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FIRST QUARTERLY EXAM IN SCIENCE 8
EXAM QUESTIONAIRE
Teacher: Alyssa Mae F. Dapadap, LPT
I. Shade the letter that corresponds to the
best answer. Use the separate answer
sheet to record your answers
1. Susan and Sean are in identical cars.
Susan ascends a mountain via a short,
steep trail (labeled A below). Sean ascends
the same mountain via a long, gentle trail
(labeled B below). Which of the following
statements is true?
A. Susan gains more gravitational potential
energy than Sean.
B. Susan gains less gravitational potential
energy than Sean.
C. Susan gains the same gravitational
potential energy as Sean.
D. To compare gravitational potential
energies, we must know the lengths of
the two trails.
2. A 20-ton truck collides with a 1500-lb car
and causes a lot of damage to the car.
Since a lot of damage is done on the car
A. force on truck is greater than force on
the car.
B. force on the truck is equal to the force
on the car
C. force on the truck is smaller than the
force on the car.
D. the truck did not slow down during the
collision.
3. An object of mass (mass) sits on a flat table.
The Earth pulls on this object with force
(mg), which we will call the action force.
What is the reaction force?
A. The table pushing up on the object with
force mg.
B. The object pushing down on the table
with force mg.
C. The table pushing down on the floor with
force mg.
D. The object pulling upward on the Earth
with force mg.
4. Which object has more inertia and why? A
bowling ball at rest or a high-speed soccer
ball?
A. Soccer ball. Because it is moving with a
high velocity.
B. Soccer ball. Because it has a greater
volume than the bowling ball.
C. Bowling ball. Because it is not moving.
D. Bowling ball. Because it is more
massive.
5. Which of Newton's laws best explains why
motorists should buckle-up?
A. first B. second C. third D. gravitation
6. The acceleration due to gravity is lower on
the Moon than on Earth. Which of the
following is true about the mass and weight
of an astronaut on the Moon's surface,
compared to Earth?
A. Mass is less, weight is same.
B. Mass is same, weight is less.
C. Both mass and weight are less.
D. Both mass and weight are the same.
7. Two cars collide head-on. At every moment
during the collision, the magnitude of the
force the first car exerts on the second is
exactly equal to the magnitude of the force
the second car exerts on the first. This is an
example of
A. Newton's first law.
B. Newton's second law.
C. Newton's third law.
D. Newton's law of
8. Which of the following shows work done?
A. holding a book
B. pushing a wall
C. sleeping
D. pushing a car at a certain distance
9. Which requires more work: lifting a 50.0 kg
crate a vertical distance of 2.0 meters or
lifting a 25.0 kg crate a vertical distance of
4.0 meters?
A. lifting the 50 kg sack
B. lifting the 25 kg sack
C. both require the same amount of work
D. None of the above
10. In which of the following scenarios is work
being done, according to the physics
definition?
A. Joe solves a “work” calculation in his
head.
B. Shauna places her chair onto the desk
after the afternoon announcements.
C. Garrett holds a barbell over his head in
weightlifting class.
D. Paige carries a reference book across
the classroom.
11. In order to do work, energy is______?
A. transferred or converted
B. used up
C. lost
D. lost or transferred
12. A person is holding a bucket by applying a
force of 10N. He moves a horizontal
distance of 5m and then climbs up a vertical
 distance of 10m. Find the total work done by
him
A. 50J B. 150J
C. 100J D. 200J
13. Student A lifts a 50-N box from the floor to a
height of 0.40 meter in 2.0 seconds. Student
B lifts a 40-N box from the floor to a height
of 0.50 meter in 1.0 second. Compared to
student A, student B does_____________.
A. The same work but develops more
power
B. The same work but develop less power
C. More work but develops less power
D. Less work but develops more power
14. Which of the following statements indicates
the best way to increase power?
A. increases the amount of work done in a
given time, or does a given amount of work
in less time
B. increases the amount of work done in a
given time, or does a given amount of work
in more time
C. decreases the amount of work done in a
given time, or does a given amount of work
in less time
D. decreases the amount of work done in a
given time, or does a given amount of work
in more time
15. If a substance is hot, its particles will
A. move fast than the cooler object
B. move slow than the cooler object
C. move as the cooler object
D. may move fast or slow than the cooler
object
16. Another important idea about temperature
and the particle model is that the motion of
particles increases when temperature
increases. Which statement below is also
correct?
A. as the motion of articles decreases the
temperature remains the same
B. as the temperature decreases the motion
of the articles increases
C. as the motion of the particles decreases
the temperature decreases
D. as the temperature increases the motion
of articles decreases
17. Why does placing a tight jar lid under hot
water help to loosen it?
A. Because any material expands when
heated.
B. Because it will absorb the water.
C. Both A and B
D. None of the above
18. Gaps are left in railway tracks to keep up
with the expansion during
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
19. The following are an example of
evaporation EXCEPT;
A. Drying of clothes under the sun
B. Boiling of water
C. Steam
D. Heating of chocolate
20. When there is enough _______ added to
metals, they melt
A. metal B. heat energy
C. light D. electricity
21. In a parallel circuit containing set of bulbs, if
one of the bulb blew up the effective
resistance offered will;
A. Increase C. Decrease
C. Remain the same D. Fluctuate
22. Objects that DO NOT allow electrical
current to flow are called ______.
A. Conductors
B. Nonconductors
C. Batteries
D. Circuits
23. Why is running too many appliances on one
circuit can cause a fuse to blow or a circuit
breaker to shut off?
A. The current drops to almost zero.
B. The voltage becomes too much for the
circuit to handle.
C. As more resistors are added in parallel,
the total resistance decreases, which
causes an increase in the total amount
of current.
D. As more resistors are added in parallel,
the total resistance decreases, which
causes an increase in the total amount
of voltage.
24. What is really meant when we say
appliances “uses up” electricity?
A. The current disappears
B. The main power supply voltage is
lowered
C. Electrons are taken out of the circuit
D. The PE of electrons is change into
another form
25. What will happen if the circuit offers little or
no resistance to the flow of charges?
A. There will be short circuit
B. There will be explosion of fuses
C. There will be high consumption of
electricity
D. There will be sparks in the
appliances
26. Why do you think earthing is important in all
appliances?
A. To avoid electrical shocks
B. To avoid high consumptions of
electricity
C. There will be high consumptions of
electricity
D. There will be sparks in the
appliances.
II. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
A. Identify and explain the law of motion used
in a given situation.
1. When Janes drives to work, she always
places her purse on the passenger’s seat.
By the time she gets to work, her purse has
fallen on the floor in front of the passenger’s
seat. One day, she asks you to explain why
this happens in terms of physics. What do
you say?
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2. You are waiting in line to use the diving
board at your local pool. While watching
people dive into the pool from the board,
you realize that using diving board to spring
into air before a dive is good example
Newton’s third law of motion. Explain how a
diving board illustrates the third law of
motion?
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B. Determine the energy used in a given
situations
1. A boy rides on his bike and suddenly
stops for a drink.
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2. A mountain climber climbs up the
mountain for an adventure.
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