SAMBOAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Poblacion, Samboan, Cebu

SECOND QUARTER EXAM IN SCIENCE 10

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read and analyze the questions carefully and write the letter of your answer on
your answer sheet.
1. How will you describe the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying wire?
a. The magnetic field is stronger near and around the wire.
b. the magnetic field consists of straight lines parallel to the wire.
c. The magnetic field does not vary with the distance from the wire.
d. The magnetic field gets stronger with increasing distance from the wire.
2. During the Student Technologists and Entrepreneurs of the Philippines (STEP) Competition in
Landscaping, a water pond transformer changes 216V across the primary to 12V across the secondary. If
the secondary coil has 10 turns, how many turns does the primary coil have?
a. 10 b. 18 c. 180 d. 228
3. What basic principle enables all electric motors to operate?
a. Iron is the only element that is magnetic.
b. Opposite electric charges attract and like charges repel.
c. A moving conductor within a magnetic field will experience an electromotive force.
d. A current- carrying conductor placed within a magnetic field will experience a magnetic force.
4. Which statement about transformers is FALSE?
a. A step-down voltage transformer steps up the current.
b. Transformers use mutual induction.
c. Transformers are an application of Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws.
d. A transformer can function with either an alternating current (AC) or steady direct current (DC).
5. What transformation can take place in an improvised generator?
a. mechanical energy into electrical energy c. alternating current into direct current
b. electrical energy into mechanical energy d. direct current into alternating current
6. A loop of conductor lies flat on a horizontal table. A toy magnet is hanging still over it with the
magnet’s north-seeking pole pointing down. What happens next?
a. The magnet produces a clockwise current in the coil.
b. The magnet does not produce any current in the coil.
c. The magnet produces an upward electromagnetic current.
d. The magnet produces a counterclockwise current in the coil.
7. What type of electromagnetic waves is used in radar?
a. infrared rays b. microwaves c. radio waves d. ultraviolet rays
8. In the visible spectrum, which color has the longest wavelength?
a. blue b. green c. red d. violet
9. Which electromagnetic wave carries more energy than the others?
a. microwaves b. radio waves c. UV radiation d. visible light
10. What electromagnetic wave is sometimes called heat rays?
a. gamma rays b. infrared c. radio waves d. visible light
11. You see the reflection of the clock without numbers in your plane mirror. The image formed by the
hands of the clock shows the time of 3:30. What is the real time?
a. 3:30 b. 8:30 c. 9:30 d. 10:30
12. Zed stands 1.5m tall in front of a plane mirror. What is the height of his image?
a. 4.5m b. 3.0m c. 2.0m d. 1.5m
13. What kind of mirror is used in automobiles and trucks to give the driver a wider area and smaller
image of traffic behind him?
a. plane mirror b. convex mirror c. concave mirror d. none of the above
14. What type of mirror do dentists usually use to see clearly the images of our teeth?
a. plane mirror b. convex mirror c. concave mirror d. none of the above
15. A white sheet of paper cannot act as mirror because it ___________________ the rays of light.
a. diffracts b. diffuses c. interferes d. refract
16. You see your face clearly if you look down on a pool of still water. Which one of the following
statements gives the best explanation for this observation?
a. Light entering the water is dispersed.
b. Regular reflection of light happens on the surface of still water.
c. Irregular reflection of light happens on the surface of still water.
d. Light is reflected from the surface of water in different directions.
17. Where should the object be placed in front of a concave mirror to form a virtual and magnified
image?
a. at the focus c. between the focus and the vertex
b. at the center of curvature d. between the center of curvature and focus
18. A light ray, traveling parallel to a concave lens’ axis and strikes the lens, will refract and
_______________.
a. pass through the lens focal point c. continue to travel in the same direction
b. travel parallel to the principal axis d. travel at right angles to the principal axis
19. What kind of image is formed by concave lenses?
a. always real
b. always virtual
c. could be real or virtual; depends on the distance of the object from the focal point
d. could be real or virtual; but always real when the object is placed at the focal point
20. Sun’s rays are observed to focus at a point behind a lens. What kind of lens was used?
a. converging lens b. diverging lens c. focusing lens d. none of the above
21. If you stand in front of two adjacent large mirrors (at 90⁰ angle), how many images will you see?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
22. An object is 6cm in front of convex mirror with a focal length of 6cm. What is the location of the
image formed?
a. between F and V b. between C and F c. in front of the mirror d. can’t be determined
23. An object is placed between a concave mirror and its focal point. What is the type and orientation of
the image formed?
a. virtual and inverted b. virtual and erect c. real and inverted d. real and erect
24. An object is kept at a distance of 150mm from a concave mirror with a radius of curvature of
600mm. Find the image distance.
a. -150mm b. 150mm c. -300mm d. 300mm
25. What type of lens produces smaller and upright images?
a. concave lens b. convex lens c. converging lens d. can’t be determined
II. IDENTIFICATION: Identify the following terms referred to by choosing the right term on the box
below. Write the letter of your answer on your answer sheet.

a. headphone
b. studio monitor
c. audio interface
d. digital audio surface
e. computer unit
f. dynamic microphone or condenser
g. cables
26. Used for playing some digital instruments, recording, adding effects, and mixing different sources of
sound signals
27. Microphones and musical instruments are plugged into this, which in turn is connected to the
computer
28. Processor should be reasonably fast enough to record, edit, mix, store, and master a copy of the
record
29. Converts sound into electrical signal
30. Used for “referencing” or for checking what the mix would sound like on the equipment
31. Used for connecting audio interface, microphones, studio monitors, and different instruments
32. Commonly known as speakers but these give a sound close enough to the real sound input
NOTE: For numbers 23-27, identify the scientist with the given contributions
a. Ampere
b. Faraday
c. Hertz
d. Maxwell
e. Oersted
33. Contributed in developing equations that showed the relationship of electricity and magnetism
34. Showed experimental evidence of electromagnetic waves and their link to light
35. Demonstrated the magnetic effect based on the direction of current
36. Formulated the principle behind electromagnetic induction
37. Showed how a current carrying wire behaves like a magnet
III. SUM IT UP CHALLENGE: Fill in the blanks with the correct terms on magnetism.
The process by which the screws become magnets is called 38. __________________. This same
process is the reason why magnets 39. ______________ non-magnetized magnetic substances such as
the screw. The screw becomes 40. _______________ magnet with the end nearer the magnet having
41. _______________ polarity to that of the permanent magnet. Hence, attraction happens
42. _______________ magnetic induction occurs.