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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 12 - SECOND QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

Physical Sciences
NAME: _____________________________________________ SCORE: ______________________
GRADE and SECTION: _______________________________ DATE: _______________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE. ENCIRCLE the letter corresponding to the correct answer for each of the questions provided.
1. Which BEST explains why the Earth is not disk-shaped?
a. Stars are viewed differently when traveling north and south
b. The shadow cast by the Earth during lunar eclipse is circular
c. The shadows cast in two different cities during solstice differed in length
d. The only shape that cast a circular shadow in whatever direction is a sphere
2. Which of the following is in annual motion?
a. Moonrise c. Sunset
b. Eastward rise of stars d. Vernal Equinox
3. What astronomical event was NOT known to men before the advent of telescopes?
a. Solar Eclipse c. Retrograde of Mars
b. Summer Solstice d. Rotation of the Sun
4. Which presents a system with elliptical orbit?
a. Copernician c. Ptolemaic
b. Keplerian d. Tychonic
5. Which presents the heliocentric model of the universe?
a. Copernician c. Ptolemaic
b. Keplerian d. Tychonic
6. Which presents a geo-heliocentric model of the solar system?
a. Copernician c. Ptolemaic
b. Keplerian d. Tychonic
7. Which of the following is TRUE about Galileo’s assertion about free-falling bodies?
a. Bodies will fall on the surface of the Earth at a constant acceleration
b. Bodies will fall on the surface of the Earth at a constant speed
c. Bodies will fall on the surface of the Earth at a constant velocity
d. Bodies will fall on the surface of the Earth at a constant projectile
8. Which of the following is NOT considered part of Aristotelian’s natural motion?
a. A book resting at the top of the table c. An apple falling from a tree
b. Pushing a cart d. Smoke naturally rises
9. Which of the following is NOT an assertion of Galileo?
a. A body that is in uniform motion will move a distance that is proportional to the time it will take to travel.
b. A uniformly accelerating body will travel at a speed proportional to time.
c. An object in motion will keep moving; and the external force is not necessary to maintain the motion.
d. A body will fall on the surface of the Earth at a constant speed.
10. Rising of smoke is an example of what type of motion according to Aristotle?
a. Natural c. Reaction
b. Normal d. Violent
11. Which of the following is needed to put a body to rest?
a. Inertia c. Gravity
b. Force d. Mass
12. The resistance of a medium in response to movement of a body is known as;
a. Antiperistasis c. Inertia
b. Force d. Gravity
13. What will happen if an external force is acted upon a body at rest?
a. It will move c. nothing will happen
 b. It will not move d. it will remain in motion
14. What will happen to the acceleration of the body if a marble moves in a sloped downward plane?
a. Accelerates c. Nothing
b. Decelerates d. Not determined
15. What do you call the phenomenon by which the incident light falling on the surface is sent back into the same
medium?
a. Absorption c. Polarization
b. Reflection d. Refraction
16. What angle is formed by an incoming ray with the normal?
a. Angle of Reflection c. Angle of Incidence
b. Angle of Refraction d. Angle of Equivalence
17. What type of reflection is produced by rough surfaces?
a. Total internal reflection c. Diffuse reflection
b. Dispersion d. Specular reflection
18. Which of the following best describes a Normal line?
a. The path is taken by the rays of light as it approaches the surface
b. Line parallel to the incident and reflected ray
c. An imaginary line is drawn perpendicular to the reflecting surface
d. The total distance traveled by light upon reflecting
19. Which of the following pairs perfectly describes the reflection produced by a smooth surface?
a. Diffuse Reflection: clear and vivid c. Specular Reflection: unclear and vague
b. Diffuse Reflection: unclear and vague d. Specular Reflection: clear and vivid
20. When you see a “wet spot” mirage on the road in front of you, what are you most likely seeing?
a. Sky c. Water
b. Hot air d. Fragment of your imagination
21. White light goes through the filter that can absorb blue light; what color of light can pass through as perceived by
an observer?
a. Blue b. Green c. Red d. Yellow
22. When green light shines on a red rose, why do petals look black?
a. It absorbs green light c. It reflects green light
b. It reflects the color black d. It absorbs all the colors of the light
23. For you to see a rainbow, where should the sun be positioned?
a. In front of you c. Behind you
b. On your left side d. On your right side
24. It is a combination of two or more waves in one medium.
a. Dispersion c. Interference
b. Scattering d. Diffraction
25. Which is responsible for the spreading of light as it passes through a narrow slit?
a. Refraction c. Diffraction
b. Polarization d. Interference
26. Which is viewed as distortion of space-time?
a. Mass c. Gravity
b. Time d. Force
27. What happens to light as it travels along a massive cosmic body?
a. It bends c. it bounces
b. It reflects d. it disappears
28. What cosmic body can distort space-time the most?
a. Sun c. Earth
b. Moon d. Jupiter
29. In Einstein’s theory of special relativity, E is for energy, m is for mass and c is for _________.
a. Speed of Sound c. Speed of Light
b. Medium in space d. Space-time distortion
30. ___________ refers to the difference in the time interval between two events as perceived by an observer under a
stationary frame
a. Time dilation c. Relativity of Simultaneity
b. Length of Contraction d. Mass Energy Equivalence