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THIRD QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 7 SCIENCE

Directions: Choose the best answer from the given choices. Write the letter of the correct answer in the space
provided.

_____ 1. Which refers to the length of the entire path travelled by an object?
A. Displacement B. Distance C. Motion D. Time
_____ 2. Which refers to how far out of place an object is from its initial position.
A. Displacement B. Distance C. Motion D. Time
_____ 3. A description of how fast or slow an object moves
A. Displacement B. Distance C. Speed D. Time
_____ 4. All of the following are the materials used in measuring the distance covered by an object EXCEPT.
A. Ruler B. Timer C. Meter stick D. Measuring tape
_____ 5. Which of the following describes the distance covered by an object?
A. 5s B. 8 m C. 10 m/s D. 12 m, North
_____ 6. Which is correct?
A. speed = distance x time B. speed = speed ÷ time
C. speed = Distance ÷ time D. Speed = time x speed
_____ 7. A ball is rolled 2 meters to the right, then rolled 1 meter to the left. It is again rolled 2 meters to the
right. During the course of this motion, the ball has covered a total distance of ______.
A. 4 meters B. 5meters C. 2 meters D. 3 meters
_____ 8. What does the vertical axis represent on a position-time graph?
A. Speed of the object B. Position of the object
C. Velocity of the object D. Total time travelled by the object
_____ 9. The following units can be used to mathematically express speed, EXCEPT
A. m B. m/s C. km/hr D. miles/hr
_____ 10. These are useful and effective tools in visually presenting the motion of objects.
A. Motion graph B. Diagram C. ticker tape D. Time graph
_____ 11. Ethan is playing with his toy car. While watching him, you observed that the toy car is accelerating.
Which of the following graphs shows that the toy car is accelerating? 

A. B. C. D

_____ 12. What does a horizontal line in the distance-time graph indicate?
A. No movement B. Constant speed
B. C. Object is accelerating D. Object is decelerating

_____ 13. When looking at a displacement-time graph, what variable should be plotted on
the y-axis and x-axis? 
                A. Y-axis: Time; X-axis: Distance      B. X-axis: Time; Y-axis: Distance 
                C. X-axis: Time; Y-axis: Displacement         D. Y-axis: Time; X-axis: Displacement
_____ 14. What does a ticker tape diagram indicate if the dots are spaced further apart?
A. Moving fast B. Not moving C. Moving slow D. Decelerating
_____ 15. What does it mean if the dots on a piece of ticker tape are close together?
A. The object is stationary. B. The object is moving fast.
C. The object is accelerating. D. The object is moving slow.
 For items 16-17, refer to the ticker tape diagrams below

_____ 16. Which among the ticker tapes show that an object is moving with a steady speed?
A. I and III only B. II and III only C. II and IV only D. III and IV only
_____ 17. If a motorcycle travelling on the road suddenly speeds up, which among the ticker tape diagrams
CORRECTLY represents the acceleration of the motorcycle?
A. I only B. II only C. I and IV only D. II and IV only
_____ 18. Examine the given graph. What conclusion can you make from this graph?
A. The object is stationary. B. The object is decelerating.
C. The object’s acceleration is increasing. D. The object is moving at a
constant speed
_____ 19. The motion of a toy car is recorded in the ticker tape diagram below? What do you think happens to
the speed of the toy car?

