TUNGAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tungao, Butuan City 3rd PERIODIC EXAM IN PHYSICS INSTRUCTION: Choose the letter

of the best answer. 1. Density is described as a. length divided by time. b. mass times acceleration c. length divided by volume *d. mass divided by volume 2. Which has more density, a lake full of water or a cup full of lake water? a. the cup b. the Lake *c. Both have the same density d. Cannot be determined 3. . What is the most probable reason why a life jacket helps you float in water? a. The jacket makes you weigh less. b. The jacket has the same density as an average human. c. The jacket repels water. *d. You and the jacket together have density less than your density alone. 4. Which of the following is made of an inelastic material? a. a bow b. a spring c. a tennis ball *d. a piece of cookie dough 5. What is the reason why an I-beam is nearly as strong as a solid bar? a. The I-beam weighs less. b. An I is a really strong shape. c. Objects are placed on top of the beam. *d. The stress is predominantly at the top and the bottom parts. 6. Pressure in a liquid depends on the ________. *a. density of the liquid. b. volume of the liquid. c. mass of the liquid. d. amount of the liquid. 7. Archimedes principle states that an object is buoyed up by a force that is equal to ____________. a. the mass of the object. b. the mass of the fluid displaced. *c. the weight of the fluid displaced. d. the volume of the fluid displaced. 8. Suppose a stone weighs 3 N in the air, but in water it weighs only 2 N. What is the buoyant force acting on the stone? a. 5 N b. 3 N c. 2 N *d. 1 N 9. Which of the following does NOT affect the pressure at the bottom of a vessel filled with liquid? a. liquid density b. Height of the liquid c. acceleration due to gravity *d. Surface area of the liquid 10. Pascals principle says that changes in pressure at many points in an enclosed fluid ________. *a. are transmitted to all points in the fluid. b. quickly diminish from point to point in the fluid. c. remain only at the point. d. are transmitted only to points below it. 11. The main difference between gases and liquids is that in a gas ____________ a. molecules move faster. b. forces between molecules are larger. c. distances between molecules are larger. *d. All of the above. 12. Which of the following is the proper unit for pressure? a. joule b. newton *c. pascal d. watt 13. Atmospheric pressure at sea level is about ___________. *a. 100 kP b. 20 kP c. 100 P d. 10 P 14. At the top of a barometer there is a space that is filled with ____________ *a. air b. helium c. water vapor d. dense mercury 15. An aneroid barometer is an instrument used to measure _____________. a. liquid pressure b. well pressure *c. atmospheric pressure d. none of the above. 16. Joe watches his fish tanks and notices that the angel fish likes to feed at the waters surface, while the catfish feeds 0.250 m below the the surafce of the water. If the average density of the water in the tanks is 1000 kg/m3, what is the pressure on the catfish? The atmospheric pressure is 1x105 Pa. a. 2.01x105 Pa b. 1.2x105 Pa 5 *c. 1.02x10 Pa d. 2.10x105 Pa 17. A medium transfers a. air. b. matter. *c. energy. d. molecules.

18. An ocean wave is an example of a *a. surface waves. b. stationary wave. c. transverse wave. d. longitudinal wave. 19. The maximum distance the molecules of a medium are displaced from their rest position is the a. speed. b. frequency. *c. amplitude. d. wavelength. 20. Which of the following can be a medium for a wave? a. air b. water c. space *d. all of the above 21. If a barbers chair weighs 1800 N and rests on a large piston with a cross -sectional area of 1500 cm2, what force mut be applied to the smaller piston with a cross-sectional area of 80 cm2 to lift the chair? a. 69 N *b. 96 N c. 9.6 N d. 6.9 N 22. Which of the following is an example of longitudinal wave? a. blue light b. radio waves c. water ripples *d. sound waves 23. The bending of waves around the edge of a barrier is called a. reflection. *b. refraction. c. diffraction. d. interference. 24. Which of the following describes the effect of water waves passing into shallow water? a. wavelength increases, frequency increases, velocity increases b. wavelength increases, frequency unchanged, velocity increases c. wavelength decreases, frequency increases, velocity unchanged *d. wavelength decreases, frequency unchanged, velocity decreases The figure below represents a sea-wave that causes a small cork (Z) to rise up and down through one complete oscillation every 4 seconds. Refer to this figure for questions 25 28.

