CHEMISTRY

1. Chemistry is primarily concerned with the composition d. its’ density at 4 degrees at 1lb/cu. ft.
and change of?
9. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
a. nature c. man
a. a molecular weight does not inflience in
b. matter d. earth boiling and melting point of substance
2. A scientific theory is? b. boiling and melting point tend to increase
with molecular weight
a. a hypothesis not yet subjected to
experimental test c. boiling and melting point tend to decrease
with molecular weight
b. an idea that correctly predicts the results
d. none of the above
c. an imagination
10. A mole is the amount of substance or the mass of a
d. a guess
substance that contains?
3. Which of the following units of measurement is a. 6.02 x 10
equivalent to cubic centimeter?
11. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
a. milligram c.
millimeter a. hydroxide is present in all bases
b. milliliter d. b. hydroxide is present in both
centiliter
c. hydroxide is present in all acids
4. Which of the following is NOT a compound?
a. acetic acid c. d. none of the above
magnesium 12. Instrument which measures the specific gravity of
b. alcohol d. zinc liquids.
oxide
a. hygrometer c.
5. The easier the atom loses its electrons, the less its? hydrometer
a. electro-negativity b. synchrotron d.
b. atomic radius cyclotron

c. number of shells 13. Which property does NOT identify a chemical

system?
d. valence electrons a. melting point c. taste
b. boiling point d. shape
6. The willingness of atoms loses its electrons is
measured by its? 14. The process of spreading out spontaneously to
occupy a space uniformly.
a. electro-negativity
a. a compression c.
b. ionization potential
expansion
c. atomic size
b. diffusion d.
d. electron affinity pressure

7. A molecule is said to be polar or dipolar if? 15. It is the complex mixture of pollutants.
a. acid rain c. oxides
a. its’ positive and negative charges are at b. particulates d.
different places. oxidants
b. it possesses polar bonds 16. Energy removal is best illustrated in?
c. its’ polar bond have unsymmetrical charge a. boiling of liquid substance
distribution
b. changing water to ice
d. all of the above
c. changing water to steam
8. Which of the following is NOT a physical property of
water? d. none of the above

a. freezing point at 0 degrees C 17. Refers to the maximum amount of solute expressed in
grams that can be dissolved in 100 grams of water at
b. boiling point at 100 degrees C a specific temperature.
c. its’ heat of fusion at 80 cal/g. a. solubility c.
molarity
 b. stability d. d. the weak base is added to weak acid
polarity
27. A compound was found to contain 15g of carbon and
18. Compounds with the same molecular formula but with 5g of oxygen. what is the mass ratio of carbon to
different structural formulas. oxygen.
a. cellulose c.
polymers a. 4 : 1 c. 3 :
b. isomers d. 1
monomers b. 3 : 2 d. 5 :
3
19. The most penetrating type of radiation given off by
radioactive elements. 28. An atom is ionized negatively by:
a. alpha particle c. gamma a. sharing with another atom
radiation
b. combining with another atom
b. beta particle d. none of
the above c. acquiring an electron

20. The basic unit for expressing the masses of individual d. mixing with molecules
atoms.
29. The average temperature was recorded at 35 degree
a. atomic number c. nucleus
C. What is the equivalent in Kelvin?
b. atomic mass unit d. atomic
weight a. 308 c. 273
21. A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction b. 300 d. 360
without itself undergoing a chemical change.
a. catalyst c. 30. When gaseous substances are compressed, the result
electrolytes is a decrease in the __________.
b. enhancer d. ionizer a. size of the particle
22. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the b. temperature
liquid is equal to the pressure of the surrounding
atmosphere. c. pressure exerted by the particles
a. melting point c. boiling
d. distance between the particles
point
b. critical point d. freezing 31. An acid substance ____________
point
a. donates proton
23. The warming of the earth’s surface due to an increase
in atmospheric carbon dioxide. b. accepts proton
a. “green house effect” c. c. neither donates nor accepts
atmospheric pressure
b. ozone d. El Nino d. none of the above
phenomena
32. The separation of the substance by diffusion at
24. Describes the force of gravity of an object. different rates through differentially permeable
membranes is
a. mass c.
capacity a. diffusion c. dialysis

b. weight d. b. dissociation d.
pressure distillation

25. When gaseous molecules are compressed, they tend 33. What property shows that water is a compound and
to? not a solution?

