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1. Tides, caused by the moon's gravity create a frictional force that is gradually slowing down Earth's rotation
speed. One million years from now, scientist may discover that compared today, the Earth's _________________.
A. Day is shorter
B. Year is longer
C. Day is longer
D. Year is shorter

2. Which of these characterizes organic compounds?

A. They always require electrical means to separate.
B. They are compounds containing carbon.
C. They cannot be broken down into simpler substances.
D. They are compounds of any elements.

3. After two pregnancies, some of the mothers loose teeth or so. What could be the cause?
A. Lack of iron and other minerals in the diet during pregnancies.
B. Too much sweets in the diet.
C. Diet during pregnancy lacks sulphur.
D. Poor brushing habits.

4. An atom of silicon has a mass number of 28 and atomic number of 14. How many protons are in this atom?
A. 28
B. 7
C. 12
D. 14

5. What is the most likely reason for a desert plant to have a few or no leaves?
A. To increase photosynthesis.
B. To increase transpiration.
C. To decrease photosynthesis.
D. To decrease transpiration.

6. A metal wire with a resistance of 20 ohms and a potential difference of 220 volts will have a current of
_______.
A. 11 Amperes
B. 20 Amperes
C. 13 amperes
D. 12 Amperes

7. Where do weather disturbances occur?

A. Troposphere
B. Thermosphere
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C. Mesosphere
D. Stratosphere

8. The moon's revolution around the Earth is the cause of the following EXCEPT
A. the changing of tides
B. the occurrences of eclipses
C. the changing of seasons
D. the different phases of the moon

9. One of the physical properties of a metal, compared to a non-metal, is that metal is malleable. What does
malleability mean?
A. This means you can use it to conduct electricity.
B. It only means you can pound it into thin sheets without breaking.
C. You can pull it into a wire that will conduct electricity.
D. This means you can see you reflection on it.

10. Boyle's law states that the product of pressure and volume remains constant as long as the temperature
does not change. A piston in air tight pump is withdrawn so that the volume of the air chamber is increased 5
times. What is the change in pressure?
A. The pressure in the piston is reduced to one-fifth.
B. The pressure in the piston is reduced to one-fourth.
C. The pressure in the piston is increased to five times.
D. There is no change in the pressure in the piston chamber.

11. What will happen to the blood cells if they are placed in a solution which has a higher osmotic pressure?
A. More water will flow into the blood cells.
B. More water will leave the blood cells.
C. The rate of water flowing in and out of the cells is the same
D. The water will not leave the cell.

12. Which among the following will be found on the surface of the Earth?
A. meteoroids
B. asteroids
C. meteors
D. meteorites

13. These are responsible for the immunity of the human body from illnesses. They attack the antigens and
harmful microorganisms and change their chemical properties to make them harmless.
A. structural protein
B. hormones
C. antibodies
D. muscle tissues

14. Without the process of meiosis, we can infer that the offspring from sexual reproduction would....
A. have a high degree of genetic variety
B. Have twice the assigned number of chromosomes.
C. Be identical
D. Have a number of mutations

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15. What protist can cause dysentery?

A. Plasmodium vivax
B. Neisseria gonorrhoeae
C. Entamoeba histolytica
D. Streptococcus

16. Who was the father of modern taxonomy and responsible for coining the term Homo sapiens?
A. Chatton
B. Aristotle
C. H. Copland
D. Linnaeus

17. Which equation for second law of motion would you use in finding acceleration if you know mass and
force? Let f=force, m=mass, and a=acceleration
A.a=fm
B. a=f/m
C. a=fma
D. a=m/f

18. The statement, “Objects want to keep the same thing” is a way of stating which law of motion?
A. Law of acceleration
B. First law of motion
C. Second law of motion
D. Third law of motion

19. A hypothetical ecosystem contains lettuce (the producer), a caterpillar (the primary consumer), a small
passerine bird (the secondary consumer) and a lion (the tertiary consumer). A gardener arrives and sprays
pesticide, killing the caterpillars. What will happen to the ecosystem?
A. The passerine birds will thrive
B. The lion will eventually die
C. The passerine birds will be converted to herbivores
D. The lettuce will wilt and die

20. Who established the relationship between the volume of a gas and the pressure when the temperature is
constant?
A. Blaise Pascal
B. Robert Boyle
C. Lavoisier
D. Archimedes

21. Which statements differentiate weight for mass?

A. Weight is distance from a reference point
B. Weight has volume, mass has none
C. Weight is a full of gravity, mass is space occupied
D. Weight is a force while mass is amount of matter

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22. A motorcycle runs 10 km in 30 minutes. What is its average speed?

