MOVERS ACADEMY, INC.

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FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _____________________

LRN: ________________________ Score: ____________________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Select the letter that corresponds to the BEST answer for each item. Write your selection
on the space provided. Use LOWERCASE LETTER Only.
___1. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as
a. Mass b. Inertia c. Force d. Motion
___2. A net force (an unbalanced force that changes motion) causes an object to____.
a. Fly b. not move. c. Accelerate or decelerate d. None of these
___3. Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction are known as
a. balanced forces b. net forces c. friction forces d. None of these
___4. It states that “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.”
a. Law of Inertia b. Law of Acceleration c. Law of Interaction d. Law of Velocity
___5. It states that “An object at rest will stay at rest, and an object in motion will stay in
motion at a constant velocity, unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
a. Law of Inertia b. Law of Acceleration c. Law of Interaction d. Law of Velocity
___6. The work done can be calculated as
a. W=Fd b. F=wd c. d=fw d. w= df
___7. The energy of a moving object is called _______________.
a. Potential Energy b. Kinetic Energy c. Thermal Energy d. None of these
___8. Stored energy is ______.
a. Potential Energy b. Kinetic Energy c. Thermal Energy d. None of these
___9. What is the unit of loudness of sound?
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a. Joules b. Decibel c. Watts d. 2
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___10. The energy that is contained due to the motion of its particles is called ______.
a. Temperature b. Solar Energy c. Thermal Energy d. Heat
___11. What measures electric current?
a.Voltmeter b. Thermometer c. Ammeter d. Rainmeter
___12. What measures the voltage in Electricity?
a.Voltmeter b. Thermometer c. Ammeter d. Rainmeter
___13. This is the hindrance for the electric charges to flow through the wires.
a. Flow of charges b. resistance c. circuits d. current
___14. What can be said of an object in uniform circular motion?
a. It has a constant velocity. b. It experience tangential acceleration
c. It is in motion d. None of the choices
___15. Which the following statements disproves that there is a change in motion?
a. An object at rest starts to move c. An object is at rest
b. A moving car changes direction d. A moving object stops.
___16. Which of the following is TRUE?
a. A small force on an object causes a small acceleration
b. A small force on an object causes a big acceleration
c. A big force on an object causes a small acceleration
d. A big force on an object causes a big acceleration.
___17. Scientist say that work is done in the following cases EXCEPT:
a. Pulling a table c. Lifting a pail of water
b. pushing a grocery cart d. carrying a chair across the room
___18. Which of the following factors would affect the amount of work done?
I. Amount of force II. Shape of the object III. Speed of the object
IV. Displacement in the direction of force
a. I and II b. I and IV c. II and III d. III and IV
___19. In a marathon, the winner and the runner up have the same mass. Compared with
the runner-up, the winner has more ____?
a. Energy b. force c. power d. work
___20. What do light and sound have in common?
a. They both need a medium in order to travel c. They both can be seen
b. They are both forms of energy d. None of the choices
___21. What happens when you use a toaster?
a. You heat the bread c. you heat the air around the bread
b. You heat the toaster d. Both A and B
___22. This type of connection increases with increasing loads.
a. Parallel Connection b. Series Connection c. Circuit Connection d. None
___23. Two boys wearing in-line skates are standing on a smooth surface with the palms of
their hands touching and their arms bent, as shown in the figure. If Boy X pushes by
straightening his arms out while Boy Y holds his arms in the original position, what is the
motion of the two boys?
a. Boy X does not move and Boy Y moves backward.
b. Boy Y does not move and Boy X moves backward.
c. Boy X and Boy Y both move backward. The motion depends on how hard Boy X pushes.
d. Both will not move.

