Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XI
Division of Davao Occidental
Lacaron, Malita, Davao Occidental

UNIFIED TEST

THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 7

NAME: ____________________________________________ DATE: ____________________

GRADE AND SECTION: _______________________________ SCORE: __________________
NAME OF SCHOOL: __________________________________ DISTRICT: ________________

DIRECTION: Read and analyze each question carefully. Choose the best answer and write the letter
on the space provided before each number.

____1. Which of the following refers to the length of the entire path that the object travelled?
A. displacement B. distance C. speed d. velocity

____2. In which of the following is an example of a velocity?

A. A student walks 2.0Km/hr, North B. An object has a mass of 10.5 kg
C. A 1.0 kg object moves at 18 m/s D. A ball has a maximum speed of 15 m/s

____3. Acceleration is defined as the CHANGE in

A. distance divided by the time interval
B. velocity divided by the time interval
C. time it takes to move from one speed to another
D. time it takes to move from one place to another

____4. Which of the following does NOT require direction?

A. Acceleration B. Force C. Speed D. Velocity

____5. Which of the following instruments measures the distance traveled by a vehicle?
A. Anemometer B. Manometer C. Speedometer D. Odometer

____6. Which of the following statement is true?

A. Speed indicates the direction of motion B. Velocity indicates the direction of motion
C. Velocity measures the rate of motion only D. All of these

____7. Starting from the origin, a person walks 6 km east during first day, and 3 km east the next
day. What is the net displacement of the person from the initial point in two days?

A. 3 km, east B. 6 km, west C. 9 km, east D. 10 km, east

The graph represents the relationship between velocity and time for an object moving in a straight
line. Use this graph to answer questions 8 and 9.
____8. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The object speeds up B. The object slows down
C. The object stays at rest D. The object moves with a constant velocity

____9. What is the velocity of the object at 5 s?

A. 1 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 3 m/s D. 5 m/s

____10. A snapshot of three racing cars is shown on the diagram. All three cars start the race at the
same time, at the same place and move along a straight track. As they approach the finish line,
which car has the lowest average speed?

A. Car I B. Car II
C. Car III D. All three cars have the same average speed

____11. Which of the following is true about an object that travels 5 meters to the left, then 2
meters up, then another 5 meters to the right?
A. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters
B. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters
C. The displacement of the object is equal to 12 meters down
D. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 12 meters down.

____12. The distance from any point on a wave to the corresponding point on the next wave is what
we called.
A. Amplitude B. Frequency C. Wave Height D. Wavelength

____13. Which of the following is the maximum distance that a particles of a wave’s medium vibrate
from their rest position?
A. Amplitude B. Frequency C. Wave Height D. Wavelength

____14. Waves in a rope are called ______ waves because the individual segments of the rope
vibrate _______ to the direction in which the waves travel.
A. longitudinal, parallel C. transverse, parallel
B. longitudinal, perpendicular D. transverse, perpendicular

____15. Which of the following is an example of longitudinal wave?

A. blue light B. radio waves C. sound waves D. water ripples

Consider the diagram below to item 13 below.

____16. Based on the figure above, which indicates the interval that represents a half wavelength?
A. A to E B. B to F C. A to B D. C to E

____17. Which of the following figure will happen to the wavelength of the waves if a person
increases the rate of the vibrations in the surface of the water rapidly?
A. B. C. D. None of them

____18. What type of wave is a sound wave?

A. Longitudinal Wave B. Love Wave C. Ray Leigh Wave D. Transverse Wave
____19. Which of the following objects will produce sound?
A. objects under pressure B. radio stations C. soft objects D. vibrating objects

____20. Compared to a thin string of the same length and tightness a thick string produces sounds of
_________.
A. higher pitch B. lower pitch C. lower then higher pitch D. the same pitch

____21. Which of the following is not capable of transmitting sound?

A. air B. steel C. vacuum D. water

____22. Which of the following best describes a high frequency sound? It has ________________.
A. high pitch B. low energy C. low pitch D. A and C

____23. What kind of medium do sound wave travel fastest through?

A. Gases B. Liquids C. Plasma D. Solids

____24. A logarithmic scale is used to describe sound intensity, which roughly corresponds to
loudness. What is the unit of intensity level for sound?
A. centimeter (cm) B. decibel (dB) C. kilometer (km) D. meter (m)

____25. An ambulance has its siren on. What direction is the ambulance moving relative to you if the
siren is decreasing its pitch?
A. Away from You B. Towards you C. Very near to you D. Both A and C

____26. A sound wave travelling through the air is composed of compressions and rarefactions.
Which of the following statement is correct about compressions and rarefactions?
A. Low Frequency = High Pitch, Short Wavelength
B. Low Frequency = Low Pitch, Short Wavelength
C. High frequency = High Pitch, Short Wavelength
D. High Frequency = Low Pitch, Short Wavelength

