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Part 6 General Education (150 Items) 8. Alcohol thermometer works on the principle that
1. Which of the following statements is definitely a. Volume usually increases with pressure.
true about the nature of science? b. Temperature usually increases with density.
a. Science will help make the world a better place to c. Volume usually increases with temperature.
live in. d. Temperature usually increases with pressure
b. Science can always uncover the truth in the 9. Which of the following is an important factor in
realm of nature. explaining why seasons occur?
c. Scientific work requires a dedication that a. Earth's axis is tilted.
excludes the lives of people in other fields of work. b. The sun's axis is tilted.
d. Theories in science can be disproved by testing: c. Earth rotates on its axis.
a well established theory can be demolished with a d. The sun rotates on its axis.
single observation. 10. To preserve the fertility of the soil, farmer
2. Which of the following processes is best should employ the following except
associated with technology than with science? a. strip cropping c. terracing
a. designing for a need b. continuous farming d. contour farming
b. uncovering natural phenomena 11. How can the presence of a person afflicted with
c. discovering the nature of matter HIV and/or AIDS be handled?
d. constructing concepts, principles and laws a. Discreetly reporting the case to health
3. Which of the following statements best describes authorities.
the connection between science and technology? b. Conducting home forum to discuss the
a. Scientist use the laws and principles discovered identification of AIDS cases.
by technologists. c. Avoid and discourage patronage of places
b. Technology is the part of science that deals with frequented by these persons.
mechanical problems. d. Discourage the establishment of recreation
c. Technology involves the practical applications of centers like cabarets and discos.
scientific knowledge. 12. The following describe chemical change except
d. Science depends on technology for ideas and the a. A chemical change takes place when a solid is
organization of experimental work. changed to liquid then changed to gas
4. Which of the following is a technological concept b. For a chemical change to take place, heat, light,
rather than a scientific concept? or electricity is either needed or given off.
a. Tungsten has a high melting point. c. Some examples of chemical change are souring
b. Metals are good conductors of heat. of milk, ripening of fruit, and digestion of food.
c. Resistance is inversely proportional to current. d. In a chemical change, a new substance is formed,
d. Fluorescent lamps are improved through with chemical properties that are difft rent from, the
methods of manufacturing. original substance
5. You want to add exactly 35.00 g of salt to a 13. Where do we trace the El Nino phenomenon?
solution. What instrument must you use to measure a. rising ocean levels
this amount? b. very severe earthquakes
a. beaker c. annual changes in seasons
b. thermometer d. thinning or depletion of the ozone layer
c. graduated cylinder 14. Why does the greenhouse effect result to
d. triple beam balance warmer temperature near the earth's surface?
6. Young people stand straight. Very old ones a. clouds trap infrared radiation
usually stoop. Why? b. soil absorbs incoming radiation
a. Sedentary lives of the old. c. ozone traps ultraviolet radiation
b. Habit of stooping developed in the old. d. carbon dioxide traps infrared radiation
c. Greater gravitational pull on the old than on the 15. Why do people feel warmer just before it rains?
young. a. Heat released by the condensation of water
d. Bones of the old have become weak and soft and vapor.
their joints become loose. b. The clouds prevent heat from escaping the earth.
7. Why is it not quite possible for viruses to live and c. The increased relative humidity makes them feel
multiply in the outer layers of our skin? warmer.
a. The outer layer of the skin has dead cells only. d. The warming is due to the heat absorbed by the
b. The outer layer of the skin has oil which is evaporation of water.
harmful to viruses. 16. A good method to prevent soil from being
c. The outer layer of the skin has a lower eroded from a hill is to
temperature unsuitable for viruses. a. irrigate the area
d. The outer layer of the skin has salt from b. plow the hill regularly
perspiration which is harmful to viruses. c. plant only ion alternate layers
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d. Plant the hill with grass or tree 27. Which of the following is predicted to be the
17. The possible interconnected feeding result of global warming?
relationships among organisms in an ecosystem are a. rising ocean level
termed b. thinning of ozone layer
a. Food pyramid c. Food chain c. more severe earthquakes
b. Food web d. Food groups d. larger volcanic eruptions
18. Two beakers contain boiling water. Beaker A has 28. Billy is one student who tries his best to submit
a volume of 150 mL while beaker B has a volume of laboratory reports, projects, and other requirements
600 mL. Which of the following statements is true? on time. Which of the following scientific attitudes
a. Both beakers are at equal temperatures. does Billy possess?
b. Both beakers have the same thermal energy. a. Patience c. open-mindedness
c. Beaker A has more thermal energy than beaker b. responsibility d. honesty
B. 29. A manager of a textile company said it is too
d. Beaker A has a higher temperature than beaker expensive to treat liquid wastes so he suggested
B. digging hole near the factory where the wastes can be
19. On the ground, Francis weighs 500n. Aboard stored. Is this environmentally safe?
flying at an elevation of 1500 m, what would his mass a. No, the liquid can be recycled.
be? b. No, the liquid waste will seep to the ground
a. 5 kg b. 50 kg c. 100 kg d. 150 kg water.
