Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF TARLAC PROVINCE
CORAZON C. AQUINO HIGH SCHOOL
Poblacion 3, Gerona, Tarlac
FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
SCIENCE GRADE 7

TEST I. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer in your answer sheet.
1. Which science process skill involves guessing what might happen in the future?
A. Inferring C. Predicting
B. Experimenting D. Communicating
2. Which science process skill involves sharing ideas through talking and listening, drawing and labeling pictures, graphs,
etc.?
A. Predicting C. Measuring
B. Experimenting D. Communicating
3. Which science process skill uses a test under controlled conditions?
A. Measuring C. Collecting Information
B. Experimenting D. Inferring
4. Which science process skill involves making up categories or grouping things together?
A. Experimenting C. Classifying
B. Measuring D. Analyzing Data
5. Which science process skill uses numbers to describe an object?
A. Inferring C. Experimenting
B. Predicting D. Measuring
6. Which science process skill is an explanation of observations?
A. Inferring C. Measuring
B. Predicting D. Observing
7. Which science process skill involves using your five senses to describe what is seen, heard, felt, smelt, and tasted?
A. Inferring C. Measuring
B. Predicting D. Observing
8. A step by step procedures in dealing with problems and natural occurrences.
A. Scientific Attitudes C. Scientific Method
B. Scientific Processes D. Scientist
9. Which of the following should you do if you want to dissolve more table sugar in water?
A. Increase the pressure C. Increase the temperature of the water
B. Increase the amount of sugar D. Increase the size of the container.
10.It is the measure on how much solute can be dissolve in a given amount of solvent at a specified temperature.
A. Solution C. Temperature
B. Solubility D. Acidity

PART II. Identify the solute and solvent from the given solution.
1. Hydrogen peroxide solution. A. 20 g Copper B. 80 g Zinc
A. Water B. Hydrogen peroxide 7. Steel
2. Unopened can of soda. A. 0.05 % Carbon B. 0.40 % Iron
A. Sweetened Water B. Carbon Dioxide 8. Ethanol Solution
3. Tincture of Iodine A. Water B. Ethanol
A. Alcohol B. Iodine 9. Dry Air
4. Cooking Oil A. Nitrogen B. Oxygen
A. 10 mL Olive Oil B. 90 mL Vegetable Oil 10. Commercialized Muriatic Acid
5. Vinegar A. Hydrochloric AcidB. Water
A. Acetic Acid B. Water
6. Brass

PART III. Solve the following problems. Show your solution. (Rx5)

1. Determine the volume percent made by combining 20 mL ethyl alcohol with enough water to produce 250 mL of
the solution.

2. A salt solution with a mass of 300 g has 30 g of salt dissolved in it. What is the mass percent
concentration of the solution?