Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI - Western Visayas
Jose Monfort National Science High School
JalaudBarotac Nuevo, Iloilo

UNIT TEST
(SCIENCE 9 – FORCE, ENERGY & MOTION)
SY: 2019-2020

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MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and understand each statement carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before
each number.

___ 1. A plane is running on the runway preparing to takeoff. What is the accelerated motion of the plane?
A. horizontal dimension B. vertical dimension C. Both vertical and horizontal D. Cannot be determined
___ 2. At what angle should a water hose be aimed in order for the water to land with the greatest horizontal range?
A. 0˚ B. 30˚ C. 45˚ D. 60˚
___ 3. A goalie made three soccer punts at 70˚, 50˚ and 30˚ with varying speeds --- all reaching the same maximum heights. Which
statement is correct?
A. All punts have the same hang time.
B. The punt at 70˚ has the longest hang time.
C. The punt at 50˚ has the longest hang time.
D. The punt at 30˚ has the longest hang time.
___ 4. Which of the following happens to a coconut that falls freely?
A. Loses potential energy and gains kinetic energy.
B. Loses both potential energy and kinetic energy.
C. Gains potential energy and loses kinetic energy.
D. Gains both potential energy and kinetic energy.
___ 5. Which has greater momentum, the jeepney or the motorcycle?
A. jeepney B. motorcycle C. both have the same momentum D. cannot be determined
___ 6. What is the energy of a motorcycle moving slowly at the top of a hill?
A. entirely kinetic B. entirely potential C. entirely gravitational D. both kinetic and potential
___ 7. Two identical cars are travelling along EDSA. Which of the two cars would have a greater momentum?
A. the slower car
B. the faster car
C. both have the same momentum
D. cannot be easily determined
___ 8. Which is a necessary condition for the total momentum of a system to be conserved?
A. Kinetic energy must not change.
B. No external force is present.
C. An object must be at rest.
D. Only the force of gravity acts on the system
___ 9. Which event is explained in the sequence of energy changes?
A. a headlight is on
B. electric current powers a flat iron
C. a turbine spins
D. gasoline burns to run a jeepney
___ 10. What is true about impulse and momentum?
A. Momentum and impulse are unrelated to each other.
B. Impulse is mass times velocity while momentum is force times time.
C. Impulse deals with velocity while momentum deals with change in velocity
D. Momentum is the mass of a substance multiplied by the velocity while impulse is just the change of momentum.
___ 11. If two objects collide with each other _________________
A. The sum of their momentum after the collision is equal to the sum of their momentums before the collision.
B. The momentum before the collisions is always greater than the total momentum afterthe collision.
C. The object with greater mass always has greater momentum
D. They both lose momentum at the moment of impact.
___ 12. . If a football player running down the field is tackled by another football player who holds onto the first football player so that they
both fly out of bounds together, that collision is _____________
A. Elastic B. inelastic C. momentum D. invisible
___ 13. . In a perfectly elastic collision, a ball dropped from a certain height would…….
A. Bounce at a greater height C. bounce at a lesser height
B. Bounce at the same height D. stick to the floor
___ 14. A 0.2 kg red cue ball rolling at 1.4 m/s elastically collides directly with a 0.2 kg 9- ball at rest. Which of the following is true?
A. The red cue ball would have a velocity of 0 m/s
B. The 9-ball would have a velocity greater than 2 m/s
C. The red cue ball would have a velocity greater than 1.0 m/s
D. The 9-ball would have a velocity greater than 0.5m/s but less than 2 m/s
___ 15. When comparing the momentum of two moving objects, which of the following is correct?
A. The object with higher velocity will have less momentum if the masses are equal.
B. The more massive object will have less momentum if its velocity is greater.
C. . The less massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
D. The more massive object will have less momentum if the velocities are the same.
___ 16. A roller coaster climbs up a hill at 4 m/s and then zips down the hill at 30 m/s. The momentum of the roller coaster
A. is greater up the hill than down the hill.
B. is greater down the hill than up the hill.
C. remains the same throughout the ride.
D. is zero throughout the ride.
___ 17. . A billiard ball collides with a stationary identical billiard ball in an elastic head-on collision. After the collision, which of the
following is true of the first ball?
