LEANDRO G.

JAPOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FOURTH QUARTER EXAM
SCIENCE
GRADE 9
For questions 1 and 2, refer to the table below: 12. Which of the following happens to a coconut that falls
1. freely?
a. Loses potential energy and gains kinetic energy.
b. Loses both potential energy and kinetic energy.
In the table above, what is the momentum of the jeepney? c. Gains potential energy and loses kinetic energy.
a. 6,000 kg m/s c. 20,000 kg m/s d. Gains both potential energy and kinetic energy.
b. 40,000 kg m/s d. 3,000 kg m/s
2. Which has greater momentum, the jeepney or the 13. What is the energy of a motorcycle moving slowly at the top
motorcycle? of a hill?
a. jeepney c. both have the same momentum a. entirely kinetic c. entirely gravitational
b. motorcycle d. cannot be determined b. entirely potential d. both kinetic and potential
3. Two identical cars are travelling along EDSA. Which of the 14. Which is a necessary condition for the total momentum of a
two cars would have a greater momentum? system to be conserved?
a. the slower car c. both have the same momentum a. Kinetic energy must not change.
b. the faster car d. cannot be easily determined b. No external force is present.
c. An object must be at rest.
d. Only the force of gravity acts on the system.
4. A 25-kg girl is riding a 5-kg with a velocity of 5 m/s the East. 15. Which event is explained in the sequence of energy changes
What is the total momentum of a girl and a bike together? shown in the diagram below?
a. 100 kg m/s
b. 125 kg m/s
c. 150 kg m/s a. a headlight is on c. electric current powers a flat iron
d. 200 m/s b. a turbine spins d. gasoline burns to run a jeepney
5. Which of the following is a necessary condition for the total 16. Which event illustrates the direct transformation of potential
momentum of a system to be conserved? to kinetic energy?
a. Kinetic energy must not change. a. A basketball player catches a flying ball.
b. No net external force acts on the system. b. A Kalesa moves from rest.
c. The system must be at rest. c. Kathy’s arrow is released from its bow.
d. Only the force of gravity acts on the system d. The spring mechanism of a toy is rotated until it locked.
For numbers 6 and 7 the given data are: 17. The wind-up toy that is fully wound and at rest possesses
Two 0.5 kg balls approach each other with the same speed ___________________.
of 1.0 m/s. A. kinetic but no potential energy
6. What is the total momentum of the system before B. potential but no kinetic energy
collision? C. both potential and kinetic energy in equal amounts
a. 0 b. 0.50 kg m/s c. 1.0 kg m/s d. -1.0 kg m/s D. neither potential nor kinetic energy
7. If there is no external force acting on the system, what the 18. The impulse experienced by a body is equal to the change in
total momentum of the system after collision? its:
a. 0 a. Velocity
b. 0.50 kg m/s b. Kinetic energy
c. 1.0 kg m/s c. Momentum
d. -1.0 kg m/s d. Potential energy
8. A lady tennis player hits an approaching ball with a force of 19. Which among the forms of energy is considered a potential
750 N If she hits the ball in 0.002 s, how much impulse is energy?
imparted to the tennis ball? a. chemical energy b. radiant energy
a. 0 N s b. 1.5 N s c. 3.0 N s d. 6.0 Ns c. sound energy d. thermal energy
9. Which sequence of energy transformation best describes 20. A torchlight fell from a watch tower. The potential energy of
what happens when you switch on your battery-run radio? the torchlight at the highest point compared to its kinetic
a. Mechanical Energy Electrical Energy Sound Energy energy at the lowest point is _______
b. Mechanical Energy Chemical Energy Sound Energy a. lesser.
c. Chemical Energy Electrical Energy Sound Energy b. equal.
D. Chemical Energy Mechanical Energy Sound Energ c. greater.
d. not related.
10 In which case is there a decrease in gravitational potential 21. Which event illustrates the direct transformation of potential
energy? to kinetic energy?
a. Amada stretches horizontally a rubber band. a. A volleyball player blocks an incoming ball.
b. A car ascends a steep parking ramp. b. A sleeping cow stirs awake.
c. Pamela’s puppy jumps down the chair. c. The wide-open spring door closes slowly.
d. Water is forced upward through a pipe. d. The spring of a broken toy shoots up.
