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INTRODUCTION:
DEFINING PHYSICAL
SCIENCE
Objectives:
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INTRODUCTION: DEFINING PHYSICAL SCIENCE
Physical science can be defined as the study of matter and energy. Matter refers to all the
“stuff” that exists in the universe. Energy is what gives matter the ability to move and change.
Physical science can be divided into chemistry and physics.
Chemistry focuses on matter and energy at the scale of atoms and molecules. It is the
study of the structure, properties, and interactions of matter. Important concepts in
chemistry include physical changes such as liquids freezing and chemical reactions such
as substances burning.
Physics focuses on matter and energy at all scales, from atoms to outer space. It is the
study of energy and how it interacts with matter. Important concepts in physics include
motion, forces such as magnetism and gravity, and different forms of energy, such as
electricity, heat, and light.
Since this course is divided into two parts namely Chemistry and Physics, let’s see your
knowledge about the subjects. Your task is to define CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS using
this letters. Enjoy!
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H -____________________________ H-___________________________
E -____________________________ Y-___________________________
M - ___________________________ S-___________________________
I - ____________________________ I-___________________________
S -____________________________ C-___________________________
T -____________________________ S-___________________________
R -__________________________
Y- __________________________
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MODULE II
FORMATION OF
ELEMENTS FOUND IN
THE UNIVERSE
Objectives:
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FORMATION OF ELEMENTS FOUND IN THE UNIVERSE
The Universe may have begun as an infinitely hot and dense initial singularity, a point
with all of space time, time, and energy. This mean that there was nowhere, when or what. Once
may say that time have a beginning at the big bang, in the sense that earlier times simply would
not defined... One could still imagine that God created the universe at the instant of big bang or
even afterwards.
The Big Bang theory states that the universe was formed 1.5 billion years ago in a great
explosion. After the giant explosion, minutes particles of matter mixed with radiation gradually
cooled which allowed for the formation of atoms. Atoms clumped together due to the influence
of gravity to form billions of galaxies. One of them is our very own Milky Way galaxy.
Seconds after the Big Bang, light elements formed. Protons, neutrons and electrons
consists the Universe. At the present, the universe consists of mostly hydrogen (H) and Helium
(He). The elements present were formed in the process known as Nucleosynthesis.
Atom came from the Greek word “atomos” which means indivisible or cannot be
divided. A philosopher who shared this idea was Democritus. It was John Dalton who describe
that the atom in as indivisible solid particle, he proposed an atomic theory about the indivisible
building blocks of matter called atom, so he thought that each element has its own kind of atom.
In the early 1990s several scientists made experiment investigations that reshaped Dalton`s idea
of atom.
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Student Name: __________________________________ Score: _________________
Section: _______________________________________ Date: _________________
EXERCISE 1
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3. Atom is come from the Greek word “atomos”. What does “atomos” means?
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4. Seconds after the explosion, what are the light elements formed?
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5. Who describe that the atom is an indivisible solid particle? He is also the proponent of the
atomic theory about the indivisible building blocks of matter called atom?
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AGREEMENT: SEARCH, DRAW, AND EXPLAIN
Illustrate the following atomic model and give a brief description in each model.
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MODULE III
THE IDEA OF THE ATOM
AND PROPERTIES OF
MATTER RELATED TO
THEIR CHEMICAL
STRUCTURE
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THE IDEA OF THE ATOM AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER RELATED TO THEIR
CHEMICAL STRUCTURE
Particles smaller than an atom were discovered. The main sub-atomic particles are the
protons, neutrons and electrons.
NUCLEUS – found at the center of the atom. It is the core of the atom. The two sub
particles of an atom are found in nucleus. They are proton and neutron. Moving around the
nucleus are electrons.
PROTON (p+) - is the positively charged sub particle found in the nucleus of an atom.
ELECTRON (e-) – is the negatively charged particles. The exact location of an electron
is cannot be known. Only the likelihood of finding an electron in a particular place can be
determined. The space outside the nucleus is full of fuzzy blurry cloud where electron is likely to
be found.
