St. Anthony Center of Science and Technology, Inc.

(Formerly Sto. Cristo Catholic School, INC)

Poblacion Central, Gen. Tinio, Nueva Ecija 3104 Philippines
Recognition Number: Pre-Elem-No. E-034, S.2009 Elem.-No. E-085 S.2008
Secondary No. S-017, S.2010

FIRST MID-QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8

Name. _________________________________ Date: ____________________
Section: ________________________________ Score: ____________________
GENERAL DIRECTION: Read and understand the directions before answering the questions. Write your
answers on the space provided.
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
______1. It refers to the body knowledge.
a. Science b. Experiment c. Laws of Motion d. Systematic
______2. It is a kind of force that must have a direct contact between objects to have a push or pull motion.
a. contact force c. electromagnetic force
b. non-contact force d. gravitational force
______3. What type of force where the push and pull motion is observed without direct contact?
a. contact force c. electromagnetic force
b. non-contact force d. gravitational force
______4. It is a force that tends to pull everything on Earth to the center.
a. contact force c. electromagnetic force
b. non-contact force d. gravitational force
______5. It refers to the force that is present on charged particles that enables like charges repel one another and
unlike charges attract each other.
a. contact force c. electromagnetic force
b. non-contact force d. gravitational force
______6. What is the force present between magnet to magnet and magnet to metals?
a. contact force c. electromagnetic force
b. non-contact force d. gravitational force
______7. It is an inertial force that appears to act on all objects when viewed in a rotating frame of reference.
a. centrifugal force c. contact force
b. centripetal force d. electrical force
______8. What force holds the car in a curved path?
a. centrifugal force b. centripetal force c. gravity d. magnetic force
______9. What happens to the centripetal force if the speed of an object is doubled?
a. It doubles b. It quadruples c. It reduces by half d. It remains the same
______10. What happens to the centripetal force if the mass of an object increase?
a. It decreases b. It increases c. It remains the same d. It increases by half
______11. A change in shape when kneading a dough in bread making.
a. compression b. tension c. bending d. torsion
______12. A change in shape when twisting an object.
a. compression b. tension c. bending d. torsion
______13. A change in shape when stretching a rubber.
a. compression b. tension c. bending d. torsion
______14. A change in shape when turning a straight object into curve.
a. compression b. tension c. bending d. torsion
______15. Which does NOT illustrate centripetal force?
a. force acting on a satellite
b. spinning a ball on a string
c. Earth’s revolution around the sun
d. friction of the tires of a car making a turn.
II. Fill in the blanks.
The law of 1.) ________________________ states that in every 2). ________________________, there is a
corresponding 3). ________________________ reaction.

The law states that 4). ________________________ is 5). ________________________ proportional to

6). _______________________ and 7). ________________________ proportional to mass.

Law of 8). ________________________ states that a body at 9). ________________________ will remain at
rest and a body in motion will continue in motion unless acted by an external 10). _______________________.

III. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is otherwise.

_____________1. Force can make things move.
_____________2. Force can be present without movement
_____________3. Force always comes in pair.
_____________4. Force acts in only one direction.
_____________5. Force is the push and full of an object.
_____________6. The amount of force is measured in units called Newtons.
_____________7. Intertia is a force.
_____________8. Force is affected by mass and acceleration.
_____________9. The greater the mass, the lower the force.
_____________10. Spring and elastic are also type of force.
IV. Identify the following statements. Write YES if work is done and NO if there is no work done.
_____________1. A waitress carries a tray full of meals above his head by one arm straight across the room at
constant speed.
_____________2. You pull a heavy sack along the ground.
_____________3. A book falls off a table and free falls to the ground.
_____________4. You finish your science homework before you leave class.
_____________5. A seaman applies a force to a wall and becomes exhausted.
_____________6. A weightlifter lifting a barbell above his head.
_____________7. A person pushing a shopping cart through the store.
_____________8. The force of gravity pulls you downwards when you fall.
_____________9. The tension in a string pulls on a stone when you whirl it around at a steady speed.
_____________10. The contact force of the bedroom floor stops you from falling into the room below.

V. Solve the following problem. Write your COMPLETE & NEAT solution. (5 pts each)
A. WORK
1. Calculate the work done by a 65N force directed at a 35˚ angle to the vertical to move a 600g box a
horizontal distance of 300m across a rough floor.
2. Suppose you pull the machine with a force of 29.5N at an angle of 40˚ parallel to the ground to your office
19m away, how much work have you done?
3. How much work does Ryssi perform in lifting a 32 N object at an angle of 25˚ in a distance of 4 m?

B. LAW OF ACCELERATION

1. F=36.6N M=6kg A=?

2. M=5,800kg A=55m/s2 F=?

3. F=90N A=46m/s2 M=?

4. F=112N M=22kg A=?

Prepared by:

Ms. Dynalyn De Leon Galang

Subject Teacher