Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF CEBU PROVINCE
LILO-AN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Poblacion, Lilo-an, Cebu 6002

1st Quarter Test in Physical Science

Name: __________________________________ Rating:__________

Grade Level & Section: _____________________ Date: __________

Directions: Read each test items carefully and give the answer to what is asked for. Encircle the letter of your
chosen answer. Please avoid erasures.

1. Who among the following Greek philosophers believed that the four elements can be described geometrically?
a. Empedocles b.Plato c. Aristotle d.Thales
a. `Neutrons b. positrons c. electrons d.protons
2. Which is the correct arrangement of subatomic particles in an atom?
a) Protons and electrons reside in the nucleus. Neutrons orbit around the nucleus.
b) Electrons and neutrons reside in the nucleus. Protons orbit around the nucleus.
c) Neutrons reside in the nucleus. Protons and electrons orbit around the nucleus.
d) Protons and neutrons reside in the nucleus. Electrons orbit around the nucleus.
3. He concluded that atom has a central nucleus.
a. Henry Moseley b.Niels Bohr c.J.J. Thomson d.Ernest Rutherford
4. It is the process that uses kinetic energy of protons to form helium-4 from hydrogen.
a. CNO cycle b.beta decay c.nuclear fission d.proton-proton chain
5. Which of the following describes stellar nucleosynthesis?
a) It is the formation of light elements such as hydrogen and helium.
b) It is the process by which elements are produced in gas clouds.
c) It is the process by which elements are formed within stars.
d) It is the formation of elements during a supernova explosion.
6. Rutherford’s alpha scattering experiment proves the existence of __________ in an atom when some of the alpha
particles bounced back as it passes the gold foil.
a. Protons b. Nucleus c. Neutrons d. Electrons
7. The atomic number of an atom of every element is equal to its _________.
a. Electrons b. Neutrons c. Nucleus d. Protons
8. How many protons and neutrons are there in an atom of iron (26Fe) with atomic mass of 55?
a. 26 protons and 55 neutrons c. 29 protons and 26 neutrons
b. 26 protons and 29 neutrons d. 26 protons and 26 neutrons
9. According to the big bang theory, how much time was needed to produce the light elements hydrogen and helium?
a. 7 million years b.13.8 billion years c.5 hours d.3 minutes
10. It is the lightest element and the starting point of nuclear fusion reactions in stars.
a, Hydrogen b. carbon c. nitrogen d.helium
11. He proposed that an electron moves from one energy level to another.
a. J.J. Thomson b.Henry Moseley c.Niels Bohr d.Ernest Rutherford
12. What can we get if we add the number of proton and the number of neutron?
a. mass number b. atomic number c. number of electron D.number of nucleus
13. What study that becomes the basis of what is chemistry today?
a. Astrology b.Astronomy c. Alchemy d.Biochemistry
13.What is the neutral subatomic particle and also found in the nucleus together with the proton?
a. Electron b. neutron c. nucleus d. proton
14. Which of the following is a stellar core formed when the fragments of a collapsed molecular cloud contract?
a.red giant b. main sequence star c. supernova d.protostar
15. What do you call the smallest matter that is indivisible?
a.Atom b. Air c. elements d. Fire
16. Which of the following processes is likely to generate the heaviest element?
a. CNO cycle c. r-process
b. triple-alpha process d. Big Bang nucleosynthesis
17. Who are the two astronomers who proposed and formulated the Big Bang model?
a. Leucippus and Democritus c. Lemaitre and Hubble
b. Rutherford and Schrodinger d. Bohr and Moseley
18. Which of the following was not part of the ideas of Leucippus and Democritus?
a. The universe is made up of either atoms or a void.
b. An object is made of small, indivisible parts which influence the object’s properties.
c. The universe is made up of four elements that combine and separate to cause change.
d. The universe changes because atoms move about, combine, collide and separate.
19. All of the following are stages of the Big Bang Theory, EXCEPT one.
a. Recombination b. Inflation c. Singularity d. Stellar Nucleosynthesis
20. Main sequence stars converts hydrogen to helium through the process called _______.
a. Triple-alpha process c. s-process
b. Proton-proton chain reaction d. r-process
21. It is a process of forming elements in Red giant stars by which three helium-4 nuclei are transformed into
carbon.
a. Alpha ladder b. s-process c. r-process d. Triple-alpha process
22. S-process stands for _____.
a. Standard electron capture process c. Slow neutron capture process
b. Slow electron capture process d. Standard neutron capture process
23. It occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a star’s life, whose destruction is marked by one final
explosion.
a. Nucleosynthesis b. Supernova c. Inflation d. Recombination
24. The idea that things are made up of much smaller things that cannot be divided nor changed.
a. Alchemy b. Atomism c. Gnome Theory of Physics d. Nucleosynthesis
25. Which of the following philosophers supports the idea of atomism?
a. Anaxagoras b. Plato c. Democritus d. Empedocles
26. A medieval science that transforms base metals to purer metals.
a. Atomism b. Nucleosynthesis c. Alchemy d. Quantum
27. Which of the following is also known as the alpha particle?
2 4 3 2
a. 1 He b. 2 He c. 2 He d. 4 He
28. All of the statements are true, EXCEPT one.
a. Atoms cannot be created or destroyed.
b. Elements are made of extremely small particles called atom.
c. Atoms cannot be subdivided and changed.
d. Atoms of different elements are identical in size and mass.
29. His periodic table of elements became the basis of the modern periodic table.
a. John Dalton b. Joseph Gay-lussac c. Antoine Lavoisier d. Dmitri Mendeleev
30. The first artificially made element.
a. Technicium c. plutoninum
b. neptunium d. hydrogen
31. It is the measure of the relative tendency of the atoms to attract electrons to itself when chemically combined with
another atom.
a. Polar covalent bonds c. Electronegativity
b. Non-polar covalent bonds d. Bond Polarity
32. These are elements with atomic numbers beyond 92.
a. Transuranic Elements c. Superheavy Elements
b. Synthesis of Elements d. Light Elements
238
33. How many neutrons does 92U have?
a. 92 b. 136 c. 146 d. 238
240 253
34. .Cm + ____ →
96 102 No
12 5 13 16
a. 6C b. 6 He c. C
6 d. 8 O
35. It is considered as the lightest element in the universe.
a. Helium b. iron c. hydrogen d. berrylium
36. In his model, the atom is made up of something like a positively charged pudding-like material in which
negatively charged electrons were scattered like plums in the pudding.
a. Rutherfords model b.bohr’s model c. wave model d. JJ. Thomsons atomic model
37. In his experiment, he fired a stream of alpha particles, which are tiny positively charged particles, at a thin sheet of
gold foil.
a. JJ. Thompson b.Ernest Rutherford c.Neil Bohr d. Jame Chadwick
38. In this model, it states that an atom is composed of a small positively charged nucleus, surrounded by a large region
where there are enough electrons surrounding the nucleus to make the atom neutral.
39. This are the bonds of compounds that occur between nonmetals and have an electronigativity of less than o.5.
a. Polar b.non polar c.ionic d.dipole
40. It is the reaction involving the transformation of one element into another element.
a. Nuclear transmutation b.mutation c.particle acceleration d.nucleosynthesis
TEST II- SOLVING
Directions: Supply the missing information in the table. Write your answers on the space provided.

Bond Polarity Molecular Geometry Molecular Polarity

1-5. EN of C =
CO2 EN of O =
∆ EN =¿

6-10. EN of C =
CH 4 EN of H =
∆ EN=¿

Prepared by:
Dan Albert J. Abes
SPST 1