1.

One who specializes in all kinds of fishes and their characteristics developing expertise in:

A. Ichthyology

B. Entomology

2. Branch of Science that deals with the study of the relationship between plants, animals and other
living things found in their habitats.

A. Ecosystem

B. Ecology

3. Which of the following best describes the science of Ecology?

A. Living things

B. Life and environment

4. ______ is to insects as toxicology is to ________.

A. Etymology: toxicity B. Entomology: poisons

5. Which of the following is not a type of cell?

A Sperm

B. Virus

6. Which of the following does not have eukaryocytes?

A Bacteria

B. Fungi

7. What do you call the organisms who only eats plants and algae?

A Herbivore

B. Omnivore

8. In the energy pyramid, which organisms occupy the base?

A Herbivores

B. Producers

9. What do you call the consumers that directly feed on producers and get the greater amount of
energy?

A. Omnivores

B. Herbivores

10. At night plants conserve and restrict intake.

A. Water; oxygen

B. Water; carbon dioxide

11. Arthropods exhibit fast and coordinated movement because they possess:
A. An endoskeleton

B. Jointed appendages

12. Plant cells differ from animal cells in that only plant cells possess:

A. Lysosomes

B. A cell wall

13. What functional group differentiates chitin from cellulose?

A Carboxyl group

B. Amino group

14. Which of the following does not exist in carbohydrates?

A Hydrogen

B. Nitrogen

15. Which of this is not a multicellular organism?

A Human

B. Amoeba

16. Organisms that can manufacture their own food are called:

A Autotrophs

B. Heterotrophs

17. Which of the following is not used in the manufacture of food by green plants?

A Carbon dioxide

B. Oxygen

18. Commensalism is when:

A. Neither species affects the other

B. One species benefits while the other is unaffected

19. Living and feeding on leaves by the caterpillar is an example of relationship?

A. Parasitic

B. Predatory

20. Which of the following statements is TRUE about parasites and their relationships with their
host?

A. The host enjoys the benefits of a relationship in which the parasite is harmed or killed.

B. The parasites enjoy the benefits of a relationship in which the host is harmed or killed.

21. What relationship exists between frogs and fishes in a pond ecosystem?
A. Commensalism

B. Competition

22 An owl and a hawk both eat mice. Which of the following of these terms describes the
relationship between a hawk and an owl?

A. Mutualism

B. Competition

23. Which of the organisms is cold-blooded with a dry scaly skin?

A. Frog

B. Lizard

24. Animals which live on land but return to the water to breed:

A. Reptiles

B. Amphibians

25. Bamboo is classified as:

A. Bush

B. Grass

26. What type of body covering makes up a mammal?

A. Shell

B. Fur

27. Birds have shapes that influenced the building of aircrafts. What feature is most present in
airplanes?

A. The presence of hollow oblong body

B. The presence of wings

28. Butterflies and mosquitoes have mouthparts in the form of a long, narrow, coiled tubed called:

A. Mandibles

B. Proboscis

29. Which group of organisms cause "red tide?"

A. Algae

B. Dinoflagellates

30. The molecules that contain an organism's genetic make-up called:

A Nucleic acid

B. Genetic membrane

31. The part of a plant cell that stores water, sugar and minerals
A Vacuoles

B. Chloroplasts

32 Which among the following are duplicated during the process of mitosis?

A Centrosomes

B. Chromosomes

33. Which of the following does not contribute to the variation in population?

A Mitosis

B. Crossing over

34. Which of the following means development of egg without fertilization?

A Parthenogenesis

B. Meiosis

35. Diploid cells have two copies of chromosomes. These two copies are called:

A Chromatids

B. Homologous

36. Which among the following is the only method of contraception that has 100% success rate?

A Withdrawal method

B. Abstinence

37. At present, a patient fights cancer either through surgery or by subjecting him/her to a drug
treatment called:

A. Irradiation

B. Chemotherapy

38. If carbohydrates are hydrophilic organic compounds, lipids are organic compounds.

A. Hydrophobic

B. Polypeptide

39. Which of the following is not a source of carbohydrate?

A. Sugar

B. Meat

40. Which of the following is an isomer of glucose?

A. Fructose

B. Maltose

41. Sugar and starches are called:

A. Carbohydrates

B. Minerals

42. The four most essential element needed by the human body:

A. Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorous

B. Nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon

43. Which of the following is a vitamin?

A. Niacin

B. Pepsin

44. The number of calories in a food indicates:

A. The amount of energy that can be obtained from the food

B. The amount that can be digested from the food

45. The chemical process of getting energy from the food and using it to maintain the structure and
function.

A. OR Respiration

B. Metabolism

46. According to the level of organization, which is at the highest level?

A. Ecosystem

B. Biosphere

47. The flow of water in our planet as it undergoes the processes of evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, infiltration, runoff and subsurface flow is called: ENER

