Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
DIVISION OF COMPOSTELA VALLEY
Nabunturan, Compostela Valley

GRADE 8 - SCIENCE
FIRST PERIODICAL EXAM
S.Y. 2019-2020
Name:______________________________ Score: _____________
Grade/Section: ____________________ Date:______________

MULTIPLE CHOICE:
DIRECTIONS: Below is a multiple choice type of questions. Choose the correct answer from the choices
given below each item. Write the letter of your choice on the space provided before each number. (USE
CAPITAL LETTER ONLY AND AVOID ERASURES)
______1. According to Newton’s second law of motion, what causes a change in the motion of an object?
A. Decrease in inertia B. Net force C. Change in velocity D. Acceleration
______2. A force is described as...
A. A push only B. A pull only C. A push or a pull D. None of the above
______3. When you slide a box across the floor, which force must your push be greater than?
A. Friction force B. Air resistance C. Gravity D. Magnetic force
______4. A change to an objects motion is caused by...
A. Balanced forces B. Unbalanced forces C. Acceleration D. Velocity
______5. Which of the following objects has the greatest inertia?
A. ping pong ball B. a golf ball C. a soft ball D. a bowling ball
______6. Which of the following sets of colors are listed from low to high frequency?
A. blue, green, red B. green, blue, red C. red, blue, green D. red, green, blue
______7. Which of the following fluids can refract all the colors of white light?
A. orange juice B. milk C. water D. vinegar
______8. Which of the following determines total power in a series circuit?
A. current flowing through a switch C. total voltage applied to the circuit
B. source voltage times the current D. average of the wattage consumed by each resist
______9. All the loads in a parallel circuit
A. have the same power C. have the same resistance
B. share the same current D. use the same voltage
______10. In science, which statement correctly describes work?
A. Work is done whenever force is applied.
B. Work is done when you are paid for the effort exerted.
C. Work is done when force applied moves the object through a distance.
D. Work is done when force is applied for a longer time.
______11. In which arrangement of medium is the speed of sound increasing?
A. solid, liquid, gas, vacuum C. Gas, liquid, solid, vacuum
B. vacuum, gas, liquid, solid D. liquid, gas, vacuum, solid
______12. In which situation is there no work done on the book?
A. Picking up a book from the ground. C. throwing a book horizontally
B. tossing the book upward D. Carrying a book while walking
______13. An echo occurs when a sound wave is ___.
A. reflected B. absorbed C. transmitted D. refracted
______14. A sound wave is produced when an object ___
A. accelerates. B. decelerates. C. vibrates. D. remains stationary.

