Grade 8 Science Review Quiz
Grade 8 Science Review Quiz
Grade 8 Science Review Quiz
Date: __________________________
Write the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
A. Law of Inertia B. Law of Acceleration C. Law of Interaction D. Law of Gravitation
2. Which of the following equations describe the second law of motion?
A. m = F x a B. F= m x C. W= F x d D. P = W x t
3. Which of the following is an example of balanced forces?
A. a stick changing position C. an encyclopedia on top of a table
B. a pen that dropped from a table D. a ping pong ball moving back and forth
4. Which of the following objects exhibit uniform circular motion?
A. ferries wheel B. car in parking lot C. bowling ball at rest D. badminton racket hanging
5. What do you call to the energy resulting from compressing or stretching?
A. Elastic Energy B. Kinetic Energy
C. Potential Energy D. Gravitational Energy
6. What do you call to a stored energy waiting to be used?
A. Elastic Energy. B. Kinetic Energy C. Potential Energy D. Gravitational Energy
7. How will you describe a kinetic energy?
A. The energy that is created by water. C. The energy that an object gains from outer source.
B. The energy that is released from an object. D. The energy that an possesses due to its motion.
8. The method of detecting the presence, position and direction of motion of distant objects by reflecting a beam of sound waves
is known as _____________.
A. RADAR B.SONAR C. MIR D.CRO
9. Blue has lower frequency than ____________.
A. Red B. OrangeC. Indigo D. Yellow
10. The sun’s thermal energy travels towards earth in a form of _____________.
A. conduction C. convection B. radiation D. condensation
11. One electron charge is equivalent to _________.
A. 12.06 x 10-19 B. 16.02 x 10-19
C. 1.206 x 10-19 D.1.602 x 10-19
12. The charge of a proton is ____________.
A. positive B. negative C. no charge D. zero
13. What is missing in the circuit shown?
A. battery B. wires C. load D. switch
15. What do you call to a circuit connection where in there is only one path for current to flow?
A. series B. parallel C. series parallel D. double insulation
16. What is the unit for electrical power?
A. kWh B. watt C. joules D. ampere
17. Knowing the Law of Inertia, what do you think will happen to a moving object if there are no forces acting on it?
A.stop B. slow down C . go faster D. move with constant velocity
18. If the force is held constant, what happens to acceleration as the mass increases?
A. stays the same B. increases C. decreases D. cannot be determined
19. Which forces are acting on a stuffed toy that is placed on top of a shelf?
A. friction and centripetal force C. tension force and force of gravity
B. normal force and force of gravity D. tension force and normal force
20. What force remains constant in uniform circular motion?
A. balanced forces B. combined forces C. centripetal forces D. unbalanced forces
21. Which of the following has the most potential energy?
A. A car at the top of a hill. C. A person at the top of a hill.
B. A car that is speeding down the hill. D. All these have equal potential energy.
23. What is the BEST reason why a lot of people love to sing inside the bathroom?
A. because of privacy
B. because of resonance
C. because the bathroom creates an aurally pleasing acoustic environment
D. because the small dimension of the bathroom makes someone comfortable
35. A current of 2A flows for 20 seconds through a lamp, how much charge has moved?
A. 2.2C B. 40C C. 10C D. 202C
36. How much current must there be in a circuit if 100C flow past a point in the circuit in 4 seconds?
A. 52A B. 25A C. 35A D. 53A
37. A man standing on the ground weighs 50 N, how much force is exerted by the ground?
A. 10 N B. 40 N C. 15 N D. 50 N
38. An object will remain at rest when the forces acting on it are:
A. equal in magnitude and in opposite direction C. not equal in magnitude and in opposite direction
B. equal in magnitude and the same direction D. not equal in magnitude and the same direction
39. What do you think will happen to the energy of a stretched rubber band if it is released?
A. the kinetic energy is quickly converted to potential energy
B. the potential energy is quickly converted to kinetic energy
C. the kinetic energy is converted to translational and rotational kinetic energy
D. the potential energy is converted to both translational and rotational kinetic energy
40. When the movement of particles is high, the energy is ________________.
A. low and the temperature is high. C. low and the temperature is low
B. high and the temperature is low. D. high and the temperature is high.
41. If the charge of an object is tripled, then the current through the object would be,
A. one-third as much. B. unchanged. C. three times as much. D. cannot be predicted.
42. If the time for the object is quadrupled, then the current through the object would be,
A. one-fourth as much C. unchanged B. four times as much D. cannot be predicted
43. What is the charge of a gadget if it has a current of 12A running in 45seconds?
A. 0.267C B. 3.75C C. 540C D. 1200C
44. To save energy at home, which of the following should you do?
A. Iron clothes everyday. C. Clean and defrost your refrigerator quarterly.
B. Plug appliances even if they are not in use. D. Use fluorescent lamp instead of incandescent lamps.
45. Your fuse at home has “blown” up many times. Which of the following will you do to solve this problem and prevent it from
happening again?
A. Connect an additional fuse to your circuit. C. Connect appliances in series instead of parallel.
B. Plug two or three appliances in one outlet. D. Do not use too many appliances at the same time.
46. A horizontal force of 10 N is applied to a 1-kg object resting on a frictionless table. How much will the object accelerate?
A. 3.25 m/s2 B. 9.0 m/s2 C. 6.0 m/s2 D. 10 m/s2
47. If you do work on an object in half the usual time, what do you think will happen to the power output?
A. It is half the usual power output. C. It is four times the usual power output
B. It is twice the usual power output. D. It’s the same with the usual power output.
50. On a series circuit, when we add a third bulb to two connected bulbs that are plugged to the same outlet, what do you think will
happen to the brightness and intensity of the bulbs?
A. remains the same B. decreases
C. increases D. some may increase and others may decrease