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TQ Physical Science

This document contains instructions and questions for a physical science exam. It begins with general instructions that no cheating or erasures are allowed and to only use black or blue ink. The exam then contains multiple choice and essay questions testing knowledge of concepts in physics including the shape of the Earth, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, reflection, refraction, wave properties of light, gravity, general and special relativity, and applications of Einstein's theories. Students are asked to show their work.

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TQ Physical Science

This document contains instructions and questions for a physical science exam. It begins with general instructions that no cheating or erasures are allowed and to only use black or blue ink. The exam then contains multiple choice and essay questions testing knowledge of concepts in physics including the shape of the Earth, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, reflection, refraction, wave properties of light, gravity, general and special relativity, and applications of Einstein's theories. Students are asked to show their work.

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Reference No.

Date:
Name: S.Y./Quarter
Subject: Physical Science
Grade Level Score:
and Section:

General Instructions: Any form of CHEATING (Example: merely glancing, asking classmate) is not allowed!
Strictly NO ERASURES!
Use only BLACK or BLUE-INK PEN in answering.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the best answer that suits the questions given. Write the letter of your answer in
the space provided before each number. Write your answers in CAPITAL LETTERS
only
1. _________Which BEST explains why the Earth is not disk-shaped?
A. Stars are viewed differently when traveling north and south.
B. The shadow cast by Earth during a lunar eclipse is circular.
C. The shadow cast in two different cities during a solstice differed in length.
D. The only shape that cast a circular shadow in whatever direction is a sphere.
For nos. 2-5, choices are:
A. All planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
B. Any point in the closed curved is equidistant to the two foci.
C. Planets move fastest in the elliptical orbit when nearest to the sun.
D. The length of a planet’s revolution in the Sun is proportional to its orbit’s size.
2._________ Which describes the law of ellipse?
3. _________ Which describes the law of harmony?
4. ________ Which describes the law of equal areas?
5._________ Which explains the difference in the orbital period of Earth and Saturn?
Item 6-15 Compare and Contrast Geocentric model according to Ptolemy with that of Heliocentric
model according to Copernicus (with Rubrics)

Ptolemaic system Copernican system


Proponent
Center of the Universe
Orbits
Stars
Explanation of retrograde motion

16. _______ What do you call a phenomenon by which the incident light falling on the surface is sent back into the
same medium?
A. Absorption C. Reflection

B. Polarization D. Refraction

17.________ What angle is formed by an incoming ray with the normal?


A. Angle of incidence B. Angle of reflection C. Angle of refraction D. Angle of equivalence
18. ________ Which statement correctly describes the “Law of reflection”?
A. The angle of reflection is perpendicular to the normal.
B. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection
C. The angle of reflection is parallel to the angle of incidence
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D. Both the angle of incidence and reflection lie in different planes.
19 _________ Which of the following pairs perfectly describe the reflection produced by a smooth surface?
A. Diffuse reflection: clear and precise
B. Specular reflection: clear and precise
C. Diffuse reflection: not clear and vague
D. Specular reflection: not clear and vague
20.__________ Which of the following pairs perfectly describes the reflection produced by a smooth surface?
A. Diffuse reflection: clear and vivid
B. Diffuse reflection: unclear and vague
C. Specular reflection: unclear and vague
D. Specular reflection: clear and vivid
21.__________ What can be said of the image formed in the bulging reflecting surface of a spoon?
A. Virtual upright, and larger than the object B. Virtual, inverted, and larger than the object
C. Virtual, upright and smaller than the object D. Virtual, inverted, and smaller than the object
22.__________ Where should the object be positioned to have a smaller and inverted image in a concave mirror?
A. At the focus B. At the center of curvature
C. Beyond the center of curvature D. Between the curvature and focused
23. __________ Which is scattered by very small particles present in the atmosphere?
A. All wavelengths of light B. medium wavelength of light
C. smaller wavelength of light D. larger wavelength of light
24.___________ Which explains why the sky is blue?
A. blue light is not easily scattered by the atmosphere
B. Blue light is not easily absorbed by the atmosphere
C. Air molecules scatter blue light more readily than other colors
D. Blue light is reflected off the world’s oceans into the atmosphere
25.__________ Which explains why sunsets are red?
A. Air molecules scatter red light more readily than others
B. red light is of shorter wavelength than other colors of light
C. red light survives the absorption of the particles in the atmosphere
D. red light is scattered the least and is transmitted the most in the atmosphere
Item 26-33- Complete the following sentences to explain the important concepts discussed on Wave
Properties of Light
Light has a _________ (single, dual) nature. Sometimes, it behaves like a particle called ______ (proton,
photon). Light's particle-like traits are best explained by the ______________ (photoelectric effect, scattering of
light), the theory that ___________________ (Thomas Young, Albert Einstein) won his Nobel Prize for. Light also
behaves like a wave, which explains how it ______ (reflects, refracts) or how it bounces off in an obstacle. This
results in the formation of an ________ (image, object) in a mirrored surface. Light, like any wave, is known to
undergo ___________ (reflection, refraction) when it passes from one medium to another medium with different
optical densities. A light wave will bend _________ (towards, away) the normal when it passes from an optically
denser to a less dense medium. On the other hand, if it is moving from a less dense to a denser medium, the
wavefront will bend ___________ (towards, away from) the normal.
34.___________ How does General Relativity view gravity?
A. Gravity warps space and time. B. Gravity is the curvature of space-time.
C. Gravity warps mass. D. Gravity is a force.
35. ___________ Which is true about time according to general relativity?
A. Time slows down with gravity. B. Time accelerates with gravity.
C. Time is pulled down by gravity. D. Time can’t be changed by gravity.

36.___________ What is the minimum velocity needed for a spacecraft to leave the Earth?
A. less than Earth’s escape velocity B. greater than Earth’s escape velocity
C. equivalent to Earth’s escape velocity D. equivalent to the speed of light
37. ___________ How does special relativity differ from general relativity?
A. Special relativity applies only to moving frames while general relativity applies only to stationary frames.
B. Special relativity applies only to stationary frames while general relativity applies only to accelerating frames.
C. Special relativity applies only to stationary or moving frames while general relativity applies only to
accelerating frames.
D. Special relativity applies only to accelerating frames while general relativity applies only to stationary or
moving frames
38. ____________ Why do GPS clocks need to be corrected using the General Theory of Relativity?
A. because they are far away from Earth B. because they are stationary
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C. because they are orbiting the Earth D. because they are affected by the Earth’s warping of space-
time.
39._____________ What is space-time?
A. Space-time is a combination of three-dimensional space with time.
B. Space-time is a time an object takes to travel in space.
C. Space-time is a gravitational field. D
D. Space-time is a two-dimensional space and time.
40._____________ What can best explain the unusual orbit of Mercury?
A. Perturbation B. Sun’s warping of space-time C. gravity D. both a and b

41-50 Essay: (with Rubric) 10 points


 Cite practical applications of Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity and its postulate in our day to day living.

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