Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region I
Schools Division of Ilocos Sur
SOLOTSOLOT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
300081

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
4th Quarter, 2nd Semester

SUMMATIVE TEST # 1
Week 1-2

Name: _____________________________ Section: ___________________ Score: _________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read the following items carefully. Encircle the letter of your choice. STRICTLY NO ERASURES.

1. Which of the following is the shape of the Earth according to ancient Greeks?
a. cylinder b. octagon c. flat disc d. sphere

2. What is the shape of the Earth as described by modern astronomy?

a. ellipsoid c. hyperboloid
b. oblate spheroid d. oblate paraloid

3. Which of the following ancient Greek philosophers computed for the circumference of the Earth?
a. Anaxagoras b. Pythagoras c. Eratosthenes d. Aristotle

4. According to Erastothenes’ computations, what is the circumference of the Earth?

a. 250,000 stadia c. 500 stadia
b. 7.2 stadia d. 40,000 stadia

5. Which of the following is 250 000 stadia equal to?

a. 40,000 kilometers c. 40,000 meters
b. 40,000 miles d. 40,000 inches

6. In which of the following events can the circular shadow of the Earth be observed most notably?
a. solar eclipse c. lunar eclipse
b. summer solstice d. winter solstice

7. Which of the following describes the position of the North Star if you go nearer the equator?
a. Closer to the horizon
b. Farther away from the horizon.
c. The North Star is fixed wherever you are on the Earth.
d. It disappears completely.

8. Which of the following can be observed of a cruising ship if the Earth is a flat disc?
a. It will shrink then only the sail will be visible until it completely disappears.
b. It will become bigger and bigger.
c. It will not change its size.
d. It will become smaller and smaller until it disappears.

9. During which time did Eratosthenes observe the shadows cast by a vertical stick?
a. noon time in summer solstice c. during a lunar eclipse
b. noon time in winter solstice d. during a solar eclipse

10. According to Eratosthenes, which of the following explains why a vertical stick casts a shadow in Alexandria but not in
Syene?
I. The Sun is directly overhead in Syene while in Alexandria, it is only almost directly overhead.
II. The light rays coming from the sun are parallel, and the Earth is curved.
III. The light rays coming from the sun are curved, and the Earth is flat.
IV. The Sun is directly overhead in Alexandria while in Syene, it is only almost directly overhead.
a. I only b. I and II c. III and IV d. II and IV

11. What practical value did astronomy offer to ancient civilizations?

a. It helped them understand our cosmic origins.
b. It allowed them to predict eclipses with great accuracy.
c. It helped them find uses for ancient structures like Stonehenge.
d. It helped them keep track of time and seasons, and it was used by some cultures for navigation.

12. Lunar eclipses can occur only during a _________.

a. first quarter moon c. new moon
b. full moon d. third quarter moon
13. We cannot see a new moon in our sky because _________.
a. no sunlight is illuminating the Moon c. it is above the horizon during the daytime
b. it is obscured by the Earth's shadow d. a new moon is quite near the Sun in the sky

14. If we have a new moon today, when will we have the next full moon?
a. In about 1 week c. In about a month
b. In about 2 weeks d. In about 6 months

15. What do the structures of Stonehenge, the Templo Mayor, the Sun Dagger, and the Big Horn Medicine Wheel all have
in common?
a. They all can be used as lunar calendars.
b. They were all places used for religious sacrifice
c. They were all built on the orders of ancient kings.
d. They were all used by ancient peoples for astronomical observations.

16. What is the other name for the star Polaris?

a. Andromeda c. North Star
b. Antares d. South Star

17. Half of the illuminated disk of the Moon is visible from Earth during the _________ phase of the Moon.
a. first-quarter c. gibbous (waning)
b. full Moon d. gibbous (waxing)

18. A(n) ____________ eclipse occurs when the Moon casts its shadow on Earth.
a. lunar c. solar
b. sidereal d. umbral

19. A solar eclipse cannot be seen with every new Moon because
a. they occur at night
b. the moon has craters
c. the Moon is not part of a solar eclipse
d. the Moon's orbit is inclined approximately 5 degrees

20. Which of the following is the brightest planet?

a. Earth c. Mercury
b. Mars d. Venus

21. Who determined the positions of 777 fixed stars accurately from his observatory in Denmark?
a. Galileo Galilei c. Nicolaus Copernicus
b. Johannes Kepler d. Tycho Brahe

22. Johannes Kepler is best known for the:

a. Invention of the first telescope c. Principle of stellar parallax
b. Laws of planetary motion d. Sun-centered Universe

23. As one of his three axioms of planetary motion, ____________ demonstrated that the planets move in elliptical orbits
around the sun.
a. Galileo Galilei c. Nicolaus Copernicus
b. Johannes Kepler d. Tycho Brahe

24. Who was Brahe's most famous student?

a. Galileo Galilei c. Johannes Kepler
b. Isaac Newton d. Nicolaus Copernicus

25. The great contribution of Tycho Brahe was to _________.

a. offers the first detailed model of a Sun-centered solar system, thereby beginning the process of overturning the
Earth-centered model of the Greeks
b. observes planetary positions with sufficient accuracy so that Kepler could later use the data to discover the
laws of planetary motion
c. discovers four moons orbiting Jupiter, thereby lending strong support to the idea that the Earth is not the center
of the universe
d. discover that planets orbit the Sun in elliptical orbits with varying speed

26. Which of the following is a statement of Kepler's first law?

a. Planets move in perfect circles with the Sun at the center
b. Planets move along an elliptical path with the Sun at the center
c. Planets move along an elliptical path with the Sun at one of the foci
d. Planets move along an elliptical path with the Earth at one of the foci

27. The following are the laws formulated by Kepler using Brahe’s data and observations, EXCEPT:
a. Law of Ellipses c. Law of Harmonies
b. Law of Equal Areas d. Law of Inertia
28. In simple language, Kepler's second law means that
a. slowly moving planets are close to the Sun.
b. the Sun is at the center of planetary orbits.
c. planets close to the Sun have shorter periods than those farther away.
d. a planet moves more rapidly when near the Sun than when farther away.

