First Quarterly Assessment in Science 8

S.Y. 2024-2025

Name: _______________________________________ Date: _________

Grade Level & Section: _______________________ Score: ________
DIRECTIONS: Select the one that best answers the question and write the letter of
your choice on the separate answer sheet.
1. What is exerted by the boy in pushing the table towards the wall inside the classroom?
A. Acceleration B. Density C. Displacement D. Force
2. Which of the following objects will be easier to move?
A. an empty box B. a 25kg sack of rice C. a boulder D. a truck
3. Which of the following is the property of an object to resist any change in their state of rest
or motion?
A. Acceleration B. Friction C. Gravity D. Inertia
4. Friction exists with objects that come in contact with one another. Friction can be
characterized by________________.
A. Slowing down of moving objects or body
B. Rubbing of two surfaces together
C. Two opposing forces applied on a body in motion
D. All of the above
5. What law of motion which states that “For every action, there is an equal and
opposite reaction.”
A. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Interaction
B. Law of Inertia D. Law of Conservation of Energy
6. When a car suddenly stops, the body of the passengers will move forward. Which of the
following law of motion best demonstrates this phenomenon?
A. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Inertia
B. Law of Action-Reaction D. Law of Interaction
7. Using the equation from the Law of Acceleration, what is the force required accelerating a
200 kg object at 5m/s2?
A.40 N B.400 N C. 1000 N D. 10000 N
8. A ball with a mass of 0.5 kg is hit with a force of 2.5 N. What is its acceleration?
A. 0.2 m/s2 B. 1.25 m/s2 C. 3 m/s2 D. 5 m/s2
9. Maria is investigating acceleration and force. She rolls five balls of the same mass and
records her observations in the table shown. What claim can she make using this data?
Ball Mass (kg) Force (N) Acceleration m/s2
1 5 50 10
2 5 60 12
3 5 70 14
4 5 80 16
5 5 90 18
A. The acceleration of an object is dependent on its mass.
B. The mass of an object is directly proportional to its acceleration.
C. The acceleration of an object increases as the force of an object increases at constant
mass.
D. The amount of force required to accelerate an object is proportional to its mass.
10. Study the data below. What can you conclude from the data below?

Box Mass (kg) Force (N) Acceleration m/s2

1 5 100 20
2 10 100 10
3 20 100 5
4 25 100 4
5 50 100 2
A. The acceleration of an object is proportional to the mass.
B. The mass of an object is directly proportional to its acceleration.
C. The acceleration of an object decreases as the mass of an object increases.
D. The amount of force is inversely proportional to the mass of the object.
11. Which of the following pictures exhibits action-reaction force on object/s?

