FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 9

NAME: _____________________ SCORE: ______

GRADE AND SECTION: ________
DIRECTION: Write the letter which corresponds to the best answer
to the questions or statements given below. Write your answer
before the number.
__________1. The motion of an object with constant acceleration is
also known as __________.
a. motion b. uniform motion c. constant motion
d. uniformly accelerated motion
__________2. A ball is hit at an angle of 30°. At what point in its
trajectory does this projectile have the least speed?
a. just after it was launched b. its velocity
is zero and acceleration is not zero
c. at the highest point in its flight d. halfway between
the grouind and the highest point.
__________3. Suppose a ping pong ball is tossed. When the ball
reaches the highest point, which statement about the ball’s velocity
and acceleration is true?
a. both its velocity and acceleration are zero
b. its velocity is zero and acceleration is not zero.
c. its velocity is not zero and its acceleration is zero
d. neither its velocity nor its acceleration is zero
__________4. Which has more momentum, a heavy truck moving
at 30 km/h or a light truck moving at 30 km/h?
a. heavy truck b. light truck c. both have the same
momentum d. none of the above
___________5. A moderate force will break an egg. However an egg
dropped on the road usually breaks, while one dropped on the
grass usually doesn’t break. This is because for the egg dropped on
the grass, ____________.
a. The change in momentum is greater. c. The time
interval for stopping is greater
b. The change in momentum is less. d. The time
interval for stopping is less
___________6. The impulse experienced by a body is equal to the
change in its ____________________.
a. velocity b. kinetic energy c. momentum
d. potential energy
___________7. Which is a necessary condition for the total
momentum of a system to be conserved?
a. kinetic energy must not change c. an object
must be at rest
b. no external force is present d. only the
force of gravity acts on the system.
___________8. It is an encounter between two objects resulting in
exchange of impulse and momentum.
a. elastic b. inelastic c.
collision d. impulse

___________9. Which event illustrates the direct transformation of

potential to kinetic energy?
a. a basketball player catches a flying ball
b. arrow released from its bow.
c. a kalesa moves from rest
d. the spring mechanism of a toy is rotated until it
locked.
____________10. Which among the forms of energy is considered a
potential energy?
a. sound energy b. elastic c.
thermal d. wave
___________11. Which sequence of energy transformation best
describes what happens when you switch on your battery-run
radio?
a. Mechanical Energy ---------Electrical Energy --------------
-Sound Energy
b. Mechanical Energy ---------Chemical Energy -------------
--Sound Energy
c. Chemical Energy -------------Electrical Energy--------------
-Sound Energy
d. Chemical Energy ------------Mechanical Energy ----------
-Sound Energy
___________12. The potential energy of a 1 kg object on top of the
hill is 18 J. What is its velocity in m/s just before it hits the bottom
of the hill?
a. 6 b. 18 c.36
d. 3
__________13. A 3 kg toy car moves along a frictionless surface
with a uniform speed of 9 m/s. What is its kinetic energy?
___________14. Lakas, a junior high school student, lifts a 5 kg
book from the floor into a cabinet 9 m high. With reference to the
floor, how much potential energy does the book acquire?
a. 45 J b. 144 J c. 441 J
d. 44.1 J
__________15. Which among the objects is considered as having
potential energy?
a. milk b. candle flame c. ambulance
siren d. hot plate
__________16.Which of the following happens to raindrops?
a. loses potential energy and gains kinetic energy
b. Gains both potential energy and kinetic energy
c. gains potential energy and loses kinetic energy
d. loses both potential energy and kinetic energy

