St.

Mary’s School
SCIENCE 10
nd
2 Quarter Exam

NAME: _______________________________________________ DATE: ___________________________

GRADE & SECTION: _____________________________________ TEACHER: ________________________

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. Choose the letter that best completes the sentence or answers the question. Encircle
the letter of your chosen answer. Use blue or black non-erasable inked pen. Please observe silence and honesty.

1. Which of the following form of electromagnetic 7. Suppose a source of electromagnetic waves is

waves has the shortest wavelength? moving away from us at 2% of the speed of light.
A. Infrared What can be said of the wavelength of the waves we
B. microwave receive from the source? They are
C. Radio waves A. Blueshifted by 2%
D. X rays B. Redshifted by 2%
C. Blueshifted by 4%
2. In the visible spectrum, which color has the longest D. Redshifted by 4%
wavelength?
A. Blue 8. What type of waves is used to transmit cellular
B. Green telephone messages?
C. Red A. Gamma rays
D. Violet B. Microwaves
C. Radio waves
3. Which electromagnetic wave has the longest D. Visible light
wavelengths and lowest frequencies?
A. Gamma 9. Which of the following forms of electromagnetic
B. Infrared waves is commonly used in communication?
C. Radio A. Infrared
D. Ultraviolet B. Gamma rays
C. Radio wave
4. Which statement best describes electromagnetic D. X-ray
waves?
A. They have the same speed, frequency and 10. Which of the following forms of electromagnetic
wavelength. waves is used in cancer treatment?
B. They have the same speed and frequency, A. gamma ray
but different wavelengths. B. microwave
C. They have the same speed, but different C. ultraviolet
frequencies and wavelengths. D. x-ray
D. They have different speeds, but the same
frequency and wavelength. 11. On AM broadcasts, what remains constant?
A. Wavelength
5. Which of the following best describes the speed of B. Amplitude
electromagnetic waves in a vacuum? C. Frequency
A. depends on their frequency. D. Speech
B. depends on their wavelength.
C. depends on their energy. 12.Which of the following energy transformations occur
D. is equal to the speed of light. at the receiving station?
A. Sound energy to electrical energy
6. Find the wavelength of an electromagnetic wave B. Electromagnetic energy to sound energy
with a frequency of 5.00 x10 4 Hz. C. Electrical energy to electromagnetic energy
A. 1.5 x10 6 m D. Electromagnetic energy to electrical energy
B. 3.00 x10 8 m
13. A communication satellite is a repeater between
C. 5.64 x10 7 m A. Many transmitting stations and many
D. 6.00 x10 7 m receiving stations
B. One transmitting stations and many
receiving stations
C. One transmitting stations and one receiving
stations
D. Many transmitting stations and one
receiving station
14. Light pipes, made of optical fibers, can be used to
transmit telephone calls and other communication
signals. How does an optical fiber transmit signals?
A. Light is absorbed and re-emitted by the fiber.
B. Light bends and follows the curve of the fiber.
C. Light is refracted and gains energy as it is
transmitted.
D. Light is internally reflected in a succession of
straight line paths.
20. Which is not true about radioactive substances?
A. They give off radiations continuously by
themselves.
B. They give off radiations causing blackening on
films.
C. They give off radiations only when they absorb
energy from an outside force.
D. They give off radiations which can pass through
body tissues.

15.In a RADAR, when the return echo arrives after the
allocated pulse interval, then
A. The receiver will get overloaded
B. It will not be received
C. The target will appear closer than it really is
D. It may interfere with the operation of the
transmitter
16. Which of the following is the correct sequence for
radio generation transmission and reception?
I. The speaker transforms the electric energy into sound
energy.
II. The sound waves produced by the announcer is
changed into an electrical signal called audio signal and
boosts it up with a carrier frequency.
III. The antenna of the radio picks up the radio waves.
IV. A modulated carrier signal passes through the
transmitting antenna which then relays them in all
directions through rapidly oscillating electromagnetic
waves/radio waves.
21. For what method of microbial growth control is the
application of UV light useful?
A. Antisepsis
B. Sanitization
C. Sterilization
D. Disinfection
22. Which of the following is NOT an effect of food
irradiation?
A.It can kill bacterial pathogens that may exist in the
food.
B.It leads to small decrease in the amount of vitamin
B1 in food.
C.It can kill insects and worms that live in or on the
food.
D. It causes the formation of free-radical oxidants in
the food.
23. A group of students carried out an experiment to find
out what type or types of radiation were given out by a
radioactive source. The table below shows their results:

