Department of Education

Region VII, Central Visayas

Division of Cebu City
South District V
BUHISAN NIGHT HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8

Name & Section: ________________________________Date: ____________SCORE:__________
Instructions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Write your solution on a separate sheet of paper.

1.The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as

A. Mass B. Inertia C. Force D. Motion

2.Which of the following is an example of Newton's third law of motion?

A. sitting in a chair C. Both A and B
B. hitting a baseball with a bat D. none of these

3.Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction are known as_____________.
A. balanced forces C. friction forces
B. net forces D. None of these

4. How does friction affect speed?

A. more friction decreases speed C. more friction increases speed
B. less friction decreases speed D. less friction doesn't affect speed

5. What is Newtons 1st law of motion?

A. law of gravity
B. Force= Mass multiplied by acceleration
C. For every action there is an equal and opposite re-action.
D. An object at rest stays at rest unless acted on an unbalanced force.

6. Which of the following is an example of friction that is helpful?

A. Brakes used on a bike C. Tread on the bottom of your shoes
B. Tires from a car on the road D. All are examples that are helpful

7. What does friction produce?

A. gravity B. heat C. light D. sound
.
8. What is the unit of work?
A. Kg m/s B. Joule C. Newton D. Newton/meter

9. Which of the following situations where NO work is done?

A. The weightlifter lifting a barbell above his head.
B. A person carrying a box from one place to another.
C. Freshman lifting a backpack full of books upon her shoulder.
D. Father pushing a grocery cart down the aisle of a grocery store.

10.You are riding fast on a skateboard when your wheel suddenly gets stuck in a crack on the sidewalk. Why
does your body go flying forward?
A. there is a net force pushing you off your skateboard
B. your inertia keeps you moving forward
C. someone pushed you
D. none of these

11.The force that pulls falling objects toward Earth is called_______.

A. Gravity B. Free fall C. Inertia D. Acceleration
12.According to Newton’s third law of motion, when a hammer strikes and exerts force on a nail, the nail
A. creates a friction with the hammer.
B. disappears into the wood.
C. exerts an equal force back on the hammer.
D. Nothing will happen
13.In which of the following cases is no work done?
A. A weightlifter lifts a barbell.
B. A weightlifter holds a barbell overhead.
C. A weightlifter slowly lowers a barbell.
D. A weightlifter drops a barbell and the barbell falls to the ground.
14.Which of the following is an example of exerting a force?
A. a train speeding down a track C. a child running through a field
B. a carpenter hammering a nail D. an airplane soaring through the sky

15. Which of these animals has the greatest inertia while at rest?
A. carabao B.cat C. chicken D. pig

16. What Newton’s Law of Motion is behind the concept on the wearing of seatbelts while riding in a car?
A. acceleration B. inertia C. interaction D. centripetal force

17. A 2,000-kg car is sitting at rest in a parking lot. A bike and rider with a total mass of 60 kg are
traveling along a road at 10 km/h. Which system has more inertia? The______.
A. car has more inertia, as its mass is less than the mass of the bike
B. bike has more inertia, as its mass is less than the mass of the car
C. car has more inertia, as its mass is greater than the mass of the bike
D. bike has more inertia, as its mass is greater than the mass of the car

18. If a force of 26 N is exerted on two balls, one with a mass of 0.52 kg and the other with a mass of 0.78
kg, which ball will have the greater acceleration? (F=ma)
A. The one with a mass of .78 kg will have the greatest acceleration.
B. The one with a mass of .52 kg will have the greatest acceleration.
C. They will both accelerate at the same rate.
D. None of the above.

19. A force of 20-N acts upon a 5-kg block. What is its acceleration?
A. 4 m/s2 B.5 m/s2 C. 10 m/s2 D. 100 m/s2

20. Which of the following Laws of Motion BEST explains why light objects move faster than heavy
objects when equal force is applied?

A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Interaction C. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Resistance

21. What makes an object placed on top of the table at rest?

A. There are no forces acting on the object.
B. The forces are balanced with zero net force.
C There is friction between the object and the table.
D. The unbalanced force is not enough to move the object.

22. When moving at the same speed, which vehicle could LESS likely do harm to a tree when it
crashes into it?
A. bicycle B. bus C. motorcycle D. taxi

23. Which of the following may DECREASE the acceleration of a jeepney?

A. unloading passengers C. adding loads
B. using powerful engines D. stepping hard on the accelerator
.
24. Which of the following statements about noncontact forces is FALSE?
A. Noncontact forces cannot be found in nature.
B. Noncontact forces are fundamental forces in nature.
C. Electromagnetic force is the strongest of all noncontact forces.
D. The only gravitational force on Earth is Earth’s pull toward its core.
25. A truck is pulled with a force of 40 500 Newtons. The truck's acceleration rate is 8 m/s 2.What is the mass of
the car?
A. 5,062 kg B. 5,062.5 kg C. 5,064 kg D. 5,065 kg

26. What is the mass of a cart that has an acceleration of 5 m/s 2 when a net force of 2000 N is applied
to it?
A.10,000 kg B. 2000 kg C. 1000 kg D. 400 kg

27.What is the SI unit of force?

