Science

Directions: Read the questions carefully and choose the letter that
corresponds to your answer.

1. All of the following are solutions except .

A. Brass
B. Coffee
C. Seawater
D. Milk

2. How come a person with type B blood cannot donate to a person with
type A blood?
A. The recipient has antibodies against B blood, which has B-
antigens, resulting in clotting up the donated blood.
B. The recipient has B surface antigens that can be recognized by
antibodies of the donor, resulting in rejection of the donated
blood.
C. Both A and B are true.
D. None of the above statements are true.
3. How many moles of CO2 does 88 grams of Carbon
Dioxide contain?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

4. Weathering is the process that changes solid rock into sediments.

With weathering, rock is disintegrated. It breaks into pieces.
However, rocks on the moon are not being weathered. Which of the
following is the reason for this?
A. There is no atmosphere on the moon.
B. There is no water on the moon.
C. There is no volcano on the moon.
D. The gravity on the moon is very small.

5. Each of two replicated strands of a chromosome is called a(n)

A. aster.
B. centriole.
C. synapse.
D. chromatid.

6. Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm. It

creates a change in the water level due to the presence of the storm. The
rise may come rapidly, flooding coastal lowlands in the process. PAGASA
predicted a storm surge will hit the Philippines even before

Typhoon Yolanda entered the country but they did not expect the
damages to be that massive. The storm surge that accompanied Yolanda
was described as tsunami-like. This is somehow reminiscent of the
tsunami that hit Japan in the year 2011.
Tsunamis can be created when there is a sudden disturbance on the
Earth’s crust and deformation on the sea floor. This deformation
vertically displaces the overlying water and creates violent underwater
disturbance. What is the main characteristic of tsunamis that
differentiates it from a storm surge?

A. Tsunamis are tidal waves.

B. Tsunamis are created when a body of water is displaced usually by an
earthquake.
C. Tsunamis are always accompanied by typhoons and other forms of
weather disturbances.
D. Tsunamis are single waves that only hit the shorelines by the
Pacific Ocean.

7. If Wes applies 100 newtons of force on a 2-meter wrench at a right

angle to the wrench and parallel to the plane of rotation, how much
torque, in newton-meters (N-m), is he applying to the bolt?
A. 200 N-m
B. 100 N-m
C. 50 N-m
D. 25 N-m

8. If two flies heterozygous for wing length and body color are
crossed, which of the following are possible results?

A. chance of L, long wings = 3/4

B. chance of l, short wings = 1/2
C. chance of G, grey body = 1/4
D. all of the above are true

9. Which chemical bonds are considered the strongest, requiring the

most energy to break?
A. ionic bonds
B. van der Waals forces
C. hydrogen bonds
D. covalent bonds

10. The eruption of Mt. Pinatubo caused widespread destruction and

loss of human life. Gases and solids injected into the stratosphere circled
the globe for three weeks. Volcanic eruptions of this magnitude can
impact global climate, reducing the amount of solar radiation reaching
the Earth's surface, lowering temperatures in the troposphere, and
changing atmospheric circulation patterns. Which of the following was an
effect of the Mt. Pinatubo eruption?
A. an increase of the Earth’s temperature by 2˚C
B. massive global warming
C. El niño phenomenon
D. lowered global temperature by 0.5˚

11. Which of these would be least likely to diffuse across the

phospholipid bilayer of a cell membrane?
A. water
B. sodium ions
C. oxygen
D. carbon dioxide

12. The bacteria that causes syphilis is

A. a coccus.
B. E. coli.
C. a bacillus.
D. a spirochete.

13. Give the mass number for an atom that has 10 protons, 10
electrons, and 11 neutrons.
A. 31
B. 20
C. 10
D. 21

14. The graph below shows the change in energy that occurs during a
chemical reaction. Which of the following is most likely to happen as
the reaction nears completion?

A. The reaction releases energy to its surroundings.

B. The energy level of the reactants remains constant.
C. The reaction takes in energy from its surroundings
D. The energy level of the reactants increases gradually.

