ANTIQUE NATIONAL SCHOOL

San Jose, Antique

LONG TEST IN SCIENCE 7
S.Y. 2019 – 2020

Name: __________________________________ Grade & Section: ________________ Date: ___________ Score: _____

I. Multiple Choices: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided before the
number.

____ 1. The following statements refer to hypothesis. Which one does NOT?
a. Tentative answer c. it can be tested
b. An explanation to an observation d. a variable
____ 2. When you try to explain the result of the experiment or answer to experiment sought by the researcher, you are
__________.
a. Conducting an experiment c. identifying the problem
b. Stating a hypothesis d. making a conclusion
____ 3. What scientific procedure is undertaken by scientists to test a hypothesis?
a. Making conclusion b. conclusion c. experiment d. gathering data
____ 4. In a scientific experiment, the variable that you can change or manipulate is called ____________.
a. Dependent variable b. independent variable c. controlled variable d. experimental variable
____ 5. All the conditions in the experiment that must be the same to make it fair are called _____________.
a. Independent variable b. controlled variable c. dependent variable d. experimental variable
For items 6-9:
Rain was tasked by her teacher to investigate whether or not the water temperature affects the rate at which
salt dissolves
____ 6. Which variable being observed and measured by Jay?
I. The amount of table salt
II. The temperature of water
III. The time salt completely dissolved in hot water
IV. The time salt completely dissolved in cold water.
a. I only b. I and II c. III only d. III and IV
____ 7. What is the independent variable?
a. Amount of water and salt c. temperature of water
b. Dissolving time of salt in hot and cold water d. size of salt particles
____ 8. What is the dependent variable in Jay’s experiment?
a. Amount of water b. amount of salt c. method of stirring d. dissolving time of salt
____ 9. Observing the fair test what will be his control variables?
a. Amount of water, temperature of water, amount of salt, method of stirring
b. Amount of water, temperature of water, dissolving time of salt, size of salt
c. Amount of water, amount of salt, method of stirring, size of salt
d. Amount of water, temperature of water, method of stirring, size of salt
____ 10. Why is solution considered to be a homogenous mixture?
a. It contains a solute and solvent c. it can be diluted or concentrated
b. Its components are distributed evenly d. it is usually liquid.
____ 11. Which of the following does not describe a solution?
a. Has components that can be separated by physical means c. clear
b. Has a component that cannot pass through filter paper d. homogenous
____ 12. Which will NOT increase the solubility rate of solid solute?
a. Shaking b. crushing the solute c. stirring d. adding ice into the water
____ 13. Which of the following is a heterogenous mixture?
a. Oil-water b. milk powder-hot water c. soy sauce-vinegar d. sugar-water
____ 14. A solution is prepared by mixing 40 g of salt in 60 g of water. What is the concentration of salt-water solution
formed in percent by mass (% by mass)?
a. 10% b. 20% c. 30% d. 40 %
____ 15. In Question # 14, what is the solute?
a. Salt b. water c. vinegar d. sugar
____ 16. How can you increase the concentration of a solution?
a. Add more solvent b. add more solute c. make the solution colder d. make the solution warmer
____ 17. The component of a solution that comes in greater amount as compared with the other is called _______.
a. Miscible liquid b. immiscible liquid c. solute d. solvent
____ 18. An unsaturated solution contains _______ dissolved solute than saturated solution.
a. More b. less c. equal d. sometimes less, sometimes more
____ 19. Which statement is NOT TRUE regarding pure substances?
a. Pure substances are homogenous.
b. Pure substances boil and melt at a particular temperature.
c. Pure substances are made up of only one kind of element.
d. Pure substances can be further broken down into 2 or more simper substances.
____ 20. Sample X is an odorless and colorless liquid that boils at 100 0C and freezes at 00C. how would you classify
sample X based on these observations?
a. Sample X is a suspension c. sample X is a mixture
b. Sample X is a non-metal d. sample X is a substance
____ 21. What is the maximum amount of solute that can be dissolved in a fixed amount of solvent at a given
temperature?
a. Dilution b. dissolution c. percent by mass d. solubility
____ 22. You were asked by your science teacher to investigate the nature of an unknown solid substance. You decided
to heat a sample of blue-green solid substance and it turned into a colorless gas and a black solid. What could
be the nature of the original blue-green substance and why?
a. Compound, because heating the sample produced two different substances.
b. Element, because the sample can be further broken down into 2 or more simpler substances.
c. Mixture, because it is homogenous.
d. Mixture, because the material contains two or more substances.
____ 23. Which of the following statement distinguishes pure substances from mixtures?
a. Substances can be separated by physical means.
b. Substances consist of two or more kinds of matter.
c. Substances have no specific solubility.
d. Substances have constant boiling temperature and melting temperature.
____ 24. Mixtures can be separated by methods while pure substances cannot be separated. Which of the following
groups contain only pure substances?
a. Gold, Sulphur, water c. air, salt, sugar
b. Gold, rubbing alcohol, air d. carbon dioxide, air, water
____ 25. Based on its composition, matter can be classified as either ________ and ___________.
a. Substance; mixture c. homogenous; heterogenous
b. Substance; solution d. mixture; alloy
____ 26. Which among the substances is a compound?
a. Sugar b. salt c. carbon dioxide d. all of the above
____ 27. Which of the following is an element?
a. Air b. iron c. salt d. sugar
____ 28. Which of the following methods is the most convenient technique to use in separating rice grains from flour?
a. Distillation b. sieving c. magnetizing d. filtration
____ 29. What is the smallest particle of element?
a. Molecule b. electron c. atom d. neutron
____ 30. Which of the following is not a subatomic particle?
a. Photon b. neutron c. electron d. proton
____ 31. Hannah heated a white substance Z in a test tube. She observed that the process produced a black material and
a liquid. What can be inferred from her observation?
a. Substance Z is a metal c. Substance Z is an element
b. Substance Z is a nonmetal d. substance Z is a compound
____ 32. Which of the following substances will form a black crystalline solid and a liquid when heated?
a. Gold b. Sulfur c. silver d. sugar
____ 33. Which of the following pH is the most acidic?
a. pH 1 b. pH 2 c. pH 6 d. pH 9
____ 34. Plant extract is either acidic or basic in nature. If a plant extract is acidic, which of the following pairs of
characteristics will be observed?
a. Tastes bitter, change blue litmus paper to red
b. Tastes sour, changes red litmus paper to blue
c. Tastes sour, changes blue litmus paper to red.
d. Tastes bitter, changes red litmus paper to blue.
____ 35. Lucia is using a blue litmus paper to identify acidic and basic mixtures. Which possible mixture could turn his
litmus paper to red?
I. Mango juice III. Toothpaste
II. Soft drinks or soda IV. Distilled water
a. I only b. I and II c. II and III d. III and IV
____ 36. Your Chemistry teacher asked you to test substance X using a litmus paper. You have noticed that the red
litmus paper turns to blue. This observation indicates that the substance is ________.
a. Basic b. metallic c. acidic d. neutral
For Questions 37 and 38 refer to the information below. The following table lists the pH of four solutions A, B, C, and D.
Solutions pH
A 1
B 4
C 7
D 10

