MIDTERM ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE 8

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. Which of the following statements BEST describes matter?

A. It has weight. C. It has definite shape.
B. It is a form of energy. D. It occupies space and has mass.

2. Which is NOT an example of matter?

A. air C. sound
B. chalk D. water

3. Which of the following sets of samples below is NOT matter?

A. air, water, love C. crayon, light, heat
B. idea, chair, chalk D. light, shadow, feeling

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the particle nature of matter?
A. Matter is not made of tiny particles.
B. Particles of matter are moving all the time.
C. Particles of matter do not attract each other.
D. Spaces between the particles are filled with air.

5. Which of the following has the weakest force of attraction between the particles?
A. gas C. solid
B. liquid D. vacuum

6. What happens to the attractive forces of liquid particles when they are cooled?
A. start to weaken C. remain the same
B. start to decrease D. start to strengthen

7. The attractive force of the particles of a gas is described as _________ attractive force.
A. weak c. very strong
B. strong D. intermediate

For numbers 8 – 10. Refer to the illustrations given.

A B C

Which of the above illustrations represents the particles of solid? liquid? gas?

8. Solid
9. Liquid
10. Gas

11. Which of the following statements BEST describes the particles of a gas?
A. All the particles are attached from each other.
B. The particles are not attached and moving slowly.
C. The particles are arranged in sequence and moving rapidly.
D. The particles are not attached and are moving rapidly in any direction.

12. Which statement describes the particles of solid?

A. Its particles are closely packed and held together by strong attractive force.
B. Its particles have enough space, definite volume but have indefinite shape.
C. Its particles are far from each other and have an indefinite volume and shape.
D. Its particles are free to move slowly but it takes the shape of their container.

13. Which of the following states of matter cannot be held by your hand?
a. Gas C. Solid
b. Liquid D. Both A and B

14. Which transformation process that a gas state of matter is changed to a solid state?
a. deposition C. melting
b. freezing D. sublimation

15. Which transformation process changes a liquid state of matter to a solid state?
a. condensation c. freezing
b. evaporation d. melting

16. What process in which solid changes to gas without passing its liquid state?
a. evaporation c. melting
b. freezing d. sublimation

17. What phase change is observed in the formation of clouds in the atmosphere?
a. condensation c. evaporation
b. deposition d. sublimation
18. What happens to the attractive forces of solid, liquid and gas as the temperature of particles
increases?
a. Increases c. remains the same
b. decreases d. decreases then increases

19. Which situations undergoes phase change?

a. cutting of nails c. growing of plants
b. drying of fishes d. chopping of woods

20. Which processes allow the increasing movement of particles?

a. melting → freezing
 b. melting → evaporation
c. condensation → freezing
d. evaporation → deposition

21. Which of the following examples turns solid into another state of matter?
a. cutting of hair c. tearing of paper into pieces
b. dropping a plastic can d. ice cubes in a glass of juice

22. What happens to the arrangement of particles in ice cream once its temperature increases?
a. The particles are freezing.
b. The particles are coming closer.
c. The particles are getting farther.
d. The particles are getting heavier.

23. Which of the following is TRUE when a substance changes from liquid to solid?
a. The particles of a substance getting smaller.
b. The particles of a substance become heavier.
c. The particles of a substance are moving closer.
d. The particles of a substance changes from soft to hard.

24. Which subatomic particle is negatively charged?

a. electron C. positron
b. neutron D. proton

25. Which subatomic particles are located in the nucleus of an atom?

a. protons only c. protons and electrons
b. neutrons only d. protons and neutrons

26. The nucleus of the atom when compared to the entire atom is ____________.
a. larger and contains little of the atom's mass
b. larger and contains most of the atom’s mass
c. smaller and contains little of the atom's mass
d. smaller and contains most of the atom's mass

27. Which subatomic particle has no charge?

a. Electron c. positron
b. neutron d. proton

28. Who is the proponent of the “Plum Pudding Model” of an atom?

a. Niels Bohr c. Ernest Rutherford
b. John Dalton d. Joseph John Thomson

29. The nucleus accounts for practically all mass of an atom and is positive. Which statement
explains these properties of the nucleus?
A. It is made of only protons.
B. It is made of protons and electrons.
C. It is made of protons and neutrons.
D. It is made of neutrons and electrons.
30. Which of the following is referred to the vertical columns of the periodic table?
A. Group C. Period
B. Line D. Table

31. What are group 1 elements known as?

A. Alkali metals C. Halogens
B. Transition metals D. Alkaline earth metals

32. In which period and group is Silver (Ag) located?

A. Period 2, group 1 C. Period 4, group 2
B. Period 3, group 8 D. Period 5, group 11

33. The following elements belong to the same group except?

A. Argon C. Helium
B. Calcium D. Krypton
34. Which of the following belongs to the same family of element Phosphorus?
A. Carbon C. Nitrogen
B. Magnesium D. Oxygen

Instruction: Fill out the table below.

Atomic Mass
Element Proton Electron Neutron
Number Number

1. Carbon 6 12

2. Arsenic 75 33

3. Potassium 19 20

4. Platinum 78 117

5. Mercury 201 80

Instruction: Give the electron configuration of the following elements.

1. Se – 34

2. V – 23

3. Zr – 40