First Quarter Test in Grade 7 Science

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Direction: Read every item carefully then choose the correct answer from the options. Write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided before each item.
1. What property of acetic acid will make you conclude a. I and II c. II and III
that it is a pure compound? b. I and III d. I, II and III
a. It has a sour taste
b. It is clear liquid 8. When cleaning the toilet bowl using strong acid, it is
c. It boils sharply at 118 C harmful to inhale the acid mist. To avoid its effect,
d. It dissolves in both water an ether you can dilute it with water by pouring acid to water.
If the volume of the acid is 350 ml and water is 60
2. Which property of copper makes it a good material ml. what is the concentration of the solution?
for cooking pans? a. 80% c. 69%
a. Good conductor of heat b. 75% d. 35%
b. Malleable an strong
c. Light resistant to corrosion 9. Potassium is a ______ and chlorine is a ______.
d. Good insulator of electricity a. Metal, non-metal c. metal, metalloid
b. Metal, metal d. metalloid, non-metal
3. Gold is use to make rings. What property of gold
makes it ideal for this purpose? 10. Which statement describes a solute?
a. Gold does not conduct electricity a. Is the soli formed in solution
b. Gold does not corrode b. Is the liquid part of the solution
c. Gold is expensive c. Is the component of a solution in smaller
d. Gold is hard amount
d. Is the component of a solution in bigger amount
4. Several pieces of matches were buried in air and the
smoke was trapped in a jar containing a small 11. Arrange the following household items: toothpaste,
amount of water. A blue litmus paper dropped in this bar soap, tap water, vinegar, from most acidic to
water change to red. What kind of substance was most basic
formed? a. Tap water, toothpaste, vinegar, bar soap
a. Acid c. Salt b. Bar soap, tap water, vinegar, toothpaste
b. Base d. Metal c. Toothpaste, bar soap, tap water, vinegar
d. Vinegar, tap water, toothpaste, bar soap
5. How will you distinguish a pure solid from a mixture?
a. Compare their masses 12. Arrange the following household items: toothpaste,
b. Test with plant indicator bar soap, tap water, vinegar, from highest pH to the
c. Test melting point lowest pH
d. Compare their physical appearance a. Tap water, toothpaste, vinegar, bar soap
b. Bar soap, tap water, vinegar, toothpaste
6. Copper, silver, gold and other metals are good c. Toothpaste, bar soap, tap water, vinegar
conductors of electricity. Graphite and diamond are d. Bar soap, toothpaste, tap water, vinegar
different forms of carbon, a non metal. Only graphite
conducts electricity. What is the best generalization 13. Which of the following is statement is true?
that you can make from these observations? a. Ferrous sulfate cannot be broken down into
a. All electrical conductors are metals simpler substances
b. All electrical non-conductors are metals b. Compounds are made of one kind of element
c. All metals and some non-metals are electrical c. Water is composed of more than two elements
connector d. Compounds are more complex than element.
d. All metals are electrical conductor, all non-
metals are non-conductors 14. Calcium chloride is a compound of the two elements
calcium and chlorine. Which of the following
7. Two identical mixtures of alum and water are statement is true?
prepared and placed in container A and B. The a. Calcium chlorine is listed in the periodic table
pulverized alum in container A dissolved faster b. The symbol for calcium chlorine include Ca an Cl
than in B. Which statements can be inferred from the c. Chlorine may still be broken down into a simpler
observation? form
I. Smaller particles dissolve d. Calcium an chlorine belongs to the same group
II. Larger particle dissolve faster than in the periodic table
smaller ones
III. Size of solute affects the dissolving 15. Which is a mixture?
process a. Sugar dissolved in water c. fruit salad
b. Air d. all of the
above

16. What conclusion best describes this observation,

more sugar can be dissolved in hot water than in
cold water?
a. Solute is greater in amount than solute
b. Small grains of sugar will dissolve faster
 c. Grains have much more surface c. acid mixed with bases makes strong acids
d. More solid will usually dissolved in a liquid if the d. acids and bases do not react with each other
temperature is raised.
28. Plastic have advantages and disadvantages. Why are
17. Oxygen and nitrogen dissolved in the water of lakes, they useful?
oceans and rivers. This kind of solution is a: I. They are electrical insulators
a. Gas dissolved in liquid II. They can be molded into different shapes
b. Gas dissolved in solid III. They are non biodegradable
c. Liquid dissolved in solid IV. They can be mass produced
d. Solid dissolved in gas
a. II and III c. I and IV
18. Jewelry is an example of: b. I, II and III d. I, II and IV
a. Gas dissolved in solid
b. Liquid dissolved in gas 29. It is a way of separating mixture by settling heavy
c. Solid dissolved in liquid solids and pouring off the liquid.
d. Solid dissolved in another solid a. Fractional distillation c. decantation
b. Chromatography d.crystallization
19. A glass of soft drink gets flat. If it is set in a warm
room because: 30. Which of the following has the element name and
a. Carbon dioxide gas comes out of solution symbol correctly matched?
b. Temperature is raised a. Potassium, P c. manganese, Mg
c. Molecules of warm air rise than cold air b. Copper, C d. silver, Ag
d. Oxygen mixed with another gases
31. Substances that cannot be broken down into a
20. Which factor affects the rate of dissolution when simpler form by ordinary chemical means is called
sugar crystal dissolved faster in hot tea than in iced a(n)
tea? a. Element c. mixture
a. Stirring c. particle size b. Compound d. isotope
b. Pressure d. application of heat
32. A given sample contains a blackish-yellow powder.
21. An equal amount of acidic solution and basic When you move a magnet over it, you are amazed
solution are mixed together. What will be the pH of and see the black particles fly upwards and a yellow
the new solution? powder was left. What kind of materials are the
a. The pH will move towards 7 black particles?
b. The pH will move towards 9 a. Metal c. metalloids
c. The pH will become lower than 7 b. Nonmetal d compound
d. The pH will become 1 33. Which of the following elements if combine together
will form a salt?
22. Of the following common household products, which a. Sodium and potassium
is most acidic? b. Sodium and magnesium
a. Rubbing alcohol c. orange juice c. Sodium and chlorine
b. Bottle water d. liquid soap d. Sodium and iodine

