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people learn about the physical
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universe.
C. Scientist reports the
Name:_________________________Grade experimental results, but not
& Section_______________Score________ the experimental design to their
competition.
1. You are curious why the leaves of D. People structure their lives on
the plants outside your house are the principles of scientific
greener than those plants that are method.
inside. If you are going to conduct 7. When no more sugar dissolves in a
an investigation, which of the glass of water, the solution is
following will you use? _______?
A. conclusion A. unsaturated
B. hypothesis B. unstable
C. scientific method C. saturated
D. observation D. suspended
2. What skill is a scientist using when 8. The oceans are an example of
she listens to the sounds that a/an ______solution.
whales make? A. gaseous
A. drawing conclusions B. liquid
B. making a hypothesis C. solid
C. interpreting data D. all of the above
D. making observations 9. In a solution, the substance which
3. What is the process of obtaining is being dissolved is the_____?
information by using the senses A. solute
called? B. solvent
A. scientific method C. liquid
B. conclusion D. gas
C. observation 10. The Dead Sea contains so much
D. inquiry dissolved salt that people can
4. Which of these is not a step of the easily float on it. The Dead Sea is
scientific method? a ________ solution.
A. Hypothesis A. saturated
B. Experiment B. suspended
C. Conclusion C. unsaturated
D. Plagiary D. supersaturated
5. All of the following statements 11. Solubility refers to the ____ of
describe science, EXCEPT____? solute that can dissolve in a certain
A. Science provides an avenue to volume or mass of solvent, at a
answer the possible questions certain temperature.
about the environment. A. volume
B. Science is a question and answer B. proportion
about our physical world. C. mass
C. Science is a set of facts about the D. particles
physical world. 12. The solute that is found in the
D. Science and intuition are greatest amount in ocean water
mutually exclusive. is____?
6. Which of the following statements A. salt
is TRUE about a scientific method? B. water
A. When results of an experiment C. iron
do not fit the hypothesis, a D. potassium chloride
 13. Which of the following is not a 19. Calculate the concentration in % of
characteristic of a solution? a solution containing 20.0 g of NaCl
A. It is a uniform mixture. dissolved in 250.0 g of H2O.
B. The mixture has two phases. A. 6.76%
C. The solute and solvent cannot B. 7.41%
be distinguished by the naked C. 8.00%
eye. D. 8.25%)
D. The solute particles cannot be 20. What are the two types of mixture?
separated by filtering. A. homogeneous and
14. dissolved solute in comparison heterogeneous
to the amount of solvent could be B. element and compounds
described as _____. C. saturated and unsaturated
A. high concentration D. diluted and concentrated
B. low concentration 21. One specific type of homogeneous
C. high temperature mixture is______?
D. low temperature A. elements
15. Which of the following statements B. atom
BEST describes a homogeneous C. solution
solution? D. compound
A. It is usually liquid. 22. Cookies and cream ice cream would
B. It contains a solute and a be classified as _________?
solvent. A. homogeneous mixtures
C. It can be dilute or B. dilute
concentrated. C. heterogeneous mixtures
D. Its components are distributed D. concentrated
evenly in a solution. 23. All of the following describe a pure
16. What is solubility? substance, EXCEPT:
A. The amount of solvent needed A. It can be classified into
to fully dissolve a solute elements and compounds.
B. The measurement of how large B. It is made up of only one type
a mixture can get before it of atom or only one type of
becomes a solution molecule.
C. The measurement of how C. It is a mixture of two or more
much solute can be dissolved substances.
in a liter of solvent D. Salts and acids are pure
D. The proportion of solute to substances.
solvent in a mixture 24. Which of the following is a pure
17. All of the following affects the substance?
solubility of a solid in a liquid A. softdrinks
EXCEPT ___? B. alcohol
A. pressure C. water
B. stirring D. milk
C. surface area 25. It is the commonly used method in
D. temperature purifying liquids and separating
18. The concentration of a solution that mixtures of liquids into their
contains small amount of dissolved individual components.
solute in comparison to the amount A. freezing
of solvent could be described as
B. melting
_____.
C. evaporation
D. distillation
A. polar
B. nonpolar 26. Your teacher is asking you to
C. concentrated separate the mixture of sulfur and
D. diluted iron filings. What method will you
use?
A. decantation
 B. filtration A. calcium
C. magnetic separation B. carbon
D. evaporation C. cesium
27. Which of the following is a D. copper
compound? 35. Which is the correct set of acid
A. hydrogen properties?
B. salt A. sour taste, corrosive, change
C. neon litmus from red to blue
D. antimony B. sour taste, corrosive, change
28. How many different atoms are litmus from blue to red
there in a compound? C. sweet taste, slippery, change
A. one only litmus from blue to red
B. always two D. sour taste, slippery, change
C. two or more litmus from blue to red
D. there are no atoms 36. What is the pH level of neutral
29. A pure substance whose atoms compounds?
A. 0
are of the same type is called?
B. 1
A. a mixture
C. 7
B. an element D. 14
C. a compound 37. All of the following statements about
D. an acid acids are true, EXCEPT______?
30. It is an arrangement of elements A. Acid turns blue litmus paper to
by increasing atomic number such red.
as elements having similar B. Acids improve the strengths of
chemical behavior are grouped in metals.
vertical columns. C. Acids have pH values lower
A. periodic table than 7.
D. Acid neutralize bases
B. time table
38. Which of the following set of PH
C. graphic organizer
values is acidic?
D. periodic sequence A. 1,7,8.5
31. It is a combination of two or more B. 4.5, 3, 0
atoms. It can be separated by C. 7.5, 8, 9.5
chemical processes. D. 0, 8, 11
A. elements 39. Pure water is a liquid which
B. compounds impurities have been removed. Which
C. mixtures value corresponds to the pH of pure
D. substance water?
32. It is a sickness caused by A. 14
B. 7
deficiency in iron.
C. 3
A. anemia
D. 1
B. malaria 40. How many acids and bases are there
C. lupus in the examples below:
D. hypertension vinegar soap coconut
33. It is an element essential for the water
formation and maintenance of lemon juice baking soda milk
bones and teeth? A. 2 acids, 4 bases
A. sulfur B. 4 acids, 2 bases
B. potassium C. 5 acids, 1 base
C. calcium D. 5 bases, 1 acid
41. Which is NOT a property of a base?
D. barium
A. slippery
34. What is an element with a symbol
B. turns red litmus to blue
C?
 C. bitter taste
D. sour
42. Your mother is cooking when you
observed that she’s using a crystalline
substance whose label is NaCl. What
type of substance is NaCl?
A. acid
B. base
C. salt
43. What do you call metals ability to be
drawn into wires or threads?
A. conductivity
B. malleability
C. magnetic
D. ductility
44. Iron is a good conductor, malleable
and magnetic. What type of element
is iron?
A. metal
B. non-metal
C. metalloid
D. semi-metal
45. Non-metals are brittle and are
usually used as insulators. Which of
the following pairs of elements are
non-metals?
A. K and Na
B. S and I
C. Sn and Pb
D. Ca and Zn
D. Sugar

Prepared by:

Sophia A. Artates
Grade 7 Teacher
SCIENCE 7 1ST QUARTER TEST
KEY TO CORRECTION

1. C
2. D
3. C
4. D
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. B
9. A
10. A
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. A
15. D
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. B
20. A
21. C
22. C
23. C
24. C
25. D
26. C
27. B
28. C
29. B
30. A
31. B
32. A
33. C
34. B
35. B
36. C
37. B
38. B
39. B
40. B
41. D
42. C
43. D
44. A
45. B