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Physics First Term Questions Year 7 2023

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CHRISLAND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, LAGOS.

FIRST TERM UNIFIED EXAMINATION

2022/2023 ACADEMIC SESSION


SUBJECT: PHYSICS YEAR 7 TIME: 2HRS

SECTION A ( OBJECTIVES )

INSTRUCTION: Choose the right option lettered A – E.

1. Temperature can be measured in the following units except


A. Celsius
B. Kelvin
C. Fahrenheit
D. Kilometer
E. Rankine
2. The length of your classroom can be measured with a /an
A. Measuring cylinder
B. Micrometer screw gauge
C. Measuring tape
D. Vernier caliper
E. Barometer
3. What is the symbol for kilometer
A. mm
B. km
C. µm
D. cm
E. dm
4. What is the volume of a rectangular box that measures 4cm by 5cm by 6cm
A. 150cm3
B. 30cm3
C. 120cm3
D. 24cm3
E. 50 cm3
5. What is the area of a square of length 10cm?
A. 100cm
B. 10cm2
C. 100 cm2
D. 10cm
E. 1000 cm2
6. What is the area of a square of length 100cm?
A. 1m2
B. 100 m2
C. 10 m2
D. 1000 m2
E. 10000m2
7. The volume of a cube of length 100cm is
A. 1m3
B. 100m3
C. 10m3
D. 1000m3
E. 0.1m3
8. Two types of mechanical energy are
A. Kinetic and heat
B. Heat and electrical
C. Electrical and motion
D. Potential and kinetic
E. Electrical and potential
9. Fossil fuel is regarded as an energy resource which is
A. Renewable
B. Non renewable
C. Generating
D. Producing
E. transferable
10. How many minutes are there in one day?
A. 3600mins
B. 1440mins
C. 60mins
D. 72mins
E. 54mins
11. What is the reading accuracy of the Vernier caliper
A. 0.1 cm
B. 0.01 cm
C. 0.01 mm
D. 1mm
E. 1cm
12.Types of fuel include all of the following except
A. Kerosene
B. Charcoal
C. Firewood
D. Sand
E. Petrol
13.Who studies energy?
A. Engineers
B. Doctors
C. Archeologist
D. Physicist
14.Energy is the ability to ______________
A. Create
B. Change or move matter
C. Reproduce
D. Transform
15.Energy is never ___________
A. Balanced
B. Without mass
C. Stationary
D. Created or destroyed

16. Which of the following is a fundamental quantity

A. Electric current
B. Weight
C. Thermal energy
D. Speed

17. In order to do work, energy is


A. transferred or converted
B. used up
C. lost
D. lost or transferred

18. Which of these measuring instruments is the odd one out?

A. Measuring cylinder
B. Burette
C. metre rule
D. Pipette

19. Which of these is not energy resource.

A. Mechanical

B. wind
C. water
D. sun

20. Which of these measuring instruments have two reading scales?

A. Vernier caliper
B. metre rule
C. measuring cylinder
D. volumetric flask

21. How many millimetres are there in one centimetre

A. 10mm
B. 100mm
C. 1000mm
D. 20mm

22. Energy can only be ________

A. converted from one form of energy to another.


B. electrical or mechanical
C. positive or negative
D. created and destroyed
23. Energy in fried chiken is ______

A. Chemical
B. heat
C. electrical
D. sound

24. A siren produces…………..energy

A. chemical
B. heat
C. electrical
D. sound

25. The energy of the sun is mainly

A. chemical energy
B. heat energy
C. electrical energy
D. solar energy

26. The volume of an irregular shaped object can be determined using

A. displacement of water in a measuring cylinder


B. beam balance
C. calculation
D. scale balance

27. The physical quantity that other quantities may depend for their definition is
called?

A. New quantity
B. Fundamental quantity
C. Derived quantity
D. Main quantity

28. The full meaning of S.I unit in French is--------

A. Systeme International d’ unite’s


B. Supreme Internationale
C. Sub- Internationale
D. Solar- Internationale
29. Which is the odd one out?
A. kilogramme
B. metres
C. decimetres
D. centimetres
30. What is the volume of a solid block measuring 3metres long by 2 metres wide
and 4 metres high?

A. 9 m3
B. 24 m
C. 24 m2
D. 24 m3
31. Calculate the efficiency of an electric motor if it produces 48J of useful kinetic
energy when supplied with 80J of electrical energy.
A. 0.8
B. 0.6
C. 1.7
D. 80
E. 60
32. Calculate the percentage efficiency of a light bulb if it produces 30J of light
when supplied with 240J of electrical energy.
A. 12.5%
B. 12.0%
C. 10.5%
D. 1.25%
33. A pack of paper measures 40mm in height, if there are 80 pages in all,
calculate the thickness of one sheet
A. 0.5mm
B. 5.0mm
C. 20.0mm
D. 0.20mm
34. An energy flow diagram that shows how well a device uses energy is called
a/an
A. Amature diagram
B. Sankey diagram
C. Pulley diagram
D. Arrow diagram
35. Which of the following is a derived quantity
A. Mass
B. Length
C. Time
D. Area
36. The quantity upon which other quantity depends for their definition is called
A. Known quantity
B. Derived quantity
C. Fundamental quantity
D. Unknown quantity
37. Which of these is a fundamental quantity
A. Thermodynamic temperature
B. Speed
C. Force
D. Energy
38. What is the S.I unit of luminous intensity
A. Kelvin
B. Moles
C. Candela
D. Seconds
39. Which of this pair of energy are mechanical energy?
A. Solar and chemical
B. Potential and chemical
C. Kinetic and potential
D. Light and sound
E. Chemical and electrical
40. Which of the following can measure accurately the internal and external
diameter of a test tube?
A. Metre rule
B. Vernier caliper
C. Lever balance
D. Beam balance
MARKING GUIDE
OBJECTIVE
1 D 9 B 17 A 25 D 33 A
2 C 10 B 18 C 26 A 34 B
3 B 11 B 19 A 27 B 35 D
4 C 12 D 20 A 28 A 36 C
5 C 13 D 21 A 29 A 37 A
6 A 14 B 22 A 30 D 38 C
7 A 15 D 23 A 31 B 39 C
8 D 16 A 24 D 32 A 40 B

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