15. Cloud seeding can be done by dispersing Silver Iodide or dry ice
(solid carbon dioxide) into clouds to induce precipitation. Cloud seeding
has also been used to dissipate fog, modify hurricanes, and decrease
lightning and hail in thunderstorms. The results have been remarkable
but never guaranteed increase precipitation on all trials. The Beijing
Weather Modification Office has researched on the application of cloud
seeding to control weather. During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the
Chinese governments executed cloud seeding to clear the air of
pollutants and to keep it from raining over the Bird’s Nest stadium while
the games were going on. They managed to deliver as they have
promised.
What could be an obvious negative effect of cloud seeding in
China?

A. Excessive precipitation and unanticipated drought

B. Significant increase of Silver contamination on crops and water
C. Unpredictable weather
D. Increase in thunderstorms and typhoons that may hit the country
within the same year of cloud seeding in the area

16. During , the chromosomes attach to the spindle and

align at the metaphase plate of the spindle.

A. prophase
B. prometaphase
C. metaphase
D. anaphase

17. Geothermal systems produce electricity from what energy

source?
A. heat from the Sun
B. mechanical energy from wind
C. heat from Earth’s interior
D. mechanical energy from waves

18. Gravitational potential energy is energy an object possesses because

of its position in a gravitational field. Which of the following has the most
gravitational potential energy?

A. A truck at the top of a hill

B. A truck speeding down the hill
C. A man on top of the hill
D. A man on his mountain bike speeding down the hill
19. The proportion of adenine bases in a sample of DNA was found to be
12%. Which of the following statements is true? The proportion of
A. uracil bases in the sample is 12%.
B. thyroxine bases in the sample is 12%.
C. uracil bases in the sample is 88%.
D. cytosine bases in the sample is 38%.

20. If a single-celled saltwater organism is placed in freshwater, it will

not be able to survive. Which statement explains why this is true?
A. The organism’s cell will absorb too much water through osmosis.
B. The organism’s cell will absorb too many sodium ions through
osmosis.
C. The organism’s cell will release too many hydrogen ions through
diffusion.
D. The organism’s cell will release too much water through
facilitated diffusion.

21. Starting as a gas at 206°C, a sample of a substance is allowed to

cool for 16 minutes. This process is represented by the cooling curve
below.
Cooling Curve for a Substance
Temperature (°C)

What is the melting point of this substance?

A. 206°C
B. 150°C
Time (min)
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 C. 90°C
D. 50°C

22. Protozoa are placed in different classes according to their

A. movement.
B. color.
C. shape.
D. size.

23. Refer to the diagram below.

Sediments B
A

Igneou
s Sedimenta
Rocks ry Rocks
C
Melting
Metamorp
hic
Rocks

Which of the following is TRUE?

I. Path A is uplift, weathering, erosion, deposition
II. Path B is heating and crystallization.
III. Heat and pressure are responsible for path C.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
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C. II and III only
D. I, II, and III

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24. Agglutination is the
A. clumping of students in hallways.
B. clumping of platelets to help stop bleeding.
C. clumping of white blood cells around bacteria.
D. clumping of blood cells due to an antibody-antigen reaction.

25. The figure below shows resistors connected in series and parallel. If
the total resistance from A to B is 6 Ω, find the resistance of R.
1Ω 1Ω
2Ω 3Ω
A B

R
A. 1Ω
B. 2Ω
C. 3Ω
D. 4Ω

26. What mass, in g, of hydrogen gas is formed when 3.0 mol of

aluminum react with excess hydrochloric acid according to the following
equation?

2Al(s) + 6HCl(aq) 2AlCl3(aq) + 3H2(g) A. 3.0

B. 4.5
C. 6.0
D. 9.0

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27. Removing all lone pairs of electrons on the central atom of ClF3
would change the geometry from
A. trigonal pyramidal to trigonal planar.
B. from square shaped to trigonal pyramidal.
C. from T–shaped to trigonal planar.
D. from trigonal bipyramidal to trigonal planar.

28. Differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells include all of

the following except .

A. eukaryotic cells have mitochondria

B. eukaryotic cells have cilia and flagella with complex structure
C. prokaryotic cells have more complex cell walls
D. prokaryotic cells have no genetic material

29. Which electromagnetic wave has the shortest

wavelength?

