Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Bureau of Secondary Education
Technical-Vocational Unit
Region IV-MIMAROPA
Division of Occidental Mindoro
SAN JOSE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL
Murtha, San Jose, Occidental Mindoro
E-mail Address: sjnaihs1969@[Link]

THIRD QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

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I. Multiple choice
Direction: Read the questions carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. 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

2. Which of the following statements describes motion CORRECTLY?

a. The speed of an object over time
b. The change in position of an object over time
c. The change in velocity of an object over time
d. An object that has no change in position over time
3. Elsa is sitting very still on a chair. But Jose claims that Elsa is actually moving. Jose is true if the
point of reference is the ____________.
a. chair c. Floor
b. Earth d. sun
4. What is the term to describe when the distance and direction of an object changes from its starting
point?
a. displacement c. motion
b. distance d. reference point

5. How far an object has moved in comparison to where it began is called?

a. displacement c. motion
b. distance d. reference point

6. It refers to the shortest distance between the object’s two positions, like the distance between its
point of origin and its point of destination, no matter what path it took to get that destination.
a. distance c. motion
b. displacement d. speed

7. How will you describe distance from displacement?

I. A girl walking on the foot-walk from canteen to library, while her friend walk across the
canteen to library.
II. A boy and a girl walk slowly in the foot walk from canteen to library.
a. I only c. I and III
b. . III only d. none of these

8. Which of the following is true about the object that travels 10 meters west, then 4 meters North, then
another 10 meters to the East?
a. The displacement if the of the object is equal to 24 meters.
b. The total distance travelled of the object is equal to 24 meters.
c. The displacement of the object is equal to 24 meters.
d. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 24 meters down.

9. Dong walked 300 m east from home to visit Utoy. He then walked another 400 m north to fetch
Inday and both of them walked 300 m west to watch the birds. He left Inday then walked 400 m
north. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
a. Dong went home.
b. Dong has travelled a total distance of 1.4 km.
c. Dong’s displacement is shorter than the total distance he has travelled.
d. Dong’s displacement is zero if he has travelled 400 m south after leaving Inday.
10. Which of the following is TRUE about an object that travels 7 meters to the west, then 2 meters
north, then 7 meters east?
a. The displacement of the object is equal to 16 meters.
b. The displacement of the object is equal to 16 meters down.
c. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 2 meters.
d. The total distance traveled by the object is equal to 16 meters.
11. Which of the following is an example of displacement?
a. 180 km/h North c. 20 km/h/min, 45° North of East

b. 60 km/h d. 100 km, 36° West of South

12. Based on the diagram below, is it possible to get zero displacement?

a. no, because there’s equal distance and displacement travelled by the object
b. yes, when the object goes back to their starting position
c. no, because distance differs to displacement
d. yes, distance is equal to displacement
13. A girl leaves a history classroom and walks 10 meters north to a drinking fountain. Then she turns
and walks 30 meters south to an art classroom. What is the girl's total displacement from the history
classroom to the art classroom?
a. 20 m south c. 40 m north
b. 20 m north d. 40 m south
14. What is velocity?
a. acceleration c. the location of an object
b. speed in a specific direction d. acceleration
15. Velocity is a vector measurement because it has both a magnitude and a ________.
a. direction c. temperature
b. distance d. time
16. If a person runs 100 meters in 10 seconds, what is their average speed?
a. 1 m/s c. 3 m/s
b. 2 m/s d. 10 m/s
17. What is the average speed of the jeepney that travel 200km in 4hours?
a. 50km/hr c. 30km/hr
b. 500m/s d. 25km/hr
18. What will be the acceleration of a car if it has a constant acceleration?
a. zero b. increased
c. decreased d. not determined
The position vs. time graph of a moving object is shown to the right. Use this graph to
answer questions 19 through 22.
19. What is the average speed from 0 s to 4 s?
a. 0.5 m/s c. 2 m/s
b. 1 m/s d. 3 m/s
20. What is the average speed from 4 s to 8 s?
a. 0.5 m/s c. 2 m/s
b. 1 m/s d. 3 m/s
21. What is the object’s position at 6 s?
a. 1 m c. 3 m
b. 2 m d. 7
22. An object moves with a constant acceleration of 5 m/s 2. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The object’s velocity stays the same
b. The object moves 5 m each second
c. The object’s acceleration increases by 5 m/s2 each second
d. The object’s acceleration decreases by 5 m/s2 each second
23. ______________ describes how fast something is going, whereas, __________ describes how
fast something is going and in a certain direction.
a. Speed, velocity c. Rate, velocity
b. Rate, speed d. Speed, acceleration

24. Starting from the origin, a person walks 6 km east during first day, and 3 km east the next day.
What is the net displacement of the person from the initial point in two days?
a. 6 km, west b. 3 km, east c. 10 km, east d. 9 km, east
25. A drag racer accelerated from 0 m/s to 200 m/s in 5 s. What was the acceleration?
a. 0 m/s c. -40 m/s2
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b. 40 m/s d. 40 m/s
26. Which of the following graphs shows that the object’s motion is accelerating?

a. c.

b. d.

