Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA
BANCAL PUGAD INTEGRATED SCHOOL
BANCAL PUGAD, LUBAO, PAMPANGA

THIRD GRADING PERIODIC TEST IN SCIENCE 7

School Year 2019-2020

Name ______________________________________________ Score __________________

Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer from the four given choices. Write the letter of
the correct answer on your answer sheet. (Use capital letter)

1. What is rate of distance travelled over time?

A. acceleration B. velocity C. speed D. displacement
2. Which of the following is true about an object that travels 8 meters to left, then 4 meters up, then another 8
meters to the right?
A. The displacement of the object is equal to 20 meters
B. The displacement of the object is equal 20 meters down
C. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to 20 meters
D. The total distance travelled by the object is equal to zero
3. What is the device used to measure the instantaneous speed of a moving vehicle?
A. Motion detector B. Speedometer C. Steering wheel D. Gas gauge
4. The change in velocity over a time interval is called___.
A. acceleration B. velocity C. displacement D. density
Refer to the table below for items 5 & 7.
Data were obtained from 100 meter dash competition.

Female Athlete Recorded Time (s)
1 27.5
2 27.3
3 26.2
4 25.4
Male Athlete Recorded Time (s)
1 23.5
2 23.7
3 25.1
4 22.9

5. Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

I. The male athletes are faster than female athletes.

II. Compared to the speed of the fastest male athlete, the average speed of the fastest
female athlete is less.
A. I only B. II only C. Both I and II D. Neither I nor II
6. How do you compute for the average speed of each athlete?
A. Multiply the distance by their recorded time.
B. Divide the recorded time by the distance travelled.
C. Divide the distance travelled by the recorded time.
D. Multiply the recorded time of any of the two contestants then divide by the distance.
7. What is the term used to describe the shortest distance between the object’s two positions?
A. Displacement B. Distance C. Speed D. Velocity
8. The speed of a bus travelling on a straight road are given in the following table.
Time (s) 0 1 2 3 4
Velocity (m/s) 0 2 4 6 8

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

I. The bus travels 16m in 4s.

II. The bus travels with an average speed of 4 m/s.
III. The bus travels with uniform speed of 2 m/s.
IV. The instantaneous speed of the bus is 2 m/s.

A. II only B. II, III, and IV C. III only D. III and IV

9. Nicole is running at its top speed of 1.5 m/s for 50 seconds. How far did she travelled??
A. 80 meters B. 75 meters C. 70 meters D. 65 meters
10. How can braking distance be decreased?
A. by increasing speed before applying the brakes C. by using headrest
B. by decreasing speed before applying the brakes D. by not beating the speed limit
11. A boat travels 100 meters in 20 seconds. What is the average speed of the boat?
A. 100 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 2000 m/s D. 120 m/s
12. During you trip to your grandmother’s house, your bike’s speed changes from 0 m/s to 30 m/s in 15 seconds.
What is your acceleration?
A. 2 m/s2 B. 45 m/s2 C. 0.2 m/s2 D. 0.45 m/s2
13. Mary Jane swims from Bancal Pugad to Mabuanbuan with the speed of 0.89 m/s . The distance between
two barangay is 500 m. How long did Mary Jane swim?
A. 562 seconds B. 560 seconds C. 558 seconds D. 556 seconds
14. The rate of motion with direction is called___________
A. Speed B. Force C. Acceleration D. Velocity
15. Which of the following statements is NOT true about the object moving with a constant speed?
A. The distance travelled by the object increases uniformly
B. The speed of the object remains the same all throughout the travel
C. The object is not accelerating
D. The speed of the object is equal to zero
For items 16 – 19, refer to the figure below.