A.kg B. m C. N D. Kg/m

28. While you are riding in a motorcycle, a small bug hits your helmet. Which has the greater
force?
A. helmet B. motorcycle C. small bug D. none of these
29. When a horse pulls a wagon, what force causes the horse to move forward? It is the force
that the ___________.
A. horse exerts on the ground C. ground exerts on the horse
B. horse exerts on the wagon D. wagon exerts on the horse

30. What is the reaction force when you walk on the ground? When you walk on the ground and
push 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

31. If two objects have the same mass, which one will have more kinetic energy if they have different velocities?
A. The one with the higher velocity.
B. The one with the lower velocity.
C. Both will have the same kinetic energy.
D. It depends on the shape of the objects.

32. A baseball has a mass of 0.15 kg and is moving at a velocity of 40 m/s. What is its kinetic energy?
A. 12 J B. 60 J C. 120 J D. 240 J

33. Which is considered as the stored energy due to the position of an object?
A. force B. friction C. kinetic D. potential

34. What is the unit of energy in SI system?

A. Coulomb B. Joule C. Newton D. Watt

35. As a pendulum swings from its highest to lowest position, what happens to its kinetic
and potential energy?
A. Both the potential energy and kinetic energy increase.
B. Both the potential energy and kinetic energy decrease.
C. The kinetic energy decreases while the potential energy increases.
D. The potential energy decreases while the kinetic energy increases.
36. What is the Kinetic energy of a 50 kg runner that has a velocity of 5 m/s?
A. 125 J B. 250 J C. 625 J D. 1 250 J

37. How much work is done in sliding a box across the room if the frictionless force if 100 N
in a 5 m wide room?
A. 50 J B. 105 J C. 250 J D. 500 J

38. Which is considered as the energy of motion?

A. force B. friction C. kinetic D. potential

39. An object is experiencing a net force of 20 N and has an acceleration of 5 m/s². What is its mass?
A. 4 kg B. 100 kg C. 25 kg D. 1 kg

40.How does friction affect speed?

A. more friction decreases speed C. more friction increases speed
B. less friction decreases speed D. less friction doesn't affect speed

41. Which of the following factors affects the kinetic energy of an object?
A. Mass and velocity C. Time and distance
B. Mass and height D. Volume and density

42. How would you use F=ma to calculate the acceleration of an object?
A. Mass x Acceleration C. Force divided by mass
B. Mass divided by force D. Acceleration x force

43. A ball is thrown straight up in the air. According to Newton's first law of motion, what is the reason for the
ball falling back to Earth?
A.A force has acted on it.
B. The change in the ball's acceleration is proportional to the force acting on it.
C. The ball exerts a force on the air surrounding it.
D. It is accelerating in the same direction as Earth's gravitational force on it.
44. A 3,000-N force gives an object an acceleration of 15 m/s2 .The mass of the object is ____.

A. 45,000 kg
B. 1,500 kg
C. 200 kg
D. 15 kg

45. Which of the following objects has kinetic energy?

A. A lamp that is turned off
B. A bike parked at the top of a hill
C. ball thrown across the yard
D. Fallen leaves laying on the ground below a tree

46. Which of the following answer choices is NOT an example of potential energy?

A. Running down a steep hill on vacation

B. Holding a basketball in practice
C. A drawn bow in an archer's hand
D. A baseball at its highest point in the air

47. Which of the following is NOT an example of potential energy?

A. A diver on the edge of a diving board

B. A parachute falling to the ground
C. A pencil sitting on a desk
D. A car parked in the parking lot of a mall

48. On a roller coaster, where is maximum kinetic energy?

A. At the bottom of a big hill
B. When going around a corner
C. When going upside down
D. At the top of a big hill

49. Which of the following has the most kinetic energy?

A. A car traveling at 80 mph

B. A tractor-trailer traveling at 80 mph
C. A cheetah running at 80 mph
D. a motorcycle traveling at 80 mpH

50. Using the illustration below .If the man pushes with an equal amount of force, which object will accelerate
more?

A. Car because it has more mass

B. Lawnmower because it has less mass
C. Car because it has less mass
D. Lawnmower because it has more mass