POTENCIANO SOLON BANDOLON MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Tagulo, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur

2nd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

IN SCIENCE 9
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________
Grade/Section: _______________________________________________ Score: _______________
TEST 1- MULTIPLE CHOICES: Write the letter of your choice in the space provided before each number.
_____1. An ecosystem is one in which all living and non-living things interact with each other, What kind of
environment the organisms need for them to interact harmoniously.
a. balanced environment b. over populated c. polluted d. unbalanced environment
_____2. When all the members of a species die, what will happen to that species place in the ecosystem?
a. threatened b. gone forever c. population increased d. endangered
_____3. Which species do you think dominates in a coconut plantation?
a. flowers b. grasses c. coconut d. fishes
_____4. Within a certain area, what do you call the group of living things that are all the same species?
a. biodiversity b. community c. forest d. population
_____5. Which has a greater amount of biodiversity?
a. Jungle and marine park b. coconut plantation c. cornfield d. rice field
_____6. What refers to the variety of life in an area such as in a jungle community?
a. population b. Biodiversity c. community d. marine park
_____7. These are environmental conditions that keep a population from increasing in size and help balance
ecosystems.
a. balanced ecosystem b. carrying capacity c. limiting factors d. population density
_____8. When a species’ population becomes so low that only a few remain, the species will be considered ___.
a. extinct b. loss of habitats c. degradation d. endangered
_____9. When the population of a species begins declining rapidly, what will the species become?
a. threatened b. endangered c. less population d. extinct
_____10. Most factors affecting the accelerated rate of extinction are human actions such as:
a. hunting and trapping b. overharvesting c. pollution d. all the above
_____11. Have you eaten? Did you turn on an electric light, ride a tricycle or jeepney, or use a computer today?
What did you use to do all these activities?
a. natural resources b. forest c. marine products d. technology
_____12. One of the country’s environmental problems is the rapid rate at which trees are cut down. Did you
encounter the same problem in your community? This problem is called ____.
a. typhoons b. deforestation c. kaingin d. illegal logging
_____13. A major problem in lakes, rivers and ponds is what we called ______.
a. fish kill b. decomposition c. eutrophication d. pollution in water
_____14. Another effect of water pollution happens when there is an increase in concentration of organic
nutrients in bodies of water. What do you call this type of condition?
a. water pollution b. red tide c. algal bloom d. fish kill
_____15. Pollutants dumped into the rivers and streams eventually find their way to
a. groundwater suppliess b. the ocean c. atmosphere d. geosphere
_____16. The average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere may rise as a result of
a. water pollution b. the greenhouse effect c. garbage dumping d. typhoons
_____17. Many (a. alternative b. expensive c. non-renewable d. renewable energy)
sources are being developed to replace fossil fuels.
_____18. Some endangered species of plants in tropical rain forests may be sources of.;
a. fossil fuel b. wind mill c. hazardous waste d. medicine
_____19. Humans are using ( a. more b. fewer c. better d. best) natural
resources than they did 100 years ago.
_____20. In a farm, soy beans were the only crop that was planted on several hectares of land. A farmer noticed
that a fungus was growing all over the soy beans field. What might eventually happen to the soybeans
and the fungus?
a. soybeans and fungus grow healthy b. most soybeans die, and fungus will contaminate the farm
c. soybeans become food for fungus d. soybeans and fungus survive healthy together
_____21. If the population species of a given area is doubled, what effect would this have on the resources of
the community?
a. resources also doubled b. populations will be benefited
c. resources will not be enough d. unlimited resources.
_____22. Plants make food by absorbing water and carbon dioxide. Which of the following substances is the origin of
oxygen released as gas by green plants during photosynthesis.
a. water b. sugar c. carbon dioxide d. ribulose
_____23. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that cycle out in the ecosystem. Which of the following gases is
important to photosynthesis?
a, water vapor b. oxygen c. carbon dioxide d. ozone gas
____24. Plants are considered as food makers. In which of the following cell organelles does photosynthesis occur?
a. chloroplast b. ribosome c. chlorophyll d. mitochondrion
_____25. Plants are unique among other organisms due to their capability to trap sunlight and make their own food.
which of the following enables plants to trap energy from the sun?
a. epidermis b. chlorophyll c. cuticle d. chloroplast
_____26. What do you call the process of food making in plants?
a. cellular respiration b. glycolysis c. photosynthesis d. Krebs cycle
_____27. Improved farming practices will enhance photosynthesis which will help in;
a. thickening of leaves b. stunted growth of plants c. plants becomes many d. good harvest
_____28. If materials are recycled through the process of photosynthesis in the chloroplast. In which organelles does
respiration occurs?
a. mitochondrion b. cuticle c, epidermis d. inner membrane
_____29. In photosynthesis, plants capture light energy from the sun. this energy is converted into what kind of energy
transformation.
a. light energy b. chemical energy c. mechanical energy d. food energy
_____30. Among the following, which step is involved in the breakdown of glucose?
a. Calvin cycle b. light reaction cycle c. glycolysis d. cellular respiration

TEST II- Discuss and Illustrate:( Through the given chemical equation)
1. The summary equation for photosynthesis is as follows:
Carbon dioxide + water sunlight glucose + oxygen
Chlorophyll

A. DRAWING:( A plant, sunlight and label) (5 points)

B. Discussion: (Discuss the given equation above in not less than 100 words) ( 5 points)
 POTENCIANO SOLON BANDOLON MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Tagulo, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur

2nd PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

IN SCIENCE 10
Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: ________________
Grade/Section: _______________________________________________ Score: _______________
TEST 1- MULTIPLE CHOICES: Write the letter of your choice in the space provided before each number.
_____1. You see the reflection of the clock without numbers in your plane mirror. This image formed by the
hands of the clock show the time of 3:30. what is the real time?
a. 8:30 b. 3:30 c. 10:30 d. 9:30
_____2. Where is the image located if an object is 30cm in front of the convex mirror with a focal length of
20cm?
a. between c and f b. between f and v c. in front of the mirror d. back of the mirror
_____3. How much larger will your classroom seem to appear if the entire two adjacent walls of your classroom
consist of plane mirrors?
a. 2x larger b. 5x larger c. 4x larger d. 6x larger
_____4. What type of mirror do dentists usually use to see clearly the images of our teeth?
a. plane mirror b. converging c. convex d. concave
_____5. Mary stands 1.5-m tall in front of a plane mirror. What is the height of her image?
a. 1.5m b. 4.5m c. 5.6m d. 4.3m
_____6. What is the distance of your image from you if you stand 1.5 m in front of a plane mirror?
a. 4.5m b. 3.0m c. 2.0m d. 1,5m
_____7. An object is placed between a concave mirror and its focal point. What is the type and orientation of
the image formed.
a. real and erect b. virtual and inverted c. virtual and erect d. real and inverted
_____8. 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. concave mirror c. converged mirror d. convex mirror
_____9. A light ray, travelling parallel to a concave mirror’s axis, strikes the mirror ‘s surface. The reflected
ray______.
a. passes through the mirrors focal point
b. travels parallel to the mirror’s axis
c. passes through the mirror’s center
d. travels at right angles
_____10. A white sheet of paper cannot act as mirror because it _____ the rays of light.
a. refract b. diffuses c. diffracts d. interferes
_____11. Which of the following optical instruments will be used to produce a reduced and inverted image of a
distant object?
a. projector b. microscope c. camera d. telescope
_____12. This optical instrument uses 2 convex lenses to make a smaller object larger.
a. camera b. oscilloscope c. telescope d. microscope
_____13. Sun’s rays are observed to focus at appoint behind the lens. What kind of lens was used?
a. converging lens b. diverging c. focusing d. none of the above
_____14. What is the bouncing off of light rays when it hits a surface like a plane mirror?
a. refraction b. reflection c. diffraction d, diffusion
_____15. The ray of light approaching the mirror which is represented by an arrow approaching an optical
element like mirrors.
a. reflected ray b. refracted ray c, incident ray d. accident ray.
_____16. What is that imaginary line that can be drawn perpendicular to the surface of the mirror at the point of
incidence where the ray strikes the mirror?
a. straight line b. vertical line c. perpendicular line d. normal line
_____17. The angle formed in between the incident ray and the normal line.
a. angle of incidence b. angle of reflection c. right angle d. obtuse angle
_____18. This ray of light which leaves the mirror and is represented by an arrow pointing away from the
mirror.
a. incident ray b. reflected ray c. refracted ray d. accident ray
_____19. These are formed through the reflection that happens when arranging at least two mirrors.
 a. double images b. single image c. multiple images d. triple images
_____20. Reflection is classified into two types. This type of reflection of light is on smooth surfaces such as
mirrors or a calm body of water.
a. dual reflection b. diffracted reflection c. diffused d. specular reflection
_____21. In the image formed of the Mt. Mayon on the calm and still waters of the Albay lake, this is an
example of what type of reflection.
a. regular reflection b. diffused c. refracted d. reflected
_____22. What type of reflection of light happens on rough surfaces such as clothing, paper and wavy water?
a. specular b. diffused c. refracted d. reflected
_____23. A spoon is an example of a _______ mirror with both concave and convex surfaces.
a. spherical b. plane c. curved d. square
_____24. This kind of spherical mirror is curved in which the reflective surface bulges away from the light
source.
a. convex b. converges c. curved d. concave
_____25. This kind of mirror is also called as diverging mirror because the parallel incident rays diverge after
reflection, when extending the reflected ray behind the mirror, the rays converge at the focus behind the
mirror.
a. convex b. concave c. curve d. convert
_____26. If you stand in front of two adjacent mirrors at 90*angle, how many images will you see/
a. 1 b. 3 c.4 d. 5
_____27. An object kept at 150 mm from a concave mirror with a radius of curvature of 600mm. find the image
distance.
a. -159mm b. 150mm c. -300mm d. 330mm
_____28. What kind of mirror is used by department store to give a wider area and smaller image of the
shopper’s byers?
a. plane mirror b. concave mirror c. curve mirror d. convex mirror
_____29. As indicated by the hands of the clock without numbers, the real time is 9:30. What is the time
indicated in its image if the clock is placed in front of a plane mirror?
a. 2:30 b. 3;30 c. 9:30 d. 10:30
_____30. What type of lens produces smaller and upright images?
a. convex b. concave c. converging d. diverging

TEST II- Identify the following:

__________1. This is a kind of lens that is thicker at the edges and thinner in the center. It is called a diverging
lens.
__________2. A kind of curve mirror in which the reflective surface bulges away from the light source.
__________3. A polished or smooth surface as of glass that forms images by reflection.
__________4. This is the bouncing off of light when it hits a surface.
__________5. The bending of light rays when passing obliquely from one medium to another.

TEST III- ENUMERATION

A. 1-2------Two kinds of spherical mirrors
B. 3-4-------Two types of reflection
C. 5-6-------Types of lenses
D. 7-10----- Give examples of optical devices