23. Of the following common household products, which 34. Aluminum foil is produced by passing into mills and
has the highest pH? rolled thinly. What properties of metal exist in the
a. Rubbing alcohol c. orange juice aluminum foil?
b. Bottle water d. liquid soap a. Ductile c. magnetic
b. Malleable d. electrical
24. Cookies and cream would be classified as: conductivity
a. Homogenous mixture
b. An element 35. A liquid has the following properties: one-phase,
c. Heterogeneous mixture colorless, boils at varying temperature. Which of the
d. A compound following BEST describes the liquid?
a. Solution c. suspension
25. Two elements chemically combine defines b. Substance d. coarse mixture
a. A compound
b. An element 36. You were tasked to check if the liquid sample you
c. Homogenous mixture have is a substance or a mixture. Which among these
d. Heterogeneous mixture tests is the BEST way to o so?
I. Color comparison
26. This is a mixture of two or more substances in which II. Taste comparison
one or more of these substances (solute) are III. Boiling test
dissolved in another substance. IV. Melting test
a. Compound c. solution a. I, II an IV c. I, II
b. Molecule d. element and IV only
b. I, II and III only d. I and
27. Which of the following statements is true concerning III only
acids and bases?
a. acids and bases neutralize each other 37. What is the dependent variable (what is being
b. acids mixed with bases make stronger bases measured)?
 I. The temperature of water a. Calcium chloride is listed in the periodic table
II. The amount of sugar b. The symbol for calcium chloride include Ca an Cl
III. The length of time that sugar c. Chlorine may still be broken down into a simpler
completely dissolves in hot water. form
IV. The length of time that sugar d. Calcium and chlorine belong to the same group
completely dissolves in cold water. in the periodic table
a. I only c. II and III
b. II only d. III and IV For questions 46 and 47. Refer to the information
below. Write the symbols only.
38. If this is going to be a fair test, what variables should
they control?
a. Amount of water and sugar in each cup, method Substance Substance Substance
of stirring, time when the solid is added to Symbol Melts at Boils at
water, how long each solution is stirred. Ca 850 C 1490 C
b. Amount of water and sugar in each cup, method Cu 1083 C 2500 C
of stirring, how long each solution is stirred. Fe 1540 C 2900 C
c. Amount of water and sugar in each cup, method He -270 C -269 C
of stirring, time when the solid is added to Mg 650 C 1110 C
water, how long each solution is stirred. NCl3 -37 C 71 C
d. Amount of water in each cup, method of NO -103 C 152 C
stirring, time when the solid is added to water, Na2CO2 858 C 890 C
how long each solution is stirred. siO2 1610 C 2230 C

39. Which of the following is an example of a solution? 45. Which compound melts above 1000 C and boils at
a. Vinegar above 2000 C?
b. Halo-halo a. NCl3 c. Na2CO3
c. San in water b. SiO2 d. Mg
d. Oil in water
46. Which element is gaseous at room temperature?
40. Which statement describes the solute? a. NO c. Fe
a. It is the solid formed in solution b. Ca d. He
b. It is the liquid part of the solution
c. It is the component of a solution in smaller 47. Arrange the following waters from different sources
amount from the most acidic to most basic.
d. It is the component of a solution in bigger a. Tap water, rain water, water from pond, water
amount from river
b. Water from river, tap water, water from pond,
41. The label of the 200 ml rubbing alcohol that Mrs. rain water
Herrera bought shows that it contains 40% ethyl c. Water from pond, water from river, tap water,
alcohol. What is the volume of ethyl alcohol does the rain water
rubbing alcohol contain? d. Rain water, tap water, water from pond, water
a. 60 ml from river
b. 70 ml
c. 80 ml 48. Which of the following elements exhibit a ductile
d. 90 ml property?
a. Sulfur
42. Jill has an unopened box of a 2 meter foil labeled b. Mercury
100% made of aluminum. Aluminum is a substance. c. Nitrogen
Jill takes a thumb size piece of the aluminum foil. d. Aluminum
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the
piece of aluminum foil that Jill took compared with 49. The property of a metal which can be hammered
the rest that was left in the box? into thin sheets without breaking is:
a. Its mass an melting behavior are different a. Magnetic
b. Its mass an melting behavior are the same b. Malleability
c. The mass is different but the melting behavior is c. Conductivity
the same d. Ductility
d. The mass is the same but the melting behavior is
different
50. What will make you conclude that air is a mixture
and not a compound?
43. Which of the following statements is TRUE? a. Air has a mass
a. Ferrous sulfate cannot be broken down into b. Air supports combustion
simpler substances. c. Air appears homogenous
b. Compounds are made up of one kind of element d. Air has varying composition
c. Water is composed of more than two elements.
d. Compounds are more complex than elements

44. Calcium chlorine is a compound of the two elements Good Luck and God Bless!!!
calcium and chlorine. Which of the following
statements is TRUE?