SCIENCE 9

Prelim Exam
Summer 2010

Teacher Ryan

NAME: ___________________________________________________ Score: _________________

I MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the best answer and write your answer on
the space provided before each number. ANY FORM OF ERASURES WILL BE
CONSIDERED WRONG.
______1. Westley’s pet dog is not as active as it used to be. Which of the following
actions should Allison Lawrence do?
a. give the dog some medicine b. bring the dog to a veterinarian immediately
c. leave the dog alone d. investigate the cause of the dog’s behavior
______2. The function of control in experimentation is to __________.
a. prevent errors b. ensure a clear yes or no answer
c. show art in scientific work d. provide a reference in comparing and
judging results
______3. Douell wanted to find out which of the five types of laundry soap was best in
removing stains. Each soap was mixed with water with the same temperature and
scrubbed onto stained cloth for one minute using the same force. After one minute,
the amount of stain left on the cloth was noted. Identify the manipulated or
experimental variable.
a. water temperature b. laundry soap
c. amount of stain left on the cloth d. scrubbing time
______4. In conducting an experiment, you should __________.
a. keep everything constant except for one experimental variable.
b. make use of several experimental variables at a time
c. change the constant variables everyday
d. keep a record of the results when told to do so
______5. Which of the following statements about an experiment is least accurate?
a. It is very expensive to undertake.
b. It is meant to test a hypothesis.
c. It uses an experimental set-up and a control set-up.
d. The findings in an experiment may give the solution to a problem or the explanation
of a phenomenon.
______6. How will you logically arrange the essential steps in scientific method?
A. make an educated guess or hypothesis
B. recognize the problem
C. formulate the simplest generalization
D. perform experiments
E. Predict the consequences of the hypothesis
a. A, B, C, D and E b. B, A, E, D and C
c. B, E, A, C and D d. C, B, A, D and E
______7. Tevin want to find out how much salt you would need to dissolve in water to
produce 20% salt solution. What apparatus will he use?
a. triple-beam balance b. graduated cylinder
c. volumetric flask d. beaker
______8. The number of significant figure in 0.00 154 9 is:
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
______9. The figure in item number 5 can be written in S. N. as:
a. 1.5 x 10-3 b. 1.6 x 103 c. 15.94 x 10-1 d. 154.9 x 101
______10. An object which weighs 100 microgram also weighs:
a. 0.00 1 mg b. 0.01 mg c. 1 mg d. 0.1 mg
______11. Which of the following has the least number of significant digits?
a. 356.70 0 b. 0.00 003 56 c. 59 806.5 d. 0.00 375 02
______12. How many liters of gasoline are there in 536 mL?
a. 5.36 L b. 53.6 L c. 0.53 6 L d. 0.05 36 L
______13. What cylindrical glassware is used in mixing and heating solutions for chemical
analysis?
a. Erlenmeyer flask b. Florence flask
c. graduated cylinder d. test tube
______14. Which of the following equipment is used in cutting glass tubings?
a. test tube holder b. tongs c. triangular file d. wing top
______15. An equipment used in grinding and pounding chemical substances is called
__________.
a. evaporating dish b. mortar and pestle
c. petri dish d. spot plate
______16. Which of the following glassware is used in dispensing accurate volume of liquids
from a reagent bottle?
a. burette b. Erlenmeyer flask c. pipette d. graduated cylinder
______17. The number of significant digits in 650 600 00 is __________.
a. 6 b. 9 c. 4 d. 3
______18. A mile is equivalent to 5 280 feet. How many significant figures does this number
have?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 0 d. number is exact
______19. The number of significant figures in 0.00 230 200 m is __________.
a. 8 b. 3 c. 6 d. 9
______20. Correctly rounded off, the quotient of 2.00 0 g ÷ 20.0 mL is __________.
a. 0.10 0 g/mL b. 0.10 00 g/mL c. 0.1 g/mL d. 0.10 g/mL
______21. Rounded off correctly, the product of 2.00 0 cm and 10.00 cm is __________.
a. 20.0 cm2 b. 20.0 00 cm2 c. 20.0 0 cm2 d. 20.0 000 cm2
______22. How many grams are in a milligram?
a. 0.00 000 1 b. 1 c. 0.00 1 d. 1 000 000
______23. Which of the following units would be most appropriate for measuring the length of
a person’s finger?