11. A picture frame falls off the wall. Considering the presence 22. Which of the following happens to raindrops?
of air, how does the kinetic energy (K) just before striking the a. Loses potential energy and gains kinetic energy.
floor compare to the potential energy (P) at its hanging b. Loses both potential energy and kinetic energy.
point? c. Gains potential energy and loses kinetic energy.
a. K is equal to P. b. K is greater than P. d. Gains both potential energy and kinetic energy.
c. K is less than P. d. It is impossible to tell.
23. Francis stretched a rubber band five times. After that, he 34. How can air conditioning unit functions as heater during cold
observed that the rubber band felt warmth. Did the rubber . days and cooler during hot days?
band gain heat? 1. It cools the inside of the house and heats the outside.
a. No, it is not evident. 2. It takes heat from the air outside to warm the inside.
b. Yes, the rubber band felt warmth means it gained heat a. 1 only b. 2 only c. 1 and 2 only d. None of them
c. Yes, the rubber band felt warmth means it loss heat.
d. No, temperature is not related to a gain or loss of heat.
24. What is commonly used as refrigerant for most of the 35. What is the function of a heat engine?
refrigerators? a. It converts chemical energy to mechanical energy.
a. Liquid that is easy to solidify. b. It converts thermal energy to mechanical energy.
b. Liquid that is hard to solidify. c. It converts mechanical energy to chemical energy.
c. Gas that is easy to liquefy. d. It converts thermal energy into chemical energy.
d. Gas that is hard to liquefy
25. How does water from the deep well move upward? 36. What causes thermal pollution?
a. It occurs naturally. a. Exhaust of different vehicles.
b. It uses water heat pump. b. Exhaust from different industrial engines.
c. It is a spontaneous process. c. Degradation of water.
d. All of them
d. It flows from higher temperature to cooler
temperature.
26. Is it possible to change the temperature of a glass of water 37. In which of the following units is electrical consumption
by stirring the water, even though the glass is insulated from measured by electric companies four our household
its surroundings? consumption in our homes?
a. No, stirring will not affect the temperature of the a. kilowatt b. volt c. megawatt d. kilowatt hour
water.
b. No, insulation prevents the change of temperature
of the water.
38. In power stations generating electricity, power is measured in
_________.
c. Yes, stirring the water increases its internal energy a. joule b. kilojoule c. kilowatt d. megawatt
causing the increase of its temperature.
d. Yes, stirring the water decreases its internal energy
causing the decrease of its tempera
Modified True or False. Study each statement. Write 39. Shayne turned on a lamp switch in her room. Which of the
True if it is correct and if not, change the underline following is the correct path of electrical power that can be
word/s to make it true. traced back to the source?
a. power plant transmission substations distribution
substations residences
27. Heat engine is any device that converts thermal
b. transmission substations power plants residences
energy into mechanical work. distribution substations
c. residences distribution substation power plants
28. In every heat engine, all of the heat can be converted transmission substations
into work. d. distribution substations transmission substations
power plants residences
29. Mechanical work takes place in the piston of a
gasoline engine. 40. You made an electric motor in school. When you tested it in
using 4 dry cells, the armature turned very fast. What should
30. There is no ideal heat engine, making some heat you do to make it turn slower?
exhaust in the environment. a. use a bigger magnet
b. remove one of the dry cells
c. increase the number of turns in the coil of wire
31. Thermal pollution is brought about by the accumulated d. decrease the distance between the magnetic poles
exhaustion of heat from diesel, gasoline and industrial
engines. 41. If a 100 W light bulb is lit for 8 hours each day for 20 days in a
month. How many kilowatt-hours will the bulb consume?
32. What energy transformation takes place in a generator? a. 16 b. 160 c. 1600 d. 16000
a. electrical to mechanical c. mechanical to electrical
b. heat to mechanical d. chemical to mechanical

33. In which case will electric current be induced in a coil of For nos. 42-51 , complete the table below and show
wire? your complete solution.
a. when it is connected to a galvanometer
b. when a magnet is held stationary inside the coil
c. when a magnet is rapidly inserted into and out of the
A 2-kg stone dropped on top of a hill and reached the
coil ground after 1s.
d. when a magnetic compass is held beside it
Time (s) Height Velocity PE (J) KE (J) TME
(m) (m/s) PE + KE
0 42.___ 43.____ 44.___ 45. ___ 46.___
1 47.___ 48.____ 49.___ 50.____ 51.___
39. 40.
 46.
40. 47
41. 48.
42. 49.
43. 50.