36. What is the speed of a bobsled whose distancetime graph indicates that it traveled 100 m in 25 seconds?

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b. 250 m/s d. 100 m/s
37. What is the SI unit of pressure? BAJET – CASTILLO HIGH SCHOOL
a. a pascal c. a newton Del Rosario St., Longos, Pulilan, Bulacan
b. g/cm3 d. m/s2
38. The operation of a hydraulic lift system is explained by
a. Newton’s principle. c. Pascal’s principle. PRE-TEST in PHYSICAL SCIENCE
b. Bernoulli’s principle. d. Archimedes’ principle.
39. The amount of matter in an object is called its
a. inertia. c. balance. Name: ______________________________ Score: __________
b. force. d. mass. Grade & Section: _____________________ Date: ___________
40. The force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against each other is called
a. gravity. c. inertia. I. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
b. friction. d. acceleration.
41. An object that travels around another object in space is called a(n) 1. The helium fusion process results in the production of
a. satellite. c. inertia. a. hydrogen.
b. projectile. d. mass. b. oxygen.
42. When you know both the speed and direction of an object’s motion, you know the c. carbon.
a. average speed of the object. d. nitrogen
b. acceleration of the object. 2. During the stellar nucleosynthesis, iron where produced because _______________________.
c. distance the object has traveled. a. Carbon group undergoes fission
d. velocity of the object. b. Heat released by gravitational contraction
43. If a bicyclist travels 30 kilometers in two hours, her average speed is _____. c. thermonuclear fusion in the core
a. 60 km/h. c. 30 km/h d. Release of energy from the star
b. 2 km/h. d. 15 km/h. 3. The masses of stars on the main sequence __________ from the lower right to the upper left.
44. Metals can ________ the light beams. b. increase. c. are all the same.
a. Reflect c. Transmit c. decrease. d. are randomly distributed.
b. Refract d. Any 4. The fundamental quantity which determines a star's centra pressure and temperature is its
45. Snell’s law relates ____________. a. mass. c. surface temperature.
a. Light reflection c. Light transmission b. luminosity. d. chemical composition..
b. Light refraction d. Light Absorption 5. Most interstellar dust grains are produced in
46 – 47. A passenger train travels east at high speed. One passenger is located at the east side of one car, another a. the Big Bang.
is located in the west side of that car. In the train’s frame, these two passengers glance up at the same time. In b. the interstellar medium.
the earth’s frame, c. the atmospheres of red giant stars.
a. they glance up simultaneously. d. supernova explosions.
b. the passenger at the east side glances up first. 6. According to Bohr's model of the atom, electrons behave like
c. the passenger at the west side glances up first. a. planets orbiting the sun. c. light energy in a vacuum.
d. the passengers glance sideways. b. waves on a vibrating string. d. planets rotating on their axes.
48. James travels at high speed from the Earth to the star Alpha Centauri, four light years away. In James’s frame 7. According to Bohr's theory, an electron's path around the nucleus defines its
a. the trip takes more time than it does in the Earth’s frame. a. electric charge. c. energy level.
b. James travels to Alpha Centauri over a length that is shorter than four light years. b. atomic mass. d. speed.
c. clocks on Earth and on Alpha Centauri are synchronized. 8. Which statement is true according to Dalton's theory?
d. Alpha Centauri travels to James over a length that is shorter than four light years a. Atoms of different elements can join to form larger atoms.
49 – 50. Ignore the rotation of the earth. Which clock ticks more slowly? b. Atoms can be subdivided into smaller particles.
a. The one on the top of a mountain. c. Atoms of the same element differ in electric charge.
b. The one at the bottom of that same mountain. d. Atoms of the same element are exactly alike.
c. They tick at the same rate. 9. Which statement about the atomic nucleus is correct?
d. Cannot be determined from the information given. a. The nucleus is made of protons and neutrons and has a negative charge.
b. The nucleus is made of protons and neutrons and has a positive charge.
c. The nucleus is made of electrons and has a positive charge.
d. The nucleus is made of electrons and has a negative charge.
10. The charge of an electron is 24. Semiconductors are elements that
a. –2 c. 0 a. have large atomic masses but small atomic numbers.
b. –1 d. +1 b. do not form compounds.
