Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region X
Division of Cagayan de Oro City
SCIENCE 9
FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

NAME: _____________________________________ SCORE: __________________

GRADE AND SECTION: _______________________ DATE: ___________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on a separate
sheet of paper.
1.If a freely falling ball is somehow equipped with a speedometer, by how much would its speed
reading increase for every second?
A. 0 m/s B. 9.8 m/s C. 10 m/s D. 20 m/s
2. A sepak takraw ball is hit vertically upward by a player. What is its acceleration after 1second?
A. 0 B.1 m/s2 C. 9.8 m/s2 D.-9.8m/s2
3. A volleyball is tossed vertically upward, with an initial velocity of 5 m/s and caught back at the
same level as when it was thrown. What is the velocity of the ball at that point?
A. 0 m/ B.-5 m/s C.-9.8 m/s D-9.8 m/s2
4. The motion of an object with constant acceleration is also known as ________.
A. Motion B. Uniform Motion C. Constant Motion D.Uniformly Accelerated Motion
5. A ball is thrown vertically upward. What is its instantaneous speed at its maximum height?
A. 0 B. 5 m/s C. 9.8 m/s D. 9.8 m/s2
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6. A ball is hit at an angle of 30 . At what point in its trajectory does this projectile have the least
speed?
A. Just after it was launched C. Just before it hits the ground
B. At the highest point in its flight D. halfway between the ground and the highest point
7. Suppose a ping pong ball is tossed. When the ball reaches the highest point, which statement
about the ball’s velocity and acceleration is true?
A. Both its velocity and its acceleration are zero
B. Its velocity is zero and its acceleration is not zero
C. Its velocity is not zero and its acceleration is zero.
D. Neither its velocity nor its acceleration is zero.
8. At what angle should a water hose be aimed in order for the water to land with the greatest
horizontal range?
A. 0° B. 30° C. 45° D. 60°
9. A ball is hit at an angle of 300 and it reaches a distance of 50 m. Given the same initial velocity, at
what other angle should a ball be hit to reach the same distance.
A. 15° B. 45° C. 60° D. 750
10. Which has more momentum, a heavy truck moving at 30 km/h or a light truck moving at 30 km/h?
A. heavy truck C. Both have the same momentum
B. light truck D. Cannot be determined.
11. A moderate force will break an egg. However, an egg dropped on the road usually breaks, while
one dropped on the grass usually doesn’t break. This is because for the egg dropped on the
grass:
A. The change in momentum is greater. C. The time interval for stopping is greater.
B. The change in momentum is less. D. The time interval for stopping is less.
12. The impulse experienced by a body is equal to the change in its:
A. Velocity B. Kinetic energy C. Momentum D. Potential energy
13. In certain martial arts, people practice breaking a piece of wood with the side of their bare hand.
Use your understanding of impulse to explain how this can be done without injury to the hand.
A. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is smaller the impact force is
bigger.
B. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is bigger the impact force is
bigger.
C. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is smaller the impact force is
smaller.
D. Given the same change in momentum, when the time interval is bigger the impact force is
smaller.
14. A lady tennis player hits an approaching ball with a force of 750 N If she hits the ball in 0.002 s,
how much impulse is imparted to the tennis ball?
A. 0 N s B. 1.5 N s C. 3.0 N s D. 6.0 Ns
15. Which is a necessary condition for the total momentum of a system to be conserved?
A. Kinetic energy must not change. C. An object must be at rest.
B. No external force is present. D. Only the force of gravity acts on the system.
For numbers 16 and 17: Two 0.5 kg balls approach each other with the same speed of 1.0 m/s.
16. What is the total momentum of the system before collision?
 A. 0 B. 0.50 kg m/s C. 1.0 kg m/s D. -1.0 kg m/s
17. If there is no external force acting on the system, what the total momentum of the system after
collision?
A. 0 B. 0.50 kg m/s C. 1.0 kg m/s D. -1.0 kg m/s
18. Two billiard balls approach each other at equal speed. If they collide in a perfectly elastic collision,
what would be their velocities after collision?
A. Zero B. Same in magnitude and direction
C. Same in magnitude but opposite in direction D. Different in magnitude and opposite in direction
19. A 50-kg astronaut ejects 100 g of gas from his propulsion pistol at a velocity of 50 m/s. What is his
resulting velocity?
A. -0.10 m/s B. -0.50 m/s C. 0 m/s D. -100 m/s
20. What does an object have when moving that it does not have when at rest?
A. Momentum B. mass C. energy D. Inertia
21. Which of the following is related to energy?
A. time B. force C. heat D. speed
22. Which of the following refers to the capacity to do work?
A. power B. energy C. velocity D. momentum
23. Which of the following situations possesses kinetic energy?
A. a bouncing ball C. a book on top of the table
B. a car in a parking place D. a hammer raised at a certain height
24. Which quantity has the greatest influence on the amount of kinetic energy that the car has while
moving in a superhighway?
A. mass B. weight C. velocity D. size
25. All of the following practices conserve energy EXCEPT
A. using firewood in cooking C. riding a bus for long trips
B. riding a bicycle to school D. using many electrical appliances at the same time
26. Which of the following energy changes take place in a geothermal power station?
A. potential kinetic electrical C. heat chemical electrical
B. kinetic potential electrical D. kinetic electrical potential
27. What are the energy changes that take place in a television?
A. electrical potential kinetic C. electrical light sound
B. kinetic electrical potential D. potential electrical kinetic
28. Which of the following are the equivalent units of work?
1. J 2. N.m 3. N.m2 4. N.m/s2
A. 1,2,3,and 4 B. 1, 2, and 3 only C. 2, 3 and 4 only D. 1 and 2 only
29. “The net work done on an object by a net external force is equal to the change in kinetic energy of
an object”. This statement is referred to as ____________
A. Work-Power Theorem C. Work-Energy Theorem
B. Energy-Power Theorem D. Electrical energy –Power Theorem
30. When you throw a ball directly upward, it is accelerated_____.
A. at all times C. during the instantaneous stop and during fall
B. only as it falls D. at the middle of its flight

