DIVISION OF NORTHERN SAMAR

GAMAY 1- DISTRICT
GAMAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
S.Y 2022-2023

Subject & Grade level: PHYSICAL SCIENCE 12 Score________

Name of Learner__________________________ Date_________

4th QUARTER
FINAL EXAM
TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Directions: Choose the letter of your answer from the choices below every question. Write your answer
on the answer sheet that is being provided for you.

1. Which of the following is the shape of the Earth according to ancient Greeks?
a. Circle b. Octagon c. Flat disc d. Octagon
2. What is the shape of the earth as described by modern astronomy?
a. Ellipsoid b. Hyperboloid c. Oblate paraboloid d. Oblate spheroid
3. Which of the following ancient Greek philosopher computed for the circumference of the Earth?
a. Anaxagoras b. Pythagoras c. Eratosthenes d. Aristotle
4. According to Eratosthenes’ computations what is the circumference of the Earth?
a. 250 000 stadia b. 500 stadia c. 7.2 stadia d. 40 000 stadia
5. Which of the following is NOT true about Aristotle’s concept of violent motion?
a. Violent motion is imposed motion c. Violent motion is the result of forces that push or pull
b. Violent motion has an external cause d. Violent motion is thought to be either straight up or
straight down
6. How does Aristotle define motion?
a. Motion is a push or a pull c. Motion is the actuality of potentiality
b. Motion is the application of force d. Motion is the tendency of something to change
direction
7. The amount of matter in an object is called its
a. inertia c. force
b. balance d. mass
8. The force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against each other is called
a. gravity c. friction
b. inertia d. acceleration
9. What happens to the motion of the ball as it rolls up on an inclined plane?
a. Speed up c. Continue Moving
b. Slow Down d. Full Stop
10. Imagine a place in the cosmos far from all gravitational and frictional influences. Suppose that you
visit that place and throw a rock horizontally, what will happen to the rock?
a. gradually stop. c. it will still be moving but later comes to stop
b. continue in motion in the same direction at constant speed. d. it will not move
11. A 2-kg object is moving horizontally with a speed of 4 m/s. How much net force is required to keep
the object moving at that speed and in that direction?
a. 0 N c. 4 N
b. 2 N d. 8 N
12. Mac and Tosh are arguing in the cafeteria. Mac says that if he flings the Jell-O with a greater speed it
will have a greater inertia. Tosh argues that inertia does not depend upon speed, but rather upon mass.
Who explains it correctly?
a. Mac c. Both
b. Tosh d. Neither of the two
13. Fred spends most Sunday afternoons at rest on the sofa, watching pro football games and
consuming large quantities of food. What affect (if any) does this practice have upon his inertia? Fred's
inertia will
a. remain the same c. increase
b. decrease d. cannot be determined
14. With electrons in the double-slit experiment, physicists know
a) where an electron will hit the screen.
b) which slit does the electron went through, without the aid of a detector.
c) that the electron went through both slits.
d) that all of the interpretations give the same predictions for the overall results.
15. When we perform the two-slit experiment with electrons, we find that the electrons behave
a) just like bullets. c) like bullets when they are detected but the pattern is wave-like.
b) just like water waves. d) like waves when they are detected but the pattern is particle-like.
16. Which of the following provides evidence of the wave nature of matter?
a) Diffraction of light c) Cathode ray
b) Photoelectric effect d) Electron diffraction
17. The Davisson-Germier experiment is famously known for
a) The discovery of the electron c) Observing light diffraction
b) Demonstrating the wave nature of matter d) Observing Rydberg’s formula
18. Which of the following phenomena provides the best evidence that particles can have wave
properties?
a) The absorption of photons by electrons in an atom
b) The interference pattern produced by neutrons incident on a crystal
c) The production of x-rays by electrons striking a metal target
d) Compton scattering
19. The most observable object in the sky are called?
a. Clouds and sun c. moon and gnomon
b. sun and moon d. all of the above
20. It is the Babylonian and Egyptians civilizations used a primitive version of a sundial
a. telescope c. sun
b. moon d. gnomon

Test II - MODIFIED TRUE or FALSE

Directions: Write the word GALILEO if the statement is TRUE and ARISTOTLE if the statement is FALSE on
the space provided before the number and underlined the word that makes the statement incorrect and
write the correct word after the statement.
21. Friction greatly affects the motion of moving object.
22. A force is needed for something to move.
23. Aristotle states that gravity affects the motion of falling object.
24. A ball moving along a horizontal plain will move endlessly even with friction.
25. The combination of all the forces that act on an object is called a net force.
Which Is the Greatest?
Directions: Read the following questions carefully then encircle the correct answer.
26. Which has a longer wavelength? Microwave or Infrared
27. Which has a lower frequency? X rays or Gamma rays
28. Which has a higher frequency? Visible L or Ultraviolet
29. Which has more energy? Radio/TV or Infrared
30. Which has more energy? Red light or Green light
31. Which has a higher frequency? Orange light or Blue light
32. Which has a shorter wavelength? Ultraviolet or X-rays
33. Which has lesser energy? Radio/TV or Visible L
34. Which has lower frequency? Blue light or Red light
35.Which has a lesser energy? Yellow light or Orange light

TEST III ESSAY WRITING

36-40 Why does the color of clothing appear different in sunlight than it does in a store of florescent
light?
41-44 What are the harmful effects of radio waves?
45 Is it possible to travel faster than the speed of light?

TEST IV PROBLEM SOLVING (5 POINTS)

Solve the following problems using mass- velocity relation and energy –mass relation.
46-50. A 25 kg rock is accelerated to a speed of 0.98c. a. What would the mass of this rock be at this
speed?

Prepared by;
MARLINA O CREBELLO
Subject Teacher

Checked by;
RENATO C. CASUCO,HT-I
SHS Department Head
 Noted by;
ZENAIDA A. AQUINO, HT-VI
School Head