JUAN R.

LIWAG MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bayanihan, Gapan City

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
SCIENCE
FOURTH

GRADE:
9
TYPE OF TEST: PRELIMINARY

TOTAL POINTS:

50

BASE NUMBER OF TEST QUESTIONS: 40

Weight in %

(15%)KNOWLEDGE

(25%)PROCESS

UNDERSTANDING (30%)

180

19

I1-4(4)

II1-4(4)

III1(2)

10

Linear Motion
(Horizontal)

300

31

I5-8(4)

II5-8(4)

III2-5(8)

16

Linear Motion
(Vertical/ FreeFall)

180

19

I9-12(4)

II9-12(4)

III6(2)

10

Impulse and
Momentum

300

31

I13-15(3)

II13-15(3)

III7-10(8)

14

TOTAL

960

100%

15

15

20

50

Lesson Content

Introduction to
Physics

Prepared by: Science 9 Teachers

Date Submitted: March 10, 2015

POINTSNUMBER OF

(in minutes)Instruction Time

PERFORMANCE (30%)PRODUCT/

SUBJECT:
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JUAN R. LIWAG MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bayanihan, Gapan City

th

4 PRELIMINARY TEST IN SCIENCE 9 (PHYSICS) PART 1

Name: ______________________________________
Grade and Section: ___________________________
Date of Examination: __________________________

TOTAL SCORE
Knowledge
Process
Understanding
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GENERAL DIRECTION: ALL ANSWERS must be in CAPITAL LETTERS and any form of
ERASURES/ALTERATIONS are not allowed except in TEST II (Understanding).
I. DIRECTION: Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space after each number in your answer sheet.
KNOWLEDGE, 15 items
1. What is the study concerned with describing the motion of objects without identifying its causes of motion?
a. dynamics
b. kinematics
c. mechanics
d. physics
2. Which of the following can be measured to describe motion?
a. distance
b. speed
c. time
d. all of the above
3. A boy walks 58.5 meters north, then another 26 meters north. What is his displacement?
a. 2.25 m, N
b. 32.5 m, N
c. 84.5 m, N
d. 1521 m, N
4. All of the following are vector quantities EXCEPT:
a. 5 N, upward
b. 10 m/s, East
c. 20 m/s, West
d. none of the above
5. John moves his car 0.90 meter in 1 second. If it continues, how far it could travel after 4 seconds?
a. 1.8 meters
b. 2.7 meters
c. 3.6 meters
d. 4.5 meters
6. Which of the following do acceleration and speed respectively belong?
a. scalar, scalar
b. scalar, vector
c. vector, scalar
d. vector, vector
7. All of the following are units of measurement for velocity EXCEPT:
a. km/hr
b. km/s
c. m/s
d. none of the above
8. Which of the following does NOT illustrates uniform motion?
a. A ball rolls down in an inclined plane.
c. A moon moving around a planet.
b. A ferris wheel going round and round.
d. A rotating cooling fan.
9. Which of the following statement is true about displacement?
a. It can never be equal to distance
c. It can never be less than distance
b. It can never be greater than distance
d. It is always equal to distance
10. What is the value of the acceleration of gravity on Earth?
a. 9.6 m/s2
b. 9.7 m/s2
c. 9.8 m/s2
d. 9.9 m/s2
11. An astronaut on the moon is holding a pingpong ball and a bowling ball. As he releases both objects at
the same time, what does the astronaut will observe?
a. The pingpong ball falls faster than the bowling ball.
b. The bowling ball falls faster than the pingpong ball.
c. Both balls remained suspended and did not fall.
d. Both balls fall at the same rate.
12. Ten seconds after being dropped from rest, what will be the speed of the free-falling object?
a. about 10 m/s
b. about 50 m/s
c. about 100 m/s
d. more than 100 m/s
13. Which two quantities determines the momentum of a body?
a. mass and acceleration
c. mass and time
b. mass and speed
d. mass and velocity
14. What is the direction of momentum?
a. always to the left
c. opposite direction of the vector quantity
b. always to the right
d. same direction of the vector quantity
15. How is impulse calculated?
a. product of force and time
c. product of mass and time
b. product of force and velocity
d. product of mass and velocity
PROCESS, 15 items
1. Which of the following is a way/s of representing motion?
a. motion diagram
c. mathematical representation
b. graphs
d. all of the above
2. If an object has an acceleration of 0 m/s 2, what is happening in the motion of the object?
a. It is not changing direction
c. It is not changing velocity

b. It is not changing position

d. It is not moving
3. Which has a greater momentum, a bike or a jeepney?
a. bike
b. jeepney
c. both

d. cannot be determined

For numbers 4-10, identify which formula will be used to solve for the missing quantities based on the given
data. Please refer to the following choices below:
a. Vf = Vi + at
b. Vf2 = Vi2 + 2ad
c. d = (Vi + Vf)/t
d. d = Vit + at2
4. Solving for time. Given: initial velocity, displacement and final velocity
5. Solving for acceleration. Given: initial velocity, time and final velocity
6. Solving for initial velocity. Given: acceleration, displacement and final velocity
7. Solving for time. Given: initial velocity, time and acceleration
8. Solving for initial velocity. Given: displacement, time and final velocity
9. Solving for acceleration. Given: initial velocity, displacement and final velocity
10. Solving for final velocity. Given: initial velocity, acceleration and time
For numbers 11-15, identify whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Please refer to the
following choices below:
a. True
b. False
c. Maybe
d. Sometimes
11. The formula to be used in solving for impulse is J = F/d
12. The unit of measurement for impulse is Newton seconds.
13. The heavier and faster the movement of an object, the lesser its momentum.
14. The formula to be used in solving for momentum is P = m/v
15. The unit of measurement for momentum is kilogram meters per second.
II. DIRECTION: Problem Solving. Solve the following word problems. Show your complete solution in
the space provided after each number.
UNDERSTANDING, 5 items
1. A truck was crashed into a garden and stopped. The impulse is 5600 N-s and the impact force is 2821 N.
How long does it takes for the car to stop?

2. A 8.9 kg ball has a momentum of 57.8 kg m/s. What is the balls speed as it rolls?

3. A rock was thrown upward and it took 9.2 seconds to hit the ground. How high was the peak of the rock
when it began to fall?

4. How fast will a brick be going after it falls from a bookshelf with a height of 5.6 m?

5. An asteroid changed velocity from 1810 m/s to 3492 m/s in 0.04 seconds. What is the acceleration of the
asteroid?