Nazareth Christian School of Antipolo

Science Quiz Bee (Final round – HS)

S.Y. 2017 – 2018
Proverbs 2:6 For the Lord gives wisdom, from his mouth come knowledge and
understanding.
IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Read each item carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the space
provided before each number.

Easy

1. What is the series of shockwaves traveling through Earth resulting from a sudden
release of energy? - Earthquake
2. The core of the Earth is mainly composed of 2 elements, what are those? - Ni and Fe
3. Who is the proponent of the 3 laws of motion? – sir Isaac Newton
4. What is the acceleration due to the gravity on Earth? – 9.8 m/s2
5. In scientific method, once a question has been stated, a scientist formulates a possible
answer to the question. This possible answer is called as ________, or an“ educated
guess’’. – Hypothesis
6. In a sugar-water solution, what is the solute? – sugar
7. What is the human’s largest bone? – femur
8. How many bones does a human adult body has? – 206
9. The glass on the table is full of water. The glass represents what phase of matter? –
solid
10. What property of matter explains why oil stays on the top of the water? - Density
Average

11. The white outer covering of the eye’s is called ________ - Sclera
12. Among EMW in the EMS, which has the lowest frequency? – Microwave
13. Mayonnaise is under what classification of colloid? – Emulsion
14. It is used to express very large and very small quantities or amount. – scientific notation
15. At what temperature in Celsius will water change its phase from liquid to ice? -
16. Coal and diamonds are primarily composed of what element? - Carbon
17. In the study of cells and genetics, what is the meaning of the acronym DNA? –
deoxyribonucleic acid
18. What is the phenomenon in which a light is scattered through a colloidal system? –
Tyndall effect
19. What property of matter are you dealing with if you measure the length, width, and
height of an object? – volume
20. What layer of the atmosphere protects us from the ultraviolet rays coming from the sun
and is mainly composed of O3 (ozone)? – Ozone layer
Difficult 10

21. What is the Philippines’s first artificial satellite? – Diwata 1

22. In a series circuit, what value is constant? – Ampere
23. What hormone is responsible for regulation of the sleeping and waking up cycles of the
body? - Melatonin
24. What is the phenomenon in which white light is separated into its component by the
use of a prism? – Dispersion
25. What is the other term for nearsightedness? – Myopia
26. It is the involuntary and automatic response of the body to a stimulus – reflex
27. What process is observed when a gas turns into solid? – Deposition
28. Anti-matter
Clincher:

1. What is the brightest planet in the solar system? – Venus

2. What quantity is measured by the ratio of force and area? – Pressure
3. The sun’s core is mainly composed of what element? – Hydrogen
4. What is the third most abundant gas in the atmosphere? - Argon

Grade 6

1. What do you call the phase change where in the gas turns into solid? - Deposition
2. What is the human’s largest body organ? – skin
3. It is the part of the nervous system that controls posture and body movement –
Cerebellum
4. It is also coined as the “universal solvent”. – water
5. What is the most abundant gas in the atmosphere? - nitrogen
6. What organ is responsible for the distribution of blood in the body?
7. What organ system gives the human body its frame?
8. It is also called the “powerhouse” of the cell. – mitochondria
9. At what temperature in Celsius will water change its phase from liquid to vapor? – 100
10. What quantity is measure when the amount of substance an object has, is divided by
the space it occupies? - density
11. This refers to the typhoons in the Philippines. - Bagyo
12. What is the name of the Earth’s moon? – Luna
13. Coal and diamonds are primarily composed of what element? – Carbon
14. In the study of cells and genetics, what is the meaning of the acronym DNA? –
deoxyribonucleic acid
15. What do you call the phase change where in the solid matter turns into gas? -
sublimation
16. What property of matter are you dealing with if you measure the length, width, and
height of an object?
17. What property of matter explains why oil stays on the top of the water? - Density