Grade 12 C.

Volcanic eruptions
NAT Practice Test D. Accumulations of corals
SCIENCE 9. When the Theory of plate Tectonic was
generally accepted?
1. What causes high and low tides? A. 1900’s
A. Earth’s rotation on its axis B. 1930’s
B. Moon’s gravitational pull C. 1950’s
C. Sun’s solar energy D. 1960’s
D. Earth’s gravitational pull
10. The weathering away of rocks by water,
2. How is coral a tool formed? wind, and ice:
A. Volcanic eruption A. Denudation
B. Coral growing around a volcanic island B. Erosion
C. Underwater bedrock formations C. Volcanic rock
D. Earthquake D. Metamorphic rock

3. What is a long shore drift? 11. How do hormones work?

A. Movement of sand and shingles along the A. By releasing adrenaline
coast B. By controlling cell chemistry
B. Sand bars C. By regulating water loss
C. Accumulation of sand at the river mouth D. By controlling blood pressure
D. Island formed by volcanic eruptions
12. Name the male and female sex
4. How does an occlusion form? hormones
A. Cold air moving up from the ground A. Sperm cell and Ovum
B. Cold front pushing warm air up off the B. Testosterone
ground C. Chromosomes
C. Unbalance electrical reactions in the air D. Red and white blood cells
D. Cold and warm air mixing in the
atmosphere 13. The unit of measurement of energy in a
given amount of food.
5. What is heat haze? A. Pound
A. A reflection caused by pollutants in the air B. Kilo
B. A distorted image resulting from the C. Olfactory system
bending of sun’s light rays by changes in air D. Calorie
temperature
C. A movement of warm air over a vast 14. The growth of roots towards water is an
expanse of land example of?
D. Caused by extremely high temperature A. Chemotropism
common in desert areas. B. Geotropism
C. Hydrotropism
6. What sort of rock formation do the world’s D. Phototropism
greatest mountain ranges consist of?
A. magma 15. DNA means
B. chalk deposit A. Data nurturing analysis
C. fold eruptions B. Deoxytribonucleic acid
D. deforestation C. Deoxyribonucleic acid
D. Deotrixylnucleic acid
7. What is the force that wears down
mountains? 16. The control center of the body is the?
A. Earthquake A. Heart
B. Erosion B. Lungs
C. Volcanic eruptions C. Brain
D. Deforestation D. kidney

8. How are volcanic islands formed? 17. Which part of the body is connected with
A. Collision of two oceanic plates the sense of touch?
B. Cooling of lava by seawater A. Nose
B. Skin
C. Ear 27. Wright brothers are inventors of the?
D. Eyes A. Balloon
B. Bicycle
18. Which of the following is not a sense C. Aeroplane
organ? D. Television
A. Eyes
B. Ears 28. Which planet is closest to the sun?
C. Nose A. Mars
D. Teeth B. Venus
C. Mercury
19. A Barometer is used to measure D. Jupiter
A. Wind direction
B. Rainy water 29. The most poisonous plant is
C. Temperature A. Pitcher plant
D. Atmospheric pressure B. Dodder plant
C. Castor bean plant
20. Which of the following is the smallest bird D. Mangrove plant
in the world?
A. Hummingbird 30. Scientists who study the weather are
B. Robin known as?
C. Curlew A. Seismologists
D. Greenfinch B. Meteorologists
C. Astronomer
21. Which star is nearest to the sun? D. Anthropologist
A. Proxima centauri
B. Sirius 31. Which of the following birds cannot fly?
C. Alpha centauri A. Emu
D. Spole star B. Rheas
C. Ostrich
22. Which is the fastest animal on land? D. All of these
A. Leopard
B. Cheetah 32. Who invented the sewing machine?
C. Deer A. Elias Howe
D. Kangaroo B. Murray Spangler
C. Thomas Martin
23. Who build the first telescope? D. Leslie Large
A. Galileo
B. Isaac Newton 33. Who invented the fountain pen?
C. Alexander Fleming A. Lewis Waterman
D. Benjamin Franklin B. Lazlo Biro
C. C Clarke
24. Henry Ford invented the first D. Jhon Walker
A. Television
B. Telephone 34. Parkinson’s disease is a brain disease
C. Motor Car that is characterized by loss of nerve cells in
D. Refrigerator which part of the brain?
A. Cerebrum
25. Jaundice is an infectious disease, which B. Cerebellum
spreads through C. Cerebral Cortex
A. Air D. Brain stem
B. Soil
C. Water 35. Symbiosis is defined by biologists as
D. Clothes individuals of different species living together
in intimate association, regardless of whether
26. The telephone was invented by? the association is harmful, neutral, or
A. JL Baird beneficial.
B. AG Bell All of the following pairs are examples of
C. Thomas A. Edison symbiosis EXCEPT:
D. Marconi A. ants and tapeworms
B. human and tapeworms
C. cats and mice 2. The layer of earth which consists of solid nickel and
D. dogs and cats iron.