B D

16. Which letter indicates the wavelength?

17. Which letter represents the amplitude?
18. Which is the crest?
19. Which is the trough?
20. The unit of intensity level of sound
A. Ampere B. Decibel C. Ohm D. Volt
21. Which of the following best describes a high frequency sound?
A. High pitch B. Low pitch C. Low energy D. A and C
22. Which property of sound describes your perception of it?
A. Intensity
B. Wave speed
C. Loudness
D. Frequency
23. Through which of the following can sound NOT travel?
A. Solids B. Liquids C. Gases D. Vacuum
24. To which of the following is loudness closely related?
A. Pitch B. Intensity C. Quality D. Melody
25. Which frequency is beyond the normal human hearing?
A. 20 Hz B. 5000 Hz C. 10000 Hz D. 30000 Hz
26. How would you relate the brightness or intensity of light with the distance from the source?
A. The farther the light source, the dimmer is the light and the higher the intensity
B. The farther the light source, the brighter is the light and the lower the intensity
C. The nearer the light source, the dimmer is the light and the higher the intensity
D. The nearer the light source, the brighter is the light and the higher the intensity
27. Which color registers the highest frequency?
A. Red B. Blue C. Violet D. Orange
28. ROYGBIV is the basic component of white light. Which color of light carries the most energy?
A. Blue B. Green C. Orange D. Red
29. Light is an electromagnetic wave. Which characteristic is common to all electromagnetic wave?
A. Amplitude B. Frequency C. Wavelength D. Speed
30. Which of the following groups of waves are listed correctly in order of increasing frequencies?
A. Radio waves, gamma rays, x-rays
B. X-rays, gamma rays, radio waves
C. Gamma rays, x-rays, radio waves
D. Radio waves, x-rays, gamma rays
31. Which of the following is not an electromagnetic wave?
A. infrared B. gamma C. sound D. x-ray
32. How does the frequency of microwaves compared to gamma rays?
A. Microwaves have higher frequency than gamma rays.
B. Gamma rays have higher frequency than microwaves.
C. Both microwaves and gamma rays have high frequency.
D. Both microwaves and gamma rays have low frequency.
33. Which type of electromagnetic wave possesses longest wavelength?
A. Gamma rays B. UV rays C. X-rays D. Visible light
34. A cup of hot water is poured into a cup of cold water. What could happen next?
A. The temperature of hot water will increase as the temperature of cold water will decrease.
B. The temperature of both hot and cold water will decrease.
C. The temperature of hot water will remain the same but the temperature of cold water will increase.
D. The temperature of both hot and cold water will change until they are the same.
For items 35-37, refer to the situation below.
Luisa is boiling water in a metal container for several minutes. She will be using the boiled water
for her bath so she won’t get colds.
35. How does the heat travel from the flame to the metal container?
A. radiation B. convection C. conduction D. dispersion
36. How does the heat travel from the flame to Luisa’s body?
A. radiation B. convection C. conduction D. dispersion
37. If the purpose of pouring boiled water to tap water is to raise the temperature of tap water, how does heat
transfer in this situation?
A. radiation B. convection C. conduction D. dispersion
38. Cooking utensils are provided with wooden handles because
A. wood is a poor conductor of heat C. wood is light and easy to handle
B. wood is cheaper than steel D. wood makes cooking utensils more attractive
39. Which is NOT a mode of heat transfer?
A. radiation B. convection C. conduction D. dispersion
40. What will happen when two like charges are brought together?
A. They will repel each other. C. They will attract each other.
B. They will neutralize each other. D. They will have no effect on each other.
41. This law states that charges could not be destroyed, but can be transferred from material to another. Which
of the following is it?
A. Electrostatic Law C. Law of Conservation of Charge
B. Coulomb’s Law D. Law of Conservation of Energy
42. What is really meant when we say appliances “use up” electricity?
A. The current disappears.
B. The main power supply voltage is lowered.
C. Electrons are taken out of the circuit and put somewhere else.
D. The potential energy of electrons is changed into another form.
43. A charged object was in contact with a neutral object. What method of charging an object is involved?
A. induction B. friction C. polarization D. grounding
44. If you comb your hair and the comb becomes positively charged, what will happen to your hair?
A. it will remain uncharged C. it will be repelled by the comb
B. it will become positively charged D. it will become negatively charged
45. Which of the following combination of electric circuit components will allow electrons to flow?
A. battery, bulb, switch C. wire, switch, battery
B. bulb, wire, switch D. battery, wire, bulb
46. Which of the following can be attracted by positively charged objects?
A. another positively charged object C. negatively charged object
B. a neutral object D. no other object
47. The figures below show 3 pairs of plates. The electrostatic force between the plates is shown for each pair.
If B is negative, what is the charge of A? And what kind of force will exist between A and C?

A B A

B C C
A. negative, attractive C. negative, repulsive
B. positive, attractive D. positive, repulsive
48. Which of the following statements is correct if two charges attract each other?
A. Both charges must be negative C. Both charges must be positive
B. The charges are different D. The charges are the same
49. What process involves connecting a circuit to the earth as a safety precaution?
A. Induction B. Conduction C. Grounding D. Charging
50. What happens when two negative charges are brought close together?
A. They repel each other C. They neither attract nor repel each other
B. They attract each other D. They become grounded
 ANSWER KEY THIRD QUARTER SCIENCE 7 SY 2019-2020

1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
5. C
6. D
7. D
8. D
9. C
10. B
11. B
12. A
13. B
14. D
15. B
16. B
17. A
18. D
19. C
20. B
21. A
22. C
23. D
24. B
25. D
26. D
27. C
28. A
29. D
30. D
31. C
32. B
33. D
34. D
35. C
36. A
37. B
38. A
39. D
40. A
41. C
42. D
43. C
44. D
45. D
46. C
47. B
48. B
49. C
50. A