27. A rocket with an initial velocity of 8 m/s hits the ground at 640 m/s in eight seconds. Find the
acceleration.
a. 79 m/s2 c. 80 mi/hr
b. 80 m/s2 d. 0.0125m/s
28. Energy from the sun reaches the earth though ___________________.
a. electromagnetic waves c. mechanical waves
b. infrared waves d. ultraviolet waves
29. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Which characteristic is common in all electromagnetic waves?
a. amplitude c. speed
b. frequency d. wavelength
30. What is the movement of water molecules when a wave passes by?
a. It moves up and down.
b. It moves in all direction.
c. It moves in straight line.
d. It moves in a circular motion.
31. Electromagnetic waves can travel through space they do not need this to travel through
____________.
a. a charge c. magnetic field
b. electric energy d. medium
32. What wavelength from the electromagnetic spectrum has a long wavelength and low frequency?
a. gamma rays c. visible light
b. radio waves d. x-rays
33. Sound energy can travel through transverse wave while light energy can travel in space through
____________.
a. electromagnetic waves c. surface waves
b. mechanical waves d. both A and C
34. A pulse sent down a long string eventually dies away and disappears. What happens to its energy?
a. the pulse does not carry the energy
b. the energy disappears with the wave
c. the energy remains along the length of the string
d. the energy is transferred from the wave to the environment
35. What happens when waves pass by?
a. energy travels in the form of waves
b. energy travels in the direction of the waves
c. waves can set other objects to move
d. particles vibrate alternately to transport the energy of the wave
36. What does a mechanical wave travel through?
a. a medium c. nothing
b. air d. vacuum
37. Which of the following types of waves is NOT a mechanical wave?
a. light waves c. sound waves
b. seismic waves d. water waves
38. Mechanical waves transport energy from one place to another through _______________.
a. alternately vibrating particles of the medium.
b. particles traveling with the waves.
c. vibrating particles and traveling particles.
d. None of the above
39. 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 the travel
40. In transverse wave, the individual particles of the medium wave perpendicular to wave direction
while longitudinal waves the individual particles of the medium vibrate back and forth to wave
direction but electromagnetic waves _________________.
a. can travel with material medium for their passage
b. can travel without material medium for their passage
c. can travel in a circular pattern to the direction of wave
d. can travel in space both circulating and alternating wave pattern
41. Using a spring, a portion of the wave is alternately compressed and extended. What kind of wave is
produced?
a. chemical waves
b. electromagnetic waves
c. longitudinal waves
d. transverse waves
42. Which statement distinguishes transverse, longitudinal and electromagnetic waves?
a. both travel in the same direction
b. transverse and longitudinal waves are mechanical waves
c. both mechanical and electromagnetic wave have energy
d. transverse and longitudinal waves need medium of waves propagation while electromagnetic
wave does not
43. Which of the following shows the interval that represents a half wavelength?

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

Consider the diagram below to answer the question.

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45. The amplitude of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter _____.
a. B b. C c. A d. E
46. Supposed you observed an anchored boat to rise and full once every 4.0 seconds as waves whose
crest are 25 meters apart pass by it. What is the frequency of the observed waves?
a. the frequency of the waves is 0.25Hz
b. the frequency of the waves is 0.35Hz
c. the frequency of the waves is 0.45Hz
d. the frequency of the waves is 0.55Hz
51. A string of guitar is being plucked in 1 second. Set A is pluck slowly while set B is plucked forcedly.
What is true on the situation?

a. the higher the frequency the shorter the wavelength

b. the lower the frequency the longer the wavelength
c. the higher the frequency the longer the wavelength
d. there is no correlation in both situations
47. The vibration of frequency 5Hz sends a wave of wavelength 0.8m down a rope. What is the speed
of the wave?
a. 4m/s b. 6.45m/s b. 5m/s d. 2m/s
48. What is the relationship between wave speed, wavelength and frequency?
a. wave speed is equal to frequency less wavelength
b. wave speed is equal to frequency plus wavelength
c. wave speed is equal to frequency time wavelengths
d. wave speed is equal to frequency divided by wavelength
49. The higher the frequency of a wave, _________________.
a. the longer its period c. the greater its amplitude
b. the lower its circles d. the shorter its wavelength
50. Of the following properties of wave, the one that is independent of the others is its ________.
a. amplitude b. frequency c. wavelength d. wave speed

May the odds be ever in your favor!

Prepared by:

Ma’am Diane Marr N. Dencio

Grade 7 Science Teacher