Department of Education

Region
City Schools Division of San Fernando
DR. QUINTIN BALCITA SR. NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Mameltac, City of San Fernando

MIDTERM
PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Name: ______________________ Grade & Section: ___________ Score: ______

Direction: Select the letter of the best answer and shade the corresponding circle in the
answer sheet provided.
D1. Modern cosmology supposes that the Universe came from a "big bang" event
about 13 billion years ago. Evidence for this is /are _______________.
a. the uniformity of the abundance of hydrogen and helium.
b. the cosmic background radiation.
c. the Hubble expansion.
d. all mentioned
c2. The lightest elements are hydrogen, helium, deuterium, lithium. Which element should
we include in the list?
a. beryllium b. boron c. neon d. oxygen
a3. When were the light elements came into existence?
a. Big Bang nucleosynthesis.
b. the uniformity of the abundance of hydrogen and helium.
c. the cosmic background radiation.
d. the Hubble expansion.
D4. It refers to the formation of heavier elements from the fusion of lighter elements.
a. atomic explosion c. nuclear fission
b. nuclear fusion d. nucleosynthesis
a5. If an element is used up by a star in fusion, it is sometimes called “burning” even though no actual
combustion occurs. Which of the following processes is likely to involve “carbon burning”?

a. alpha ladder c. triple-alpha process

b. CNO cycle d. s-process

6.Which reaction has the lowest activation temperature and the

fastest reaction rate, making it the ideal candidate for fusion power
plants?
a. deuterium-deuterium c. deuterium-(helium-3)

b. proton - proton chain d. deuterium-tritium

b7. In elements higher than iron/heavy elements, cannot be formed through fusion, but
formed through supernova explosion (neutron capture reactions). The following elements
were made during this process except __________.
a. As b. Al c. Bh d. Ir
a8. What is the meaning of atomos which is a Greek word?
a. Indivisible b. indispensible c. incredible d. incomparable
a9. A stone in its smallest particle has the same composition with its original size. Which
theory illustrates the given example?
a. specific to the material which they composed
b. Were in constant motion though different in size and shape
c. Were in constant motion in space
d. Collided with each other
a10. What did Boyle concluded about elements?
a. Elements cannot be broken down into any further.
b. Elements in compounds cannot be separated from other elements.
c. Elements have their own characteristics.
d. Elements are written in symbols
b11. According to Boyle, the volume of gas decreases as the pressure on it _________ and
vice versa.
a. decreases b. increases c. the same d. any will do
a12. In the East, India and China, alchemy started before the Common Era with meditation
and medicine to purify the body and spirit. What was their main goal?
a. achieve immorality b. achieve unity c. achieve success d.
achieve long life
d13. Some of the chemical industries in alchemy are the following except ___________.
a. metalworking c. production of inks, dyes, paints, and cosmetics
b. leather-tanning d. pasta making
a14. He was the first toxicologist.
a. Aristotle b. Boyle c. Democritus d. Paracelsus

15. In the late 1800s, experiments using cathode ray tubes led to the discovery of
the__________.
a. electron b. neutron c. positron d. proton

d16. The positively charged particles of an atom.

a. atom b. electrons c. neutron c. protons
d17. Which two particles each have a mass approximately equal to one atomic mass unit?
a. electron and neutron c. proton and electron

b. electron and positron d. proton and neutron

b18. Which conclusion was a direct result of the gold foil experiment?
a. An atom is composed of at least three types of subatomic particles.

b. An atom is mostly empty space with a dense, positively charged nucleus.

c. An electron has a positive charge and is located inside the nucleus.
d. An electron has properties of both waves and particles.
d19. This model represents the ideas of Rutherford and Bohr. What are these?

i. Each orbit has an energy associated with it

ii. Electrons travel in separate orbitals
iii. Electrons would balance the positively charged medium
iv. The mass of an atom is mostly concentrated in a nucleus
a. i ii b. iii iv c. I iii d. ii iv
d20. It is the first model of atom to use the idea of subatomic particles.
a. Bohr b. Moseley c. Rutherford d. Thomson
a21. Which subatomic particle is located outside of the nucleus?
a. electron b. proton c. neutron d. shell
c22. Which subatomic particle has no charge?
a. electron b. proton c. neutron d. shell
b23. Mass number is equal to the_________.
a. number of protons + number of electrons
b. number of protons + number of neutrons
c. number of neutrons + number of electrons
d. number of electrons
a24. If an atom has a mass number of 23 and atomic number 11, what is the number of protons?
a. 11 b. 12 c. 23 d. 44
25. Complete the following nuclear reaction:
16
O + 4He -> _____ + 19Ne
8 2 10

a. 1p b. 1
n c. 2H d. 3
H

a26.Which of the statement of the modern atomic theory does not agree with Dalton's atomic theory
agrees with modern atomic theory?
a. atoms are not divided in chemical reactions
b. all atoms of the same element have the same mass
c. atoms of the same element are chemically alike
d. atoms in a compound combine in a definite proportion

c27. Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have different
a. numbers of protons. b. masses. c. numbers of electrons d. numbers of neutrons

b28. He discovered the correlation between the atomic number of an element and the wavelengths of x-
rays emitted by the element.
a. Ernest Rutherford b. Henry Moseley c. J.J. Thomson d. Niels Bohr

b29. Which molecule contains as nonpolar bond?

a. Fluorine gas (F2) b. Hygrogen Chloride (HCl) c. Nitorgen monoxide (NO) d. Potassium
Iodide (KI)
c30. Which best describes why water is polar?
a. Water is a linear molecule.
b. Water has no lone pairs on the central atom.
c. Water is a bent molecule.

d. Water is covalent.
a31. Which statement is true about Polar Molecules?
a. They are symmetrical.
b. They dissolve with Ionic compounds

c. They dissolve with non-polar compounds

d. They have similar charges on each end.
b32. Does sand (SiO2) dissolve in water?
a. No, beacuse non polar does not dissolve with polar
b. No, because polar does not dissolve with non polar
c. Yes, because ionic dissolves in polar

d. Yes, because polar dissolves with non polar