29. In non-mathematical terms, Kepler's third law says that:

a. slowly moving planets are close to the Sun.
b. the Sun is at the center of planetary orbits.
c. planets close to the Sun have shorter periods than those farther away.
d. a planet moves more rapidly when near the Sun than when farther away.

30. Who is often considered to be the first truly modern scientist?

a. Galileo Galilei c. Nicolaus Copernicus
b. Johannes Kepler d. Tycho Brahe

31. Who was the Italian physicist who played a major role in the scientific revolution, studied natural forces and conducted
theoretical and experimental work on motions of bodies?
a. Galileo Galilei c. Johannes Kepler
b. Isaac Newton d. Tycho Brahe

32. Who claimed that heavy and light objects drop in the same way?
a. Aristotle c. Galileo
b. Copernicus d. Ptolemy

33. What are the two classes of motion according to Aristotle?

a. Natural motion and dynamic motion c. Natural motion and violent motion
b. Natural motion and sliding motion d. Natural motion and weak motion

34. Which of the following is an example of natural motion according to Aristotle?

a. A smoke rises. c. A pulled bag.
b. A kicked soccer ball. d. A pushed trolley.

35. Which of the following is an example of a violent motion?

a. An air moving upward. c. A vase dropped from the window
b. A laptop pushed along the table d. A water falling

36. Sacks of rice are donated during this pandemic. A sack of rice is pulled by a volunteer to be given to Ezekiel’s family.
According to Aristotle, which of the following is true about this scenario?
a. The sack of rice experiences momentum. c. The sack of rice experiences projectile motion.
b. The sack of rice experiences a violent motion. d. The sack of rice experiences a natural motion.

37. Which of the following agrees with Galileo’s view of motion?

a. The air rises because the sky is its natural state.
b. The cotton ball will be as fast as the metal ball if dropped in a vacuum.
c. The natural tendency of a mobile phone dropped from a certain height is to go back to Earth, its natural state.
d. The 5.0kg boulder will stop midway when dropped to the sea.

38. What is true about Aristotle’s theory of motion?

a. Objects fall faster in air than water.
b. The fall of heavy object toward the center of the earth is a violent motion.
c. The increase in the rate of motion is inversely proportional to the weight of the object.
d. The object will continue to move even without an external force applied.

39. What is the belief of Galileo on an object in uniform motion?

a. An object in uniform motion will travel a distance that is proportional to acceleration.
b. An object in uniform motion will travel a distance that is proportional to motion.
c. An object in uniform motion will travel a distance that is proportional to speed.
d. An object in uniform motion will travel a distance that is proportional to time.

40. Based on Galileo’s experiments, when do you say that motion is uniformly accelerated?
a. When speed is proportional to time of travel. c. When speed is proportional to acceleration.
b. When speed is proportional to distance. d. When speed is proportional to distance velocity.

41. Who proved that all falling objects fall with uniform acceleration?
a. Newton c. Galileo
b. Aristotle d. Plato

42. It causes the object in vacuum fall at the same time.

a. due to air resistance c. due to air in space
b. due to no air resistance d. due to mass of object

43. He proved that heavier object falls faster than lighter object.
a. Newton c. Galileo
b. Aristotle d. Plato
44. He is well known in his experimentation of dropping a cannon ball in the Leaning Pisa Tower
a. Newton c. Galileo
b. Aristotle d. Plato

45. According to Aristotle, which falls, faster heavier or lighter object?

a. heavier object c. fall at the same time
b. lighter object d. no data at all

46. What is the focus of Aristotle and Galileo's ideas?

a. views c. history
b. motion d. knowledge

47. He is the father of modern science and a mathematician.

a. Newton c. Galileo
b. Aristotle d. Plato

48. It is defined as the ability of an object to change its position with a given time.
a. inertia c. free-fall
b. reference d. motion

49. In measuring the motion, it is always observed.

a. Point of ideas c. point of reference
b. point of view d. point of end

50. It refers to the change in velocity with time.

a. free- fall c. acceleration
b. speed d. momentum

51. A force is defined as

a. A push only c. A push or a pull
b. A pull only d. None of the above

52. What unit do scientists use to measure force?

a. Newton c. Meters
b. Grams d. Meter per second per second

53. When you slide a toy car across the floor, what force must your push be stronger than?
a. Support force c. Gravity
b. Friction force d. Air resistance

54. A piece of paper is at rest on your desk. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?
a. There are no forces acting on the paper. c. The desk pushes on the paper only
b. The paper pushes on the desk only. d. The forces acting on the paper are balanced.

55. Which force always pulls downward on objects?

a. Support force c. Gravity
b. Friction force d. Air resistance

56. A change to an objects motion is caused by...

a. Balanced forces c. Acceleration
b. Unbalanced forces d. Velocity

57. When a balloon held between the hands is pressed, its shape changes. This happens because:
a. Balanced forces act on the balloon c. Frictional forces act on the balloon
b. Unbalanced forces act on the balloon d. Gravitational force acts on the balloon

58. A force that opposes motion between two surfaces that are in contact is called _____________.
a. friction c. velocity
b. motion d. acceleration

59. What is the common unbalanced force acting on an object in motion?

a. inertia c. friction
b. acceleration d. speed

60.Which of the following balls has the greatest inertia?

a. ping pong ball c. a tennis ball
b. a soccer ball d. a bowling ball

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