Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya
Uddiawan national High School
Solano, Nueva Vizcaya
SCIENCE 8 - FIRST QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST
S.Y. 2024-2025

Name of Learner: ___________________________________ Date: ____________________

Grade Level and Section: ____________________________ Score: ___________________

DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze the statements/questions below, then SHADE the letter of the BEST answer
on your answer sheet.
1. Which of the following units of measurement should be used for acceleration?
A. kg B. m/s2 C. kg.m/s 2 D. N
2. Which of the following laws is also known as Newton's first law of motion?
A. law of acceleration B. law of interaction C. law of inertia D. all of the above
3. Who formulated the Three Laws of Motion?
A. Aristotle B. Isaac Newton C. Thomas Edison D. Alexander Graham Bell
4. Which of these vehicles moving at the same velocity is difficult to stop?
A. bus B. car C. train D. truck
5. Which of the following statements are true?
I. Action and reaction forces occur in pair.
II. Action and reaction forces act on the same object.
III. Action and reaction forces can occur one at a time.
IV. Action and reaction forces have the same magnitude.
A. I and II B. I and IV C. II and III D. II and IV
6. A boy jumps out of the boat into a dock. As the boy moves forward to the dock, the boat moves backward. Which
statement describes this situation?
A. An object at rest remains at rest.
B. Friction opposes the motion of an object.
C. For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
D. The net force is directly proportional to mass and inversely proportional to acceleration.
7. In a grocery store, you can easily push a cart with 5 kg sack of rice than a cart with a 10 kg sack of rice to the counter.
Which of these explains the situation?
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Interaction C. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Universal Gravitation
8. Which of the following is the unit of force?
A. newton B. kilogram C. gravity D. push or pull
9. What is the total net force if two forces acting on an object are balanced?
A. greater than 1 B. equal to the largest force C. equal to zero D. less than zero
10. How could you tell if a moving object is receiving an unbalanced force?
A. It might speed up. B. It might slow down. C. It might change in direction. D. All of the above.
11. What is the definition of weight?
A. the size of an object C. the amount of matter in an object
B. the time it takes to get on a ride D. the magnitude of the force of gravity on an object
For items 12-13, refer to the following choices.

12. Which illustrates balanced forces?

13. Which illustrates an object that moves to the left?
14. Which of the following quantities has the greatest influence on the amount of kinetic energy of a car while traveling
on a highway?
A. mass B. size C. speed D. weight
15. Which of the following pair of quantities are the factors that affect kinetic energy?
A. force and distance C. mass and speed
B. mass and height D. time and height
16. Which of the following statements is TRUE about potential energy?
A. It is dependent on the speed of an object. C. It does not depend on the strength of gravity.
B. It does not depend on the mass of the object. D. It is affected by the mass and location of an object with respect to the ground.
17. Which of the following does not affect the amount of potential energy of an object?
A. mass B. speed C. height or location D. strength of gravity

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For Questions 18-20. Refer to the illustration on the right.
18. Which point has increasing kinetic energy?
A. Point C B. Point B C. Point A D. Point A & C
19. Which point has the greatest potential energy?
A. Point A B. Point B C. Point C D. Point A & C
20. Which point has the decreasing kinetic energy?
A. Point A B. Point B C. Point C D. Point A & C
21. Which of the following does the speed of sound wave depend?
A. loudness B. pitch C. temperature D. thickness
22. Which of the following is true about the effect of air temperature on the speed of sound?
A. The lower the temperature the faster the speed. C. The higher the temperature the slower the speed.
B. The higher the temperature the faster the speed. D. The temperature does not affect the speed of sound.
23. 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
24. Which of the following statements is true about the speed of sound?
A. Sound travels faster in dry air than in wet air.
B. Molecules move faster so sound travels faster in warmer air.
C. Sound travels at a constant speed even if air temperature changes.
D. When comparing two media with the same phase, the sound will travel faster in a denser material.
25. Which factor does not affect the speed of sound?
A. density B. distance C. elasticity D. temperature
26. The reverberation of sound is used in

27. A sound wave travels through the air and hits a glass of water. Which of the following happens when the sound wave
moves from the air into the glass?
A. It gets louder. B. It gets quieter. C. It travels faster. D. It travels slower.
For numbers27 and 28: Below is the data of air temperature of the four cities at the same time:
Metro Manila 29 °C
Cebu City 27 °C
Davao City 26 °C
Butuan City 25 °C
28. Which city does sound travel the fastest?
A. Butuan City B. Cebu City C. Davao City D. Metro Manila
29. Which city does sound travel the slowest?
A. Butuan City B. Cebu City C. Davao City D. Metro Manila
30. There are two general types of waves. What type of wave is light?
A. Water wave B. Mechanical wave C. Radar wave D. Electromagnetic wave
31. Electromagnetic waves have different wavelengths. What do the different wavelengths of light represent?
A. Amplitude B. Brightness C. Colors D. Speed
32. What do you call the separation of light into its component colors?
A. dispersion B. reflection C. refraction D. polarization
33. What happens if a pulse of red light and a pulse of blue light travel in vacuum?
A. The blue pulse travels faster.
B. The two pulses travel at the same speed.
C. The red pulse travels faster because its index of refraction is lower.
D. The relative speed depends on the exact wavelengths of the red and blue.
34. Standing by the swimming pool, you observe an object at the bottom to look like it’s near the surface. Why?
A. It is because of the refraction of light. C. It is because of the dispersion of light.
B. It is because of the reflection of light. D. It is because of the total internal reflection of light.
35. Which of the following orders of visible light colors shows increasing wavelength?
A. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet C. violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red
B. red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo D. violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow

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36. Which statement about the energy of the colors of light is NOT correct?
A. As frequency increases energy increases. C. Energy decreases from the red light towards the blue light.
B. Energy decreases as wavelength increases. D. Energy increases from the red light towards the blue light.
37. What happens to the temperature of an object when the particles are moving faster?
A. reduces B. increases C. remains constant D. increases then reduces
38. Which of the following is NOT a unit of temperature?
A. Calorie B. Celsius C. Fahrenheit D. Kelvin
39. The decrease in temperature of a substance indicates that the _______.
A. number of particles in it decreases C. average potential energy of particles decreases
B. average velocity of its particles increases D. average kinetic energy of its particles decreases
40. Which of the following happens when ice changes into a liquid at 0 ºC?
A. The molecules move slower than before. C. The potential energy of the molecules increases.
B. The temperature of the substance increases. D. The average movement of the molecules increases.
41. During warm days, you cool yourself by damping your skin with a wet towel. Which of the following takes place?
A. Your skin absorbs the coldness of the water.
B. Your skin releases energy when water from your skin evaporates.
C. The temperature of your skin increases as water evaporates from your skin.
D. The temperature of the water on your skin decreases as it evaporates.
42. The normal body temperature is 37 ºC. What is this in Fahrenheit? Solve to get the answer.
A. 32 ºF B. 99 ºF C. 212 ºF D. 373 ºF
43. Why is sand hotter than water at daytime but colder at night?
A. Sand is solid while water is liquid. C. Sand and water have equal specific heats.
B. Sand has higher specific heat than water. D. Sand has a lower specific heat than water.
44. Dry ice has a temperature of -110.2 ºF. What would its temperature be on the Celsius scale?
A. -711.0 ºC B. -198.0 ºC C. -142.2 ºC D. -79.00 ºC
45. What is the SI unit of voltage?
A. ampere B. ohm C. volt D. watt
46. It is the number of charges passing through a wire per unit time.
A. Current B. Power C. Resistance D. Voltage
47. What is the SI unit of current?
A. ampere B. ohm C. volt D. watt
48. Consider a simple electric circuit with a voltage source of 20.0 V which has a current of 0.500 A. What is the
resistance of the load? Solve.
A. 20.0 ohms B. 30.0 ohms C. 40.0 ohms D. 50.0 ohms
49. It is the opposition to the flow of electric charges as they travel through a conducting wire.
A. Circuit B. Current C. Resistance D. Voltage
50. A motorcycle starter motor needs 40.0 A to operate with a resistance of 0.150 ohms. What is the needed voltage to
start the motor?
A. 5.00 V B. 6.00 V C. 7.00 V D. 8.00 V
51. A water heater has a resistance of 22 Ω connected to a 220-V voltage source. What is the needed current to operate the
heater?
A. 5 A B. 7 A C. 8 A D. 10 A
52. The following are advantages of bulbs connected in series EXCEPT:
A. It does not overheat. C. Low current is needed to light all the bulbs.
B. It is easy to install and maintain. D. Large amount of current is needed to light all the bulbs.
53. The following are disadvantages of connecting too many bulbs in parallel EXCEPT:
A. Bulb will easily overheat. C. There will be current overloading in the conducting wire.
B. It is difficult to maintain and install. D. There will be equal amount of voltage for every load in a circuit.
54. Which of the following is usually connected in a series circuit?
A. Christmas lights C. light bulbs at home
B. appliances at home D. headlight of motorcycle
55. Which of the following best describes a parallel circuit?
A. Current flows along one pathway.
B. Current flows along more than one pathways.
C. The flow of current comes from several sources.
D. The flow of current comes from more than one load.
56. If one bulb of Christmas lights, connected in series is burned out, what will happen to the other light bulbs?
A. All other bulbs will no longer work. C. The brightness of the bulbs will increase.
B. All other bulbs will continue to light. D. The brightness of the bulbs will decrease.

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Solano, Nueva Vizcaya
57. Which electrical device blows up when there is overloading in the circuit?
A. Fuse B. Switch C. Resistor D. Circuit breaker
58. Which situation shows that current could go through the body?
A. Direct contact with a grounded surface
B. Direct contact with live parts of the installation
C. Accidental contact with damaged wires that are seemingly not live
D. All of the above
59. When do you consider repairing electrical wirings at home?
A. when a newly bought extension cord is used
B. when electrical appliances are in good condition
C. when fuses blows out or circuit breakers trip off frequently
D. when lights do not flicker even if other appliances are turned on
60. How do you prevent from experiencing electric shock at home?
A. Recycle blown up fuse
B. Regularly check household wirings
C. Plug electrical appliances with wet hand
D. Continue using worn-out extension wire

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Prepared by: Checked and verified: Approved:

ALMA C. LIMMID ANA GRACE S. LIMOS NOEMI L. BULAN

Teacher I Master Teacher II School Principal II

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