SCIENCE

MCQS
1.Which of the following scientific applications benefuts society ?

a)Production of poisonous chemical wastes

b)polluting the enviroment

c)burning of forests

d)invention of computers

2.Studying nature through sceince is made easy by its

____________________

a)investigative nature

b)random nature

c)systematic nature

d)experimental nature

3.What is the following laboratory appratus used for?

a)to measure the volume of liquids

b) to evaporate a liquid from a solution

c)to transfer liquids into a beaker

d)to contain or heat small amounts of substances

4An explanation decided from observations is known as
a/an_________________

a)inference

b)theory

c)hypothesis

d)law of science

5.Which of the following is a charateristic of the luminous bunsen flame?

a)it si non-sooty

b)it is blue and steady

c)it is orange and flickers

d)it is verry hot

6.When heating chemicals in a test tube,which of the following precautions

should be taken?

1)goggles should be worn

2)the test tube should be pointed away from ourselves and other

3)gloves should be worm

a)1 only b)2 only c)1 and 2 only d) 1,2 and 3

7.Pouring unused chemicals back into their container is discouraged

because it ____________________________________________

a)saves cost

b)may contaminate the chemicals

c)increases the concentration of the chemicals

d)dilutes the chemicals

8.The figure shows a bottle of chemical with a warning label. the label
suggests

a)go near the chemical

b)heat the chemical

c)shake the bottle

d)smell the chemical

9.Which of the following symbols shoulb be found on the label of a bottle

containing mercury?

a) skeleton b)explosion c) fireeeeeee d) dont touch

10.Which of the following appratus is most suitable for looking at tiny

objects

a)telescope

b)periscope

c)microscope

d)stethscope

11.which of the following is not a desirable attitude a scientist should have?

a)complacency

b)skeptisim

c)innovativeness

d)objectiveness

12.which of the following appratus can help you pour some oil into the car
engine?

a)evaporating dish
b)funnel

c)pipette

d)test tube

13.which of the following is the SI unit for length

a)hectare

b)inch

c)mile

d)metre

14. vernier caliper readings are accurate to _________

a)0.001mm

b)0.01mm

c)0.01cm

d)0.1cm

15.the approximate area of the sheded region is ________

a)27mm2
b)6.75cm2

c)27cm2

d)54cm2

16.

the diagram above shows a piece of wood. what is its length?

a)10cm

b)50cm

c)60cm

d)70cm

17.

the volume of the object shown in the diagram above is ______

a)11m3
b)13m3

c)40m3

d)76m3

18.which of the following instriment would you use to measure the external
diameter of a measuring cylinder?

a)half metre rule

b)measuring tape

c)metre rule

d)vernier calipers

19.
the diagram above the shows a reading on a pair of vernier calipers when a
ball bearing is gripped btw its jaws. the diametre of the ball bearing is
_________

a)3.20cm

b)3.204cm

c)3.24cm

d)3.246cm

20.which of the following measuring instruments is most suitable for

measuring 17.5 cm3 of a liquid accurately?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

21.the level of the water in a measuring cylinder is 18cm3. if you put four
marbles each of volume 2 cm3, into the water in teh measuring
cylinder,what will bw=e the new reading be?

a)20cm3

b)22cm3

c)24cm3
d)26cm3

22.the following diagram shows a experiment to measure the volume of a

stone.

what is the volume of the stone?

a)7.0cm3

b)8.0cm3

c)13.0cm3

d)20.0cm3

23.mary used a metre rule to measure the length of a table. she look at the
readings and calculated the average of the three redings to be
18.467cm.she should record the average length of the table to be_____cm

a)18.544

b)18.47

c)18.5

d)18

24.ali wishes to find out if his jug can contain the whole packet of orange
juice he has bought. it would be most helpful if he knows the _______

of the jug

a)area

b)height

c)volume

d)diametre

25.a reading taken from a pair of vernier calipers with a negative zero error
of 0.02cm is 4.86cm. what should be the correct mearsuement be?

a)4.84cm

b)4.86cm

c)4.88cm

d)5.06cm

26.which of the following characteristics is not a physical property?

a)density

b)thermal conductivity

c)strength

d)reactivity

27.rubber bands are used in catapults because they are ________

a)elastic

b)strong transparent

c)strong

d)sof
28.concrete is used in the construction of the buildings and bridges because
of its ______________________

a)high elasticity

b)high heat conductivity

c)high strength

d)high electrical conductivity

29. substance P scratches substance Q but is sratched of substance R. which

of the following statements is ture about P,Q,R?

A)p is harder and q is harder then r

B)r is harder than p and q is harder than p

C)q is harder than p and p is harder than r

D)R is harder than P and P is harder than Q

29.a diamond can only be cut by another diamond cuz it is

_________________________

A)the strongest substance

B)the hardest substance

C)the smoothest substance

D)the most flexible substance

30.which of the following statements are true about the solids at room
temperature?

A)all solids have melting points above room temperature

B)all solids have meltings points have melting point below temperature

C)all solids have no melting point

D)some solids have melting point above room temperature and others have
melting points below room temperature

31.electrical wires are made of copper cuz it

has________________________________

A)a high melting point

B)high electrical conductivity

C)a high density

D)high thermal conductivity

32.cooking utensils are fitted with plastic handles cuz plastics has
_______________________________

A)a low density

B)low elasticity

C)low thermal conductivity

D)low strength

33.whihc of the following materials that you would use to make a bookshelf
to place your story books

A)concrete

B)wood

C)rubber

D)plastic

34.which of the following are soluble in water

A)chalk powder

B)fine soil particles

C)oil

D)vitamin C

35.a light material whihc is hard and strong is required to make a product.
which of the following materials may be suitable?

A)tin

B)steel

C)metal

D)duralumin

36.which of the physical property of a material would u consider the most

important if u want to make the blade of a cutting tool?

A)hardness

B)melting point

C)electrical conductivity

D)strength

37.classification is the grouping of objects which have

_____________________________

A)similiar properties

B)one different property

C)exactly the same properties

D)many different properties

38.which of the following sets of three objects is made from the same class
of materials?

A)towels,hangers,shelves
B)windows,clothes,baskets

C)tubes,glass,walls

D)tinscans,wires,pots

39.under which class of mterials would you classify nylon?

A)plastic

B)ceramics

C)wood

D)fibres

40.minyi found an objest which has a shiny .it has a high melting point and a
high density. the object is most likely to be made of _________

A)glass

B)plastic

C)ceramics

D)metal

41.which of the following will not undergo a change in state when heated to
high temperatures?

A)candle wax

B)nitrogen

C)glass rod

D)water

42.when a solid idione is heated, a violent gas is produced. what process

has taken place?

A)boiling
B)evaporation

C)melting

D)sublimation

43.dry ice is _______________________________ in solid state

A)water

B)carbon dioxide

C)

D)