A. IV, III, II, I Background count 21 counts per

B. III, I, IV, II minute
C. II, IV, III, I Source close to the detector 220 counts per
D. I, II, III, IV minute
Thick paper between source and 140 counts per
17. What is kind of energy is released in the form of high detector minute
speed particles or electromagnetic waves during a 5 mm-thick aluminum between 19 counts per
nuclear reaction? source and detector minute
A. chemical
B. electrical
C. radiation What type or types of radiation are being given off by the
D. stored source?
A. alpha and beta
18. Which among the ionizing radiation can penetrate B. alpha and gamma
the least through a material? C. beta and gamma
A. alpha particle D. gamma only
B. beta particle
C. gamma ray 24. A sample of a certain radioactive material has a half-
D. x-ray life of 1 year. How much of this radioactive material will
be left at the end of 3 years?
19. Which radiation can be completely stopped by a A. one sixteenth
piece of paper? B. one eighth
A. Alpha C. one quarter
B. Beta D. one half
C. Gamma
D. X-rays 25. Radiation can affect living cells. Which of the
following uses of radioactivity DOES NOT rely on this
fact?
A. treating skin cancer
B. dating a fossilized bone
C. sterilizing medical equipment
D. producing mutant plants for farmers
26. Why does carbon dating is best to determine the age 32. Select the correct ray diagram for the object in
of a fossil? front of the lens as shown here:
A. plants and animals are such strong emitters of
carbon-14
B. after a plant or animal dies, it stops taking in fresh
carbon-14
C. there is so much non-radioactive carbon dioxide
in the air
D. when a plant of an animal dies, it stops producing A
oxygen .

27. A nucleus of uranium 238 gave off an alpha particle

and gamma radiations. What .
happened to the nucleus?
A. Its charge decreased by two and the mass number B
decreased by four. .
B. Its charge decreased by four and the mass
number decreased by two.
C. Its charge increased by two and the mass number
increased by four. C
D. Its charge increased by two but the mass number
..
decreased by four.

28. A person views his image in front of a mirror. His

image appeared to be real, inverted, and larger than D
him. What kind of mirror did he use? ..
A. plane
B. concave
C. convex
D. Cylindrical
33. What lens is used in a simple microscope?
29. A person stands 1.5 meters tall in front of a plane A. Biconvex
mirror. What is the height of his/ her image? B. Biconcave
A. 4.5 m C. Cylindrical
B. 3.0 m D. Plano convex
C. 2.0 m
D. 1.5 m 34. Which part of the human eye refracts rays and forms
the image of an object?
30. A girl standing 2 meter in front of a plane mirror A. Cornea
wishes to take a picture of her reflection. To what B. Iris
object distance should she set her camera lens? C. Lens
A. 0.5 meters D. Retina
B. 1 meter
C. 2 meters 35. What can a camera do which a human eye cannot do?
D. 4 meters A. It can form images of object.
B. It can adjust to dim and bright lights.
31. An object is placed in front of a converging lens as C. It can change focus from short to long distances.
shown below at a distance between F and 2F. What D. It can give a permanent record of the scene on
is the image produced by the lens? which it is focused.

36. Which of the following optical instruments does NOT

form a real, inverted and smaller image?
A. camera
B. human eye
C. pinhole camera
D. simple microscope
A. Real, inverted and demagnified
37. What is the final image produced by compound
B. Real, inverted and magnified microscope?
C. Virtual, upright and magnified A. Virtual and inverted
D. Virtual, upright and demagnified
B. Real and inverted
C. Virtual and erect
D. Real and erect
38. If the ocular of a microscope is 10X and the objectives 44. The figure on the right shows a long
is set at 100X, then what is the total magnification of the straight wire that carries current I directly
microscope? out of the page. Which of the following
I
A. 10X correctly shows the direction of compass
B. 43X needles when placed around the wire?
C. 430X
D. 1000X

