1st Periodic Test - Science 8

1ST PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 8
SY 2022-2023
Name:___________________________ Grade/Section:________Date:_________Score:______
Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as

a. Mass b. Inertia c. Force d. Motion
2. What can you say about mass and acceleration produced if the applied force is constant?
a. Directly Proportional b. Equal c. inversely proportional d. unrelated
3. A body of mass is being accelerated by a net force. If the net force is reduced to one – half, what is its
acceleration?
a. doubled b. halved c. decreased to one – fourth d. increase four times
4. Two boys wearing in-line skates are standing on a smooth surface with the
palms of their hands touching and their arms bent, as shown above. If Boy
X pushes by straightening his arms out while Boy Y holds his arms in the
original position, what is the motion of the two boys?
a. Boy X does not move and Boy Y moves backward.
b. Boy Y does not move and Boy X moves backward.
c. Boy X and Boy Y both move backward. The motion depends on how hard
Boy X pushes.
d. Both will not move.
5. In science, a push or a pull of an object is called a(n)
a. force. b. acceleration. c. inertia. d. friction
For questions 6-7, consider a boy pushing a 10 kg box of force 50N.
6. What do you think will happen to the acceleration of the box, if the boy
increases the force he exerted in pushing the box?
a. the acceleration will increase
b. the acceleration will decrease
c. the acceleration will remain the same
d. the acceleration will increase and then decrease
7. If another 10 kg box is added above the 1st box, what will happen to the acceleration of the box?
a. the acceleration will increase
b. the acceleration will decrease
c. the acceleration will remain the same
d. the acceleration will increase and then decrease
8. Given two push cart s of the same load (mass) where cart A is being pushed by a person while cart B is
being pushed by 2 persons, which cart will accelerate faster?
a. cart A
b. cart B
c. cart A and B
d. neither of the carts
9. A man pulls a large crate. According to Newtons Third Law Of Interaction, how much force does the
large crate exert on the man?
a. greater than the force exerted by the man
b. lesser than the force exerted by the man
c. equal to the force exerted by the man
d. cannot be determined
10. A player hits the ball with a bat. The action force is the impact force of the bat on the ball. What is
the reaction force?
a. the fore the hand exerts in holding the bat
b.the force of the ball exerts on the bat
c. weight of the ball
d.Weight of the bat
11. Which of the following situations does not illustrate Newtons third law of motion?
a. rowing a boat b. a girl pushing a chair c. a book on the top of the table d. when the trigger of the
gun is pulled
12. In which situation is work done?

a. a TV anchor reporting a news incident
b. a carabao pulling a cartload of coconut
c. an athlete running with a torch in his hand
d. an ant with a food scrap on its back walking towards an anthill
13. what quantities are needed to calculate work?

a. mass and force b. time and distance c. force and distance d. velocity and distance
14. which of the following situations requires the most work?
a. a 10 kg weight rest on the table
b. juan lifts a 1 kg weight 1 m off the floor
c. Jose lifts a 10 kg weight 1 m off the floor
d. Pedro holds 1 kg weight stationary with outstretched arms
15. Power can be increased by______________.
a. increasing the amount of time in which work is done
b.decreasing the force exerted on an object
c. decreasing the amount of time in which work is done
d.Decreasing the work done on the object
16. How is work related to power?
a. power is a measure of the rate at which work is done
b. power is the product of work and distance.
c. power is ability to do work.
d. power is the same as work.
17. In which of the following cases is no work done?

a. A weightlifter lifts a barbell.
b. A weightlifter holds a barbell overhead.
c. A weightlifter slowly lowers a barbell.
d. A weightlifter drops a barbell and the barbell falls to the ground.
18. Energy transferred as heat occurs between two bodies in thermal contact when they differ in which of
the following properties?
a. mass b. specific heat c. density d. temperature
19. When the net force is equal to zero the forces are said to be ____________.
a. Balanced b. Unbalanced d. Changing d. Unchanged
20-27 Choose the best answer from the box below:
a. Isaac Newton
b. Law of Inertia
c. Law of Acceleration
d. Law of Interaction
20. The 2nd Law of Motion
21. The 3rd Law of Motion
22. The 1st Law of Motion
23. This law states that “ The acceleration of an object is directly proportional to the force applied and
inversely proportional to its mass”
24. The scientist who proposed the “The Three Laws of Motion”
25. This law states that “ A body will remain at rest or move at constant velocity unless acted upon by an
external net or unbalanced force”
26. “ For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”
27. If the force you exert does not make an object move, it basically means
a. No work is done b. work is done c. working d. none of these
28. Work is done when the force applied to an object causes the object to have a __________
a. Displacement b. Force c. Magnitude d. Change
29. The work done can be calculated as

a. W=Fd b. F=wd c. d=fw d. w= df
30. “When work is done, there is a transfer of energy”

a. True b. False c. Maybe d. Not Sure
31. The energy of a moving object is called _______________.
a. Potential Energy b. Kinetic Energy c. Thermal Energy d. None of these
32. Stored energy is _____________.
a. Potential Energy b. Kinetic Energy c. Thermal Energy d. None of these
33. The rate of using energy is
a. Work b. Energy c. Power d. None of these
34-40 Choose the answer from the box below:
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. It depends
34. Work is done on an object when the force applied to it covers a distance in the direction of the applied
force.
35. Work is a way of transferring energy
36. When work is done by an object, the object gains energy
37. When work is done on an object, the object loses energy
38. The energy of an object enables it to do work.
39. The unit for power is joules per second
40. Stored energy is known as Kinetic Energy

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1ST PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 8

1. The tendency of an object to resist change in its motion is known as

12. In which situation is work done?

13. what quantities are needed to calculate work?

17. In which of the following cases is no work done?

20-27 Choose the best answer from the box below:

20. The 2nd Law of Motion

21. The 3rd Law of Motion

22. The 1st Law of Motion

26. “ For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction”

29. The work done can be calculated as

30. “When work is done, there is a transfer of energy”

34-40 Choose the answer from the box below:

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