SAN GABRIEL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

PHYSICAL SCIENCE 12
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
FIRST SEMESTER S.Y. 2022-2023

Name: Strand: Score:

Subject Teacher: GLENDA A. PAGANDIYAN

Multiple Choice: Read carefully the following statement and choose the best answer.
Shade the letter of the correct answer on the given answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is known to be the heaviest element?

A. Gold B. Neptunium C. Silver D. Uranium
2. Which of the following is NOT considered as light elements?
A. Helium B. Lithium C. Hydrogen D. Iron
3. Which element is the lightest and at the most abundant in outer space?
A. Hydrogen B. Lithium C. Helium D. Iron
4. Which of the following has a higher electronegativity?
A. Calcium B. Carbon C. Fluorine D. Nitrogen
5. Which of the following are the two types of polarities?
A. Ionic & Covalent C. North & South
B. Solubility & Miscibility D. Polar & Nonpolar
6. What two elements make up water?
A. Hydrogen and Oxygen C. Sulfur and Arsenic
B. Helium and Oxygen D. Uranium and Sodium
7. Which of the following refers to the weakest intermolecular attraction?
A. Dipole-dipole C. Hydrogen bond
B. Ion-dipole D. London Dispersion
8. Which of the following refers to the strongest intermolecular attraction?
A. Dipole-dipole C. Hydrogen bond
B. Ion-dipole D. London Dispersion
9. What is the form of carbohydrates that body cells readily absorb?
A. Fructose B. Galactose C. Glucose D. Sucrose
10. How many sugar units does a disaccharide have?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
11. Which of the following words mostly means “to collide” in the Collision Theory? It is
to_____.
A. Stick quickly. B. Touch lightly
C. Destroy totally D. Strike forcefully
12. What is called the minimum energy requirement needed for a chemical reaction to
occur?
A. Chemical Energy B. Kinetic Energy
C. Activation Energy D. Potential Energy
13. What reactant is completely used up in a chemical reaction?
A. Excess B. Limiting C. Both A & B D. Reactant
14. In a chemical reaction, what reactant remains after the reaction stops?
A. Excess B. Limiting C. Both A & B D. Reactant
15. Which of the following type of sources of energy that will be limited in supply and
cannot be used sustainably?
A. Kinetic B. Non-renewable C. Potential D.
Renewable
16. Which of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?
 A. Fossil fuels B. Sun C. Wind D. Wood
17. Which household cleaning product is used to emit fragrance in different places at
home?
A. Air freshener B. Bleach C. Disinfectant D. Detergent
18. What do you call the substances added in small quantities to improve the quality or
preserve the product?
A. Acids B. Additives C. Ammonia D. Salt
19. Which of the following is a star that blows apart and releases a large amount of
energy?
A. Protostar B. Supernova C. Red giant D. Main sequence star
20. Oil and water don’t mix despite constant stirring. The oil floats and makes a layer
above the water when mixed together. What process explains this phenomenon?
A. Immiscibility B. Miscibility C. Polarity D. Solubility
21. Which of the following boils at the highest temperature?
A. CH4 B. C2H6 C. C3H8 D. H2O
22. Which macromolecule do Glycogen, Starch and Cellulose belong?
A. Carbohydrates B. Lipids C. Nucleic Acids D. Proteins
23. Which of the following is NOT a subunit of a nucleotide?
A. Glycerol B. Nitrogenous base C. Phosphate D. Sugar
24. What effect does high temperature have on the rate of a chemical reaction?
A. Decrease B. Increase C. No effect D. Same rate
25. Different processes in the body are facilitated by catalysts. What is this catalyst
called?
A. Antibodies B. Drugs C. Enzymes D. Vitamins
26. Which of the following is a reactant in a chemical reaction that determines the
amount of product that is formed?
A. Excess reactants B. Solute C. Limiting reactants D. Reactant
27. What will happen when the limiting reactant in a chemical reaction is completely
used?
A. Reaction stops B. Reaction slows down
C. Reaction speeds up D. Excess reactants begin combining
28. Which of the following includes hydrocarbons such as coal, oil, and natural gas that
comes from organic remains of early organisms?
A. Biogas B. Fossil fuels C. Biomass D. Organic matter
29. Which of the following is derived from the decay of organic matter, as the mixture of
methane and carbon dioxide produced by the bacterial decomposition of sewage,
manure, garbage, or plant crops?
A. Biogas B. Biomass C. Coal D. Petroleum
30. What is the BEST one to use if you want to remove mineral stains in a tile surface?
A. Acetone B. Alcohol C. Detergent D. Muriatic Acid
31. When Curium-249 undergoes decay by beta particle emission, what specific element
will be produced?
A. Americium-249 B. Plutonium-249
C. Thorium-249 D. Berkelium-249
32. Which of the following will be produced if Europium – 152 will undergo alpha decay?
A. Nihonium – 150 B. Radon – 150
C. Praseodymium – 150 D. Thulium – 150
33. From the given Lewis structure of NH 3, how many nonbonding pair/s of electron are
around the central atom?
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D.3
34. Which of the following is a nonpolar molecule?
A. CCl4 (tetrahedral) B. SO2 (bent-shaped)
C. H2O (bent-shaped) D. NH3 (trigonal planar)
35. Hexane and water do not have similar intermolecular forces of attraction, therefore,
if you add these two molecules, what mixture will be produced?
A. Colloid B. Homogenous C. Heterogeneous D.
Suspension

