GEN. RICARDO PAPA SR.

MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Tuktukan, Taguig City

Third Long Test

Grade 8 Science

Name: _________________________________ Gr./Sec.: ___________ Score: ________-

Directions: Read the following statements/questions carefully. Choose your answer from the following choices. Write the letter of
your answer on the space provided.

______1. What is the property of matter that measure the space occupied by an object?
A. atom B. volume C. molecule D. mass
______2. Which of the following are examples of the gaseous state of matter?
A. fire B. sunlight C. ice D. both A and B
______3. What do you call a particle consisting of two or more atoms combined together in a specific arrangement?
A. mass B. molecule C. atom D. volume
______4. The following are observed after adding a food coloring to tap water, which of the following is the correct sequence?
1-Food coloring began to spread throughout the water 3- Food coloring spread slowly towards the bottom
2- Food coloring flowed along side of bottle/ container of container

A. 3, 2, 1 B. 1, 2, 3 C. 1, 3, 2 D. 2, 3, 1
______5. For something to be classified as matter, one shall possess which of the following two common characteristics?
A. mass and volume B. mass and density C. weight and volume D. weight and density
______6. The following is classified as matter EXCEPT__________
A. air inside the ball B. smoke C. water D. heat
_____7. Matter is made up of tiny indivisible particles which Democritus called_______
A. atom B. atomos C. molecules D. elements
_____8. Which of the following best explains why the resulting volume of 30 mL sugar and 50 mL of water is less than its literal sum?
A.Water is made up of tiny particles with spaces between them.
B. Sugar is made up of tiny particles larger than water molecules.
C. Water and sugar molecules are so tiny that could fit in spaces between them.
D. All of these
______9. Atoms are too small to observe yet its size could be measured. Which of the following is the unit for the size of an atom?
A. centimeter B. metre C. acre D. angstrom

For numbers 10,11,12,13, 14 Choose which among the three phases of matter is being described.
A. Solid B. Liquid C. Gas
______10.Takes the shape of the container because particles are able to move freely to all parts of container.
______11.Particles cannot move around for its particles are very closely compact.
______12. Incompressible
______13.Can be easily compressed and expand to fill its container
______14.Take the shape of the container but do not expand

For numbers 15, 16, 17 & 18, choose which among the given phase change is being described.
A. Evaporation D. Condensation
B. Melting E. Freezing
C. Deposition F. Sublimation

______ 15.Liquid turns to solid ______ 18. Liquid turns to gas

______ 16.Gas turns to liquid _____ 19. Solid turns to gas
______ 17.Solid turns to liquids _____ 20. Gas turns to solid
_____ 21. What macroscopic description depicts the liquid phase of matter?
A. Definite shape and definite volume C. Definite shape and indefinite volume
B. Indefinite shape and definite volume D. Indefinite shape and indefinite volume
______22. Evaporation took place both in closed and open container. From which of the following
situations will the rate of evaporation be faster?
A. Boiling of water in teapot C. Both A and B
B. Water in glass left overnight D. None of these
______23. What macroscopic description depicts the liquid phase of matter?
A. Definite shape and definite volume C. Definite shape and indefinite volume
B. Indefinite shape and definite volume D. Indefinite shape and indefinite volume
______24. If a gas with an odor is released in a room, it quickly can be detected across the room because it
A. diffuses. C. is compressed.
B. is dense. D. condenses.
______25. How are you going to arrange sub-atomic particles in decreasing mass?
A. neutron, proton, electron C. proton, neutron, electron
B. electron, proton, neutron D. neutron, electron, proton

______26. Which sub-atomic make/s most of the mass of the atom?

 A. proton and electron C. proton and neutron
B. neutron and electron D. none of these
______27. Massive part of atom comes from the masses of protons and neutrons, collectively they are
called_______.
A. nucleus nucleons C. atom D. sub atomic particles
______28. Which sub-atomic particle is located outside the nucleus?
A. proton B. electron C. neutron D. atom
______29. Which sub-atomic particle determines the atomic number of an element?
A. neutron B. proton C. electron D. all of these
______30. A proton is the same with atoms of a particular element, the number of neutrons may vary. Atoms having the
same number of protons but differ number of neutrons is referred to as ______.
A. atomic number B. charges C. mass number D. isotopes
For numbers 31-33
Naturally occurring carbon consists of two isotopes, 12C and 13C. State the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons in
each of these carbon atoms.
31. no. of p+ _______ _______
12 13
C 6 C 6
32. no. of e- _______ _______
33. no. of n0 _______ _______
______34. Which statement about the atoms nucleus is correct?
A. The nucleus is made of protons and neutrons and has a negative charge.
B. The nucleus is made of protons and neutrons and has a positive charge.
C. The nucleus is made of electrons and has a positive charge.
D. The nucleus is made of electrons and has a negative charge.
______35. A Ca ion differs from a Ca0 atom in that the Ca2+ ion has _______________.
2+

A. more electrons B. more protons C. fewer protons D. fewer electrons

______36. Which of the following particles has the least mass?
A. neutron B. electron C. proton D. hydrogen nucleus
______37. The atomic mass of an element is defined as the weighted average mass of that elements
A. naturally occurring isotopes C. radioactive isotopes
B. least abundant isotope D. most abundant isotope
______38. The atomic number is always equal to the total number of
A. neutrons in the nucleus C. protons in the nucleus
B. neutrons plus protons in the atom D. protons plus electrons in the atom
______39. Which symbols represent atoms that are isotopes?
A. C-14 and N-14 B. O-16 and O-18 C. I-131 and I-131 D. Rn-222 and Ra-222
______40. All atoms of an element have the same __________________.
A. number of neutrons B. atomic mass C. atomic number D. mass number
______ 41. Atoms with equal numbers of protons and electron are electrically neutral. Which of the following is correct?
A. An atom with 6 protons, 6 electrons and 9 neutrons C. An atom with 7 protons, 6 electrons and 15 neutrons
B. An atom with 6 protons, 7 electrons and 10 neutrons D. All of these

For numbers 42 50, refer to the table below.

Isotope Elements Name # of p+ # of e- # of n0 charge
Si-28 Silicon (42). (43).
14 0
(44).
Magnesium 12 10 12 (45).

Ne-20 (46).
10 (47). (48).
0
K-35 Potassium (49). (50).
16 +1

______42. The number of protons of Si-28 is_____

A. 13 B. 10 C. 14 D. 7
______43. Its electron is_____
A. 13 B. 10 C. 14 D. 7
______44. Which of these is the correct isotope of Magnesium based on the given data?
A. Mg-22 B. Mg-24 C. Mg-34 D. Mg-12
______45. What would be the correct charge of this isotope?
A. 0 B. +1 C. -2 D. +2
______46. Which is the correct name of the element being asked?
A. Xenon B. Neon C. Nitrogen D. Nickel
______47. Which of the following ways would be best applicable to determine the number of electron?
A. Subtract the charge to the number of proton C. Automatically copy the value of proton
B. Add the charge to the number of proton D. All of these
______48. How are you going to determine the number of neutron of Ne-20?
A. Get the product of isotope and proton C. Get the quotient of isotope and proton
B. Get the difference of isotope and proton D. Get the sum of isotope and proton
______49. How are you going to identify the number of proton of K-35?
A. Get the product of isotope and neutron C. Get the quotient of isotope and neutron
B. Get the difference of isotope and neutron D. Get the sum of isotope and neutron
______50. Which of the following is the correct number of electrons of K-35?
A. 17 B. 16 C. 19 D. 18