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Department of Education
REGION III – CENTRAL LUZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BULACAN
PARADA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
PARADA, SANTA MARIA, BULACAN
SY 2024-2025

THIRD QUARTER ASSESSMENT

SCIENCE 8
MATTER
Directions: Read each item carefully.
Shade only the circle of the LETTER that corresponds to your answer on your answer sheet.

1. What is the smallest particle of an element that has all the 18. What is the new state of a liquid added by heat?
properties of an element? A. BEC C. Liquid
A. Atom C. Molecule B. Solid D. Gas
B. Electron D. Particle 19. What phase change happens when hydrogen becomes a
2. What Greek word means “indivisible”? piece of dry ice?
A. Atomos C. Amore A. Freezing C. Deposition
B. Angstrom D. Ampere B. Melting D. Sublimation
3. What state of matter has compressed atoms inside it? 20. Which phase change occurs when droplets are collected in a
A. Solid C. Gas glass of water?
B. Liquid D. Plasma A. Evaporation C. Sublimation
4. Which of the following has a definite space and volume? B. Condensation D. Deposition
A. Lightning C. Eraser 21. Which of the following is NOT included in the phase change of
B. Air D. Juice matter?
5. What is the classification of the following: Gold, Carbon, and A. Evaporation C. Condensation
Hydrogen B. Melting D. Heating
A. Compounds C. Mixtures 22. What happens to the motion of the particles of gas when it is
B. Acid D. Elements cooled?
6. Which of the following is NOT an element? A. The motion of particles is still the same
A. Bronze C. Silver B. The motion of particles becomes faster
B. Gold D. Platinum C. The motion of particles slows down
7. Which mixture is homogeneous? D. The motion of particles either becomes faster or slow down
A. Gravel and Sand C. Oil and Water 23. Who proposed that matter is composed of tiny, indivisible
B. Salt and Water D. Iron Fillings and Sand particles?
8. Which of the following BEST describes gases? A. Democritus C. Aristotle
A. Has a definite size and shape B. Dalton D. Mendeleev
B. Particles are close together 24. What is the positively charged subatomic particle of an atom?
C. Particles are widely separated A. Proton C. Nucleus
D. Both A and B B. Electron D. Neutron
9. What do you call the amount of space occupied by an object? 25. What is the charge of neutrons?
A. Density C. Mass A. Positive C. Zero
B. Flexibility D. Volume B. Negative D. Neutral
10. What do you call the amount of matter in an object? 26. Which of the following determines the mass of an atom?
A. Mass C. Weight A. Proton C. Electron and Protons
B. Density D. Volume B. Electron D. Proton and Neutrons
11. Which of the following describes a matter? 27. Who is the proponent of the Planetary Model of an atom?
A. It only exists in a liquid state A. John Dalton C. Niels Bohr
B. Made up of solid, liquid and gas B. Ernest Rutherford D. James Chadwick
C. Objects that occupy space 28. What subatomic particle is located around the nucleus?
D. Anything that has volume and mass A. Proton C. Neutron
12. Which theory explains that all matter is made up of tiny B. Electron D. Nucleus
particles called atoms and molecules? 29. Which corresponds to the atomic number of an element?
A. Kinetic Molecular Theory C. Collision Theory A. Proton C. Electron
B. Lewis Theory D. Atomic Theory B. Neutron D. Atomic Mass
13. Which phase change occurs when a surface of liquid breaks 30. How many protons does an element Oxygen has?
and changes into gas? A. 7 B. 8 C.9 D. 10
A. Evaporation C. Sublimation 31. What is the number of subatomic particles of a Lithium atom,
B. Condensation D. Melting with an atomic number of 3 and mass number of 7?
14. What phase change happens when liquid changes into solid? A. 3 Protons, 2 Electrons, 4 Neutrons
