PRE/POST TEST IN SCIENCE GRADE 8

DIRECTION: Choose the best answer, write the letter only.

1. A break in the Earth’s crust.
a. Magnitude b. epicenter c. fault d. focus
2. Intensity of an earthquake is determined by ____________.
a. Observing the effects of the earthquake in different places
b. Asking people about the way they saw.
c. How they felt and what they did
d. All of the above
3. The strength of the earthquake is described as ___________.
a. Intensity b. magnitude c. focus d. epicenter
4. Movement of underwater fault can cause ___________.
a. Earthquake b. typhoon c. tsunami d. upwelling
5. If the wind speed is 65 to 118 kph, then it is __________.
a. Typhoon b. tropical storm c. tropical depression d. none of the above
6. Which is needed for tropical cyclone to form?
a. Water b. air c. heat d. water vapour
7. Which does not tell about comets and asteroids?
a. Both reflect light from the sun. c. both orbit the sun
b. Comets are icy objects while asteroid are rocky fragment d. asteroid are composed of water
8. A light phenomenon or a streak of light that when a meteoroid burns up as it enters the Earth’s atmosphere.
a. Meteor b. asteroid c. comets d. meteorite
9. A particle consisting of two or more atoms combined together in a specific arrangement.
a. Molecule b. proton c. neutron d. electron
10. Why tropical cyclones weaken and die out even when the tropical cyclone is still in a body of water?
a. the water is cold c. has enough water vapor to keep going
b. the water is warm d. typhoon is closer to the equator
11. Which does NOT correctly describe balanced forces?
a. Forces that are equal and opposite in direction. c. Forces that are in the same direction.
b. Forces that lie on the same line of action. d. Forces that intersect at a single point
12. Which organism should not belong to the group?
a.elephant b.snake c.rabbit d.cat
13. Which is the correct arrangement of categories.
a.phylum – class – order – species – family – kingdom - genus
b.kingdom - phylum – genus – order – family – class – species
c.kingdom – phylum – class- order – family – genus – species
d.order – family – class – species – kingdom – phylum – genus
14. They produce methane gas.
a.halophiles b.thermophiles c.methanogens d. reptiles
15. Which causes red tide?
a. dinoflagelates b.clams c. crabs d. fish
16. Which is not protest?
a.bacteria b.euglena c.paramecium d.amoeba
17. Which is not a fung?
a.mushroom b.yeast c.molds d.mosses
18. Plants whose seeds are borne in cones.
a. vascular plants b.non vascular plants c.gymnosperms d.angiosperms
19. Which can you classify clams, oysters and mussels?
a. echinoderm b.mollusks c.arthropods d.insects
20 . Which is not a campaign against dengue?
a.search and destroy breeding places of dengue virus carrying mosquitoes
b.self- medication
c.seek early consultation
d.say NO to indiscriminate fogging unless there is an outbreak
21. What differentiate mammals from other animals?
a.they are covered with scales c.the lay eggs
b.produce milk and feed their young d.they have gills
22. Which is NOT a desirable practice in conserving the environment.
a. grow variety of crops instead of only one crop c. use biological control
b. use organic fertilizers d. use insecticide
23. The muscle contraction in the esophagus that move the food down into the stomach
a.digestion b.chewing c.peristalsis d.churning
24. A tool to help you monitor what you eat.
a. food web b.food chain c. food chart d.food plate
25. What biodiversity having a great number of species living on it?
a. Top biodiversity b. Low biodiversity c. High biodiversity d. Middle biodiversity
26. An act here at Philippines with a concern in protecting biodiversity.
a. Republic Act No.8584 b. Republic Act No.8485 c. Republic Act No.4885 d. Republic Act No.5458
27. It is the maintenance of wild species in a controlled condition.
a. Onsite conservation b. Poaching c. Offsite conservation d. Both A and B
28. Which is NOT a describable practice in conserving the environment?
a. Grow variety of crops instead of only one crop c.Use organic fertilizers
b. Use biological control d. Use insecticides
29.How many percent of biomass can be transferred from one level to next level?
a. 10 % b. 20% c. 50% d. 75%
30. What happened to the chemical concentration from the producer to the last consumer?
a.Increasing b. Remain equal c.Decreasing d. Nothing change
31. Non-vascular plants, such as mosses, have neither vascular tissue nor true roots. What are the roots like
structure found on mosses that anchor the plant to the ground and take in water/ nutrients through diffusion?
a. hyphae b. sporangia c. rhizoids d. roots
32. What did mollusk use for their locomotion?
a. visceral mass b. mantle c. muscular foot d. tube feet
33. How much energy transferred in Joule when 12J of work done?
a.12 J b.24 J c. 48 J d. 64 J
34. In a tug of war, force exerted by the winning team has _________magnitude.
a. greater b. less c. equal d. opposite
35. In a circuit, as the voltage _______ the current increases.
a. decreases b. equal c. increases d. less
36. An atom has a mass number of 15 and atomic number of 5, what is the number of neutron?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 15
37. Who organized the elements into a table in order of their atomic number rather than atomic mass?
a. Dobereiner b. Mendeleev c. Moseley d. Newlands
38. Elements under ________ are known as the halogens which are the most reactive nonmetals.
a. Group 8A b. Group 7A c. Group 6A d. Group 5A
39. He is the chemist who noticed that certain groups of elements having similar properties seemed to come in
groups of three, such that atomic mass of the middle element was approximately equal of the heaviest and
lightest ones.
a. Dobereiner b. Mendeleev c. Moseley d. Newlands
40. The subatomic particle with a charge of -1 and a mass of 9.110 x 1028 g is the __________.
a. electron b. neutron c. neutral d. proton