FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 8/2022-2023
Name: _______________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________ Date: ____________ Score: _______
Direction: Read the statements or questions carefully and then write the letter of the correct answer on the space before each
number.
____1. It is commonly exerted by way of a push or a pull on an object. What is it?
A. energy C. power B. force D. work
____2. Your science book lies flat on the table. What is true about the force/s acting on the book?
A. There are no forces acting on the book so it is at rest.
B. The book is acted upon by the downward force of gravity.
C. The book is acted upon by the upward force of the table.
D. The book is acted upon by the downward force of gravity and the upward force of the table on the book.
____3. When a constant unbalanced force acts on an object, the object is said to be
A. not moving C. moving with constant acceleration
B. moving with constant speed D. the type of motion cannot be determined
____ 4. If a car travelled for 2 hours and 30 minutes and covered a distance of 100 km, what is the car’s average speed?
A. 40 km/hr B. 50 km/hr C. 45 km/hr D. 55 km/hr
____5. To overcome resistance to motion due to an object’s inertia, friction must be reduced. In which situation does friction lessened?
A. A passenger holds on the handrail.
B. More men are called to push a stalled van.
C. Wheels are used in forklifts in carrying heavy load.
D. The driver puts on his seatbelt when inside the car.
____6. The wearing of seatbelt was enacted into a law. What primary reason does this law tried to declare?
A. The use of seatbelt provides a good design for beauty of the vehicle.
B. The use of seatbelt is for motorists to show discipline in obeying traffic rules.
C. The use of seatbelt provides safety of passengers from bumping into the windshield.
D. The use of seatbelt can acquire government revenues in the form of fines and penalties from violators.
____7. What effect on the acceleration does increasing the force applied on the body have?
A. The greater the force applied, the slower an object moves.
B. The greater the force applied, the speed of the object is constant.
C. The greater the force applied, the greater is the object’s acceleration.
D. The greater the force applied, the greater the increase in the object’s mass and acceleration.
____8. A car and a truck are running on the stretch of Rizal Avenue at the same speed towards a pedestrian crossing. Which of the
two must exert a greater force if suddenly a pedestrian has to cross the street?
A. The smaller car needs smaller force to stop right away.
B. The smaller car needs greater force to stop right away.
C. The truck needs smaller force to stop right away.
D. The truck needs bigger force to stop right away
____9. The third law of motion states that in every action, there is
A. equal and the same reaction C. larger and same reaction
B. equal and opposite reaction D. larger and opposite reaction
____10. If two men, 50 kg and 100 kg, both standing on a skateboard, push on each other, who will get to move farther? Why?
