FOURTH PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

Science Grade 7
PRACTICE TEST

Multiple Choice: Read the following questions and then write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct answer on the space
provided before each number.

________1. Which of the following statements is TRUE ________6. If an opera singer’s pitch decreases, what
about speed and velocity? happens to its frequency?

A. Speed has magnitude only while velocity has A. It becomes higher

both magnitude and direction. B. It becomes lower
B. Speed has both magnitude and direction C. It is constant
while velocity has magnitude only. D. Cannot be determined
C. Speed has direction only while velocity has
both magnitude and direction.
D. Speed has both magnitude and direction For numbers 7 – 10, complete the table by writing the
while velocity has direction only. correct answers on the blanks provided.

________2. Which of the following BEST describes an Acceleration Starting Final Time Taken
accelerating body? (m/s2) Speed Speed (sec)
(m/s) (m/s)
A. A toy car is at rest on a wooden table.
7. 9 m/s 4 m/s 8 sec
B. Lydia de Vega runs the 10 m dash in about
_________
11 seconds.
2 m/s2 15 m/s 45 m/s 8.
C. A sports car is heading north covering a
________
distance of 500 meters in 20 seconds.
1.13 m/s2 2.75 m/s 9. 2 sec
D. A cyclist speeds up at 2 m/s every second
_______
reaching a velocity of 10 m/s in 5 seconds.
0.6 m/s2 10. 13 m/s 10 sec
________ 3. Which of the following is NOT _______
accelerating?
A. A car moving along a straight highway with a
constant speed.
B. Typhoon Sendong slowing down from 120
km/hr to 60 km/hr.
C. A stone whirled in a circular path.
D. Elma Muros running the 100 meter dash from
rest to the finish line.
_______11. Given the diagram below, what does point
________4. What is a rhythmic disturbance in a medium D represents in a transverse wave?
that carries energy from one point to
A. Amplitude
another?
B. Crest
A. Energy C. Trough
B. Force D. Wavelength
C. Motion
_______12. Which interval represents one full
D. Wave
wavelength?
________5. Which of the following subatomic particles
A. Point A to Point C
have a negative charge?
B. Point B to Point D
A. Proton C. Point D to Point G
B. Positron D. Point C to Point F
C. Neutron
D. Electron

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 For numbers 18 to 19, refer to wave diagram of colors:
For numbers 13-14, the accompanying graph shows a
student’s distance from home (A) to school (F) at
various times during her walk.

18. Which of the following color has the lowest

_______13. The student left her project at home and frequency? _____________________________
had to return to get it. At what point represents when
she turned back around to go home? 19. Which of the following color has the highest
frequency? _____________________________
A. Point A to B
B. Point B to C _______20. Which of the following set of words will
C. Point C to D complete the statement?
D. Point D to E
In the law of charges, like charges ________
_______14. Marie was stopped by her neighbor to chat and unlike charges _________.
and stopped for a few minutes. At what point does this
action represent? A. Attract, repel
B. Repel, attract
A. Point A to B
C. Move away, move towards
B. Point B to C
D. Move towards, move away
C. Point C to D
D. Point D to E _______21. Which material would cause the light to
behave as shown in the diagram?
_______15. What is the reason behind why we see the
flash of lightning first before the hearing the sound of
A. Glass
the thunderclap during a thunderstorm?
B. Tissue Paper
A. Light travels faster than sound. C. Aluminum Foil
B. Sound travels faster than light. D. Clear Plastic Wrap
C. The eye is more sensitive than the ear.
D. The lightning is produced first before the
thunder.
_______22. A negatively charged rod is brought near a
_______16. Which of the following is the SAFEST thing
neutral metal sphere. Which of the following is TRUE?
to do when caught by a thunderstorm in an open field?
A. There is an attractive force between the rod and
A. Stand under a tree. the sphere.
B. Run to the nearest place.
B. There is a repulsive force between the rod and
C. Crawl to the nearest place. sphere.
D. Stand still. C. The rod will be attracted to the sphere and then
repelled upon touching the sphere.
_______17. If the pitch of sound increases, what D. Nothing will happen between the rod and the
happens to its frequency? sphere.

A. It becomes higher
B. It becomes lower
C. It is constant
D. Undetermined

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IV. Modified True or False. Write TRUE if the V. Identification. Use the information below
statement is correct. Otherwise, change the regarding wave diagram. Write the CAPITAL
underlined word with the correct word/s. LETTER of the correct answer.

_______________ 23. Waves that require a medium

through which to travel are called electromagnetic
waves.

_______________ 24. In transverse waves, the

particles of the medium move at a right angle to the
direction in which the wave is traveling.

_______________ 25. In charging by conduction,

there is direct contact between two objects being 28. Wave _______________ shows a steady frequency
rubbed together. but changing amplitude.

_______________ 26. In charging by induction, 29. Wave _______________ shows steady amplitude
electric charges are being transferred through the but a changing frequency.
creation of electromagnetic field on neutral objects.
30. Waves _____________ and ______________ have
_______________ 27. Heat transfer by convection low amplitude with a stead frequency.
happens between two objects with direct contact from
one another.

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