20. How will you classify the statement" The earth's c. Yes, the liquid wastes will be less hazardous with
outer core is a liquid."? time.
a. a law c. an inference d. Yes, the liquid will pass through layers of soil and
b. a theory d. an observation becomes clean.
21. To save fuel it is advisable to keep your pot 30. The air in Metro Manila is now heavily polluted
tightly closed while cooking. This prevents with carbon dioxide and lead dust from the motor
a. escape of nutrients vehicles, factories, and restaurants. As a citizen, you
b. escape of steam, thus built up pressure will minimize pollution by following all the following
c. escape of substances which tenderize the food. practices except
d. escape of vapor which increases the boiling a. Bury garbage rather than burning it.
point. b. Burning garbage in your own backyard.
c. Participate actively in government's tree
22. Not all organisms are harmful. Which of these is planting project.
done by yeast? d. Help disseminate information regarding the
a. encourage disease food advantages of using anti-pollution devices for motor
b. cause Yakult to be milky vehicles
c. cause milk to become cheese 31. Insecticides are used to control insect
d. Promotes the rising of bread for baking populations so that they do not destroy crops.
23. Which of the following organisms is used to However, over time, a new insecticide has to be
convert milk to cheese? developed as they become less effective in killing the
a. bacteria c. viruses insects. Why?
b. protozoa d. algae a. Insecticides build up in the soil.
24. Why do mountain climbers use oxygen b. Insecticides are concentrated at the bottom of
equipment at the top of high mountains? the food chain.
a. There is a hole in the ozone layer. c. Surviving insects pass their resistance to
b. There is less oxygen in the air at great heights insecticides to their offsprings.
c. There is less nitrogen in the air at great heights. d. Surviving insects have learned to include
d. There is no air on top of very high mountains. insecticides as a food source.
25. War experts use energy in its discovery of 32. Why do fishermen catch more fish during the
nuclear bombs. When energy is released from a new moon than during the full moon?
nuclear fission, what occurs? a. Fishes look for mates during the new moon
a. Atoms are split into fragments. b. Fishes are attracted to the light from the fishing
b. Energy is released from fission. boat
c. Decrease in mass nuclear bombs. c. Fishes go near the water surface during new
d. The energy possessed is used for bombing moon because the water is warmer.
nations. d. Fishes are more active during new moon because
26. Which of the following alternative sources of the salt content of water is just right.
energy could result to acid rain? 33. In one of his investigations, Alexander Fleming
a. solar c. geothermal noticed that bacteria growing on agar did not grow
b. biogas d. nuclear energy next to a mold that was growing on the same plate.
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He wrote in his report, "The mold may be producing a d. depends on the wattage produced by the light
substance that kills bacteria." The statement is best bulb
described as 41. The following statements are ideas about the
a. a conclusion c. an observation environment. Which one is false?
b. a hypothesis d. a generalization a. Clear water is clean water.
34. Which of the following is the primary reason b. Plants help clean the air of harmful gases.
why scientists repeat measurements they take during c. It takes millions of years for crude oil to form.
experiments? d. Fire can sometimes start by itself in a big pile of
a. To list all the results in a table decaying garbage.
b. To estimate experimental error 42. Ultrasound is often used by medical workers to
c. To check if the equipment is working. obtain features of internal body parts. Infrasound on
d. To change the experimental conditions. the other hand is commonly used in:
35. When scientists investigate, it is said that they a. monitoring conditions in pregnant women
follow the scientific method. How will you logically b. detecting harmful living tissues inside the body
arranged the essential steps in the scientific method? c. seismographic surveying of structures below the
1. make a hypothesis earth's surface
2. recognize the problem d. providing moving pictures of tidal waves and
3. formulate the simplest generalization earthquakes
4. perform experiments to test the prediction 43. A 12 cm red hot steel bar is placed into a pan of
5. predict the consequences of the hypothesis boiling water. Which statement correctly explains the
a. 1,4,2,3,5 c.2,5,1,3,4 resulting heat transfer?
b. 2, 1, 5, 4, 3 d. 3, 2, 1, 4, 5 a. Heat flow out of the kettle to the cooler
36. Which of the following factors contribute to surrounding air.
"greenhouse effect"? b. Heat flow from the water to the steel bar because
a. destruction of the forests boiling water has more thermal energy.
