Samar State University

PHYSICS
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
2016
Catbalogan City, Samar
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I.

II.

MIDTERM EXAMS IN
Second Semester, S.Y. 2015TEST PAPER NO.:

IDENTIFICATION: Write the word or group of words before the number that
will complete the thought of every sentence.
1.
__________ is a systematized body of knowledge based on facts and
principles.
2.
__________ is one of the major divisions of science that deals with the study
of the society
3.
__________ is one of the major divisions of science that deals with the study
of nature.
4.
__________ is one of the major branches of science that deals with the
physical world specifically non-living things.
5.
__________ is one of the major branches of science that deals with the
biological world specifically living things.
6.
__________ is the science that deals with the study of matter and energy and
their relationship.
7.
__________ refers to the amount of particles on a body.
8.
__________ refers to a bodys capacity to do work.
9.
___________ was the one who claimed that, for no other reason than that the
mathematics indicated it, Earth must revolve around the Sun.
10. __________ is a work published by William Gilbert which was acknowledged
to be the earliest example of an experimental study of a natural
phenomenon.
11. __________ is the model that says sun is the center of the solar system.
12. __________ is the model that says earth is the center of the universe
13. __________ is known as the father of classical physics.
14. __________ is known as the father of modern physics.
15. ___________ proposed the laws of motion.
16. ___________ proposed the theory of relativity.
17. ___________ proposed the electromagnetic theory of light.
18. ___________ who measured the ratio of the distances from the earth to the
sun and the moon;
19. ___________ is known for proposing that falling bodies would all fall at the
same rate, regardless of mass, if there were no air resistance.
20. __________ formulated first the equations of motion for rigid bodies.
21. __________ is the unit of length based on the length of the path travelled by
light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second.
22. The unit of mass which is kilogram is based on an international prototype
which was manufactured in the 1880s of an alloy of ______________________.
23. The second is the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of the radiation
corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the
ground state of the ______________ atom.
24. The mole is the amount of substance of a system which contains as many
elementary entities as there are atoms in _______________ of carbon 12.
25. __________ is the unit of the intensity of light.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer
sheets. (2 points each)
1. The following are contributions of Galileo except for what?
a. Birth of experimentation
c. Kinematics
b. Laws of Motion
d. Support to Heliocentric Model
2. Which of the following sciences is not under biological science?
a. Zoology
c. Chemistry
b. Biology
d. Botany
3. Which of the following branches of Physics is not categorized as Modern Physics?
a. Thermodynamics
c. Elementary Particle Physics
b. Molecular Physics
d. Condensed Matter Physics

4. Who among the early scientists was born Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth,

Lincolnshire, England?
a. Johannes Kepler
c. Galileo Galilie
b. Isaac Newton
d. Nicolaus Copernicus
5. Who among the early scientists/natural philosopher became a teacher in
University of Padua?
a. Johannes Kepler
c. Galileo Galilie
b. Isaac Newton
d. Nicolaus Copernicus
6. 0.0000800 mm has how many significant digits?
a. 3
b. 4
c. 5
7. 6.00 x 10 2 kg has how many significant digits?
a. 1
b. 5
c. 3

d. 6
d. 4

8. 200000 meter has how many digits that are significant?

a. One
b. 6
c. 5
d. cant be determined
9. In the quantity 4505 kgs, the zero between the two fives is significant because _____.
a. It is between two significant digits
b. It represents an actual measured value of 500 kgs.
c. It is not just a place value determiner but an actual number.
d. All of the above
10.5009 kg has how many significant digits?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 5
11.4356 kg when rounded off to the nearest tens is equal to what?
a. 4400 kg
b. 4360 kg
c. 436 kg
d. 440 kg
12.When 0.905607 is rounded off to the nearest thousandths digit, the result will be what?
a. 0.905
b. 0.9056
c. 0.906
d. 0.905607
13.6708 when rounded off to the nearest thousands is equal to _______?
a. 7000
b. 6700
c. 6000
d. 6600
14.46700 is the rounded off value to the nearest hundreds of the following number.
a. 46640
b. 46690
c. 46740
d. 46770
15. When 0.905607 is rounded off to the nearest tenths digit, the result will be what?
a. 0.90
b. 0.91
c. 0.906
d. 0.92
16.0.0002 kg if expressed to scientific notation is equal to?
a. 2 x 102 kg
b.2 x 10-4 kg
c. 2 x 103 kg
d.2 x 10-5kg
17.2 800 000 g if expressed to scientific notation is equal to?
a. 2.8 x 106 g
c.2.8 x 10-4 g
3
b. 2.8 x 10 g
d.2.8 x 10-5g
-2
18.9.8 x 10 sec if expressed to number is equal to?
a. 0.00098 sec
b. 0.098 sec
c. 9800 sec
d. 980 sec
19.8 x 106 meters if expressed to number is equal to?
a. 800 000 meters
c. 0.000008 meters
b. 8 000 000 meters
d. 0.0000008 meters
20.2.2 x 10-2 meters if expressed to number is equal to?
a. 0.022 meters
c. 2.2 meters
b. 0.0022 meters
d. 0.22 meters
2
2
21.6.3 x 10 sec added to 3.4 x 10 sec is equal to?
a. 7.9 x 10 2 sec
c. 9.7 x 10 4 sec
4
b. 7.9 x 10 sec
d. 9.7 x 10 2 sec
6
10
22.3.600 x 10 kg added to 4.80 x 10 g is equal to?
a. 5.16 x 1010 g
c. 5.2 x 10 10 kg
b. 5.160 x 10 7 kg
d. none of the above
23.1.5 x 10 4 kg multiplied to 3.0 x 10 2 m/s2 is equal to?
a. 4.5 x 10 8 N
c. 4.5 x 10 7 N
6
b. 4.5 0 N
d. 4.5 x 10 5 N
40
32
24.6.0 x 10 N divided by 2.0 x 10 kg is equal to what?
a. 3.0 x 10 8 m/s2
c. 3 x 10 8 m/s2
9
2
b. 3.0 x 10 m/s
d. 3.0 x 10 9 m/s2
20
12
25. 3.0 x 10 N divided by 2.0 x 10 kg is equal to what?
a. 1.0 x 10 8 m/s2
c. 1.5 x 10 8 m/s2
9
2
b. 1.0 x 10 m/s
d. 1.5 x 10 9 m/s2
III.

TABLE COMPLETION: Complete the following table

GALILEO
NEWTON
EINSTEIN

BIRTH AND
DEATH DETAILS

MAXWELL

KNOWN FOR
(AT MOST 3)
CAREER (AT
MOST 3)
DID YOU KNOW
(AT MOST 3)
IV.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

V.

VI.

ENUMERATION: List all possible answers.

Seven Fundamental Quantities
Four Vector Quantities
Four Scalar Quantities
Two units of Length/Distance
Three units of Time

VECTORS: Please refer to the drawing on the board and write the vector
statements below:
1. (2 points) ?1=
2. (3 points) ?2=
3. (4 points) ?3=
4. (5 points) ?4=
5. (6 points) ?5=
CONCEPT MAPPING: Complete the information:
has the following
branches

has two main

branches

Physics
has the following
branches

has the following

branches

History

has the following

branches

Medicine

has four major

branches or divisions

Abstract
Science

has the following

branches

Prepared by:
DENNIS GALIT COSMOD
Instructor I