SCIENCE 7 SUMMATIVE EXAM

(LIGHT, HEAT, AND ELECTRICITY)

Name:_______________________________________________Grade/Section:____________
Directions: Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write
the letter of your choice on a separate sheet of paper.
LIGHT
____1. Which of the following terms best describes an object that emit energy in
the form of light?
A. Fluorescence C. Luminous
B. Incandescence D. Phosphorescence
____2. Which of the following objects is non-luminous?
A. sun C. burning wood
B. moon D. flashlight switched on
____3. When light hits an object like an opaque object, it will not pass through.
Which of the following statements are TRUE about light based on this statement?
I. Light is reflected on an object
II. Light is absorbed and converted to heat
III. Light will bend and reflect to form a clear image
IV. Light energy passes through and will transform to another form.
A. I and II only C. III and IV only
B. II and III only D. I, II, and III only
____4. Which of these examples inside the box are natural sources of light?
I. Sun, moon, stars, and fire
II. Sun, stars, lightning, fire, and fireflies
III. Sun, lightning, and incandescent bulb.
IV. Fire, lightning, candle, stars, and fireflies
A. I & II only C. I, II & III only
B. II & III only D. I, II, III and IIV
____5. When you look in a mirror, which of the following will cause formation of
an image?
A. Absorption C. Refraction
B. Reflection D. Transmission
____6. Based on the illustration, what does the arrow section of the wave show?
A. Amplitude
B. Crest
C. Trough
D. Wavelength
____7. The following statements are related to the frequency and wavelength of
visible light. Which of the statements are TRUE?
I. Red light has the longest wavelength among visible lights
II. Violet light has highest frequency compared to green and blue light.
III. Yellow light has shorter wavelength compared to red and orange light.
VI. Red light has longer wavelength but lower in frequency, while violet light
has shorter wavelength but higher in frequency.
A. I and II only C. I, II, and IV only
B. I, II.III, and IV D. I, II, and III only
For items 8 -10 refer to the table below.
Color of light Wavelength ( x 10-9 m) Frequency ( x 10 12/ s)
Violet 400 744
Green 580 566
Yellow 530 517
Red 700 422
Violet 400 744

____8. Which of the following is NOT true based on the table?

A. Different colors of light have different frequency.
B. Different colors of flight has different wavelengths.
C. When the wavelength is long, the frequency is low.
D. When the frequency is high, the wavelength is high
____9. The table shows the number of wavelengths and frequencies of some visible
lights.
Are wavelength and frequency of visible light inversely proportional to each other?
A. No, because the longer the wavelength the longer its frequency
B. No, because the wavelength and frequency of visible light are not equal
C. Yes, because the lower the frequency of visible light the longer its wavelength
D. Yes, because the higher the frequency of visible
____10. Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the relationship
between
wavelength and frequency?
A. Wavelength of light is similar to its frequency
B. Wavelength and frequency are directly proportional to each other
C. Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional to each other
D. Wavelength and frequency both directly and inversely proportional to each
other.

HEAT
For items 1 to 4: The illustrations on the right shows a man and a woman making
a noodle soup using a pan made of metal. Use this illustration to answer the
questions below.
____1. Heat travels through the pan by ______.
A. conduction D.
B. convection radiation
C. dispersion
____2. Heat travels through the soup by______.
A. conduction D.
B. convection Radiation
C. dispersion

____3. Which of the following explains why the lady is able to hold the handle of
the pan with her bare hands?
I. The handle has high thermal expansion.
 II. The handle has low thermal conductivity.
III. The handle is made of good insulator of heat.
A. I and II C. II and III
B. I and III D. I, II, and III
____4. Which of the following is NOT taking place in the given situation?
A. conduction B. convection C. dispersion D. Radiation
____5. Which of the following processes of heat transfer requires the presence of a
fluid?
A. conduction B. convection C. dispersion D. radiation
____6. Which type of heating causes sunburn?
A. conduction B. convection C. dispersion D. Radiation
____7. Which of the following will likely happen when a hot and a cold object are
put in contact with one another?
A. The hot object will become hotter.
B. The cold object will become colder.
C. The hot and cold object will both become colder.
D. The cold object will become warmer, and the hot object will become colder.
____8. Which of the following is NOT true about heat?
A. Heat is energy in transit.
B. A substance does not contain heat.
C. Heat can be contained in a substance
D. Heat is molecular energy being transferred.
____9. Which of the following materials are example of thermal insulator?
A. Glass, Plastic, Wood
B. Steel bars, Aluminum, Glass
C. Plastic, Electrical wires, Glass
D. Aluminum, electrical wires, steel bars
____10. A girl’s hands become warm after holding a mug of hot coffee would be an
example of which type of heat transfer?
A. Conduction B. Convection C. Cooking D. Radiation

ELECTRICITY

____1. What will happen when two like sign of charges are brought together? They
will ________.
A. repel each other C. neutralize each other
B. attract each other D. have no effect on each other
____2. How can a material become positively charged?
A. By losing protons C. By gaining protons
B. By losing electrons D. By gaining electrons

____3. Which of the following states that charges are neither created nor
destroyed but only transferred from one material to another?
A. Friction law C. Static Electricity definition
B. Static discharge principle D. Conservation of charge principle
____4. If you comb your hair and the comb acquires a positive charge, what will
happen to your hair?
A. It will remain uncharged. C. It will become positively charged.
B. It will be repelled by the comb. D. It will become negatively charged.
____5. Which of the following will be attracted to a positively charged object?
A. No other object C. Another positively charged object
B. A negatively charged object D. None of the above
____6. What do you call the process of charging a conductor by bringing it near
another charged object? A. Conduction B. Induction C. Neutralization D.
Polarization
____7. Which of the following best characterizes electrical insulators?
A. Their electric charges move freely.
B. Charges on the surface don’t move.
C. Insulators are good heat conductors.
D. Insulators have high tensile strength.
____8. A neutral atom gains an electron. What type of charge does it have now?
A. Neutral C. Positive
B. Negative D. Both positive & negative
____9. How is charging by induction carried out?
A. If a neutral object cancels out both charges
B. If there is a transfer of electrons between the 2 objects when rubbed together
C. If a negatively charged object is in contact with a neutral object both objects
were takes a negative charge
D. If a negatively charged object is used to charge a neutral object and the neutral
object will acquire a positive charge.
____10. How does an atom becomes charged?
A. By losing protons
B. By gaining neutrons
C. By distributing the charges
D. By gaining and losing of electrons