*Science Set B

Ms. Omaimah M. Bago-bago

1. Which mineral is the hardest and can survive
erosion and weathering?
*a. Quartz
*b. Diamond
*c. Feldspar
*d. Talc
*e. Ruby

*Answer: b. Diamond
2. A Rock that often contains fossils is
*a. Marble
*b. Granite
*c. Limestone
*d. Obsidian
*e. Igneous

*Answer: c. Limestone
3. What is the correct order of structures an oxygen
molecule would pass through before it entered the
blood?
a. Bronchi, alveoli, bronchioles
b. Trachea, alveoli, bronchioles
c. Bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
d. Pulmonary loop, alveoli, bronchi
e. Nose, alveoli, bronchioles
Answer: c. Bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
4. A star's color is determined by its
a. Size
b. Shape
c. Distance
d. Temperature
e. Age

Answer: d. Temperature
5. The type of eclipse when earth is between the
sun and the moon is
a. Solar eclipse
b. Lunar eclipse
c. Partial eclipse
d. Total eclipse

Answer: b. Lunar Eclipse

6. Which is the correct order of the earth's layers
starting from the inside and going outwards?
a. Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
b. Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core
c. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust
d. Continental-meter, oceanic crust,
mantle, core

Answer: c. Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust

7. A Newton is equal to which of the following?
a. Kilogram-meter per second
b. meter per second squared
c. kilogram-meter per second squared
d. Kilogram per meter-second
e. Kilogram per second squared

Answer: a. Kilogram-meter per second

8. If the resultant force acting on a body of a
constant mass is zero, the body's momentum is:
a. increasing
b. decreasing
c. always zero
d. constant
e. Negative

Answer: d. constant
9. Which of the following events does not occur
during the process of mitosis?
a. Condensation of the chromosomes
b. Replication of the genome
c. Fragmentation of the nuclear envelope
d. Alignment of the chromatids along the equatorial
plate

Answer: b. Replication of the genome

10. Which of the following color of visible light has the longest
wavelength?
a. Violet
b. Green
c. Yellow
d. Red
e. Blue

Answer: d. Red
11. A 10 kilogram mass rests on a horizontal frictionless surface. A Horizontal
force of 5 Newton is applied to the mass. After the force has been applied
for 1 second, the velocity of the mass is.
a. 0 meters per second
b. 0.5 meters per second * V= vo + axt
c. 5 meters per second
Work:
d. 50 meters per second
e. 500 meters per second ax=F/m
ax=
Answer: b. 0.5 meters per second
=0.5 m/s2

V= vo + axt
V= 0 + (0.5 m/s2)(1 s)= 0.5 m/s2
12. If the distance between the earth and moon
were halved, the force of the attraction between
them would be
a. one fourth as great
b. one half as great
c. twice as great
d. four times as great
e. Unchanged

Answer: d. four times as great

13. As you breath, this contracts and flattens to
give your lungs room to fill up with air.
a. Larynx
b. Lung Balloon
c. Diaphragm
d. Bronchiole

Answer: c. Diaphragm
14. The ions that carry oxygen are part of the
protein____, which is found inside red blood cells.
a. Albumin
b. Erythropoetitin
c. Hemoglobin
d. Glucose
e. Glutein

Answer: c. Hemoglobin
15. A ball falling vertically from rest for 3 seconds travel very nearly
a. 14.7 meters
b. 29.4 meters
c. 44.1 meters
d. 88.2 meters
e. 19.6 meters
Answer: d. 88.2 meters
g= 9.8m/s2
= 9.8 m (3)2
= 88.2 m
16. A kilocalorie is equal to one of the following:
a. 14.2 Joules
b. 1000 Joules
c. 4200 Joules
d. 88.2 meters
e. 19.6 meters

Answer: 4184
c. 4200 Joules
17.Choose the response that includes all the items listed below that
are pure substances.
i. orange juice ii. steam iii. wine iv.oxygen v. vegetable soup
a. i, iii, v
b. ii, iv
c. i, iii, iv
d. iv only
e. All of them

Answer: b. ii, iv
18. The number 1.050x109 has how many
significant figures?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 9
e. 13

Answer: c. 4
19. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Condensed states have much higher densities than gases
b. Molecules are very far apart in gases and closer together in liquids and
solids
c. Gases completely fill any container they occupy and are easily compressed
d. Vapor refers to a gas formed by evaporation of a liquid or sublimation of a
solid
e. Solid water (ice), unlike most substances, is denser than its liquid form
(water).

Answer: e. Solid water (ice), unlike most substances, is denser than its liquid
form (water).
20. which one of the following substances
should exhibit hydrogen bonding in the liquid
state?
a. PH3
b. H2
c. H2S
d. CH4
e. NH3

Answer: NH
21. The valence shell is
a. The highest energy level occupied by electrons
b. The set of orbitals used to make triple bonds
c. The orbitals belonging to the entire molecule
d. The lowest energy level occupied by electrons
e. The hard covering on crustaceans

Answer: a. The highest energy level occupied by

electrons
22. The following describe properties of substances.
Which one is NOT a property of acids?
a. They have a sour taste
b. They react with metal oxides to form salts and water
c. They react with other acids to form salts and water
d. Their aqueous solutions conduct an electric current
e. They react with active metals to liberate H2

Answer: c. They react with other acids to form salts

and water
23. An exothermic reaction causes the surroundings
to
a. warm up
b. become acidic
c. expand
d. decrease its temperature
e. release CO2

Answer: a. warm up
24. What are the functions of the cerebellum?
a. It controls heartbeat and breathing
b. It controls memory and reasoning
c. It controls some of our reflex action
d. It controls posture, balance and coordinated movements

Answer: d. It controls posture, balance and coordinated

movements
25. As a 10 kilogram mass on the end of a spring passes through its
equilibrium position, the kinetic energy of the mass is 20 joules. The speed
of the mass is: Solution:
a. 2.0 meters per second Given: m= 10 kg
b. 4.0 meters per second KE= 20 J
c. 5.0 meters per second V= ?
d. 6.3 meters per second J= N.m
e. 20 meters per second N= Kg m/s2
KE= mv2
Answer: a. 2.0 meters per second 20 J = ½ (10 kg)v2
20 J/5 Kg= 5Kg v2/5 kg
V2= 20 J/5 Kg
V2 = 20 Kg m/s2 (m)/5 Kg
V2 4 m2/s2
V= m2/s2
V= 2 m/s
26. Because of the differences in the surface of blood cells that
facts as antigens, human blood is classified into four different
blood types namely A, B, AB and O. Blood type AB is also known as
universal “recipient” because________.
a. It has antibody against A and B
b. It has no antibody against A and B
c. It has antigen A and antibody against B
d. It has no antibody against A and B
e. It has antigen B and antibody against A

Answer: b. It has no antibody against A and B

27. Paramecium:______::Tiger: animal
a. Fungi
b. Plant
c. Protist
d. Monera

Answer: c. Protists
28. The menstrual cycle is a result of
a. The female body preparing to give birth
b. The female body preparing to produce milk
c. The female body preparing for pregnancy
d. The female body preparing for old age

Answer: c. The female body preparing for

pregnancy
29. Mass movements constitute an important intestinal event that
lead to bowel movements. Mass movements cause which of the
following?
a. Contraction of internal anal sphincter
b. Duodenal peristalsis
c. Gastric retropulsion
d. Hunger sensation
e. Rectal distension

Answer: b. Duodenal peristalsis

30. The term ______ means all tubes that carry air
into and out of the lungs.
a. Air passages
b. Aerobic vessels
c. Wind pipes
d. Respiratory vasculature

Answer: a. Air passages