36. Which of the following statement about
atomic structure is NOT right?
A. All atoms of the same atomic numbers are
atoms of the same element.
B. An atom can gain or lose electrons without
changing its charge.
C. Atoms are mostly empty spaces.
D. Most of the mass of the atom is concerned
with its nucleus.
37. Which of the following statement is TRUE
of nuclear fission?
A. The energy process is identical to that
which occurs in the sun.
B. Energy is obtained by getting the nucleus
of the atoms to break up or split.
C. Matter from the lighter atoms is changed
into energy.
D. Scientists can combine lighter atoms to
form heavier atoms.
a.crust
b. mantle
c. inner core
d. outer core
3. Which of the following is the reason why inner core is
solid while outer core is liquid given that both parts
have the same chemical composition?
a. Inner core experiences higher pressure which raises
the melting point of iron and nickel
b. Inner core experiences lower pressure which raises
the melting point of iron and nickel
c. Inner core experiences higher temperature than the
outer core
4. Knowing about the effect of higher altitude to air
temperature in troposphere, what would you do when
climbing mountains?
a. bring umbrella

c. bring enough food

38. All of the following statements about the
routinary use of pesticides are TRUE, b. bring/wear jackets d. bring flashlight
EXCEPT:
5. What is the most abundant element in the Earth’s
A. Due to the widespread use of DDT, a new
atmosphere? 5.
type of housefly emerged.
B. It results in the evolution of exciting new a. argon b. carbon dioxide c. nitrogen d. oxygen
types of organisms.
C. It may not only kill the intended insects but 6. What is the correct order of Earth’s atmospheric layer
also those that feed on them. from bottom to top? 6.
D. Pesticides tend to become progressively a.. Stratosphere, mesosphere, troposphere,
less effective as the organisms become thermosphere, exosphere
immune.
b. mesosphere, stratosphere, troposphere,
39. The skull of a person increases in size thermosphere, exosphere
rapidly during _____.
c. troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere,
A. puberty
thermosphere, exosphere
B. babyhood
C. adolescence d. stratosphere, troposphere, mesosphere,
D. adulthood thermosphere, exosphere

40. Apparently, the loss of weight of objects 7. Why is the presence of ozone layer in the
immersed in a fluid is due to ______. stratosphere important for survival of living 7.
A. Archimedes principle things on Earth?
B. Specific gravity
C. Newton’s theory a. It warms Earth’s surface c. it helps in cloud formation
D. Buoyant force b. it makes jet flying more comfortable d. offer
protection from sun’s harmful UV rays
1. Which of the following is not part of the layer of the
Earth? 8. In which of the following layers of atmosphere does
temperature decrease as altitude 8.
a. crust
b. mantle increases?
c. troposphere
a. mesosphere and stratosphere c. troposphere and
d. core
stratosphere
b. troposphere and mesosphere d. thermosphere and
stratosphere

9. The solid outer section of Earth is referred to as the

________________. 9.

a. atmosphere b. biosphere c. hydrosphere d.

lithosphere

10. Which is not a type of tectonic plate boundary? 10.

a. convergent b. divergent c. insurgent d. transform

11. Which process is not involved in the formation of

sediments? 11.

a. cooling b. deposition c. transportation d. weathering

12. When heat and pressure are applied to a

sedimentary rock, it changes into __________. 12.

a. intrusive igneous rock c. extrusive igneous rock

b. metamorphic rock d. magma

13. Which of the following best describes a mineral? 13.

a. a solid natural material with a crystal structure

b. a material that was once living but as decayed

c. a liquid chemical used to make soil more fertile

d. a nutrient produced by plants that other organisms

need

14. A student sorted mineral samples into two groups:

dull and shiny. Which of the following 14.

properties did the student use to sort mineral samples

into group?

a. cleavage b. hardness c. luster d. streak

SCIENCE

ANSWER KEY

1. B 11. B 21. A 31. D

2. B 12. A 22. b 32. A

3. A 13. D 23. A 33. A

4. B 14. C 24. C 34. C

5. A 15. C 25. C 35. D

6. C 16. C 26. B 36. B

7. B 17. B 27. C 37. B

8. A 18. D 28. C 38. B

9. D 19. D 29. C 39. C

10. B 20. A 20. B 40. D