Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I – IlocosRegion
La Union Schools Division Office
President Elpidio Quirino National High School
San Agustin East,Agoo, La Union

THIRD PERIODICAL EXAM IN SCIENCE 7

NAME:__________________________________________________________________SCORE: _____________
GRADE & SECTION: ____________________________________________________DATE: ______________

DIRECTIONS. Read each question carefully. Write the letter of your answer on the space
provided.

_____1. Which refers to the length of the entire path travelled by an object?
A. displacement B. distance C. motion D. time
_____2. What do you call a place, or an object used for comparison to determine if something is in
motion?
A. beginning B. starting point C. reference point D. stationary
_____3. Which of the following is referred to as the shortest distance from the initial position to
the
final position?
A. displacement B. distance C. reference point D. velocity
_____4. Which of the following can be used to represent the motion of an object?
A. diagram B. flow chart C. formula D. pie graph
_____5. Which of the following statements CORRECTLY describes the motion of the car?
I. The car is at rest at point A-B and C-D.
II. The car is slowing down at point A-O.
III. The car increases in speed at point O-A.
IV. The car slows down from 6 m/s to 4 m/s at point B-C.
A. II only B. I and III only C. II and IV only D. I,III & IV only
_____6. What refers to a periodic disturbance that moves away from a source and carries energy
with it?
A. energy B. force C. motion D. wave
_____7. What do you call the highest point of a wave?
A. amplitude B. crest C. trough D. wavelength
_____8. Which of the following color has the longest wavelength?
A. blue B. green C. red D. violet
_____9. ROYGBIV is the basic component of white light. Which color of light has the highest
frequency?
A. orange B. red C. violet D. yellow
_____10. Which of the following processes of heat transfer requires the presence of a fluid?
A. conduction B. convection C. dispersion D. radiation
_____11. Which type of heating causes sunburn?
A. conduction B. convection C. dispersion D. radiation
_____12. Which of the following is not an example of radiation?
A. sun’s rays B. heat from a fire
C. stir frying in a pan D. baking in an oven
_____13. What do you call the method of charging an object by rubbing it against another object?
It
is called charging by_______.
A. conduction B. friction C. induction D. static discharge
_____14. Which of the following is an example of a conductor?
A. glass B. metal C. rubber D. wood
_____15. What will happen when two like charges are brought together?
A. attract each other B. have no effect on each other
 C. neutralized each other D. repel each other

_____16. 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, II, and III B. I and II only C. I and III only D. II and III only
_____17. How can you explain your travel through an illustration if you travel 200m from your
house to the market then back to your house?

A. House _____________________________ Market

B. House Market

B. House _____________________________ Market

C. House Market

_____18. Ethan claims that the house where he lives is constantly moving. Which of the following
points of references do you think will best support his claim?
A. earth B. floor C. house D. sun
_____19. If the length of the tape increases by the same amount in each time interval, what does
it
tell us about the motion of the object?
A. The object has a uniform acceleration.
B. The object has a negative acceleration.
C. The object is increasing the distance travelled.
D. The object is speeding up and then slowing down at some point.
_____20. What happens to the wavelength as the frequency of wave increases?
A. It decreases. B. It increases.
C. It does not change D. It remains the same.
_____21. Which of the following shows an increasing order of frequency in the visible spectrum?
A. blue, green, violet, indigo B. green, blue, indigo, violet
C. indigo, violet, green, blue D. violet, indigo, blue, green
_____22. What is the correct direction of heat transfer?
A. from an object of lower temperature to an object of lower temperature
B. from an object of higher temperature to an object of lower temperature
C. from an object of lower temperature to an object of higher temperature
D. from an object of higher temperature to an object of higher temperature
_____23. Why are metals useful for making electrical wires?
A. metals do not blend B. metals hold much heat
C. metals are insulators D. metals are good conductors
_____24. How is the process of charging by conduction possible?
A. by distributing the charges B. by touching two charged objects
C. by rubbing the two objects D. by placing it in contact with a charged object
_____25. What law states that charges are neither created nor destroyed but only transferred
from
one material to another?
A. Electrostatic Law B. Kirchhoff’s Law
C. Law of Charges D. Law of Conservation of Charge
For numbers 26-28. Given the illustration below, read and answer the questions that follow.
_____26. What is the position of the car with the house as its reference point?
A. – 10 m B. 0 m C. 40 m D. 50 m

