Mindanao State University

Lanao del Norte Agricultural College

Senior High School
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
1st Quarter Exam

Part I. Multiple Choice.

Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answers on the space provided before the
number.

1. How many elements belong to nitrogen group?

a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
2. Which of the following chemist and scientist doesn’t study the atomic structures?
a. Democritus b. John Dalton c. George Gamow d. Niels Bohr
3. He is an astronomer who prove using the 2.5 m telescope at California’s Mt. Wilson
Observatory, that the nebulae were distant galaxies containing 109 to 1013 stars.
a. Edwin Hubble b. George Gamow c. Ralph Alpher d. Hans Bethe
4. The theory that states that the universe was formed 15 billion years ago in a great explosion.
a. Gigantic explosion b. Gamow’s theory c. Hubble’s theory d. Big bang theory
5. They clumped together due to the influence of gravity to form billions of galaxies.
a. Atoms b. Dusts c. Elements d. Stars
6. An isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and neutron in its nucleus and that has twice the
mass of ordinary hydrogen.
a. Gamma ray b. Radiation c. Hydrogen-2 d. Deuterium
7. What is the binding energy of deuterons?
a. 2.0 eMV b. 2.0 MeV c. 2.1 eMV d. 2.2 MeV
8. It is the smallest particle of a substance that can exist by itself.
a. Substance b. Partcicle c. Atoms d. Photon
9. What element has an atomic number of 82?
a. Thallium b. Lead c. Tellurium d. Polonium
10. Heavier elements were formed in a process called ________.
a. Big Bang b. Deuterons c. Nucleosynthesis d. None of the above
11. The universe started
a. with the birth of Malakas and Maganda
b. with the formation of the Earth as its center
c. in a great explosion called the big bang
d. with the creation of light
12. It was found that the universe was created
a. before the big bang
b. after the big bang
c. during the big bang
d. during its expansion
13. Who deduced that galaxies are continuously moving away from one another?
a. Ralph Alpher b. Edwin Hubble c. George Gamow d. Hans Bethe
14. Who called this indivisible smallest possible piece of matter an atom.
a. Democritus b. John Dalton c. George Gamow d. Niels Bohr
15. These are primary substances that compose all matters in our surroundings.
a. Atoms b. Elements c. Matter d. Particles
 16. He was an English teacher and scientist who proposed an atomic theory about the indivisible
building blocks of matter.
a. J.J. Thomson b. John Dalton c. Ernest Rutherford d. Neils Bohr
17. These are composed of two or elements
a. Atoms b. Elements c. Compounds d. Matter
18. The Law of Conservation of Mass which states that
a. matter can be neither created nor destroyed. Because matter is made up of atoms that are
unchanged in a chemical reaction, it follows that mass can be conserved as well.
b. If two elements can combine with a fixed mass of the other element is in ratios of small
whole numbers.
c. different samples of the same compound always contain constituent elements in the same
proportion by mass
d. None of the above
19. He discovered that most of the positively charged “bullets” easily passed through the gold foil
without changing direction at all.
a. J.J. Thomson b. John Dalton c. Ernest Rutherford d. Neils Bohr
20. It is a positively charged particle
a. Proton b. Electron c. Neutron d. Nucleus
21. It is found at the center of the atom.
a. Nucleus b. Proton c. Neutron d. Electron
22. What is the mass of an electron?
a. 1 a.m.u. b. 1/836 a.m.u. c. 1/8136 a.m.u. d. 1/1836 a.m.u
23. How many protons are there in an Hydrogen if it has one lectron?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d.4
24. Nucleus is composed of what particles?
a. Proton and Electron
b. Neutron and Proton
c. Electron and Neutron
d. None of the above
25. Which of the following is a false statement about atom?
a. Atom is composed of photon, electron and neutron
b. Atom has a core
c. Atom is neutral
d. Atom is indivisible

Part II. Identification

Direction: Identify the answers of the following questions. Write your answers on the space provided
before the number.

____________1. The center of the atom was given the name “________” by Rutherford.
____________2. He made an improvement on Rutherford’s model. In his model, he placed each
electron on a specific energy level.
____________3. The atomic model Thomson proposed was like ___________. plum pudding
____________4. These are indivisible particles.
____________5. How many different kinds of elements does our periodic table have?
____________6. Chemists used _______ to designate the elements.
____________7. What is the name of symbol Sb?
____________8. An elements that has an atomic number of 53.
____________9. It is a tiny particle of light or electromagnetic radiation.
___________10. A photon emitted spontaneously by a radioactive substance.

Part III. Complete the table below.

Symbol of the Element Name of the Element Atomic Number

1. Fr
2. Antimony
3. Radon
4. 84
5. Tl
6. Arsenic
7. 53
8. K
9. Se
10. 86