Test Code: GE-SCI01

1 - Disease of the skeletal system causing abnormal curvature of the spine which
is noted to be of unknown cause and heredity at times. What do you call this
condition? Answer: Scoliosis

2 - Increased volcanic eruptions and the growing expansion of land from the seas
is part of what theory? Answer: Expansion theory

3 - It is a segment of DNA molecule which controls the appearance of a given

trait. Answer: genes

4 - ‘‘The Age of the Dinosaurs’’ is also known as: Answer: Mesozoic Era

5 - In the human body, the cell that most nearly resembles a one-celled animals
Answer: White Blood cell

6 - Under the five Kingdom System recognized by the most biologist today, where
do the true bacteria, the bacteria-like organisms, and the blue-green algae
belong? Answer: Kingdom Monera

7 - A saline solution and water are separated by a membrane permeable to water
and the water molecules will pass through the membrane to the salt solution in
which it is a good example of ____________. Answer: OSMOSIS

8 - Delicate jellyfish gracefully floating in the Pre-Cambrian seas Answer:

Invertebrates

9 - What would be the best way to prevent soil erosion in a hill? Answer:
building terraces

10 - Hardy - Weinberg law and Mendel's Laws of inheritance are examples of

Answer: biological law

11 - PAGASA announces the approach of the seasonal winds. The familiar names
used are Amihan and Habagat, internationally known as ________ and ________
respectively. Answer: Northeast and southwest

12 - How many oxygen molecules does ozone have? Answer: 3

13 - What are the four most abundant elements found in living matter? Answer:
Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen

14 - Bats are able to navigate in the dark without bumping into anything because
they ________________. Answer: emit sound waves whose returning vibrations can
detect the presence of objects

15 - When magma rises to the surface and flows out onto land, it is called
Answer: lava

16 - Rivers in Metro Manila are the identified causes of heavy flood.

Authorities account this to _______. Answer: Waste dumping on river banks

17 - When a vent opens as a long slit in the ground, it is called a Answer:

fissure

18 - Below are different sources of energy. Which do you think is the most
DISADVANTAGEOUS because of its possible threat to human sources of food?
Answer: Geo-Thermal
19 - How many bones does an adult human body has? Answer: 206

20 - Which of the following best differentiates an earthquake’s intensity from

its magnitude? Answer: Intensity is a measure of how much damage an earthquake
caused at the surface while magnitude is the strength of the quake

21 - Abyssal plain is an example of what kind of sedimentary environment?

Answer: marine

22 - Which planet in our solar system has the greatest number of moons? Answer:
Saturn

23 - _____ only occurs within living organisms Answer: Physiology

24 - At what speed does the Earth travel as it orbits the sun?
Answer: 30 km/s

25 - It is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the
atmosphere at a future time. Answer: forecasting

26 - What is unique feature of fungi? Answer: They combined chitins and glucans
in their cell wall

27 - Fossils are mostly to be found in _______ . Answer: Sedimentary rocks

28 - This era can best be remembered as the era of the dinosaurs Answer:
Mesozoic

29 - Children in upland places are found affected by enlarged goiter. Which of

this situation may be done for this group of children? Answer: Add iodized salt
to diet

30 - The central point around which the rest of the hurricane rotates, is called
the Answer: eye