Physical Science (Midterm Exam)

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I. Instructions. Identify the answers of the following questions. 2 points each.
_______________1. The speed of light is a universal constant of ______ km/s.
_______________2. A _______ is the distance that light travels in 1 year.
_______________3. It gives us the age of items from the decay of radioactive materials found within the object.
_______________4. A super large (solar system size) galactic cores that put out more light than whole galaxies.
_______________5. When was our Solar system forms?
_______________6. Is anything that has mass and takes up space.
_______________7. Are the simplest pure substances, and they cannot be broken down into any other substances.
_______________8. The building blocks of matter because all matter.
_______________9. The philosopher that proposed the idea that matter is formed of small pieces that could not be cut
into smaller parts.
_______________10. Is the smallest particle of an element.
_______________11. A well-tested idea that explains and connects a wide range of observations.
_______________12. A physical, mental, visual, and other representations of an idea to help people understand what
they cannot observe directly.
_______________13. The scientist who proposed that atoms were like smooth, hard balls that could not be broken
down into smaller pieces.
_______________14. He found that atoms contain negatively charged particles.
_______________15. He described an atom that consisted of negative charges scattered throughout a ball of positive
charge—something like raisins or berries in a muffin.

II. True or false. Write true if the statement is correct and false if it is wrong. Any forms/types of erasure
correspond to deduction of points. 2 points each.
__________1. In 1932, British scientist James Chadwick discovered another particle in the nucleus of atoms.
__________2. Niels Bohr discovered another particle in the nucleus of atoms.
__________3. Chadwick was a student of both Thomson and Rutherford, revised the atomic model again.
__________4. The universe begins as the size of a single atom.
__________5. There was an explosion during big bang.
__________6. The early Universe was about 70% Hydrogen and 30% Helium.
__________7. Mars rocks have been dated and found to be older than Earth.
__________8. The furthest stars away are 10-15 billion light years away.
__________9. Atomos, which means “uncuttable”.
__________10. The ancient Greeks did not prove the existence of atoms because they did not do experiments.
__________11. According to Dalton, All atoms of the same element are exactly alike and have the same mass. Atoms of
different elements are different and have different masses.
__________12. The negatively charged particles is called electron.
__________13. Arabs and Muslims contributed with the preparation of acids such as nitric, hydrochloric and sulfuric
acid as well.
__________14. The Chinese had techniques to utilize metals like gold and copper. They even assigned certain symbols
to match metals with the heavenly bodies such as the Sun and Moon.
__________15. Indians were practicing Vedic medicines.

III. Essay. Discuss the different views of the non-atomistic Greek philosophers in relation to the origin of the
universe. Write your answers at the back. 3 points each.
 Anaxagoras
 Empedocles
 Plato
 Aristotle

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