SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 10

WEEK 5 & 6
NAME: _____________________________ SCORE: __________
GRADE & SECTION: __________________
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer before the number.

1. According to the National Cancer Institute, what forms of non-ionizing radiations has no
experimental evidence showing that at normal levels of this radiation are dangerous to
humans.

a. Visible light c. microwave

b. Extremely low frequency d. infrared

2. Both UVA and UVB light are important for humans in the production of Vitamin D in the
skin and gives us tanning effects. Overexposure to UV radiation may
cause___________.

a. Heart failure c. asthma

b. Cancer d. high blood pressure

3. Exposure to normal levels of extremely low frequency (ELF) waves causes_________

a. Brain damage c. severe burns

b. Asthma d. no damaging effects

4. Children like fetus is in great danger than adults from the exposure of microwave
radiation.

a. True

b. False

5. Which of the following is NOT an example of non-ionizing radiation?

A. X-ray c. Ultraviolet
b. Microwave d. Visible light

6. About half of the total energy the sun gives off is in the form of what type of non-
ionizing radiation?
a. Microwaves c. infrared
b. Ultraviolet d. visible light

7. Overexposure of microwave radiation can cause__________.

a. Asthma c. brain damage
 b. No damaging effects d. cataracts
8. The narrow beam of light concentrates the effects on the retina causing blind spot. This
is an effects caused by
a. Lasers c. alpha radiation
b. Beta radiation d. ultraviolet

9. Exposure to ionizing radiation can cause cancer.

a. True
b. False

10. This form of radiation is more penetrating than alpha particle, but are less damaging to
living tissue and DNA.

a. Alpha radiation c. beta radiation

b. Gamma ray d. X-ray

11. The strongest ionizing radiation is called

a. Alpha radiation c. neutron radiation

b. Beta radiation d. gamma radiation

12. Any agent that can cause harm or damage to humans, property, or the environment.

a. Mitigation c. prevention

b. Reduction d. hazards

13. This occurs when an atom undergoes radioactive decay.

a. Alpha radiation c. neutron radiation

b. Beta radiation d. gamma radiation

14. It is classified as a carcinogen by the WHO.

a. X-ray c. gamma ray

b. Alpha radiation d. beta radiation

15. It is a decrease or a lessening in amount, or the amount by which something decreases

or goes down.

a. Mitigation c. prevention
 b. Reduction d. hazard

16. A ray of light passing through the focal point at an angle to the optic axis of a
A. through the focal point.
B. parallel to the optic axis.
C. in the horizontal direction.

D. through the center of the sphere.

17. What happens to the image produced by a pinhole camera when you move the back wall
farther from the pinhole? It becomes…

A. larger and fainter.

B. larger and brighter.
C. smaller and brighter.

D. smaller and fainter.

18. The shortest mirror in which a creature from outer space can see its entire body is
_________________________.

A. twice as its height

B. equal to its height
C. one half of its height
D. four times as its height

19. A ray reflected from a retro-reflector

A. has an angle of reflection equal to the angle of incidence.

B. passes through the focal point.
C. forms a right angle with an incident ray.
D. travels in the direction opposite that of the incident ray.

20. A ray of light parallel to the optic axis of a concave mirror is reflected back

A. through the center of the sphere.

B. through the focal point.
C. parallel to the optic axis.
D. as if it came from the focal point.

21. The back surfaces of automobile headlights are curved

A. because inverted, real images of filaments shine brighter.

B. to concentrate light in one direction.
C. for structural reasons not related to optics.
D. to get multiple images of the filament.
22. The dispersion of light when it passes through a prism shows that

A. the prism contains many narrow, equally spaced slits.

B. all colors in the light are treated the same.
C. different colors have different indices of refraction.
D. the speed of light in a vacuum is a constant.

23. A human eye employs a _____ lens to form _____ images.

A. converging .... real

B. converging .... virtual
C. diverging .... real
D. diverging .... virtual

24. A camera employs a _____ lens to form _____ images.

A. converging .... real

B. converging .... virtual
C. diverging .... real
D. diverging .... virtual

25. A converging lens is used to form a sharp image of a candle. If the lower half of the lens is
covered by a piece of paper, the

A. lower half of the image will disappear.

B. upper half of the image will disappear.
C. image will become dimmer.
D. image will not change.