Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NUEVA ECIJA
Brgy. Rizal, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija

FIRST QUARTER TEST IN SCIENCE GRADE 8 (STE)

SY 2018-2019

NAME:_____________________________________ SCHOOL:_____________________________________
GRADE: __________________________________ SCORE :______________________________________
PARENT SIGNATURE: ________________________

DIRECTION: ANALYZE AND ANSWER CAREFULLY THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS. CHOOSE THE BEST
ANSWER FOR EACH ITEM AND WRITE IT ON SPACE PROVIDED BEFORE THE NUMBER.

_____1. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about force?

a. It is a vector quantity
b. It is a push or pull
c. It is something that a body can exert a force on itself.
d. It is the main cause of charge in the state of an object.
_____2. Which of the following is NOT an example of contact force?
a. Opening a door b. carrying a bag c. gravitational force d. tension
_____3. The 1st Law of Motion states that an object at rest will remain at rest, and an object in motion will remain in
motion unless acted upon by an external force. Which of the following is ALWAYS TRUE for objects at rest?
a. the force is very small b. there are no forces acting on them
c. the net force on them is zero d. both a and c
_____4. An object weighs 20N on Earth. What will happen to its mass when the acceleration due to gravity decreases?
a. increases b. decreases c. remains the same d. cannot be determined
_____5. The book is lying at rest on the table, what is the net force acting on the object?
a. 1 N b. 10 N c. 9.8 N d. 0 N
_____6. A 100 kg car is moving with the constant velocity of 10 m/s. What is the net force acting on the car?
a. 0 N b. 1,000 N c. 10,000 N d. 100,000 N
_____7. A runner starts from rest and accelerate uniformly at 8.0 m/s in 40 seconds. What is the magnitude acceleration of
the runner?
a. 0.050 m/s b. 20 m/s c. 9.8 m/s d. 32 m/s
_____8. If you exert a force of 20 N to push a desk 10 meters, how much work do you do on the table?
a. 10 Joules b. 30 Joules c. 100 Joules d. 200 Joules

For items 9-10, analyze the table below.

Grade 8 Palo Sebo team competes in the last school level Sports Fiesta Competition held at Talavera National
High School and these are candidates for being the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the year on Palo Sebo with their Power
Output:
Weight F
Soccer Players Height d (m) Time t (s) Power (W)
(N)
Jaymark 686 10 37 185.41
Johnny 637 10 25 254.80
John Paul 744.8 10 43 173.21

_____9. Based on the table above, which of the following observations is TRUE about the relationship of work, time and
power?
a. when work increases, power output decreases
b. when work increases, power output increases
c. when time increases, work and power, increases
d. when time decreases, power output remains the same
_____10. Which is TRUE about the power output of the three players?
a. Power output of Jaymark is greatest among the three
b. Power output of Johnny is greater than the power John Paul but less than the power of Jaymark
c. Johnny is the most powerful among the three.
d. Power output of John Paul is greater than the power of Johnny but less than the power of Jaymark
_____11. Which of the following shows potential energy?
a. a swinging pendulum b. a runner reaching the finish line
c. a rock on a cliff d. a car accelerating on a curved road
_____12. Which of the following is the unit of work?
a. kg b. meter c. second d. joule
_____13. A body of mass 2 kg is projected vertically upward with a speed of 3 m/s. What is the maximum value of the
body’s kinetic energy?
a. 11 J b. 10 J c. 9 J d. 8 J
_____14. According to Newton’s third law of motion, for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. What
happen to the nail when a hammer strikes and exerts force on it?
a. disappears into the wind b. moved at a constant speed
c. creates a friction in the hammer d. exert equal force back in the hammer
_____15. A player hits a ball. If the action force is the force of the bat, what is the reaction force?
a. the force of the ball on the air b. the force of the player’s hand
c. the force of the ball on the bat d. the force of the gravity
_____16. What quantity in science that tells how hot or cold an object is with respect to some standard?
a. density b. mass c. pressure d. temperature
_____17. Heat transfer happens around us all the time. What is the natural flow of heat?
a. hot to cold b. cold to hot
c. lower temperature to higher temperature d. both B and A
_____18. What happen to the average kinetic energy of the molecules when the temperature of an object increases?
a. increases b. decreases c. remains the same d. none of them
_____19. Metals are good conductor of heat and electricity. What could be the best explanation on these?
a. similarity between thermal and electrical properties
b. looseness of the outer electron in the metal atom
c. relatively high density of metals
d. high elasticity of metals
_____20. During the phase change, which of the following cannot be true?
a. heat is release b. heat is absorb
c. there is a change in temperature d. there is a change in internal energy
_____21. Which of the following will likely happen when a hot and cold object are put in a contact with one another?
a. the cold object will become colder b. the hot object will become hotter
c. the hot and cold object will become colder d. the cold object will become warmer
_____22. Energy can be transferred from one object to another. This is because of temperature difference between them.
What specifically is being transferred from object to object?
a. heat b. external energy c. kinetic energy d. temperature
_____23. Which is not true for black objects?
a. it is a poor emitter of radiation b. it is a good emitter of radiation
c. it is a poor reflector of radiation d. it is a good absorber of radiation
_____24. What do you call to the energy given off by the sun in the form of electromagnetic waves?
a. conductor b. convection c. radiation d. refraction
_____25. The movement cause within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material, which
consequently results in the transfer of heat.
a. convection b. conduction c. expansion d. contraction
_____26. Lights can be separated into different bands of colors using prism. What do you call this process?
 a. refraction b. dispersion c. reflection d. diffraction
_____27. Which of the following light have the shortest wavelength?
a. red b. blue c. orange d. violet
_____28. Which of the following lights has the highest frequency?
a. red b. blue c. violet d. green
_____29. Which of the following lights has the lowest frequency?
a. red b. blue c. orange d. violet
_____30. A rainbow usually appears in the sky after the rain. Which of the following statement best explain this
observation?
a. raindrops act as a prism separating sunlight in colors
the white clouds are actually prism composed of different colors
b. the colors of the rainbow come from raindrops in the atmosphere
c. when sunlight is reflected by the ground towards the clouds, it separate into different colors
_____31. Which of the following electrical component is the symbol for resistor?

