Summative Test on Sound, Light and Heat

Name: _____________________________Grade 8 __________________ Date: _____________ Score: ___________

A. Read the statement or question carefully. Encircle the letter of your answer.
1. What energy is produced when a thing vibrates?
a. electricity b. heat c. light d. sound
2. Which is needed by sound in order to travel or propagate?
a. light b. medium c. temperature d. vacuum
3. In which of the following will sound travel slowest?
a. air b. glass c. salt water d. water
4. Why does sound travel fastest in solids?
a. Because of the arrangement of molecules in solids c. Because molecules in solids are near each other
b. Because distances between molecules are very short so sound can be easily transmitted d. All of these
5. Why can’t astronauts hear each other in the outer space without the use of electromagnetic waves?
a. Because the outer space is a vacuum c. Because molecule-to-molecule interaction cannot take place there
b. Because there are no molecules in the outer space d. all of the above
6. What causes an echo?
a. sound waves bouncing off large, hard surfaces c. sound waves bouncing off tables and chairs
b. sound waves bouncing off carpet d. you repeating yourself
7. How does temperature affect the speed of sound?
a. If the temperature is high, it means that molecules cannot move fast
b. The higher the kinetic energy, the faster the vibration, the lower the speed of sound
c. The higher the temperature, the faster the vibration, the faster the propagation of sound
d. all of the above
8. What happens to the speed of sound when temperature increases?
a. It also increases b. It decreases c. it remains the same d. it may increase or decrease
9. Benguet experienced the coldest mornings in 2016 while Tugegarao province experienced the highest temperature. During that time, in
which province could sound travel faster?
a. Benguet b. Tugegarao c. both a and b d. none of the two
10. What do you call the form of energy which is an electromagnetic radiation that can be detected by the human eye?
a. electricity b. heat c. light d. sound
11. It happens when light passes from one medium to another.
a. It bends or refracted c. It is scattered c. it bounces back or reflected d. It is transmitted
Study the picture on the right for items 12-14.
12. Which among the four shows refraction?
a. A b. B c. C d. D
13. Which among the four shows reflection?
a. A b. B c. C d. D
14. Which among the four explains why we see our image in the mirror?
a. A b. B c. C d. D
15. It refers to the radiation of a color to all directions.
a. diffraction b. dispersion c. refraction d. scattering of light
16. In which medium will light travel fastest?
a. warm air b. cool air c. a vacuum d. solids
17. When is light refracted?
a. When it passes through another medium c. When it is transmitted
b. When it passes through the same medium d. all of these
18. When sunlight enters the atmosphere, what happens to the colors with longer wavelengths?
a. they are absorbed by the molecules in the atmosphere c. they bounce back to the space
b. they are transmitted d. all of these
19. Which color has the longest wavelength? a. red b. yellow c. green d. blue
20. Isaac Newton sent a narrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result, Newton observed the white light dispersing into ________
a. the electromagnetic spectrum. c. the primary colors.
b. the visible spectrum of colors. d. the ultraviolet and infrared colors.
21. What is referred to as the movement of molecules in a matter?
a. electricity b. heat c. light d. temperature
22. What do you call the measure of average kinetic energy of the particles in a system?
a. electricity b. heat c. light d. temperature
23. In which phase of matter kinetic energy in molecules is greatest?
a. gas b. liquid c. solid d. all of these
24. When heat is absorbed by water, which of the following happens?
a. Kinetic energy will be greater c. The water will become hot
b. There in an increase in temperature d. All of these
25. Which of the following happens when temperature in matter increases?
a. movement of molecules of the matter is faster c. movement of molecules is the same
b. movement of molecules of the matter is slower d. none of the above
26. Which of the following is an effect of heat in matter? a. linear expansion b. phase change c. thermal equilibrium d. all of these
27. Which best describes linear or thermal expansion?
a. the increase of size in an object when it’s heated and decreases when cooled
b. change of matter from one phase to another
c. the flowing of heat from hot to cold objects
28. What effect of matter refers to the transfer of heat from a hot object to an object with a lower temperature that leads to a point that the
two objects will have the same temperature?
a. linear expansion b. phase change c. thermal equilibrium d. all of these
29. What happens during a change of state from ice to liquid water?
a. Heat continues to be added and temperature goes up c. Heat continues to be added and temperature goes down
b. Heat continues to be added and temperature goes up then comes down d. Heat continues to be added and temperature doesn't change
30. What happens when solid undergoes a phase change to a liquid state?
a. releases heat while remaining at a constant temperature. c. releases heat as the temperature decreases.
b. absorbs heat while remaining at a constant temperature. d. absorbs heat as the temperature increases