A. 30 KPH
B. 20 KPH
C. 3 KPH
D. 0.3 KPH

23. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A. Energy is the capacity to do work.
B. Work can be expressed as Force X Distance
C. Power is the amount of work done in a unit of time.
D. The unit of power is joule.

24. If you do a 100 joules of work in two seconds (using 100 joules of energy). How much power is used?
A. 200 watts
B. 100 watts
C. 50 watts
D. 25 watts

25. A ball is launched at an angle of 60 degrees from the horizontal. What do you call the horizontal distance
traveled by the ball?
A. Trajectory
B. Projectile
C. Range
D. Hyperbola

26. When the solid block of materials is cut in half, its density is ________.
A. Unchanged
B. Halves
C. Doubled
D. Tripled

27. According to the kinetic molecular theory, liquids are similar in solids in that _______.
A. Their molecules are arrange in a regular manner
B. The motion of their particles changes with temperature
C. The motion of their particles cannot be determined
D. There is very little space in their molecules

28. A stone was thrown upward from the roof, at the same time that an identical stone was dropped from there.
The two stones will __.
A. Have the same velocity upon reaching the ground
B. Take the same time to reach the ground
C. Have the same acceleration when they reach the ground
D. Reach the ground at the same time

29. What is the car’s acceleration if ten seconds after the starting from rest; it is moving at 40m/s?
A. 4.0m/s2
B. 10m/s2
C. 2.5m/s2
D. 0.25m/s2

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30. The radius of the path of an object in uniform circular motion is doubled. The centripetal force needed if its
speed remains the same is ________.
A. Four times as before
B. Half as great as before
C. Twice as much
D. Three times as much

31. Water boils, therefore if a liquid boils it must be water. This statement is:
A. correct, because boiling water is a liquid.
B. correct, because water is a liquid that boils.
C. wrong, because water does not always boil.
D. wrong, because not all liquids is water.

32. A metal spoon was left in a pot of boiling soup. The cook burned his finger by the touching the spoon. Why
did the finger get burned?
A. The metal spoon chemically reacted with the cook’s hand.
B. The metal spoon conducted electricity to the cook’s hand.
C. The metal spoon conducted heat to the cook’s hand.
D. The metal spoon insulated the cook’s hand.

33. Many people confuse mass with volume. Which of the statements below will illustrate the relationship
between mass and volume?
A. Mass and volume are both measured in kilograms
B. Objects with large mass always have large volume
C. Objects with greater mass has greater inertia and hence will have greater volume
D. Volume is a measure of space; mass is a measure of the actual amount of matter in a body

34. An air pollution situation in which reactions occur on the surfaces of solid particles and produce acidic
irritation of lung tissues is called _____.
A. Smog
B. Global warming
C. Acid rain
D. Ozone depletion

35. What is the correct number of subatomic particles in an atom of an element with atomic number 48 and
mass number 120?
A. 48 protons, 48 electrons, 72 neutrons
B. 72 protons, 48 electrons, 48 neutrons
C. 48 protons, 48 electrons, 120 neutrons
D. 72 protons, 48 electrons, 72 neutrons

36. Chlorofluorocarbons or freons are now banned for use as air propellants in air fresheners and hair sprays.
What is the reason for this ban?
A. Freons react with ozone in the stratosphere.
B. Freons react with metals and concrete.
C. Freons are highly toxic compounds.
D. Freons are acidic and corrosives.

