DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

GARRITA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION IN
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
S.Y 2017-2018

NAME:____________________________________________________DATE:_________________________
GRADE:______________________SEMESTER__________________SCORE:_________________________

“Believe you can and you are halfway there.”

I. IDENTIFICATION
Identify the following terms of the statements below. Write in the space provided. Wrong spelling will not
be considered.

__________________________1. It is known as the basic unit of chemical element and was believed fundamental,
indestructible, indivisible particle.
__________________________2. Study or the science of the origin and development of the universe.
__________________________3. A minute particle; a living cell; a blood cell.
__________________________4. The proof or evidence of Big Bang theory.
__________________________5. The higher pressure on a gas means a smaller volume, and vice versa, what law is
this?
__________________________6. It was considered a protoscience, a precursor that allowed the field of chemistry to
what it is today.
__________________________7. This is the reaction by which stars convert hydrogen to helium.
__________________________8. Scientific term of light particles.
__________________________9. The brilliant point of light is the explosion of a star that has reached the end of its life,
otherwise known as what?
__________________________10. It is the process that creates new atomic nuclei from pre-existing nucleons, primarily
protons and neutrons.

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Encircle the letter of the correct answer. Strictly no erasures.

1. Who are the two most important theorists about the natural and physical world?
a. Leucippus and Democritus
b. Anaxagoras and Leucippus
c. Empedocles and Democritus
d. Anaxagoras and Empedocles
2. Which of the following is NOT part of Dalton’s Chemical Atomic Theory?
a. All atoms of the same element can have different masses or isotopes.
b. Atoms combine only in whole number ratios.
c. All elements are made of atoms.
d. None of the above
3. Which of the following was not part of the ideas of Leucippus and Democritus?
a. The universe is made up of either atoms or a void.
b. An object is made of small, indivisible parts which influence the object’s properties.
c. The universe is made up of four elements that combine and separate to cause change.
d. The universe changes because atoms move about, combine, collide and separate.
4. Which of these is true about the Big Bang model?
a. The singularity is an established, well-defined part of the model.
b. Cosmic expansion stopped at some point in time.
c. Part of its proof is the amounts of H and He we have in the universe today.
d. The Big Bang was a big explosion that threw matter into many different directions.
5. Which of the following processes is likely to generate the heaviest element?
a. CNO cycle
b. r-process
c. triple-alpha process
d. Big Bang nucleosynthesis
6. Which of the following is one of the two known sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to
helium, the other being the proton–proton chain reaction?
a. Alpha ladder
b. CNO cycle
c. S-process
d. Big Bang nucleosynthesis
7. He published the idea that electricity was in particles that were part of the atom.
a. James Chadwick
b. Ernest Rutherford
c. Niels Bohr
d. Joseph John Thomson
8. He stated that everything is made up of four eternal and unchanging kinds of matter, fire, air (all gases), water (all
liquids and metals) and earth (all solids).
a. Plato
 b. Anaxagoras
c. John Dalton
d. Empedocles
9. He believed that transformations between the four elements (or changes in their balance in a substance) caused
changes in the universe.
a. James Chadwick
b. Aristotle
c. Plato
d. Niels Bohr
10. What civilization had their own processes for metalwork and ceramic materials, but they especially focused on
finding minerals, plants and substances that could prolong life?
a. Indian
b. Mesopotamia
c. Chinese
d. Egypt
11. What civilization utilize copper and gold, they even assigned certain symbols to match metals with the heavenly
bodies such as the Sun and Moon?
a. Indian
b. Mesopotamia
c. Chinese
d. Egypt
12. What civilization perfected the use of bronze, dye and glass that the Greeks later copied?
a. Indian
b. Mesopotamia
c. Chinese
d. Egypt
13. What civilization perfected the use of iron and steel and were well-known manufacturers of dyes, glass, cement,
solutions for textiles, and soap?
a. Indian
b. Mesopotamia
c. Chinese
d. Egypt
14. On what era shows the bound particles no longer scattered photons so light and energy moved freely across
space?
a. Singularity
b. Inflation
c. Dark ages
d. Plasma soup
15. It was called the “the art of transmuting” during the Greeks time.
a. Atomos
b. Alchemy
c. Magic Spells
d. Signs & Symbols

III. MATCHING TYPE

Match column A with appropriate Scientist/Theorist involve in the statement in column B. Write the letter
of your answer in the space provided.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

________1. Periodic Table of Elements A. JJ THOMSON

________2. Idea of Atoms B. ERNEST RUTHERFORD
________3. Elements are found as molecules C. NIELS BOHR
________4. Electron shells D. JAMES CHADWICK
________5. Nucleus E. ROBERT BOYLE
________6. Corpuscles F. ANTOINE LAVOISIER
________7. Concepts of chemical elements G. JOHN DALTON
________8. Plum-pudding model H. JOSEPH GAY LUSSAC
________9. Protons and Electrons I. DMITRI MENDELEEV
________10. Neutrons J. CARL SAGAN
________11. Quantum model K. EMPEDOCLES
________12. Named Oxygen and Hydrogen L. ANAXAGORAS
________13. Scientific Method M. PLATO
________14. Chemical Atomic Theory N. ARISTOTLE
________15. “Somewhere, something is incredibly waiting to be known” O. DEMOCRITUS
________16. “Essential qualities,” hot, dry, cold and wet
________17. Form of infinitesimally small particles comprised Universe
________18. “Platonic solids”
________19. Envisioned the atom as like a miniature solar system
________20. Higher pressure on a gas means a smaller volume, and vice versa
 IV. CHRONOLOGICAL SEQUENCE (5pts)
Arrange the stages of the Big Bang Theory. Write A,B,C,D, Eon the space provided chronologically
according to the first stage that happen to the theory. Letter A(First) and E(Last).

_________1. Inflation
_________2. Recombination
_________3. Big Bang Singularity
_________4. Nucleosysthesis
_________5. Stars and galaxies

V. CONCEPT MAP (10pts.)

Complete the diagram by filling in missing terms.

FORMATION OF THE STARS AND ALPHA PROCESS

Stellar fusion or Supernova

nucleosynthesis nucleosynthesis

Red giant stars/

supergiant stars

Triple-alpha process

R-process

CNO cycle