THIRD PERIODICAL TEST 9.

A heavy object and a light object are

SCIENCE VI released from rest at the same height and time
in a vacuum. As they fall, they have
Name: _______________________ equal_________
Score:_______ A. weight C. energy
Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer B. momenta D. acceleration
on the space provided before each number. 10. If you were in a spaceship and fired a
cannon ball into frictionless space, the amount
1. A book on top of the table is at rest. What of force needed to keep it moving would be
forces are balanced in this set-up? ________.
A. friction and normal force A. twice the force with which it was fired
B. gravity and normal force B. one-half of the force with which it was fired
C. friction and gravity C. the same amount of force with which it
D. gravity and tension force was fired
D. zero, since no force is necessary to keep it
2. If the combined force acting on a stationary moving.
object is balanced, then the object will_____
A. Remain at rest 11. If there were no force, what might act on an
B. Begin moving backward object to make it move?
C. Decrease speed at a steady rate A. energy C. gravity
D. Increase speed in the direction of the B. friction D. machine
strongest force.
12. The energy produced by vibrating objects.
3. Which force is acting on falling leaves? A. chemical energy
A. friction B. gravity B. electrical energy
C. normal D. tension C. mechanical energy
D. sound energy
4. The force of gravity on Earth pulls objects 13. The energy that comes from the flow of
toward _________. electrons from one material to another is:
A. its center A. chemical energy
B. its north pole B. electrical energy
C. its south pole C. mechanical energy
D. the north and the south pole D. sound energy
5. How does gravity affect how high a person
14.The energy of a moving body or a body
jumps?
capable of producing motion is:
A. The weaker the gravity, the lower the jump.
B. The weaker the gravity, the higher the jump. A. chemical energy
C. The stronger the gravity, the higher the B. light energy
jump. C. mechanical energy
D. Gravity does not affect how high one can D. nuclear energy
jump. 15. What energy is stored in a dry cell?
A. chemical energy
6. A spring balance is pulled downward and the B. light energy
following readings are recorded C. mechanical energy
D. nuclear energy

16. Which energy allows radio, TV, computers,

washing machine etc. to function?
If the spring balance is pulled by 3.5 cm, the A. chemical energy
reading should be: B. electrical energy
A. 12 N B. 13 N C. mechanical energy
C. 14 N D. 15 N D. sound energy
7. Which is not a contact force?
A. friction C. normal 17. What form of energy is produced when the
B. gravity D. tension strings of a guitar are plucked?
A. mechanical C. electrical
8. Which can move a fully loaded grocery cart B. radiant D. sound
faster? Why?
A. One man because there will be more
18. How energy is transformed in a generator?
space to push it.
B. Two men because they can help each
other in pushing it.
C. Three men because the more force is
applied on the grocery cart making it faster.
D. None of the above can move the cart
because it is fully loaded.
19. What is always produced when energy 27. Elevator as to pulley while escalator as to:
transformation occur? A. wedge C. lever
A. electricity C. light B. screw D. inclined plane
B. heat D. sound
20. Which device uses chemical energy in 28. Which simple machine is described as an
portable radios to produced sound? inclined plane wrapped around a shaft, creating
A. dry cell C. flashlight grooves?
B. generator D. motor A. lever C. screw
B. pulley D. wheel and axle
21. Which simple machine is made of rigid or 29. Which simple is used by the man to move
strong bar that is free to move at a fixed point?
the barrel as shown in the picture below?
A. lever C. wedge
B. pulley D. wheel and axle

22. Which simple machine is use to reduce

friction and to allow moving of object using A.
lesser force?
A. lever C. wedge
B. pulley D. wheel and axle

23. Knives, nails, chisels, and needles are

examples of what kind of simple machine?
A. lever C. wedge wedge C. lever
B. pulley D. wheel and axle B. screw D. inclined plane
30.Which is not a function of simple machines?
24. Seesaw, scissors, pliers are examples of
A. Help to do daily tasks easier and faster
which kind of lever as illustrated below?
B. Change the direction of the force to move
objects into different directions
C. Decrease the distance and speed of the
force to move objects father and faster
D. Increase the amount of force to lift heavy
objects or by exerting greater on an object
more than what can apply.

31. A big boy and a small boy try to place

25. The amount of force needed to lift or move themselves on a wooden plank with a stone as
the load depends on the distance between the the fulcrum. Where should the stone placed?
fulcrum and the load. How much force needed A. Nearer the big boy
to lift the load as shown in the illustration
B. Nearer the small boy
below?
C. Halfway between them
D. Anywhere between them

32. Why are teeth examples of wedges?

A. They can lift objects with less force.
B. They can pull down objects with less force
C. They can cut objects
A. lesser force D. They have fulcrum, force arms and work
B. greater force arms.
C. equal to the weight of load 33. Which of the following has a sharp edge?
D. amount of force cannot be identified A. Knife C. Stairs
B. Seesaw D. Spoon

26. Which does not describe a movable pulley?
A. It moves along with the rope or load.
B. The direction of the force does not change
C. The wheel of this pulley is firmly attached
to a fixed point.
D. It decreases the distance but increases
the force needed to exert
34. Which of the following is a characteristic of
wedge?
A. Has thick base and sharp edge
B. Composed of a straight bar
C. Composed of a rigid bar
D. Has fulcrum, load and effort
35. Which of the following is a characteristic of
lever?
 A. Has a thick base
B. Has a sharp edge
C. Has fulcrum, load and effort.
D. None of the above
36. Wheel and axle refers to the assembly
formed by two discs of different diameter
mounted so that they rotate together around
the same axis. What is the use of this?
I. Use to hold an object in place
II. Use to wrapped a cylinder
III. Use for raising weights
IV. For raising water buckets from wells
A. I & II
B. II & III
C. III& II
D. III & IV
37. In wheel and axle how do the radius affect
the axle?
A. The same B. Bigger
C. Smaller D. Nothing
38. Which of the following supports the axle in
allowing rotation?
A. Hinge C. Pulley
B. Socket D. Wedge
39. Which of the following is the use of inclined
plane?
A. It lessens the effort exerted in transporting
weight over a distance and height
B. To lift an object easier by changing the
direction of the effort force
C. To deliver a person from high area to low
area
D. To deliver a person from low area to high
area
40. What will happen if person lift a heavy
object without using pulley machine?
A. brain damage B. bone fracture
C. headache D. blood clot