______15. Which of the following has thermal energy?

A. A piece of metal that feels hot but not a piece of metal that feels cold.
B. A piece of metal that feels cold but not a piece of metal that feels hot.
C. Neither a piece of metal that feels hot nor a piece of metal that feels cold.
D. Both a piece of metal that feels hot and a piece of metal that feels cold.
_____16. Which of the following is the best example that an object demonstrates kinetic energy?
A. a piece of coal before it's burned C. a car parked on a steep hill
B. a picture hanging on the wall D. a tennis ball rolling across the court
_____ 17. A stone is whirled vertically. At what point in its circular path does it have the highest
speed?
A. at the bottom C. anywhere during its upward motion
B. at the top D. anywhere during its downward motion
_____ 18. A child whirls a ball at the end of a rope, in a uniform circular motion. Which of the following
statements is NOT true?
A. The speed of the ball is constant. C. The velocity of the ball is constant
B. The radius is constant D. The magnitude of the ball’s acceleration is
constant.
For questions 19 and 20, refer to the situation described below:
A carabao pulls a cart along a flat road. Consider the following four forces that arise in this situation.
(1) the force of the carabao pulling on the cart
(2) the force of the carabao pushing on the road
(3) the force of the cart pulling on the carabao
(4) the force of the road pushing on the carabao
______19. Which two forces form an "action-reaction" pair that obeys Newton's
third law?
A. 1 and 4 B. 2 and 4 C. 2 and 3 D. 1 and 3
______20. Suppose that the carabao and cart have started from rest; and as time goes on, their speed
increases in the same direction. Which one of the following conclusions is correct concerning the
magnitudes of the forces mentioned above?
A. Force 2 is less than force 3. C. Force 3 exceeds force 4.
B. Force 1 exceeds force 2. D. Forces 1 and 2 cannot have equal magnitudes.
______21. A 44 kg student steps onto a weighing scale and the scale reads 430 N. What is the magnitude of
the normal force acting on the child?
A. 44 N B. 430 N C. 860 N D. 645 N
______22. If two objects are near each other and one object is hotter than the other, then heat will flow from
the______ object to the _______object.
A. colder, hotter B. hottest, warmest C. hotter, colder D. coldest, less cold.
______23. A student flips a light switch but the light does not turn on. Based on this information, which
inference is NOT valid?
A. The light switch is broken. C. The light bulb is burned out.
B. The electrical connection is broken. D. The electrical wire is made of copper.
_____24. Describe the motion of a person NOT wearing a seat belt if the car suddenly stops.
A. The person and car will stop together.
B. The person will stop faster than the car because they are lighter.
C. The car will stop and the person will keep moving forward because of inertia.
D. The car will stop and the person will speed up.
_____25. A falling object is pulled down by the earth. The earth is pulled up toward the object.
Why doesn’t the earth move?
A. Only the earth has gravity.
B, The Earth has a very large mass and a small acceleration.
C. The Earth has a very small mass and a large acceleration.
C. Air resistance gets in the way.
______26. When you walk across the ground and push on it with your feet...
A. There is no effect on the ground.
B. The ground pushes back less strongly than your feet.
C. The ground pushes back more strongly than your feet.
D. The ground pushes back on your feet with equal force.
______27 A car is traveling with a velocity of 20 m/s and has a mass of 1000 kg.
How much work is done by the car?
A. 0 joule B. 1 960 joules C. 19 600 joules D. 196 joules
______28. How much work is done in carrying a 2-kg book 2 meters above the ground?
A. 0 joule B. 4 joules C. 19.6 joules D. 39.2 joules
Use the illustration below to answer questions 29-30 (Assume that the height at point A and point G are
the same)
_____29. In the figure, kinetic energy is being converted into potential energy from
A. point A to point D B. point B to point F C. point D to point G D. point B to point E
_____30. In the figure, potential energy is being converted into kinetic energy from
A. point D to point A B. point B to point F C. point D to point G D. point A to point D
_____31. Describe the energy of the ball as it moves from point A, to point B, and finally to Point D
A. The total potential energy decreases and kinetic energy increases.
B. The total kinetic decreases and potential energy increases
C. The total energy stays the same, but is converted between potential and kinetic energy.
D. The energy is lost between points B and C.
Use the illustration provided at the right to answer question number 32.
_____32. What does the illustration above shows?
A. The transfer of high heat temperature to low temperature.
B. The transfer of heat from low temperature to high temperature
C. Heat energy transfer direction.
D. None of the given choices.

_____33. What is the direction of heat transfer in the illustration at the right?
A. From the spoon to the hot coffee. C. From the cup to the liquid.
B. From the hand to the spoon. D. From the hot coffee to the
metal spoon.
For items 34. Use the illustration at the right.

_____34. If both pots are heating to the point of boiling, what process of heat transfer
would take place?
A. conduction C. convection
B. induction D. radiation
Use the illustration provided on the left to answer questions 35.

____35. A student has two identical glasses of milk except that the temperature of the milk
in one glass is 40ºF and the temperature of the milk in the other glass is 80ºF. Which
glass of milk has more thermal energy?
A. The milk at 40ºF has more thermal energy.
B. The milk at 80ºF has more thermal energy.
C. Both the milk at 40ºF and the milk at 80ºF have the same amount of thermal energy.
D. Neither the milk at 40ºF nor the milk at 80ºF has any thermal energy.
_____36. On a very hot day, the metal wires in the cable ____ heat quickly. This causes the metal wires to
_____.
A. lose, contract B. expand, sag C. lose, gain D. gain, expand
_____37. How should a fuse be installed in a circuit to ensure proper operation?
A. parallel to the load C. series with the load
B. in any way possible D. at the ground point
_____38. Which of the following is an appropriate use for a voltmeter?
A. To measure difference of potential C. To measure current flow
B. To determine total resistance D. To determine power output
_____39. What is the direction of the conventional current through the light bulb
in the circuit represented by the diagram at the right?