a. ___________

~
b. _____________
A
c.____ ___________
_____32. Who among the following scientist below invented the electrochemical cell?
a. George Simon Ohm
b. Charles Coulomb
b. Alessandro Volta
d. Andre Marie Ampere
d. ______________

_____33. In the simple electric circuit, which of the following supplies the electrical energy?
a. 1.5 V dry cell b. 10 w bulb c. geothermal energy d. wind energy
_____34. Which of the following came from the interior of the Earth?
a. electrical energy b. hydroelectric power c. geothermal energy d. wind energy
_____35. Ohms law state that the current is directly proportional to the potential difference across its ends and inversely
proportional to the resistance. How will you expressed this using mathematical formula?
a. l=R/V b. V=lR c. V-R/l d. V=l=R
_____36. Which of the following is not a component of electric circuit?
a. dry cell b. charges c. appliances d. bulb
_____37. Which of the following measures the amount of work done per unit charge?
a. current b. resistance c. voltage d. effect
_____38. What is the reading of the following meter in Kw?

a. 41676 Kw b. 40565 Kw c. 43051 Kw d. 43450Kw

_____39. A cordless flat iron having a resistance of 18 Ohms is connected to 220 V line. How much current is flowing in
it?
a. 12.0 amps b. 12.12 amps c. 11.29 amps d. 10.2 amps
_____40. How much current flows through a resistance of 40 ohms a voltage of 60 V?
a. 1.5 ohms b. 1.5 amps c. 2400 ohms d. 2400 amps
_____41. Which of the following describe near sightedness?
a. the eyeball is shorten b. the eyeball is elongated
c. the retina is defective d. the retina is blurred
_____42. Which of the following sense organs called as the windows through which we see the world?
a. ears b. nose c. eyes d. skin
_____43. The flash of the lightning is seen first before the thunder claps are heard. Why?
a. because sounds travel faster than the light
b. because light travel faster than the sound
 c. because the eye is sensitive than the ear
d. speed of sound expands than lightning
_____44. There are lot of factors that affect the speed of sound. Which of the following best describes the quality of the
speed of sound?
a. the pitch of the sound b. the source of the sound
c. the loudness of the sound d. the properties of the medium the sound travel through
_____45. With the same elastic properties of vibrating medium, which of the following condition sound travels slower?
a. in less dense materials b. at high temperature
c. in dense materials d. at low temperature
_____46. In a room or hall, it is very important to have a good audio. What factor gives the quality of a sound that gives a
better audio?
a. pitch b. resonance c. acoustics d. timbre
_____47. It is the maximum distance that particles in a wave vibrate from their rest position.
a. amplitude b. wavelength c. frequency d. wave speed
_____48. It is a vibration that transfers energy from molecule to molecule
a. sound b. speed c. vibration d. wave speed
_____49. Why did Chuck Yeager’s team choose a high altitude to try to break the sound barrier?
a. the temperature is lower, so the speed of the sound is faster
b. the temperature is lower, so the speed of the sound is slower
c. the temperature is higher, so the speed of the sound is faster
d. the temperature is higher, so the speed of the sound is slower
_____50. What do you call the product of wavelength and frequency?
a. wavelength b. amplitude c. frequency d. wave speed

Prepared by:

CLARISSA M. MARIANO
Head Teacher III, Talavera National High School

Reviewed and Checked:

ROSEMARIE Z. BURAYAG
OIC- Education Program Supervisor, Science

Noted:

JAYNE M. GARCIA, Ed.D

OIC- Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NUEVA ECIJA
Brgy, Rizal, Santa Rosa, Nueva Ecija

FIRST QUARTER TEST IN GRADE 8 SCIENCE (STE)

ANSWER KEY

1 C 26 B
2 B 27 A
3 D 28 C
4 C 29 A
5 B 30 A
6 B 31 D
7 D 32 B
8 D 33 A
9 B 34 C
10 C 35 B
11 D 36 C
12 C 37 A
13 D 38 B
14 A 39 B
15 B 40 B
16 D 41 B
17 A 42 C
18 A 43 B
19 B 44 D
20 D 45 C
21 D 46 C
22 A 47 A
23 C 48 A
24 C 49 C
25 A 50 D