St. Paul School

St.
Paul School
Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo
2nd Periodical Exam in SCIENCE
(St. Mark and St. Peter)
Name: __________________________________________ Score/s: _________
Grade & Section: _________________________________ Date ____________
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. The diagram below shows the electromagnetic spectrum. Which letters represent radio and gamma waves?
a. A, F c. G, A
b. F, C d. C, G
2. An engineer is designing an instrument to examine the interior of a piece of wood without cutting it. The engineer
decides to pass electromagnetic radiation through the wood to a detector on the other side. Which type of electromagnetic
radiation would be most suitable for this investigation?
a. Visible light c. X-rays
b. Radio waves d. Ultraviolet light
3. The electromagnetic spectrum consists of many different kinds of electromagnetic waves. Name them in increasing
order of energy from left to right.
a. microwaves, radiowaves, visible light, infrared light, gamma rays, ultraviolet light, X-rays
b. microwaves, radiowaves, infrared light, visible light, X-rays, gamma rays
c. radio waves, microwaves, infrared light, visible light, ultraviolet light, X-rays, gamma rays
d. Gamma rays, X-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared light, microwaves, radio waves
4. Which statement best explains the difference between light waves traveling through a vacuum and light waves traveling
through a medium?
a. Light waves traveling through a vacuum are transverse, but light waves traveling through a medium are
longitudinal.
b. Light waves traveling through a vacuum travel faster than light waves traveling through a medium.
c. Light waves traveling through a vacuum have no mass, but light waves traveling through a medium have a
mass greater than zero.
d. Light waves traveling through a vacuum have a shorter wavelength than light waves traveling through a
medium.
5. The bending of a wave due to a change in its speed is
a. interference c. reflection
b. diffraction d. refraction
6. The waves that are responsible for causing a sunburn are
a. visible light c. ultraviolet light
b. infrared light d. sunlight
7. A disturbance that travels through a medium, transporting energy from one location to another location is
a. a sound c. light
b. a wave d. frequency
8. Unlike sound waves, light waves
a. carry energy c. travel as compression waves
b. must travel through matter d. travel as transverse waves
9. Which of these waves are not a part of the EM spectrum?
a. sound waves c. X-rays
b. light waves d. Gamma rays
10. Microwaves, radio waves, and x-rays are all examples of what kind of energy?
a. Mechanical c. Electromagnetic
b. Thermal d. Sound
11. What does the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation represent?
a. The wavelength represent the distance between the top (apex) and bottom (fundus) of a standing wave.
b. The wavelength represents the distance a wave will travel before it is extinguished.
c. The wavelength represents the distance between corresponding points on two successive waves.
d. none of the above
12. What frequencies of electromagnetic radiation are absorbed by the earth's ozone layer?
a. Microwaves c. Ultraviolet light
b. Visible light d. Radio waves
13. What is the bouncing back of light waves?
a. reflection c. frequency
b. refraction d. transparent
14. If an object reflects red light and absorbs all the other colors, what color does the object appear to be?
a. white c. red
b. black d. all colors except red
15. When light passes from one material to another, you may observe ____________.
a. spectrum c. refraction
b. rays d. wavelength
16. Electromagnetic waves you can see are called ___________.
a. ultraviolet light c. gamma rays
b. visible light d. infrared waves
17. Which of these waves are not a part of the EM spectrum?
a. sound waves c. X-rays
b. light waves d. Gamma rays
18. Which of the following is true of visible light?
a. Its waves are used for radio broadcasts
b. It is also called X-ray
c. It is the largest portion of the electromagnetic spectrum
d. Its waves hit an object and are either absorbed or reflected
(The diagram below shows the electromagnetic spectrum. Write the letter that represents each type of radiation listed.)
19. _____ visible

20. _____ radio
21. _____ ultraviolet
22. _____ gamma
23. _____ microwave
24. _____ infrared
25. _____ x-ray
26. The type of radio waves that are diffracted the most around small buildings are _________________.
a. AM c. both diffract equally
b. FM d. neither of these
27. The energy of a photon is related to _______________________.
a. The energy given to the atom that emits it.
b. The energy level difference through which it falls.
c. Its frequency
d. all of the above
28. In vacuum, the speed of an electromagnetic wave___________.
a. depends on its frequency
b. depends on its wavelength
c. depends on its electric and magnetic fields
d. is a universal constant
29. Ultraviolet light is _____________________.
a. more energetic than X-rays c. produced by cross Polaroids
b. electromagnetic energy d. present everywhere
30. Which of the following is fundamentally different from the others?
a. x-rays c. light waves
b. sound waves d. radio waves
II. IDENTIFICATION: Write your answer on the space provided.
1. It is a combination of both electrical and magnetic energy that can travel at varying velocities in various media.
______________.
2. He believed that light that light originated from luminous bodies in the form of very fine particles. _____________
3. It is when an object is heated at a very high temperature, say at around 470℃, it starts to glow and become dull red in
color.________________
4. Refers to the release of light that last longer than 10 nanoseconds. _______________________
5. It is a branch of optics that deals with illumination and the amount of brightness that a light source possesses.
______________________
6. Are objects that cannot emit their own light. _________________
7. A theory which explains that the light has a wave motion that starts from a vibrating body and is transmitted at high
speed. ______________
8. He thought that light consisted of streamers emitted by the eye. _______________
9. Materials that blocked the light are referred to as ______________.
10. The light falling on the balls comes from a point source like the penlight, the ball will cut off all light rays that fall on
it and will produce a shadow that is uniformly dark on the screen, this is called ___________.
III. Fill in the blanks

TYPES OF RADIATION SOURCE OF USE OF RADIATION IS IT HARMFUL TO
RADIATION HUMANS?
1. 2. Send signals to receivers No
Microwaves 3. 4. 5.
6. All warm objects, remote 7. 8.

controls
9. 10. 11. Usually not, but severe eye

damage if too intense
Ultraviolet 12. 13. Not in typical amounts
Yes, radiation must be

X-Rays 14. 15. carefully controlled and
directed to avoid damaging
healthy tissues.
IV. The following objects and medical procedures produce or use radiation. Put an “x” in the column that correctly
identifies the type of radiation produced or used for each.
OBJECT OR MEDICAL IONIZING NON-IONIZING BOTH
PROCEDURE
1. Cell phone
2. Laptop computer
3. Chest X-ray
4. Abdomen CT-scan
5. Remote control
6. Tanning bed
7. Skull MRI
8. Flat-panel screen
9. Television
10. Sun
11. Microwave
12.Supernova
13.Earth
14.Ultrasound of the baby
15. Atomic bomb
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Godbless!
Miss Alleen Joy B. Solivio

St. Paul School

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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

19. _____ visible

III. Fill in the blanks

1. 2. Send signals to receivers No

6. All warm objects, remote 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. Usually not, but severe eye

Ultraviolet 12. 13. Not in typical amounts

Yes, radiation must be

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