a. nanometer b. kilometer c. centimeter d. meter
______24. Which state of matter has neither a definite shape nor a definite volume?
a. solid b. liquid c. gas d. plasma
______25. Which of the following is not a physical change?
a. boiling point b. mass c. flammability d. density
______26. What do you call the amount of matter contained in a basketball?
a. volume b. mass c. weight d. density
______27. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?
a. gold b. brass c. lead d. mercury
______28. Which of the following can be used to remove a small amount of fat from a chicken
broth?
a. sieving b. scooping c. decantation d. evaporation
______29. All of the following are characteristics of metal, EXCEPT:
a. good conductors of heat b. malleable
c. high melting point d. reacts with other metals
______30. Which of the following mixtures can be separated by mechanical means?
a. water and flour b. mongo seeds and water
c. vinegar and soy sauce d. sugar and milk
______31. Which of the following substances produces a black residue when burned?
a. calcium carbide b. salt crystals c. sulfur powder d. sugar crystrals
______32. Which of the following describes a chemical change?
a. souring of milk b. drawing copper into wires
c. melting of ice d. freezing of CO2
______33. Some cough syrups need to be shaken before use. What kind of mixtures is such
cough syrups?
a. solution b. suspension c. colloid d. emulsion
______34. It is regarded as the malleable metal?
a. Au b. Ag c. Fe d. Pb
______35. All of the following are pure substances, EXCEPT:
a. boron b. gold c. oxygen d. water
II TRUE or FALSE: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and write the word
FALSE if the statement is incorrect. Write your answer in the space before each
number. ANY FORM OF ERASURES WILL BE CONSIDERED WRONG.
__________1. Science rest primary on faith in the scientific method.
__________2. A hypothesis is very similar to an educated guess.
__________3. A practicing physician is a technologist, not a pure scientist.
__________4. One of the aims of science is to construct theories.
__________5. During the earlier times, the works of scientist were ridiculed or ignored.
__________6. The function of control in experimentation is to prevent errors.
__________7. The study of living things falls under natural science.
__________8. A scientific method is logical, orderly and effective.
__________9. A theory is a guess, which must be verified with experiments.
__________10. Scientific explorations end when scientist find the answers to scientific
questions.
III Classify the following as to MIXTURES, IV Classify the following as to ACID or
COMPOUND or ELEMENT. Write your BASE. Write your answer on the blank
answer on the blank before the number. before the number.
____________________1. salt _______________1. NaOH
____________________2. tincture of iodine _______________2. vinegar
____________________3. alcohol _______________3. shampoo
____________________4. plutonium _______________4. HCl
____________________5. sugar _______________5. blood
____________________6. ammonia _______________6. H4SO4
____________________7. hair gel _______________7. ammonia
____________________8. vinegar _______________8. KOH
____________________9. tin _______________9. Ca(OH)2
____________________10. aspirin _______________10. HNO3
Problem Analysis:
A. Convert the following quantities to its desired units, express your final answer in
two decimal places:
1. 5 400 g = __________ kg
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2. 74 days = __________ sec
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3. 241 lb = __________ mg
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4. 2 109 mL = __________ oz
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B. Convert the following thermometric readings:
1. 100 0F = ________0C 2. 30.0 0C = ________0F 3. 200 K = ________0C
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4. 269 0C = ________K 5. 430 0F = ________0C
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C. Express the following in scientific notation, accurate in three significant figures:

1. 79 000 000 000 dynes __________________ 2. 7 351 036 300.00 kg _____________________

3. 0.00 000 000 000658 cm ________________ 4. 0.000 300 083 8 L ________________________
5. 8 481 000 000 ft ________________________ 6. 751 970 000.00 978 mm __________________

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