In 1896, a Russian chemist, Dmitri Mendeleev proposed a much more tabulation of the elements
based on periodic recurrence of the properties of elements, the Periodic Table of Element.
symbol
C
Carbon Name of an element
On the other hand, Atomic mass is equal to total number of proton and neutron.
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Different Molecules are compounds formed by chemical bonds.
Intermolecular forces – attractive forces that act between molecules or atoms of pure
substances, also called as van der Waals forces.
2. Hydrogen bonding- occurs only between molecules that contain hydrogen bonded to
4. Ion-dipole interaction- force of attraction between ion and polar molecules like NaCl.
I. Answer the questions with the proper information using your notes, book, and the periodic
table.
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4. The element that has the atomic number 17 is?
5. List the symbols for two transition metals.
6. Cu, Ag, and Au are all in what group number?
7. Name two noble gases
8. Give the symbol for two halogens.
9. What is the symbol for element with atomic number 74?
10. What is the atomic mass of copper?
11. What is the last element in period 4?
For questions 12 - 15, label the following Key box as it should appear on your periodic table
12. ____________________
13. ____________________
14. ____________________ 20 100.08
Ca
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CALCIUM
OXYGEN O 8 16 8 8 16-8 = 8
Aluminun 13 14
Na 23 11
Iron 26 30
N 7 14 7
Silicon 27 14
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B. Electronegativity
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1. Write the atomic number of the following: 2. Write the atomic mass of the following:
Calcium_________
Gold ___________
Copper _________
Iron____________
Gold___________
Iron ___________
Copper_________
Uranium________
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5. Write the symbol or the name for each of these elements:
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MODULE IV
BIOLOGICAL
MACROMOLECULES
AND CHEMICAL
CHANGES
Objectives:
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Physical Change vs. Chemical Change
For every chemical change that occurs, a new substance with different characteristics is
formed. In chemical change, the composition of matter always changes. Chemical change occur
when there is transfer if energy, change in color, formation of precipitate, and production of gas.
Some are examples of chemical reactions that form new substances:
Chemical Change occurs when new substances that have different characteristics are
formed, Unlike Physical Change where no new substances are formed.
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II. Group the given reaction if it is a Physical Change or Chemical Change.
Bleaching a Stain
Cutting paper into pieces
Breaking a Glass
Fermenting coconut sap
Melting Ice
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Tarnishing a silver
Rusting a nail
Boiling of water
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MODULE V
EARTH IS NOT THE
CENTER OF THE
UNIVERSE AFTER ALL
Objectives:
- Explain what the Greeks considered to be the three types of terrestrial motion.
- Explain diurnal, annual motion and precession of equinoxes.
- Differentiate the competing models of the universe by Aristotle, Eudoxus, Ptolemy,
Copernicus, Brahe and Kepler.
- Discuss the Plato’s saving the appearances.
- Explain the evidences that Earth is not the center of the Universe.
- Explain how Galileo’s discoveries helped weaken the support for the model of Ptolemy;
and
- Explain how Brahe’s collection of data helped Kepler Develop.
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EARTH IS NOT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE AFTER ALL
In early ages, the idea of Greeks regarding terrestrial motion was highly influenced by the
Philosopher Aristotle. His philosophy was far more speculative than experimental.
In Aristotle’s world everything on Earth had its appointed place in and functions. Every object
in this world can be categorized under the following four elements: Earth, water, air, and fire. Let
us say, for example, a rock. It is mostly made in Earth and water.
Therefore, its rightful place is close to the center of the Earth. The larger the rock, the greater its
desire to move closer to the center of the Earth. Therefore, if someone carried this rock to a
higher place, its natural motion would fall straight toward the center of the Earth.
Aristotle also postulated that the Planets and Stars were made of a fifth element called
“quintessence”. The natural motion of these objects was a circular path, not up and down. Early
people had observed that these celestial objects were moving in a circular path.
1. Diurnal Motion- the apparent daily motion the sky from East to West. This apparent
movement of heaven saw celestial objects seeming to rise from the east to west.
