LEONORA S.

SALAPANTAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

R.V. SANCHEZ, SAN MIGUEL, ILOILO
PHYSICS 8
1st Quarter Summative Test

Directions: Read the questions or statements carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the
CAPITAL LETTER of your answer on your paper. Use ½ crosswise for your answers.
1. What refers to the size or strength of the force?
A. Direction B. Magnitude C. Point of application D. Line of action
2. What refers to the straight line passing through the point of application and is parallel to the direction of the force?
A. Direction B. Magnitude C. Force D. Line of action
3. What force is acting on the book on top of the table. Which is also known as the support force?
A. Friction Force B. Tension Force C. Normal Force D. Applied Force
4. What force is acting on the pen which makes it stay in place that is supplied by the string?
A. Friction Force B. Tension Force C. Normal Force D. Applied Force
5. Which of the following best describes a force?
A. A push or pull that changes the speed or direction of an object.
B. The tendency of an object to resist a change in its motion
C. measure of an object’s inertia
D. Direction and distance from a start point to an end point
6. Which of the following is the advantage of Frictional Force?
A. produce heat C. slide easily
B. prevents from slipping while walking D. produce noise
7. If two teams are playing a tug of war and are pulling with the same amount of force what will happen?
A. The other team will fall down. C. They will not move at all
B. Both team will fall down D. No team will win
8.Which force is pulling the apple down from a tree?
A. Magnetic Force C. Electrical Force
B. Gravitational Force D. Air Resistance
9. If both forces are going in the same direction you should ______ those forces?
A. Add B. Subtract C. Divide D. Multiply
10. When Forces are going in the opposite direction of each other what you should you do to find the net force?
A. Add B. Subtract C. Divide D. Multiply
11. Which of the following is TRUE about force?
A. Force can start a motion C. Force can change the direction of motion
B. Force can stop a motion D. All of the choices are correct
12. Which refers to the forces that need two objects to be in contact which each other??
A. Contact forces C. Electric Forces
B. Non-contact forces D. Magnetic Forces
13. Friction is a force that acts in an _______________ direction of movement?
A. Similar B. Opposite C. Parallel D. West

14. Which of the following situation best illustrates the Law of Interaction?
A. an apple falling from a tree C. a hammer hits the nail
B. a bird flying D. a car suddenly stops
15. Which of the following situation best illustrates the Law of Inertia?
A. an apple falling from a tree C. a hammer hits the nail
B. a bird flying D. a car suddenly stops
16. An object from a certain height falls freely. Which of the following happens to PE and KE when the object is half on
its way down?
A. loses PE and gains KE C. loses both PE and KE
B. gains PE and loses KE D. gains both PE and KE
17. Which of the following does not affect the amount of potential energy of an object?
A. mass B. speed C. height or location D. strength of gravity
18. Which of the following objects in the given situations possess Potential Energy?
A. Marble rolling down the ramp B. Ball bouncing on the floor
C. Watermelon on a desk D. Bird flying
19. Which of the following objects in the given situations possess Kinetic Energy?
A. Child jumping on his bed B. Child sleeping on the crib
C. Watermelon on a desk D. A yoyo before its release
20. Which of the following situations represent work is done?
A. A carpenter holding a heavy piece of wood at a construction site.
B. A man pushing a car that doesn’t move out of deep mud.
C. A woman carrying a basket walking in a street.
D. Ana pushing a child on a swing.
21. Which Law of Motion states that “for every action of force, there is always an equal but opposite reaction”?
A. Law of Inertia C. Law of Interaction
B. Law of Acceleration D. Frictional Force
23. According to Newton’s Third law of Motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail _____?
A. Disappears into the wood C. Creates a friction with the hammer
B. Moves at a constant speed D. Exerts an equal force back on the hammer
24. Which of the following is the most difficult to accelerate?
A. 1 kg object B. 2 kg object C. 3 kg object D. 4 kg object
25. An object was set in motion by a net force. What will happen to the acceleration if the net force increases?
A. Remains the same C. Decreases
B. Increases D. Becomes Zero
26. A player hits a ball with a bad. If the action force is the force of the bat against the ball, what is the reaction force?
A. The force of the ball on the air
B. The force of the player’s hand on the bat
C. The force of the ball on the bat
D. The force of gravity
27. The energy gained when an object is raised from the ground or lost when made to fall?
A. Kinetic Energy
B. Elastic Potential Energy
C. Gravitational Potential Energy
D. Frictional Energy
28. A rock sitting on the edge of a cliff then falls down after a moment is a good example of ______?
A. Kinetic energy being converted into potential energy
B. Potential Energy being converted into kinetic energy
C. Energy being lost
D. Energy being created
29. Which of the following is the unit of mass?
A. kilogram (kg) B. meter (m) C. Newton (N) D. Joules (J)
30. Which of the following is the unit of Work?
A. kilogram (kg) B. meter (m) C. Newton (N) D. Joules (J)

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