GENERAL EDUCATION – SCIENCE

1. Red hot iron is dropped in boiling water. What is the a. boiling of water b. melting of butter c.
heat transfer? - IRON TO WATER NAILS TURN INTO RUST d. dissolving salt in
2. It is the time it takes to decay half of the nuclei – water
HALF LIFE 17. These are elements which in their pure form
3. Three planets are known as Terrestrial planets cannot be broken down by chemical process into
because of their high density and rocky – simpler substance except:
MERCURY, VENUS, MARS a. oxygen b. gold c. AIR
4. Which is true about Heat Transfer? – A HEAT 18. The point of the earth’s orbit when the earth is
FLOWS FROM A OBJECT WITH HIGHER nearest to the moon – PERIGEE
TEMPERATURE TO AN OBJECT WITH LOWER 19. What happen to a plant cell placed in a hypotonic
TEMPERATURE solution? – THE PLANT CELL WILL SWELL
*conduction – direct contact *hypertonic – shrink
*convection – mass motion of molecules *hypotonic – swell
*radiation – electromagnetic radiation 20. Not a correct function of organ in plants? –
5. Which is NOT one of the four most abundant STOMA
elements in LIVING MATTER? – HELIUM *epidermis – protection
6. In a pair of scissors, the fulcrum is at – SCREW *vascular – transport
7. According to Scientific Method, what needs to be *mesophyll – photosynthesis
done to move beyond – CONDUCT A *stoma – entrance of water
CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT 21. Effect of a rise on carbon dioxide in the
8. Closest to the earth w/ an approximate distance of atmosphere – WARMING OF THE
41 million km – VENUS (morning star) ATMOSPHERE
9. What causes high and low tides? – MOON’S 22. An organism that has a natural environment
GRAVITATIONAL PULL where it lives and thrives – HABITAT
10. Piolo has hemophilia, which is an x-factor linked. 23. While it is not necessary for every individual
This means – HE GOT THE DISEASE FROM organism to reproduce, reproduction is necessary
HIS MOTHER – SURVIVAL
11. Change in state of water from gas to liquid – 24. Formulated a heliocentric model of the solar
CONDENSATION system – COPERNICUS
*evaporation (liquid to gas) *Descartes – algebra
*sublimation (solid to gas) *Ptolemy – geocentric
*precipitation (gas to solid/liquid) *Einstein – theory of reliability
12. What is the mass # of an atom which contains 25. Example of a useful function of bacteria – CAN
twenty eight protons, twenty eight electrons and CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL BY DIGESTING
thirty four neutrons – 62 HYDROCARBONS IN PETROLEUM
13. What natural occurrence is explained by the 26. Human vocal cords located at – LARYNX
revolution on the earth around the sun with a 23.5 27. A group of organisms that live together in a
degree tilt on its axis? – FOUR SEASONS particular location is known as – POPULATION
14. Father of Modern Taxonomy – LINNGUES *niche – role in the community/how
15. These rocks are formed from molten or partly *habitat – place wherein we live/where
molten magma, they will most likely be found *community – group of populations
around Mt. Pinatubo and Mayon Volcano –
IGNEOUS ROCKS 28. Father of Chemistry – LAVOISIER
*Igneous – crystallization/solidification of magma *Newton – law of motion
*Sedimentary – deposition/burial/lithification *Mendeleev – Father of Periodic table
*Metamorphic *Leeuwenhoek – Father of Microbiology
16. Example of Chemical Change 29. What do you call the underground were an
earthquake start? – FOCUS
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30. Which rock layer are remains of aquatic 53. When a neutral atom contains two protons and
organisms commonly found? – SEDIMENTARY gain three electrons, what charge does it require
31. Earth is between the sun and moon – LUNAR – -1
32. Farthest from the moon – APOGEE 54. Basis for classification based on phylogenetics –
*Nearest to the moon – PERIGEE EVOLUTIONARY SEQUENCE OF ORGANISMS
33. Nearest to the sun – PERIHELION 55. Large part of the ocean or sea partly enclosed by
* Farthest to the sun – APHELION land – GULF
34. First synthetic element – TECHNETIUM 56. How many electrons can be accommodated in
35. Greatest volcano in the solar system – the 3rd energy level? – 18
OLYMPUS MOON (MARS) *1st energy level – 2
36. Climate in the Philippines – TROPICAL *2nd energy level – 8
37. Penicillin – ALEXANDER FLEMING *3rd energy level – 18
*darwin – selection/natural *4th energy level - 32
*curie – radium & colonium 57. Clouds are classified according to – SHAPE &
*mendel – genetics ALTITUDE
38. Field of science dealing with planet Earth – 58. Part of the atmosphere filters the UV rays of the
EARTH SCIENCE sun – OZONE LAYER
39. Which of mitosis involves lining up of 59. An aiplaine travels east for 2 hours at a rate of
chromosomes in the midline? – METAPHASE 500 kph. Which of the ff quantities is a vector –
40. best defines the weight of an object – IT IS THE DISPLACEMENT
RESULT O THE GRAVITATIONAL FORCE 60. What is the most abundant inorganic compound
41. Feeding connections – FOOD WEB in the protoplasm? – WATER
42. Following organs have specific function except – 61.
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43. Kind of energy that possessed by water falling
form a dam – KINETIC
44. Includes all the land, water and air –
BIOSPHERE
45. Which of the ff is true of dominant genes? – IT
WILL PREVENT THE NECESSIVE OF THE
SAME LOCUS
46. How do scientists generally speculate on how the
dinosaurs become extinct – SUDDEN CHANGE
BY METEORIC IMPACT
47. What are compounds with the same number of
atoms? – ISOTOPES
48. What is the principal form of entertainment –
COCKFIGHTING
49. The greatest volcano in the Solar system found –
MARS
50. Which reaction is energy absorbed? –
ENDOTHERMIC
*Exothermic – release energy
51. Used a blue litmus paper. Observed that it turned
red after the ten seconds – ACID
52. Convinced of the danger of global warming, the
Philippines is now focusing on –
REFORESTRATION