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Science 9
(Physics and Astronomy)

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Multiple Choice: Read the questions carefully. Select the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space
provided before each number.

FORCES AND MOTION

_____ 1. If a body maintains a constant change in its velocity in a given time interval along a straight line,
then the body is said to have a ________.
A. uniform acceleration B. uniform velocity C. uniform speed D. Uniform time
_____ 2. It is the rate of change of velocity
A. speed B. motion C. acceleration D. time
_____ 3. A body having a zero acceleration is said to have a _____.
A. uniform velocity B. uniform speed C. zero velocity D. Uniform time
_____ 4. As an object falls downward (neglecting air resistance), its
A. velocity remains constant while acceleration increases
B. velocity decreases while acceleration increases
C. velocity increases and acceleration increases.
D. velocity increases and acceleration remains constant.
For numbers 5-9, refer to the Figure 1.
Clark throws a ball straight up with an initial velocity of 16m/s.
A. 16m/s B. 16m/s2 C. -9.8m/s2 D. O
_____ 5. What will be the velocity of the ball as it goes back to Its original height?
_____ 6. What will be the velocity of the ball upon reaching its maximum height?
_____ 7. What is the acceleration of the ball after 1s?
_____ 8. What is the acceleration of the ball upon reaching its maximum height?
_____ 9. What is the acceleration of the ball just before it hits the ground?

For numbers 10-12, refer to Figure 1

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Figure 2.

Figure 2
B C

_____ 10. The distance from point B to point C is called ________.

A. range B. height C. trajectory D. projectile
_____ 11. The arrow that is moving along the curve path is called _______.
A. range B. projectile C. trajectory D. projectile
_____ 12. Which of the following is true about the motion of the arrow?
A. The horizontal velocity of the arrow will increase as it moves along the curve path.
B. The vertical velocity of the arrow will increase.
C. The vertical velocity will remain constant.
D. The horizontal velocity will decrease.
_____ 13. Which of the following is true as the arrow travels along the curve path?
A. The horizontal velocity of the arrow is constant.
B. The time it takes for the arrow to land depends on the distance from point B to point C.
C. The horizontal acceleration is increasing.
D. It has no acceleration.

For numbers 14-15, refer to Figure 3.

Figure 3
_____ 14. Which of the following is true about the momentum of the vehicles?
A. The truck has greater momentum because it has greater velocity.
B. The truck has greater momentum since it has greater mass.
C. The momentum of the car and the truck are equal.
_____ 15. If the two vehicles collide, what is most likely to happen?
A. They will both stop and stick together.
B. After collision, both vehicles will move to the east.
C. After collision the vehicles will both move to the west.
_____ 16. Which of the following is the correct unit of momentum?
A. m/s/s B. Kg/m*s2 C. Kg*m/s
_____ 17. Objects that stick after collision is said to be ___.
A. elastic B. inelastic C. perfectly inelastic
_____ 18. A car starts from rest and increases its velocity at a constant rate until it reached a speed of 20
m/s in 5 s. What is the initial velocity of the car?
A. 20m/s B. 0 m/s C. 5 s D. 1m/s
_____ 19. Jupiter is more massive than Earth, so has more gravity. The acceleration due to gravity on
Jupiter is about 25 m/s2. About how far does an object on Jupiter fall in 4 s?
A. 6.5 m B. 25m C. 100m D. 200m
_____20. The world record for the 100 m dash (running) is 9.78 s, made by Usain Bolt. The world record for
200 m is 19.19 s which is also made by Usain Bolt, and the world record for 400 m is 43.03 s made
by Wayde van Niekerk. Who has the highest average speed?
A. Usain Bolt for 100m dash
B. Usain Bolt for 200m dash
C. Wayde van Neikerk for 400m dash
D. They are all equal

