DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Region VII, Division of Cebu City

Adlaon National High School
Adlaon, Cebu City

SCIENCE 8 – QUARTER 1 PRE-TEST

Name______________________ Grade & Section: _______________________ Date:_______________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the best answer of your choice. Write the letters only.

1. A and B are two objects with masses 100 kg and 75 kg respectively. How will you describe its inertia?
a. both will have the same inertia. b. B will have more inertia.
c. A will have more inertia. d. both will have less inertia.
2. The resultant of balanced forces is ____.
a. none zero. c. not equal to zero.
b. equal to zero. d. equal to the accelaration produced by the body.
3. The acceleration in a body is due to ______.
a. balanced force b. unbalanced force c.mass d. electrostatic force
4. If the forces acting upon an object are balanced, then the object _____.
a. must be moving with a constant velocity. b. must not be moving. c. must not be accelerating. d. none of these.
5. What is the force that acts between two object in contact because of action-reaction?
a. Net Force b. Friction Force c. Normal Force d. Tension Force
6. It is a force that is applied to an object by a person or another object.
a. Net Force b. Friction Force c. Normal Force d. Applied Force
7. The force exerted by a table on an object placed on it, is called________________.
a. Net Force b. Friction Force c. Normal Force d. Applied Force
8. The force exerted by a string on an object hanging on it, is called________________.
a. Tension Force b. Friction Force c. Normal Force d. Applied Force
9. It is known as the push or pull upon an object resulting from the object's interaction with another object.
a. work b. force c. power d. energy
10. It is the change of an objects position over time.
a. work b. force c. motion d. energy
11. Forces are said to balance when _________.
a. the forces acting on them are equal in magnitude and in opposite directions and they lie on the same line of action
b. the forces acting on them are equal in magnitude and in the same directions and they lie on the same line of action.
c. the forces acting on them are equal in magnitude only.
d. Both a and b
12. What law states that “An object will stay at rest or move at constant velocity unless unbalanced external foce acts on it.”
a. Law of Accelaration b. Law of Gravitation c. Law of Inertia d. Law of Interaction
13. Law of Acceleration states that _______________________.
a. Acceleration on object is directly proportional to its mass but inversely proportional to its net force.
b. Acceleration on object is directly proportional to its net force but inversely proportional to its mass.
c. Acceleration on object is inversely proportional to its mass and net force.
d. Acceleration on object is directly proportional to its mass and net force.
14. Which of the following describes the Law of Interaction?
a. Action-Reaction Force are not equal in magnitude c. Action-Reaction Force are opposite in terms of direction
b. Action-Reaction Force are equal in magnitude d. both B & C
15. 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. c. exerts an equal force back on the hammer.
b. disappears into the wood. d. exerts greater friction than the hammer
16. A sound wave is a ________________.
a. Longitudinal Wave b. electromagnetic wave c.Mechanical wave d. both a & b
17. Which of the following is not capable of transmitting sound?
a. Air b. ice c. seawater d. vacuum
18. Molecules of solids are closest to one another thus sound can travel ________compared to solid and liquids.
a. Fastest b. slowest c. with undetermined speed d. with varying speed
19. Molecules of gases are far apart, thus sound travels in gases _________.
a. The slowest b. the fastest c. with undetermined speed d. with varying speed
20. Which of the following would most likely transmit sound best?
a. Steel b. water c. air d. gas
21. Sound wave are produced through______________of molecules.
a. Rarefaction b. compression c. both A & B d. neither A & B
22. Which of the following arrangement of media is the speed of sound increasing?
a. Woodwaterair c. Metal alcoholair
