Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X
Division of Lanao del Norte

DIVISION ACHIEVEMENT TEST

PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Directions: Read and understand each item and choose the letter of the correct
answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The free fall is a known example of uniformly accelerated movement with an acceleration of -
9.8m/s.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
2. A hang-time is the total time that an object, stays in the air after leaving the ground.
A. TRUE B. FALSE
3. How many transuranic elements are there?
A. 20 B. 23 C. 26 D. 94
4. This is the ability of an atom to attract electrons.
A. electronegativity C. polarity
B. fusion D. Synthesis
5. What is formed when the core of a star becomes heated?
A. heavy elements C. plasma
B. light elements D. transuranic elements
6. Substance with _________ intermolecular forces will have _________ vapor
pressure.
A. stronger, lower C. weaker, lower
B. stronger, higher D. weaker, the same
7. This is the ability of an atom to attract electrons.
A. electronegativity C. polarity
B. fusion D. synthesis
8. When an object has negative acceleration it is called _________.
A. Motion B. Acceleration C. Deceleration
9. The type of intermolecular forces of attraction that exist in all molecules is
A. Covalent bond C. Hydrogen bond
B. Hydrogen bond D. London Dispersion forces
10. A non-polar bond usually occurs in which chemical bond?
A. polar bond C. chemical bond
B. covalent bond D. polar covalent bond
11. The path a projectile takes through the air is always a parabola.
A. projectile B. trajectory c. free fall
12. The Gravitational force of Earth is ____
A. 11.1 m/s B. 5.4 m/s c. 9.8 m/s 6.9 m/s
13. Acceleration is caused by a force acting on a mass.
A. Newton’s first law of motion B. Newton’s 2nd Law of motion
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C. Newton’s 3 Law of Motion
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14. F =m ⃗a this equation goes with which law?

A. Newton’s first law of motion B. Newton’s 2nd Law of motion

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C. Newton’s 3 Law of Motion
15. At which temperature would you expect water to have the greatest vapour
pressure?
A. 100o B. 75o C. 9o D. 0o

16. Which of the following is NOT an example of projectile motion?

A. a hot-air balloon drifting toward Earth action
B. a volleyball served over a net
C. a long jumper in action
D. a baseball hit by a bat
17. Aristotle categorized motions as either natural motions or violent motion.
A. True B. False
18. Natural motion was understood to be either straight up or straight down.
A. True B. False
19. What active ingredient kills microorganisms?
A. Anti-microbial Agent C. Enzymes
B. Bulking Agent D. Preservatives
20. What type of renewable energy comes from capturing the power of the sun's rays?
A. Geothermal energy C. Solar energy
B. Hydrothermal energy D. Wind energy
21. Why does the world face an energy crisis?
A. World demand for energy will decrease.
B. World oil production begins to decline.
C. Shortages of supplies can greatly affect the economic and political order.
D. All of the above
22. What is a detergent?
A. A cleaning agent that is soluble in water and combines with dirt to make it
soluble in water too.
B. Any cleaning agent that is soluble in water
C. Any cleaning agent that is insoluble in water
D. A cleaning agent that is insoluble in water and combines with dirt to make it
insoluble in water too
23. Which of the following is also presented by the Greeks to prove that the Earth is
spherical?
A. solar eclipse
B. sunrise and sunset
C. ships sailing seemed to be gradually disappearing on the horizon
D. passing of the comet in Earth’s orbit

24. A baseball that has been pitched, batted or thrown is an example of ____
A. Projectile motion B. Free fall C. none of these
25. Which of the observations below was used by Aristotle to prove his claim that
Earth is not flat?
A. He noticed that all things seem to be moving around the Earth except for
Earth itself
B. He argued that since the shape of the moon appears to be round then the
Earth must also be round.
C. He argued that lunar eclipse only happens when a round opaque object
blocks the passage of sunlight.
D. He noticed that during a lunar eclipse the shadow casts by Earth on the
moon is round.
26. A body of mass m, projected at an angle of θ from the ground with an initial velocity of v,
acceleration due to gravity is g, what is the maximum horizontal range covered?
A. R = v2 (sin 2θ)/g B. R = v2 (sin θ)/2g C. R = v2 (sin 2θ)/2g D. R = v2 (sin θ)/g
27. If no net external forces act on a moving object, what can we expect?
A. It will come to an abrupt halt.
B. It will continue moving at the same speed.
C. It will move slower gradually until it stops.
D. none of these
28. What is the straight-line motion caused by the gravitational pull of the earth?
A. free-fall motion C. projectile motion
B. horizontal motion D. none of these
29. Which of the following has negative acceleration?
. A. a stone is thrown downward C. a stone is thrown upward
B. a dropped object D. all of these

30. Aside from Aristotle who among the philosophers below believed that Earth is
spherical?
A. Pythagoras and the Mesopotamians
B. Pythagoras and Plato
C. Plato and the Mesopotamians
D. Mesopotamians and Egyptians

31. Suppose you are riding a motorcycle but it runs out of fuel while driving. Why will
your body be thrown forward when the motorcycle suddenly stops?
A. because of gravity C. because of continuation principle
B. because of inertia D. because of resistance
32. Which is the best description of the paths of objects thrown upward?
A. circles B. ellipses C. parabola D. straight lines

33. Where can be the greatest probability of finding an electron in the electron cloud?
A. least dense area in the electron cloud
B. densest area in the electron cloud
C. anywhere in the electron cloud
D. outside the electron cloud

34. Who discovered that the universe is expanding?

A. Isaac Newton C. Albert Einstein
B. Edwin Hubble D. Galileo Galilei
35. A branch of astronomy that deals with the study of the structure and evolution of
the universe is called ____.
A. Geology C. Cosmology
B. Astronomy D. Meteorology

Problem Solving:

Projectile Motion (10 points)

1. A soccer ball is kicked horizontally off a 20 meters high hill and lands a distance of 30 meters
from the edge of the hill. Determine the initial horizontal velocity of the soccer ball.

Newton’s Second Law of Motion (10 points)

1. Miguel uses 3000 Newtons to push Ted in a wheelchair. Ted accelerates at 50 m/s² before
slowing down to turn a corner. What is the mass of Ted and the wheelchair?
2. Find the acceleration of an object with 1 kg and 1 N.

Free Fall (15 points)

1. Carl drops a pile of roof shingles from the top of a roof located 8.52 m above the ground.
Determine the time required for the shingles to reach the ground. (10 pts)

2. A hotdog cannon shoots a hotdog straight up in the air with an initial velocity of 30m/s. How
high will the hotdog fly? (5 pts.)