Physical Science

2 nd
Quarter Examination

Name: ____________________________________________________Section: __________________

Part I: Direction: Write the CAPITAL LETTER of the correct answer on the space
provided for.

___ 1. Which of the following is the shape of the Earth according to ancient Greeks?
_ A. Cylinder B. Flat Disc C. Octagon D.
Sphere
___ 2. What is the shape of the Earth as described by modem astronomy?
_ A. Ashy B. Hyperboloid C. Oblate obolid D.
Oblate spheroid
___ 3. Who among the following ancient Greek philosophers computed for the
_ circumference of the Earth?
A. Aristotle B. Eratosthenes C. Plato D.
Pythagoras
___ 4. According to Eratosthenes' computations, what is the circumference of the
_ earth?
A. 7.2 stadia B. 500 stadia C. 40,000 stadia D.
250,000 stadia
___ 5. In which of the following events can the circular shadow of the Earth be
_ observed notably?
observed notably?
A. Lunar Eclipse B. Solar Eclipse C. Summer Solstice D.
Winter Solstice
___ 6. Greek philosopher who gave the most accurate size of the spherical earth
_ during their time?
A. Anaxagoras B. Claudius Ptolemy C. Eratosthenes D.
Hipparchus
___ 7. Which of the following describes the position of the North Star if you go
_ nearer the equator?
A. Closer to the horizon.
B. It disappears completely.
C. Farther away from the horizon.
D. The North Star is fixed wherever you are on the Earth.
___ 8. Which of the following can be observed of a cruising ship if the Earth is a flat
_ disc?
A. It will not change its size.
B. It will become bigger and bigger.
C. It will become smaller and smaller until it disappears.
D. It will shrink then only the sail will be visible until it completely disappears.
___ 9. During which time did Eratosthenes observe the shadows cast by a vertical
_ stick?
A. During a solar eclipse B. During a lunar eclipse
C. Noon time in winter solstice D. Noon time in summer
solstice
___ 10 Which of the following is an astronomical model in which the Earth and
_ . planets revolve around the Sun?
 A. Eclipse B. Geocentric C. Heliocentrism D.
Solstice
___ 11 Which of the following is NOT evidence that Earth is a sphere?
_ . A. The North Star is not visible in the South of equator.
B. Polaris is located over the South Pole of the Earth.
C. When the North Star is visible at the horizon, you are located at the
equator.
D. The ships appear to sink gradually, below horizon as they travel far away
from the observer and over the horizons.
___ 12 Which of the following statements is/are TRUE about early astronomical
_ . phenomena? Statement I - The sun and moon are the most observable
objects in the sky.
Statement II - Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn can be easily seen in
the sky with the help of telescope.
A. Only statement I is true.
B. Only statement II is true.
C. Both statements are true.
D. Both the statements are false.
___ 13 Which of the following occurs when the Earth casts its shadow on the moon it
_ . is between the sun and the moon?
A. Lunar Eclipse B. Motion of the Star C. Phases of the moon
D. Solar Eclipse
___ 14 Which of the following should be the alignment for a solar eclipse to occur?
_ . A. Sun, Moon, Earth B. Sun, Earth, Moon
C. Earth, Sun, Moon D. None of these
___ 15 Which of the following statements BEST explains why you are less likely to
_ . see a total solar eclipse than a total lunar eclipse?
A. New moon phases occur less often than full moon phases.
B. The moon’s shadow covers all of Earth during a solar eclipse.
C. The moon’s umbra only covers a small area on Earth’s surface.
D. Only people on the daytime side of Earth can see a solar eclipse.
___ 16 Which of the following is NOT an astronomical phenomenon known to
_ . astronomers before the invention of the telescope?
A. Solar Eclipse B. Lunar Eclipse C. Motion of the moon D.
Phases of the Moon
___ 17 Who among the following demonstrated that the planets move in elliptical
_ . orbits around the sun?
A. Galileo Galilei B. Johannes Kepler C. Nicolaus Copernicus D.
Tycho Brahe
___ 18 Which of the following was discovered by Kepler with the use of Brahe’s
_ . extensive collection of data in observational astronomy?
A. Law of Motion B. Law of Relativity
C. Law of Acceleration D. Law of Planetary Motion
___ 19 What is the bouncing of light as it reaches a reflecting surface or the
_ . boundary between two media?
A. Dispersion B. Interference C. Reflection D.
Refraction
___ 20 What do you call the bending of light (it also happens with sound, water, and
_ . other waves) as it passes from one transparent substance into another?
A. Dispersion B. Interference C. Reflection D.
Refraction
___ 21 What nature of light is sometimes called a photon, which explains how light
_ . travel in straight lines?
A. Particle B. Reflection C. Refraction D.
Wave
___ 22 Which of the following theory of Sir Isaac Newton states that light was
. composed of tiny particles that travel in a straight line and can travel
through a vacuum?
A. Wave Theory B. Diffraction Theory
C. Corpuscle’s Theory D. Electromagnetic Theory
___ 23 Which of the following scientists used prism in his experiment and observed
_ . that the red light refracted the least, whereas the violet light refracted the
most?
A. Isaac Newton B. René Descartes C. Christiaan Huygens D.
James Clerk Maxwell
___ 24 Which of the following scientists produced a rainbow using a water-filled
_ . glass sphere and sunlight and explained that refraction of light caused the
formation of rainbows?
A. Isaac Newton B. René Descartes C. Christiaan Huygens D.
James Clerk Maxwell
___ 25 What is the wavelength of light?
_ . A. 300 nm to 500 nm B. 350 nm to 650 nm
C. 380 nm to 750nm D. 390 nm to 790 nm