25. The amplitude of the wave is *a. 0.5 m b. 1.0 m c. 1.5 m d. 3.0 m 26. The wavelength of the wave is a. 0.5 m b. 1.0 m c. 1.5 m *d. 3.0 m 27. The horizontal speed of the wave is a. 4 m/s b. 12 m/s c. 0.25 m/s *d. 0.75 m/s 28. If the wave is moving to the right, after 4 seconds the cork (Z) will be at position a. P b. Q *c. R d. S 29. If the frequency of the wave is 2/s and its wavelength is 8 cm, what is the speed of the wave? a. 4 cm/s b. 6 cm/s c. 10 cm/s *d. 16 cm/s 30. What is the speed of sound at 300C? a. 530 m/s *b. 350 m/s c. 35 m/s d. 3.5 m/s 31. In the middle of a thunderstorm, a lightning bolt flashes. It takes Roberto 5 seconds to hear the thunder afterwards. How far is the source of lightning from Roberto? The temperature is 22 0C. *a. 1,726 m b. 7,261 m c. 2,761 m d. 6,721 m 32. A wave with amplitude of 4 cm meets another wave of the same wavelength and amplitude. If their high parts meet, what is the amplitude of the resulting wave? a. 0 b. 4 cm *c. 8 cm d. 12 cm 33. Of the following characteristics of a wave, the one that is independent of the others is its a. speed. b. frequency. *c. amplitude. d. wavelength. 34. The higher the frequency of a wave is, a. the lower is its speed. b. the longer is its period. c. the greater is its amplitude. *d. the shorter is its wavelength. 35. Which of the following produce sound? a. soft objects b. radio stations *c. vibrating objects d. objects under pressure

36. Compared to the speed of light, sound travels _______________. a. faster. *b. slower. c. at the same speed. d. There is not enough information to compare the two. 37. Which of the following would be most likely to transmit sound the best? *a. steel in cabinet b. water in the ocean c. air in your classroom d. water in a swimming pool 38. Resonance occurs when you ______. a. push an object. b. vibrate an object. c. hit an object with a hammer. *d. force the object to vibrate at its natural frequency. 39. Beats can be heard when two tuning forks ________. a. are sounded together b. have the same frequency and are sounded together *c. have almost the same frequency and are sounded together d. All of the above 40. An echo occurs when ______________. *a. sound is reflected from a distant surface. b. sound is transmitted through a surface. c. the sound waves are very large. d. All of the above 41. What is the main reason why you can hear noises a long distance away over water at night? a. There are fewer other noises at night. b. Water conducts sound better at night. c. Sound bounces off water better at night *d. Sound waves are bent towards the cool air over the water. 42. A sound wave is a _______________. a. shock wave. b. standing wave. c. transverse wave. *d. longitudinal wave. 43. The speed of sound wave depends on _________. a. pitch. b. loudness. *c. temperature. d. None of the above 44. . Constructive interference occurs when _________. *a. two crests meet b. a crest and a trough meet c. Need more information to say 45. A Doppler Effect occurs when a source of sound waves moves ____________. a. towards you b. away from you *c. parallel with you d. Needs more information to say. 46. The phenomenon of beats results from sound ____________. a. refraction b. reflection *c. interference d. All of the above 47. The singer, Caruso, is said to have made a crystal chandelier shatter with his voice. This is a demonstration of ______________. a. beats b. an echo *c. resonance d. sound refraction 48. In which of the following will we encounter a higher pitched sound? *a. a high-frequency sound b. a low frequency sound c. frequency is not related to sound. d. Not enough information to say 49. An interference pattern is produced when ______. a. the crest of two waves meet b. the troughs of two waves meet *c. two or more waves meet d. wave passes through two narrow slits 50. When a wave passes through an opening, some of the waves are bent, this phenomenon is called _____________. a. reflection b. refraction c. interference *d. diffraction

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