Q4 G9 ST 3
Q4 G9 ST 3
City of Koronadal
SCIENCE GRADE 9
FOURTH QUARTER- SUMMATIVE TEST 3
General Directions: Read the questions carefully and write down your answers on separate sheet of
paper.
1. Which of the following situations has a decrease in Kinetic energy of the system?
a. A box compresses a spring.
b. An apple is falling down in a vacuum.
c. A car is at rest in a rough horizontal plane.
d. A block of wood is moving up along a smooth inclined plane.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about kinetic energy?
a. Change in kinetic energy is always positive.
b. Kinetic energy is always equal to potential energy.
c. Kinetic energy is a quantitative measure of inertia.
d. Kinetic energy is always directly proportional to velocity.
3. Which of the following situations has an increase in potential energy?
a. A box is at rest in a rough horizontal plane.
b. A car is accelerating along a horizontal plane.
c. A block of wood is moving up along a smooth inclined plane.
d. A car is slowing down along a horizontal plane by stepping on the brake pedal.
4. Anna drops a stone from a height of 2m. Just before it reaches the ground, what type of energy
does it have?
a. Potential Energy c. Chemical Energy
b. Nuclear Energy d. Kinetic Energy
For questions 5-6 Refer to the diagram.
8. As the object moves from point A to point D across the surface, the sum of its gravitational
potential and kinetic energies _______.
a. decreases only
b. remains the same
c. decreases and then increases
d. increases and then decreases
9. The object will have a minimum gravitational potential energy at point ______.
a. A c. C
b. B d. D
10. The objects kinetic energy at point C is less than its kinetic energy at point _____.
a. A only c. B only
b. A, D and E d. D and E
11. Mang Fernan, a carpenter, is planing a piece of wood with his planar. After a few minutes, he
observed that it is hot. Is there an evidence of heat transfer?
a. There is no evidence.
b. Yes, hotness means there is an increase in the temperature.
c. Yes, hotness means there is a decrease in the temperature.
d. No, hotness is not related to a change in temperature.
12. What is the function of a heat engine?
a. It converts chemical energy to mechanical energy.
b. It converts thermal energy to mechanical energy.
c. It converts mechanical energy to chemical energy.
d. It converts thermal energy to chemical energy.
13. Arthur stretched a rubber band five times. After that, he observed that the rubber band felt warm.
Did the rubber band gain heat?
a. No, it is not evident.
b. Yes, the rubber band felt warm means it lost heat.
c. Yes, the rubber band felt warm means it gained heat.
d. No, temperature is not related to gain or lost of heat.
14. Which statement describes the direction of spontaneous heat flow?
a. Heat flows in a vacuum.
b. Heat flows between two objects at the same temperature.
c. Heat flows from an object at high temperature to one at low temperature.
d. Heat flows from an object at low temperature to one at high temperature.
15. How does non-spontaneous process of heat flow happen?
A. heat flows from higher temperature to lower temperature
B. heat flows from lower temperature to lowest temperature
C. heat flows from lower temperature to higher temperature
D. heat flows from higher temperature to highest temperature
16. Which of the following is an example of non-spontaneous heat flow?
a. breakage of an egg
b. a ball rolling down a hill
c. a ball rolling up a hill
d. ice melting at room temperature
17. A bathtub and a coffee cup both contain water at 90ºF. Which of the following is true?
a. The cup contains more heat, and the two have the same temperature.
b. The bathtub contains more heat, and the two have the same temperature.
c. The two contain the same amount of heat and have the same temperature.
d. The two contain the same amount of heat, and the bathtub has a higher temperature.
18. In order for heat transfer to occur which of the following must be present?
a. air
b. temperature gradient
c. interface between two medium
d. all of these must be present
19. Which of the following BEST describes heat?
a. the amount of thermal energy in an object
b. the energy that moves from a hotter object to a colder object
c. a fluid-like substance that flows from a hotter object to a colder object
d. Both A and B
20. What law of thermodynamics states that heat will never flow from cold temperature to warm
temperature?
a. 1st Law of Thermodynamics
b. 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
c. 3rd Law of Thermodynamics
d. 4th Law of Thermodynamics