a. increase in volume c. repel a. it is colorless

each other
b. it cannot be filtered
b. decrease in volume d. attract
c. it is tasteless
and liquefy
d. it boils at definite temperature
26. Chemical reaction always go to completion if
34. Which of the following is the best technique to loosen
a. the molarity of reacting solutions is increased
two tumblers that are stuck one inside the other?
b. water is produced
a. pouring cold water on the outside tumbler
c. the pressures of the reacting substances are after filling the inside tumbler with cold water.
increased.
b. pouring hot water on the outside tumbler
 after filling the inside tumbler with cold water. c. Law of Multiple Proportion
c. pouring cold water on the outside tumbler d. Boyles Law
after filling the inside tumbler with hot water.
40. Ano ang tawag sa solusyon kung saan mas marami
d. pouring hot water on the outside tumbler ang solute kaysa solvent?
after filling the inside tumbler with hot water.
a. saturated c.
35. Which of the following statement is TRUE of nuclear unsaturated
fission?
b. supersaturated d.
a. lighter atoms can be combined to form diluted
heavier atoms.
41. Ayon sa “Avogadro’s Law”, kapag ang moles ng isang
b. nucleus of the atoms can be broken or split gas ay nadoble at ang temperature at pressure nito ay
to produce energy; pareho pa rin, ang volume ng gas ay _______.
c. atoms can gain or lose electrons without a. mahahati sa apat
changing its charge
b. mahahati sa dalawa
d. the energy process is identical to that which
occurs in the sun. c. madodoble

36. The property of a solution that depends principally d. matritriple

upon the concentration of dissolved particles rather 42. The standard temperature of a gas in 0 and its
than on its nature. standard pressure is ___________.
a. chemical property a. 101.3 atm c. 1 atm
b. physical property b. 22.4 atm d. 273
c. mechanical property atm

d. colligative property 43. The temperature at which the vapor pressure of the
liquid is equal to the external pressure.
37. The ability of an atom to attract an electron in a bond.
a. boiling point c.
a. formal change freezing point
b. electron affinity b. melting point d.
balance point
c. resonance
44. The theory states that the tiny particles in all forms of
d. electronegativity
matter are in constant motion.
38. W hich of the following describes an electron?
a. Kinetic Theory c.
a. mass of an electron is 1.67 x 10 grams Constant Speed Theory

b. represents the atomic number b. Molecular Theory d. Law of

Conservation Theory
c. cathode rays are emitted when electricity is
passed in an evacuated tube. 45. A 1 liter sample of gas is at a temperature of 300K;
when the temperature is increased to 600K, the
d. electrons are positively charged and are
volume ___________.
massive
a. increases to 2 L
39. The total mass of all substances entering into a
chemical reaction is equal to the mass of all the b. decreases to 0 L
products of the reaction.
c. increases to 30 L
a. Law of Conservation of Mass
d. decreases to .5 L
b. Law of Definite Proportion

EARTH SCIENCE 2. Tides, caused by gravity, are gradually slowing down

earth’s rotation speed. A million years from now,
1. To what biome do the Philippines belong to? scientists predict that earth’s __________.
a. tropical rainforest a. day is longer
b. tundra b. year is shorter
c. dipterocarp c. day is shorter
d. grassland d. year is longer
3. On what earth’s geographical location will a town be to c. movement of warm air over a vast expanse of
have most nearly twelve hours of light and twelve hours land
of darkness during winter?
d. caused by extremely high temperature common
a. halfway between the equator and South Pole in desert areas.
b. close North Pole 11. What sort of rock formation do the world’s greatest
mountain ranges consist of?
c. close to equator
a. magma b. chalk
d. close to South Pole
deposits
4. Which one explains why oxygen, a gas, is the largest c. fold eruptions d. slip formation
component of the earth’s crust?
a. oxygen gives earth crust its lightness 12. What is the force that wears down mountains?
b. oxygen is capable of combining with most of the
earth’s elements. a. earthquake b. erosion
c. oxygen is the most abundant element c. volcanic eruption d. deforestation
d. oxygen is needed to sustain all life on earth
13. How are volcanic islands formed?
5. To earth scientist, the most important features on the a. collision of two oceanic plates
map are the landforms that shape the earth’s surface and b. volcanic eruptions
are shown in? c. cooling of lava by seawater
a. hydrographic maps d. accumulation of corals

