Fourth Quarter Examination

Science 9

Name: ______________________________________________    Score: ____________

GENERAL DIRECTIONS: Read and analyze the sub-directions of each test below. Write the
letter of your answer before each number. ALL FORMS OF ERASURES ARE CONSIDERED
WRONG! Use black ink.

I. Multiple Choice:
_____1. The rate of change of the velocity of an object with respect to time.
a. average velocity b. instantaneous velocity
c. acceleration d. uniform accelerated motion
_____2. Maintains a constant changes in its velocity in each time interval along a straight line.
a. average velocity b. instantaneous velocity
c. acceleration d. uniform accelerated motion
 _____3. How can you increase your momentum as you run?
a. by stopping suddenly b. by slowing down
c.  by sitting down d. by running faster
_____4. Which of the following is NOT true about momentum?
a. It has direction. b. It is conserved in a system.
c. It depends on mass and velocity d. It is the same as the energy of a body.
_____5. What type of collision occurs when the two colliding objects stick together?
a. completely elastic
b. completely inelastic
c. always without conservation of momentum
d. nearly inelastic
_____6. Which of the following is true about the impulse acting on a body and its
a. Impulse is equal to the change in momentum.
b. Impulse is greater than the change in momentum.
c. Impulse is less than the change in momentum.
d. There is no relationship between impulse and change in momentum.
_____7. What happens to the momentum of an object when its velocity is doubled and its mass is
constant?
a. reduced to one-half b. doubled
c. increased four times d. remains the same
_____8. A heavy truck has more momentum than a passenger car moving at the same speed
because the truck
a. has greater mass b. has greater speed
c. is not streamlined d. has a large wheelbase
____9. A heavy object and a light object have the same momentum. Which has the greater
speed?
a. heavy object
b. light object
c. both have the same speed
d. the heavy object has a zero speed while the light object has a nonzero speed
____10. The unit of energy in the metric system (SI) is
a. Newton b. ft.lb
c. Joule d. Watt
____11. The acceleration of an object as produced a net force is _________ proportional to the
magnitude of the net force.
a. directly b. doubled
c. inversely d. half
____12. A baseball player throws a ball horizontally. Which
statement best describes the ball's motion after it is thrown? [Neglect the effect of friction.]
a. Its vertical speed remains the same, and its horizontal speed increases.
b. Its vertical speed remains the same, and its horizontal speed remains the same.
c. Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed increases.
d. Its vertical speed increases, and its horizontal speed remains the same.
____13. Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?
a. mass b. temperature
c. volume d. velocity
____14. Which of the following is NOT an example of projectile motion?
a. a hot-air balloon drifting toward Earth
b. a volleyball served over a net
c. a long jumper in action
d. a baseball hit by a bat
____15. Which of the following is the motion of objects moving in two dimensions under the
influence of gravity?
a. horizontal velocity b. projectile motion
c. parabola d. directrix
____16. Which of the following is a physical quantity that has a magnitude but no direction?
a. scalar b. vector
c. frame of reference d. resultant
____17. A bullet is fired horizontally from a gun. At the same time and from the same height, a
bullet is dropped. If we neglect the effects of air resistance, how will the time the two bullets
spend in the air compare?
a. the bullet that is fired will spend less time in the air, hitting the ground first.
b. both bullets will spend the same amount of time in the air, hitting at the same time.
c. there is not enough information to determine this.
d. the bullet that is fired will spend longer in the air, hitting the ground after the dropped bullet.
____18. Which of the following is true?
a. Potential energy decreases as altitude increases
b. Potential energy increases as altitude increases
c. Potential energy first increases and then decreases as altitude increases
d. Potential energy first decreases and then increases as altitude increases
____19. The potential energy of an object of constant mass and fixed reference is determined by
its _____.
a. mass b. gravitational acceleration
c. position d. velocity
____20. Which of the following is correct?
a. The kinetic energy of a system can be changed without changing the momentum
b. The kinetic energy of a system cannot be changed without changing the momentum
c. The momentum of a system cannot be changed without changing its kinetic energy
d. A system cannot have energy without having momentum
____21. If mass (m) is doubled and velocity (v) is halved then _____
a. Kinetic energy decreases by half
b. Potential decreases by half
c. Momentum decreases by half
d. Potential and kinetic energy remains unchanged
____22. The path traced by a projectile is known as
a. initial velocity b. range
c. trajectory d. projectile motion
____23. It is the distance along the horizontal plane of a projectile.
a. initial velocity b. range
c. trajectory d. projectile motion
____24. Is a motion of an object projected projected into the air.
a. initial velocity b. range
c. trajectory d. projectile motion
____25. the product of the mass and velocity of an object.
a. impulse b. momentum
c. kinetic energy d. potential energy

II. Solving: For decimal numbers, round off your final answer to the nearest hundredths. (5pts
each)

1. Two sumo wrestlers are in a match. At the start of the match, they both lunge at each other.
They hit and miraculously come to a standstill. One wrestler was 200kg and traveling at a
velocity of 2.3ms at the instance of collision. If the other wrestler was traveling at 2.9ms, what is
his mass?
GIVEN:

REQD:

EQUATION:

SOLUTION:

FINAL ANSWER:

2. A marble of mass 0.1kg falls off a bed. What is the impulse on the marble if it hits the ground
at 0.5 seconds?
GIVEN:
REQD:

EQUATION:

SOLUTION:

FINAL ANSWER:

3. A mass of 2.00Kg is taken from the ground to the height of 10m. Find the potential energy
of the object.
GIVEN:

REQD:

EQUATION:

SOLUTION:

FINAL ANSWER:

III. Count the number of significant figures.

_____1. 4567
_____2. 0.0340
_____3. 48.00
_____4. 20050
_____5. 9000
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