A Rain cycle

B. Water cycle

48. It is a common observation that mushrooms thrive few days after lightning strikes. Which among
the following biogeochemical cycles is involved in this process?

A Nitrogen cycle

B. Carbon-Oxygen cycle

49. Plants absorb dissolve nitrates from the soil and convert them into

A Urea

B. Free nitrogen

50. Global climate change is being attributed to the atmospheric increase in what two gases
produced by human activities?

A Methane and Carbon dioxide

B. Nitrous oxide and Sulfur dioxide

51. Acid rain occurs when

A Phosphorus-rich water in lakes evaporates to form phosphoric acid.

B. Sulfur released in burning fossil fuels combines with water in the atmosphere.

52 Which of the following sentences about greenhouse effect is INCORRECT?

A. Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere which are returned to the earth's surface.

B. Greenhouse effect is due to gases that absorb the green region of light from the sun.

53. Which of has following group of gases contribute to the 'Green House Effect'?

A. Carbon tetrafluoride and Nitrous oxide

B. Carbon dioxide and Methane

54. Opening of cement plants requires getting a DENR clearance. Which of these clearances are
required?

A. Air Pollution Clearance

B. Environmental Clearance (ECC)

55. Plants need carbon dioxide, water, light and chlorophyll in order to make starch by
photosynthesis. Carbon dioxide enters plants through holes in the leaves called;

A. Stomata

B. Lenticels

56. Which part of the flower develops into the fruit?

A. Ovule - develop into the seeds

B. Ovary

57. In addition to ATP, what are the end products of glycolysis?

A. CO, and NADH

B. NADH and pyruvate

58. A plant growing on a shady side of a tall fence bends around the corner of the fence toward the
sunlight. This illustrates;

A. Positive phototropism - grow towards the source of light

B. Negative phototropism - Opposite

59. What is the storage cell of plants?

A. Collenchyma -provide structural support

B. Parenchyma - primary storage cell

60. Cell walls present in plant cells are made up of which compound?
A. Lipids

B. Cellulose

61. Which of the following nutrients is incorrectly paired with its function in a plant?

A. Magnesium: constituent of chlorophyll

B. Iron: component of chlorophyll

62. We have energy responsible for life on Earth. The source of this energy is the:

A. Wind

B. Sun

63. Who is the Father of Genetics?

A Charles Darwin

B. Gregor Mendel

64. Damage to DNA that is not repaired and then replicated can result in genetic disorders. This
demonstrates:

A Mutation

B. Pathology

65. Which of the following base pairs are complimentary to each other in a DNA molecule?

A Cytosine and guanine

B. Thymine and cytosine

66. Generally, identical organisms are known as:

A Variants

B. Clones

67. What is the technology being used now in the surgery of the retina?

A Laser

B. Optical ray

68. He coined the term "survival of the fittest."

A Darwin

B. Spencer

69. He evolved the Theory of Evolution in his book "Origin of Species."

A. Archimedes

B. Darwin

70. The origin of the modern man:

A. Tabon

B. Sapiens

71. Which of the following is the correct sequence from the oldest era to the latest?

A. Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic

B. Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic

72. The evolution of life forms on earth has been dependent on:

A. The rate of change occurring in different earth environments

B. The typical and chemical evolution of the earth

73. Which of the following sets the condition under survival occurs?

A Random change

B. The environment

74. What wave patterns of the EEG are active in an awake person?

i. Alpha wave iii. Delta wave

ii. Beta wave iv. Theta wave

A. I and II

B. I and IV

75. Which system defends the body against infectious diseases?

A Lymphatic system

B. Immune system

76. The liquid portion of the blood is the:

A Plasma

B. Haemoglobin

77. Which of the following blood types is regarded as a universal donor?

A. 0

B. AB

78. Blood types AB and O can safely be given to a person with blood type:

A. A and B

B. AB and O

79.On an average how many litres of blood a human body have?