____ 37. Which among the substances is neutral?

a. A b. C c. D d. B
____ 38. Which of the following statements about acid-base character of the solutions is true?
a. Solution D is more basic than solution B. c. Solution A is more basic than Solution C.
b. Solution B is more acidic than Solution C. d. Solution C is more basic than Solution D.
____ 39. What is the chemical symbol for Potassium?
a. P b. Po c. Pt d. K
____ 40. Lanie is observing the characteristics of metals like aluminum can, iron nail, gold ring and silver spoon. He
discovered that these materials possess the same kind of properties. Which of the following describes the
characteristics of metal observed by Lanie?
a. Metals are malleable c. metals are insulators
b. Metals are brittle d. metals are non-conductors
____ 41. Chlorine, iodine, and Bromine are nonmetals. What BEST distinguishes a nonmetal from metal is its _____.
a. Boiling point b. poor conductor of electricity c. homogeneity d. ductility
____ 42. Which INCORRECTLY describes a metal?
a. Metals are ductile. c. metals are insulators.
b. Metals are malleable. d. metals are conductors.
____ 43. Ductility is the ability of the metals to be pulled into thin wires while malleability is __________.
a. To break easily c. to be hammered into flat sheets
b. To conduct heat and electricity d. to shine by reflecting light
____ 44. Elements play an important role in human body. Which of the following is correctly paired?
a. Iodine: prevents anemia c. calcium: strengthens bones and teeth
b. Potassium: prevents goiter d. Sodium: regulates amount of body fluid
____ 45. Metals are good conductors of heat and electricity. Which element does not exhibit this property?
a. Silver b. Iron c. Sulfur d. Aluminum

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Prepared by:

CHRISTINE JOY M. GIMENO

Subject Teacher