Republic of The Philippines

Department of Education
Region V – Bicol
School Division of Masbate Province
Cabangcalan High School
Cabangcalan, Aroroy, Masbate

Name: Score:
Grade: 8

1. What can you say about mass and acceleration produced if the applied force is
constant?
a. Directly proportional c. Inversely proportional
b. Equal d. unrelated
2. A body of mass is being accelerated by a net force. If the net force is reduced to
one half, what is its acceleration?
a. Doubled c. decreased to one – fourth
b. Halved d. increased four times

For questions 3 & 4, consider the illustration below of a boy pushing a 10 kg box of
force 50N.

3. What do you think will happen to the acceleration of the box, if the boy increases
the force he exerted in pushing the box?
a. The acceleration will increase
b. The acceleration will decrease
c. The acceleration will remain the same
d. The acceleration will increase and then decrease
4. If another 10 kg box is added above the 1st box, what will happen to the
acceleration of the box? (Note: the force applied by the boy is the same)

a. The acceleration will increase

b. The acceleration will decrease
c. The acceleration will remain the same
d. The acceleration will increase and then decrease 4
5. Given two (2) push carts of the same load (mass) where cart A is being pushed by
a person while cart B is being pushed by 2 persons, which cart will accelerate faster?

a. Cart A c. both cart A & B

b. Cart B d. neither of the carts

6. Law of acceleration tells us the effect of mass of an object to the acceleration.

When the force applied is constant, what is the relationship of mass and
acceleration?
a. Equal c. in the same direction
b. Directly proportional d. inversely proportional

7. Suppose a cart is being moved by a force. If suddenly a load is dumped into the
cart so that the cart’s mass doubles, what happens to the cart’s acceleration?
a. It doubles c. it quadruplets
b. it halves d. it quarters

8. If you want to accelerate a bigger mass, what are you going to do?
a. Apply a bigger force c. Apply a force equal to the mass
b. Apply a lesser force d. Apply unequal force

8. How does the force on a moving object affect its acceleration when the mass
remains the same?

a. For the same amount of load, the greater the force exerted, the greater is the
acceleration.
b. For the same amount of load, the greater the force exerted, the lesser is the acceleration.
c. For the same amount of load, the lesser the force exerted, the greater is the acceleration.
d. For the same amount of load, the force applied will have less effect on acceleration.

9. If a given force acts on two different objects, the acceleration of an object with a
greater mass will be ___________
a. greater than the acceleration of another object with a smaller mass.
b. less than the acceleration of another object with a smaller mass.
c. equal to another object with a smaller mass.
d. unrelated

10. A man pulls a large crate. According to Newton’s Third Law or law of interaction,
how much force does the large crate exert on the man?
a. Greater than the force exerted by the man.
b. Lesser than the force exerted by the man
c. Equal to the force exerted by the man
d. Cannot be determined
11. Refer to the picture below: In picture A, Eugene is pulling a rope that is attached
to a wall. In picture B, Eugene is pulling a rope that is attached to an elephant. In
each case, the force scale reads 500 Newton. What can you say about the force of
Eugene?

a. Eugene is pulling with more force when the rope is attached to the wall.
b. Eugene is pulling with more force when the rope is attached to the elephant.
c. Eugene exerted the same force in each case
d. Eugene does not exert force in each case.

12. A player hits the ball with a bat. The action force is the impact force of the bat on
the ball. What is the reaction force?
a. the force the hand exerts in holding the bat
b. the force of the ball exerts on the bat
c. Weight of the ball
d. Weight of the bat

13. Which of the following situations does not illustrate Newton’s third law of motion?
a. Rowing a boat.
b. A girl pushing a chair .
c. A book on the top of the table.
d. When the trigger of the gun is pulled.

14. Study figure A, what law of motion explains this situation?

Figure A

a. Law of interaction, because for every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
b. Law of acceleration, because the acceleration is directly proportional to the net force
acting on the body and inversely proportional to its mass.
c. Law of inertia, because bodies at rest will remain at rest and bodies in motion will continue
moving at constant speed in straight path unless acted upon by a net force.
d. Law of gravitation, because every particle in the universe attracts every other particle in
the universe with a force that depends on the product of the two particles’ masses divided by
the square of the distance between them.
15. How are you going to describe uniform circular motion?
a. An object moving in circle with constant speed.
b. An object moving in circle with constant velocity.
c. An object moving in circle with constant acceleration.
d. An object moving in circle with constant speed and direction.

16. Which statement is true about an object travelling in uniform circular motion?
a. The speed of the object changes.
b. The speed of the object does not change.
c. Both the speed and the direction of the object change.
d. The direction of the velocity of the object is constant.

