DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN SCIENCE 8

Directions. Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the best answer.

1. It is the push or a pull of an object.

A) distance B) Mass C) work D) force
2. What law of motion explains when you have a stack of coins then you quickly hit the bottom coin with
a ruler the other coins stayed in place?
A) acceleration B) inertia C) interaction D) none of these
3. An object is placed on top of a table. The object is at rest because
A) There are no forces acting on the object.
B) There is friction between the object and the table.
C) The forces are balanced and their sum equals to zero.
D) The unbalanced force is not enough to move the object.
4. Which of the following can transfer more heat?
A) one cup of boiling water C) one glass of boiling water
B) one teapot of boiling water D) none of these
5. Which of the following possesses kinetic energy?
A) a compressed spring C) a roller coaster at the peak of the hill
B) food in your stomach D) a rubber band released from being stretched
6. It refers to the phenomenon in which white light separate into its component colors.
A) Scattering B) Dispersion C) reflection D) refraction
7. What is the correct sequence of color from bottom to top when white light passes through a prism?
A) violet, blue, green C) red, violet, green
B) red, green, violet D) violet, green, red
8. Which of the following statements is true?
A) Violet light has the longest wavelength but has the lowest index of refraction.
B) Violet light has the shortest wavelength and has the shortest index of refraction.
C) Red light has the longest wavelength but has the lowest index of refraction.
D) Red light has the longest wavelength and has the highest index of refraction.
9. If you are to arrange the colors of light in an increasing wavelength, which of the following comes first?
A) Red B) Yellow C) Green D) Violet
10. Which of the following is true?
A. Sounds can travel through empty space
B. Sounds cannot travel through liquids and solids
C) Sounds travel slower in less dense medium
D) Sound travel faster in a vacuum.
11. How is frequency related to energy of colors of light?
A) The higher the frequency of the colors of light, the lower its energy
B) The lower the frequency of the colors of light, the lower its energy.
C) The higher the frequency of the colors of light, the greater its energy.
D) Both B and C
12. Which of the following illustrations does sound travels fastest?

SOLID LIQUID GAS

A) Sound travels fastest in solid because it has the strongest bonds among the three states of matter.
B) Sound travels fastest in liquids because particles are not so close and not so far.
C) Sound travels fastest in gas because sound can easily pass in it.
D) none of these
13. What will happen to the current if the voltage increases considering resistance is constant?
A) increases B) decreases C) constant D) none of these
14. It refers to the break or fracture on the earth’s surface where an earthquake occurs.
A) earthquake B) slit C) fault D) fracture
15. It is a vibration of the earth due to the rapid release of energy
A) earthquake B) tropical cyclone C) storm D) none of these
16. What can be produced by a sudden push from an underwater fault?
A) storm B) tsunami C) wave D) earthquake
17. It is a term given to the system of thunderstorms that are moving around a center.
A) earthquake B) tropical cyclone C) storms D) tsunami
18. Why do you think Philippines is prone to typhoons?
A) It is near the equator C) it is right behind the pacific ocean
B) it belongs to tropical countries D) all of these
19. A cyclone is a system of wind in which the wind blows spirally ______________.
A) towards the center of low pressure
B) towards the central region of high pressure
C) outwards a region of low pressure
D) outwards from a central region of high pressure
20. Which of the following shows an evidence of refraction of light?
A) water in the swimming pool appears to be shallow than its actual depth
B) a pencil half- submerged in a glass of water appears to be broken
C) a coin submerged in a glass of water appears bigger than its actual size
D) all of these
21. These are icy bodies from outer space
A) asteroids B) comets C) meteors D) stars
22. Why do you think asteroid is most likely to make a more frequent visitor of Earth compared to comets?
A) because asteroids have rounded orbits while comets have elliptical orbit
B) because asteroids have metallic composition while comets are icy bodies
C) because the origin of asteroids is nearer and have short orbital period compared to comets
D) none of these
23. What happens when 20 mL of sugar crystals is poured into 50 mL water?
A) the resulting volume is greater than 70 mL
B) the resulting volume is equal to 70 mL
C) the resulting volume is less than 70 mL
D) the resulting volume is twice its original amount
24. Leucippus and Democritus believed that atoms are physically but not geometrically indivisible. What
does this mean?
A) Atoms cannot be divided anymore but can still be cut into smaller pieces.
B) We cannot see atoms through our naked eyes but it can be broken into smaller pieces.
C) Atoms are very small that it cannot be cut anymore into smaller pieces.
D) none of these
25. It is the beginning of the digestive tract, it is where the food is broken down into pieces.
A) mouth B) esophagus C) stomach D) small intestine
26. The smallest particle of which substances are made up of are called _________.
A) molecules B) electrons C) atoms D) nucleus
27. When you rub the two balloons against your hair, what will happen if you bring the two balloons near
each other?
A) the two balloons will repel each other
B) the two balloons will attract each other
C)nothing will happen to the two balloons
D) the balloons will fly
28. It is the process of changing liquid into gas
A) evaporation B) condensation C) melting D) freezing
29. Which of the following shows condensation?
A) water droplets outside a bottle of cold soft drink C) melting of ice
B) the decrease of the volume of boiling water D) none of these
30. How many electrons should be placed on one side of the seesaw to balance it if the other side has 2
protons on it?
A) 1836 B) 3671 C) 1 D) 2
31. Which subatomic particle is the lightest?
A) protons B) electrons C) neutrons D) none of these
32. What relationship if any exists between the number of electron and proton in a neutral atom?
A) the number of protons and electrons are the same
B) the number of electrons is greater than the number of protons
C) the number of electrons is less than the no. of protons
D) there is no relationship exist

33. When cells grow, they undergo cell division. The following are some events that take place during cell
division. Which could be their correct order?
I. Chromosomes line up at the equatorial plane
II. Chromosomes condense, becoming shorter and denser
III. Chromosomes have their nuclear membrane
IV. Centromeres divide and chromosomes move to the opposite poles.

A) I,II,III,IV B) II,III,IV,I C) II,I,IV,III D) III,IV,I,II

34. In what stage of mitosis when each chromosome is made up of two identical sister chromatids as a
consequence of replication of DNA during S phase?
A) Prophase B) Metaphase C) Anaphase D) Telophase

35. Type of cell division that produces two identical cells with the same number of chromosomes.
A) Mitosis B) Meiosis C) Interphase D) none of these

36. Meteors showers such as the Perseids in August is caused by

A) the breakup of asteroids that hit our atmosphere at predictable times.
B) the Earth passing through the debris left behind by a comet as it moves through the inner Solar
System
C) passing asteroids triggering auroral displays
D) nuclear reactions in the upper atmosphere triggered by an abnormally large meteoritic particle
entering the upper atmosphere.

37. What is the Earth’s satellite?

A) Venus B) meteor C) asteroid D) Moon

38. The bright streak of light we see when a meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere is caused by
A) sunlight reflected from the solid body of the meteoroid.
B) radioactive decay of material in the meteoroid.
C) a process similar to the aurora that is triggered by the meteoroid's disturbing the Earth's magnetic
field.
D) frictional heating as the meteoroid speeds through the gases of our atmosphere

39. Which of the following results when water droplets in a cloud grow too heavy to remain suspended in
the atmosphere?
A) Fog forms
B) water in the air condenses to form water droplets
C) air cools
D) precipitation occurs

40. An Arctic fox has 52 chromosomes in all cells except the sex cells, which have
A) 46 B)26 C)23 D) 13

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