39. How can you produce an electric current using a coil

a. b. c. d.
of wire and a bar magnet?
A. Moving the magnet but not the coil
B. Moving the coil but not the magnet
C. Moving either the magnet or the coil
D. Using another DC source 45. What part or parts of a DC motor make the current in
the coil reverse every half turn so that motor spins
40. Which of the following factors DOES NOT contribute continuously?
to the strength of an electromagnet? A. armature
A. the presence of an iron core B. brushes
B. the number of loops in a wire C. commutator
C. the amount of current passing through the wire D. electromagnet
D. the length of the conductor wire
46. What energy transformation takes place in a
41. The relationship between electricity and magnetism generator?
can be seen in all of the following except: A. electrical to mechanical energy
A. a battery converts chemical energy into electrical B. heat to mechanical energy
energy C. mechanical to electrical energy
B. a magnet pushed inside a loop of wire produces D. chemical to mechanical energy
current in the wire
C. a compass needle is deflected when placed near 47. Which of the following is NOT the same for a
a current carrying wire generator and a motor?
D. electric current set up in a coil of wire affects A. Commutator
another coil placed near the first one B. Magnetic field
C. Source of power
42. The figure below shows a compass with several turns D. Slip rings and brushes
of wire wrapped around it.
48. What happens to a DC motor if connected across the
AC supply? It will
A. run at normal speed
B. not run
C. run at lower speed
D. burn due to heat
Such a device can best be used in a circuit to:
A. measure power. 49. AC motors are generally more powerful than DC
B. measure a voltage difference. motors of the same size. This is because AC motors:
C. indicate the presence of resistance. A. use electromagnets
D. indicate the present of current. B. have iron armatures
C. don’t need commutators
43. Which determines the direction of the force on a D. have more turns of wire in their coils
current-carrying wire in a magnetic field?
I. direction of current in the wire 50. You made an electric motor in school. When you
II. amount of current in the wire tested it using 4 dry cells, the armature turned very fast.
III. direction of magnetic field What should you do to make it turn slower?
A. use a bigger magnet
A. I only B. remove one of the dry cells
B. I and II only C. increase the number of turns in the coil of wire
C. II and III only D. decrease the distance between the magnetic
D. I, II and III poles
PART II.
Identification. Choose the correct answer from the box below. Write your answers on the blank provided in each item.

concave convex Lateral Inversion frequency

wavelength amplitude shutter Solar heat speaker
radio receiver diaphragm Radiant heat radio transmitter amplifier
Nearsightedness Farsightedness Astigmatism Diffuse reflection

1. The main function of __________________ is to reconvert and further modify RF signals into AF signals.
2. Infrared waves are also known as _________________.
3. A/An ___________________ intensifies the audio signal received by the antenna.
4-5. In the AM broadcasting system, the ________________ is changed while the __________________ remains constant.
6. When parallel rays strike a rough surface, the reflected rays are scattered called __________________ reflection.
7. Eyeglasses with ____________ lens is prescribed to correct nearsightedness.
8. Eyeglasses with ____________ lens is prescribed to correct farsightedness.
9. The ____________ of a camera excludes unnecessary light just as the eyelids do.
10. ________________ is caused by the unevenness in the curvature of the lens of the eyeballs which results in blurred
vision and headache.

PART III.

A. Problem Solving. Please show COMPLETE solutions.

1. An object placed 75 cm from a thin converging lens whose focal length is 50 cm. What is the distance of the object?

2. A diverging lens has a focal length of 2.5 cm. It is placed 4.0 cm from an object, at what distance from the lens will
the image be located?

3. An object 20 cm high is placed 50 cm from a concave mirror whose focal length is 20 cm. Where is the image
located? How large is the image?
B. Using the ray diagram, identify the distance, orientation and type of image formed by the following.

1. 2.

3.

PART IV.

ESSAY. Please write legibly and avoid erasures.

1. What is the difference between AM and FM wave? Draw a diagram that represents AM and FM. (6 POINTS)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. How is electromagnetic waves related to our everyday lives? Cite at least 5 examples of its uses. (5 points)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Differentiate electric motor from electric generator. (2-3 sentences only) 4 points

__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________