Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region viii – Eastern visayas
division of southern leyte
District of Bontoc ii
DIVISORIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Divisoria, Bontoc, Southern Leyte
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SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION in SCIENCE 9

DIRECTIONS: Read and understand the following questions. Shade the circle which corresponds
to your answer.

1. The path followed by a projectile is known as ____________.

a. orbit b. pathway c. runway d. trajectory
2. How would you describe the shape of a trajectory?
a. parabolic b. circular c. round d. linear
3. Objects that move in a parabolic path are said to be under ____________ motion.
a. curvilinear b. projectile c. horizontal d. vertical
4. How many component/s is/are there in projectile motion?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
5. Which angle would result to longest range?
a. 25° b. 30° d. 35° d. 40°
6. Which angle would result to highest altitude?
a. 25° b. 45° d. 75° d. 90°
7. What force enables objects to fall on to the ground?
a. friction b. gravity c. magnetic d. tension
8. If you throw a ball straight up, what will be its acceleration before stopping?
a. 0 m/s b. 0 m/s² c. 9.8 m/s d. -9.8 m/s²
9. What is the acceleration of a baseball thrown to the air at an angle of 45 degrees with respect
to the horizontal as it returns to the ground?
a. 0 m/s b. 0 m/s² c. 9.8 m/s d. -9.8 m/s²
10. What factor(s) affect(s) how far a projectile will land?
a. angle of launch b. initial velocity c. both angle and initial velocity
11. Calculate the range of a javelin if thrown at an angle of 30° with a velocity of 5 m/s.
a. 75 m b. 76 m c. 77 m d. 150 m
12. It is the product of mass and velocity.
a. acceleration b. velocity c. impulse d. momentum
13. What unit is used to express momentum?
a. kg.m²/s² b. Newton c. kg.m/s² d. Joule
14. Moving with the same velocity, which animal is most likely the one with greatest
momentum?
a. cat b. elephant c. lion d. dog
15. Momentum changes when the vehicle, slows down or moves faster. This change is called ___.
a. impulse b. gravity c. friction d. acceleration
16. How do seatbelts help minimize impulse during collisions?
a. It reduces velocity.
b. It increases velocity.
c. It prevents the passenger from sudden change in velocity.
d. It helps the car to manage sudden change in velocity.
17. When two vehicles collide, why does 1 tend to stop and the other is thrown away?
a. Energy is reduced in both cars.
b. Energy is increased in both cars.
c. Energy is transferred from one car to the other.
d. Energy is conserved before and after collision.
18. What are the components of mechanical energy?
a. potential and kinetic b. gravity and friction c. magnetic and electric
19. Which is not a type of potential energy?
a. elastic b. gravity c. chemical d. magnetic
20. Energy conservation means that _____________.
a. once it is used, it will be gone c. energy can be transformed
b. energy can be created and destroyed d. energy cannot be converted
21. Calculate the potential energy of a 10-kg shotput thrown at 2 m/s.
a. 20 J b. 5 J c. 196 J d. 200 J
22. Solve for the kinetic energy of Usain Bolt running at 10 m/s and he weighs 55 kg.
a. 2750 J b. 550 J c. 275 J d. 5500 J
23. Which electrical device utilizes heat in order to do work?
a. rice cooker b. electric fan c. television d. cellular phone
24. The temperature of an object that is doing work will always __________.
a. increase b. decrease c. remain the same.
25. What is the standard unit for heat?
a. kg.m²/s² b. Joule c. Calorie d. Newton
26. What form of energy is associated with motion?
a. Chemical Energy c. Potential Energy
b. Sound Energy d. Kinetic Energy
27. What law states that the total Energy in an isolated system remains the same?
a. Law of Conservation of Momentum c. Law of Definite composition
b. Law of Conservation of Energy d. Law of conservation of Mass
28. Which event does NOT describe potential energy being changed into kinetic energy?
a. a cart rolling down a hill. b. a rubber foam being compressed
c. a student lets go of a stretched slinky d. a twig falling from a branch
29. A stone rolls down some distance and gains 50 J of kinetic energy. Neglecting air
resistance, how much gravitational potential energy did the stone lose?
a. more than 50 J c. exactly 50 J
b. less than 50 J d. cannot be determined from the information

For numbers 30 – 31. A pendulum is hanging from a point and its total mechanical
energy is constant. Refer to the figure below.

30. At which point in the pendulum’s motion where the kinetic energy is at its maximum?
a. e b. c c. d d. b
31. At which point of the pendulum’s motion is the value of the change in the potential energy
equal to the change in the kinetic energy?
a. a b. b c. c d. e
32. What is the energy of a motorcycle driven down a hill?
a. entirely kinetic
b. entirely potential
c. entirely gravitational
d. both kinetic and potential
33. Which of the following happens to raindrops?
a. Loses potential energy and gains kinetic energy.
b. Loses both potential energy and kinetic energy.
c. Gains potential energy and loses kinetic energy.
d. Gains both potential energy and kinetic energy.
34. If the total mechanical energy is 50, determine the PE if the KE is 30 J.
a. 50 J b. 30 J c. 20 J d. 10 J
35. Which of the following statements describes momentum?
A. It is the product of body’s mass and velocity.
B. It is the product of body’s mass and acceleration.
C. It is the sum of body’s mass and velocity.
D. It is the sum of body’s mass and acceleration
36. Find the momentum of 2 cars after collision if its momentum before collision is 50 kg.m/s?
a. 5 kg.m/s b. 15 kg.m/s c. 30 kg.m/s d. 50 kg.m/s
37. Calculate the momentum of a 1000-kg car and moves with a velocity of 20 m/s.
a. 500 kgm/s b. 10, 020 kgm/s c. 20000 kgm/s d. 99 980 kgm/s
38. What happens to the vertical velocity of an object as it travels through the air?
a. Changes continuously c. Gradually increases
b. Gradually decreases d. Remains the same
39. What happens to the horizontal velocity of an object as it travels through the air?
a. Changes continuously c. Gradually increases
b. Gradually decreases d. Remains the same
40. A ball weighing 0.5 kg is thrown at an angle of 35° with an initial velocity of 5 m/s. Calculate
the maximum height that will be reached by the ball.
a. 44 m b. 45 m c. 88 m d. 90 m

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Prepared by: Noted:

JOSEPHINE T. MAYMAY MARIETA M. CADAY EdD

Teacher III Principal II