law of

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DIRECTIONS: Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the
best answer.
_____1. Applying the concepts of inertia, what do you think will
happen to the passengers sitting in a moving bus when it
suddenly stops or put on brake?
A. They will move backward.
B. They will keep moving forward.
C. They will move to their right or left direction.
D. They will stay at rest in their sitting position.
_____2. What do you call to the property of matter by which it
continues in its existing state of rest or uniform motion?
A. energy
B. inertia
C. mass
D. speed
_____3. Which statement is INCORRECT?
A. As the mass increases, inertia decreases
B. As the mass increases, inertia also increases
C. As the mass decreases, inertia also decreases
D. All of the above statements are correct
_____4. Which of the following statements is true for Inertia?
A. The inertia of a body can be determined by the object’s
mass
B. The inertia is inversely proportional to the object’s mass
C. An object with great inertia can be moved easily
D. Inertia is not a property of matter
_____5. Which of the following object has the greatest inertia?
A. bicycle
B. car
C. jeep
D. bus
_____6. Which Newton’s law best explains why motorists should use
seatbelts?
A. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Acceleration
C. Law of Interaction
D. Law of Gravitation
motion?
A. Net force
B. Balanced forces
C. Centripetal forces
D. Action and reaction forces
_____12. According to Newton’s third law of motion, what will
happen to the nail when a hammer strikes and exerts force
on it?
A. disappears into the wood
B. moves at a constant speed
C. creates a friction with the hammer
D. exerts an equal force back on the hammer
_____13. Why action and reaction forces do not cancel each other?
A. They are in the same direction
B. They act on different bodies
C. The reaction force is greater than the action force
D. The action force is greater than the reaction force.
_____14. As a ball falls, the action force is the pull of the earth’s
mass on the ball. What is the reaction to this force?
A. The pull of the ball’s mass on the earth.
B. Air resistance acting against the ball.
C. The acceleration of the ball
D. Nonexistent in this case.
_____15. The earth pulls on the moon, and similarly the moon pulls
on the earth. Which of the following evidence describes
this phenomenon?
A. Earth’s and moon’s pulls comprise an action-reaction
pair.
B. Earth and moon are simply pulling on each other.
C. Both a and b.
D. Neither a and b
Problem Solving. Solve the following problem. Follow the steps in
problem solving (5 points)
A wooden box of 85 kg is being accelerated to a ship at a rate of 2
m/s2. Determine its force applied.
1. What is ask?
2. What are the given?

For questions 7-8. Please refer to the picture. 3. What are the operation to be used?

4. What is the number sentence?

5. What is the answer?

_____7. Who must apply greater force in order to move the object?
A. man in the 1st picture
B. man in the 2nd picture
C. both A & B
D. neither A & B
_____8. What can you infer about the mass in the given picture?
A. The greater the mass, the more force need to exert to
move the object
B. The greater the mass, the lesser force need to exert to
move the object
C. The lesser the mass, the more force need to exert to
move the object
D. The lesser the mass, the lower the acceleration
_____9. If you are about to move these balls through a kick, which
of the following will be difficult to move on a frictionless
surface?
A. 0.20 kg. golf ball
B. 0.95 kg. football
C. 1.20 kg. basketball
D. 6.50 kg. bowling ball
_____10. Which mass is difficult to move?
A. 4 kg
B. 40kg
C. 400 kg
D. 4000 kg