Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VI-WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SAGAY CITY
BULANON FARM SCHOOL
BRGY. BULANON, SAGAY CITY, NEG. OCC.

1ST PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE 8 S.Y.2022-2023
Directions: Read and analyze the questions carefully. Write your answers on the zip grade sheet
provided below. DO NOT FORGET TO WRITE YOUR NAME.
1. Which of the following describes a force?
A. A pull only B. A push only
C. A push or pull or both D. Neither a push nor a pull
2. What average energy of particles does temperature measure?
A. Kinetic B. Potential C. Chemical D. Mechanical
3. When you move a chair across the floor, what force must your push be stronger than?
A. Friction B. Magnetic C. Normal D. Tension
4. A 500 N lady sits on the floor. How much force the floor exerts on her?
A. 50 N B. 250 N C. 500 N D. 1000 N
5. Which force always pulls the objects to the ground?
A. Applied B. Friction C. Gravitational D. Tension
6. A leaf falls from a tree. What force(s) are acting on it?
A. Air resistance only B. Gravitational force only
C. Applied force and air resistance D. Air resistance and gravitational forces.
7. When a cabinet touches the floor, which type of forces exist?
A. Contact forces B. Balanced forces
C. Non-contact forces D. Unbalanced forces
8. What happens to the temperature of an object when the particles are moving faster?
A. reduces B. increases.
C. remains constant. D. increases then reduces.
9. What is the net force in the figure at the right?
A. 12 N, to the left B. 12 N, to the right
C. 107 N, to the left D. 95 N, to the right 45
107
10. Which has the greatest inertia? 50
A. Tricycle B. Car
C. Truck D. Bicycle
11. Which of these vehicles moving at the same velocity is difficult to
stop?
A. a bus B. a car C. a train D. a truck
12. All of the following apply the third law of motion EXCEPT____________.
A. kicking a ball B. rowing a banca
C. throwing a stone D. taking out ketchup from a bottle
13. Which of the following statements are true?
I. Action and reaction forces occur in pair.
II. Action and reaction forces act on the same object.
III. Action and reaction forces can occur one at a time.
IV. Action and reaction forces have the same magnitude.
A. I and II B. I and IV C. II and III D. II and IV
14. When a substance undergoes thermal expansion, its _________.
A. mass increases B. volume decreases
C. particles get colder D. particles spread out
15. In Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is not acted upon by a net force will ______.
A. accelerates B. change its velocity
C. continue its motion with constant velocity D. stop eventually
16. Two balls are simultaneously applied with a force of 20 N. One ball has a mass of 0.3 kg and the
other has 0.4 kg. Which ball has greater acceleration?
A. They will both accelerate at the same rate.
B. None of them will accelerate greater than the other.
C. The one with a mass of 0.3 kg has the greater acceleration.
D. The one with a mass of 0.4 kg has the greater acceleration.
17. Who formulated the Three Laws of Motion?
 A. Aristotle B. Isaac Newton C. Thomas Edison D. Alexander Graham Bell
18. 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 B. gains PE and loses KE
C. loses both PE and KE D. gains both PE and KE
19. How do you compare the PE of the moving object at the highest point compared to its KE?
A. PE is greater than KE B. PE is equal to KE
C. PE is lesser than KE D. KE is greater than PE.
20. Which of the following quantities has the greatest influence on the amount of kinetic energy of a car while
traveling on a highway?
A. mass B. size C. speed D. weight
21. Which of the following pair of quantities are the factors that affect kinetic energy?
A. force and distance B. mass and height
C. mass and speed D. time and height
For Questions 22-23. Refer to the illustration below.
22. Which point has increasing kinetic energy?
A. Point C B. Point B
C. Point A D. Point A & C
23. Which point has the greatest potential energy?
A. Point A B. Point B
C. Point C D. Point A & C
24. Which of the following statements is TRUE about
potential energy?
A. It is dependent on the speed of an object.
B. It does not depend on the mass of the object.
C. It does not depend on the strength of gravity.
D. It is affected by the mass and location of an object with respect to the ground.
25. 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
26. The following applies the concept of potential energy EXCEPT:
A. water in a dam B. a person playing the guitar
C. a rock sitting at the edge of a cliff D. tree branches high up in a tree
27. What happens to the kinetic energy of an object if its speed is doubled?
A. twice as much B. thrice as much
C. increases four times D. decreases four times
28. A sound wave travels through the air and hits a glass of water. Which of the
following happens when the sound wave moves from the air into the glass?
A. It gets louder. B. It gets quieter.
C. It travels faster. D. It travels slower.
29. Which of the following is true about the effect of air temperature on the speed of sound?
A. The lower the temperature the faster the speed.
B. The higher the temperature the faster the speed.
C. The higher the temperature the slower the speed.
D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound.
30. What is the speed of sound in dry air at 0 0C?
A. 31 m/s B. 331 m/s
C. 3000 m/s D. 300000 m/s
31. Which of the following is NOT a unit of temperature?
A. Calorie B. Celsius C. Fahrenheit D. Kelvin
32. Which of the following statements is true about the speed of sound?
A. Sound travels faster in dry air than in wet air.
B. Molecules move faster so sound travels faster in warmer air.
C. Sound travels at a constant speed even if air temperature changes.
D. When comparing two media with the same phase, the sound will travel faster in a denser
material.
33. Which factor does not affect the speed of sound?
A. density B. distance C. elasticity D. temperature
34. Which wave property is observed when a boy shouts and hears his own voice inside the church?
A. echolocation B. reflection
C. refraction D. both reflection and refraction
35. Which of the following describes refraction?
A. turning back of waves.
B. meeting of sound waves
C. bending of waves around edges of barriers.
D. changing the speed and direction of waves.