b. geologic maps 14. When you pass orange juice from a tetra pack into a
glass, the juice changes its?
c. political maps
a. volume b. shape
d. topographic maps
c. state d. all of the
6. What causes high and low tide? above
a. earth’s rotation on its axis 15. The amount of water vapor air can hold at a certain
temperature without any change in state.
b. sun’s solar energy
a. relative humidity
c. moon’s gravitational pull b. water capacity
c. water holding capacity
d. earth’s gravitational pull d. water pressure
7. How is coral atoll formed? 16. A relative humidity of 25% means air ___________.
a. volcanic eruptions a. is filled with water vapour
b. corals growing around a volcanic island b. can hold 25% more water vapour
c. underwater bedrock formations c. is filled up up 25% of its capacity
d. earthquake d. has no water vapour content
8. What is a longshore drift? 17. Which of the following does not cause the different
a. movement of sand and shingles along the cost seasons?

b. sand bars a. tilting of the earth’s axis

c. accumulation of sand b. rotation

d. islands formed by volcanic eruptions c. revolution

d. evolution
9. How does an occlusion form?
a. cold air moving up from the ground 18. The movement of the ocean water which can be an
alternative source of energy or power
b. cold front pushing warm air up off the ground a. waves b. tides
c. gravitational force d. earth’s
c. unbalanced electrical reaction in air rotation
d. cold and warm air mixing
19. When water vapor this temperature, condensation takes
10. What is a heat haze? place

a. a reflection caused by pollutants in the air a. saturation point

b. a distorted image resulting from the bending of b. dew point

sun’s light rays by changes in air temperature
 c. condensation point d. layering
d. precipitation point 30. It occurs when the earth is between the sun and the
moon, with the earth’s shadow cast over the moon.
20. Results in alternative days and nights in opposite parts of
the earth a. total eclipse c. eclipse
a. earth rotates on its axis in west-to-east direction
b. earth rotates on its axis in east-to west direction b. lunar eclipse d. partial
c. earth stops rotating on its axis eclipse
d. earth tilts on its axis 31. It is the boundary at which the advancing warm air mass
21. The falling of any form of water from the air to the earth’s is replacing colder air at the surface.
surface a. warm front c. cold
a. condensation front
b. precipitation
c. water vapor b. stationary front d.
d. humidity occluded front

22. The part of the atmosphere that filters the ultraviolet rays 32. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang hindi uri ng “galaxy” ayon
of the sun sa klasipikasyon na ginawa ni Edwin Hubble?
a. stratosphere c. ozone layer
a. elliptical c. barred
b. troposphere d. ionosphere
spiral
23. The point in the earth’s orbit nearest to the sun
b. spiral d. Sirius
a. solstice c. aphelion
b. eclipse d. perihelion 33. Ang erosion ay maaring maagapan sa pamamagitan ng
pagbubungkal ayon sa contour ng lupa. Ang tawag ditto
24. The property of minerals which give off rays of light when
ay _____________.
exposed to ultraviolet light
a. terracing c. contour
a. luminescence c. radiation
plowing
b. phosphorescence d. fluorescence
b. strip-cropping d. hillside
25. Which of the following involves chemical weathering? plowing

a. carbonization c. 34. Ang paggalaw ng mga “plates” tulad ng “Eurasian Plate”

decomposition at “Pacific Plate” ay pinaniniwalaan sa dahilang
_____________.
b. oxidation d. all of the
above a. hindi pantay ang pagkalat ng init ng mundo na
dulot nito ay “convection current”
26. How long does it take for the earth to complete one
rotation? b. init na galing sa araw

a. 365 days c. 24 hours c. enerhiyang tidal

b. 30 days d. 72 hours d. “gravitational pull”