A. Radio
B. UV
C. Visible Light
D. Gamma

30. I lack respiratory, excretory, and circulatory systems, have bilateral

larva, deuterostome development, and move using a water vascular
system. What am I?
A. echinoderm
B. chordate
C. jellyfish
D. mollusc

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31. Assuming that complete dominance is followed, which of the
following genotypes has the same phenotype as QQRrssTt?

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 A. AABbccDd
B. QqRRssTT
C. Qqrrsstt
D. QQRrSsTt

32. What percent of a parent isotopes remains after 2 half-lives? A.

50%
B. 25%
C. 6.25%
D. 2%

33. Which factors are involved in Gay-Lussac’s Law?

A. Pressure and Temperature

B. Pressure and Volume
C. Temperature and Volume
D. Volume and Moles

34. Potassium-40 is used to determine the age of rocks. The diagram

below shows a rock sample in which some of the potassium-40 atoms
have undergone radioactive decay. According to the diagram, how many
half-lives has the rock sample undergone?

A. 9 half-lives
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B. 3 half-lives

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C. 2 half-lives
D. 1 half-life

35. The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion is

dependent on:

A. Weight
B. Temperature
C. Speed
D. Mass

36. What the value does 6.02 x 1023 represent?

A. The number of particles in a mole

B. The number of particles per atom in a substance.
C. The density of moles per square nanometer.
D. The length of time for a material to decompose

37. Which of the following pairs are analogous structures?

A. the front leg of a horse and a human arm

B. the front leg of a frog and a bat wing
C. the wing of a bird and a bat wing
D. the front flipper of a porpoise and a human arm

38. What enzyme in saliva breaks down sugars?

A. Aqua-enzymes
B. Amylase
C. Adenine
D. Glyoxalase
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39. Molality, m, is defined as number of moles of solute per kg of
solvent. If 230 g of ethanol (C 2H5OH) is added to 500 g of water, what
is the molality of the solution?
A. 0.46 m
B. 1 m
C. 2.17 m
D. 10 m

40. How much time should it take for a traveling bullet to hit the
ground compared to a bullet dropped from rest? Assume the ground
remains flat for the entire distance the bullet may travel.

A. The traveling bullet will take longer to hit the ground than the
bullet dropped from rest
B. The traveling bullet will hit the ground at the same time as the
bullet dropped from rest
C. The traveling bullet will hit the ground before the bullet dropped
from rest
D. The traveling bullet moves so fast that it will never hit the ground

41. A scientist performed an experiment where he knocked out the

genes of a mouse cell responsible for producing the Golgi complex.
Which of the following could be a consequence of the experiment to
mice lacking the gene?
A. Mice would grow to be fat, and obese, since there would be
no regulation of lipid synthesis.
B. Mice would develop uncontrolled mutations over the course of
its life, since production of proteins has been hampered.
C. Mice won’t grow or develop into adults, and will live for only a
few days or weeks, since proteins won’t be processed properly
and they wouldn’t know where to go after they’re synthesized.
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 D. The mice will be lethargic since they won’t be able to process
absorbed nutrients to transform them into energy in the form
of ATP.

42. What enzyme in saliva breaks down sugars?

A. Aqua-enzymes
B. Amylase
C. Adenine
D. Glyoxalase

43. Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of substance to the

density of water. Suppose the specific gravity of liquid X is 1.2. Which
of the following will not float in liquid X?
A. Water
B. A 1000-cm3 object whose mass is 750 g
C. A solid object whose specific gravity is 0.9
D. A liquid whose specific gravity is 1.3

44. Vitamins help to control chemical reactions in our bodies. Without

vitamins certain reactions cannot take place. We need only tiny amounts
of vitamins, but without them we will suffer from deficiency diseases,
like the lack of vitamin D will lead to
A. beriberi
B. rickets
C. scurvy
D. night blindness

45. In which population would you expect the most rapid

evolutionary change?

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A. a small population with a high mutation rate in a changing
environment

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B. a small population with a low mutation rate in a stable
environment
C. a large population with a high mutation rate in a changing
environment
D. a large population with a low mutation rate in a stable
environment

46. In a species of pea plant, white flowers were completely dominant

over red flowers. Pure breeding, white flowered pea plants are crossed
with pure breeding, red-flowered pea plants. What proportion of white-
and red-colored plants will be produced in the F1 generation?
A. all white-flowered plants.
B. all red-flowered plants.
C. a 3 : 1 ratio of white-flowered plants to red-flowered plants.
D. a 3 : 1 ratio of red-flowered plants to white-flowered plants.