2. Annual Motion – Referred to the events or phenomena that came annually or once a
year. Specifically it refers to the orbit of the Earth to the Sun.
3. Precession of Equinoxes – this refers to gradual shift in the orientation of Earth’s Axis
of rotation. This is just as a wobbling top tracing out a pair of cones joined at their apices
in a cycle of approximately 26 000 years.
The concept of the spherical Earth Dates back to around 6th Century B.C. in Ancient
Indian Philosophy and ancient Mediterranean thought.
Aristotle supported the idea of a spherical Earth. He provided physical observational arguments
regarding this matter. He observes that every portion of the Earth tends toward the center until,
by convergence or compression, they form a sphere.
He noticed that travellers going south see southern constellations rise higher above horizon and
the shadow of earth on the moon during lunar eclipse is round.
It was the job of a philosophers to “save the appearances” by connecting reality with truth
using logic. It means without violating any known principles.
One has to understand perceptions of reality through its transformation into what one
knows to be true. This was known as the Socratic Method.Eudoxus (400 BC)- a student of plato
used his skills in geometry to envision a model a universe. The erratic motion of the planets
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could be explained while still allowing for perfectly inside a sphere sharing a common center
whish was Earth. In the model of Eudoxus, Earth was shared a common center of sphere inside a
sphere.
Aristotle, the foremost Greek Scientist, failed to imagine what motion would be like without
friction because he did not recognize the idea of inertia. Based in his experience, all motion was
subject to resistance, he made this fact central to his theory of motion.
Motion according to him was either natural or violent. On the other hand, natural motion on
Earth was thought to either straight up or straight down, like the rising if smoke and steam, and
the falling of stone to the ground.
Fire rose naturally to the sun and the stars, Earthly objects like wood and pieces of metal. All fall
toward Earth. Violent motion was conceived to be result of a push or a pull. Motion was
imparted to objects. The natural state of object was one of rest if they were not pushed of pulled.
Ptolemy
In his model, the sun was thought to move around the Earth
once a day while the Moon was much slower than the Sun.
Aristarchus
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Nicolas Copernicus
Tyco Brahe
Galileo Galilei
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Kepler
EXERCISE: “philoKNOWsopher”
Instructions: list down the philosophers and their contributions in the field of astronomy.
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Name Contribution information
Guide Questions:
1. Compare the Three Early models of the Universe, namely Ptolemaic, Copernican and
Tychonic Models.
2. Name one Discovery of Galileo which helped weaken support for the Ptolemaic model.
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3. State Kepler’s Three Laws of Planetary motion.
4. Find the mean distance of a planet from the Sun if its period of revolution is 300days.
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MODULE VI
THE LAWS OF PHYSICS
ARE UNIVERSAL
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THE LAWS OF PHYSICS ARE UNIVERSAL
More than 2000 years, Aristotle suggested that a force is necessary to produce motion. He
further suggested that to maintain that motion the force must be continuously exerted on the
object. He further explained that if there is no force, there can be no motion.
Aristotle further believed that the absence of an external force, any moving body will
ultimately come to rest.
In some respects, he was right, as we know from observations that a body at rest will not
move unless a force is continuously applied to it. However, there are also some cases of bodies
which continue to move even without force acting on them. An example is block of ice thrown
along a very smooth surface.
But so strong was the belief of Aristotle’s Idea contemporaries on his idea that all kinds
of weird arguments were used to support them. One such idea was the argument that a falling
body accelerates because its weight increases as it approaches Earth’s surface.
For many centuries nobody seemed to be successful in challenging the ideas of Aristotle.
Twenty centuries later, Galileo Challenge Aristotle’s theories concerning motion. He tested
Aristotle’s ideas through “thought experiments” experiments he did not actually perform except
in his mind.
Galileo uses a ball that was released from position A to run down a bent trail. When the
rail is bent along ABC, the ball rises to C, which is nearly the same height as A. the bent along
ABD AND ABE, the ball again rises to nearly the same height as A from where it was released.
What happens if the trail is bent along ABF where BF is horizontal? The ball would
never be able to rise to the level of A.