11. Atoms have no electric charge because they c. can conduct heat and electricity under certain conditions.
a. have an equal number of charged and noncharged particles. d. are extremely hard.
b. have neutrons in their nuclei. 25. Most halogens form compounds by
c. have an equal number of electrons and protons. a. gaining an electron to form a negative ion.
d. have an equal number of neutrons and protons. b. losing an electron to form a positive ion.
12. According to modern atomic theory, it is nearly impossible to determine an electron's exact c. losing protons.
a. color. c. charge d. joining with both calcium and carbon.
b. position. d. mass. 26. Group 18 noble gases are inert because
13. The order of elements in the periodic table is based on a. they readily form positive ions.
a. the number of protons in the nucleus. c. the number of neutrons in the nucleus. b. they can have either a positive or a negative charge.
b. the electric charge of the nucleus. d. atomic mass. c. their outermost energy level is missing one electron.
14. Atoms of elements that are in the same group have the same number of d. their outermost energy level is full.
a. protons. c. valence electrons. 27. Carbon and other nonmetals are found in which area of the periodic table?
b. neutrons. d. protons and neutrons. a. On the left-most side.
15. Valence electrons determine an atom's b. On the right side.
a. mass. c. electric charge. c. In the middle column of the periodic table.
b. chemical properties. d. period. d. In the bottom rows.
16. Ionization refers to the process of 28. Dalton's atomic theory stated that every element was made of atoms that could not be subdivided, atoms of
a. changing from one period to another. c. turning lithium into fluorine. the same element are alike, and
b. losing or gaining protons. d. losing or gaining electrons. a. atoms are made of protons, neutrons, and electrons.
17. A lithium ion is much less reactive than a lithium atom because it b. the nucleus is the center of the atom.
a. is much more massive. c. atoms can join to form molecules.
b. has a full outermost energy level. d. atoms are constantly in motion
c. has a negative electric charge. 29. A mole is an SI base unit that describes the
d. is in a different group in the periodic table. a. mass of a substance. c. volume of a substance.
18. Oxygen has atomic number 8. This means that an oxygen atom has b. amount of a substance. d. electric charge of a substance.
a. eight neutrons in its nucleus. c. eight protons in its nucleus. 30. If the atomic mass of carbon is 12 amu, 1 mole of pure carbon will have a mass of
b. a total of eight protons and neutrons. d. a total of eight neutrons and electrons. a. 6 g. c. 12 g.
19. An atom's mass number equals the number of b. 6 mol. d. 12 mol.
a. protons plus the number of electrons. c. protons. 31. Avogadro's constant is defined as the number of particles in
b. protons plus the number of neutrons. d. neutrons. a. one mole of a pure substance. c. one gram of a pure substance.
20. Which statement about the alkali metals is correct? b. one liter of a pure substance. d. one kilogram of a pure substance.
a. They are located in the left-most column of the periodic table. 32. The Copernican model of the solar system allowed, for the first time, the measurement of
b. They are extremely nonreactive. b. the relative distances of the planets.
c. They are usually gases. c. the mass of the Earth.
d. They form negative ions with a 1– charge. d. the relative masses of the planets.
21. Which of the following elements is an alkali metal? e. the distance of the Sun.
a. calcium c. mercury 33. The rings of Saturn were discovered by
b. magnesium d. sodium a. Kepler. b. Copernicus.
22. Alkali metals are extremely reactive because they b. Ptolemy. d. Galileo.
a. have very small atomic masses. 34. Sunspots were discovered by
b. are not solids at room temperature. a. Kepler. b. Copernicus.
c. have one valence electron that is easily removed to form a positive ion. b. Ptolemy. d. Galileo.
d. have two valence electrons that form compounds with calcium and magnesium. 35. A force acting on an object does no work if a.
23. Which statement about noble gases is correct? a. a machine is used to move the object.
a. They form compounds with very bright colors. b. the force is not in the direction of the object’s motion.
b. They exist as single atoms rather than as molecules. c. the force is greater than the force of friction.
c. They are highly reactive with both metals and nonmetals. d. the object accelerates
d. They are extremely rare in nature.