FIRST PERIODICAL EXAM IN SCIENCE 8

I. Multiple Choice. Read each item carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is used to represent forces?

a. arrow b. speed c. force d. newton
2. The following are the changes that can force to motion EXCEPT one.
a. Force can make an object move starting from a rest position.
b. Force can change the direction of a stationary object.
c. Force can make a moving object stop.
d. Force can change the direction of a moving object.
3. What does free-body diagram represent?
a. Velocity b. Equilibrium c. Power d. Force
4. When constructing the FBD, the following assumptions are made except one.
a. Ropes, cables and wires are assumed frictionless
b. Ropes, cables, cord and wires are assumed weightless
c. Pulleys are assumed weightless
d. Pulleys are assumed frictionless
5. We define _________ as a push or pull acting upon an object as a result of its interaction
with another object.
a. friction b. gravity c. force d. inertia
6. Two dogs are exerting a great deal of force to a rope. What kind of force is involved?
a. Frictional force b. Spring force c. Tensional force d. Applied force
7. Which of the following types of force below is known as the support exerted upon an object
which is in contact with another object?
a. Frictional force b. Spring force d. Normal force d. Tensional force
8. A box resting on the floor. We apply 10 N force to pull the box but not enough to cause it
move, then friction must have prevented it. How does it happened? Since the box did not
move, _________.
a. the force of friction must be equal to the applied force
b. the force of friction must be unequal to the applied force
c. the force of friction must be enough to oppose the motion
d. the force of friction must be absorbed by the floor
9. If no changes in state of motion are produced, these forces are said to be _______.
a. resultant force b. unbalanced force c. balanced force d. kinetic force
10. What is the second law of motion state?
a. An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion
with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an external force.
b. Acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the
magnitude of a net force, in the same direction as net force, and inversely proportional
to the mass of the object.
c. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
d. An object tends to stay at rest unless there is an unbalanced force acting on the
object

11. What is centripetal acceleration?

a. The object's turn on an internal axis or the axis within the object
b. The change in velocity per unit of time, but it is always directed towards the center of
a circle
c. The number of complete rotation or revolution per unit time.
 d. The counts or number of rotations done in a given time interval
12. Consider a book on top of a table. How many forces are involved?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
13. What is the force of fiction present on objects that are about to move?
a. Unbalanced force b. Static friction c. Kinetic friction d. Starting friction
For items 14-15
A bed is being pulled horizontally by 600 N force.

14. Determine the friction between the bed and the floor if the bed is moving with constant
velocity.
a. 300 N b. 600 N c. 660 N d. 350 N

15. If Mk=0.67 between the bed and the floor what is the Normal force between the bed and
the floor?
a. 895.57 N b. 897 N c. 859.52 N d. 895.52 N