___24. You are are riding fast on a skateboard when your wheel suddenly gets stuck in a crack
on the sidewalk. Why does your body go flying forward?
a. there is a net force pushing you off your skateboard
b. your inertia keeps you moving forward
c. someone pushed you
d. none of these
___25. After a cannon ball has been fired into a frictionless space, how much force is needed to
keep it moving?
a. Zero, since no force is necessary to keep it going
b. One-half of the force with which it was fired
c. Twice the force with which is was fired
d. 250 Joules
___26. What happens to the kinetic energy of a moving object as the mass stays the same, but
the velocity increases?
a. kinetic energy increases c. kinetic energy stays the same
b. kinetic energy decreases d. potential energy decreases
___27. In which of the following situations do your arms do work on books?
a. holding a heavy stack of books while standing
b. dropping a stack of books onto a table
c. carrying a heavy stack of books
d. picking up a pile of books from the floor
___28. A large stone raised to the top of hill is known to have this type of energy.
a. Elastic Potential Energy c. Chemical Energy
b. Kinetic Energy d. Gravitational Potential Energy
___29. When sound waves reach the ear drum, what happens next?
a. The auditory nerve detects the vibration and sends them to the brain.
b. Small bones that sit behind the eardrum amplify the vibration
c. Small hairs in the cochlear detect the vibration from the eardrum and send a message to
the brain.
d. Fluid moving in semi-circular canals amplifies the vibration, which is picked up by the
auditory nerve and sent to the brain.
 ___30. A 5 L (5 kg) tap water was heated from an initial temperature of 45˚C to a final
temperature of 94˚C. How much heat must be added to the water?
a. 314 kJ b. 314 000 kJ c. 1025.57 kJ d. 1 025 570 kJ
___31. How much current flows through a lamp with resistance 56 ohms when it is connected
to 11-V outlet?
a. 0.49 A b. 1.96 A c. 9900 A d. 166 A
___32. What is the drop in voltage from the generator to the auditorium when a current of 250
A is used and the resistance of the wires is 45 ohms?
a. 0.18 V b. 5.56 V c.11 250 V d. 295 V
___33. How long will an object remain at rest, according to Newton’s First law of motion?
a. It can’t rest c. Until noon
b. Until an unbalance force occurs d. infinite
___34. A person is measured on moon, and on earth. Which statement would be true?
a. The person’s mass on earth would be doubled on the moon.
b. The person’s mass on moon, would be twice that on earth.
c. The person would have mass on earth but not on the moon
d. The mass would be the same on the moon as it is on Earth.
___35. Why it is harder to push a van filled with bowling balls than it it to push van filled
with basketballs?
a. The mass of the car is greater than the mass of the basketball.
b. The mass of the bowling balls is greater than the mass of the basketballs.
c. The van with the basketballs is bigger than the van with bowling balls.
d. It should be equally as hard to push the two vans.
___36. For a body moving in a circular path , the work done by the centripetal force is.
a. Positive b. Negative c. Constant d. Zero
___37. When a body falls freely under gravity, then there is work done by the gravity is.
a. Positive b. Negative c. Constant d. Zero
___38. A 1 kg object accelerated at a constant5𝑚/𝑠 . Estimate the net force needed to
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accelerate the object.

a. 3N b.4N c. 5N d. 6N
___39. A net force of 16 N causes a mass to accelerate at a rate of 10𝑚/𝑠 2 . Determine the
mass.
a. 1 kg b. 1.6 kg c. 2.6 kg d. 26 kg
___40. What is the force on a 1000 kg elevator that is falling freely?
a. 5800 N b. 7800 N c. 9800 N d. cannot be determined
___41. If a 0.2 kg ball is thrown with a velocity of 6m/s, what is its KE?
a. 3.6 J b. 4.6 J c. 6.2 J d. 8 J
___42. Charles Angelo Macho climbs a coconut tree in 1.5 minutes. If he weighs 450 N and
the coconut is 20 m above the ground, how much power will he develop?
a. 9 Watts b. 90 watts c. 900 watts d. 9000 watts
II. Direction: Answer the following. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
43-45. When do we see? Illustrate and explain
46-50. Illustrate a parallel and a series circuit.