17. An object moving in uniform circular motion has constant __________, but a
changing __________.
a. speed; velocity c. acceleration; force
b. acceleration; speed d. force; speed

18. Newton’s First Law of Motion states that an object moving at constant speed will
continue that motion unless acted upon by a net force. In uniform circular motion,
objects follow the curved line of a circle because of the “net force”. This net force
refers to ______________.
a. an action-reaction force c. the normal force
b. a centripetal force d. the weight of an object

19. Referring to the Law of Inertia, what would happen to an object moving in
uniform circular motion if there is no net force acting on it?
a. moves toward the center c. continue to move in circular direction
b. moves away from the center d. travel in a straight line

20. Which of the following statement correctly describes uniform circular motion?
Uniform circular motion is a motion __________________________.
a. with constant speed and direction in a circular path.
b. with changing speed and direction in a circular path.
c. with constant speed but changing direction in a circular path.
d. with constant velocity but with changing direction in a circular path.

21. Which of the following describes an object in uniform circular motion?

i. constant speed iii. changing speed
ii. constant direction iv. changing direction

a. i and ii only c. iii and iv only

b. i and iv only d. iii and ii only

22. Referring to Law of Inertia, what will happen to an object moving in uniform
circular motion when there’s no net force acting on it?
a. The object will move in a straight path.
b. The object will move toward the center.
c. The object will move away from the center.
d. The object will continue moving in circular path.
23. Refer to the figure provided, a model plane is attached on a string and is in
uniform circular motion represented by the line. If the girl, release the string, what will
happen to the model plane?
a. The plane will stop moving.
b. The plane will move towards the girl.
c. The plane will continue moving in circle.
d. The plane will continue moving in a straight direction.

24. According to the law of inertia, moving object will continue moving in a straight
path unless acted by a net force. What happened to the speed and velocity of an
object, when there’s no centripetal force acting on object in uniform circular motion?
a. Speed will remain the same while velocity changes.
b. Speed will change while velocity remains the same.
c. Both speed and velocity remain the same.
d. Both speed and velocity change.

25. Newton’s second law of motion states that the acceleration of an object as
produced by a net force is directly proportional to the force applied and inversely
proportional to the mass of the object. Object in uniform circular motion accelerates
because of this net force. This acceleration is called ____________.
a. Circular acceleration c. Uniform acceleration
b. Centripetal acceleration d. Constant acceleration

26. In uniform circular motion, as the object moves in circular path, it is said to be
accelerating because of a net force. The direction of the acceleration and centripetal
force is always _______________.
a. in the same direction c. always changing
b. in opposite direction d. directed outward

27. What happens to the acceleration of object moving in uniform circular motion?
a. Acceleration remains the same.
b. Acceleration constantly changes.
c. Acceleration is in opposite direction as the centripetal force.
d. Acceleration is directed away from the center of the circular path.

28. Where is the direction of the tension force, as a bucket of water is tied to a string
and spun in a circle?
a. Perpendicular to the center of the circle
b. Away from the center of the circle
c. Towards the center of the circle
d. Tangential to the circle

29. In order for Juan to maintain the circular motion of the hammer, he needs to pull
the hammer towards him. As a result, the hammer will also pulls him. Suppose Juan
applied 120 Newton puling the hammer, how much force will the
hammer pull Juan?
a. The same as force with Juan.
b. Less than the force applied by Juan.
c. Greater than the force applied by Juan.
d. The net force is zero, since they are both puling toward each other
30. In which situation is work done?
a. a TV anchor reporting a news incident
b. a carabao pulling a cartload of coconut
c. an athlete running with a torch in his hand
d. an ant with a food scrap on its back walking towards an anthill

31. What quantities are needed to calculate work?

a. Mass and force
b. Time and distance
c. Force and distance
d. Velocity and distance

32. Which of the following situations requires the most work?

a. A 10 kg weight rest on a table
b. Juan lifts a 1 kg weight 1 m off the floor
c. Jose lifts a 10 kg weight 1 m off the floor
d. Pedro holds a 1 kg weight stationary with outstretched arms

33. Power can be increased by ________.

a. Increasing the amount of time in which work is done
b. Decreasing the force exerted on an object
c. Decreasing the amount of time in which work is done
d. Decreasing the work done on the object

34. How is work related to power?

a. Power is a measure of the rate at which work is done.
b. Power is the product of work and distance.
c. Power is the ability to do work.
d. Power is the same as work.

35. In which situation is work NOT done?

a. Kicking a ball
b. Climbing a stair
c. Sitting on a chair
d. Flexing your arm with a barbell

36. A bagger is carrying the heavy luggage from the market to the terminal of jeep
but according to the logic of physics his work done is said to be zero. Which of the
following is the correct reason?
a. The force is acting along the direction of displacement of luggage
b. The force is exerted perpendicular to the direction of displacement of luggage
c. The force is exerted opposite to the direction of displacement of luggage
d. None of the above.

37. Suppose you spend one hour pushing as hard as you can on a wall, but the wall
doesn’t move. How much work have you done?
a. 600 J ` c. 60 J
b. 100 J d. 0 J
38. Rodel does work in 20 second . Dan does the same work in 10 seconds. Which
of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Rodel has more power.
b. Dan has more power
c. Dan has less power
d. Rodel and Dan have the same power

39. Which of the following statements best describes “power”?

a. How fast a work is done
b. A way of transferring energy
c. Force applied over distance moved
d. Power of the force times distance moved

EMMANUEL O. CABALLERO
SHS TEACHER