_____ 21. A cannon ball is fired horizontally at velocity of 30 m/s from the top of a cliff 100 m high.
How long will it take for the cannonball to reach the ground?
A. 4.52 s B. 20.40 s C. 9.2s D. 2s
_____ 22. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for the highest vertical leap in NBA. If he can jump at a height
of 48 inches or 1.23m, how long does it take for him to return to ground?
A. 0.25 B. 0.50s C. 1s D. 1.25s
_____ 23. Roberto Carlos holds the record for the strongest kick in history that made the ball to move at a
speed of 38.09m/s. If the ball’s mass is 0.43 kg, what is its momentum after being kicked by Carlos?
A. 16.38 Kg m/s B. 163.8 Kg m/s C. 1.638 Kg m/s D. cannot be determined
_____ 24. Which has zero acceleration? An object
A. at rest.
B. moving at constant velocity.
C. moving at a constant speed in a straight line.
D. all of these.
_____ 25..If an object moves in the same direction and at a constant speed for 4 hours, which of the
following is true?
A. The object’s speed changed during the 4 hours.
B. The object’s velocity did not change.
C. The object accelerated during the 4 hours.
D. The object decelerated during the 4 hours.
_____ 26. At which angle should a projectile be launched to attain maximum range?
A. 45deg B. 60deg C. 30deg D. 90deg
WORK, POWER AND ENERGY
_____ 27. Which of the following is not a form of potential energy?
A. chemical energy B. gravitational energy C. thermal energy D. mechanical energy
_____ 28. Which of the following is not a form of kinetic energy?
A. nuclear energy B. radiant energy C. sound energy

_____ 29. In the Agus VI Hydroelectric Power (HEP) Plant, which energy transformation takes place?
A. gravitational potential energy kinetic energy electrical energy
B. heat mechanical energy electrical energy.
C. nuclear energy heat electrical energy
_____ 30. Which sequence of energy transformation best describes what happens when you switch on your
battery-run radio?
A. Mechanical Energy  Electrical Energy  Sound Energy
B. Chemical Energy  Electrical Energy  Sound Energy
C. Chemical Energy Mechanical EnergySound Energy
D. Chemical Energy electrical EnergyMechanical energy

_____ 31. A moving object has

 A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. both kinetic and potential energy
D. neither kind of energy
_____ 32. The energy stored inside a battery is
A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. both kinetic and potential energy
D. neither kind of energy

_____ 33. In the picture below, in which position does the ball have the greatest potential energy?

Figure 4

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4

_____ 34. The purpose of a nuclear power plant is to transform nuclear energy into electricity. This is done
in steps starting with a nuclear reaction which generates heat to produce steam. The steam in turn is
used to turn a generator which finally produces electricity. Which answer best illustrates these energy
transformation?
A. nuclear → mechanical → chemical → electrical
B. thermal → nuclear → mechanical → electrical
C. mechanical → thermal → nuclear →electrical
D. nuclear → thermal → mechanical → electrical

_____ 35. What energy transformation(s) take(s) place when you strike and light a match?
A. chemical to nuclear energy
B. mechanical to thermal energy
C. chemical to thermal and electromagnetic energy
D. electromagnetic to potential energy

_____ 36. Photosynthesis transforms electromagnetic energy from the Sun into
A. mechanical energy
B. thermal energy
C. chemical energy
D. electrical energy

_____37. Which of the pictures below illustrates the transformation of electrical to thermal energy? Answer

_____ 38. What is a change from one energy form to another?

A. Kinetic Energy
B. Potential Energy
C. Electrical Transformer
D. Energy Conversion
_____ 39. Which form of energy does a car’s engine convert into mechanical energy?
A. Light
B. Wind
C. Chemical
D. Gravitational
______ 40. This diagram shows the motion of a ball down a hill.

Figure 5

What happened to the ball’s energy from Point 1 to Point 3?