A. It maintains its initial velocity. C. It comes to rest
B. It has one-half its initial velocity D. It moves in the opposite direction
___ 18. If a force is exerted on an object, which statement is true?
A. A large force always produces a large change in the objects momentum
B. A large force produces a large change in the object’s momentum only if the force is applied over a very short time interval.
C. A small force applied over a long time interval can produce a large change in the object’s momentum
D. A small force always produces a large change in the object’s momentum.
___ 19. . If a mass is at rest, what must be applied to cause it to move?
A. Kilograms B. speed C .mass D. force
___ 20. Which has more momentum, a heavy truck or light truck moving at the same speed?
A. Light truck C. both have the same momentum
B. Heavy truck D. cannot be determined
___ 21. . A person jumps to the ground from a platform 10 feet high. Which of the following is true?
A. The person has more kinetic energy before they jump than after they jump.
B. The person has less potential energy at the top of the platform than in the air.
C. The person’s potential energy at the instant they jump is approximately equal to their kinetic energy the instant they land.
D. The person’s kinetic energy at the instant they jump is approximately double their potential energy the instant they land.
___ 22. Is energy transformed while a rock is falling from a cliff? Explain
A. Yes, kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy as the rock falls.
B. Yes, gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy as the rock falls
C. No, because the rock lost all of its gravitational potential energy once it started to move.
D. No, because one form of energy cannot be transformed into another form energy
___ 23. . A ball, starting from rest at position 1, rolls along a curved track toward position 5. The ball speeds up as it rolls from position 1
to position 3, and it slows down as it rolls from position 3 toward position 5. Just before it reaches position 5, it stops and rolls back down
the track. As the ball rolls back and forth along the curved track, the ball and the track get a little warmer. When does the thermal energy
of the ball and track increase and why?
A. Only when the ball rolls from Position 1 to Position 3 because the gravitational potential energy of the ball is converted into
thermal energy
B. Only when the ball rolls from Position 3 toward Position 5 because the kinetic energy of the ball is converted into thermal
energy
C. The thermal energy increases the entire time the ball is rolling along the track because both the gravitational potential energy
and kinetic energy of the ball are converted into thermal energy.
D. The thermal energy increases the entire time the ball is rolling along the track, but the increase does not come from a change
in gravitational potential energy or kinetic energy because motion energy and gravitational potential energy cannot be converted
into thermal energy.
___ 24. A girl is riding her skateboard down a hill.  She speeds up as she goes down the hill, and the wheels get a little warmer. What
energy transformations happen while she is going down the hill?
A. Kinetic energy is transformed into gravitational potential energy and thermal energy.
B. Gravitational potential energy is transformed into kinetic energy and thermal energy.
C. Gravitational potential energy is transformed only into kinetic energy.
 D. No energy transformations are involved while she is going down the hill.
___ 25. . In the San Roque Power Plant, which energy transformation takes place?
A. Nuclear energy heat electrical energy
B. Heat mechanical energy electrical energy
C. Electrical energy mechanical energy electrical energy
D. Gravitational potential energy kinetic energy electrical energy
Refer to this situation in answering questions 26-27.
“An object falls freely from a certain height.”
___ 26. Which of the following happens to the object?
A. It loses PE and gains KE. C. It loses both PE and KE.
B. It gains PE and loses KE. D. It gains both PE and KE.
___ 27. The PE of the object at the highest point compared to its KE at the lowest point is
A. lesser B. greater C. equal D. not related
___ 28. In the given diagram, where is the kinetic energy greatest?
A. As the biker is climbing the hill.
B. As the biker is on the top of the hill.
C. As the biker is on the downside of the hill.
D. There is no example of kinetic energy.
___ 29. The total mechanical energy of the object at the highest point compared to its total mechanical energy at the
lowest point is
