1. Which event illustrates the direct transformation of potential to kinetic energy?

A. A volleyball player blocks an incoming ball.

B. A sleeping cow stirs awake.

C. The wide-open spring door closes slowly.

D. The spring of a broken toy shoots up.

2. What kind of chemical bond will form between two oxygen atoms?

a. ionic bond

b. metallic bond

c. polar covalent bond

d. nonpolar covalent bond

3. Which among the following shows that an atom is stable?

a. having 2 valence electrons

b. having 6 valence electrons

c. having 4 valence electrons

d. having 8 valence electrons

4. Which of the following substances when dissolve in water will conduct electricity?

a. glucose

b. oil

c. gasoline

d. muriatic acid

5. Which of the following characteristics of magma mainly affect the explosiveness of a volcanic
eruption?

a. color

b. amount

c. temperature

d. silica content

6. Why do stars have colors?

A. It is because of the presence of oxygen.

B. It is because of the presence of carbon dioxide.

C. It is because of varied temperatures.

D. It is because of the different locations.

7. Fresh fish and meat that are not stored in a refrigerator show signs of spoilage in less than a day.
What has caused this spoilage?
a. temperature changes
b. presence of microorganisms
c. oxygen in air
d. all of the above

8. Reactions eventually stop. What is generally the reason for this?

a. The catalyst has been used up.
b. The particles have run out of energy.
c. One or more of the reactants has been used up.
d. Wrong catalyst was used.

9. Which of the following is not an evidence that a chemical reaction has taken place?
a. Production of light
b. Formation of Precipitate
c. Change in Size and Shape
d. Evolution of gas
10. In which organs are glycogen stored in the body?
A. liver and spleen
B. liver and bile
C. liver and muscle
D. liver and adipose tissue
11. If you visit a place in the Pacific known to be along converging plates, which of these should you NOT
expect to see?
a. active volcanoes
c. rift valleys
b. mountain ranges
d. volcanic islands
12. Who were the two scientists who proposed the theory of seafloor spreading in the early 1960s?
a. Charles Darwin and James Hutton
b. Harry Hess and Robert Dietz
c. John Butler and Arthur Smite
d. F. Vine and D. Mathews
13. If the Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 3 cm per year, how far (in kilometers) will it spread in a
million years?
a. 3 kilometers
b. 30 kilometers
c. 300 kilometers
d. 3000 kilometers
14. How will you describe the magnetic field around a straight current-carrying wire?
a. The magnetic field is strongest near and around the wire.
b. The magnetic field consists of straight lines parallel to the wire.
c. The magnetic field does not vary with the distance from the wire.
d. The magnetic field gets stronger with increasing distance from the wire.
15. Which of the following statements best explains the Theory of Natural Selection?
a. Organs that are not used may disappear while organs that are constantly used may develop.
b. In nature, the organisms with desirable characteristics may survive while those with weaker traits
may not.
c. Organisms develop desirable structures to survive in a given environment.
d. Acquired characteristics of parents can be passed on to offspring.
16. Where can most of the fossils be found?
a. Sedimentary rock
b. Granite rock
c. Lava flows
d. black soil
17. “For every reaction, there is an equal and opposite reaction”
a. Newton’s First Law of Motion
b. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
c. Newton’s Third Law of Motion
d. Newton’s Fourth Law of Motion
18. An object's tendency to resist change, whether it is in motion or remaining still is called _________.
a. Friction
b. Force
c. Inertia
d. Gravity
19. What do we call the typhoon if it occurs in the Atlantic and eastern Pacific ?
a. Hurricane
b. Tropical Storm
c. Typhoon
d. None of the above
20. When a tropical cyclone passes over a certain place, it is the ______ that has greater wind speed.
a. Eye
b. Eyewall
c. Rainbands
d. Direction
21. A rocky or metallic object moving through the Earth's atmosphere, about to land on the Earth's
surface, is called what?
a. Meteor
b. Meteoroid
c. Meteorite
d. None of the above
22. What is the best way to use in separating iron fillings from a mixture?
a. filter paper
b. magnet
c. water
d. spoon
23. Which of the following is NOT a form of asexual reproduction?
A. Budding
B. Regeneration
C. Binary Fission
D. Formation of zygote
24. Which of the following always moves from hotter to colder object?
A. Heat B. Light C. Sound D. Temperature
25. What do you call the changing of weather due to varied amounts of sunlight?
A. Eclipse
B. Revolution
C. Rotation
D. Seasons

ANSWER KEY
EASY
1. b. Iron
2. a. Distance
3. d. Nitrogen
4. d. Rotational
5. b. Microscope
AVERAGE
1. Proton/s and neutron/s
2. Charles Darwin
3. Alcohol (Ethanol) and Carbon dioxide
4. Plane Mirror
5. Malleability
DIFFICULT
1.
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EASY QUESTIONS:
1. Which chemical element has Fe as a symbol?
a. Fluorine
b. Iron
c. Carbon
d. Beryllium
2. What does a ‘light year’ measure?
a. Distance
b. Time
c. Speed
d. Sound
3. What is the most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere?
a. Oxygen
b. Carbon Dioxide
c. Iron
d. Nitrogen
4. A merry-go-round is an example of what kind of motion?
a. Straight
b. Circulatory
c. Vertical
d. Rotational
5. It is an instrument used to magnify the image of an object that are too small to be seen by
naked eyes.
a. Telescope
b. Microscope
c. Seismograph
d. Eyeglass

AVERAGE:

1. Which two elements constitute the nuclei of atoms?

2. Which British naturalist is credited for the theory of natural selection and famous for his
contribution to the science of evolution?
 3. What are the products of anaerobic respiration in yeast?
4. Which mirror shows a lateral inversion of light?
5. It is the characteristics of metal that can be pounded and shaped into thin sheets without
breaking.

DIFFICULT