A. the 50 kg man because he has lesser mass
B. the 100 kg man because he has greater mass
C. both will move at the same speed and direction
D. both will not move because they are pushing on each other
____11. The forces acting on bodies come in pairs called
A. Action and reaction pair C. Left and right force pair
B. Up and down force pair D. Forward and backward pair
____12. Which characteristic differentiates action-reaction forces from balanced forces?
A. Equal in magnitude and in the same direction
B. Equal in magnitude but opposite in directions
C. Acts on the same objects and in the same direction
D. Acts on different objects and in opposite direction
____13. The unit of work is_________?
A. Horsepower B. Joules C. Newtons D. Thermal energy
____14. Which of these equations gives the amount of work done?
A. Work=F/d B. Work= Fd C. Work= Fgd D. Work= F/t
____15. How much work was done on an object when a constant force of 10 N pushed it 4 m away?
A. 0 J B. 20 J C. 40 J D. 10 J
____ 16. In which of the following situations is work being done from a scientist’s perspective?
A. a person sitting under a mango tree C. a person lifting a box
B. a carabao pulling a plow through the field D. a child pushing a wall
____17. What will happen to the value of work if the distance is increased?
A. remains the same B. Increase C. decrease D. will increase and decrease
____18. . If it takes 20 J of work to move a rock 20 meters in 10 seconds, what is the power?
A. 1 watt B. 2 watts C. 3 watts D. 4 watts
____19. What do you call the region in sound wave where molecules are spread out?
A. compression B. rarefaction C. refraction D. interference
____20. The speed of sound is affected by some factors except,
A. humidity B. medium C. temperature D. time
____21. How is sound produced?
A. rarefaction B. conduction C. induction D. vibration
____22. What is the measurement of the speed of sound in air at freezing temperatures?
A. 331 m/s B. 346 m/s C. 333 m/s D. 364 m/s
____23. How are sound waves detected?
A. Human eye B. computers C. human ear D. antennas
____ 24. What do you call the measure of how soft or loud sound is?
A. Amplitude B. Pitch C. Tone D. Intensity
____25. A light beam traveling through the air enters a glass medium. What changes does it undergo?
A. change in speed only C. change in wavelength only
B. Change in frequency only D. change in both speed and wavelength
____26. In a rainbow, the most bend color is:
A. Violet B. Green C. Blue D. Red
____27. Which of the following statement is not true?
A. Frequency and wavelength have similar relationship
B. Higher frequency light corresponds to longer wavelength
C. Low frequency light corresponds to short wavelength
D. All choices are not true
____28. Arrange the following colors according to decreasing energy, GREEN G, ORANGE O, INDIGO I, BLUE B, RED R
A. GOIBR B. ROGBI C. IBGOR D. RBIOG
____29. What property of light explains mirage?
A. Prism B. Refraction C. Dispersion D. Reflection
____30. Which color of the visible spectrum has the longest wavelength, therefore easily recognize by the eyes?
A. Green B. Orange C. Violet D. Red
____31. The temperature of iron is 37OF. Convert it into Rankine scale.
A. 490OR B. 493OR C. 495OR D. 497OR
____32. What will happen to the temperature if heat is added to an object? The temperature ___________.
A. increases B. remains the same C. decreases D. increases then decreases
____33. James Prescott Joule quantified the amount of mechanical heat where 1 calorie is equivalent to 4.186 Joules. What is the
equivalent of 20 calories in Joules?
A. 80.72 J B. 81.72 J C. 82.72 J D. 83.72 J
____34. This theory supports the notion that the faster the molecules move, the higher its temperature?
A. Kinetic Diffusion Theory C. Caloric Theory
B. Thermal Contraction Theory D. Kinetic Molecular Theory
____35. Which of the following statement is TRUE about heat and temperature?
A. Q is the representation of temperature while heat is represented by T.
B. Heat and temperature are both measuring the total kinetic and potential energy contained by molecules in an object.
C. Heat possesses the ability to do work but the temperature is limited only in gauging the extent of heat.
D. Heat pertains to the transfer of energy from region of lower temperature to region of higher temperature while temperature
pertains to the hotness and coldness of matter.
___ 36. Voltmeter is an electrical device that measures the amount of
A. current C. resistance B. voltage D. voltage and resistance
___ 37. In a simple circuit, what happens to the bulb if you add another battery?
A. The bulb is brighter C.The bulb is busted.
B. The bulb is dimmer. D. The brightness remains the same.
___ 38. In a simple circuit, which of the following moves the electric charges?
A. Battery B. Bulb C. Switch D. Wire
___ 39. Which is INCORRECT about electric power and energy?
A. Energy = power x time, while power = work/time
B. Energy is measured in joules while power is measured in watts.
C. Energy is measured in watts while power is measured in joules.
D. Electric energy is the product of power and time while electric power is the rate of doing work by the energy source.
___ 40. The following EXCEPT one takes place when the circuit is overloaded.
A. Large current produced can generate a lot of heat that could start a fire.
B. Electric current exceeds the wire’s current rating.
C. The circuit will always function normally.
D. The breaker and wire start to heat up.
____41. Which one is a conductor?
A. rubber B. plastic cup C. silver coin D. paper
____42. Which part of an electric circuit supplies energy?
A. bulb B. connecting wire C. switch D. battery
____43. Which of the following correctly define electric current?
A. It supplies energy to the load.
B. It is the rate of flow of electric charge.
C. It resists the flow of charges in the circuit.
D. It forces the electric charges to move through the wires.
____44. Which of the following is incorrect?
A. Copper wire is a conductor.
B. A switch opens and closes an electric circuit.
C. Ammeter measures the amount of electric current.
D. Series circuit allows electric charges through several paths.
____45. Voltmeter is an electrical device that measures the amount of
A. current C. resistance B. voltage D. voltage and resistance
____46. Ohm‟s law states that
A. current is directly related to voltage
B. current is inversely related to resistance and voltage
C. current does not depend on the energy from a dry cell
D current is the amount of charges flowing per unit of time.
____47. If the amount of voltage is increase
A. current decreases C. current does not change
B. current also increases D. current becomes double
____48. Ohm‟s law mathematically is
A. I = V / R B. I = V R C. I = R / V D. I = V- R
____49. In a circuit ohmmeter measures
A. current B. resistance C. voltage D. electric potential
____50. A dry cell
A. measures voltage C. supplies energy in the circuit
B. consumes electrical energy D. is similar to the loads such as electric bulb