47. What are the coefficients that will balance the formula equation
below?

A. 1, 3, 1, 3
B. 3, 1, 3, 1
C. 1, 1, 1, 3
D. 1, 3, 3, 1

48. When ice changes from a solid to a liquid at its melting point
A. its temperature increases.
B. heat is given out.
C. its particles gain energy.
D. its particles become more ordered.

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49. Flowers are the reproductive organs of angiosperms. These
organs have various parts that fall under three groups: (1) male
parts, (2) female parts and (3) accessory parts.

Depending on the present structures, a flower may be categorized

as complete, incomplete, perfect or imperfect. Which of the
following lists of parts describes a perfect flower but not a complete
flower?
A. Pistil, stamen and accessory parts
B. Pistil and accessory parts only
C. Stamen and accessory parts only
D. Pistil and stamen only

Read the passage below to answer questions 50 and 51.

Eutrophication is a phenomenon where excessive amounts of nutrients
are added to a marine ecosystem. These nutrients cause plant life like
algae to multiply rapidly, leading to very high population densities. In
freshwater ecosystems, the algae can become so dense that it can turn
ponds, lakes or even smaller rivers green. The algae grows to an
unreasonable level at a very fast rate. The algae are known as
phytoplankton and are microscopic, single-celled organisms.

A body of water that is experiencing eutrophication and a resulting

bloom can be quickly devastated. Eutrophication affects all living
organisms in the area including fish, birds and mammals. The top layer of
phytoplankton causes such a build-up on the surface that they
accumulate sediment. When this occurs the sunlight is blocked and it will
choke off the plant life below the surface. The phytoplankton will also
cause less surface area for the water to interface with air. As a result,
there will be less oxygen available in the water. As oxygen continues to
deplete, the depletion can have a negative effect on life as there will be
less oxygen to support the organisms below the surface that depend on
the oxygen from plants that diffuses into the water.

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Scientist 1
The root cause of eutrophication is not known. However, the frequency
and increasing incidents of eutrophication point to human farming
activity as the potential cause. The growth of the phytoplankton is
caused by runoff that contains multiple sources of nitrates that are also
found in fertilizer. The nitrates allow for the phytoplankton to grow
rapidly. The solution to the problem is to either move the drainage so the
runoff from the human farming activity cannot reach the water source or
move the farms.

Scientist 2
Sometimes eutrophication can happen naturally without any real cause.
Sometimes when there are periods of heavy rain, the increase in rain
water leads to an imbalance in the pH of the water. This in turn creates
favorable conditions for the phytoplankton to grow and proliferate. This
is a natural cycle that also ensures that too many fish and other animals
do not build up in a freshwater source. This type of bloom is nature’s
way of eliminating overpopulation with an abiotic factor. Although many
organisms will die as a result, it will help to thin the numbers of
organisms and ensure a healthier freshwater source.

50. According to Scientist 1, which of the following is the cause of the

eutrophication?
A. A change in the pH of the water.
B. The increasing changes in phytoplankton.
C. Agricultural run-off from human activity.
D. The build-up of phosphates in the body of water.

51. What is the main point of disagreement between Scientist 1 and

Scientist 2?
A. The source of the nitrogen.
B. The root cause of the eutrophication.
C. The effects of the lack of oxygen.
D. The effect of the plant life in the aquatic ecosystem.
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52. A container weighs 90 g when empty and 110 g when fully filled with
water. The density of water is 1.0 g/mL. When the container is filled
instead with liquid X, it weighs 140 g. What is the density of liquid X?
A. 0.80 g/mL
B. 1.4 g/mL
C. 2.5 g/mL
D. 3.0 g/mL

53. Which of the following is the function of the cotyledon in a

seed?
A. to form the lower portion of the plant.
B. to form the upper portion of the plant.
C. to protect the seed from drying out.
D. to provide nutrients for the germinating plant.