16. Law of inertia states that _________.

a. An object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion
with the same speed and direction unless acted upon by an external force.
b. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
c. An object tends to stay at rest unless there is an unbalanced force acting on the
object.
d. An object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of a net
force, in the same direction as net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the
object.
17. Which law of motion is responsible in this example. When riding on a descending elevator
that stopped suddenly, the blood rushes from your head to your feet.
a. Law of Inertia b. Law of Acceleration c. Law of interaction d. Law of dynamics
18. A man quickly pulled a tablecloth from under a setting of heavy dishes. The dishes
remained in their position. What law of motion applied in this case?
a. Law of acceleration b. Law of dynamics c. Law of interaction d. Law of Inertia
19. Why is force a vector quantity?
a. It has constant velocity c. It has magnitude and direction
b. It has magnitude d. It direction
20. What is a dynamic equilibrium?
a. An equilibrium of objects that are at rest with constant velocity.
b.An equilibrium of objects that moving with constant velocity.
c. An equilibrium of objects that are at rest
d. An equilibrium of objects that are moving slowly with velocity.
21. A 65 gram book is resting on top of a table. How much force is the table exerting on the
book? (Dynamic Equilibrium)
a. 0.490 N b. 0.51 N c. 0.491 N d. 0.52
20. In which situation is the indicated force doing positive work?
a. The force applied to a hammer when the carpenter drove a stubborn nail into the
wall
b. As a baseball player slides into the third base, he experiences friction.
c. A spider hangs motionless form the silk thread with only a tensional force for support.
d. When a dumbbell is kept at shoulder height.
21. Which of the following situation indicate a negative work?
a. The force applied to a hammer when the carpenter drove a stubborn nail into the
wall
b. As a baseball player slides into the third base, he experiences friction.
c. A spider hangs motionless form the silk thread with only a tensional force for support.
 d. When a dumbell is kept at shoulder height.
23. When you brush your teeth you exert force on the brush. Which of the following will result
as you do this?
a. The force of the brush is exerted on your hand.
b. The force of your teeth is exerted on the brush.
c. The force of the brush is exerted on your teeth.
d. The force of your teeth is exerted on your hand.
23. Why do objects fall to the ground?
a. They are pulled by the air. c. They are pulled by the Earth
b. They are pulled by the moon. d. They go back to their natural place.
24. What would be the effect on acceleration if you double the unbalanced force on an object
of a given mass?
a. doubled c. increase in fourfold
b. increased by one-half d. increased by one-fourth
25. Which group usually wins in a tug-of-war?
a. depends on the force applied c. the group that pushes the ground harder
b. the group that pulls the rope harder d. depends on the surface of the ground
26. Which of the following is the measure of ones’ inertia?
a. speed b. mass c. weight d. acceleration due to gravity
27. The common unit for work done and energy is joule. Which of the following unit is
equivalent to joule?
a. N·m b. Nm2 c. N2m2 d. kg m/s2
28. How much work is done on a chair if 50 N is used to lift it 1 m?
a. 0.02 J b. 0.20 J c. 5.00 J d. 50.0 J
29. In which of the following situations is work not done?
a. a waiter carrying a tray toward a table
b. a track pulling a trailer along the road
c. a soccer player kicking a ball across the field
d. a power lifter raising a barbell above his head
30. Which of the following quantities has the greatest influence on the amount of kinetic energy
that a car has while moving down the highway?
a. size b. mass c. speed d. weight
31. An acrobat who has a mass of 50 kg jumps to a height of 1 m. What is his potential energy
at the highest point?
a. 50 J b. 60 J c. 490J d. 600 J
32. The following are units of power EXCEPT __________.
a. joule-second c. newton-meter per second
b. watt d. horsepower
33. If a boy is running toward a source sound of frequency, what kind of frequency will the boy
heat?
a. higher b. lower c. equal d. higher or lower
34. A woman sees a flash of lightning 1865 m away from her. After what time will she hear the
sound?
a. 0.5 sec b. 1 sec c. 2 sec d. 5 sec
35. Which one of these statement is correct?
a. Red is a secondary color c. Orange is a primary color
b. Light cannot travel in vacuum. d. Cyan is a secondary color.
36. I. Humans can see light waves.
II. The study of light is called lasers.
a. Only I is true b. Only II is true c. Both I and II are true d. Both I and II are false
37. What color will a yellow banana appear to have when illuminated by green and red light?
a. yellow b. black c. green d. white
38. To obtain white light, you must combine blue light with______
a. yellow b. black c. green d. white
39. Which of the following process happens in a vacuum?
a. radiation b. convection c. evaporation d. condensation
40. Which of the following media prevents light sound waves from travelling?
 a. gas b. solid c. liquid d. vacuum
41. Which of the following properties remain unchanged when sound waves travel in air or in
water?
a. speed b. frequency c. amplitude d. wavelength
42. Which object produce natural light?
a. opaque b. luminous c. transparent d. nonluminous
43. Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the highest frequency?
a. infrared d. microwave c. radio wave d. gamma ray
44. When a musician blows harder into a flute, his goal is to __________
a. increase the frequency c. decrease pitch
b. increase the amplitude d. decrease the volume
45. If the boy preceding question (item no. 33) is running away from source of sound of
frequency, which kind of frequency will the boy hear?
a. higher b. lower c. equal d. higher or lower

II. Identification. Identify the types of simple machine is the following. Write your answer on
the space provided before each number.
_________46. Scissor _________48. Sail boat _______50. Light bulb
_________47. Axe _________49. Can opener

III. Choose the letter of the correct answer based on the application of the laws of motion in the
given cases. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.

A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Interaction

__________51. When the jeepney you are riding suddenly turns to the right, your body tends
to move to the opposite direction.
__________52. Pull a card between two bottles without making the bottle fall.
__________53. Headrests are placed in cars to prevent whiplash injuries during rear-end
collision
__________54. A book on top of a table and push it. Then, another book on top of the book
but this time it is a lot heavier
__________55. A helicopter pushes the air downward by using a specially designed propeller.
__________56. A car suddenly moved, the coffee you were holding spilled to your shirt.
__________57. The fins help the fish to push water backwards,
__________58. Roll raw eggs and cooked eggs then make a quick tap to stop the egg from
moving.
__________59. Seatbelts are used in order to prevent passengers and drivers from flying off a
moving vehicle due to sudden stopping or head-on collision.
__________60. A man is pushing a wall.

IV. Compute for the following. Show your solution and box your final answer.

61-62. A football kicked with a force of 3.5 N accelerates at 7.0 m/s2 to the right, what is the
mass of the ball?

63-64. Anthony pulls on a 20-kg crate with a force of 55 N at an angle of 40° to the horizontal.
How much work does he do in pulling the crate at a distance of 20 m?
65-67. a) Calculate the acceleration if you push a 10-kg block on a horizontal floor with a 40-N
horizontal force;

b) What acceleration occurs if the friction is 7 N?

68-69. What is the kinetic energy of a 8500-N automobile which is moving at 60-m/s?

70-71. What is the centripetal force of the train, whose speed is 22.3 m/s, rounding a curve
whose radius of curvature is 150 m if the train's mass is 7300-kg?

III. Drawing a free body diagram. Indicate the forces involve in each diagram.

72-73. A car is parked on a slope street.

74-75. A rightward force is applied to a book in order to move it across a desk at constant
velocity. Consider frictional forces. neglect air resistance. Diagram the forces acting on the
object.