36. Applying the properties dependent to intermolecular forces of attraction in terms of

viscosity, which of the following DOES NOT show this kind property?
A. Blood B. Condense milk C. Honey D. Sugar syrup
37. If your mother asked you to buy saturated fat, which of the following will you buy?
A. Butter B. Corn oil C. Olive oil D. Sunflower oil
38. Rock salt and iodized salt are placed in separate 1-L containers full of water. Both
are stirred vigorously. Which of the two salts will dissolve first?
A. Iodized salt B. Rock salt C. Both D. Cannot be determined
39. You decided to prepare a hamburger with egg as your snack together with your
family. If you have 10 buns, 15 eggs and 1 kilo cucumber, how many burger with cheese
can you produce?
A. 5 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20
40. In a battery, what will be the result if you connect the positive terminal and the
negative terminal to an external circuit?
A. Movement of charges B. Stopping of the charges
C. Increase in chemical energy D. Increases in light energy
41. John wants to remove the dirt and grease in his clothes. Which of the following
should John use?
A. Antiseptic B. Detergent C. Disinfectant D. Purifier
42. Ana is cleaning the kitchen until she accidentally spills oil on the tiles. Which of the
following is the BEST cleaning agent that Ana should use?
A. Bleach B. Detergent C. Disinfectant D. Purifier
43. Which of the following shows the proper sequence or order on how elements were
synthesized?
A. Astatine – Plutonium – Technetium – Uranium
B. Astatine – Uranium – Plutonium – Technetium
C. Technetium – Astatine – Uranium – Plutonium
D. Uranium – Astatine – Plutonium – Technetium
44. Water and ethanol are polar substances. They both exhibit LDF, dipole - dipole
forces, and hydrogen bonding. What substance or mixture is formed when water and
ethanol will mix together?
A. Solution B. Colloid
C. Heterogeneous Mixture D. Homogenous Mixture
45. You helped fix your backyard garden, and a big unstable rock fell on one foot!
Frightened, you were able to remove the rock quickly by yourself because your muscles
store energy for this kind of emergencies. What macromolecule is this?
A. Carbohydrates B. Lipids C. Nucleic Acids D. Proteins
46. Same amounts of hydrogen peroxide are decomposed. One container is placed inside
the refrigerator while the other container is placed under the sun. Which container will
empty last?
A. Container under the sun
B. Container inside the refrigerator
C. Both containers
D. Cannot be determined
47. You need 2 pieces of bread, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter and 2 tablespoons of jelly to
make a sandwich.  If you have 10 pieces of bread, 4 tablespoons of peanut butter and 20
tablespoons of jelly, what will be the limiting reactant?
A. Bread B. Jelly C. Peanut butter D. Sandwich
48. How do chlorine-based bleaches remove stains?
 A. By damaging the proteins
B. By dissolving the pigment
C. By breaking the chemical bonds of dyes
D. By covering the pigment with white substance
49. Which of the following statements is/are INCORRECT about the discovery of nuclear
transmutation by Rutherford?
Statement I – Ernest Rutherford bombarded alpha particles from radium directed
to the nitrogen nuclei.
Statement II - Ernest Rutherford showed that the oxygen nuclei reacted to the
alpha particles to form nitrogen nuclei.
A. Only statement I is incorrect.
B. Only statement II is correct.
C. Both statements are incorrect.
D. Both statements are correct.
50. Water (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) are some of the most essential substances
that sustain life on earth. Which of the following statements justifies about water and
carbon dioxide?
A. Water is nonpolar while carbon dioxide is polar.
B. Both water and carbon dioxide can form hydrogen bonds
C. Water can form hydrogen bonds while carbon dioxide forms dipole-dipole forces.
D. Water can form hydrogen bonds while carbon dioxide forms London dispersion
forces.
51. Carbohydrate is very essential to our daily living. What will happen to the body when
a carbohydrate is deficient in our diet?
A. It causes fatigue and poor mental function. 
B. Our body lacks nutrients to support our daily activities.
C. Our body functions well because of the presence of fats.
D. Our body cannot fight against germs and infectious disease.
52. Why is it important to identify the limiting reagent?
A. The limiting reagent speeds up the reaction.
B. The limiting reagent controls the amount of product formed.
C. If there is no limiting reagent, the reaction will not occur.
D. No stoichiometry calculations can be done without a limiting reagent.
53. Which of the following reasons why a reaction stops?
A. When it wants to
B. The limiting and excess reactants are gone.
C. When all the excess reactant has been consumed
D. When all the limiting reactant has been consumed
54. How can alcohol kill microorganisms?
A. By creating bubbles that trap microorganisms
B. By denaturing the proteins of microorganisms
C. By emitting scent that kills the microorganism
D. By trapping the microorganisms in dense foams
55. If you’re designing a scenario demonstrating melting point, which of the following
you will NOT design?
A. Liquid precipitation
B. A liquid changing into solid
C. Temperature reaching to 0OC
D. Temperature reaching to 100OC
56. Which of the following will you suggest in testing boiling point of molecules in terms
of intermolecular forces of attraction?
I. Substances with stronger IMFA have higher boiling point.
II. Substances with stronger IMFA have lower boiling point.
III. Substances with weaker IMFA have higher boiling point.
 IV. Substances with weaker IMFA have lower boiling point.
A. I only B. I, III C. I, IV D. III, IV

