ARELLANO UNIVERSITY

Juan Sumulong Campus

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Year 2023-2024
NAME: ______________________________________ DATE:________________________
GRADE & SECTION:_________________________ TEACHER:___________________
QUARTER 3 LONG TEST in PHYSICAL SCIENCE-12
I. Multiple Choices.
INSTRUCTION: Read and analyze each question carefully and choose the correct answer. Write the letter
of your choice in the space provided before the number.
___1. Which branch of science studies matter and energy?
A. Astronomy C. Geology
B. Chemistry D. Physics
___2. It is the study of all forms of matter, including how matter interacts with one another.
A. Astronomy C. Geology
B. Chemistry D. Physics
___3. Volcanoes and earthquakes are of interest to a person studying this physical science because they
deal with the planet earth. Which branch of Physical Science is this?
A. Astronomy C. Geology
B. Chemistry D. Physics
___4. What do you call geologists who apply their knowledge of heat, force, and chemistry to understand
how rocks and soil change over time?
A. Astrologists C. Geochemists
B. Biologists D. Physicists
___5. Engineers use this branch of Physical Science to help design airplanes, cars, buildings, and
electronics such as computers and cell phones.
A. Astronomy C. Geology
B. Chemistry D. Physics
___6. Which stage of the Big Bang Theory where the light elements were formed?
A. Big Bang C. Inflation
B. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis D. Recombination
___7. Due to the rapid cooling and expansion, nucleosynthesis ground to a halt about three minutes
after the Big Bang occurred. This left us with mostly____.
A. He, H, Li C. C, H, O
B. Fe, O, Be D. H, Li, Be
___8. Every element has isotopes. The following choices below are isotopes of Hydrogen EXCEPT
A. Protium C. Helium
B. Deuterium D. Tritium
___9. Which of the following isotopes of Hydrogen holds only one proton?
A. Protium C. Helium
B. Deuterium D. Tritium
___10. The atomic number of an element is derived from ____.
A. The number of protons in the atomic nucleus
B. The number of neutrons in the atomic nucleus
C. The number of electrons in the atomic nucleus
D. The number of protons and neutrons in the atomic nucleus
___11. The element Carbon has 6 protons and 6 neutrons, what is the atomic mass of carbon?
A. 6 C. 10
B. 8 D. 12
___12. Atoms with the same atomic number but different with mass numbers are ___ of the same element.
A. Clones C. Molecules
B. Isotopes D. Pair of an element
___13. Which of the following processes is likely to generate the heaviest element?
A. CNO cycle C. Triple-alpha process
B. r-process D. Big Bang nucleosynthesis
___14. Which of the following phenomenon where atomic nuclei capture neutrons rapidly and form heavy
element?
A. s-process C. triple alpha process
B. r-process D. nuclear synthesis

___15. The formation of heavy elements by fusion of lighter nuclei in the interior of stars is called___.
 A. Nuclear fusion C. Big bang nucleosynthesis
B. Nuclear fission D. Stellar nucleosynthesis
___16. It is a nuclear fusion reaction by which stars convert hydrogen to helium.
A. Alpha Ladder C. Stellar Nucleosynthesis
B. Triple Alpha Process D. Proton-proton chain reaction
___17. These are processes occur in the Red giant stars EXCEPT___.
A. Alpha Ladder C. S-process
B. CNO Cycle D. Triple alpha process
___18. It is the first fusion process occurs in the hydrogen core of stars.
A. CNO Cycle C.
B. Main Sequence stars D. Proton-proton chain reaction
___19. Mr. Salcedo, a chemist in the University of Massachusetts is studying the formation of heavy
elements. He noticed that three Helium atom fuse and form Carbon-12. Which fusion reaction
process occur?
A. Alpha Ladder C. S-process
B. Proton-proton chain reaction D. Triple Alpha Process
___20. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis; Stellar Nucleosynthesis:___________________.
A. Formation of the light elements; Formation of nucleus
B. Formation of the light elements; Formation of the isotopes
C. Formation of the light elements; Formation of the heavy elements
D. Formation of the heavy elements; Formation of the light elements
II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if statement is True otherwise F if the statement is false in the space
provided before the number.
____21. The triple alpha process occurs in red giant stars. T
____22. Elements heavier than iron can be formed through nuclear fusion. F
____23. Most of the heaviest elements were formed in the triple alpha process. F
____25. Heavy elements were formed only billions of years after the formation of stars. T
____22. Adding neutrons to a nucleus does change an element during the formation of heavy elements. F

III. DIRECTION: Given the composition of each nucleus, complete the nucleosynthesis reactions
below:
26. 7Be + n = 7Li + p+
27. 3He + D= 4He + p+
28. 7Li + Y = 4He + 3He
29. D + D = T + p+
30. 7Li + p+ = 4He + 4He