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SECOND QUARTER EXMINATION

Alamada, North Cotabato GRADE 8 SCIENCE
Name: ________________________________ Date:______________________
Grade and Section:______________________ Score:______________________

Test I: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Direction: Read carefully and understand the following items. Select the letter of the
correct answer and write it on the space provided before the number. (30 points)
_____1. What average energy of particles does temperature measure?
A. kinetic B. potential C. chemical D. mechanical

_____2. What happens to the temperature of an object when the particles are moving faster?
A. reduces C. remains constant
B. increases D. increases then reduces

_____3.Do all particles of the substance at a certain temperature move at the same speed
and in the same direction?
A. No B. Yes C. Maybe D. None of the above

_____4.Does the temperature of a substance depend on how much of the substance is

present?
A. No B. Yes C. Maybe D. None of the above

_____5. When a substance undergoes thermal expansion, its _________.

A. mass increases C. particles get colder
B. volume decreases D. particles spread out

_____6. Which of the following is NOT a unit of temperature?

A. Calorie B. Celsius C. Fahrenheit D. Kelvin

_____7.The normal body temperature is 37 degree Celsius. What is this in Fahrenheit?

A. 32 degree F B. 99 degree F C. 212 degree F D. 373 degree F

_____8.A device used to measure temperature.

A. thermometer B. barometer C. nanometer D. hygrometer

_____9. A gaseous substance changes into solid without passing through the liquid state?
A.evaporation B. sublimation C. deposition D. melting

_____10.It occurs when gas state of matter changes to liquid.

A. condensation B. melting C. freezing D.evaporation

_____11. It is a unit for heat.

A.Fahrenheit B. Calorie C. Celsius D. Kelvin

_____12._______ expansion occurs when molecules push each other apart due to change in
temperature.
A.thermal B. geothermal C. heat D. temperature

_____13. It is the measure of the average kinetic energy of molecules.

A. heat B. temperature C. calorie D. kinetic energy

_____13. It is a change of state from liquid to gas.

A.condensation B. deposition C. evaporation D.freezing

_____14. A change of state from solid to liquid.

A. freezing B. melting C. sublimation D. deposition
_____15. Who introduced the absolute temperature scale?
A. Andres Celsius C. William Rankine
B. Gabriel Fahrenheit D. William Thompson

_____16. Which expands the greatest when heated at the same temperature?
A. gas B.solid C. liquid D. all expand equally

_____17. What happens to water when its temperature reaches 4 degree Celsius?
A.it becomes denser C. its volume will reduce
B. It becomes less dense D. its volume will not change

_____18.Which of the following is true about boiling?

A.It is slower than evaporation.
B. It takes place at a specific temperature
C. It is the same for all liquids at the same temperature
D. It takes place when bubbles begin to appear in the liquid

_____19.The following are advantages of bulbs connected in series EXCEPT:

A. It does not overheat C. low current is needed to light all the bulbs
B. It is easy to install and maintain D. Large amount of current is needed to light all bulbs

_____20. The following are disadvantages of connecting too many bulbs in parallel EXCEPT:
A. Bulb will easily overheat
B. It is difficult to maintain and install
C. There will be current overloading in the conducting wire.
D. There will be equal amount of voltage for every load in a circuit.

_____ 21. If one bulb of Christmas lights connected in series is burned, what will happen to
the other light bulb?
A. All other bulbs will no longer work
B. All other bulbs will continue to light
C. The brightness of the bulbs will increase
D. The brightness of the bulbs will decrease

_____ 22. Which of the following best describes a parallel circuit?

A. Current flows along one pathway
B. Current flows along more than one pathway
C. The flow of current comes from several sources
D. The flow of current comes from more than one load.

_____ 23. Which of the following best describes a series circuit?

A. Current flows along one pathway
B. Current flows along many pathways
C. The flow of current comes from the switch
D. The flow of current comes from the light bulb

_____ 24. The following are advantages of a series circuit EXCEPT:

A. Series circuits do not overload easily
B. Easy to install and easy to repair and maintain
C. All loads in a series circuit have the same current
D. If one load fails, all loads in the circuit will not function

_____ 25. The following are disadvantages of a series circuit EXCEPT:

A. It is difficult to control the load individually
B. It is easy to install, repair and maintain the circuit.
C. It is difficult to identify the damaged light bulb in the circuit
D. Since voltage is not equal for every load, not all loads will have the same brightness.
_____ 26. What are the colors that can be seen in the rainbow from lowest to highest
energy?
A. ROYGBIV B. VIBGYOR C. VIBROYG D. VIBGYRO

_____ 27. What color in the spectrum has the highest energy?
A. Green B. Violet C. Blue D. Indigo

_____ 28. What color in the spectrum has the shortest wavelength?
A. Violet B. Blue C. Red D. Indigo

_____ 29. It is the separation of light into colors by refraction or with diffraction with
formation of a spectrum.
A. reflection B. dispersion C. saturation D. inversion

_____ 30. Why do we feel so hot when we wear a black shirt?

A. Light clothes have trouble reflecting sun’s ray
B. The dark colored clothing traps the heat from the sun
C. Black colors absorbed all the colors except green
D. Black shirt reflects all the colors

TEST II: TRUE OR FALSE

Direction: Write “TRUE” if the statement is true and “FALSE” if is false. (10 points)

__________ 1. Earthquake is the shaking of the ground.

__________ 2. Epicenter is the point of the earth’s surface vertically above the focus of an
earthquake.
__________ 3. The shaking of the ground in Mars is called Marsquake.
__________ 4. Focus is the crack on the surface of the earth.
__________ 5. Seismograph is an instrument used to detect and record earthquake.
__________ 6. San Andreas fault is a continental transform fault that extends 1, 200 km
through California.
__________ 7. Earthquake is not always dangerous.
__________ 8. The movement of plates can make volcanoes and mountain ranges.
__________ 9. The Philippines is not located in the Pacific Ring of Fire.
__________ 10. The person who specialized in Volcanic Activity is called Volcanologist.

TEST III: ESSAY (10 points)

Rubrics: (content = 10 points, grammar = 3 points, neatness and spelling = 2 points)

1. Why is it that the light-color shirts are much cooler to wear compared to dark-color
shirts? Explain your answer.
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