b. use of carbon dioxide by land plants c. Heat flows from the water to the steel bar since
c. depletion of minerals in the soil by overfarming the water molecules have higher average kinetic
d. use of solar glass panels to capture radiant energy.
energy d. Heat flows from the water to the steel bar since
37. All interacting units of matter tends to move the steal bar is at a higher temperature
toward a state in which energy content is a minimum, 44. Which of the following acid groups is found in
and the energy distribution is most random. In the vinegar?
process of attaining this state, energy matter and a. nitric acid c. formic acid
energy-matter transformations occur. This scheme is b. acetic acid d. ascorbic acid
governed by all of the following concepts except 45. Which of the following forms of energy travels
a. conservation c. homeostasis through empty space?
b. equilibrium d. isostacy a. chemical energy c. sound energy
38. Matter exists in the form of units which can be b. radiant energy d. all of them
classified in hierarchies or organizational levels. 46. Why do we see the sun rise in the east and set of
Which of the following units show a correct the west?
hierarchical organization? a. the earth rotates from west to east
a. atom — molecule — element — compound — b. the earth revolves counterclockwise
mixture c. the earth revolves from west to east
b. cell — tissue — organ — system — organism d. the sun rotates in a clockwise manner
c. solids — liquids — gases — plasma 47. All of the following are physical properties
d. protons — neutrons — electrons — ion except
39. Which of the following statements is not true of a. sugar dissolves in water
energy in the biosphere? b. water evaporates from an open container
a. Energy flows a one — way path. c. moth balls sublime at room temperature
b. Energy is conserved in the biosphere. d. butter turns rancid when left unrefrigerated
c. Energy follows a cycle through the web of life. 48. Colloids maybe dispersed in a gas, liquid, or
d. Energy leaves the living system in the form of solid. Which of the following colloidal systems show a
heat. liquid dispersed in a gas medium?
40. Electrical energy is used to power a light bulb. a. clouds c. paint
How does the amount of electrical energy used to b. smoke d. beaten egg white
compare to the amount of light energy produced? 49. Which blood transfusion would agglutinate
a. less than the amount of light energy produced. blood?
b. more than the amount of light energy produced. a. A donor --> A recipient
c. the same as the amount of light energy produced b. A donor --> 0 recipient
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98. What happens when vapor condenses into a a. Distilled water c. Agua oxinada
liquid? b. rubbing alcohol d. concrete
a. It absorbs heat 110.Which of the following phase changes are
b. It releases heat exothermic?
c. its temperature increases a. sublimation and melting
d. its temperature decreases b. evaporation and condensation
99. What do you call sound with frequency that is c. condensation and freezing
below 20 Hz? d. evaporation and deposition
a. supersonic c. infrasonic 111.Which grouping is composed of pure substances
b. subsonic d. ultrasonic only?
100.The separation of white light into colors of the a. Fog, dew, brine
spectrum is called b. –
a. scattering c. reflection c. –
b. dispersion d. refraction d. ice, table salt, fog
101.Which among the following is a non-renewable 112.Which of the following best describes a mixture?
energy resource? a. It is homogeneous
a. wind energy c. fossil fuel b. It has a definite composition
b. solar energy d. geothermal energy c. It changes the colors of common indicators
102.Which element is not recycled throughout an d. Its components are combined in any proportion
ecosystem by the process of photosynthesis and 113.The state of matter that is characterized by
respiration? strong attractive forces.
a. carbon c. oxygen a. solid c. gas
b. nitrogen d. hydrogen b. liquid d. plasma
103.The gas that is most abundant in the air is 114.The components of ink can best be separated
a. oxygen c. carbon dioxide using
b. nitrogen d. argon a. evaporation c. centrifugation
104.The greatest source of indoor pollutant is b. filtration d. Chromatography
a. smog c. CFCs 115.All of the following are chemical properties
b. radon d. sunlight except
105.All of the following are probable consequences of a. toxicity c. solubility
water related environmental problems except b. corrosiveness d. flammability
a. diarrhea c. typhoid fever 116.Which of the following statements is true?
b. amoebiasis d. respiratory tack a. Light has mass
infection b. Air has volume
106.Overdraft is an overuse of groundwater, which c. Heat occupies space
makes the reservoirs of groundwater emptied and d. Sound has both mass and volume
very seldom replenished especially during the 117.Which of the following is an intensive physical
summer months. Which among the following property?
environmental problems related to soil is the a. mass b. volume c. color d. length
probable consequence of overdraft? 118.When a pure crystalline yellowish substance is
a. soil pollution c. soil erosion heated in vacuum, a greenish gas and a red powdery
b. land subsidence d. deforestation substance were produced. In which of the following
107.Plant nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates, will you classify the yellowish substance?