A. B. C. D.

______40. What happens to Lamps A and B if Lamp C, as shown in the circuit below, burns out?
A. Bulb B burns out but Bulb A does not.
B. Bulbs A and B also burn out so they do not light up.
C. Bulbs A and B do not burn out but they do not light up
D. Bulbs A and b are not affected and still light up.
Use the image at the right to answer questions 41 - 42.
______41. When a pencil is placed in a glass of water, the pencil appears broken at the surface of
the water. This is because the light;
A. speeds up as it moves from water into air. C. stops when it hits the water.
B. slows down as it moves from water into air. D. does not change speed.
______42. Which property of light is being demonstrated by the pencil in the glass of water?
 A. Reflection B. Refraction C. Absorption D. Transmission
______43. Which of the following statements is correct about the Doppler Effect?
A. The effect is observed as waves bend around solid objects.
B. It occurs as waves enter a new medium, such as going from water into air.
C. It is observed as a change in pitch when either the sound source or the listener is in motion.
D. It is the change in speed of a wave as the sound waves enter a medium and are reflected back.
Use the table at the right to answer questions 44- 45
______44. In which medium do sound waves travel the slowest?
A. Glass B. Air C. Iron and Steel D. Water
______45. What is the speed of sound through glass ?
A. 3,650 m/s B. 5,000 m/s C. 2,680 m/s D. 4,500 m/s

______ 46. The reason that a police car’s siren sounds HIGHER in pitch as it approaches you, is because the
truck pushes the sound waves together so that the sound wavelengths in front of the truck gets shorter. This
causes the,
A. frequency to increases, which increases the pitch.
B. velocity to decrease which increases the frequency.
C. frequency to decrease which decreases the pitch.
D. wavelengths to get longer, which increases the pitch.
______ 47. During the show, you notice that you see the lights of the fireworks first before you hear the
explosive sounds. Why is this so?
A. sound is faster than the speed of light in air? C. light is faster than the speed of sound in air
B. the speed of sound and light are the same in air D. None of the above
III PROCESS SKILLS
Fill in the missing word/s to complete the concept about temperature and heat transfer.

Temperature is a measure of the ability of a substance, or more generally of any physical system, to transfer
heat energy to another physical system. The (48) _____________________the temperature of an object is, the
(49)_____________________the tendency of that object to transfer energy.

The diagram below illustrates the electromagnetic spectrum. Use this diagram to answer questions #50-
52: write your answer on the space before the number.

_____________50. Which type of electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength?

_____________51.The electromagnetic waves with the highest frequencies and the shortest wavelength.
_____________52. What kind of waves do cellular telephones use to transmit and receive signals?

Compare parallel circuit and series circuit using the Venn diagram. Choices are given inside the box below,
write your answers on the appropriate space ( 53 – 57)
PARALLEL CIRCUIT SERIES CIRCUIT
- one pathway
- Two or more pathway
- Convert electrical energy to light,
DIFFERENCE SIMILARITY DIFFERENCE heat or sound
- Voltage shared
53 56.
- Voltage is equal
55.
54
57.
4. Free-body diagrams for 3 situations are shown below. For each situation, determine the net force and
direction of net force acting upon the object. Write your answer on the table provided.
Net Force Direction

58. A. 500N

59. B. DOWNWARD

60. C. TO THE LEFT

 SCIENCE 8
FIRST QUARTER EXAM
2019-2020
ANSWER KEY

1 B 31 A
2 C 32 A
3 A 33 D
4 B 34 A
5 D 35 B
6 A 36 D
7 C 37 C
8 B 38 A
9 D 39 C
10 C 40 B
11 B 41 A
12 D 42 B
13 A 43 C
14 C 44 B
15 D 45 D
16 A 46 A
17 B 47 C
18 C 48 GREATER/HIGHER
19 B 49 GREATER/HIGHER
20 A 50 RADIO WAVES
21 B 51 GAMMA RAYS
22 C 52 RADIO WAVES
23 D 53 ONE PATHWAY
24 C 54 VOLTAGE SHARED
25 55 CONVERT ELECTRICAL
B ENERGY TO LIGHT,
HEAT AND SOUND
26 D 56 TWO PATHWAY
27 C 57 EQUAL VOLTAGE
28 A 58 UPWARD
29 C 59 300 N
30 D 60 30N