36. Which room temperature of air does sound travel faster?

 A. 20 0C B. 23 0C C. 25 0C D. 28 0C
37. Speed of sound depends on the __________.
A. pressure of the medium B. temperature of the medium
C. temperature of source producing sound D. temperature and humidity of the medium
38. 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
For nos. 39 and 40: Below is the data of air temperature of the four cities at the same time:
Sagay City 27 0C Escalante City 25 0C
Cadiz City 26 0C Bacolod City 29 0C
39. Which city does sound travel the fastest?
A. Sagay City B. Escalante City C. Bacolod City D. Cadiz City
40. Which city does sound travel the slowest?
A. Cadiz City B. Escalante City
C. Sagay City D. Bacolod City

DIRECTION: Problem solving. Analyze the given problems. Make sure you write the correct FORMULA
and SOLUTION to get 2 points for each problem.
1. A man is pushing a wheelbarrow full of stones with a force of 237N. How much is the net force when
the friction is 190N? (2pts)
FORMULA: SOLUTION:
2. Calculate the amount of Force applied to an object that mass is 55kg and accelerate at the rate of
25m/s2. (2pts)
FORMULA: SOLUTION:
3. A 46kg boy is playing at the playground. He goes to the highest slide of 6m in height and slide down
at a speed of 5m/s. Calculate the Potential and Kinetic Energy. (4pts)
FORMULA: FORMULA:
SOLUTION: SOLUTION:
4. During the summer season, the surrounding temperature of Bulanon Farm School is approximately
270C. What is the speed of the sound during that time? (2pts)
FORMULA: SOLUTION:

GOOD LUCK!!!
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI-WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SAGAY CITY
BULANON FARM SCHOOL
BRGY. BULANON, SAGAY CITY, NEG. OCC.

1ST PERIODICAL TEST TOS

SCIENCE 8 S.Y.2022-2023

Learning Outcome COGNITIVE DOMAIN

COMPETENCY:
Rememb Underst Applyi Analyzin Evaluati Creati Total
ering anding ng g ng ng No. of
Item
1.Investigate the 1,5,17 4,9 3,12,4 6,7,10 11,13 12
relationship 1,42
between the amount
of force applied
and the mass of
the object to the
amount of change
in the object’s
motion.
2. Infer that when a 15,17 43,44 16 2
body exerts a force on
another, an equal
amount of force is
exerted back on it.

4.Identify and 21,25,2 26 19,22,23 18,20,24 10

explain the factors 7 ,45-48
that affect potential
and kinetic energy
5. Investigates the 30,31, 34,35,3 28,49, 29,39,40 32 12
effect of temperature 33,37 6 50
to the speed of
sound.
6. Differentiate 34 14 8 2 38 5
between heat and
temperature at the
molecular level.

TOTAL 10 9 9 14 8 0 50
PERCENTAGE 20% 18% 18% 28% 16% 100%

PREPARED BY: CHECKED BY: NOTED BY:

JONATHAN C. DONAN JOSE DESIREE LEYTE JOEGIE D. SUMUGAT, PhD.

TEACHER 1 DEPARTMENT HEAD PRINCIPAL I