A. Stored energy was transformed to energy of motion.
 B. Energy of motion was transformed into chemical energy.
C. Stored energy in the ball applied a force to get the ball to move.
D. Internal energy caused the ball to move until the energy was gone.
_____ 41. What happens to the total mechanical energy of the ball as it moves down the hill?
A. It increases. B. It decreases. C. It is constant. D. zero
_____42. As the ball travels down a hill, which type of change in energy allows it to speed up?
A. Potential energy changing into heat energy
B. Potential energy changing into kinetic energy
C. Kinetic energy changing into heat energy
D. Kinetic energy changing into potential energy
_____ 43. Which of the following statement is true?
A. In energy transformation, there is always energy lost in the process.
B. Energy is never created but can be destroyed.
C. Energy is never created nor destroyed.
D. The total energy in the universe is decreasing.
_____ 44. What is the total mechanical energy of a 8kg ball moving down the hill from a height of 100m?.
A. 800 J B. 7840 J C. 784J D. 15680 J
HEAT, WORK AND ENERGY

_____ 45. The change in internal energy of a system equals the difference between the heat taken in by the
system and the work done by the system. This is the ___ law of thermodynamics.
A. First B. Second C. Third
_____ 46. Heat will never of itself flow from a cold temperature to a hot object. This is the ___ law of
thermodynamics.
A. First B. Second C. Third
_____ 47. What is a heat pump?
A. A device that allows heat to flow from hot reservoir to cold reservoir
B. A device that allows heat to flow from cold reservoir to hot reservoir
C. A device that creates heat.

_____ 48. What is a heat engine?

A. A device that changes thermal energy to chemical energy.
B. A device that changes thermal energy to mechanical energy.
C. A device that changes thermal energy to radiant energy.
_____ 49. In the refrigeration cycle, which of the following is true?
A. Liquid that expands absorbs heat from food.
B. Compressed gas adds coldness to the food.
C. Compressed liquid adds absorbs heat from the food.
D. Liquid that expands add coldness to food.
_____50. When you hold ice in your hand, what makes your hand to feel cold?
A. It absorbs heat from the ice.
B. It absorbs coolness of the ice.
C. Heat from your hand is transferred to the ice.
D. None of the above.
_____51. Why is heat engine not 100% efficient?
A. All mixture of gases is converted into work.
B. Some of the gases is exhausted in the surroundings.
C. All of the gases are used up by the engine.
D. None of the above
_____ 52. All of the following power plants use steam to drive the turbines to produce electricity except
A. hydropower B. geothermal C. coal-fired D. nuclear
_____ 53. What is likely to happen when you open the door of fully air-conditioned room during a hot
afternoon?
A. The cool air outside will go inside.
B. The hot air outside will go inside.
C. The cool air inside will go out.
D. There will be no heat transfer.

CONSTELLATION

_____ 54. What causes the apparent motion of stars in the course of the night?
A. Its rotation around the sun.
B. Its rotation on its axis.
C. Its revolution around the sun.
D. Its revolution on its axis.

_____ 55. How do stars appear to move in the sky?

 A. East to west.
B. West to east
C. South to north.
D. North to south.
_____ 56. Which star is appearing to be the brightest in the night sky?
A. Sun B. Sirius C. Rigel D. Aldebaran

_____ 57. Where can you see the Polaris if you are in Manila?
A. Just above your head.
B. 15-16 degrees above the northern horizon
C. 15-16 degrees above the eastern horizon
D. It is not visible in Manila.
_____ 58. Which of the following constellations dominates the night sky during winter?
A. Aries B. Orion C. Cygnus D. Aquila
_____ 59. Which of the following stars is the coolest?
A. Red star B. Yellow Main Sequence Star C. Blue Star D. White star

_____ 60. What local constellation signifies the start of rainy season in the Philippines?
A. Balara B. Buwaya C. Lepu D. Balatik

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

-Benjamin Franklin-

Prepared by:

Ms. Diosa Ventucilla-Dela Cruz

Science Teacher

Checked by:

Mrs. Marlyn E. Ceneta

MT-I, Science

Mrs. Maria Ela A. Samson

Dept. Chairman, Science

Enjoy the summer heat!

-diosaventucilladelacruz-