A. 2-3 litres

B. 5-6 litres
80. White blood cells, the skin and the antibodies are similar because they:

A. Supply oxygen to the body

B. Protect the body against certain harmful organisms

81. Which structure closes the opening in the larynx while we are swallowing?

A. Pharynx

B. Epiglottis

82. Myopia is connected with:

A. Ears

B. Eyes

83. Bile is produced by the:

A. Liver

B. Gallbladder

84. What do you call that wave-like contraction of the wall of the esophagus which is responsible for
pushing down the food to the stomach?

A. Peristalsis

B. Cyclosis

85. Which blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?

A. Veins

B. Arteries

86. Which of the following is a thigh bone?

A. Humerus

B. Femur

87, Considered as essential to human life as it gives us framework and support to protect the viral
organs and other structure of the body:

A. Joints

B. Bones

88. Which of the following parts of the circulatory system distributes the digested fats such as fatty
acids and glycerol throughout the body?

A. Capillaries

B. Lacteals

89. Which hormone promotes the development of secondary male sexual characteristics?

A Gonads
B. Testosterone

90. Apparently, the loss of weight of objects immersed in a fluid is due to:

A. Buoyant force

B. Archimedes principle

91. Which of the following is not a source of energy?

A Nuclear geothermal heat

B. Inertia at rest

92 Which law of motion could explain what happens every time we walk?

A Law of Interaction

B. Law of Inertia

93. Which of the following does not cause the different seasons?

A. Tilting of the earth's axis

B. Evolution

94. Why do we see the sun rise in the east?

A. The earth revolves eastward.

B. The earth rotates from west to east.

95. What important metallic elements are found at the inner core of the Earth?

A. Iron and silicon

B. Iron and nickel

96. Iron is what type of magnetic material?

A. Ferromagnetic

B. Paramagnetic

97. Which of the following is a mixture?

A. Saltwater

B. Carbon Dioxide

98. A change in the shape or size of an object can be classified as:

A. Physical change

B. Chemical change

99. The result when there is lack of cohesion among gas molecules.

A Molecules are compressed into smaller volumes

B. Molecules move freely in all directions

100. Which of the following statements represents a physical change?

A The lawn grows thicker every day because fertilizers were added into the soil.

B. Frozen mango juice melted when left standing at room temperature for 30 minutes.

101. Which has a greater density, a lake full of water or a cupful of water?

A The cup full of water

B. They have the same density

102. True of noble gases:

A. Able to react with any other atoms

B. Includes Neon and Helium

103. Which of the following is the element represented by the symbol B?

A Bismuth

B. Boron

104. The most abundant constituent of atmospheric air is:

A. Oxygen

B. Nitrogen

105. What element has six protons, neutrons and electrons? 105.

A. Carbon

B. Calcium

106. What is the correct formula of the product when lithium and sulfur react to produce lithium
sulfide?

A. LiS₂

B. Li,S

107. The product of a reaction between alcohol and organic acid is:

A. Ester

B. Ether

108. Which of the following statements best describes a hypothetical element with an electron
configuration of 1s22s22p63s²3p?

A. The hypothetical element is in the fifth position in the p- block, along the third period of the
periodic table.

B. The hypothetical element is located at the third position of the p-block, along the fifth period of
the periodic table.

109. Who is the French physicist who, while studying about fluorescence working with uranium
compound, accidentally discovered radioactivity?
A. William Roentgen

B. Antoine Becquerel

110. Sound waves travels the slowest in:

A. Solid

B. Gas

111. Which of the following subatomic particles are located in the nucleus of an atom?

A. Protons and electrons

B. Protons and neutrons

112. What part of the nucleus determines the isotope?

A. Both protons and neutrons

B Neutrons only

113. What is the charge of the plastic comb when it loses some electrons when rubbed in a silk
cloth?

A. Positively charge

B. Negatively charge

114. Which of the following examples best illustrates application of Boyle's Law?

A. A balloon expands and bursts when exposed to direct sunlight.

B. A scuba diver stops at certain depths as he ascends to the ocean's surface.

115. Milk is classified as:

A Colloid contains charge gap

B. Acid

116. Which of these objects would have greater mass: Object A that weighs 50N on earth of Object B
with a weight of 50N on the moon?

