Department of Education

Region V (Bicol)
Division of City Schools
North District
CRISTO REY INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Iriga City

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Third Quarter Examination
Science 8
TOPIC/COMPETENCY
1. Matter
1.1 Describe common properties of matter
1.2 Infer from given situations or observable events
what matter is made of.
1.3 Explain the processes taking place at the submicroscopic level.
1.4 Explain the processes taking place using the
particle model of matter.
2. Atoms
2.1 Infer that objects may carry positive and
negative charges.
2.2 Infer which subatomic particle contributes to
the mass of the atom.
2.3 Simulate and describe the different models of
atom.
2.4 Identify the subatomic particle associated with
the mass number
2.5 Determine the number of neutrons from the
mass number
3. Periodic Table of Elements
3.1 Trace the development of the periodic table
3.2 Describe the arrangement of the elements in the
periodic table
3.3 Use the periodic table to predict the chemical
behaviour of an element
TOTAL

No.
of
Items
4
5

Item Placement
K

1-4

12-16

8
10

5-6

7-11

2
5

17-21

11

22-25

12

33-34

31-32

38-40

2
9

35-36
37

38-40

4250
41

50

20

15

26-30

7
10

PERLA P. LAGDAAN
Teacher
BELEN B. PILI
OIC, Principal

19
4
19

Prepared by:

Noted:

% of
Test
Item

100

Department of Education
Region V (Bicol)
Division of City Schools
North District
CRISTO REY INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Iriga City

THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION

SCIENCE VIII

Name: ______________________________ Yr. & Sec. _______________ Score: _________

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer before the number.
_________1. Which of the following samples listed below is NOT classified as matter?
A. Sugar granules
C. Stone
B. Water
D. Heat
_________2. The measure of the amount of matter the object has is referred to as ___________.
A. Atom
C. Molecules
B. Mass
D. Volume
_________3. The measure of the space occupied by an object is called _________________.
A. Mass
C. Temperature
B. Molecules
D. Volume
_________4. The basic unit of matter is _____________.
A. Atom
C. Mass
B. Molecules
D. Volume
_________5. Which of the following characteristics of liquid make it different from gas?
A. Liquids are not easy to compress because the spaces between the particles in
liquid are much smaller than in liquid.
B. Liquids take the shape of their container.
C. Liquids have no definite shape, they assume their container.
D. They expand to fill up its container.
_________6. Which of the following is NOT true about the aspects of the particle nature of matter?
A. Matter is made up of tiny particles.
B. Particles of matter are moving all the time.
C. Particles of matter attract each other.
D. It has mass and volume.
For item 7 11. Match the following phase changes. Write your answer before the number. (letter
only).
Column A
_________7. liquid to solid
_________8. liquid to gas
_________9. gas to liquid
_________10. gas to solid
_________11. solid to liquid

Column B
a. freezing
b. melting
c. evaporation
d. condensation
e. sublimation
f. deposition

For item 12 16. Chicken and Feather. Circle the one that does not belong to the group. Classify
the remaining items. Choose from the words on the right column.
_________12. Solid, liquid, gas, plasma
_________13. Water, coffee, sugar, salt
_________14. Fluidity, viscosity, capillary, density
_________15. Freezing, melting, evaporation, condensation
_________16. Helium, sodium, neon, argon

a. liquid properties
b. non metals
c. phase changes requiring energy
d. compounds
e. phases of matter
f. phase change releasing energy

17. What will happen when two like charges brought together?
A. They will repel each other
B. they will attract each other
C. They will neutralize each other
D. They will have no effect on each other
18. Which of the following describes the usual way by which by which a material can gain a
positive charge?
A. by gaining protons
C. by losing protons
B. by gaining electrons
D. by losing electrons
19. 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
20. Which of the following can be attracted by positively charged object?
A. another positively charged object
C. a neutral object
B. any other object
D. no other object
21. What did the alpha-scattering experiment reveal?
A. the electrons are negatively charged particles
B. the atom consist of negative charges embedded in a sphere of positive charges
C. the protons are in the nucleus
D. the atom is made up of a very small, massive and positively charge nucleus.
For item 22-25. Refer to the table:
Subatomic Particle
(Symbol)
Electrons (e)
Protons (p+)
Neutrons (n0)

Charge

Mass Grams

Location in the Atom

-1
+1
0

9.109 X 10 -28
1.672 x 10 -24
1.675 x 10 -24

outside nucleus
Nucleus
Nucleus

22. Which subatomic particle is the lightest? _________________________.

23. Which subatomic particle is the heaviest? _________________________.
24. Which subatomic particles have almost the same mass? ________________________.
25.
________________________.
For items 26-30. Fill the table below.
Element
26
.
27
.
28
.

Magnesium

Atomic
Number
12

Cobalt
Argon

Mass
Name

He -

Hn0

12
59

18

Hp+

27
22

29 Carbon
6
12
.
30 Silver
201
80
.
31. The atomic number of an element indicates the number of _______________________.
A. neutrons in the molecules
B. electrons in the nucleus
C. neutrons plus the number of protons
D. protons in the nucleus
32. The number of neutrons in an atom of magnesium 24 Mg is ___________________.
12

A. 19

B. 24

C. 12

D. 10

33. Atoms of the same element, may have the same atomic number, but different atomic mass is
called ____________________.
A. nuclide
C. compound
B. elements
D. isotopes
34. An English physicist and chemist pictured that atom as solid, indestructible sphere with a like a
billiard ball.
A. Aristotle
B. Democritus
C. Dalton
D. Rutherford
35. The development of the periodic table could be traced back in the year _______________.
A. 1803
B. 1817
C. 1963
D. 1869
36. Which of the following is NOT True about the arrangement of the elements in the periodic
tables?
I. Elements are arranged horizontally in order of increasing atomic numbers.
II. Each element is identified by its symbols placed at the middle of the square.
III. The vertical columns are called groups or families.
IV. The Periodic Table has no columns.
A. I only

B. I and II

C. III Only

D. IV only

For 38-40. Which will be more reactive in the following pairs of metal?
38. Mg or Na with HEl
39. Ag or Al with HCC
40. Fe or Zn with CUSO4
41. What harmful change/s are brought about atom a metal reacts or mixes with acids?
I. The gradual wearing away or corrosion of metal
II. They may lead to the deterioration of metals
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. none of them
For item 42-50. Complete the table below:
Isotope
B-6
N-14
F-19
Ne-20
Mg-24
Al-27

Element Name
Nitrogen
Fluorine
Magnesium

# of p+
5
7
9
12
13

# of e10
10

# of n0
1
7

Charge
0
-1

10
12
14

+2
+3

Prepared by:
PERLA P. LAGDAAN

Teacher
Noted:
BELEN B. PILI
OIC, Principal