____27. Which of the following would most likely transmit sound best?
A. Air in your classroom B. Steel in cabinet
C. Water in the ocean D. Water in the swimming pool

____28. Waves in a lake are 5.00 m in length and pass an anchored boat 1.25 s apart. The speed of
the waves is _________.
A. 0.25 m/s B. 4.00 m/s
C. 6.25 m/s D. impossible to find from the information given

____29. ROYGBIV is the basic component of white light. Which color of light carries the most energy?
A. Blue B. Green C. Orange D. Red

____30. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Which characteristic is common in all electromagnetic

waves?
A. amplitude B. frequency C. speed D. wavelength

____31. We can see things because light ___________________.

A. enters our eyes B. is absorbed by objects
C. is colorless D. reflect from our eyes

____32. Things that give off light are known as _______________.

A. luminous objects B. non luminous objects
C. opaque objects D. transparent objects

____33. The effect in which white light separates into different colors is called ____________.
A. dispersion B. magnification C. reflection D. refraction
Use the figure below to answer question 34-36.

OBJE COLOR OF LIGHT COLOR OF COLOR OF OBJECT

CT FILTER SEEMS TO

RED RED

Red socks
MAGENTA BLUE

Blue teddy bear

____34. What would the color of the sock be when shone with red light in the absence of colored
filter?
A. Blue B. Green C. Red D. Yellow

____35. What would be the color of the blue teddy bear when shone by the indicated light?
A. Blue B. Cyan C. Orange D. Yellow

____36. If yellow light (a mixture of red and green) shines upon a magenta filter what will be the
color of the red socks?
A. Cyan B. Orange C. Red D. Yellow

____37. Which of the following method below if heat is transferred through the liquid (or gas) by the
movement of its particles?
A. Conduction B. Convection C. Radiation D. Thermal

____38. Heat transfers naturally from a body of high temperature to a body of ____________.
A. high temperature B. higher temperature
C. low temperature D. same temperature

____39. Conduction takes place due to the vibrating and colliding particles of objects that are in
contact. It can take place in solids, liquids, and gases but it takes place best in ___________.
A. liquids B. solids C. A and B D. B only

____40. Heat transfer occurs not only in solids but also in fluids, but not all conduct heat equally.
Some materials conduct heat easily; other materials conduct heat poorly. What Objects that conduct
heat poorly, like wood are particularly called ___________.
A. conductors B. heaters C. insulators D. magnetic

The illustration below shows a lady making a noodle soup using a pan made of metal. Use this
illustration to answer the questions below:

____41. How does heat travel through the pan?

A. by conduction B. by convection C. by dispersion D. by radiation

____42. Which of the following methods of heat transfer is NOT taking place in the given situation?
A. Conduction B. Convection C. Radiation D. None of them

____43. Which of the following explains why the lady is able to hold the handle of the pan with her
bare hands?
I. The handle is made of good insulator of heat.
II. The handle has low thermal conductivity.
II. The handle has high thermal expansion.
A. I and II only B. I and III only
C. II and III only D. I, II, and III
____44. What will happen when two like charges are brought together?
A. They will repel each other B. They will attract each other
C. They will neutralize each other D. They will have no effect on each other

____45. Which of the following can be attracted by a positively charged object?

A. A neutral object B. Any other object
C. No other object D. Another positively charged object

____46. Which of the following should be BEST done to prevent serious electric shock in using
appliances at home?
A. Use only new appliances B. Ground the appliances
C. Replace old electrical appliances D. Place the appliances far from water source

____47. What is really meant when we say an appliance "uses up" electricity?
A. The current disappears
B. The main power supply voltage is lowered
C. Electrons are taken out of the circuit and put somewhere else
D. The potential energy of electrons is changed into another form.

____48. In which set-up(s) will the bulb light up?

A. A only B. B only C. C only D. A, B and C

____49. A negatively charged rod is brought near a metal can that rests on a wooden box. You touch
the opposite side of the can momentarily with your finger. If you remove your finger before
removing the rod, what will happen to the can?
A. It will be discharged B. Its charge will remain as it was
C. It will become positively charged D. It will become negatively charged.

____50. The figure shows three pairs of plates. The electrostatic force between the plates is shown
for two of the pairs. If B is negative, what is the charge of A? and what kind of force exists in the
third pair?

A. negative, attractive B. negative, repulsive

C. positive, attractive D. positive, repulsive
 ANSWER KEY

1. B 11. B 21. C 31. A 41. A

2. A 12. D 22. A 32. A 42. D
3. C 13. A 23. D 33. A 43. A
4. C 14. D 24. B 34. C 44. A
5. D 15. C 25. A 35. A 45. A
6. B 16. D 26. C 36. C 46. B
7. C 17. A 27. B 37. B 47. D
8. D 18. A 28. B 38. C 48. A
9. D 19. D 29. A 39. B 49. C
10. A 20. B 30. C 40. C 50. C