54. Two forces are acting on an object as shown below. What is the
magnitude of the resultant force?

A. 200 N
B. 40 N
C. 66.7 N
D. 185 N

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55. Torque is the product of the force and the lever arm. In
symbols,
𝑟 = 𝐹 × 𝑙
Refer to the diagram below. Two masses, 8 kg and 10 kg, are hung
at both ends of a 90-cm stick. The stick has markings every 10 cm. If
the mass of the stick is negligible, where should the stick be
suspended by means of a cord to remain the stick horizontal?
AB C D

8 kg 10 kg

A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D

56. Your flashlight has three identical 1.5 volt batteries in it, arranged
in a chain to give a total of 4.5 volts. Current passes first through
battery (a), then through battery (b), then through battery (c), on its
way to the bulb. When you operate the flashlight, the batteries provide
power to the current and they gradually use up their chemical potential
energy. Which battery will run out of chemical potential energy first?

A. All three will run out at the same time.

B. Battery (a) will run out first.
C. Battery (b) will run out first.
D. Battery (c) will run out first.

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57. A neutral atom in the ground state contains 16 electrons. What is
the total number of electrons in the 3p sublevel?
A. 2
B. 4
C. 6
D. 8

58. If you balance the equation below, what is the least sum of the
coefficients?
MnO2 + HCl  Cl2 + MnCl2 + H2O
A. 26
B. 15
C. 9
D. 7

59. What is the probability that a father with a homogenous

dominant trait and a mother with the same homogenous
dominant trait will produce an offspring with the recessive
trait?

A. 25%
B. 15%
C. 0%
D. 100%

60. A graduated cylinder is used to measure liquid volume. The correct

way of reading the level of mercury in a graduated cylinder is
A. read from the top of the meniscus.
B. read from the bottom of the meniscus.
C. use the lowest point of the mercury in the cylinder.
D. take the average of the highest and the lowest points.

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61. Suppose a cold steel bar (at 10C) and a hot iron block (at 70C)
are placed inside the same room at the same time. With time, the
steel bar and the iron block are brought to thermal equilibrium with
the room. The final temperature of the room is 25C. What are the
final temperature of the steel bar and the iron block?
A. Steel bar (at 40C), iron block (at 25C)
B. Steel bar (at 25C), iron block (at 40C)
C. Steel bar (at 40C), iron block (at 40C)
D. Steel bar (at 25C), iron block (at 25C)

62. Mount Mayon is what type of volcano?

A. Stratovolcano
B. Shield
C. Caldera
D. Cinder

63. The radioactive half-life of a certain isotope is 2 days. What part of

this isotope will remain after 8 days?
A. ½
B. ¼
C. 1/8
D. 1/16

64. The circulatory system has three main components: (1) the pumping
organ – the heart, (2) the circulating medium – the blood and (3) the
passageways of blood – the blood vessels. Furthermore, there are
three types of blood vessels: capillaries, arteries and veins. Capillaries are
the site of gas exchange between the blood and the bodily tissues.
Arteries carry blood away from the heart while veins carry blood towards
the heart. Apart from these differences in function, these three types of
blood vessels all have different morphological features.
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 Arteries have much thicker walls than veins. What is the
significance of the thicker walls for arteries?
A. Arteries normally carry oxygenated blood – which require
flowing through thicker vessels in order to preserve the
oxygen content.
B. Arteries receive greater blood pressure than the veins. The
greater blood pressure would threaten destroying thin- walled
blood vessels, warranting thicker walls for arteries.
C. Veins have valves that prevent back-flow of blood. The valves
are designed to work in thin walled vessels.
D. Veins normally carry deoxygenated blood – which does not
require flowing through thicker vessels in order to preserve the
oxygen content.

65. Mixtures can be classified as homogenous or heterogenous and can

be separated by simple means. Solutions and suspensions
A. are both compounds.
B. are both examples of a homogenous mixture.
C. are both examples of a heterogenous mixture.
D. can be separated into components by physical means.

66. Which of the following cases is/are NOT a uniformly

accelerated motion?
(1) A feather falls from a certain height inside a vacuum tube.
(2) A ball rolls along a frictionless plane at uniform speed.
(3) A coin falls from a certain height in air but air resistance is
negligible.

A. (1) only
B. (2) only
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C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only

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67. The main reason why one can possibly walk barefoot on a red- hot
wooden coals without burning the feet is
A. the low thermal conductivity of coal.
B. the high temperature of coal.
C. the low temperature of coal.
D. the stepping techniques.

