Reviewer in Science 8 (PHYSICS)

Instructions: Carefully read the questions by choosing the best answers.

1. Newton’s third law is about forces. What are these forces?

A. action-reaction forces C. force and acceleration
B. balanced force D. mass and force

2. Consider a fish swimming forward in the ocean. Which of the following describes
the interacting forces between the fish and the water?
A. The forces point in the same direction because forces in liquid behave differently than forces in air.
B. The force of the fish points upward while the force of the water pulls downward.
C. The only force is the activity of the fish moving forward.
D. The force of the fish's swimming and the force of the water are equal but in opposite directions.

3. Alonzo is learning to walk. How should he push the ground for him to move forward?
A. One of his feet will push the ground backward.
B. One of his feet will push the ground forward.
C. One of his feet will push the ground sideward.
D. His feet will move in different directions.

4. Charlie pulls a rope with a force of 5 newtons. How much force is exerted by the rope against Charlie?
A. 1N B. 5N C. 2.5N D. 10N

5. What happen to the forces from different objects which are equal in amount but opposite in direction?
A. They cancel each other. C. They are balanced.
B. They do not cancel each other. D. They are not balanced.

6. The energy possessed by a body due to its position is called its __________
A. heat energy C. kinetic energy
B. potential energy D. chemical energy

7. The three factors that determine potential energy are __________

A. mass and height and gravity C. gravity and velocity and height
B. height and gravity and earth D. mass and velocity of an object

8. Which is not an example of potential energy?

A. A car parked on a garage C. A picture hanging on the wall.
B. A tennis ball rolling D. A biker resting on top of the hill.
9. A 5 kg rock is on top of a 50-meter-high hill. What is the potential energy of the rock?
A. 250 J B. 2,450 J C. 245 J D. 12,500 J

10. Two objects with two different masses are placed on the same shelf. Which object contains more energy?
A. The object with a greater mass has more energy.
B. Both objects have the same amount of energy.
C. The object with less mass has more energy.
D. Neither object has energy because they are not moving.

Form numbers 11-15: Identify the examples of heat transfer.

A. CONDUCTION B. CONVECTION D. RADIATION

11. A snowball in your hand 17. The sun warming the surface of a rock
12. Warm and cold air blowing 18. A pan of boiling water of a stove
13. Sun rays warming puddles 19. Feeling the sun’s heat on your back
14. An egg on a hot pan 20. Butter melting on a warm pancake
15. Pouring hot water into your hot coffee 21. Baking a cake inside the oven
16. Using your blow dyer 22. Adding hot water to your cold bath water
23. Which color has the shortest wavelength?
A. red B. green C. blue D. violet

24. Which color possesses the least energy?

A. red B. green C. blue D. violet

25. What does a color with low frequency indicate?

A. short-wavelength C. constant wavelength
B. long-wavelength D. high energy

26. Which color comes between blue and yellow in the visible spectrum of light?
A. red B. green C. orange D. violet

27. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Different colors have different refractive indices.
B. The refractive index indicates the amount of bending of light.
C. Dispersion separates light into different colors.
D. Different colors of light travel at the same speed in different media.
28. Which of the following energy transfers would be correct?
A. Thermal energy in a hot drink is transferred to cold hands.
B. Thermal energy is transferred from a room to be heated to a heater.
C. An ice cube loses thermal energy when it melts in hot lemonade.
D. Thermal energy is lost by a match when it is lit.

29. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Heat transfer is always from cooler to warmer materials.
B. Heat transfer is always from warmer to cooler materials.
C. When there is heat transfer, one body releases energy and another absorbs that energy.
D. A change in the temperature of a material indicates heat transfer.
30. Which statement best describes temperature?
A. The hotness or coldness of a material.
B. The measure of the average kinetic energy of particles in a substance.
C. The energy absorbed by a material.
D. The energy given off by a material.

31. Among the temperature scales, which of the following is the associate term for degree Celsius?
A. Fahrenheit B. Kelvin C. Centigrade D. Rankine

32. Which of the following is the freezing point of degree Celsius?

A. 271 ◦C B. 32 ◦C C. 0 ◦C D. 212 ◦C

33. The resistance of an object to any change in its motion is __________.

A. friction B. gravity C. inertia D. mass

34. Objects with greater ___________ also have greater inertia.

A. acceleration B. gravity C. mass D. motion

35. According to _____________, an object at rest will stay at rest or an object in motion will stay in motion and
travel in a straight line, if no external net force acts on it.
A. Law of acceleration C. Law of inertia
B. Law of attraction D. Law of interaction

36. According to Newton’s second law of motion, the acceleration of an object equals the net force acting on the
object divided by the object’s __________.
A. mass B. momentum C. velocity D. weight
37. A 2 kg object accelerated at 5 m/s2. The net force needed to accelerate the object is __________.
A. 0.4 Newton B. 2.5 Newton B. 5 Newton D. 10 Newton

For numbers 38-41: Identify the following examples whether it is Non-Contact or Contact forces.
A. CONTACT FORCE B. NON-CONTACT FORCE

__ Applied force __ Gravitational force

__ Normal force __ Frictional force
__ Magnetic force

42. A substance must require amount of heat to raise its temperature of 1 kg by 1 degree Celsius, this is what we
called ________.
A. Heat energy C. Specific heat capacity
B. Heat capacity D. Heat transfer

43. Water has specific heat capacity of 4.18J/g.◦C. How much heat it needs to raise the temperature of 100 grams
from 20◦C to 50◦C?
A. 12 541 Joules B. 12 542 Joules C. 12 540 Joules D. 12 543 Joules

44. If it takes 41.72 joules to heat a piece of gold weighing 18.69 grams from10◦C to 27◦C, what is the specific
heat of a gold?
A. 0.13 J/g. ◦C B. 0.14 J/g. ◦C C. 0.15 J/g. ◦C D. 1.12 J/g. ◦C

45. Which of the following phase changes from solid to liquid?

A. Freezing B. Evaporation C. Melting D. Condensation

46. Which of the following statements of heat transfer is NOT TRUE about conduction?
A. The process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring atoms or molecules.
B. This occurs more readily in solids and liquids.
C. It is where the particles are closer together than in gases, where particles are further apart.
D. It transfers through gases to liquids.

47. What kind of heat transfer between two bodies by currents of moving gas or fluid
A. Conduction B. Convection C. Radiation D. Insulation

48. Three bulbs are connected in series. What will happen if one of the bulbs burns out?
A. All the bulbs will not light up. C. Nothing will happen to the system.
B. Only the bulb next to the busted one D. There is not enough data to find the answer.
will not light up.

49. Which of the following is TRUE about the total current that flows in series connection?
A. The total current is the sum of all individual load currents.
B. The total current is the same as each load current.
C. Current is divided with the total number of loads in the connection.
D. The current is multiplied with the total number of loads in the connection.

50. Three identical bulbs are connected to a source as shown in the picture on the right.
Which of the following statements best explain the current that flows along
the three bulbs?
A. The current on bulb 1 is less than bulb 3.
B. Current on all bulbs are divided into 3.
C. The current on all bulbs are all the same.
D. The current cannot be determined.

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