GRADE 7 SCIENCE

THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION

2ND SEMESTER, SY 2019 – 2020

Name: __________________________________________ Section: _______________ Score: ______

Part I. Direction: Select the correct answer by encircling the letter of your choice.
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 an example of a vector quantity?

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

3. A car has an oil drip. As the car moves, it drips oil at a regular rate, leaving a trail of spots on the road.
Which of the following diagrams of the car’s trail of spots shows the car continuously slowing down?

a. c.

b. d.

4. The graph below shows the speed of an object during a 10 s time interval.

In which of the following time intervals is the speed of the object decreasing?
a. between 0 s and 2 s c. between 6 s and 8 s
b. between 2 s and 4 s d. between 8 s and 10 s

5. The graph below shows velocity measurements made as a car moved north for 25 s.

How far did the car move during the first 15 s of the trip?
a. 20 m b. 25 m c. 300 m d. 500 m
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6. A teacher asks a group of students to use a ruler to measure the amplitude of the wave shown below.

Between which of the following points should the amplitude be measured?

a. points U and Z c. points W and Y
b. points V and X d. points X and Z

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

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

8. 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 c. longitudinal wave
b. transverse wave d. non-mechanical wave

9. A string is tied on a spring. Two students then stretch out the spring, as shown below.

In which of the following ways does the string move when the students generate a longitudinal wave in
the spring?

a. c.

b. d.

10. Electromagnetic waves of various frequencies reach Earth from distant parts of the universe. Which of
the following can be inferred from this?
a. The wavelengths must be very short.
b. A single material must fill all of space.
c. These waves can travel without a medium.
d. The speed of these waves is 300,000,000 m/s.

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

12. 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.

13. The pictures below show four different bells made of the same material.

Which of the following bells should have the lowest pitch?

a. bell 1 b. bell 2 c . bell 3 d. bell 4
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14. In the figure below, child A and child B are equal distances from a ticking clock. Which child hears a
louder ticking sound?
a. Child A b. Child B. c. Child A and B

15. White light can be separated into the various colors of the visible spectrum. Which of the following is
form due to this phenomenon?
a. transverse light b. rainbow c. shadow d. photoelectric light

16. Which of the following waves require a material medium for their passage?
a. radio waves b. sound waves c. visible light d. X rays

17. A heated rock is placed in a container of water that is cooler than room temperature. Which of the
following statements best describes what happens?
a. Cold is removed from the container of water until the rock, the container, and the water all reach the
same final temperature.
b. The heated rock loses heat to the container of water until the rock, the container, and the water all
reach the same final temperature.
c. The heated rock loses heat to the container of water until the rock, the container, and the water each
reach a different final temperature.
d. Cold is removed from the container of water until the rock, the container, and the water each reach a
final temperature lower than their original temperatures

18. Which of the following is an example of heat transfer by conduction?

a. sunlight heating a floor
b. an electric stove heating an iron pan
c. an air conditioning unit that help cools a room
d. a wood stove heating nearby objects through electromagnetic waves

19. Which of the following conditions results in the build-up of static charge on an object?
a. when neutrons outnumber electrons
b. when there are more protons than neutrons
c. when there are more electrons than protons
d. when all neutrons have been removed from the object

20. A balloon is rubbed against a wool sweater. Which of the following occurs because of the rubbing?
a. destruction of charged particles on the balloon
b. release of charged particles from the air in the balloon
c. movement of negatively charged particles from one material to the other
d. movement of positively charged particles from one material to the other

21. When is an object considered to be in motion?

I. When its position changes with respect to a point of reference.
II. When its distance changes with respect to a point of reference.
III. When its direction changes with respect to a point of reference.

a. I and II only c. II and III only

b. I and III only d. I, II, and III

For questions 22 and 23, refer to the table below. Data were obtained from a 200-meter dash
competition.
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22. Which of the following statements is/are true?