27. What is the primary function of gravity in the universe? 35. Ang ____________ ay ang tawag sa pagtalsik ng mga
natunaw na material na mula sa ilalim ng lupa.
a. provision for energy
a. faulting c. tectonic
b. keep the stars and heavenly bodies in orbit plate movement
c. causes movement in space b. volcanism d.
continental shift
d. part of universal design

What does the word “monsoon” mean?

a. moon will come soon
b. atmosphere
c. seasons
d. climate

29. Its discovery enabled geologist to date rocks accurately BIOLOGY

a. global positioning system 1. How do hormones work?

b. carbon-dating a. by releasing adrenaline

c. radioactivity b. by controlling cell chemistry

 c. by regulating water loss b. stem d. tap roots
d. by controlling blood pressure 12. The process by which plants produce food using carbon
dioxide and water, sunlight and chlorophyll.
2. Name the male and female sex hormones.
a. reproduction c. fruit bearing
a. sperm cell and ovum
b. photosynthesis d.
b. testosterone chemosynthesis
c. chromosomes
13. Process by which plants reproduce asexually by using
d. red and white blood cells their parts such as roots, stems and leaves
a. mitosis c. vegetation
3. The unit of measurement of energy in a given amount of reproduction
food. b. artificial propagation d. grafting
a. pound c. olfactory system 14. The smallest part of a living thing which performs all the
processes a living thing does.
b. kilo d. calorie
a. organ c. tissue
4. Nitrogen compounds known as the building blocks of
proteins. b. cell d. system
a. enzymes c. nutrients
b. glucose d. amino acids 15. A group of tissues working together to perform a complex
task
5. The growth of roots towards the water is an example of? a. system c. network
b. organ d. skin
a. chemotripism c. hydrotropism
16. Male and female reproductive part of a flower.
b. geotropism d. phototropism
a. pollen grains and ovules
6. DNA means
b. stamen and pistil
a. data nurturing analysis
c. pollen grain and pistil
b. deoxytribonucleic acid
d. stamen and ovules
c. deoxyribonucleic acid
17. In the human body, the cell that most nearly resembles
d. deotrixyl nucleic acid
on one-celled animal.
7. What are the 3 products of oxygen when it has been
a. red blood cell c. nerve cell
burned?
b. white blood cell d. antibodies
a. water, carbon dioxide and air
18. The main energy source of plant-eating animal.
b. energy, water and carbon
a. glucose c. cellulose
c. energy, carbon and oxide b. starch d. glycogen

d. energy, air and water 19. These are cellular secretions which help regulate the
breakdown and building up of various substances in the
8. In flowering plants, fertilization takes place in the? body.
a. pollen tube c. ovules a. enzymes c. plasma
b. stamen d. pollen grain b. amino acids d. hormones
9. The development of egg without fertilization 20. It is the energy source of the cell which it uses for
a. mitosis c. growing, reproducing and other activities.
spermatogenesis a. adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
b. amino acids
b. parthenogenesis d. mitochondria c. chloroplast
d. sunlight
10. Which of the following is a source of energy needed for
the photosynthesis? 21. It is a segment of DNA molecule which controls the
appearance of a given trait.
a. water c. light
a. chromosomes c. gametes
b. soil d. fertilizer b. genes d. zygotes

11. They connect roots and leaves and serve as passageway 22. Group of similar cells performing similar functions
and storage for food minerals and water from the soil. together
a. organs c. nucleus
a. branches c. trunk b. system d. tissue
23. The diffusion of water through a semi-permeable c. undergo photosynthesis
membrane
a. osmosis c. d. have hydrolytic enzymes
transfusion 32. In humans, food is moved down the esophagus in to the
b. permeability d. capillary stomach by means of?
24. It shows the complex food relationships of organism in a a. cyclosis c. peristalsis
given area and the cyclic flow of food through organisms,
b. peptic acids d. active transport
a. food chain c. food
pyramid 33. The structure outside the nucleus in animal cells that is
involved in mitosis.
b. food web d. biological
cycle a. ribosome c. centriole

25. Which of the following does NOT occur to both respiration b. chromosome d. microtubule
and fermentation?
34. Coordination and integration of the body activities of man
a. energy is released are under the direct control of _________?

