PHYSICAL SCIENCE

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Directions. Read each of the following questions carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided for each number.

______1. Which of the following describes the closest point to the sun in a planet’s orbit?
A. Focus B. Equant C. Aphelion D. Perihelion

______2. What Earth’s precession is the result of gravitational pull of the moon and the sun?
A. Lunar B. Solar C. Equinoxes D. Lunisolar

______3. How many spheres were used by Eudoxus to model the universe?
A. 25 B. 26 C. 27 D. 28

______4. What do you call the group of stars that forms an imaginary picture?
A. Moon B. Galaxy C. Constellation D. Solar System

______5. The apparent daily motion of the stars as a result of Earth’s rotation about its axis is called
__________
A. Annual motion C. retrograde motion
B. Diurnal motion D. precession of the equinoxes

______6. Which of the following is NOT an astronomical observation of Galileo?

A. Stellar parallax B. Phases of Venus C. Lunar Craters D. Jupiter’s moons

______7. Who was considered the last and the greatest astronomer prior to the invention of the telescope?
A. Galileo C. Aristarchus
B. Copernicus D. Brahe

______8. Which of the following is NOT a proponent of the geocentric model of the universe?
A. Aristotle C. Copernicus
B. Pythagoras D. Ptolemy

______9. What results from the motion of the sun caused by Earth’s revolution around it?
A. Annual motion C. Retrograde motion
B. Diurnal motion D. Precession of the Equinoxes

______10. Which of the following is NOT a type of terrestrial motion based on Aristotle model?
A. Alteration C. Uniform motion
B. Natural motion D. Violent motion

______11. According to Aristotle, applying a force to move an object from its natural place is an example of
_______
A. Alteration C. Natural motion
B. Corruption D. Violent motion

______12. Which of type of motion according to Aristotle is illustrated when dry leaves fall from a tree to the
ground?
A. Violent motion C. Alteration
B. Natural motion D. Corruption

______13. A horizontal line in a velocity-time graph represents __________

A. No motion at all C. uniformly accelerated motion
B. Uniform motion D. uniformly decelerated motion

______14. A horizontal line in a displacement-time graph represents ___________

A. Uniform motion C. uniformly decelerated motion
B. No motion at all D. uniformly accelerated motion

______15. The slope of the line tangent to a point on a displacement-time graph for a uniformly accelerated motion
gives __________
A. Acceleration C. Average velocity
 B. Initial velocity D. Instantaneous velocity

______16. The maximum height of an object thrown vertically upward, _________

A. Velocity = 0, acceleration = g
B. Velocity = 0, acceleration = -g
C. Velocity ≠ 0, acceleration = g
D. Velocity ≠0, acceleration = -g

______17. The greater the mass of an object, ___________

A. The more balanced it is C. the more space it takes up
B. The greater is its inertia D. the easier it is to be move

______18. If the net force acting on a stationary object is zero, then the object will ______
A. Remain at rest
B. Decelerate at a steady rate of speed
C. Accelerate in the direction of the strongest force
D. Begin moving backward

______19. Which of Newton’s Laws best explains why motorists should buckle up?
A. Law of interaction C. Law of inertia
B. Law of acceleration D. law of universal gravitation

______20. The product of mass and velocity is called _________

A. Acceleration C. impulse
B. Force D. momentum

For numbers 21-25, refer on the problem stated below:

Pau went to the market that is 15 km from his house and then went back home since he forgot the list of
things that he has to buy. The time it takes to travel from his house to the market is 20 minutes.

______21. What is the speed of Pau in going to the market?

A. 45 kph C. 47 kph
B. 46 kph D. 48 kph

______22. What is d in the formula of speed?

A. Displacement C. Density
B. Distance D. Deceleration

______23. What is the total distance travelled by Pau?

A. 35 km C. 25 km
B. 30 km D. 20 km

______24. What is the total displacement of Pau?

A. 0 km C. 30 km
B. 15 km D. 45 km

______25. What is the velocity of Pau?

A. 45 kph C. 15 kph
B. 30 kph D. 0 kph

For numbers 26-30, refer to the stated problem below:

The car can go from 0 to 60 kph in just 8.0 seconds.

______26. What is the acceleration of the car?

A. 5.5 kph/s C. 7.5 kph/s
B. 6.5 kph/s D. 8.5 kph/s

______27. What kind of acceleration is shown by the car?

A. Normal acceleration C. Positive acceleration
B. Informal acceleration D. Negative acceleration

______28. What is the final velocity of the car?

A. 0 kph C. 8.0 seconds
B. 60 kph D. all of these
______29. What is the acceleration of the car if it takes 3 seconds for it to stop from 60 kph?
A. -10 kph C. 10 kph
B. -20 kph D. 20 kph

______30. What is the final velocity of the car in no. 29 problem?

A. 3 seconds C. 0 kph
B. 60 kph D. both B and C

For numbers 31-35, refer to the problem below:

A force of 49 N exerted in an object causes a 7 m/s 2 acceleration.

______31. What is the force exerted on the object?

A. 7 m/s2 C. 49 N
B. 9.8 m/s2 D. none of these

______32. What is the acceleration of the object?

A. 7 m/s2 C. 49 N
B. 9.8 m/s2 D. none of these

______33. What is the formula for FORCE?

A. F=mv C. F=ma
B. F=dt D. F=av

______34. What is the mass of an object?

A. 7 N C. 7 kg
B. 7 m/s2 D. 7 m

______35. What do you think will be its acceleration if you are going to double the force exerted?
A. the force will be doubled
B. the force will be less
C. the acceleration will be doubled
D. the acceleration will be less

For number 36-45, choose the appropriate law of motion that is applicable to each situation below.

A. law of inertia C. law of interaction

B. law of acceleration D. None of these are applicable

______36. A larger car takes more force to move.

______37. When you put a book on a table the table pushes on the book.

______38. The basketball bounces onto the floor and hands of the player.

______39. A person is pushed forward into their seatbelt when a car stops.

______40. A person leans on a wall and the wall pushes back.

______41. A brick sits on a table until you push it.

______42. Jonathon wants to put ketchup on his hamburger. He turns the ketchup bottle at an angle toward his
plate and smacks the bottom of the bottle until the ketchup comes.

______43. A golfer swings her club down to hit a golf ball on a tree.

______44. A boy and a girl on ice skates stand facing each other. The girl puts her arms out and pushes away
from the boy.

______45. Tony hit the dummy with more force and causes it to accelerate faster than his friend.
For numbers 46-50, choose from the following options:

A. Inertia D. Net force

B. Mass E. Force
C. Gravity

______46. Force pulling all object toward each other.

______47. An action that can cause motion.

______48. The amount of matter in an object.

______49. Total of all the forces on an object.

______50. Ability of an object to resist change of motion.