Periodical Examination in Science 8
Periodical Examination in Science 8
1. While you are riding on a tricycle, the bus in front of you suddenly stops causing you to
stop too and lean forward. Your body tends to resist the sudden stop. Which motion is
shown?
a. Speed
b. Acceleration
c. Interaction
d. Inertia –
2. How will you derive the formula F = ma to find the mass of an object. Which of the
following equations should be used? (2 pts)
a. m = (F) (a)
b. m = a/F
c. m = Fa
d. m = F/a –
4. A boy tries to pull a rock tied on a string. What law of motion is shown?
a. Law of Inertia
b. Law of Acceleration –
c. Law of Interaction
d. Both A and C
“A bodegero moves a 120 kg rice bag to the delivery truck. How much force did he exert
at an acceleration of 20 m/s2?
“A force equal to 80 N can accelerate a trolley at 4 m/s2. What is the mass of the trolley?”
13. Which among the following is the equivalent of work when the direction of the applied
force and the distance covered by it are perpendicular to each other? (2 pts)
a. Equal to the lowest number
b. Equal to the highest number
c. Equal to itself
d. Equal to zero-
14. Luisito joined a race car and covered a distance of 22 m, east. The road has a frictional
force of 32 N, west. What is the formula to be used in calculating the work done?
a. W=Fd –
b. W = Fs
c. W= Fa
d. W =Fm
16. A 89 kg sack of dried mango is lifted to a height of 10 m. What is the formula to be used
in finding the potential kinetic energy of the sack of cement? (2 pts)
a. GPE = Fm
b. GPE = Fd
c. GPE = mgh –
d. GPE = Fmg
17. How much is the potential energy of the sack of dried mango? (2 pts)
a. 684 J
b. 1350 J
c. 8722 J -
d. 4219 J
18. Which among the following waves is described when the particles of the medium moves
in a parallel direction to the wave movement?
a. Wavelength
b. Longitudinal Wave –
c. Mechanical Wave
d. Electromagnetic wave
21. While you are in Baguio. You observed that air is colder at higher altitudes than in
lowlands. At which place can sound travel faster? (2 pts)
a. Cold air
b. Warm air –
c. Rainy
d. Both A and B
23. Which of the following colors of light are arranged from least to greatest energy? (2 pts)
a. Orange, violet, green
b. Green, blue, red
c. Yellow, orange, red
d. Green, blue, violet –
24. What is the color of an object if it reflects all the colors of the visible light?
a. Black
b. White –
c. Brown
d. All of the Above
25. Which among the following physical property of matter causes it to experience an
electric force when it is close to another electrically charged matter?
a. Circuit
b. Electric field
c. Voltage
d. Electric charge –
26. The voltage of a resistor is equal to 25 V and the current passing through is 10 A. How
much is the resistance of the resistor? (2 pts)
a. 4 Ω
b. 3.8 Ω
c. 2.5 Ω -
d. 5.6 Ω
27. Which of the following statement best describes a series circuit? (2 pts)
a. Electric current across is equal to its total amount. –
b. Voltage across the resistors are all equal regardless of the amount of the voltage.
c. Resistors are connected from one end to another in a closed circuit.
d. Both A and C
28. What electrical safety device automatically shuts down when an overloading occurs? (2
pts)
a. Electrical insulator.
b. Grounding
c. Circuit breaker –
d. Safety fuse
29. A series circuit has three loads with varying resistance values of 10 Ω, 70 Ω, and 55 Ω.
What is the formula in finding the total resistance? (2 pts)
a. RT = R1/ R2/ R3
b. RT = R1 x R2 x R3
c. R = RT/R3
d. RT = R1 + R2 + R3 -
30. A series circuit has three loads with varying resistance values of 10 Ω, 70 Ω, and 55 Ω.
Find the total resistance of the circuit. (2 pts)
a. 105 Ω
b. 120 Ω
c. 135 Ω -
d. 220 Ω