Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI-Western Visayas
BUNGSUAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bungsuan, Dumarao, Capiz

Unit Test in Physical Science 12

1. Which of the following observations led the ancient Greeks discovered that the shape
of Earth is round?
A. Ships still appeared as it passed through the horizon.
B. During a lunar eclipse, the Earth’s shadow is circular or round shape.
C. Travelers going south observed that southern constellations lie between the
horizons.
D. The angle of the sun with the vertical direction at noon time during a summer
solstice are the same from place to place.

2. When does a lunar eclipse occur?

A. When the Earth is in between the sun and the Moon.
B. When the Moon is in between the sun and the Earth.
C. It happens when the Sun is in between the Earth and Moon in a straight line.
D. It occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are in opposite direction causing to create
shadows.

3. Which BEST explains why the Earth is not disk-shape?

A. The shadow cast by Earth during a lunar eclipse is circular.
B. Stars are viewed differently when traveling north and south.
C. The shadow cast in two different cities during a solstice different in length.
D. The only shape that cast a circular shadow in whatever direction is a sphere.

4. When does solar eclipse occurs?

A. When the Earth is in between the sun and the Moon.
B. When the Moon is in between the sun and the Earth.
C. It happens when the Sun is in between the Earth and Moon in a straight line.
D. It occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon are in opposite direction causing to create
shadows.

5. What observation can be deduced from a ship traveling away from an observer that
explains the Earth is not flat?
A. It will not change its size.
B. The ship become bigger and bigger.
C. The ship will become smaller and smaller until it disappears.
D. The ship became smaller and then its hull disappeared first before the sail.

6. Which of the following is an annual motion?

A. Sunset C. Vernal equinox
B. Moonrise D. Eastward rise of stars
7. What astronomical event was NOT known to men before the advent of telescopes?
A. Solar eclipse C. Retrograde of Mars
B. Summer solstice D. Rotation of the Sun

8. Which aided Eratosthenes in measuring the Earth’s circumferences?

A. The shadow cast by the Earth during a lunar eclipse is circular.

B. The appearance of stars differs when travelling from north to south.
C. The shadow cast within the Syene and Alexandria during the solstice.
D. A sphere is the only shape that cast a circular shadow in whatever direction.

9. What is a diurnal motion?

A. All planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit.

B. Any point in the closed curved is equidistant to the two foci.
C. Planets move fastest in the elliptical orbit when nearest to the sun.
D. The length of a planet’s revolution in the sun is proportional to its orbit’s size.

10.Which presents a heliocentric model of the universe?

A. Ptolemic C. Tychonic
b. Keplerian D. Copernican

11.Which among the following describes the law of harmony?

A. The orbits of the planets are elliptical.
B. The radius vector describes an equal area in equal times.
C. The shape of the orbit is elliptical and the Sun at one focus.
D. The ratio of the squares of the revolutionary periods for the two planets is equal to
the ratio of the cubes of their mean distances from the sun.

12.According to the Kepler’s second law of planetary motion, what happens to the speed
of the Earth as it revolves around the Sun?
A. The Earth moves slower when it is nearer the sun.
B. The Earth moves faster when it is further the sun.
C. The speed of Earth varies depending on its position around the sun.
D. The Earth moves slower when it is further from the sun and faster when it is nearer
to the sun.

13.Which of the following statement describes the law of eclipse?

A. All planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
B. Any point in the closed curved is equidistant to the two foci.
C. Planets move fastest in the elliptical orbit when nearest to the sun.
D. The length of planet’s revolution in the sun is proportion to its orbit’s size.

14.Which best describe the third law of Kepler’s planetary motion?

A. All planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
B. Any point in the closed curved is equidistant to the two foci.
C. Planets move fastest in the elliptical orbit when nearest to the sun.
D. The length of planet’s revolution in the sun is proportion to its orbit’s size.

15.Which describe the law of equal areas?

 A. All planets revolve around the sun in an elliptical orbit.
B. Any point in the closed curved is equidistant to the two foci.
C. Planets move fastest in the elliptical orbit when nearest to the sun.
D. The length of planet’s revolution in the sun is proportion to its orbit’s size.

16.What was the greatest contribution of Tycho Brahe to Astronomy?

A. He formulate the laws of planetary motion.
B. He considered the sun as the stationary center of the universe.
C. He made an accurate observation of the movement of celestial bodies.
D. He conceptualized the force of gravity and provide an explanation for the elliptical
orbits.

17.Which of the following is an example of violent motion?

A. Fire leaps upward. C. William is pushing the heavy cart.
B. The warm air rises in the atmosphere. D. The water flows from the
mountain

18.Which of the following statement is not correct about Aristotle’s idea on motion?
A. All natural motions on the Earth are horizontal.
B. All objects have resting places that they naturally seek.
C. Heavier objects fall faster than lighter ones; the speed of an object is proportion to
its weight.
D. Objects at rest will remain at rest, objects in motion will remain in motion unless
acted by an unbalanced force.

19.When a ball rolls on the floor, it will eventually stop. What force causes the ball to stop?
A. Weight C. Gravity
B. Inertia D. Friction

20.Which of the following is Galileo’s assertion on horizontal motion?

A. No force is needed to start the motion of an object.
B. No force is required to decrease or increase the motion of an object.
C. When an object is left alone, it will continue to move with constant velocity.
D. The inertia of an object will keep the object moving with constant velocity.

21.Which statement describes the characteristic of light?

A. Light travel through air.
B. Light travel in a straight line until it hits an object.
C. Light travel by reflecting space until it is transmitted.
D. Light travel by refracting through space until it is absorbed.

22.What property of light when it strikes an object and bounces off?

A. Refraction C. Diffraction
B. Reflection D. Interference
 23.Refraction is a bending of light when it passes from one medium to another. Which is
an example of Refraction?
A. When rainbow appears. C. When you see yourself in the mirror.
B. The color of sun during sunset. D. When you put a pencil in a glass of
water.

24.Which statement best describe the “Law of Reflection”?

A. The angle of reflection is perpendicular to the normal.
B. The angel of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
C. The angle of reflection is parallel to the angle of incidence.
D. Both the angle of incidence and reflection lie in different planes.

25.What phenomenon causes the colors seen in a rainbow?

A. Diffraction C. Dispersion
B. Reflection D. Interference

26.Which statement explains why the sky is blue?

A. Blue light is not easily absorbed by the atmosphere.
B. Blue light is not easily scattered by the atmosphere.
C. Air molecules scatter blue light more readily than other colors.
D. Blue light is reflected off the world’s oceans into the atmosphere.

27.What do you call the phenomenon by which the incident light falling on the surface is
sent back into the same medium?
A. Absorption C. Reflection
B. Polarization D. Refraction

28.Which of the following pairs perfectly describes the reflection produced by a smooth
surface?

A. Diffuse reflection: clear and vivid.

B. Specular reflection: Clear and vivid.
C. Diffuse reflection: Unclear and Vague.
D. Specular reflection: Unclear and vague.

29.Which of the following best explains the scattering of light?

A. Light rays are dispersed because of diffuse reflection.

B. Light rays are scattered because they travel in a straight line.
C. Light rays are dispersed because there is an overlapping of waves.
D. Light rays are scattered because of dust particles and gas molecules in the
atmosphere.

30. Which of these statements best explain why a student can see her reflection in a
computer screen when the screen is turned off?

A. The glass allows light to be transmitted through it.

B. Computers produce light when they are being used.
C. Black objects absorb most of the light striking them.
D. Smooth, shiny objects reflect a great amount of light.