A. Evaporation C. Freezing B. 3 Protons, 3 Electrons, 4 Neutrons
B. Melting D. Condensation C. 7 Protons, 7 Electrons, 3 Neutrons
15. What do you call the phase change of a solid into gas? D. 2 Protons, 3 Electrons, 4 Nuetrons
A. Sublimation C. Evaporation 32. What do you call the sum total of the number of protons and
B. Deposition D. Condensation neutrons?
16. What phase change happens when gas changes into liquid? A. Atomic Mass C. Isotopes
A. Freezing C. Evaporation B. Atomic Number D. Nucleons
B. Melting D. Condensation 33. The sodium element contains 11 protons and an atomic mass
17. What is required during a phase change? of 23. How many neutrons could it have?
A. Energy C. Air A. 11 B. 12 C. 13 D. 14
B. Vibration D. Water
34. Who made the first attempt to group or classify elements by Prepared by:
forming groups of 3 elements with similar properties called triads?
A. Dobereiner C. Mendeleev
B. Lavoisier D. Newlands Science 8 Teachers
35. Who is the Father of the Modern Periodic Table of Elements?
A. Newlands C. Moseley
B. Mendeleev D..Dalton HAZEL D. BARTOLOME
36. Which of the following DOES NOT describe the modern
periodic table of elements?
A. 18 Groups C. Made up of 118 elements MARK MARTIN D. GADAYOS
B. 6 Periods D. Arranged in increasing atomic number
37. If Periodic Law is proposed by Mendeleev, who proposed the
Law of Octaves? SHELLA LYN L. COROCOTO
A. Dobereiner C. Moseley
B. Moseley D. Newlands
38. Which of the following forms a triad with Li and Na? MARY ANN A. RAYO
A. Be B. K C. Mg D. O
39. How many elements are in the Periodic Table of Elements?
A. 7 B. 18 C. 118 D. 6 Checked:
40. What is the other name of the elements in the 18 th group of
the Periodic Table?
A. Lanthanide C. Actinide MARJORIE F. BOADO
B. Alkali D. Noble gases Master Teacher II, OIC - Science
41. Which of the following element is NOT a metal
A. Silicon B. Gold C. Iron D. Mercury
42. What element is located in period 4 group 2?
A. Be B. Ca C. Li D. Co Noted:
43. In the electron configuration of 1s2, what is the number of
electrons in the subshell “s”?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 RIZALDY C. PIDLAOAN
44. What is the electron configuration of Be? School Principal IV
A. 1s1 B. 1s2 2s1 C. 1s22s2 C. 1s22s22p1
45. How many are the valence electrons of the elements H, Li,
Na, K?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
46. What element has an electron configuration of 1s2 2s2 2p2?
A. Carbon C. Sodium
B. Nitrogen D. Oxygen
47. Which of the following refers to the tendency of an atom to
attract electrons toward itself in a compound?
A. Atomic Radius C. Ionization energy
B. Electron Affinity D. Electronegativity
48. In periodic Trends which of the following increases as it
passes on the elements from left to right and decreases when it
passes the elements from top to bottom?
A. Ionization energy C. Atomic Radius
B. Electron Affinity D. Electronegativity
49. Electron Affinity increases from left to right and decreases
from top to bottom, therefore what is the arrangement of Mg, Ca,
and Sr according to increasing electron affinity?
A. Mg, Ca, Sr C. Mg, Sr, Ca
B. Sr, Ca, Mg D. Ca, Mg, Sr
50. Atomic Radius decreases from left to right and increases from
top to bottom, therefore what is the arrangement of Mg, Ca, and
Sr according to increasing atomic radius?

A. Mg, Ca, Sr C. Ca, Sr, Mg

B. Sr, Ca, Mg D. Ca, Mg, Sr
51. Which of the following statements BEST describe solid based
on its observable characteristics?
A. A chair, a table and a book are examples of solid.
B. Solid has definite shape.
C. Solids has definite volume.
D. The particles in a solid are held very close together,
although the particles vibrate a little, they are in fixed
positions, thus they cannot move around.

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