SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 8
1ST QUARTER (Modules 5-6)
SY: 2021-2022
Name: _____________________________Grade /Sec: _____________ Date: ____________
Directions. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on the space before each number.
______ 1. Which has the least energy among the colors of a rainbow?
A. green B. orange C. red D. violet
______2. Violet is bent most among the seven colors because it has the ___________.
A. highest frequency B. lowest frequency C. longest wavelength D. shortest wavelength
______3. Which of the following can separate white light into seven colors?
A. box B. cellphone C. paper D. prism
______4. Nina sent an arrow beam of white light through a prism. As a result, she observed the light dispersing into
___.
A. four colors B. three colors C. five colors D. seven colors
______5. Rainbows are formed through ______.
I. dispersion II. Reflection III. refraction
A. I only B. I and II C. III only D. I, II and III
_____6. What can prisms do?
A. Change sunlight into a single color.
B. Invert a light ray’s frequency and wavelength.
C. Separate the incoming light into its constituent colors.
D. Slow down light to few meters per second, when used back to back.
______7. For visible light, which property changes with color?
I. frequency II. Period III. wavelength
A. III only B. I and II C. I and III D. I, II, and III
______8. Which of the following colors has the highest energy?
A. orange B. red C. violet D. yellow
______9. What refers to the bending of light as it passes from one medium into another?
A. frequency B. reflection C. refraction D. wavelength
______10. Which of the following arrangements of visible light colors shows decreasing wavelength?
A. red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
B. red, yellow, green, orange, violet, blue, indigo
C. violet, blue, green, orange, red, indigo, yellow
D. violet, indigo, blue, green, orange, yellow, red
_____11. Who introduced the absolute temperature scale?
A. Andres Celsius B. Gabriel Fahrenheit C. William Rankine D. William Thompson
_____12. Which expands the greatest when heated at the same temperature?
A. gas B. solid C. liquid D. all expand equally
_____13. A substance releases heat without changing its temperature whenever it is _______.
A. melting and boiling C. melting and condensing
B. boiling and condensing D. freezing and condensing
_____14 . A change in 10K corresponds to _______.
A. -263ºC B. -263Cº C. 10Cº D. 10ºC
_____15. Why is sand hotter than water at daytime but colder at night?
A. Sand is solid, while water is liquid.
B. Sand and water have equal specific heats.
C. Sand has a lower specific heat than water.
D. Sand has higher specific heat than water.
_____16. What happens to water when its temperature reaches 4ºC?
A. It becomes denser. C. Its volume will reduce.
B. It becomes less dense. D. Its volume will not change.
______17. What is the absolute zero temperature?
A. -273ºC B. -32ºF C. 0ºC D. 273K
_______18. What happens to the temperature if more heat is added to a sample of boiling water in the stove at 1 atm?
A. decreases B. increases C. remains the same D. increases then decreases
_______19. Dry ice has a temperature of -110.2ºF. What would its temperature be on the Celsius scale?
A. -711.0 B. -198.0 C. -142.2 D. -79.00
_______20. Temperature of a body measures the molecular_______.
A. average kinetic energy
B. average potential energy
C. differences in kinetic energy
D. differences in potential energy