A. Lesser B. greater C. equal D. not related
___ 30. A 4 kg toy car moves along a frictionless surface with a uniform speed of 8 m/s. What is its kinetic energy?
A. 1.28J B. 12.8 J C. 128J D. 1 280J
___ 31. According to the law of conservation of energy, in theory, a bouncy ball should never stop bouncing. However, we know that it
eventually stops. Where does the energy go? Some gets converted into
A. Sound energy and escapes into the surroundings
B. Thermal energy and escapes into the surroundings
C. Mechanical to potential energy
D. Both A and B
___ 32. What is the function of a heat engine? It converts…
A. thermal energy into chemical energy. C. chemical energy into mechanical energy
B. thermal energy into mechanical energy. D. mechanical energy into chemical energy.
___ 33. . What energy transformation takes place in a generator
A. Electrical to mechanical C. chemical to mechanical
B. Mechanical to electrical D. heat to mechanical
___ 34. . All of the following power plants use steam to drive the turbines to produce electricity
except
A. Coal-fired B. nuclear C. hydropower D. geothermal
___ 35. When a turbine rotates to produce electricity, what energy transformation takes place?
A. Thermal mechanical C. chemical electrical
B. Electrical electromagnet D. mechanical electrical
___ 36. A 25-kg girl is riding a 5-kg with a velocity of 5 m/s the East. What is the total momentum of a girl and a bike together?
A. 100 kg m/s B. 125 kg m/s C. 150 kg m/s D. 200 m/s
___ 37. A moderate force will break an egg. However, an egg dropped on the road usually breaks, while one dropped on the grass
usually doesn’t break. This is because for the egg dropped on the grass,
A. The change in momentum is greater C. The time interval for stopping is greater
B. The change in momentum is less D. The time interval for stopping is les
___ 38. When a ball is dropped at a certain height, its gravitational potential energy
A. Increases B. remains the same C. decreases D. increases and decreases
___ 39. How would you describe the motion of an airplane before it takeoff?
A. The velocity of an airplane is uniform or constant C. An airplane is accelerating uniformly .
B. An airplane is moving uniformly D. The acceleration of an airplane is zero.
For items 40-41, consider the following situations.
Maria throws a ball straight up with an initial velocity of 10 m/s.
___ 40. What is the velocity at the highest point?
A. 0 m/s B. 0 m/s2 C. 9.9m/s2 D.-9.8m/s2
___ 41. What is its velocity when it returned to the elevation from where it was thrown?
a. 10m/s b -10m/s c. 0m/s d . Cannot be determined .
___42. A sepak takraw ball that is kicked from a height of two meters follows a path that is________.
A. Circular B. linear C. Hyperbolic D. parabolic
___ 43. A volleyball is served at the a speed of 8.0m/s at an angle 35o above the horizontal. What is the speed of the ball when received
by the opponent at the same height?
a. 4.0m/s b .8.m/s c. 9.8m/s d. 16.0 m/s
For questions 44- 46
A marble is thrown horizontally from a table top with a velocity of 1.50 m/s . The marble falls 0.70 m away from the
table edge.
___ 44. What is the initial horizontal velocity?
a. 1.5m/s b. 0m/s c . 0.70 m/s d. 9 m/s
___45. What is the horizontal acceleration of the marble?
a. 1.5m/s2 b. 0 m/s2 c. 0.70 m/s2 d. 9.8 m/s2
___46. What is the vertical acceleration of the marble?
a. 1.5m/s2 c. 0 m/s2 d. 0.70 m/s2 d. 9.8 m/s2
___ 47. The Honda car and Kawasaki motorcycle are traveling at the same speed on a highway. What can be said
about their momenta?
a. The Honda car has a greater momentum than the Kawasaki motorcycle.
b. The Honda car has lesser momentum than a Kawasaki motorcycle.
c. The momentum of the Honda car cannot be compared to the momentum of the KawasakiMotorcycle .
d. They have the same momentum.
___ 48. Which event is explained in the sequence of energy changes shown in the diagram below.
Chemical Energy Heat Mechanical Energy (with wasted heat)
A. Heat Light is on C. Electric current powers a flat iron
B. A turbine spins D. Gasoline burns to run a jeepney
___ 49. Which event does not describe potential energy being change into kinetic energy?
A. A box sliding down a ramp. C. A mango falling from a crate
B. A pen spring being compressed D. A stretched rubber band got loosened
___ 50. Which event illustrates the correct transformation of potential to kinetic energy ?
A. A basketball player catches a fying ball C. A kalesa moves from rest
B. Kathy’s arrow is released from its bow. D. The spring mechanism of a boy is rotated until it locked.

Prepared by:

RITO S. BARRIOS JEAN ANTOINETTE B. OLVIDO

Science Teacher Science Teacher

Checked by:

JEL S. BELVIS
HT-I, Science Department