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School : Surigao State College of Technology Mainit Campus

Semester : Third Grading
Subject : Science 9
Examination : Third Grading Examination
Prepared by : Edpher Leo M. Sindol, MAMT, REA, REB, SST II
Date : January 21-22, 2016

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General Instruction: Answer the following items accordingly. Read carefully the instruction in each part.
Failure to follow the instruction(s) will invalidate your answer. Strictly no erasures and/or alterations
except in the problem-solving part.

Multiple choice: Answer the following test items accordingly. Write the letter of your choice in capital
letter before the number.

1. An object moves at a constant speed of 6 m/s. What does it imply about the object?
A. It increases its speed by 6 m/s every second
B. It decreases its speed by 6 m/s every second
C. It doesnt move
D. It has a positive acceleration
E. It moves 6 meters every second

2. A toy car moves 8 m in 4 s at a constant velocity. What is the cars velocity?

A. 1 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 4 m/s E. 5 m/s

3. A train moves at a constant velocity of 50 km/h. How far will it move in 0.5 h?
A. 10 km B. 20 km C. 25 km D. 45 km E. 50 km

4. A boat can move at a constant velocity of 8 km/h in still water. How long will it take for the boat to
move 24 km?
A. 2 h B. 3 h C. 4 h D. 6 h E. 8 h

5. A bicyclist moves at a constant speed of 4 m/s. How long will it take for the bicyclist to move 36 m?
A. 3 s B. 6 s C. 12 s D. 9 s E. 18 s
6. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
A. Speed B. Time C. Traveled distance D. Velocity E. Area

7. 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. 5 km, west E. 9 km, east

The diagram above illustrates a person who, starting from the origin, walks 8 km east during first
day, and 5 km west the next day. Use it to answer questions 18 and 19.

8. What is the net displacement of the person from the initial point in two days?
A. 6 km, east B. 3 km, east C. 10 km, west D. 5 km, west E. 9 km, east

9. What is the traveled distance of the person from the initial point in two days?
A. 13 km B. 3 km C. 10 km D. 5 km E. 9 km
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The diagram above illustrates a car that, starting from the origin, travels 4 km east and then 7 km
west. Use it to answer questions 10 and 11.

10. What is the net displacement of the car from the initial point?
A. 3 km, west B. 3 km, east C. 4 km, east D. 7 km, west E. 7 km east

11. Starting from the origin, a car travels 4 km east and then 7 km west. What is the traveled distance of
the car from the initial point?
A. 3 km B. 3 km C. 4 km D. 7 km E. 11 km

12. An object moves with a constant acceleration of 5 m/s 2. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The objects velocity stays the same
B. The object moves 5 m each second
C. The objects acceleration increases by 5 m/s2 each second
D. The objects acceleration decreases by 5 m/s2 each second
E. the objects velocity increases by 5 m/s each second

13. A ball is thrown vertically up and is caught at the starting point; what is the displacement of the ball?
A. 0
B. double the height
C. half of the height
D. the height squared
E. the square root of the height

14. What quantity describes how quickly you change your position?
A. Distance B. Displacement C. Speed D. Velocity E. Acceleration

15. What quantity describes how quickly you change your velocity?
A. Distance B. Displacement C. Speed D. Velocity E. Acceleration

16. A car travels 90 km/h. How long does it take for it to travel 400 km?
A. 4.1 h B. 4.2 h C. 4.3 h D. 4.4 h E. 4.5 h

17. Suppose that an object travels from one point in space to another. Make a comparison between the
displacement and the distance traveled.
A. The displacement is either greater than or equal to the distance traveled.
B. The displacement is always equal to the distance traveled.
C. The displacement is either less than or equal to the distance traveled.
D. The displacement can be either greater than, smaller than, or equal to the distance traveled.

18. A brick is dropped from the top of a building. A second brick is thrown straight down from the same
building. They are released at the same time. Neglect air resistance. Compare the accelerations of
the two bricks.
A. The first brick accelerates faster.
B. The second brick accelerates faster.
C. The two bricks accelerate at the same rate.
D. It is impossible to determine from the information given.

19. In the process of delivering mail, a postal worker walks 161 m, due east from his truck. He then turns
around and walks 194 m, due west from his truck. What is the worker's displacement relative to his
truck?
A. 33 m, west B. 33 m, east C. 194 m, west D. 252 m, east E. 355 m, west

20. A car travels 80 km/h. How long does it take for it to travel 800 km?
A. 10.1 h B. 10.2 h C. 10.3 h 10. 4.4 h E. 10.5 h

Problem Solving: Answer the following problems. Show your solution. Each question is 10 points each.

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v f =v i+ at

vf 2=vi 2 +2 a d

d= ( v +v2 ) t
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1. An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground.
Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.

2. A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance of 110
m. Determine the acceleration of the car.

3. Upton Chuck is riding the Giant Drop at Great America. If Upton free falls for 2.60 seconds, what
will be his final velocity and how far will he fall?

4. A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the
acceleration of the car and the distance traveled.

5. A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the
moon is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fall to the surface of the moon.