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37. A fresh fruit shrinks when placed in a sugar solution. What factor explains this?
A. The sugar solution in the fruit has the same concentration as the surrounding sugar solution.
B. The sugar solution in the fruit has a lower concentration than the surrounding sugar solution.
C. The sugar solution in the fruit has a higher concentration than the surrounding solution.
D. The fruit has no sugar solution, thus the surrounding sugar solution diffused into the fruit.

38. Dalton’s Atomic Theory explains the laws of chemical changes. Which of Dalton’s assumptions explains the
Law of Conservation of Mass?
A. An atom is the smallest particle of an element.
B. In ordinary chemical reactions, no new atoms are created and no old ones are destroyed.
C. Atoms of a given element have the same properties of size, shape and mass.
D. Atoms combine in ratios of small whole numbers.

39. Osmosis is the process whereby

A. water flows across a semipermeable membrane from regions of high to low solute concentrations
B. water flows across a semipermeable membrane from regions of low to high solute concentrations
C. solutes flow across a semipermeable membrane from regions of high to low solute concentrations
D. solutes flow across a semipermeable membrane from regions of low to high solute concentrations

40. What type of bonds generally involves nonmetal atoms?

A. covalent bonds
B. mighty bonds
C. ionic bonds
D. none of them

41. Sports shoes tend to have rough bottoms. What is the best explanation for this?
A. To decrease friction so you move faster
B. To increase friction so you can change your motion more easily
C. To decrease your mass so you have more momentum
D. To reduce gravity and make you lighter
42. Which is most likely to change blue litmus paper to red?
A. Acetic Acid
B. Detergent solution
C. Limewater
D. Ammonia in water

43. Why do elements in the same families (groups) on the periodic table have the same properties?
A. They have the same atomic number and mass number.
B. They have the same number of electrons.
C. They have the same number of valence electrons.
D. They have very similar mass and atomic numbers.

44. Which of the following serves as thermal insulator in the body?

A. Carbohydrates
B. Nucleic acids
C. Proteins
D. Fats

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45. Friction is a force which,,,,

A. Acts in the opposite direction to that which you are moving in
B. Acts in the same direction to that which you are moving in
C. Acts downwards.
D. Acts upwards.

46. A truck's speed increases uniformly from 10 m/s to 30 m/s in 10 seconds. Determine the acceleration of the
truck.
A. 5 m/s^2
B. 3 m/s^2
C. 4 m/s^2
D. 2 m/s^2

47. When the source of sound is approaching the observer, as when a car blowing its horn moving toward you,
the pitch is higher, when it is moving away from you, the pitch is lower. What do you call this phenomenon?
A. overtones
B. Brownian Effect
C. Pitch effect
D. Doppler Effect

48. The property of light responsible for the formation of colors.

A. amplitude
B. velocity
C. quality
D. wavelength

49. Two charged bodies when brought near each other are attracted. The charge of the bodies are:
A. both negative
B. both positive
C. negative and positive
D. undetermined

50. It states that an object partly or wholly submerged in fluid is buoyed up but a force equal to the weight of
the fluid that it displaces.
A. Pascal's Principle
B. Bernoulli's Principle
C. Archimedes’ Principle
D. Newton's Principle

51. The point in the Earth’s orbit nearest to the sun

A. Solstice
B. Eclipse
C. Perihelion
D. Aphelion

52. A human arm, a bat’s wing and a seal’s flipper are examples of
A. Homologous Structure
B. Analogous Structure
C. Embryonic Organs
D. Vestigial Organs
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53. Which of the following is heterotroph?

A. Moss
B. Fern
C. Algae
D. Grasshopper

54. Bile is secreted by the liver and is stored in the_________.

A. Pancreas
B. gallbladder
C. small intestines
D. kidney

55. Which process occurs when solid is changed into gas?

A. Evaporation
B. Sublimation
C. Decomposition
D. Condensation

56. Which of the following statements is true about textbook laid on the table?
A. No force is acting on it
B. The textbook undergoes acceleration
C. The sum of the forces acting upon it is zero
D. The textbook undergoes deceleration

57. Greenhouse gases refer to gases that

A. allow sun’s radiation through but traps some of the heat trying to escape back into space
B. result in cooling of the earth’s atmosphere
C. act like an open window and let the earth’s heat escape
D. all of the above

58. Bats are able to navigate in the dark without bumping into anything because they:
A. are able to fluoresce in the dark.
B. have supersonic eyesight.
C. emit sound waves whose returning vibrations can detect the presence of objects
D. can disappear in the dark.

