1st Midterm Review Sheet

Grade: 7C – Subject: Science

Name: ……………………….……………………………………. Class: ………….
1. Draw labelled diagrams for:

• Reflection

Mirror

• Refraction

Air

Glass

2. Write the definition and an example for:

Definition Example/ Diagram

a. Shadow:

b. Opaque:

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 c. Transparent:

d. Dispersion

3. Write down the law of reflection.

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4. What is refraction? Why does it occur?

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5. The diagrams show 4 different experiments investigating light. Name the effect
experiment shows.

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 6. Fill in the following table about moment, pressure, density and average speed.

Definition Formula Unit

Moment

Pressure on an
area

Gas pressure

Average speed

Density

7. What is principle of moments?

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8. Fill in the blanks.

a. Light travels in ……………………………………………

b. A shadow forms when an …………………. object …………………………...light.

c. The image in a mirror seems to be as ………………behind the mirror as the

object is in ………… of it.

d. A prism can split white light into a …………………………………

e. Average speed = …………………………………. / …………………………………..

f. The gradient of a distance – time graph tells you the ………. of the moving object.

g. Like magnetic poles …………………………. each other.

h. Unlike magnetic poles ………………………. each other.

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 i. A permanent magnet produces a ………………………………. all the time.

j. An electromagnet produces ……………… ……………that can be …………………

k. The strength of the magnetic field around a ………………. magnet does not
change.

l. We can …………………………. the strength of the magnetic field around an

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9. Write “attract” or “repel” on the diagrams below to show the direction of the
magnetic force acting on each magnet.

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 10. Use the graph below to answer the following questions.

a. In which sections of the graph is the object moving at constant speed?

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b. In which section of the graph is the object moving fastest?

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c. In which section of the graph is the object standing still?

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d. In which sections of the graph moving at a constant speed, then stopping and
standing still?

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e. How far has the object moved after 4 minutes?

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f. How long does it take the object to move a total 1600m?

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g. Calculate the average speed of the object for:

• Section AB: ………………………………………………………………………

• Section BC: ………………………………………………………………………

• Section CD: ………………………………………………………………………

• The whole journey: ………………………………………………………………

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 11. Answer the following questions about distance – time graph.

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 12. In this activity, you will calculate the resultant of a pair of forces and predict what
effect this will have on movement (direction of the force). The first one has been done
for you.

300 N to the
right

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 13. Answer the following questions about moment.

Calculate the turning force in this picture.

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 14. The table shows how the distance a runner is from home changes during a morning
run.

a. Draw a distance – time graph of these results.

b. Calculate the average speed of the runner in first 500 seconds.

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 15. Answer the following questions about pressure.

6. What happens to gas pressure if there is no change in volume but an increase in

temperature? Explain.

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