Galileo argued that, in the absence of friction, an object would move continuously at a
constant speed along the straight line.
Galileo did not attempt thought to explain why a body keeps on moving at a constant
velocity along a straight line. He simply showed that it is natural for a moving body to do so, just
as it is for a stationary body to remain at rest. This natural tendency of the body is called Inertia.
Inertia is the tendency of the body to maintain its state of rest or of uniform speed along a
straight line.
Free Fall
Do heavier objects fall faster than light objects? Or, do they fall at the same rate? People
had, for a long time, believed that the heavy bodies fall at a faster tare than light objects popular
account was said of Galileo dropping a small iron ball and a large cannon ball from the leaning
tower of Pisa in the sixteenth century.
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To the amazement of spectators, the two balls hit the ground almost at the same time, but
what about the case of a coin and a piece of paper? In air, the coin falls faster than the flat piece
of paper.
In a vacuum, however they fall at the same rate, as demonstrated by the “coin and
feather” experiments.
Air resistance has a great effect on the light feather than on the heavier coin because of
the larger exposed surfaced area of the feather against air resistance.
If air resistance is negligible, a body falls freely under the influence of gravity with
uniform acceleration. This is called acceleration due to gravity, denoted by g.
Pa-Fall
Materials:
1. Feather or paper
2. Ball (big and small)
3. Camera with slow-motion feature (optional)
Instructions:
Instructions:
1. Bring out the two ball one heavier or bigger and one lighter than the other or smaller.
2. Step on an elevated platform.
3. Release the two balls at the same time and let the two objects fall free.
4. Observe
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Optional: if you have a good model of camera or mobile phone that has a slow-motion
feature.
Guide Questions:
1. What have you observed with the first experiment? What object hits the ground first?
2. What have you observed with the second experiment? What object hits the ground first?
3. Why does that the two balls hit the ground at the same time regardless of their weight and
size?
5. Explain how Galileo inferred that an object in a vacuum fall with uniform acceleration
and that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion.
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MODULE VII
MASS, MOMENTUM AND
ACCELERATION
Objectives:
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MASS, MOMENTUM AND ACCELERATION
Mass is more fundamental than weight. It is the measure of actual material present on a
body. Mass depends only on the number and kind of atoms that compose the body. On the other
hand, the weight of a body is the gravitational force that acts on the material, and depend on
where the object is located.
where: W= weight
m= mass
An object with more mass is pulled by gravity with greater force, so mass and weight is
closely related. However, the weight of an object can change if the force of gravity changes,
even while the mass of the object remains constant. Look at NASA astronaut in the Figure
above. He was one of the first humans to walk on the moon and feel the force of its gravity. He
weighed less on the moon than he did on Earth because the moon’s gravity is weaker than
Earth’s.
Momentum
Based on our daily experiences, a body has a greater mass and velocity the greater effort
needed to change its path or stop, therefore the body has great momentum.
Momentum is the quantity that measures the tendency of a body to continue in motion
along a straight path.
Where: p= momentum,
m= mass
v= velocity
Acceleration
An object in motion seldom moves at a constant speed, nor does it remain in the same
direction. So, it is important to specify both magnitude and direction of a moving object. When
the velocity of an object is changing, we can say that the body is experiencing acceleration.
Acceleration (a) is defined as the rate of change of velocity overtime.
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a = V2-V1 Where: a= acceleration
t=Time
Instruction: Apply what have you learn earlier in each word problem set and solve the following
problems systematically.
WEIGHT MASS
What is the weight of a man with 50 kg mass? Find the mass of 5OON sack of rice?
1. Given: 1. Given:
2. Unknown: 2. Unknown:
3. Formula: 3. Formula:
4. Solution: 4. Solution:
MOMENTUM ACCELERATION
1. Given: 1. Given:
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2. Unknown: 2. Unknown:
3. Formula: 3. Formula:
4. Solution: 4. Solution:
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REFERENCES:
Esguerra, J. P. H. Et al. “Teaching Guide for Senior Highschool Physical Science Core Subject”,
commission on Higher Education, 2016.
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