57. Which of the following will you suggest to speed up a reaction using a catalyst?
I. Raise the activation energy.
II. Lower the activation energy.
III. Increase the collision probability.
IV. Decrease the collision probability.

A. I only B. II only C. I, III D. II, IV

58. Say you take a reactant A and calculate the number of moles of another reactant B
required to use up all of A. How can you infer which of two reactants is the limiting one?
A. You compare the calculated amount of B to the actual amount available. If more
is required, then B is the limiting reactant. If less is required, then A is the
limiting reactant.
B. You compare the calculated amount of B to the actual amount available. If
more is required, then A is the limiting reactant. If less is required, then B is the
limiting reactant.
C. If the calculated value of B is larger than the amount of A, then A is the limiting
reactant.
D. If the calculated value of B is larger than the amount of A, then B is the limiting
reactant.

59. If you are asked by your teacher to prepare a campaign statement about energy,
which of the following will you create?
I. Biomass is a renewable source of energy and a convenient source of energy for
us.
II. Global gas is produced when crops, vegetable wastes, etc., decompose in the
absence of oxygen.
III. We are encouraged to plant more trees to ensure a clean environment and
provide biomass fuel.
IV. The main ingredient of biogas is ethane, and it gives a lot of smoke and
produces a lot of residual ash that is harmful to us and the environment.

A. I, IV B. I, II, III C. II, III, IV D. I, III, IV

60. Which of the following would you suggest why most products often contain
additives?
I. The additives speed up production.
II. The additives enhance the product.
III. The additives lower the price of the product.
IV. The additives increase the volume of the product.

A. I only B. II only C. I, III D. II, IV

Prepared by:

GLENDA A. PAGANDIYAN
Subject Teacher

Checked by:
HAYZEL E. OBDAMEN
Officer-In-Charge