ANGAS CENTRAL INTEGRAED SCHOOL

Angas Sta.Josefa , Agusan Del Sur

Diagnostic Test in Science 7

Quarter 1
Name:______________Year & Section:________________Date:_________
Directions: Read each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What skill is used by a scientist when he/she listens to the sounds that are produced by whales?
A. Interpreting data B. Drawing conclusions
C. Making a hypothesis D. Making observations
2. What is the correct order of the steps in the scientific method?
A. Ask a question, analyze results, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, draw conclusions,
communicate results.
B. Ask questions, make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze results, draw conclusions, communicate
results.
C. Ask a question, make a hypothesis, test hypothesis, draw conclusions, analyze results, communicate
results.
D. Make a hypothesis, test the hypothesis, analyze the results, ask a question, draw conclusions,
communicate results.
3. Which of the following ingredients is an element?
A. Calcium B. Carbohydrate C. Oil D. Protein
4. The following are constituent elements of sodium glutamate, EXCEPT
A. Carbon B. Hydrogen C. Iron D. Sodium
5. Which of the following ingredients is a compound?
A. Calcium B. Calcium chloride C. Magnesium D. Manganese
6. Which is true regarding water?
A. Compound of element B. Element of gases
C. Mixture of gases D. Substances of gases
7. What is the difference between a substance and a mixture?
A. Substance can be separated while mixture cannot be separated.
B. Substance has many components while mixture has one only.
C. Substance is heterogeneous while mixture is homogeneous.
D. Substance is pure while mixture is impure.
8. Which of the following is the simplest form of substance?
A. Chemical Formula B. Compound C. Element D. Mixture
9. Which of the following is NOT an example of compound?
A. Ammonia B. Helium gas C. Hydrogen peroxide D. Table sugar
10. Which of the following statements is TRUE about elements and compounds?
A. Are homogenous in nature. B. Are simplest form of matter.
C. Are commonly naturally occurring materials. D. Can be broken down into simpler substances.
11. Which of the following substance is an element?
A. Carbon dioxide B. Iron C. Salt D. Sugar
12. A gaseous material has a strong smell, evaporates quickly, particularly boils at 33.34c and melts at –
77.73 c This material can be classified as ____________
A. metal B. mixture C. solution D. pure substance
13. How many parts of copper and gold needed to produce 18 Karat (K) jewelry?
A. 18 parts is made up of copper and 6 parts is gold
B. 18 parts is made up of gold and 6 parts is copper
C. 18 parts is made up of gold and 9 parts is copper
D. 18 parts of the jewelry is made up of finest gold suited for the purpose.
14. What is the percentage concentration in the following solution given that 5g sucrose in 90g water?
A. 4 % B. 5 % C. 6 % D. 7%
15. How many grams of glucose are needed to prepare 400mL of 5% glucose solution?
A. 5g B. 10g C. 14g D. 20g
16. What is the percentage concentration in the following solution given 2g sucrose in 80g water?
A. 2.4% B. 2.5% C. 4.0% D. 97.6%
17. What is the smallest independently functioning unit of a living organism?
A. organ B. tissue C. cell D. organism
18. It is a group of similar ecosystems with the same type of physical environment.
A. ecosystem B. population C. biome D. biosphere
19. What part of the plant cells that stores water and food and also has the task of excretion of waste
Waste materials.
A. Vacuole B. Vesicles C. Cytoplasm D. mitochondria
20. It is known as the powerhouse of the cell.
A. Mitochondria B. Nucleus C. Cytoplasm D. cell wall
21. How will you identify a saturated solution?
A. Less solvent than solute B. Less solute than solvent
C. Equal amounts of solute and solvent D. Less amount of both solute and solvent
22. Which statements are true of any saturated solution at a given temperature?
A. No more solute will dissolve in the solution.
B. Adding more solute will increase the saturation
C. You can dissolve more solute if you stir the solution.
D. One liter of the solution contains 2000 grams of solute.
23. What is solubility refers to its ability?
A. Solute to dissolve a solvent B. Solute to dissolve in a solvent
C. Solvent to dissolve in a solute D. Solvent and solute to dissolve each other
24. Which of the following statements distinguishes pure substances
A. Can be separated by physical means.
B. Consists of two or more kinds of matter.
C. Have no specific solubility and densities.
D. Have constant boiling temperature and melting temperature
25. Which of these does the dissolving that is usually presented in greater amounts?