I. The male athletes are faster than the female athletes.
II. Compared to the speed of the fastest male athlete, the average speed of the fastest female athlete is
slightly less.

a. I only c. Both I and II

b. II only d. Neither I nor II

23. How do you compute for the average speed of each athlete?
a. Multiply 200 meters by the recorded time of travel.
b. Divide 200 meters by the recorded time of travel.
c. Divide the recorded time of travel by 200 meters.
d. Divide 200 meters by twice the recorded time of travel.

24. Which of the following is true about an object that travels 5 meters to the left, then 2 meters up, then
another 5 meters to the right?
a. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters.
b. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters.
c. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters down.
d. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters down.

25. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the object moving with constant speed?
a. The object is not accelerating
b. The speed of the object is equal to zero.
c. The distance travelled by the object increases uniformly
d. The speed of the object remains the same all throughout the travel

26. Which of the following graphs shows that the object’s motion is accelerating?

a. b. c. d.

27. Consider the diagram below

The amplitude of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter _______.

28. Indicate the interval that represents a half wavelength.

a. A to E c. A to B
b. B to F d. C to E

29. Mechanical waves transport energy from one place to another through
a. Alternately vibrating particles of the medium
b. Particles traveling with the wave
c. Vibrating particles and traveling particles
d. None of the above

30. In a transverse wave, the individual particles of the medium

a. move in circles
b. move in ellipses
c. move parallel to the direction of travel
d. move perpendicular to the direction of travel
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31. The higher the frequency of a wave,

a. the lower its speed
b. the shorter its wavelength
c. the greater its amplitude
d. the longer its period

32. Waves in a lake are 5.00 m in length and pass an anchored boat 1.25 s apart. The speed of the waves
is
a. 0.25 m/s c. 6.25 m/s
b. 4.00 m/s d. impossible to find from the information given

33. Energy from the sun reaches the earth through

a. ultraviolet waves c. mechanical waves
b. infrared waves d. electromagnetic waves

34. Which of the following objects will produce sound?

a. soft objects c. vibrating objects
b. radio stations d. objects under pressure

35. Which of the following best describes a high frequency sound? It has _____________.
a. low pitch c. low energy
b. high pitch d. A and C

36. Compared to a thin string of the same length and tightness a thick string produces sounds of
____________.
a. the same pitch c. higher pitch
b. lower pitch d. lower then higher pitch

37. A sound wave is a _____________.

a. longitudinal wave c. standing wave
b. transverse wave d. shock wave

38. Which of the following is not capable of transmitting sound?

a. air b. water c. steel d. a vacuum

39. Which of the following would most likely transmit sound best?
a. Steel in cabinet c. Air in your classroom
b. Water in the ocean d. Water in a swimming pool

40. Which of the following is NOT an electromagnetic wave?

a. Infrared b. Radio c. Sound d. X ray

41. How does the wavelength of infrared (IR) compare with the wavelength of ultraviolet (UV) waves?
a. Infrared waves have longer wavelength.
b. Infrared waves have shorter wavelength.
c. IR waves have the same wavelength as the UV waves.
d. IR is not comparable in wavelength with the UV waves

42. Among all the electromagnetic waves (EM), which has the highest frequency?
a. Infrared radiation c. Ultraviolet
b. Radio wave d. Gamma rays

43. ROYGBIV is the basic component of white light. Which color of light carries the most energy?
a. Blue b. Green c. Orange d. Red

44. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Which characteristic is common in all electromagnetic waves?
a. amplitude b. frequency c. speed d. wavelength

Part II. Direction: Draw waves to represent each electromagnetic wave. Your illustrations must represent the
wavelength of a wave relative to the others. Number 1 is done for you.

1. GAMMA RAYS
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2. X-RAYS

3. ULTRAVIOLET WAVES

4. VISIBLE LIGHT

5. INFRARED WAVES

6. MICROWAVES

7. RADIO WAVES

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