1. The Philippines lies in the region where C.

Sedimentary rocks
many volcanoes are active. This region D. Ocean floor
is known as: 7. Which process occurs solid is changed
A. Wheel of fire into gas?
B. Ring of fire A. Evaporation
C. Volcanic Rim B. Condensation
D. Archipelagic Fault Line C. Sublimation
2. What is the color of the hottest star in D. Decomposition
the Universe? 8. What is the color of the hottest star in
A. red the Universe?
B. blue A. red
C. yellow B. blue
D. orange C. yellow
3. What phase of the Moon is observed D. orange
when it cannot be seen at all because it 9. A solar eclipse occurs when ________.
passes directly between the Earth and A. The Moon is between the Earth and the
the Sun? Sun.
A. New Moon B. The Earth is between the Moon and the
B. First Quarter Sun
C. Last Quarter C. The Sun is between the Earth and the
D. Full Moon Moon.
4. Which of the following statements is D. The Earth is behind the Sun.
NOT TRUE about comets? 10. How will genetic drift affect the
A. Comets are mostly frozen gases and population of rabbits that are living in a
cosmic dust. stable habitat with no changes in the
B. Comets glow by their own lights environment?
C. Comets generally have elongated A. It will increase the population of rabbits.
elliptical orbits. B. It will decrease the genetic variation of
D. Comets may go around the sun in the rabbits.
any direction. C. It will develop the dominance and
5. Which of the following causes the superior traits of the rabbits
seasons? D. It will enhance the appearance of new
A. The rotation of the Earth around the traits of the rabbits.
Sun. 11. These are living things that use
B. The rotation of the Sun around the sunlight, chlorophyll, water, and carbon
Earth dioxide to produce food.
C. The distance of the Earth around the A. Autotrophs
Sun B. Consumers
D. The tilting of the Earth on its axis. C. Heterotrophs
6. Fossils are most likely to be found in? D. Food chain
A. Metamorphic rocks 12. Excessive presence of carbon dioxide in
B. Igneous rocks the air, trapping heat near the earth’s
surface causing a rise in temperature in
 the environment. 19. According to this theory, the universe was
A. El Niño created (between 10 and 20 billion years
B. Greenhouse effect ago) from a cosmic explosion that threw
C. Deforestation matter in all directions.
D. Weather disturbance a. Eternal Inflation
b. Steady State Theory
13. The Earth’s shield against the sun’s
c. General Theory of Relativity
harmful radiation.
d. The Big Bang Theory
A. Atmosphere
20. _______ is the science that is devoted to the
B. Air study of the earth’s place in the universe, it’s
C. Ozone layer structure and the processes that occur that
D. Forest contribute to its change.
14. . What causes high and low tides? a. Physics
A. Earth’s rotation on its axis b. Biological Science
B. Moon’s gravitational pull c. Earth Science
C. Sun’s solar energy d. General Science
D. Earth’s gravitational pull 21. Which of the following is a direct result of
the tilt of the Earth’s axis?
15. How is coral a tool formed? a. uneven periods of day and night
A. Volcanic eruption b. differences of the seasons
B. Coral growing around a volcanic between the hemispheres
island c. the occurrences of solstice
C. Underwater bedrock formations d. all of the above
D. Earthquake 22. The continental drift theory can be
explained as ________.
16. What sort of rock formation do the a. the movement of the Earth’s
world’s greatest mountain ranges tectonic plates b. the gradual widening
consist of? of the oceans
A. magma c. the movement of the large land
B. chalk deposit masses on the crust
C. fold eruptions d. the gradual shrinking of continents
D. deforestation 23. Mike was asked to identify the rock
samples by the way they split into definite
17. What is the force that wears down pieces. He does by identifying the samples’
mountains? _______.
A. Earthquake a. Hardness
B. Erosion b. Streak
C. Volcanic eruptions c. Cleavage
D. Deforestation d. Specific gravity
24. The energy one can harness from
18. The weathering away of rocks by underground hot springs through power
water, wind, and ice: plants is known as _______.
A. Denudation a. OTEC
B. Erosion b. Geothermal energy
C. Volcanic rock c. Tidal Power
D. Metamorphic rock d. Wind energy
25. Which of the following is NOT an a. I and III
agent of weathering? b. II and IV
a. Flowing Water c. I and IV
b. Transport of animals d. II and III
c. Changing Air Temperature 32. Which of the following is NOT a
d. Movement of wind minor member of the Solar System?
26. When rocks are subjected to intense a. comets
heat and pressure, the properties of the b. asteroids
original materials that make up that rock c. moons
changes to form new kinds of rock. This d. Sun
process is known as 33. 4. Venus is the hottest planet in the Solar
a. Metamorphism System because _______.
b. Cementation a. it is the nearest planet to the sun
c. Sedementation b. it is covered by thick atmosphere
d. Liquefaction of carbon dioxide
27. An unknown mineral was found to be c. it rotates faster than the other
lustrous, ductile, and resistant to scratching. planets
Most probably, the mineral is _______. d. it is twice the size of the earth
a. a gem stone 34. All of the following are renewable
b. siliceous energy sources except ________.
c. metallic a. Tides
d. non-metallic b. Sunlight
28. Rocks formed by the cooling of lava are c. Geothermal Vents
classified as_______. d. Coal mines
a. Igneous 35. Nicolas Copernicus proposed which
b. Metamorphic model of the solar system?
c. Sedimentary a. Tychonic Model
d. Porous b. Ptolemaic Model
29. All of the following occur in the c. Geocentric Model
Troposphere except _______. d. Heliocentric Model
a. storms 36.
b. tornadoes
c. cloud formations
d. aurora
30. Which statement describes both
weather and climate?
a. The ceremony was called off
because of the storm.
b. I went to the rainforest.
c. The skies are overcast today.
d. It is warm and sunny at our
province.
31. The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and
Mars can be classified under which categories?
I. Terrestrial Planets II. Gas Planets
III. Inner Planets IV. Outer Planets