Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI- Western Visayas
Division of Capiz
VICENTE ANDAYA SR. NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sigma, Capiz

MIDTERM EXAMINATION IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE

FIRST SEMESTER, S.Y. 2017-2018

NAME:____________________________GRADE & SECTION:____________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Direction: read the following questions carefully and encircle the letter of the best
answer.

1. He is the one who speculated that matter could not be divided into smaller
pieces infinitely.
a. Plato b. Democritus c. Aristotle d. Leucippus
2. He is the proponent of the Atomic theory
a. Henry Moseley b. Lothar Meyer c. John Dalton d. Ernest Rutherford
3. It is the smallest and indivisible building blocks of matter.
a. Atom b. element c. substance d. mixture
4. He is the first who speculated that atom is made up of even smaller
particles.
a. Neils Bohr c. Ernest Rutherford
b. John Dalton d. J.J. Thomson
5. What is the term used to describe the atomic model of J.J. Thomson?
a. Plum-pudding b. plumbum c. empty space d. energy level
6. An English Physicist who proposed that an atom is an empty space with
positively charged center.
a. Neils Bohr b. Ernest Rutherford c. Henry Moseley d. J.J. Thomson
7. It is the experiment conducted by Rutherford wherein he discovered the
positively charged particle.
a. Aluminum Foil Experiment c. Black Foil Experiment
b. Gold Foil Experiment d. Silver dust Experiment
8. He is the one who placed each electron on a specific energy level in his
model of an atom.
a. Neils Bohr c. Ernest Rutherford
b. J.J. Thomson d. Henry Moseley
9. The most recent atomic model which is based on the principle of wave
mechanics.
a. Rutherfords Model of an atom c. Plum-Pudding Model
b. Bohrs Model d. Wave Model of the Atom
10. It is considered as the core of the atom.
a. Proton b. nucleus c. electron d. neutron
11. Electrically neutral particles are called _______.
a. neutron b. nucleus c. proton d. electron
12. It is located at the center of an atom together with neutron.
a. proton b. neutron c. electron d. nucleus
13. HE discovered the correlation between atomic no. and frequency of X-rays.
a. Dmitri Mendeleev c. John Newlands
b. Henry Moseley d. Lothar Meyer
14. The ability of an atom to draw shared electrons toward itself is _______.
a. polarity b. valence shell c. electronegativity d. a and b
15. Ionic bond is a bond between two _______.
a. metals and nonmetals c. metals
b. metals and semimetals d. nonmetals
16. Non-polar substances has ________ electronegativity difference.
a. less than 0.5 b. o.5-2.0 c. 2.0-2.5 d. 2.5 above
17. It is the attractive coulumbic interactions between molecules of pure
substances.
a. Intramolecular forces c. Intermolecular Forces
b. Special Forces d. Dark Forces
 18. A type of intermolecular forces that exist on non-polar substances such as
NH3.
a. London Dispersion b. Hydrogen Bonding
c. Dark Forces d. Dipole-Dipole
19. A special type of dipole-dipole interactions that occurs only in molecules
that contain H bonded to a small highly electronegative atom.
a. Hydrogen interaction b. Hydrogen Bonding
c. Ion-Dipole Interaction d. Hydrogen Forces
20. The weakest and the only intermolecular forces that exist on non-polar
substances.
a. London Dispersion Forces c. Ion-Dipole
b. Dipole-Dipole d. Hydrogen Bonding
21. Organic Compounds are compounds that contain _______.
a. Sulfur b. Calcium c. Carbon d. Copper
22. These are compounds that contain carbon and Hydrogen.
a. Hydrocarbon b. Halocarbon c. Hydrocarbonic d. Hydrolyte
23. A type of Hydrocarbon that contains only single bonds.
a. alkynes b. alkenes c. alkanes d. aromatic compound
24. All of the following are the characteristics of organic compounds except
____.
a. burn in Oxygen c. many are electrolytes
b. Soluble in non-polar solvents d. all are carbon compounds
25. Methane is a/ an ______.
a. Alkane b. benzene c. alkyne d. alkene
26. All of the following are hydrocarbons except ______.
a. alkanes b. alkynes c. alcohols d. alkene
27. Which of the following is a saccharide?
a. carbohydrate b. nucleic acid
c. lipids d. proteins
28. Semiconductors are ______.
a. metals b. non-metals c. metalloids d. inert gases
29. LEDs are ____.
a. synthetic polymer b. semi-conductors
c. inert gases d. monosaccharides
30. Which of the following is not a polymer.
a. cellulose b. plastic c. semiconductors d. polyethylene

II. Identification: Identify whether the given substances is a Carbohydrate, Lipid,

Protein or Nucleic Acid. Write C=Carbohydrate, L=Lipid, P=Protein, and N=Nucleic Acid.

31. myosin 36. glucagon

32. galactose 37. RNA
33. cholesterol 38. Eicosanoid
34. antibodies 39. Glycogen
35. waxes 40. Ferrin

III. Classification: Using the list of electronegativities provided, how would you
classify the bond of the following molecules?

H=2.1 F=4.0 Na=0.9 Al=1.5 O=3.5 Li= 1.0

Ca=1.0 Zn= 1.7 N= 3.0 P=2.1 K=0.8 Mg- 1.2
Cl=3.0 Br=2.8 I= 2.5

41. CO 46. SO2

42. LiH 47. CCl4
43. KCl 48. F2
44. LiCl 49. CsBr
45. CS2 50. C2H4
 WELL DONE!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Prepared by: Noted:

JOSAL V. MARIANO ERNESTO J. FULGENCIO

Teacher 1 Assistant School Principal II /SHS Coordinator