Diocesan Schools of Urdaneta

ST. PHILOMENA’S ACADEMY

Pozorrubio, Pangasinan

1ST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 8

NAME: ____________________________________________________ SCORE: _____________

SECTION: __________________________________________________ DATE: ______________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space before the number.
_______1. It is the science of describing motion and was developed by Galileo.
A. Kinematics B. Mathematics C. Kinetics
_______2. He was a physicist and mathematician who developed the principles of modern physics.
A. Charles Darwin B. Aristotle C. Isaac Newton
_______3. It is a push or a pull that causes a change in the state of motion of a body.
A. inertia B. force C. acceleration
_______4. These forces are called ________, which result from physical or direct contact between two
bodies.
A. contact force B. force C. noncontact force
_______5. It refers to a length of distance traveled in a certain amount of time.
A. Speed B. Velocity C. Acceleration
_______6. Which of the following refers to a rate of change in a displacement?
A. Speed B. Velocity C. Acceleration
_______7. It is a rate of change of velocity of an object.
A. Speed B. Velocity C. Acceleration
_______8. It is a force applied to an object by another body that is not in direct contact with.
A. contact force B. force C. noncontact force
_______9. A force present between magnet to magnet and magnet to metals.
A. Force of Gravity B. Electrical Force C. Magnetic Force
_______10. A force that tends to pull everything on Earth to the center.
A. Force of Gravity B. Electrical Force C. Magnetic Force
_______11. A force that is present on charged particles that enables like charges repel one another and unlike
charges repel one another.
A. Force of Gravity B. Electrical Force C. Magnetic Force
_______12. An object at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an unbalanced force.
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Interaction
_______13. It refers to an object that is directly proportional to the net force and inversely proportional to its
mass.
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Interaction
_______14. Which of the following Newton’s Law of Motion refers for every action, there is an equal and
opposite reaction?
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Interaction
_______15. Sally has a car that accelerates at 5 m/s. If the car has a mass of 1000 g, How much force does the
car produce?
A. 5000 N B. 5 N C. 50000 N

II. TRUE OR FALSE

Direction: Tell whether each statement is TRUE or FALSE. Write your answer on the space before the
number.
_______1. Matter around us is said to be in constant motion.
_______2. Isaac Newton had an experiment on a rolling ball.
_______3. Isaac Newton was born in the same year as Galileo’s death.
_______4. Observing involves comparing the property of a material to a defined unit or standard.
_______5. An object without motion will be in motion if force is applied.
_______6. An object already in motion can be stopped if force is applied.
_______7. Newton (N) is the standard unit for acceleration.
_______8. Law of Interaction states that in every action there is an equal reaction.
_______9. Action force: Wings of the bird push the air downwards, Reaction force: Air pushing the bird
upwards.
_______10. Newtons Law of Motion has 4 Laws regarding with the force.

III. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Identify what is being referred to in each of the following descriptions.
_______1. The SI unit of work.
_______2. The SI unit of power.
_______3. The SI unit of energy.
_______4. The ability to do work.
_______5. The SI unit of Force.
_______6. The energy of a moving body.
_______7. The energy possessed by a stretched spring.
_______8. The scientist after whom the SI unit of power is named.
_______9. The energy possessed by an object by virtue of its position.
_______10. The unit of power that is often used to measure the power of engines.

IV. FILL IN THE BLANK

Direction: Complete the statement below.
1. The Law of ________________________states that in every ___________________, there is a
corresponding ________________________ reaction.
2. This Law states that acceleration is ______________________ proportional _____________________
and ____________________ proportional to the mass.
3. Law of ____________________________
This law states that a body at _________________________ will remain at rest and a body in motion
will continue in motion unless acted by an external ____________________.

V. Direction. Explain the following situations in the context of the Newton’s Laws of Motion.
1. Use of seat belts and shoulder straps when riding a car.

2. The forward motion of a passenger when a car suddenly stops.

3. A batter hitting a baseball.

V. PROBLEM SOLVING
Direction: Solve the following.

1. When a box is pushed at a horizontal distance of 0.5m by a horizontal force of 10N, how much work is done?

a.) Given: b.) Formula c.) Solution & answer

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2. Find the kinetic energy of a 12kg object moving at 4m/s.

a.) Given: b.) Formula c.) Solution & answer

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p
3. What potential energy is acquired by a 12.0kg block of steel when it is raised 4.0m?
a.) Given: b.) Formula c.) Solution & answer
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4.) Sally challenges you to a race. On the first turn you run off the course and your car strikes a large bale of
hay. Your car still produces 5000 N of force, but now it accelerates at only 2 m/s2 . What is the mass of your
car now that the bale of hay is stuck to it?

a.) Given: b.) Formula c.) Solution & answer

F=
m=
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Prepared by:

MARILOU P. DELA VEGA

DANICA F. LORENZO
Subject Teacher