b. sugar is broken down a. reproduction and transport system

c. carbon dioxide is produced b. nervous and endocrine system

d. alcohol is formed c. nervous and excretory system

26. The genetic information in a DNA is coded in the d. respiratory and endocrine system
________.
35. Genetic engineering has been utilized for the production
a. sequence of ribonucleotides of _______?

b. proportion of the base results a. genes c. uric acid

crystals
c. base pairings
b. salivary amylase d. human growth
d. sequence of nucleotides hormones
27. What will cause the process of respiration to stop? 1. To lessen vehicular air pollution, the government should?
a. absence of oxygen a. ask pedestrians to use bicycles.
b. absence of sunlight b. utilize rail transits like MRT and LRT.
c. decrease of water supply c. impose stiffer penalties on decade old vehicles.
d. presence of sunlight d. ban smoke-belchers on the roads.
28. What relationship exists between a bangus and a tilapia 2. Developing mines require getting a DENR clearance.
in the fishpond? Which of the ff clearances are required?
a. commensalism c. competition a. air pollution clearance.
b. mutualism d. predation b. waste disposal clearance
29. Taxonomy is the study of the classification of organism c. environmental clearance
based on their?
d. LGU clearance
a. genetics c. development
pattern 3. The latest discovery in biological science as applied to
animal industry, is most widely used in,
b. evolutionary history d. habitat
a. tissue transplant
30. A specie is said to be__________ when its number is so
few that it will most likely disappear altogether unless b. cloning of animals
given proper protection.
c. artificial breeding
a. disappearing c. depleted
d. reproduction
b. extinct d. endangered
4. Agricultural centers have found lately varieties of coconut
31. Some bacteria are classified as saprophytes because propagation. Through what means were the coconut
they organism which? varieties get discovered and distributed?
a. tissue culture laboratories
a. feed on dead organic matter b. scholarship
b. feed on other living thing c. seed selection
d. mislabeling
5. Food preparations are handled well to avoid spoilage d. mutualistic
caused by ____________ in the preparation and
processing of the food products. 12. Living and feeding on leaves by the caterpillar is an
example of
a. miscalculation
a. competitive
b. bad weather
b. mutualistic
c. being seed selection
c. parasitic
d. mislabeling
d. predatory
6. The DOH warns the public about preservatives being
used in vegetables. What advice could you give with 13. Which of the following is not used in the manufacture of
regards ensuring safe vegetables? food in green plants?
a. carbon dioxide
a. freeze the vegetables b. sun
c. water and soil nutrients
b. wash the vegetables well with clean water.
d. oxygen
c. soak them with detergents
14. Josef weighs 65 kilos on the ground. How much is the
d. consume them immediately force of gravity on him?

7. School feeding and milk rationing programs to school a. 65 kilos b. 130 kilos
children are being implemented by the government. The
c. 32.75 kilos d. none
project id designed to?
15. During respiration, green plants take in?
a. have pogi points
a. Water b. carbon
b. special program of DepEd and DOH dioxide
c. oxygen d. carbon
c. provide food supplements. dioxide and water
d. stop malnutrition among school children. 16. Ang kutsilyo ni Mang Atong ay kinalawang pagkatapos ng
8. Food, plants, and other animal wastes should be ilang buwan. Ano ang sanhi nito?
segregated in waste disposal because? a. ang hydrogen ay humalo sa iron
a. these are biodegradable. b. ang oxygen ay humalo sa iron
b. these are non-biodegradable c. may mikrobyo ang kutsilyo
c. these are disease carrier. d. kutsilyo ay yari sa metal
d. they are unsanitary. 17. A root may perform all the following functions except?
9. People on earth experience day and night regularly every a. photosynthesis
24 hours. Why is this so?
b. anchorage
a. because the earth rotates on its own axis.
c. food storage
b. because the earth revolves on its own axis.
d. water absorption
c. because the earth tilts on its own axis.
18. Alin sa mga sumusunod ang nagpapakita ng kemikal na
d. because the earth revolves around the sun. pagbabago?
10. Acid rain cause fish kills, destroy buildings, dissolve river a. pagsunog ng papel
nutrients, etc. which of the ff. causes acid rain? b. pag ulan
c. pagkatunaw ng yelo
a. forests fires d. pag ebaporeyt ng tubig
b. burning of fossil fuel 19. Ito ay ang paulit-ulit na pagbabago sa pagtaas at pagbaba
ng tubig sa mga baybayin.
c. use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
a. wave
d. vehicle emission
b. wave velocity
11. Is the relationship between an organism and a host where
neither is benefited nor harmed. c. high tide
a. commensalism d. tides
b. competitive 20. Ito ay ang pagtaas ng likido sa maliit na tubo.
a. akselerasyon
c. parasitic
b. absorpsyon
c. adsorpsyon
 d. capillarity d. La Nina