A. Solute B. Solvent C. Solution D. Hydration
26. How does the solubility of a solid change when the temperature of the liquid solvent is increased?
A. The solubility increases
B. The solubility decreases
C. There is no change in the solubility
D. The change in the solubility is unpredictable
27. A saturated solution is made by dissolving 36.8g of a solid in 200mL of water. A second solution is
made by dissolving 19.1 g of the same solid in 100mL of water. How the solution would be classified?
A. Unsaturated B. Saturated C. Supersaturated D. Mixtures
28. What measures an object’s speed and direction?
A. velocity C. distance B. speed D. displacement
29. What quantities do you need to have in order to compute for speed of a moving object?
A. The amount of space an object covers and the amount of distance it travels.
 B. The distance an object travels and the time it takes to cover that distance.
C. The time it takes an object to arrive to its destination
D. The distance the object covers.
30. What would happen to the motion of a moving object if a force opposite the direction of its motion
is applied into it?
A. It will slow down. B. It will move faster.
C. It will change direction. D. It will not change its motion.
31. Which of the following sets of quantities can be used to calculate acceleration?
A. Time and distance B. Time, position, and velocity.
C. Change in time and position. D. Change in time, initial velocity, and final velocity
32. From 30 𝑘𝑚 ℎ𝑟 , a jeepney increased its speed to 60 𝑘𝑚 ℎ𝑟 in 5 seconds. How much is its
acceleration?
A. -6 𝑘𝑚 ℎ𝑟 𝑠 C. -12 𝑘𝑚 ℎ𝑟 𝑠
B. 6 𝑘𝑚 ℎ𝑟 𝑠 D. 12 𝑘𝑚 ℎ𝑟 𝑠
33. What type of energy is being produced by a moving water?
A. Hydroelectric energy B. Kinetic energy C. Potential energy D. Stored energy
34. What does a straight horizontal line on a distance-time graph represent?
A. No Movement C. Speeding Up
B. Slowing Down D. Constant Speed
35. What type of poison was released by the explosion of a nuclear reactor?
A. Acid rain B. Ozone C. Smog D. Radiation
36. How can we reduce pollution?
A. driving to the store B. burning the garbage
C. Walking to the store D. Throwing everything away
37. Why is it important to reduce, reuse, recycle?
A. To use more resources B. To reduce the number of animal habitat
C. To reduce the amount of trash sent to landfills. C. Throwing everything away
38. Which method is applied when you buy foods in bulk or large packages rather than buying small
individually.
A. Recover B. Reducing C. Reusing D. Recycling
39. What do you call to the imaginary line that divides the places on the earth in an east-west direction?
A. Equator B. Latitude C. Longitude D. Prime Meridian
40. How does the increased in carbon dioxide cause global warming?
A. It reflects more sunlight from clouds.
B. It traps more heat in the atmosphere.
C. It reduces the amount of oxygen in the air.
D. It allows more sunlight into the atmosphere.
41. What kind of breeze occurs during daytime?
A. Day breeze B. Sea breeze C. Land breeze D. Sea land breeze
42. During daytime, what happens to air above the sea?
A. It will rise and sink B. It will flow everywhere
C. It will move towards land surface D. it will move away from land surface
43. What is TRUE about intertropical convergence zone?
A. It occurs in polar regions B. It occurs in a tropic region
C. It will happen once in a year D. Its occurrences cannot be determined
44. What does revolution mean?
A. The earth wobbles on its axis
B. The Earth is moving around its axis
C. The shadows get shorter as seasons go on.
D. It means an object moving around another object.
45. It is the reason that causes the length of daylight to change.
 A. It depends on the shape of the planet.
B. It is based on how far the sun rays reach.
C. It is based on the tilt of the sun beside the planet.
D. It depends on the tilt of the earth as it moves around the sun.
46. Which of the following BEST describe the tilt of the earth during the spring and fall equinoxes?
A. The earth is tilted toward the sun.
B. The earth is tilted away from the sun.
C. The earth is not tilted during spring and fall.
D. The earth is titled neither toward or away from the sun.
47. What is the correct alignment for a lunar eclipse to occur?
A. Sun – Moon – Earth B. Earth – Moon – Sun
C. Sun – Earth – Moon D. Earth – Sun – Moon
48. Which astronomical objects produces light?
A. Asteroid B. Earth C. Moon D. Sun
49. What astronomical phenomenon will happen when the earth is in between the sun and moon?
A. Solar eclipse B. Annular eclipse C. Lunar eclipse D. Partial solar eclipse
50. Which astronomical objects produces a shadow during a lunar eclipse?
A. Asteroid B. Earth C. Moon D Sun