which come from fertilizers and detergent, can cause a. Element c. mixture
algal bloom. What do you call the phenomenon on b. compound d. pure substance
which a body of water which contains high 119.Isotopes are atoms that have the same atomic
concentrations of chemical elements required for life number but different mass numbers. It means also
makes the produces bloom by directly nourishing that isotopes are atoms that have
most bacteria than aquatic organisms like fishes? a. the same number of electrons but different
a. euthrophication c. soil water intrusion number of protons
b. biomagnification b. the same number of neutrons but different
108.Which of the following best describes a number of electrons
nonmetal? c. the same number of protons but different
a. They are ductile and malleable number of neutrons
b. they have high tensile strength d. the same number of protons but different
c. they are good insulators number of electrons
d. they are hard and brittle
109.Which is an example of a heterogeneous 120.This electrically neutral particle was discovered
mixture?
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by Chadwick in 1932 with its mass slightly greater 130.What happens to a given mass of fluid if heat
than that of proton? flow into it?
a. electron c. positron a. It becomes denser
b. neutron d. neutrino b. It becomes less dense
121.The spoilage of meat is delayed when kept in a c. it becomes colder
refrigerator because the cold temperature d. It becomes heavier
a. keeps the flies/ insects away 131.What happens when air is heated?
b. slows down the action of bacteria a. It expands and it rises
c. changes the color and odor of meat b. It expands and sinks
d. turns the water component of meat to ice c. It contracts and rises
122.During chemical changes or chemical reactions, d. It contracts and sinks
which particles are gained, lost, or shared? 132.What do you call the phenomenon wherein there
a. protons inside the nucleus is a marked increase in the earth's surface
b. neutrons inside the nucleus temperature associated with radiation being trapped
c. electrons in the outermost energy level by its atmosphere?
d. electrons in the innermost energy level a. Global warming c. El Niño
123.Which of the following radiation has the highest b. Greenhouse effect d. La Niña
penetrating power?
a. alpha b. beta c. gamma 133.In the water cycle, which process is responsible
124.Which of the following statements explains why for getting water into the atmosphere?
we feel cool after perspiring? a. Condensation c. sublimation
a. vapor in the air condenses in our skin b. evaporation d. melting
b. water coming out of our body is cold 134.In majority of stars, the most common element is
c. pores in our skin allow cool air to enter a. oxygen c. helium
d. evaporating water in our skin produces a cooling b. hydrogen d. nitrogen
effect 135.The color of the hottest star is
125.What is the most practical way to control a. red c. yellow
pollution? b. blue d. bluish white
a. decreasing the population 136.If you want to cook boiled eggs while in the
b. more government control of industry mountains you should
c. careful planning of environmental usage a. use hotter flame
d. slowing the rate of technological growth b. boil the eggs for a longer time
126.Humans can cause rapid changes in the c. boil the eggs for a shorter time
environment, sometimes producing catastrophic d. not boil the eggs, because the water temperature
events. Which statement below is the best example of won't get hot enough to cook them
this concept? 137.A metal lid could not be unscrewed from its glass
a. lightning causes forest fire jar. Which of the following is the best way to unscrew
b. shifting crustal plates cause an earthquake it from the jar?
c. changing seasonal winds cause flooding in an a. Invert the jar with the lid in a very hot water for
area a few seconds
d. mountainside highway construction causes a b. Invert the jar with the lid in a very cold water for
landslide a few seconds
127.How are latitude and longitude lines drawn? c. invert the jar with the lid in cold and then in hot
a. latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines water for a few seconds
meet at the poles d. invert the jar with the lid in hot and then in cold
b. latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines water for a few seconds
meet at the equator 138.It refers to the temperature at which the
c. longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines molecules have the lowest possible kinetic energy
meet at the poles a. absolute zero c. boiling point
d. longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines b. melting point d. freezing point
meet at the equator 139.Why does apiece of metal feel colder than a piece
128.The water part of the earth is also known as of wood at the same temperature
a. lithosphere c. atmosphere a. metal is colder than wood
b. hydrosphere d. biosphere b. metals allow heat to flow through them easily
129.The vibration of the earth's surface due to the c. metals have higher specific heat than wood
release of storad energy when the deformed rock d. none of the above
ruptures or returns to its original size and shape? 140.What accounts for the cooling effect inside the
a. earthquake c. faulting refrigerator?
b. tsunami d. folding a. the refrigerator is properly insulated
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108. C
109. D
110. C
111. –
112. D
113. D
114. –
115. C
116. B
117. C
118. B
119. C
120. B
121. B
122. C
123. C
124. D
125. C
126. D
127. A
128. B
129. A
130. B
131. A
132. A
133. B
134. B
135. D
136. B
137. A
138. A
139. B
140. B
141. A
142. C
143. C
144. A
145. D
146. C
147. B
148. B
149. D
150. A