LONG TEST IN SCIENCE 8

DIRECTION
Use ½ lengthwise as answer sheet.
Write your name, year and section and the date
today.
Choose the best answer in the following
items. Write the COMPLETE ANSWER in
each number.

REFRAIN FROM CHEATING.

1. Since temperature is directly related to kinetic
energy, gain in KE would cause the
temperature to ______.
a. decrease
b. Increase
c. change
d. remain constant
2. What is the GPE of a 300 kg boulder at a height
of 3.3 m? ( Hint: GPE= mgh)
a. 9.7 J
b. 97.02 J
c. 970.2 J
d. 9720 J
3. It is the measure of the electrical charges
passing through a cross-section of a conductor in
a given time.
a. electric current
b. Voltage
c. resistance
d. electricity
4. Calculate the kinetic energy of a 2.2 kg toy car
that moves at 4.4 m/s. ( Hint: KE= ½ mv2 )
a. 2.13 J
b. 21.3 J
c. 213 J
d. 2130 J
5. It is the tendency of a wire to resist the passage
of electric current. It is measured in ohms,
named after George Ohm.
a. electric current
b. Voltage
c. resistance
d. electricity
6. A kind of connection wherein there is only one
path for the current.
a. series
b. Parallel
c. series-parallel
d. parallel-series
7. Different materials have different specific heat
capacities.
a. not true
b. always true
c. sometimes true
d. always false
8. A kind of connection wherein 2 or more loads are
connected to a voltage source.
a. series
b. Parallel
c. series-parallel
d. parallel-series
9. The turning of ice ( solid ) to water ( liquid ) is an
example of ______.
a. temperature change
b. Thermal expansion
c. heat transfer
d. phase change
10. A kind of connection wherein both series and
parallel connections of resistors are used in a
single circuit.
a. series
b. Parallel
c. series-parallel
d. parallel-series
11. It is the amount of heat needed by a material to
increase its temperature by a degree.
a. heat
b. Heat transfer
c. heat capacity
d. thermal expansion
 12. It describes the process of energy transfer
between objects or places because of difference in
temperature.
a. Heat
b. Temperature
c. Energy
d. Heat Capacity
 13. During rainy days, many of us add hot water
on the tap water we are using in taking a bath.
What can you observe with the temperature of
the water after few seconds?
a. It will not change
b. It will rise
c. It will boil
d. It will become lower
 14. The term used to refer the amount of heat
required to increase the temperature of one unit
mass of a given material by 1 degree Celsius.
a. Heat capacity
b. Specific heat capacity
c. maximum heat capacity
d. minimum heat capacity
 15. Colors of light in the spectrum are arranged
as ____________when dispersion happens.
a. ROYGIBV
b. ROGYBIV
c. ROYGBIV
d. ROYBGIV
 16. It is the bending of light when it travels from
one medium to another from another of different
optical densities.
a. Optics
b. Reflection
c. refraction
d. spectrum
 17. The human ear is capable of detecting sound
waves with a wide range of frequencies, ranging
between approximately
_________________________.
a. 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz
b. less than 20 Hz
c. more than 20 000 Hz
d. 20 000 Hz and above
 18. When you observed that a certain object is
not moving, you can conclude that forces acting
on it are _____.
a. there are no forces acting on it.
b. unequal in magnitude and in different
directions.
c. equal in magnitude and in the same direction.
d. equal in magnitude and in opposite direction.
19. What will happen to the temperature of the
water as it boils?
a. decrease
b. Increase
c. change
d. remain constant
 20. If a woman has a mass of 50 kg, calculate her
weight in newtons. (Hint: W=mg )
a. 500 N
b. 480 N
c. 490 N
d. 470 N
 21. Work is done in the following cases except
___________________.
a. Pushing a door
b. pulling a school bag
c. lifting a pail of water
d. carrying chair across the room
 22. The following are components of electric
current except _____________________.
a. Dry cell
b. Bulb
c. wire
d. `voltmeter
 23. Light does not travel through
____________________.
a. Solids
b. Fluids
c. vacuum
d. objects at rest
 24. In a stack of coins, when you quickly hit the
coin at the bottom of the edge of a ruler it will be
displaced in its position but the others will
remain in their position. What causes the other
coins to remain in its state of rest?
a. Force
b. Weight
c. Gravity
d. Inertia
 25. What power is needed to move a 1000 kg car
up a 10 m hill in just 10 seconds? (Hint: P=mgh/t)
a. 98 watts
b. 980 watts
c. 9800 watts
d. 98000 watts
 26. It determines the current in a circuit. Its unit
is volt in honor of Alessandro Volta.
a. electric current
b. Voltage
c. resistance
d. electricity
 27. A bicycle experiences a net force of 200 N.
What is the acceleration if its mass is 500 kg?
( Hint: a=F/m)
a. 4 m/s2
b. 0.4 m/s2
c. 40 m/s2
d. 400 m/s2
 28. The natural flow of heat is always from
_______________________________.
a. hot to cold
b. Lower temperature to higher temperature
c. cold to hot
d. both a and c
 29. A change phase from solid to liquid is
________________________.
a. Condensation
b. Evaporation
c. melting
d. freezing
 30. It is the indicator of the optical density of a
material.
a. Index of reflection
b. Angle of reflection
c. index of refraction
d. angle of refraction
 31. It is the property of wave to turn back as it
hits a barrier.
a. Optics
b. Reflection
c. refraction
d. spectrum
 32. Which of the following is the most difficult to
accelerate?
a. 5 kg load
b. 10 kg block
c. 15 kg block
d. 20 kg block
 33. A 6.2 N weight is lifted 2.2 meters. How much
work is done? W=Fd
a. 12.6 J
b. 13.64 J
c. 11.64 J
d. 10 J
 34. Which of the following materials do sound
waves travels the fastest?
a. Wood
b. Air
c. kerosene
d. water
 35. How much work is done when lifting a 5 kg
book to a vertical height of 1.5 m? W=mgh
a. 73.5 J
b. 75 J
c. 68.4 J
d. 63.5 J
 36. It is simply defined as push or pull and is
measured using the standard metric unit known
as Newton.
a. Motion
b. Force
c. Power
d. Work
 37. What happens to the current through the
circuit if the resistance is decreased?
a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. remains the same
d. loses
 38. Which of the following is not true about heat?

