Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE URDANETA CITY
CALEGU INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Urdaneta City Pangasinan

THIRD PERIODIC EXAMINATION

Science 7
Name: ______________________________________ Date: ________________
Grade and Section: ___________________ Score: ___________________

I. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space before the number.

_____1. To determine the acceleration rate of an object, you must calculate the change in velocity during each
unit of ______.
a. speed b. time c. motion d. deceleration

_____2. Which of the following is a vector in quantity?

a. displacement b. distance c. speed d. time

_____3. Which of the following refers to the ratio between the change in velocity and time?
a. acceleration b. speed c. distance d. velocity

_____4. Which of the following refers to the ratio between the length of space covered and the time it takes to
cover this space?
a. acceleration b. distance c. motion d. speed

_____5. Which of the following is scalar in quantity?

a. displacement b. distance c. reference point d. velocity

_____6. It refers to the total length covered by an object.

a. distance b. displacement c. acceleration d. velocity

_____7. Which of the following refers to study of motion?

a. mathematics b. arithmetics c. kinematics d. semantics

_____8. Which of the following tells which way an object is moving?

a. motion b. speed c. direction d. distance

_____9. It is the process of changing place or position over an interval of time.

a. motion b. speed c. direction d. distance

_____10. Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

a. a student walks 2.0 km north c. a 1.0 kg object moves at 18 m/s.
b. an object has a mass of 10.5 kg. d. a ball has a maximum speed of 15 m/s.

_____11. Which of the following quantities show displacement?

a. 4m/s b. 5m/s2 c. 40m/s north d. 40m east

_____12. What is the average speed of a car that starts from rest and gains a speed of 80m/s?
a. 40 m b. 80 m c. 40 m/s d. 80m/s

_____13. Which is the negative acceleration of a truck that runs at 50m/s and stops after 5s?
a. -25 s2 b. -10m/ s2 c. -5m/ s2 d. -2m/ s2

_____14. A student moves east covering 5m, north covering 100m, then west covering 50 m. What is his or her
displacement?
a. 50m b. 100m c. 100m north d. 100m south

_____15. Which of the following shows velocity?

a. 2.0 m/s2 north b. 5m east c. 20 m/s west d. 45m/s
_____16. Which of the following is the disturbance that transfer energy?
a. wave b. heat c. light d. sound

_____17. Which of the following is produced by vibration and requires a medium to transmit energy?
a. electricity b. sound c. light d. wind

_____18. This wave requires a medium to transfer energy.

a. microwave b. radio wave c. electromagnetic wave d. mechanical wave

_____19. It is the only electromagnetic wave visible to the human eye.

a. wave b. heat c. light d. sound

_____20. Which of the following is an example of a mechanical wave?

a. radio wave b. water wave c. light wave d. Microwave

_____21. Which of the following DOES NOT belong to the group?

a. microwave b. seismic wave c. sound wave d. tsunami

_____22. A large spring is stretched horizontally between two people. One person wiggles the spring up and
down at one end. The up-and-down vibration then moves along the spring to the other person. Which of the
following types of wave is created in the spring?
a. pressure wave b. transverse wave c. longitudinal wave d. mechanical wave

_____23. Which of the following statements BEST describes an electromagnetic wave with a long wavelength?
a. it has a low frequency and can travel in a vacuum.
b. it has a high frequency and can travel in a vacuum.
c. it has a low frequency and can only travel in a medium.
d. it has a high frequency and can only travel in a medium..

_____24. What will happen when the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal?
a. Clouds form. c. The humidity increases.
b. The dew point is reached. d. Precipitation occurs.

_____25. Which of the following instruments produce sounds when strings are plucked or rubbed in a bow?
a. stringed instruments c. wind instruments
b. percussion instruments d. blown instruments

_____26. Which of the following is a percussion instrument?

a. guitar b. violin c. flute d. drum

_____27. A student hears the sound of a bell. Which of the following carries the sound of the bell to the student?
a. electrical currents b. magnetic signals c. radio waves d. vibrating air

_____28. Which of the following sounds may damage hearing on a prolonged exposure?
a. library c. water at the foot of Niagara falls
b. normal conversation d. normal breathing

_____29. It refers to the band of colors, as seen in a rainbow, produced by separation of the components of light.
a. prism b. rainbow c. spectrum d. horizon

_____30.. Which of the following refers to the ability to do work?

a. wave b. energy c. heat d. pressure

_____31. It is the carrier of negative charges

a. electron b. neutron c. nucleus d. proton

_____32. Which of the following is the carrier of the positive charge?

a. electron b. neutron c. nucleus d. proton

_____33. It is located at the center of the atom.

a. electron b. neutron c. nucleus d. proton
_____34. It is the process of allowing excess charges to move to the ground by connecting a conductor to the
earth.
a. grounding b. lightning c. charging d. current

_____35 . It is an electrical phenomenon that usually happen when the electric field of charged clouds becomes
strong and the air surrounding it becomes ionized.
a. grounding b. lightning c. charging d. current

_____36. Objects A and B were electrically neutral. After rubbing against each other, Object B was placed near
the negatively charged object C. If objects B and C repelled each other, which of the following is true?
a. Object A become negatively charged c. Object A remained uncharged
b Object A become positively charged d. Not enough data

_____37. Two objects are attracted to each other. What does this mean?
a. One of the objects has no charge c. The objects have the same charges
b. The objects have opposite charges d. both B and C

_____38. When you rub a plastic comb against your hair repeatedly, pieces of paper get attracted toward the
comb. What does this mean?
a. paper and comb have opposite charges c. the plastic comb acquired a charge
b. paper and comb have the same charge d. both A and C

_____39 . Which of the following is NOT TRUE about lightning?

a. A lightning bolt is deadly.
b. lightning consists of negative charges only
c. lightning is an electrical phenomenon
d. lightning may be directed toward the ground by a lightning rod.

_____40. Which of the following is a good conductor of heat?

a. glass b. rubber c. aluminum d. plastic

II. Identify the following and write C if it is a conductor and I if it is an insulator. Write the letter of
the correct answer on the blank before each number.

_____41. metal _____46. rock

_____42. wood _____47. steel
_____43. plastic _____48. cloth
_____44. wires _____49. tube
_____45. silver _____50. coins

Prepared by: Noted by:

SHARLYN B. BALGOA DORIS S. SANDOY
Subject Teacher Principal I