_____27. Suppose the car moved 20 meters to the right, then turned 10 meters back to the
left. What is its distance travelled and displacement?
A. The distance will be 30 meters and the displacement will be 0.
B. The distance will be 20 meters and the displacement will be 10 m, right.
C. The distance will be 30 meters and the displacement will be 10 m, right.
D. The distance will be 10 meters and the displacement will be 10 m, right.
_____28. During summer storm, the wind is blowing with a velocity of 10 m/s north. Suddenly in 2
seconds, the wind’s velocity is 24 m/s north. What is the acceleration?
A. 7 m/s north B. 7 m/s2 north C. 7 m/s south D. 7 m/s2 south
_____29. A ball that is moving slowly with steady speed in a straight track suddenly speeds up as
it
rolls down a hill. Which of the following ticker tape diagrams correctly represent the
motion
of the ball?

_____30. Earthquake(seismic)waves are felt through the grounds. Are these waves
electromagnetic in
nature?
A. Yes, because they carry energy
B. No, because they are mechanical waves.
C. No, because they do not need medium to propagate.
D. Yes, because they need medium in order to propagate.
_____31. A girl’s hands become warm after holding a mug of hot coffee would be an example of
which type of heat transfer?
A. conduction B. convection C. cooking D. radiation
_____32. During camping, you feel hot standing before a bonfire. How is heat transferred?
A. The heat from the bonfire is transferred by adsorption.
B. The heat from the bonfire is transferred by conduction.
C. The heat from the bonfire is transferred by convection.
D. The heat from the bonfire is transferred by radiation.
_____33. If you comb your hair and the comb becomes positively charged, what will happen to
your
hair? It will ___________.
A. become negatively charged B. become positively charged
C. be repelled by the comb D. remain unchanged
_____34. What energy transformation occurs when the flashlight is switched on?
A. chemical → electricity → light B. chemical → magnetic → light
C. heat → magnetic → light D. mechanical → electrical → light
_____35. Which of the following briefly summarizes the law of electric charges?
A. Charges always repel.
B. Charges always attract.
C. Charges that are opposite in nature repel; Charges that are the same in nature
repel.
D. Charges that are opposite in nature attract; Charges that are the same in nature
attract.
_____36. Which of the following best describes the difference between distance and displacement
in
the context of motion?
A. Distance measures speed, while displacement measures velocity.
 B. Distance is a scalar quantity, while displacement is a vector quantity.
B. Distance is a vector quantity, while displacement is a scalar quantity.
D. Distance accounts for the total path traveled, while displacement measures
only the straight-line distance between the initial and final positions.
_____37. Why should you specify a reference frame when describing motion? It is because
________.
A. reference frames affect the motion of an object
B. motion appears the same in all reference frames
C. description of motion depends on the reference frame
D. you can see motion better from certain reference frames

_____38. If you jerk the rope up and down faster, what will happen? The frequency of the wave
____.
A. increases and the wavelength increases
B. decreases and the wavelength increases
C. increases and the wavelength decreases
D. decreases and the wavelength decreases
For item number 39, refer to the table below.
Color of Light Wavelength Frequency
(nm) (THz)
Violet 400 744
Green 530 566
Yellow 580 517
Red 700 422

