ILIGAN CAPITOL COLLEGE

Mahayahay, Iligan City

Basic Education Department

PHYSICAL SCIENCE
4th PRELIM EXAMINATION
2nd Semester, S.Y. 2019 – 2020

Name: _ Date: _
Grade Section: _ Permit Number: _
Teacher: Ms. Iris H. Leuterio Score: _

I. Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the best answer for each of the following statements /questions.

1. ________ is a science that focuses on learning about how stars, planets, galaxies and other celestial work and
Evolve.
a. Astrology b. Astronomy c. Geology d. Meteorology
2. _____________ is a search for hidden influences on human lives based on the positions of the sun, Moon and stars
In the sky, mainly the zodiac constellations.
a. Meteorology b. Geology c. Astronomy d. Astrology
3. Which of the following person says, the earth has limited vertical motion while the sky has circular endless motion?
a. Copernicus b. Aristotle c. Galileo d. Kepler
4. _________ says that the earth is characterized by three kinds of natural motion and the ability to sustain impressed
motion.
a. Copernicus b. Aristotle c. Galileo d. Kepler
5. Galileo’s telescopic observations greatly support the _____________________ of the universe.
a. Big Bang Theory c. Protoplanet Theory
b. Geocentric Model d. Heliocentric Model
6. In Copernican theory, day and night are accounted for by
a. the rotation of the earth on sun c. revolution of the earth around the sun
b. the rotation of the sun on earth d. revolution of the sun around the earth
7. In order to account for the retrograde motion of planets, Ptolemy introduced _________________.
a. epicenter b. epicycles c. ecliptic d. equant
8. The rings of Saturn was discovered by __________________.
a. Kepler b. Copernicus c. Galileo d. Ptolemy
9. What does the term “parallax” refer to?
a. the apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations
b. two laxes
c. the shape of the orbit of the planets
d. the apparent slowing of time when it is measured from a rapidly moving frame of reference
10. According to Kepler’s first law, the planets each move in an elliptical orbit with the sun.
a. at the geometrical center c. at one focus
b. at both foci d. on the opposite side of the same ellip
11. The discovery that planets move in elliptical orbits with the sun at the focus was made by __________.
a. Halley b. Brahe c. Kepler d. Galileo
12. _______________ of the universe is the widely acceted model of the universe by the Greeks.
a. Heliocentric b. Geocentric c. Big Bang d. Protoplanet
13. ____________ believed that the outer sphere is composed of fixed stars rotating around the earth once every
23hours 56 minutes and a solar sphere that rotated once every 24hours and contained the sun.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Eudoxus d. Aristarchus
14. Newton’s third law explains the conservation of ________________.
a. energy b. momentum c. force d. mass
15. The first law of motion only applies to object’s that are ________________________.
a. moving b. stationary c. moving and stationary d. none of the above
16. It states that matter cannot be created or destroyed, only changed into something else.
a. Law of Planetary Motion c. Newton’s Law of Motion
b. Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation d. Law of Conservation of Mass
17. _____________ is the first person to grasp the concept of acceleration in dynamics.
a. Aristotle b. Galileo c. Newton d. Lavoisier
 18. Conservation of momentum k=can also be explained by _______________.
a. Law of Inertia b. Law of Acceleration c. Law of Interaction d. Law of Conservation of Mass
19. The amount of __________ obtainable from a given amount of matter is governed by the formula E= mc 2?
a. force b. inertia c. momentum d. energy
20. _____________ is the measure of the amount of motion equal to its velocity multiplied by its mass.
a. energy b. momentum c. inertia d. force

II. MATCHING TYPE. Match the words from column A that best fits the words in column B write the letters on the
space provided.
A B
____1. Terrestrial and celestial motion a. Plato
____2. Ptolemaic model of the universe b. Aristotle
____3. Earth is the center because it has no parallax c. Galileo Galilei
____4. Model of the universe is made of two crystalline spheres d. Johannes Kepler
____5. Planets are moving in retrograded movement e. Tycho Brahe
____6. First to introduce sun-centered solar system f. Claudius Ptolemy
____7. Three Laws of Planetary Motion g. Nicolaus Copernicus
____8. First modern heliocentric system h. Isaac Newton
____9. Discovered the moon on Jupiter i. Eudoxus
____10. Three Laws of Motion j. Aristarchus
k. Euclid

III. Identify what Newton’s Law of Motion is applicable for each scenario in every number. Write Inertia,
Acceleration or Interaction after each given situation.
1. An automobile you are riding in suddenly stops, but you continue to go forward.
2. When the force on a car is doubled, the acceleration is doubled.
3. A stationary bumper car is set in motion by the outside force of another bumper car colliding with it.
4. A rocket in outer space continues to move.
5. A magician pulls a table cloth from under a table of dishes.
6. A skater pushes another skater forward, but the one pushing moves backwards.
7. The harder you hit a baseball, the faster it accelerates.
8. You push against a wall and the wall is pushing back on you.
9. As the fuel in a rocket ignites, the force of gas expansion and explosion pushes out the back of the rocket and
pushes the rocket forward.
10. You step from a boat to a dock. The boat moves backwards as you move forwards and you fall in the water.
11. You step from a boat to a dock. The boat moves backwards as you move forwards and you fall in the water.
12. You are carrying a lunch tray when you bump into the edge of a table. Although the tray did not tip, your milk falls
off of the front of the tray.
13. You slide towards the window when a car makes a sudden turn.
14. A swimmer pushes water back with her arms but her body moves forward.
15. When you paddle a kayak, you push the paddle backwards in the water and the kayak goes forward.

IV. ESSAY
1. Explain what is the difference between terrestrial motion and celestial motion of the earth.

Criteria 5 3 1

Flawed organization, ideas not

Good organization of ideas, but with some
Organization Coherent organization of ideas. well-developed and weak
breaks in the logical flow.
transitions.
Content is accurate,
Accuracy and Appropriate details are included; adequate Poor explanation; inaccurate
comprehensive and well
content explanation. concept connection.
supported