General Santos Hope Christian School

Block 8, Dadiangas Heights

General Santos City

Third Quarter Examination

Science
Grade 9 Psalms and Proverbs
SY: 2016 2017

Name: ____________________________ Score: _________

Teacher: Rogelio B. Pontejo

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Identify the choice that best completes the statement.
Write the letter of your choice on the space provided before each item.

______1. After you place a book on a high shelf, we say the book has increased

A. elastic potential energy. C. kinetic energy

B. chemical energy. D. gravitational potential energy.

______2. An empty truck traveling at 10 km/h has kinetic energy. How much kinetic
energy does it have when it is loaded so its mass is twice, and its speed is
increased to twice?

A. the same KE C. four times the KE

B. twice the KE D. more than four times the KE

______ 3. Which of the following equations is most useful for solving a problem that
asks for the distance a fast-moving crate slides across a factory floor in
coming to a stop?

A. F = ma B. Ft = mv C. KE = 1/2mv2 D. Fd =
1/2mv2

______4. A boulder at the top of a vertical cliff has a potential energy of 100 MJ
relative to the ground below. It rolls off the cliff. When it is halfway to the
ground its kinetic energy is
A. the same as its potential energy at that point.
B. negligible.
C. about 60 MJ.
D. more than 60 MJ.

______5. A toy car is pulled along by a piece of string which is at 30 to the horizontal.
Calculate the work done in pulling the toy if the tension in the string is 10 N,
and it is pulled along 5 m.

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A. 25.0 J B. 43.3 J C. 53.5 J D. 33.3 J

______6. A box is pushed across a floor by a constant force of 100 N. What is the work
done by the force to move the box 5 m?

A. 200 J B. 300 J C. 400 J D. 500 J

______ 7. A supermarket employee lifts a baked bean tin, weighing 250 g, from the
floor, to a shelf 2 m high. How much gravitational potential energy does it
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gain? (g = 9.81 N kg )

A. 4.1 J B. 4.9 J C. 5.1 J D. 5.9 J

______ 8. A man of mass 70 kg runs up two flights of stairs that are 20m high in 30
seconds. What is his useful power output?

A. 315 W B. 414 W C. 458 W D. 880 W

______ 9. What is the resistive force on a cyclist who has keg muscles of power 200 W
each and who reaches a top speed of 100 m/s on a level road?

A. 40 N B. 50 N C. 60 N D. 70 N

______ 10. What is the efficiency of a 60W filament lamp that gives out 8 W of light?

A. 12.50% B. 13.33% C. 14.25% D. 15.55%

______11. The vibration along a transverse wave move in a direction

A. along the wave in the same direction.

B. perpendicular to the wave.
C. parallel to the wave.
D. along the wave in the opposite direction.

______12. The vibration along a transverse wave move in a direction

A. along the wave in the same direction. C. below the wave

B. perpendicular to the wave. D. above the wave

______13. The speed of sound varies with

A. amplitude B. frequency C. temperature D. pitch

______14. The loudness of a sound is most closely related to its

A. frequency B. period C. wavelength D. intensity

______15. When the surface of a guitar is made to vibrate we say it undergoes

A. forced vibration B. resonance C. refraction D. defraction

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______ 16. A skier starts from rest at the top of a 45 m tall hill, if there is no friction, how
fast will the skier be going at the bottom of the hill?

A. 20 m/s B. 30 m/s C. 40 m/s D. 50 m/s

Question 17 19. A ball is thrown straight upward with a speed of + 12m/s.

______ 17. What is the balls acceleration just after it is thrown?

A. Zero B. 10 m/s2 upward C. 10 m/s2 downward D. 12 m/s2 upward

______ 18. How much time does it take for the ball to rise to its maximum height?

A. 2.4 s B. 2.0 s C. 1.2 s D. 1.0 S

______19. What is the approximate maximum height the ball reaches?

A. 7.0 m B. 12 m C. 17 m D. 24 m

______20. A 250 kg truck travels with a momentum of 560 kg-m/s. What is its velocity?

A. 1.5 m/s B. 2.24 m/s C. 3.0 m/s D. 3.5 m/s

______21. A ball is pushed for 3 seconds with a force of 50 Newton. What is the
impulse on the ball?

A. 50 N-s B. 100 N-s C. 150 N-s D. 200 N-s

______22. A boulder at the top of a vertical cliff has a potential energy of 100 MJ
relative to the ground below. It rolls off the cliff. When it is halfway to the
ground its kinetic energy is

A. the same as its potential energy at that point.

B. negligible
C. about 60 MJ
D. more than 60 MJ

______23. The main sources of energy on Earth are

A. solar and nuclear
B. gasoline and fuel cells
C. wind and tidal
D. potential energy and kinetic energy

______24. The phenomenon of beats is the result of sound

A. destruction B. interference C. resonance D. amplification

______25. Noise - cancelling devices such as jackhammer earphones make use of

sound

A. destruction B. interference C. resonance D. amplification

II. TRUE OR FALSE. Write True if the statement is correct and False if
otherwise. Write your answer in the space before each item.

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_________ 26. Amplitude is the time it takes for a pendulum to swing to and fro.

_________ 27. The frequency of a wave is the inverse of its period.

_________ 28. The speed of a wave can be found by multiplying its frequency by the
wavelength.

_________ 29. The Doppler effects changes the speed of light due to motion.

_________ 30. A wave transfers energy.

_________ 31. The sound waves that humans cannot hear are those with frequencies
below 20 Hz and above 20,000 Hz.

_________ 32. Sounds travels in air by a series of compression and rarefactions.

_________ 33. Sounds travels faster in solids compared to gases.

_________ 34. When you tap various objects they produce characteristic sounds that
are related to wavelength.

_________ 35. When the object is set into vibration by a wave having a frequency that
matches the natural frequency of the object, what occur is refraction.

III. Problem: Solve the following problems. Show all your solutions. Express
your final answer in two decimal places.

36 40. How much Kinetic Energy possessed by 50 kg female volleyball player moving
downward at 3.2 m/s after a block?
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41 45. Consider a 6-kg fish that swims towards to swallow for lunch a 2-kg fish that
swims towards a large fish at 2 m/s. If a large fish swims at 1 m/s, what is its
velocity immediately after lunch? [0.25 m/s].
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46 50. A movie stunt driver on a motorcycle speeds horizontally off a 50.0 m high
cliff. How fast (in km/h) must the motorcycle leave the cliff-top if its to land on
the level ground below at a distance of 90.0 m from the base of the cliff? [101
km/h]
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51 55. A brick is dropped from a high scaffold.

a. What is the velocity of the brick after 4.0 seconds?

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b. How far does the brick fall in this time?
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IV. DISCUSSION. Answer each item in complete sentence/s and in sensible reasoning.

56 60. Discuss the application of projectile in military.

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61 65. Discuss five different ways how to conserve electricity at home.

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66 70. Why do curtain moves after the door is opened or closed?

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71 75. Discuss the role of resonance in the collapse of string supported cable.
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GOD BLESS

HAPPY HOLIDAY

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