A. B. C. D.
12. Which of the following statements is CORRECT about the Newton’s Law of Interaction.
A. The action and rection forces always come in pair.
B. The action and reaction forces are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction.
C. Whenever one object exerts a force on a second object, the second object exerts an
equal and opposite force on the first object.
D. All the above mentioned.
13. What are the factors that affect Potential Energy?
A. mass and acceleration only C. mass, speed and height
B. mass and velocity D. mass, acceleration due to gravity and height
14. What are the factors that affect Kinetic Energy?
A. mass and acceleration C. mass and height
B. mass and velocity D. mass and speed
15. What do you call an energy in motion?
A. Potential energy C. Kinetic Energy
B. Stored Energy D. Gravitational Potential Energy
16. Which of the following situations best describes Kinetic Energy?
A. Pounding nail using the hammer C. A bicycle that is parked at the top of a hill
B. Water that is behind a dam D. A yoyo before it is released
17. Which of the following statements shows Kinetic Energy?
A. a man holding a bag C. a bird on a branch of a tree
B. a bullet fired from a gun D. water inside a glass
18. Which of the following statements show Potential Energy?
A. a running man C. a boat sailing in the water
B. cart being push by a boy D. rock on top of a hill
19. An object with a greater mass has a/an ___________ potential energy.
A. greater B. lesser C. balanced D. unbalanced
20. What is the Kinetic Energy of an object with a mass of 50kg and moving in 4m/sec?
A. 350 J B. 400 J C. 450 J D. 500J
21. Sound waves are _______ waves.
A. Electromagnetic B. Longitudinal C. Seismic D. Transverse
22. In which of the following is it impossible for sound to propagate?
A. air B. ocean C. vacuum D. wood
23. Kinetic energy caused by the vibration of particles in a medium such as steel, water, or air
is known as ______ energy.
A. Sound B. Thermal C. Mechanical D. Potential
24. When the temperature ______, particles vibrate faster, then sound travels faster.
A. decreases B. lower C. increases D. constant
25. Which of the following affects the speed of sound?
A. temperature B. potential energy C. stored energy D. mechanical
26. What is the speed of sound in dry air at 0 0C?
A. 31 m/s B. 331 m/s C. 3000 m/s D. 300000 m/s
27. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Temperature affects the speed of sound.
B. Sound waves are examples of transverse waves.
C. The speed of sound in room temperature air is 436 meters per second.
D. Sound waves travel faster in gas than in liquid and faster in liquid than in gas.
28. Which of the following is true about the effect of air temperature on the speed of sound?
A. The higher the temperature the slower the speed.
B. The higher the temperature the faster the speed.
C. The lower the temperature the slower the speed.
D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound.
29. Which color in the visible spectrum of light has the shortest wavelength?
A. red. B. blue C. green D. violet
30. Which color possesses the least energy?
A. blue B. green C. red D. violet
31. Which of the following is TRUE about the colors of light?
A. The shorter the wavelength, the greater the energy.
B. The lower the wavelength, the lesser the refractive index.
C. The longer the wavelength, the greater the energy.
D. The higher the wavelength, the higher the refractive index.
32. What part of the visible spectrum has the highest energy?
A. red B. violet C. blue D. green
33. What do the different colors of light corresponds to?
A. different velocities C. different wavelengths
 B. different intensities D. different polarities
34. Which set of colors is arranged according to increasing frequency?
A. red – orange – blue - yellow C. violet – blue – orange - green
B. yellow – orange – blue - violet D. red – green – blue – violet
35. What happens to the light particles when light hits an uneven surface?
A. They are reflected off in a straight line. C. They are absorbed by the
surface.
B. They are scattered in many directions. D. They pass through the surface.
36. The process of separating white light into bands of colors using a prism is known
as_________.
A. refraction B. dispersion C. reflection D. diffraction
37. The energy is transferred as heat between two objects of ___________ temperatures.
A. different B. same
38. The measure of average kinetic energy of all the particles within an object is__________.
A. heat B. temperature C. radiation D. conduction
39. What is the instrument used to measure the temperature?
A. ammeter B. anemometer C. calorimeter D. thermometer
40. What will happen when a material is heated?
A. the molecules lose kinetic energy.
B. The molecules in the substance will be grouped more closely.
C. The internal energy can be calculated from the change in temperature.
D. The kinetic energy of molecules of the substance will increase.
41. What happens to the molecules of a substance as it gets cooler?
A. The molecules shrink.
B. The molecules expand
C. The molecules move faster.
D. The molecules move slower.
42. When the temperature of an object increases, the average kinetic energy of the molecules
________.
A. increases C. remains the same
B. decreases D. becomes colder
43. If the temperature of a copper wire doubles, the current passing through the wire will:
A. Double B. Be halved C. will be more D. will be less
44. If the current in an electrical circuit is constant, what will happen to the voltage if the
resistance is increased?
A. The voltage will decrease C. The voltage will stay the same
B. The voltage will increase D. Insufficient data
45. What happens to the current flow in a circuit as the amount of voltage increases?
A. Current increases as the voltage increases.
B. Current increases as the voltage decreases.
C. Current and voltage are equal in amount.
D. There are no changes.
46. Parallel circuits ______________________________________________________________________.
A. magnets that cause electric current
B. has more than one path for current to travel
C. a circuit that has only one path for current to travel
D. a circuit that does not allow electricity to travel through it
47. If one bulb is busted the other bulb continues to shine, this is one advantage of what
circuit connection?
A. Circuit Breaker B. Series Circuit C. Short Circuit D. Parallel
Circuit
48. Which connection will make the bulbs glow brightest?
A. Two bulbs and one dry cell in a series connection
B. Two bulbs and one dry cell in a parallel connection
C. Two bulbs and two dry cells in a series connection
D. Two bulbs and two dry cells in parallel connection
49. Which electrical device shuts down when there is overloading in the circuit?
A. Fuse B. Voltage source C. Circuit Breaker D. Electrical Switch
50. Which electrical device blows up where there is overloading in a circuit?
A. Fuse B. Switch C. Resistor D. Circuit Breaker