_____39. Which of the following statements is NOT correct based on the table?
A. Different colors of light have different wavelengths.
B. Different colors of light have different frequencies.
C. When the wavelength is long, the frequency is low.
D. When the wavelength is long, the frequency is high.
_____40. Ms. Jojo rubbed two balloons with a piece of wool separately. What will happen when are
the balloons brought near each other?
A. The balloons will pop. .
B. The balloons will repel each other.
C. The balloons will attract each other.
D. The balloons will become positively charged.
_____41. Based on the given time-distance graph of the speed of four cars, which car below is
moving the fastest?
car C car D
car A car B
distance

time
A. car A B. car B C. car C D. car D
_____42. Jenelene was asked by her science teacher if an object’s displacement can be longer
than
distance. She answered no. Is Jenelene’s answer correct?
A. Yes, displacement can be longer to the distance.
B. No, displacement is the total length covered by an object in motion.
C. Yes, displacement is the longest length between two object’s point of origin
and its point of destination.
D. No, displacement is the shortest length between two object’s point of origin
and its point of destination.
_____43. Which of the following arrangement of media is the speed of sound increasing?
A. air, metal, water B. air, water, metal
 C. metal, alcohol, air D. wood, water, air
_____44. On a summer morning, Johnny walks barefoot across his paved driveway with no
problem.
However, later that afternoon he steps barefoot onto the same driveway and must
quickly
run off because the bottoms of his feet feel like they are burning. Why is this so?
A. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved slower and the thermal energy increased.
B. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved slower and the thermal energy decreased.
C. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved faster and the thermal energy increased.
D. As the temperature increased during the day, the particles in the pavement
moved faster and the thermal energy decreased.

_____45. What must be the charges be for A and B in the figure so that they produce the electric
field lines shown?
A. A and B must both be positive.
B. A and B must both be negative.
C. A must be negative, and B must be positive.
D. A must be positive, and B must be negative.
_____46. Ella, Lance, Mikaela, and Zac were asked by their teacher to draw a speed-time graph
showing that an object is moving at a constant speed. The following illustrations below
show their speed-time graphs. Who do you think among the four students got the
correct
answer?

A. Mikaela is correct because a line curving upwards shows a constant speed.

B. Zac is correct because a straight line going to the right indicates that the speed is
not changing.
C. Lance is correct because a straight line going to the left indicates that the speed
is
the same over time.
D. Ella is correct because a straight horizontal line above the x-axis means that the
speed is not changing over time.
_____47. Karen was asked by her science teacher if the movement of sound can be faster in solid
than in liquid. She answered yes. Is Karen correct?
A. No, because sound travels faster in liquid than in solid.
B. No, because solid and liquid have the same speed of sound.
C. Yes, because solid components are more elastic than liquid.
D. Yes, because the molecules are more compressed in solid than in liquid.
_____48. When cooking, you feel hot standing before the stove. How is heat transferred?
A. The heat from the stove is transferred by radiation.
B. The heat from the stove is transferred by convection.
C. The heat from the stove is transferred by adsorption.
D. The heat from the stove is transferred by conduction.
Refer to the illustration below. Suppose two light sources, A and B, showed equal illumination on
the surface of a board when placed 200 cm and 100 cm, respectively, away from it.
 _____49. How do you think does the light intensity of A compare to B?
A. Both A and B have the same light intensity.
B. The light intensity of A is half as strong as the light intensity of B.
C. The light intensity of A is twice as strong as the light intensity of B.
D. The light intensity of A is four times as strong as the light intensity of B.
_____50. A negatively charged rod is placed near a metal can that rests on a wooden chair. You
touch the opposite side of the can momentarily with your finger. If you remove your
finger
before removing the rod, what will happen to the can?
A. It will be discharged.
B. Its charge will remain as it was.
C. It will become positively charged.
D. It will become negatively charged.

Prepared by:
MADELYN A. FANGON ALMA ETAELA G. GARCIA ETHEYL F. SOLANO
T-III T-III T-III
Checked by:
RODEL D. BALDERAS GASPAS B. CALLETONG
MT – II HT – III

Noted:
EDITHA D. HERRERA
School Principal II