31. Which of the following situation where work is done in the physics sense?
A. a man pushing an immovable concrete wall for five minutes
B. a forklift lifting a box to a certain height
C. a taxi parked on a street level highway
D. a centripetal force on an object in uniform circular motion
32. How much work is done on a horizontal spring if it is stretched 20 cm by a force of 2 N?
A. 0.04 J B. 0.4 J C. 4.0 J D. 40.0 J
33. A book has a mass of 1.5 kg. If it is raised a distance of 0.5 m from a table, what is its acquired
gravitational potential energy relative to the table? Use g=10m/s2
A. 75 J B. 7.5 J C. 7.5 kg.m/s2 D. 0.75 J
34. Which energy transformation occurs in an electric iron?
A. heat to light B. light to heat C. heat to electricity D. electricity to heat.
35. When is the speed of a pendulum greatest?
A. just before it reaches the bottom of its swing
B. when its acceleration is greatest
C. when its KE is maximum
D. when its PE is greatest
36. All of the computers in the ICT room are in use for five hours every day and together use 8.3 kW.
How much energy is used in a day?
A. 41.5 kWh B. 415 kWh C. 51.4 kWh D. 514 kWh
37. To reduce your electric bill,
A. make use of limited appliances.
B. put off appliances when not in use.
C. put off main switch during the day.
 D. connect appliances in series.
38. All of the following power plants use steam to drive the turbines to produce electricity except
A. hydropower B. geothermal C. coal-fired D. nuclear
39. What causes thermal pollution?
A. exhaust of different vehicles
B. exhaust from different industrial engines
C. degradation of water
D. all of them
40. What is the function of a heat engine?
A. it converts chemical energy to mechanical energy
B. it converts thermal energy to mechanical energy
C. it converts mechanical energy to chemical energy
D. it converts thermal energy to chemical energy
41. How does water from deep well move upward?
A. it occurs naturally
B. it uses water heat pump
C. it is a spontaneous process
D. it flows from higher temperature to a cooler temperature.
42. In the Agus VI Hydroelectric Power (HEP) Plant, which energy transformation takes place?
A. electrical energy mechanical energy electrical energy
B. gravitational potential energy kinetic energy electrical
energy
C. heat energy mechanical energy electrical energy
D. nuclear energy heat energy electrical energy
43. What is the energy of a motorcycle going fast midway down a hill?
A. entirely kinetic C. entirely gravitational
B. entirely potential D. both kinetic and potential

44. High potentials are used in long-distance transmission of electricity because

A. they are safer to use C.there is less loss of power when current are small
B. There is no other way to make current flow
D. generators produce high potentials with greater efficiency
45. In car accidents, it is safer to have padded dashboards than non-padded ones because an
occupant hitting the dash has____.
A. increased time of impact C. decreased impact force
B. increased impact force D. all of these
46. According to the Law of Conservation of Energy, the total energy in the universe_____.
A. tends to increase C. is always zero
B. tends to decrease D. remains constant

For Nos. 47-49, refer to the diagram of a pendulum below.

47. At what point in its motion is the potential energy of the pendulum bob
maximum?
A. A B.B C.C D. D
48. At what point in its motion is the kinetic energy of the pendulum bob
maximum?
A. B B.C C.D D. A
49. At what point in its motion does the pendulum bob have both kinetic and potential energy?
A. C B. D C. E D. none of these.
50. A stone is thrown horizontally. If air resistance is negligible, what are the horizontal and vertical
accelerations of the stone during its flight?
A. horizontal is 0 m/s2, vertical is 0 m/s2
B. horizontal is 10 m/s2, vertical is 0 m/s2
C. horizontal is 5 m/s2, vertical is 5 m/s2
D. horizontal is 0 m/s2, vertical is 10 m/s2