59. Which organism is an example of fungus?

A. Algae
B. mushroom
C. Euglenoids
D. Entamoeba

60. Which of these definitions could be used for one year?

A. The time it takes for Earth to go around the Sun once.
B. The time it takes for the Moon to go around Earth 12 times
C. The time for Earth to spin once on its axis.
D. The time for the Moon to complete all of its phases.

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61. A planet moves fastest in its orbit

A. when it is in opposition.
B. when it is closest to the Sun.
C. the greater its mass.
D. when it is farthest from the Sun.

62. The gravitational force between two massive spheres

a. is always an attraction.
b. depends on how massive they are.
c. depends inversely on the square of the distances between them.
d. all of the above

63. How long does it take the moon to go through all of its phases?
A. 1 year
B. 27 1/3 days
C. 29 ½ days
D. 24 hours

64. Which elements have an octet in their ground state?

A. Group 2
B. Group 5
C. Group 7
D. Group 8

65. Ions are formed by _____________.

A. Sharing of electrons
B. Gaining or losing protons
C. Sharing protons
D. Gaining or losing electrons

66. An object has a mass of 10 kg. Calculate its potential energy 5 m above the ground.
A. 490 Joules
B. 300 Joules
C. 100 Joules
D. 147 Joules

67. A chemical rule of thumb that reflect observation that atoms of main-group element tend to combine in
such way that each atom has eight electron in its valence shell, giving it the same electronic configuration as a
noble gas.
A. Octet rule
B. Covalent bonding
C. Hydrogen bonding
D. Ionic bonding

68. f an object moving toward you, the light spectrum will you observe?
A. Black Shift
B. Red Shift
C. Blue shift
D. No shift

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69. The science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena, such as weather and climate
A. Botany
B. Meteorology
C. Earth Science
D. Zoology

70. An atom or molecule in which the total number of electrons is not equal to the total number of protons
giving the atom or molecule a net positive or negative charge.
A. Ions
B. Valence electron
C. Atomic number
D. Atomic mass

71. The amount of matter in an object.

A. Density
B. Volume
C. Mass
D. Matter

72. The falling of any form of water from the air to Earth’s surface
A. Condensation
B. Water vapor
C. Precipitation
D. Rainwater

73. How many protons are present if an atom has a mass number of 23 and atomic number of 11?
A. 11
B. 23
C. 34
D. 12

74. Sun’s energy is generated by?

A. sun enacting with gravity
B. Nuclear fusion
C. Nuclear fission
D. Reaction with magnetic field

75. An object becomes positively charge if it ____________.

A. Gains electrons
B. Loses electrons
C. Gains protons
D. Loses protons

76. What is the conversion of atmospheric free nitrogen gas to ammonia which occurs through the activities of
certain bacteria and cyanobacteria?
A. Oxidation
B. Denitrification
C. Nitrification
D. Nitrogen fixation

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77. What human activity has added the most carbon in the atmosphere?
A. Burning of fossil fuel
B. Mining of fossil fuels
C. Cutting down trees
D. Increasing soil erosion

78. When you carry a heavy load with one arm, you tend to hold your hand away from your bod in order
______________.
A. Be ready to grab something in case you fall
B. Change the weight of your body and load
C. Change the mass of your body
D. Change the center of gravity of your body and load

79. Which of the following illustrates a physical change?

A. Iron nails rusts
B. Fruit ripens
C. Milk turns sour
D. Boiling water

80. Suppose the gravitational force between two massive spheres is 270 N. If the distance between the spheres
is tripled, what is the force between the masses?
A. 30 N
B. 90 N
C. 270 N
D. 810 N