b. Air ice water d. Airwaterice
23. It is a property of sound that refers to its highness or lowness.
 a. Pitch b. loudness c. wavelength d. speed
24. It tells us how soft or how intense a sound is.
a. Pitch b. loudness c. wavelength d. speed
25. The pitch of a high frequency sound is also_____________.
a. High b. low c. both high & low d. neither high & low
26. Which factor will not affect the speed of sound?
a. size of the medium b. elasticity of the medium c. density of the medium d. temperature of the medium
27. An echo is a __________.
a. reflected sound b. diffraction of sound c. refracted sound d. superposition of sound
28. A sound wave travels from one medium to another. Which property is at work here?
a. diffraction b. interference c. reflection d. refraction
29. A boy shouts inside a big church. He hears his own voice. What property of the wave is shown?
a. diffraction b. interference c. reflection d. refraction
30. When wave pass from one medium to another, which property is constant?
a. amplitude b. frequency c. velocity d. wavelengtH
31. A force of 10 N is acting on an object of mass 10 kg. What is the acceleration produced in it?
a.1 m/s2 b.1 m/s c.100 m/s2 d.100 m/s
32. .What is the force acting on an object of mass 10 kg moving with a uniform velocity of 10 m/s
a. 100 N b. 10 N c. 0 d. 1 N
33. A 0.75 kg book is lifted by Mark to 1.5 m above the table but the table top is 0.5 meters above
the floor. Calculate its PE.
a. 154.8 J b. 14.7 J c. 14.5 J d. 14.4 J
34. Gerald and Jenelyn are pulling a heavy stone at the same time with 15 units of force each. What
is the net force acting on the stone?
a. 15 units b. 30 units c. 0 d. balanced force
35. Suppose a ball of mass 0.90 kg is hit with a force of 15 N. Its acceleration will be___?
a. 16.67 m/s2 b. 16 m/s2 c. 17 m/s2 d. 16.67 m/s2
36. If the forces acting upon an object are balanced, then the object _____.
a. must be moving with a constant velocity. b. must not be moving.
c. must not be accelerating. d. none of these.
37. Joey is pushing a huge cart with a 1000 N force at a distance of 25 m, how much is the work done by him?
a. 2,500 J b. 25,000 J c. 250 J d. 40 J
38. What do you multiply by mass to get the weight of an object?
a. gravity b. acceleration c. density d. energy
39. If your mass is 40 kg, what is your weight on the Earth?
a. 298 b. 376 c. 392 d. 462
40 . A 1,250 kg bus has a velocity of 20 m/s. What is the KE of the bus?
a. 250,000 J b. 240,000 J c. 220,000 J d. 2050 J
41. An example of kinetic energy would be:
a) a moving car c) a charge particle in an electric field
b) a stretched rubber band that was just released d) all of the above
42. Which of the following has a great heat capacity?
a. Aluminum b. Water c. Oil d. All of these.
43. Marie Luz ran from school to Freda's store 85 m in 120 s and suddenly ran again to her house and she took 240 s. Calculate
her acceleration.
a. 0.29 m/s2 b. 0.28 m/s2 c. 0.30 m/s2 d. 1 m/s2
44. An object will stay at rest or move at constant velocity unless unbalanced external foce acts on it.
a. Law of Accelaration b. Law of Gravitation
c. Law of Inertia d. Law of Interaction
45. You are racing a cart down the hallway. If you go 10 meters in 5 seconds, what is your speed? (Remember speed equals
distance divided by time.)
a. 2 meters per second b. 2 miles per hour
c. 50 meters per second d. 2 meters per second squared
46. Ms. Parks can run 50 yards in 10 seconds and Ms. Choe can run 100 yards in 20 seconds. Who has a faster speed?
(Remember speed equals distance divided by time.)
a. Ms. Parks has a faster speed. b. Ms. Choe has a faster speed. c. They both have the same speed.
47. Suppose you are climbing a mountain, to reach a highest peak you need to exert 500 J in 250 s time? Compute your power.
a. 2 J/s b. 20 J/s c. 0.20 J/s d. 0.02 J/s
48. Which form of energy does flowing water possess?
a. gravitational energy b. potential energy c. electrical energy d. kinetic energy
49. Energy is the ability to do _____________ or cause change.
a. work b. rest c. experiments d. science
50. This type of energy requires that the object is in motion...
a. Elastic Potential Energy b. Chemical Energy c. Gravitational Potential d. EnergyKinetic Energy