SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST UNIT TEST IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE GRADE 11

S.Y. 2018 – 2019

NAME: ____________________________________________________ SCORE: ___________________

GRADE & SECTION: ________________________________________ DATE: _____________________

Directions: Give what is being asked in each question (60 points).

Answer this in 1 whole sheet of paper at home. AVOID ERASURES.
Deadline: January 8, 2019 (HUMSS 11, TOURISM 11, BEAUTY CARE 11, ICT 11, GAS 11,
AND ABM 11)

FORMATION OF LIGHT ELEMENTS

1. What process of producing the light elements such as helium?

2. Who was the scientist who used the redshift of light from galaxies to calculate the velocities and
distances from the earth?

3. What happens to the wavelength and frequency when something redshifts?

4. According to the Big Bang theory, how much time was needed to produce the light elements
hydrogen and helium?

5. Who are the scientists who discovered the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (CMBR)?

6. What describes Big Bang Nucleosynthesis?

FORMATION OF ELEMENTS HEAVIER THAN IRON

7. What describes Stellar Nucleosynthesis?

8. What describes Supernova Nucleosynthesis?

9. It is a type of reaction that produces heavier elements from lighter ones

10. It is the lightest element and starting point of nuclear fusion reactions in stars.

11. It is the process that uses kinetic energy of protons to form helium-4 from hydrogen.

12. What are the conditions necessary for a nuclear fusion to occur?

13. What are the requirements for the rapid neutron capture process or r-process?

14. What are the net effects of a proton capture?

15. What are the net effects of a neutron capture?

IDEAS OF ANCIENT GREEKS, ALCHEMY, AND ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS ON THE ATOM

16. What is the Greek word that means uncuttable?

17. What comprises an atoms?

18. This refers to the idea that things are made up of much smaller things that cannot be
changed nor divided?

19. What are the statements that would describe atomism?

20. What statements about matter according to Anaxagoras?

21. What statements about matter according to Empedocles?

22. What statements about matter according to Plato?

23. It refers to the science that was used in the middle ages with the goal of changing
ordinary metals into gold?

24. It refers to the unscientific field of study which later developed into real science?

25. What are the goals of alchemy?

CONTRIBUTIONS OF SCIENTISTS TO THE DISCOVERY OF THE ATOM AND ITS SUBATOMIC PARTICLES

26.What are the particles that make up an atom?

27. He proposed that the electrons orbit around the nucleus in set of energy levels?

28. He discovered the nucleus of an atom in his gold foil experiment?

29. He discovered the neutron of an atom?

30. Who discovered nuclear fission?

31. What is Antoine Lavoiser’s contribution to the discovery of the structure of the atom and its
sub-atomic particles?

32. What is Joseph Louis Proust’s contribution to the discovery of the structure of the atom and its
sub-atomic particles?

33. What is John Dalton’s contribution to the discovery of the structure of the atom and its
sub-atomic particles?

34. He discovered the nucleus of an atom in his gold foil experiment?

35. Who discovered the electrons of an atom?

36. He developed the use of X-ray in studying the structure of the atom and arranging the
elements according to atomic number?

37. What subatomic particle orbit around the nucleus?

38. What subatomic particles made up the nucleus?

39. What kind of foil was used in Ernest Rutherford’s experiment?

40. Describe Ernest Rutherford’s Gold Foil Experiment.

41. It refers to the number of positively charged particles in an atom?

42. What is the scientific basis of the periodic table as published by Henry Moseley?

43. What is John Dalton’s contribution to the concept of chemical elements?

POLARITY OF MOLECULES

44. A chemist examines the compound nitrogen dioxide, NO 2. He finds out that the atomic
mass of nitrogen is 14 while that of oxygen is 16. Why is NO2 fixed ratio is 1:2?

45. Describes a polar covalent bond?

46. Give an example of compounds that are polar molecules?

47. Refer to the structure of carbon dioxide below?

Even when it contains polar bonds, the molecule is non-polar.

Why a molecule with polar bonds can be non-polar?
INTERMOLECULAR FORCES ON THE PROPERTIES OF SUBSTANCES

48. What intermolecular forces present only in polar molecules?

49. What intermolecular forces present only in all molecules?

50. Refer to the table below.

Why NaF has the strongest intermolecular forces of attraction (IMFA)?

51. Both substances A and B are made up of non-polar molecules, but A has a greater size
and mass than B. Why substance A has stronger London dispersion forces than B?

STRUCTURE, PROPERTIES, AND USES OF MATTER

52. A person suffers from a neck injury. The doctor performs surgery by removing a damaged bone
and filling the space with a substitute bone material. Screws and connecting rods are then used
to secure the bones which are made of titanium. Why Titanium can be used as the material for
the screws and rods?

53. Why Aluminum is used in making metal frames of bicycles?

54. Copper wire is wound or coiled into a magnetic core in electric motors. What property of
copper wire is mentioned?

55. Angelo wants to build a hand rail in a stairway in his house. Why is stainless steel best used as a
hand rail?

56. What property of polymers such as plastics makes them a good choice as a metal
coating in electrical wires?

57. What is the role of liquid crystals in Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) in flat-screen
television and other electronic gadgets?

BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES AND CHEMICAL CHANGE

58. What biomolecule composed amino acid units?

59. What biomolecules composed fatty acid units?

60. What is the role of a catalyst?