Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Western Visayas
Division of Negros Occidental

Victorias National High School- Gaston Extension

GRADE 7 - SCIENCE
Third Grading Examination
S.Y. 2019– 2020

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following correctly defines motion?

A. a measure of how fast a body is changing position.
B. a change in the body’s position with respect to its frame of reference.
C. a uniform change in speed.
D. a changing velocity of body.

2. Which of the following objects is moving if the frame of reference is the sun?
A. Girl sitting on the chair. C. Man riding on the bicycle.
B. Flower vase on the table. D. All of the above

3. Which of the following correctly describe the effect of time of travel to the speed of the moving body
when distance is kept constant?
A. shorter time – slower speed C. longer time – faster speed
B. shorter time- faster speed D. time does not affect speed

4. A bus leaves the station, travels 30 km, then goes back to the station retracing its path. Which of
the following statements about this situation is correct?
A. The total displacement is 60 km and the total distance travelled is 0.
B. The total displacement is 0 and the total distance travelled is 30 km.
C. The total displacement is 0 and the total distance travelled is 60 km.
D. The total displacement is 30 and the total distance travelled is 30 km.

5. In which of the following situations is the displacement zero?

A. a man walking 2 km north
B. a runner stopping at the middle of the race
C. a car making a complete revolution around a circular track
D. a bird leaving its nest

6. In a race, the fastest runner is the one with ___________.

A. longest recorded time
B. shortest distance travelled
C. shortest recorded time
D. longest distance travelled.

7. Which graph shows constant acceleration?

v v v v

t t t t
A. B. C. D.

8. What is transferred by waves from one place to another?

A. energy B. matter C. medium D. particles
9. A pulse sent down a long string eventually dies away and disappears. What happens to its
energy?
A. The pulse does not carry energy.
B. The energy disappears with the wave.
C. The energy remains along the length of the string.
D. The energy is transferred from the wave to the environment.

10. In a longitudinal wave, the compression and rarefactions travel in _______.

A. the same direction C. perpendicular to each other
B. opposite direction D all directions.

11. The vibrations of a transverse wave move in a direction ___.

A. along the direction of the wave travel
B. at right angles to the direction of the wave travel
C. same direction s rarefaction
D. perpendicular to compression

12. Mechanical waves transport energy from one place to another through _______.
A. particles travelling with the wave C. alternately vibrating particles of the medium
B. vibrating particles and traveling particles D. none of the of the above

13. . If the velocity of the wave remains constant, how is frequency related to the wavelength of the
wave?
A. frequency decreases as the wavelength increases
B. frequency increases as the wavelength increases
C. wavelength decreases as the frequency decreases
D. is not affected by any change in wavelength

14. How is wavelength related to speed of wave if frequency remains the same?
A. speed increases as wavelength decreases
B. speed increases as wavelength increases
C. speed increases as wavelength neither increase nor decrease
D. speed is not affected of any change in wavelength

15. If the frequency of a certain wave is 10 hertz, how many vibrations per second are there?
A. 0.1 B. 1.0 C. 10.0 D. 100

16. Which of the following descriptions is true about transmission of sound through air, solids, liquids
and vacuum?
A. fastest in air – faster in solids – fast in liquids – cannot exist in vacuum
B. fastest in solids – faster in liquids – fast in air – cannot exist in vacuum
C. fast in solids – faster in liquids – fastest in air – slow in vacuum
D. fastest in vacuum –faster in liquids –fast in air –slow in solids

17. In which substance will sound waves travel slowest?

A. oxygen B. aluminum C. sea water D. none

18. Which of the following is the correct arrangement of these substances where sound waves travel
fastest to slowest?
A. oxygen, aluminum, sea water C. aluminum, oxygen, sea water
B. aluminum, sea water, oxygen D. sea water, oxygen, aluminum

19. What part of the ear collects the sound waves and focusses them to the ear canal?
A. cochlea B. eardrum C. nerve fibers D. pinna

20. What is the maximum intensity in which the human ear can withstand?
A. 100 decibel B. 120 decibel C. 130 decibel D. 140 decibel

21. The range of human hearing is about____.

 A. 10 Hz to 10 kHz C. 30 Hz to 30 kHz
B. 20 Hz to 20 kHz D. 40 Hz to 40 kHz

22. The sun is considered as _______ body because it is capable of producing its own light.
A. artificial B. luminous C. natural D. non-luminous

23. Which is true of the red color?

A. has high frequency; has high energy C. has low frequency; has low energy
B. has high frequency; has low energy D. has low frequency; has high energy