68. Global climate change can be attributed to the increase in what two
gases produced by human activities?
A. nitrous oxide and sulfur dioxide
B. methane and carbon dioxide
C. ozone and carbon dioxide
D. ozone and methane

69. A stone is thrown into the air at an angle. Neglecting air resistance,
what is the stone’s velocity upon reaching its maximum height?
A. zero
B. equal to the horizontal component of its initial velocity
C. equal to the vertical component of its initial velocity
D. equal to the acceleration due to gravity

70. Which of the following characterizes water?

A. Water releases only heat quickly.

B. Water releases and gains heat quickly.
C. Water releases and gains heat slowly.
D. Water gains only heat slowly.

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71. How many star/s is/are there in our solar system? A.1
B. 1 million
C. 1 billion
D. infinitely many

72. If the volume of a gas at a certain pressure is halved, .

A. its temperature is halved

B. its temperature is doubled
C. its temperature remains constant
D. its temperature increases according to a geometric progression

73. The reason why we see eclipses of the Moon more often than solar
eclipses, even though solar eclipses happen more frequently is that
A. lunar eclipses are visible over more than half of Earth compared
to less than 20% of Earth’s surface for partial solar eclipses.
B. the weather is more cloudy during the new moon.
C. a lunar eclipse lasts longer than a solar eclipse.
D. people are not so interested in the solar eclipse.

74. What measurement is used to quantify the destruction caused by

an earthquake?
A. the Richter scale
B. the modified Mercalli scale
C. the moment magnitude scale
D. the moment destruction scale

75. Igeneous rocks originate when magma or lava cools and crystallizes
or when pyroclastic materials are consolidated. The two categories of
igneous rocks are plutonic rocks, which form within

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the earth’s crust, and volcanic rocks, which form at the surface.
Volcanic rocks can usually be distinguished from plutonic rocks by
A. its color
B. its composition
C. its iron-magnesium content
D. the size of its mineral crystals

76. When a lit match is touched to the wick of a candle, the candle
begins to burn. When the match is removed, the candle continues to
burn. In this reaction, the match .

A. behaves as a catalyst.
B. supplies activation energy.
C. is part of the rate determining step.
D. lowers the activation energy barrier

77. Specific gravity is the ratio of the density of substance to the

density of water. Suppose the specific gravity of liquid X is 1.2. Which
of the following will not float in liquid X?
A. Water
B. A 1000-cm3 object whose mass is 750 g
C. A solid object whose specific gravity is 0.9
D. A liquid whose specific gravity is 1.3

78. The solidification of molten rock from inside or outside the earth
causes the formation of igneous rocks. These rocks are characterized by
the presence of large or small crystals, depending on the rate of cooling
of the rocks. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock that cooled beneath the
earth’s crust, and has large crystals. What is the most probable reason
for this?
A. Extreme pressures at the bottom create larger crystals.
B. Gravity causes the heavier crystals to collect at the bottom of
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intrusive igneous rocks.

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 C. Hotter temperatures act as a catalyst to increase the rate of
crystal formation in intrusive igneous rocks.
D. Hotter temperatures beneath the earth’s crust decrease the
cooling rate, allowing more time to grow larger crystals.

79. 1 atm is equal to Torr.

A. 700
B. 720
C. 273
D. 760

80. Based on the following periodic table, which two elements have a
half-filled p orbital?

Be N O
Na Al Si
K Fe Co
Sb I
Ba Os

A. Nitrogen and antimony

B. Iron and cobalt
C. Barium and osmium
D. Sodium and potassium

81. Of the first 101 elements, which is the most

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unstable?

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A. Francium
B. Plutonium
C. Arsenic
D. Uranium

82. Which element is the most electronegative?

A. Neon
B. Francium
C. Sodium
D. Fluorine

83. In snapdragons, red flowers represent the RR genotype while

white flowers represent the rr genotype. Upon breeding red and white
flowers, the offsprings were neither red nor white, instead they were
pink. What mode of inheritance is exhibited by the snapdragons?
A. Codominance
B. Dominance
C. Incomplete Dominance
D. Sex-influenced

84. What is the most common isotope of Carbon?

A. Carbon-12
B. Carbon 16
C. Carbon-14
D. Carbon-13

85. Suppose two hypothetical organisms with blue eyes have an

offspring with red eyes. Assuming that this trait obeys the
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Mendelian laws of inheritance, which among the following
statements is TRUE?
A. Red eye color is the dominant trait.
B. The red-eyed offspring has a homozygous dominant
genotype.
C. The parents both have a heterozygous genotype.
D. The red-eyed offspring has a heterozygous genotype.