81. Protein is one of the most essential food nutrients needed before and after birth, otherwise irreversible
mental retardation may occur. Which are some good sources of protein?
A. Corn, potato, bread
B. Noodles, orange, apple
C. Beans, eggs, milk
D. Garlic, pepper, eggplant

82. Which is an biotic component that affects life in an ecosystem?

A. Animal
B. Plants
C. Temperature
D. Humans

83. The phenotypic ratio in the offspring resulting from a cross Tt x Tt is?
A. 1:4
B. 4:0
C. 1:2:1
D. 3:1

84. Which part of the brain is responsible for thing and reasoning?
A. Medulla
B. Cerebellum
C. Cerebrum
D. Thalamus
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85. Egg-laying organisms are classified as ________.

A. Oviparous
B. Viviparous
C. Marsupials
D. Ovoviviparous

86. Who developed the theory that acquired characteristics are inherited?
A. Darwin
B. Lamarck
C. Morgan
D. Mendel

87. How do multicellular plants reproduce asexually?

A. Meiosis
B. Binary fission
C. Sporulation
D. Vegetative propagation

88. Which of the following will NOT support viral cultivation?

A. live lab animals
B. cell cultures
C. embryonated bird eggs
D. culture media

89. The phase in which booming growth stops and the number of bacteria stabilizes, as more and more
bacteria are competing for dwindling food and nutrients.
A. death
B. stationary
C. log
D. lag

90. What is a virus that infects bacteria called?

A. Virophage
B. Oncovirus
C. Bacteriophage
D. Prophage

91. Which statement below best describes the ways that energy and pesticides are transferred between levels
in food chains?
A. Available energy decreases and pesticide concentrations increase as you move up a food chain.
B. Available energy increases and pesticide concentrations increase as you move up a food chain.
C. Available energy increases and pesticide concentrations decrease as you move up a food chain.
D. Available energy decreases and pesticide concentrations decrease as you move up a food chain.

92. Pretend harmful forms of mercury are known to exist in the rivers, lakes, or oceans where you live. Assuming
all the items below could serve as food for humans, which would probably be the food source with the lowest
levels of mercury contamination?
A. large carnivorous fish
B. carnivorous crabs
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C. herbivorous crabs
D. small carnivorous fish

93. . When food is eaten by an organism, the majority of the energy available from the food is _____.
A. passed along to the next organism in the food chain
B. put into the growth of tissues and organs for the organism
C. excreted from the organism as feces
D. used to perform cell respiration

94. What occurs during the process of nitrogen fixation?

A. Ammonium is converted to nitrate.
B. Nitrogen gas is converted to ammonia
C. Ammonia is converted to ammonium.
D. Nitrates are converted to organic compounds.

95. Toxins in the food chain are magnified as you go to higher and higher trophic levels. This is because...
A. Higher tropic levels are mostly filled with many less-complex organisms so there are more individuals eating
the toxins.
B. Most of the toxins released into the environment are consumed only by animals high on the food chain.
C. Many toxins are not cleared from tissues, so each animal that eats another retains a relatively small
percentage of the carbon, nitrogen, etc. but 100% of the toxins.
D. Organisms higher on the food chain are larger, so the toxins are easier to see.

96. In the nitrogen cycle, the term "denitrification" refers to..

A. The conversion of ammonia into nitrogen
B. The conversion of nitrogen into ammonia
C. The conversion of nitrates into nitrogen gas
D. The conversion of nitrogen gas into nitrates

97. The amount of energy that is passed from one organism to the next in a food chain is _____.
A. 5%
B. 10%
C. 20%
D. 25%

98. Besides solid, liquid and gas, what is the fourth form of matter?
A. Gel
B. Colloid
C. Foam
D. Plasma

99. Two small non-conducting spheres, A and B, are charged electrically. A third non-conducting sphere, C, is
charged negatively. If sphere A is attracted to sphere C, sphere A must be__________.
A. Positive
B. Either positive or negative
C. negative
D. Neutral

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100. It is the up and down movement of gases and liquids caused by heat transfer
A. Radiation
B. Convection
C. Conduction
D. Heat capacity

“We don’t grow when things are easy; we grow when we

face challenges.” - unknown

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