24. What happens to temperature if heat is absorbed by the body?

A. increases B. decreases C. will not change D. remains the same

For numbers 25-26, the following is the list of thermal conductivities of some materials in w/(M.k).
A. copper – 401 C. silver - 429
B. aluminum – 237 D. rubber – 0.16

25. Which of these would heat up most quickly?

26. Which is the best conductor?

27. What mode of heat transfer explains land and sea breeze?
A. conduction B. convection C. radiation D. evaporation

28. Which of the following is the proper way of measuring how hot the object is?
A. by using fingers C. using thermometer
B. using palm of hands D. temperature

29. What would be the possible temperature of a 100C body if heat is emitted from it?
A. 200 B. 150 C. 100 D. 80

30. How does sun’s energy reach us?

A. conduction B. convection C. radiation D. transmission

31. Stirring a mug of hot coffee would eventually make the stirrer warm. What mode of heat transfer is
manifested?
A. conduction B. convection C. radiation D. transmission

32. A substance can absorb heat energy by the process of ____.

A. conduction C. radiation
B. convection D. all of these

33. A region around a charged where an electric force is detected?

A. electricity C. electric current
B. electric field D. electric meter

34. Which of the following is the Law of electrostatics?

A. If there is current, the light bulb will glow.
B. Like charges repel, unlike charges attract.
C. Charges cannot be created.
D. Voltage provides current.

35. What do you call the materials that hinder the free flow charges within it?
A. conductors C. metals
B. insulators D. wires

36. What is the energy transformation that takes place in washing machines?
A. Electrical Energy to Mechanical Energy
B. Electrical Energy to Thermal Energy
 C. Electrical Energy to Heat
D. Electrical Energy to Light

37. In using our electrical appliances, how can serious electric shock be prevented?
A. tying the electrical wire
B. replacing the socket
C. grounding the appliance
D. changing circuit breaker

38. Which of the following constitute an electric circuit?

A. dry cell only
B. light bulb only
C. conducting wires only
D. All of the above

39. What do you call the path through which charges can flow?
A. electric current C. electric charge
B. electric circuit D. electric field
40. A sound wave is a _____________.
A. longitudinal wave C. standing wave
B. transverse wave D. shock wave
 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Item Location
Average
Easy (60%) Difficult (10%)
(30%)
Learning Number Number
Percentage

Understand
Remember
Competencies of Days of Items

Evaluate
Analyze

Create
Apply
Describe the motion of 2 6% 2 1 2
an object in terms of
distance and
displacement, speed and
velocity.
Differentiate quantities in 1 3% 1 3
terms of magnitude and
direction.
Solve problems involving 3 8% 3 4 6 5
constant and uniformly
accelerated motion in
one dimension using
scalar quantities.
Create and interpret 1 3% 1 7
visual representation of
the motion of objects
such as tape charts and
motion graphs.
Infer that waves carry 2 6% 2 8 9
energy.
Differentiate transverse 3 8% 3 10,11 12
from longitudinal waves
and mechanical from
electromagnetic.
Relate characteristics of 3 8% 3 13,14 15
waves.
Describe the 3 8% 3 17 16,18
characteristics of sound
using the concept of
wavelength, velocity and
amplitude.
Explain how sound 2 6% 2 19 20
production in the human
voice box, and how pitch,
loudness and quality of
sound varies from one
person to another.
Describe how organisms 1 3% 1 21
produce transmit and
receive sound of various
frequencies (infrasonic,
audible and ultrasonic
sound).
Relate the characteristics 2 6% 2 22 23
of light such as colour
and intensity to
frequency and
wavelength. Infer that
light travels in a straight
line.
Define heat and describe 1 3% 1 24
how heat transfer takes
place.
Describe conduction of 2 6% 2 25,26
heat and compare the
heat conductivities of
common materials.
Describe convection of 1 3% 1 27
heat through fluids.
Determine how different 1 3% 2 28 29
surfaces of the object
affect its ability to absorb
heat.
To identify situations 1 3% 2 30 31
involving the different
methods of heat transfer.
Infer the conditions 1 3% 1 32
necessary for heat
transfer to occur.
Define static electricity 1 3% 1 33
and identify the different
types of charges. Explain
how objects are charged
by friction.
State the Law of 1 3% 1 34
Conservation of Charges.
Explain how charging by 1 3% 1 35
induction is done.
To charge a material by 1 3% 1 36
conduction.
Explain how discharging 1 3% 2 37 38
process occurs through
grounding or earthing.
Describe an electric 1 3% 2 39 40
circuit and identify its
components.
Total 36 100% 40 14 10 5 7 4 0