86. Mechanical and chemical weathering result in disintegration and

decomposition of parent material so that it is more nearly in equilibrium
with new physical and chemical conditions. Mechanical weathering
involves forces that break rocks into smaller pieces without changing
their chemical composition. Which mechanical weathering process
involved in the origin of exfoliation domes?
A. pressure release
B. expansion and contraction
C. heating and cooling
D. oxidation and reduction

87. Rock and dust samples brought back from the Moon by the
Apollo missions in the 1980s were more similar to Earth’s mantle than
to meteorites that struck the Earth. Which of the following
statements is true about Earth’s tock and moon’s rock?
A. Rocks on Earth are much younger than those on the moon.
B. Rocks on Earth are much older than those on the moon.
C. Rocks on Earth are about the same age as rocks on the moon.
D. Moon rocks do not have age.

88. Newton’s first law of motion states that “Every object remains at
rest or in motion in a straight line at constant speed unless acted
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upon by an unbalanced force.” What is the net force acting on an
airplane in level flight at 500 kph due north?
A. 100 N
B. 490 N
C. 980 N
D. 0

89. What is the molar concentration of NaCl solution that contains 30

grams of salt per 200 mL of solution?
A. 0.15 M
B. 0.30 M
C. 1.3 M
D. 2.6 M

90. What is the limiting reagent for the following chemical reaction if 24
grams of hydrogen and 48 grams of oxygen react to form water?
2H2 + O22H2O

A. Hydrogen
B. Oxygen
C. Water
D. This reaction has no limiting reagent.

91. Coulomb’s law and Newton’s law of gravitation both involve

which of the following?
A. the inverse square law.
B. the charge on the particle.
C. the mass of the particle.
D. permeability

92. Which among the following is correctly paired?

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A. cheddar cheese : heterogeneous

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B. liquid soap : homogeneous
C. sugar : element
D. orange juice : compound

93. An analysis of a compound used in the production of aluminum is

32.79% sodium, 13.02 % aluminum and 54.19% fluorine. The empirical
formula of the compound is
A. Na3AlF6
B. Na5AlF8
C. NaAlF
D. Na3AlF3

94. Flooding frequently happens in the Philippines. It may occur due to

an accumulation of rainwater on saturated ground. This can threaten
several lives, properties and even livestock. If there is a flood, what
characteristics of soil would make the situation of flooding worse within
the affected area?
A. high porosity and high permeability
B. high porosity and low permeability
C. low porosity and high permeability
D. low porosity and low permeability

95. The height of the column of mercury in a mercury barometer is

dependent on the following EXCEPT on the
A. diameter of the tube.
B. atmospheric pressure.
C. density of mercury and weather condition.
D. altitude at which the measurement is made.

96. A 7-m rope is stretched between two poles, which are 6-m
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down. If the boy weighs 300 N, what is the tension in the rope on the
right-hand side?
A. 183 N
B. 291 N
C. 425 N
D. 291 N

97. What process can be used on a liquid to

separate its components without losing either
component in the process?

A. Distillation
B. Evaporation
C. Sieving
D. Paper Chromatography

98. What component of hard water makes it “hard”?

A. sodium and nitrogen
B. oxygen and hydrogen
C. large amounts of calcium and magnesium ions
D. large amounts of sodium and carbon dioxide

99. The graphs below show the effects of temperature and pH on

enzyme activity. Which statement explains the enzyme activity at the

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A. At P, hydrogen bonds are formed between enzyme and
substrate.
B. At Q, the kinetic energy of enzyme and substrate is highest.
C. At R, peptide bonds in the enzyme begin to break.
D. At S, the substrate is completely denatured.

100. Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the

sky?

A. Sirius
B. Venus
C. Betelgeuse
D. The Big Dipper

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