Third Quarter Examination

SCIENCE Grade 7
Name: ________________________
Section: _______________________

Date: ___________________
School: __________________

Test I. Matching Type: Directions: The characteristics of motion and wave are listed in Column I. For each question, select the sentence
in Column II that matches with it. Write the letter of your answer on the blanks in Column C. Write your answer in CAPITAL LETTERS.
Column I

Column II

Column C

1. Velocity
2. Longitudinal Waves
3. Wave
4. Distance

A. Referred to as speed with direction.

B. Distance travelled divided by the time of travel.
C. a wave that is not capable of transmitting its energy
through a vacuum

1. ___________
2. ___________
3. ___________
4. ___________

5. Electromagnetic Waves
6. Acceleration
7. Mechanical Waves
8. Displacement
9. Speed
10. Transverse Waves

D. Motion of the medium is parallel to the direction of the wave.

5. ___________
E. refers to the length of the entire path that the object travelled
6. ___________
F. Rate of change of velocity as a function of time.
7. ___________
G. It is a periodic disturbance that moves away from source
8. ___________
and carries energy with it.
9. ___________
H. Causes wave motion.
10. ___________
I. Requires a medium to propagate.
J. Occur when the individual particles of a medium vibrate from side to side.
K. Regarded as series of pulses.
L. refers to the shortest distance between the objects two positions.

Test II. True or False: Write the word True in the blank if the sentence is true, and write False is the sentence is false.
Directions: Refer to the illustration in answering numbers 1, 2, 3 & 4.
1. In box A, the heat from the stove is transferred to the pot via convection. __________
2. In box B, the heat from the pan are transferred to the stir fried fries via conduction. __________
3. In box C, you feel the heat of the campfire via radiation. __________
4. In box D, the hot air balloon rises via conduction. __________
5. When you rub one material to another, they are charged by friction. __________
6. When a material is losing electron, it is positively charged, while the material that is gaining
electron, is negatively charged. __________
7. Amount of gained and lost electron in an object is not equal to each other. __________
8. When you comb your hair, electrons pass on from hair to comb. As a result, hair becomes positively charged and the comb becomes
neutral. __________
9. When you rub glass rod to a silk, glass lose electron and positively charged and silk gain electron and negatively charged. . __________
10. The Law of Conservation of Charge states that charges can be created and destroyed, and can be transferred from one material to
another. __________

Test III. Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter of your best answer.
1. Which pair of graphs represent the same motion?
A. Letter A

B. Letter B

C. Letter C

D. Letter D

Figure 1.1

2. Which graph represents the motion of an object

initially at rest accelerating uniformly?

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Figure 1.2

3. The graph on the side represents the relationship between distance and time for an object
in motion. During which interval is the speed of the object changing?
A. CD
B. AB
C. BC
D. DE
Figure 1.3

4. (Refer to figure 1.3) At which point does the speed of the object start changing?
A. B
B. C
C. D
D. A
5. The graph on the side represents the motion of an object. According to
the graph, as time increases, the velocity of the object ______
A. Increases
B. Decreases
C. Remains the same
D. Increases and decreases

Figure 1.4

6. Which graph best represents the motion of an object

whose speed is increasing?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Figure 1.5

7. The displacement-time graph below represents the motion of a cart initially

moving forward along a straight line. During which interval is the cart moving
forward at constant speed?
A. AB
B. CD
C. BC
D. DE
Figure 1.6

8. (Refer to figure 1.6.) During which interval is the speed of the cart starts accelerating?
A. A

B. B.

C. C

D. E

9. What does the slope of an object accelerating uniformly (at a constant rate) look like on an acceleration vs. time graph? Hint: Draw
these to see what they look like.
A. Straight and sloping up to the right

B. Straight and sloping down to the right

C. Straight and horizontal

D. Curved up to the right

10. What is the meaning of the slope on a distance versus time graph?
A. Acceleration

B. Displacement

C. Speed

D. Momentum

Test IV. Fill in the blanks:

1-2. A sound wave has the same characteristics as any other type of waveform. It has wavelength, frequency, _______________ and
_______________.

Directions: Refer to the illustration in answering numbers 3, 4, 5 & 6.

3. The letter A in the graph shows the _______________ of a wave which refers to the distance between any successive identical parts of
the wave.
4. The amplitude of the wave in the diagram above is given by letter _______________.
5 - 6. The highest point and lowest point of a wave are called the _______________ and the _______________ respectively.
Based your answers on Module 3: Sound; activity #2: (Properties and characteristics of sound) in answering numbers 7, 8, 9, & 10.
7. The string that has the _______________ pitch is string number 1.
8. The string that has the _______________ pitch is string number 6.
9. The string that has the _______________ frequency is string number 1.
10. The string that vibrates _______________ when strummed is string number 6.

Test V. Essay.
1-5.) How would you relate the brightness or intensity of light with the distance from the source? (5pts)

6-10.) Explain in one paragraph why grounding is necessary in electrical devices or equipment. (5pts)