DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Division of Tagum City SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

MAGDUM NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10

C) They are easily fit into small C) X rays
Name ________________ areas. D) radio waves
Section________________ D) They are not expensive to 22. The specific frequency of the
make electromagnetic wave that a radio station is
GENERAL INSTRUCTION: 10. Magnetic fields that surround all magnets assigned is called the __________.
This is a comprehensive periodical exert __________. A) amplitude modulation
examination in Grade 10 Science and A) the magnetic force B) carrier wave
Technology for the second grading period. B) electric current C) frequency modulation
You are given one hour to complete entire C) air pressure D) cathode
test. Encircle only the correct letter from the D) resistance 23. Global Positioning System is a system of
options provided. No ERASURES, and NO 11. The negatively charged particles in an atom satellites, ground monitoring stations, and
ALTERATION of any answer. Your ONE
are called __________. receivers that __________.
single response in each of the question shall
be your final answer. Please, REFRAIN A) protons A) provide information about the
CHEATING. Good luck, you may now begin. B) neutrons receiver's exact location at or
C) negatrons above Earth's surface
1. Which of the following types of waves can D) electrons B) provide mobile telephone
travel through space? 12. __________ is the number of vibrations that service
A) electromagnetic occur in 1 s. C) broadcast television signals
B) mechanical A) Wavelength D) provide two-way radio service
C) transverse B) Frequency for police cars, fire trucks, and
D) compressional C) Amplitude ambulance
2. Waves that use matter to transfer energy are D) Interference 24. A wave transfer __________.
called __________ waves. 13. The energy carried by an electromagnetic A) matter
A) electromagnetic wave is called __________ energy. B) gas
B) mass A) mechanical C) energy
C) mechanical B) thermal D) liquid
D) medium C) radiant 25. A source of light emits light rays
3. The focal point is where incident light rays D) potential __________.
parallel to a concave mirror _____. 14. __________ is the distance from the top of A) in a straight line
A) are reflected one crest of a transverse wave to the top of B) in a circle
B) coincide with C, the geometric the next crest in that wave. C) in all directions
center A) Amplitude D) only at right angles
C) cross the principle axis B) Frequency 26. Why can you see most objects?
D) change direction C) Wavelength A) they emit light
4. What type of waves do not require matter to D) Wave velocity B) light refracts through them
carry energy? 15. In which of the following materials will light C) light reflects off them
A) electromagnetic travel fastest? D) they absorb light
B) mechanical A) air 27. Objects that allow only some light to pass
C) compressional B) water through them are considered __________.
D) transverse C) vacuum A) transparent
5. Electromagnetic waves are made by ___. D) glass B) translucent
A) vibrating air molecules 16. The entire range of electromagnetic wave C) opaque
B) vibrating electrical charges frequencies is known as __________. D) solid
C) vibrating water molecules A) visible light 28. A blue car looks blue because _______.
D) strong compressions B) ultraviolet radiation A) blue light is absorbed while
6. How can you see a real image with an C) the electromagnetic spectrum others are reflected
unaided eye? D) magnetism B) the blue car emits blue light
A) You can view the image from 17. As frequency increases, wavelength ____. C) blue light is reflected while
between the mirror and the A) increases others are absorbed
image. B) remains constant D) the blue car is opaque
B) A real image can be viewed C) decreases 29. Which is not a primary color?
from any point that you can D) becomes faster A) red
see the mirror. 18. Radio waves with wavelengths between 10 B) blue
C) Your eye must be placed so cm and 1mm are called __________. C) green
that the rays that form the D) yellow
image fall on your eye. A) infrared waves 30. What are the primary pigment colors?
D) You can view the image from B) ultraviolet waves A) red, blue, and yellow
the incident rays of the object. C) microwaves B) yellow, magenta, and cyan
7. If the absolute value for the magnification of D) X rays C) red, orange, yellow, green,
an image from a concave mirror is greater 19. Which of the following devices does NOT blue, indigo, and violet
than 1, where is the object placed? utilize radio waves? D) black and white
A) between point C and point F A) television remote control 31. What is called the normal to the surface?
B) beyond point C B) cellular telephone A) the line perpendicular to
C) at point C C) satellite where the light ray strikes the
D) at point F D) radar surface
8. Protons have a __________ charge and 20. Which of the following enables your body to B) the line parallel to a reflecting
electrons have a __________ charge. make vitamin D? surface
A) positive, negative A) infrared waves C) the reflecting surface itself
B) positive, neutral B) ultraviolet radiation D) the angle of the incoming
C) negative, positive C) visible light beam of light
D) negative, neutral D) gamma rays 32. Which of the following is the law of
9. Why are convex mirrors useful? 21. Which of the following has the shortest reflection?
A) The image is a virtual image. wavelength? A) The angle of incidence is
B) They allow for a large field of A) green light equal to the angle of
view. B) infrared radiation reflection.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, Division of Tagum City SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
MAGDUM NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10
B) The angle of incidence is B) convex A) No light rays will reflect an
equal to the normal. C) plane opaque object.