___ 26 Which of the following refers to a photon incident to a metal surface and
_ . transfer all its energy to the electron?
A. Photon B. Electromagnetism C. Photoelectric effect D.
Electromagnetic spectrum
___ 27 Who was the scientist who proposed the photoelectric effect?
_ . A. Einstein B. Galileo C. Hertz D.
Newton
___ 28 Which type of light do we easily get sunburn?
_ . A. Infrared B. Visible light C. Microwave light D.
Ultraviolet light
___ 29 What theory states that a photon is composed of electromagnetic energy?
_ . A. Photon theory B. Spectrum Theory
C. Photoelectric effect D. Electromagnetic theory
___ 30 Which of the following statements is true?
_ . A. Light behaves like particles. B. Light behaves like fluid
and fabric.
C. Light behaves like particle and wave. D. Light does not resemble any
form of matter.
___ 31 Which of the following situations exemplifies the dispersion property of light?
_ . A. The image of the flower in a mirror
B. The sparkling glow of the diamond ring
C. The swaying movement of coin under water
D. The rainbow in the sky after the rain shower.
___ 32 Why does a blue t-shirt appear blue?
_ . A. Blue is absorbed by the t-shirt B. Blue is emitted by the t-
shirt
C. Blue is reflected by the t-shirt D. Blue is refracted by the t-
shirt
___ 33 According to Newton, what causes refraction?
_ . A. The presence of a force that was directed towards the medium with lower
refractive index
B. The presence of a force that was directed towards the medium with higher
refractive index
C. The presence of corpuscles that was directed towards the medium with
lower refractive index
D. The presence of corpuscles that was directed towards the medium with
higher refractive index
___ 34 According to Newton, what causes image reversal during reflection?
_ . A. Plenum hitting the surface at different times
B. Plenum hitting the surface at identical times
C. Corpuscles hitting the surface at identical times
D. Corpuscles hitting the surface at different times
___ 35 Sunburn can be likely caused by __________.
_ . A. Radio waves B. Microwaves C. Infrared light D. Ultraviolet
light
___ 36 Which of the following equations shows both the wave and particle nature of
_ . a photon?
A. E=mc² B. E=hf C. p=Ec D.
λ=hp
___ 37 Which property of a wave was observed in the behavior of electrons in
_ . Davisson and Germer’s experiment using recrystallized nickel?
A. Diffraction B. Interference C. Polarization D. Reflection
___ 38 Which of the following has the longest wavelength but least index of
_ . refraction?
A. Blue B. Orange C. Red D.
Violet
___ 40 Which of the following colors is refracted the most?
_ . A. Blue B. Orange C. Red D.
Violet
___ 41 Who among the following theorize that a particle can also exhibit wave
_ . characteristics?
A. Albert Einstein B. Lester Germer C. Clinton Davisson D. Louis de
Broglie
___ 42 Which of the following phenomenon is not associated with scattering of light?
_ . A. Blue Sky B. White Clouds C. Rainbow Formation D.
Red-orange Sunset
___ 43 What do we call the splitting of white light into its constituent colors?
_ . A. Diffraction B. Dispersion C. Inference D.
Scattering
___ 44 It is associated with waves that bend around the corners of obstacles.
_ . A. Diffraction B. Interference C. Polarization D.
Reflection
___ 45 Rainbow formation is associated with dispersion. Which of the following is the
_ . correct arrangement of the colors of rainbow?
A. Orange, yellow, blue, indigo, red, violet, green
B. Red, orange, yellow, blue, green, indigo, violet
C. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet
D. Green, orange, red, violet, yellow, blue, indigo
___ 46 What part of the de Broglie wavelength shows the particle nature of a
_ . photon?
A. p or momentum B. λ or wavelength
C. h or Planck’s constant D. c or speed of light
___ 47 The following units are used to measure distances among celestial bodies in
_ . the universe EXCEPT for ________.
A. Meters B. Light Years C. Parsec D. Astronomical Unit
___ 48 Which of the following correctly describes one astronomical unit?
_ . A. The distance of the nearest Galaxy
B. The distance of the Earth from the sun
C. The distance that Earth travels in a year
D. The distance of the Earth to the nearest planet in the solar system
___ 49 What is the equivalent of 1 Astronomical Unit to kilometer?
_ . A. 9.461 x 1012 B. 9.461 x 1011 C. 9.461 x 1010 D. 9.461 x
10 9

___ 50 One AU is the distance from the Sun to Earth's orbit, which is about 93
_ . million miles (150 million kilometers).
A. True B. True

Part II: Briefly explain the following.

1. Blue sky is one of the phenomena associated with light scattering. How is it
possible?