A. The toy car was moving very fast then stops.

B. The toy car was moving slowly then suddenly speeds up.
C. The toy car was moving in a steady speed then suddenly slows down.
D. The toy car was moving in a constant speed then speeds up in an instant.
_____ 20. Refers to the slant or angle of the line in the graph.
A.Slope B. Distance C. Position D. speed
_____ 21. Refers to the line of dots on the tape that is created when a long tape is attached to an object that
moving. The tape is threaded to a device that puts a 'tick' or impression on the tape at regular time
intervals.
A. Ticker tape B. motion graph C. Tape graph D. Tape chart
_____ 22. Propagate only through solid, liquid and gas medium
A. Mechanical wave B. Electromagnetic wave C. Surface wave D. Transverse wave
_____ 23. This type of wave doesn’t need a medium to propagate
A. Mechanical wave B. Electromagnetic wave C. Surface wave d. Transverse wave
_____ 24. What is an example of a longitudinal wave?
A. Slinky B. rope C. ribbon D. water
_____ 25. Which of the following is not a property of a wave?
A. Frequency B. wavelength C. amplitude D. mass
_____ 26. What is the difference between a transverse and longitudinal wave?
A. A transverse wave travels in a straight line, while a longitudinal wave travels in a circular path
B. A transverse wave moves perpendicular to the direction of the disturbance, while a longitudinal
wave moves parallel to the direction of the disturbance
C. A transverse wave can travel through a vacuum, while a longitudinal wave cannot
D. There is no difference
_____ 27. Marky is doing an experiment. He throws a piece of stone in a pond. Does he observe a wave?
A. Yes, he observes that when stone touches water it moves back and forth.
B. Yes, he observes that when the stone touches the water, circular ripples are formed.
C. No, he observed that when stone hits water it does not produce wave.
D. No, he does not observe wave when the stone touches water
_____ 28. What type of wave moves in circular motion relative to the direction of the wave motion?
A. Electromagnetic B. Mechanical C. Surface D. Transverse
_____ 29. What is a medium?
A. A type of wave B. A disturbance that travels through space
C. A substance or material that waves move through D. None of the above
_____ 30. What do we call the vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium
such as gas, liquid or solid? 
          A. Song      B. Sound  C. Wave D. Zone 
_____ 31. Sound plays a vital role in our daily lives. Communication is one among of its uses. Can we also use
sound in emergency response? 
                 A. No, because sound is used only for communication. 
                 B. No, because it leads others in a panic if a loud sound will be produced. 
                 C. Yes, because a loud sound can drive away a strong typhoon or flood. 
                 D. Yes, because a loud sound can be the fastest way to inform the community that a disaster 
                     might come.
_____ 32. Which of the following gives the correct order of speed of sound from slowest to fastest in the given
material? 
                 A. air, steel, water                             C. water, air, steel
                 B. steel, water, air                              D. air, water, steel
_____ 33. Which of the following is NOT capable of transporting sound? 
                 A. Air B. Ice C. Water D. Vacuum                 
_____ 34. Sound waves travel faster in:
A. Air B. water C. vacuum D. solid
_____ 35. The pitch of a sound wave is related to its:
A. Amplitude B. frequency C. wavelength D. speed
_____ 36.  Which of the following terms best describes an object that emit energy in the form of
light?                  
                 A. Fluorescence B. Incandescence C. Luminous  D. Phosphorescence
_____ 37. Which of the following objects is non-luminous? 
                 A. sun     B. moon C. burning wood D. flashlight switched on 
_____ 38. Which forms of energy enable us to see the beauty of our nature and appreciate the colors of objects
through our eyes? 
                 A. Chemical            B. Heat      C. Light D. Sound
_____ 39. Which of the following describes the nature of light according to Louis de Broglie? 
                 A. wave and point     B. wave and energy C. particle and wave D. particle and energy
_____ 40. Light travels in what path?
A. Straight line B. spiral path C. zigzag path D. curved path
 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
3rd Periodical Examination in Science 7

Learning Competency NO. OF ITEMS PLACEMENT PERCENTAGE

Describe the motion of an object in terms

of distance or displacement, speed or
velocity, and acceleration 7 1-7 17%

S7FE-IIIa-1

Create and interpret visual representation

of the motion of objects such as tape
charts and motion graphs 14 7-21 34%

S7FE-IIIb-3

Infer that waves carry energy

9 22-30 23%

S7LT-IIIc-4

Describe the characteristics of sound using

the concepts of wavelength, velocity, and
amplitude
5 31-35 13%

S7LT-IIId-7

Explain color and intensity of light in terms

of its wave characteristics

5 36-40 13%
S7LT-IIIh-i-12 

Total
40 1OO%