__________17. In which case is there an increase in gravitational

potential energy?
a. the monkey-eating eagle swoops down from a tree
b. Allan Jasper stretches horizontally a rubber band
c. water flows out a horizontal pipe.
d. a car ascends a car wash ramp
___________18. In power stations generating electricity, power is
measured in _________________.
a. Joule b. megawatt c. kilojoule
d. kilowatt
__________19. Paolo, a carpenter, is planning a piece of wood with
his planar. After a few minutes, he observed that it is hot. Is there
an evidence of heat transfer?
a. there is no evidence
b. yes, hotness means there is an increase in the
temperature
c. no, hotness is not related to a change in temperature
d. yes, hotness means there is a decrease in the
temperature
__________20. Why is heat engine not 100 % efficient ?
a. because all mixture of gases is converted into work
b. because engine needs to be cooled down
 c. all of the gases are used up by the engine.
d. some of the gases taken up in the piston
__________21. How does water from the deep well move forward?
a. it occurs naturally c. it uses water heat pump
b. it is a spontaneous process d. it flows from higher
temperature to cooler temperature
__________22. What causes thermal pollution?
a. exhaust of different vehicles c.
degradation of water
b. exhaust from different industrial engines d. all of
them
__________23. Given the following mechanisms, which best
describes correct sequences of the refrigeration cycle?
i. evaporation iii.
Condensation
ii. expansion iiii.
Compression
a. I, ii, iii, iiii b. ii, iii, iiii, i c. iii,
iiii, I ,ii d. iiii, iii, ii, i
__________24.While a gas does 840 J of work on its surroundings,
1040 J of heat is added to the gas. What is the change in the
internal energy of the gas?
a. 200 J b. 300 J c. 1880 J
d. 500 J
___________25. The internal energy of a system is initially 37 J. The
system does 35 J of work. What is the system’s final internal energy
when a total of 49 J of energy is added to the system by heat?
a. 41 J b. 51 J c. 31 J
d. 21 J
__________26. In which of the following unit is electrical
consumption measured by electric companies for our household
consumption in our homes?
a. kilowatt b. volt c.megawatt
d. kilowatt hour
__________27. If a 200 W light bulb is lit for 9 hours each day for 20
days in a month, how many kilowatt-hour will the bulb consume?
a. use a bigger magnet c. increase the number
of turns in the coil of wire
b. remove one of the dry cells d. decrease the
distance between the magnetic poles
___________28. All of the following power plants use steam to
drive the turbines to produce electricity EXCEPT.
a. Hydropower b. nuclear c. coal-fired
d. geothermal
___________29. To reduce your electric bill,
a. make use of limited appliances c. put off main
switch during the day
b. put off appliances when not in use d. connect
appliances in series
__________30. How is the energy efficiency ratio ( EEF ) related to
the operating cost?
a. the higher the EEF, the higher the operating cost
b. the higher the EEF, the lower the operating cost
c. the lower the EEF, the higher the operating cost
d. the lower the EEF, the lower the operating cost
__________31. Two identical cars are travelling along EDSA. Which
of the two cars would have a greater momentum?
a. the slower car c. both have
the same momentum
 b. the faster car d. cannot be
easily determined
__________32. A bus and a car are travelling along EDSA having the
same velocity, Which of the two vehicles would have a greater
momentum?
a. the bus
b. the car
c. both have the same momentum
d. cannot be easily determined
__________33. A 25 kg girl is riding a 5 kg bike with a velocity of 5
m/s going east. What is the total momentum of a girl and a bike
together?
a. 100 kg m/s b. 150 kg m/s c.
125 kg m/s d. 300 m/s
b. 125 kg m/s d. 300 m/s
___________34. Two billiard balls approach each other with same
speed. If they collide in a perfectly elastic collision, what would be
their velocities after collision?
a. zero
b. same in magnitude and direction
c. same in magnitude but opposite in direction
d. different in magnitude and opposite in direction
__________35.The impulse experienced by a body is equal to the
change in its ______________.
a. velocity c.momentum
b. kinetic energy d. potential energy

PART II. Solve the following problems. Show your solution. ( 5

points each )
1. Compute the gravitational potential energy, with a value of its
mass 10 kg and its height 25 m.

2. Last month, Ms. Alfaro’s electric meter reads 8765 kWh. How
much will she pay for power generation if the charge of the electric
company per kWh is 6.88 pesos and her meter reads 9975 this
month?

3. A bowling ball whose mass is 5 kg is rolling at a rate of 3 m/s.

What is its momentum?

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4. The acceleration of gravity on the moon is 2 m/s². If a ball is

dropped on the moon from a height of 3 m, determine the time for
the ball to fall to the surface of the moon. ( 5 points)
5. A train accelerates to a speed of 30 m/s over a distance of 200 m.
Determine the acceleration
( assume uniform ) of the train.( 5 points )

PART III. Answer the following question briefly. (5 points each )

1. How electricity transmitted and distributed?

2 .How will you relate the effects of collisions in real-life situations?

3.How does a refrigerator work?