A. Object A

B. Object B

117. It is the distance traveled by the body per unit time and tells how fast or slow the body moves.

A Acceleration

B. Speed

118. What rock is formed when clay or mud is hardened and cemented?

A. Conglomerate

B. Shale

119. Which is considered as the highest rank of coal?

A Bituminous

B. Anthracite

120. Where does the lava emitted during volcanic eruption come from?

A Crust

B. Mantle

121. Why is earthquake experienced when there is volcanic eruption?

A Because of the movement of magma through the vents

B. Because of the movement of rock layers along the faults

122. On which of the following variables does the color of a star depend?

A. Distance from the earth

B. Temperature

123. Which among the color light has the least frequency but the longest wavelength?

A. Green

B. Red

124. It occurs when the Earth is between the sun and the moon, with the Earth's shadow cast over
the moon.

A Lunar eclipse

B. Total eclipse

125. What seasonal wind is experienced from July to September?]

A. Southwest monsoon

B. Northeast monsoon cool and dry

126. What is considered as one of the most important result of Apollo missions to the moon?

A Determination of the age of moon rocks

B. Proof that craters were produced by volcanic eruptions

127. What causes high and low tides?

A. Earth's gravitational pull

B. Moon's gravitational pull

128. Who made the geocentric model of the solar system?

A. Fred Hoyle

B Ptolemy

129. Tides, caused by gravity, is gradually slowing down earth's rotation speed. A million years from
now, scientists predict that earth's
A. Day is longer

B. Day is shorter

130. Energy is transferred from the sun to earth mainly by:

A. Electromagnetic waves

B. Molecular collision

131. What is the point in the moon's orbit nearest to the earth called?

A. Perihelion

B. Perigee moon

132. What motion of the Earth causes the occurrence of day and night?

A. Rotation

B. Revolution

133. How long does it take for the earth to complete one rotation?

A. 24 hours

B. 365 days revolution

134. How far is the sun away from the earth?

A 149.6 million km

B. 126.9 million km

135. The name of the rapid rise of coastal water that accompanies the arrival of cyclone is called

A Storm surge

B. Tsunami

136. Who formulated a heliocentric model of the solar system?

A Copernicus

B. Galileo Galilei

137. When does a temperature inversion occur?

A Cool air is trapped under warm air

B. Warm air is trapped under cool air

138. Which planet has no moon?

A. Mars has & WRON

B. Venus

139. What process enables the star to produce large amounts of energy?

A. Nuclear Fussion
140. The study of contemporary human societies.

A. Cosmetology

B. Cultural anthropology

141. Right to life, liberty and genuine happiness is fundamental to:

A Civil rights

B. Constitutional rights

142 To what classification of rights does the right to love and to love belong?

A Constitutional highest law on land

B. Natural

143. Which of the following state is the right to human dignity?

A. Honor and reputation

B. Fair trial - justice gand human rights

144. Every rights have a built-in duty. Which of the following illustrates this correctly?

A I have the right to vote and it is the duty of the COMELEC to allow me to vote.

B. I have the right to drive my car but I must see to it that I obey traffic rules.

145. It is perceived as the most important need and most pressing problem of the Filipino family:

A. Broken family

B. Unemployment or financial problem

146. What is the power of the state to take private property for public use with just compensation?

A. Expropriation

B. Taxation

147. Of the following, which is an indirect tax?

A. Capital gross tax

B. Excise tax

148. In what way does the government tax a person's gains from his labor?

A. Income tax

B. Value added tax

149. What does SALN stands for?

A. Statement of Assets, Losses and Net worth

B. Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net worth

150. Article IV of the 1987 Constitution, who has the power to declare the existence of the state of
war?

A. President

B. Congress

151. In which form of government are all citizens treated as equals on certain dimensions such as
religion, politics, economics, social status and culture?

