Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Aklan
District of Malinao
Malinao School for Philippine Craftsmen
Malinao, Aklan

SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 8

Quarter 1
Laws of Motion

Test I. Multiple Choice. Direction: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank before each
number.
____1. Which of the following describes a force?
A. a pull only B. a push only C. a push or pull or both D. neither a push nor a pull
____2. What is the definition of weight?
A. the size of an object C. the amount of matter in an object
B. the time it takes to get on a ride D. the magnitude of the force of gravity on an object
____3. Which law states that forces act with equal magnitude and in opposite direction?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Interaction D. Law of Gravitational Force

____4. A guava with a mass of 0.200 kg has a weight of ___________.

A 0.200 N B. 1.96 N C. 4.50 N D. 10.0 N

____5. What Newton’s law of motion requires the use of seat belt in cars?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Acceleration
B. Law of Interaction D. Law of Universal Gravitation

____6. For every _________ there is an equal and opposite ___________.

A. action, action C. action, reaction
B. reaction, action D. reaction, reaction
____7. The law of inertia applies to _________.
A. moving objects C. both moving and not moving objects
B. objects at rest D. None of the above
____8. Which has more mass, a kilogram of feathers or a kilogram of iron?
A. feathers C. They both have the same mass
B. iron D. Cannot be determined
____9. The reason a ball rolls down a slope is _______.
A. there is no friction between the ball and the slope
B. gravity acts parallel to the slope pulling it along
C. there is a component of weight parallel to the slope
D. the ball is being pushed along by an unknown force

____10. If the mass of an object is 45 kg on Earth, what is its mass on the moon?
A. 45 N B. 45 kg C. 441 N D. 441 kg

____11. Who formulated the Three Laws of Motion?

A. Aristotle B. Isaac Newton C. Thomas Edison D. Alexander Flemming

____12. Which of these vehicles moving at the same velocity is difficult to stop?
A. a bus B. a car C. a train D. a truck

____13. Which Newton's law explains when a man is pushed forward in the car as it stops?
A. 1st law B. 2nd law C. 3rd law D. 2nd and 3rd laws

____14. All of the following apply the third law of motion EXCEPT____________.
A. kicking a ball B. rowing a banca C. throwing a stone D. taking out ketchup from a bottle
____15. In Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted upon by a net force will ____.
A. accelerate C. eventually come to a stop
B. change its velocity D. continue moving at constant velocity

____16. Which has the greatest inertia?

A. airplane B. car C. jeepney D. bike
____17. The greater the mass of an object,
A. the easier the object starts moving. C. the greater its inertia.
B. the more space it takes up. D. the more balanced it is.
____18. 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 quadruples. B. It doubles. C. It halves. D. It quarters.
____19. Which will accelerate faster?
A. a 1000 tons truck C. an overloaded jeepney
B. a fully loaded bus D. a race car
____20. Which is the correct unit of acceleration?
A. m/s B. m/s2 C. kg.m/s D. kg.m/N

____21. How does the acceleration of an object change in relation to its mass? It is _________.
A. directly proportional C. acceleration doesn’t depend on mass at all
B. inversely proportional D. neither A or B
____22. Which among the Newton’s Laws of Motion states that force equals mass times acceleration?
A. 3rd Law C. 1st Law
B. 2nd Law D. all of the above
____23. As a 500 N lady sits on the floor, the floor exerts a force on her equal to______________.
A. 1000 N B. 250 N C. 500 N D. 50 N
____21. Pick the best example of Newton's Third Law in action.
A. A rocket taking off from earth which pushes gases in one direction and the rocket in the other.
B. A rocket sitting on the ground preparing for take-off but it needs an outside force to overcome its
inertia of a non-moving object.
C. A rocket that is accelerating through space and exerts a great amount of force because its mass and
acceleration is so large.
D. Both b and c.

____25. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This is a statement of
A. Newton's First Law of Motion. C. Newton's Third Law of Motion.
B. Newton's Second Law of Motion. D. Newton's Law of Action.

Test II. Solve problems involving the Law of Acceleration. State the given, required, formula and show your
solution. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is the acceleration of a truck if it produces a force of 14,000N and having a mass of 600kg?

2. Engineers at the Johnson Space Center must determine the net force needed for a rocket to achieve an acceleration of 70
m/s2. If the mass of the rocket is 45,000 kg, how much net force must the rocket develop?

Prepared by:

Mrs. JULIET I. VILLARUEL-ALMONACID

Subject Teacher