a. Heat is energy in transit.

b. A substance does not contain heat.
c. Heat can be contained in a substance.
d. Heat is molecular energy being transferred.
 39. It is the product of the force applied to an
object and its displacement in the same direction
as the force applied.
a. Motion
b. Force
c. Power
d. Work
 40. A change phase from gas to liquid is
________________________.
a. Condensation
b. Evaporation
c. melting
d. freezing
 41. What do you call a closed circuit, continuous
path through which electron can flow?
a. Circuit
b. Charge
c. voltage
d. resistor
 42. It is defined as the rate of doing work and is
measured in watts.
a. Motion
b. Force
c. Power
d. Work
 43. A body of mass 2 kg is projected vertically
upward with a speed of 3 m/s. What is its kinetic
energy? ( Hint: KE= ½ mv2 )
a. 10 J
b. 5 J
c. 9 J
d. 6 J
 44. It is a wave created by vibrating objects and
propagated through a medium from one location
to another.
a. Seismic wave
b. Light
c. electromagnetic wave
d. sound wave
 45. If your mass is 100 kg, what is your weight?

a. 100 kg
b. 100 N
c. 98 N
d. 980 N
 46. Every Sunday Annie is going to CSI to buy
groceries for the family. With the use of pushcart
she can easily get all the things she needs. What
makes the cart move a distance in the direction
toward which Annie is pushing it?
a. Motion
b. Force
c. Power
d. Work
 47. It is a medical imaging technique that uses
high frequency sound waves and their echoes.
a. X-ray
b. Ultrasound
c. ct-scan
d. cardiograph
 48. Which of the following is a unit of work?
a. Joule
b. Second
c. meter
d. kilogram
 49. A 10 N book is lying at rest on the table.
What is the net force acting on the book?
a. 1 N
b. 10 N
c. 9.8 N
d. 0 N
 50. The speed of sound depends on the
_______________________.
a. Pitch of the sound
b. loudness of the sound
c. Source of the sound
d. properties of medium it travels
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ANSWERS.
1. b. Increase
2. d. 9720 J
3. a. electric current
4. b. 21.3 J
5. c. resistance
6. a. Series
7. b. always true
8. b. Parallel
9. d. phase change
10. c. series-parallel
11. c. heat capacity
12. a. Heat
13. d. It will become lower
14. b. Specific heat capacity
15. c. ROYGBIV
16. c. refraction
17. a. 20 Hz to 20 000 Hz
18. d. equal in magnitude and in opposite direction.
19. b. Increase
20. c. 490 N
21. d. carrying chair across the room
22. d. voltmeter
23. c. vacuum
24. d. Inertia
25. c. 9800 watts
26. b. Voltage
27. b. 0.4 m/s2
28. a. hot to cold
29. c. melting
30. c. index of refraction
31. b. Reflection
32. d. 20 kg block
33. b. 13.64 J
34. a. Wood
35. a. 73.5 J
36. b. Force
37. b. Increases
38. b. A substance does not contain heat.
39. d. Work
40. b. Evaporation
41. a. Circuit
42. c. Power
43. d. 6 J
44. d. sound wave
45. d. 980 N
46. b. Force
47. b. Ultrasound
48. a. Joule
49. d. 0 N
50. d. properties of medium it travels
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