A. Totalitarianism

B. Egalitarianism

152 What intergroup interaction is secessionist movement in Mindanao?

A. Domination

B. Segregation

153. Which of the following is a developing country?

A. England

B. India

154. As an effect of our geography, in which of the following island/s do people travel mostly by
water?

A Luzon

B. Visayas

155. As an insular country, to which principle does the Philippines adhere when it comes to
territorial boundary?

A Three hundred fifty nautical miles from shore

B. Archipelagic doctrine

156. Which part/s of the Visayas has/have comparatively more excessively moist climate and limited
arable lands?

A. Western

B. Eastern

157. Which attitude will most likely result from pleasure principle?

A. Avoiding leisure and rest

B. Refusal on any sacrifice

158. Which of the following will you choose to be true?

A. Children with disabilities require only behavioral intervention

B. Exceptional learners include both the gifted and those with behavioral problems

159. What exemplifies that no two individuals are the same?

A. Individual difference

B. Conditioning

160. Upon which is based the claim that there is no single universal standard to be used to judge any
culture-based?

A. Ethnical relativism

B. Cultural relativism

161. It refers to the rightness and wrongness of our decisions:

A. Morality

B. Theology

162. If you keep seeing your ways of doing things as the right way and everybody else's as the wrong
way, you tend to have the attitude called:

A. Cultural relativism

B Ethnocentrism

163. How is the so-called colonial mentality manifested?

A. Xenocentrism

B. Ethnocentrism

164. Which is a negative consequence of our value of close family ties?

A. The development of prolonged dependence

B Permanence of marriage

165. The practice of "pamamanhikan" in the rural areas is classified as:

A Mores

B. Values

166. The ordering of things according to the importance a person attaches to them is known as:

A Hierarchy of needs

B. Values hierarchy

167. The Philippines is dominantly a Christian country in the Orient, yet according to survey it is the
top 5 as the most corrupt nation in Asia. What does this point to in Philippine Society?

A. Lack of cultural integration

в. Presence of cultural differences

168. Material culture refers to the tangible and concrete objects produced by man. Which are
examples of material culture?

A. Ceremonies of Ivatans
B. Stone walls of Tasadays

169. The first mass in the Philippines occurred in

A Limasawa

B. Mactan

170. In 1565, Legaspi concluded a blood compact with the Chief of Bohol named:

A. Sikatuna

B. Lakandula

171. Birth place of Jose Rizal:

A. Malolos, Bulacan

B. Calamba, Laguna

172. The Spanish expedition responsible for naming the archipelago Filipinas:

A. Legaspi expedition

B. Villalobos expedition

173. The imaginary line that separates the northern and southern hemispheres:

A .Prime meridian

B. Equator

174. What crime Rizal was tried by the Spanish military court?

A. Rebellion and organizing illegal societies

B. Falsification of documents

175. How can Dr. Jose Rizal/s La Liga organization be likened according to present day social
groups/movement?

A. Street parliamentarian movement

B. National socio-civic organization

176. In which poem did Rizal write about offering one's life for one's country?

A. A La Juventud Filipina

B. Mi Ultimo Adios

177. Rizal's famous sculptural work was, a clay sculpture of a naked young woman with overflowing
hair, standing on a skull while bearing a torch held high.

A. Mi Ultimo Adios

B. The Triumph of Science over Death

178. Jose Rizal faced the firing squad in Bagumbayan de Luneta on December 30, 1896. This is a
genuine manifestation of Rizal's strong sense of:
A. Patriotism

B. Loyalty

179. The Kartillla of the Katipunan consisted of 13 teachings which the members of the society were
expected to follow. Who prepared the Kartilla of the Katipunan?

A. Emilio Aguinaldo

B Emilio Jacinto

180. Who is remembered for his famous quotation, "My loyalty to my party ends where my loyalty
to country begins?"

A. Carlos P. Garcia

B. Manuel L. Quezon

181. Who among the Presidents abolished tenancy?

A. Ramon Magsaysay

B. Diosdado Macapagal

182. Which follows Pres. Garcia's "Filipino First Policy"? Filipinos

A. Should be selective in the entry in the entry of foreign professionals in the country

B. Were to be given first preference in all matters related to the economic development of the
country

183. In the Philippine history, who was known as "The Great Dissenter"?

A Claro M. Recto

B. Manuel Roxas

184. The military provinces that were unpacified during the Spanish period were called:

A Corregimientos

B. Alcaldia

185. He established the tobacco monopoly during the Spanish era:

A Jose Basco

B. Rafael Izquierdo

186. During the Spanish period, it refers to the privilege of the provincial governor to engage in
trade:

A. Bandala

B. Indulto de comercio