C) The angle of reflection is D) reflecting B) All wavelengths reflect at the
equal to the normal. 44. What type of lenses do microscopes use? same angle to the normal.
D) The normal is perpendicular A) concave C) Red will have the greatest
to the reflecting surface. B) plane angle because it has the
33. Object A reflects more than object B. C) convex longest wavelength.
Therefore, object A is ________ object B. D) reflecting D) Violet will have the greatest
A) rougher than 45. What is the main purpose of a telescope? angle because it has the
B) smoother than A) to gather as much light as shortest wavelength.
C) just as smooth as possible 55. In diffuse reflection, why are the reflected
D) made of the same material as B) to magnify an image rays not parallel to each other?
C) to make objects appear closer A) because the light is of various
34. A mirror with a flat surface is called a D) to reflect light at an object wavelengths
__________ mirror. 46. Large telescopes magnify with what? B) because the surface is not
smooth
A) plane A) lenses C) because the incident rays are
B) convex B) computers not parallel
C) concave C) mirrors D) because they are only parallel
D) flat D) cameras when reflected off a plane
35. What occurs to light waves in a convex 47. What is special about zoom lenses? mirror
mirror? A) They have a short focal 56. Why does a plane mirror make a room
A) They converge. length. appear larger?
B) They diverge. B) They have a long focal length. A) The incident light rays are all
C) They reflect at right angles. C) They allow you to change the reflected in parallel.
D) They are absorbed focal length. B) The shiny surface increases
36. What is a focal length? D) They have no focal length. illuminance.
A) the difference between the 48. What happens to an image when the focal C) The light scatters from them.
angle of incidence and the length of a lens is reduced? D) Plane mirrors always produce
angle of reflection A) It gets larger. virtual images.
B) the distance from the mirror to B) It remains the same. 57. A virtual image is _____ the object.
the reflecting object C) It gets smaller. A) the same size as
C) the distance light travels D) It goes out of focus. B) smaller than
along a reflective surface 49. Why can a prism break white light up into C) larger than
D) the distance from the center different colors? D) the reverse image of
of the mirror to the focal point A) Different colored light has 58. Images from a plane mirror are _____.
37. The speed of light is __________. different wavelengths. A) smaller than the object
A) faster in water than in air B) Certain parts of a prism only B) left-to-right reversed
B) slower in water than in air let certain colors of light pass C) upside down
C) the same speed in water and through. D) a front-to-back reversal
air C) The colors are changed by 59. For lenses, what does a negative
D) fastest in water addition. magnification mean?
38. What causes light waves to refract? D) This is an example of color by A) The image can only be seen if
A) The speed of light remains subtraction. viewed parallel to the focal
constant. 50. What color(s) are reflected from a yellow axis.
B) The speed of light is reduced flower petal? B) The image cannot be seen by
to zero. A) red and blue the human eye.
C) The speed of light changes B) yellow C) The image is smaller than the
from one medium to the next. C) yellow and red object.
D) The light is repelled by some D) all colors of the spectrum D) The image is inverted
materials. 51. If you were to place the polarizing axes of compared to the object.
39. All lenses have __________. two polarizing filters at 90° to each other, 60. An object placed at 2F from a convex lens
A) at least one curved side what percent of light intensity would pass will _____.
B) only one curved side through? A) produce an image that is
C) two curved sides A) 0 smaller than the object
D) no curves at all B) 50% B) produce an image that is the
40. The image formed by a concave lens is C) 100% same size as the object
similar to that formed by a __________. D) 75% C) produce an image that is
A) convex lens 52. The speed of light in a vacuum is constant. larger than the object
B) concave mirror Once the frequency of the light wave is D) produce an image that is a
C) plane mirror known, the _____ can be determined. virtual
D) convex mirror A) distance from the source
41. Which is an example of a convex lens? B) Doppler shift
A) nearsighted eyeglasses C) color
B) a car windshield D) wavelength
C) a side mirror on a car 53. In what part of the eye is light primarily
D) magnifying glass focused?
42. Where does an image form on the eye? A) lens
A) the retina B) optic nerve
B) the lens C) cornea
C) the optic nerve D) retina
D) the cornea 54. If white light is reflected off a surface, which
43. To correct nearsightedness, which lenses color of light has the greatest angle of the
should be used? reflected ray?
A) concave