21. What would be the best way to prevent soil erosion in a 29. The earth’s shield against the sun’s harmful radiation
hill?
a. building terraces a. atmosphere
b. cultivation b. air
c. reforestation
d. irrigation c. ozone layer

22. The application of the specific concepts and principles. d. clouds

a. biology
30. The use of products with ____________ is discouraged
b. ecology
because they contribute to the depletion of ___________.
c. technology
d. science a. CFC’s-solar radiation
23. What causes the feeling of coolness after experiencing b. gas-ozone
perspiration?
a. air entered the skin pores c. ozone-air
b. evaporation of perspiration d. CFC’s-ozone layer
c. absorption of perspiration
d. condensation of perspiration 31. Is a condition in which the excessive number of organisms
may result in unhealthy living conditions and lower quality
24. A weather disturbance having a 50 km/hour center winds of life.
is called?
a. food shortage
a. Hurricane
b. population
b. Tropical depression
c. pollution
c. Storm
d. overpopulation
d. Typhoon
32. Branch of science that deals with the study of the
25. Environmental pollution is classified as violence that is relationship between plants, animals and other living
now termed as? things found in their habitats.
a. ecological a. biology
b. structural b. biodiversity
c. technological c. ecology
d. scientific d. ecosystem
26. There are some insects or animals that can walk on water 33. Which of the following waste materials is NOT a
surface. This is made possible by? biodegradable waste material?
a. surface capillarity a. dried leaves
b. surface adhesion b. food leftovers
c. surface tension c. Styrofoam
d. dense water surface d. paper
27. Is a group of interacting plants, animals and humans in a 34. These are substances disposed of after use or by-
particular area. products brought about by certain processes.
a. ecological community a. waste materials
b. environment b. sewage
c. living organisms c. garbage
d. food chain d. pollutants
28. Excessive presence of CO2 in the air trapping heat near 35. A change in the shape between the sun and the planets of
the earth’s surface causing a rise in the temperature in the the solar system.
environment
a. nuclear change
a. El Nino
b. chemical change
b. “Greenhouse Effect”
c. physical change
c. Pollution
 d. electrical change c. equal chances are always given in all in life.

36. Process that occurs when CO2 as solid, changes CO2 as d. shadow is formed when colored object is
gas. projected against the wall.

a. evaporation 44. The earth rotates on its axis from west to east. This cause
the sun to _______.
b. sublimation
a. appear with fiery orange color
c. condensation
b. cause the appearance of a solar eclipse.
d. decomposition
c. rise from the east and sets in the west
37. It is the space between the sun and the planets of the
solar system. d. exert gravitational pull on the solar system

a. interplanetary space 45. One of these planets has the greatest gravitational pull.
Which one is it?
b. solar space
a. Mars b. Earth
c. solar ring
c. Mercury d. Jupiter
d. magnetic field
46. It is the law which explains why one can pull a piece of
38. Iron sheet is coated with ____________ to prevent paper without toppling a glass in a quick motion.
rusting.
a. energy in motion
a. zinc b. paint
b. gravity
c. anti-rusting coat d. cryolite
c. law of inertia
39. The sudden change in the genetic composition of an
organism which can either result in a wholesome or un- d. force
wholesome by-product
47. Which of the following is NOT a source of energy?
a. modification b. infusion
a. water b. nuclear
c. growth d. mutation
c. geothermal heat d. inertia at
40. He evolved the Theory of Evolution in his book, “Origin of rest
Species”.
48. Which instrument will one use to convert mechanical
a. Albert Einstein energy to electrical energy?
b. Charles Darwin a. rotor b.
generator
c. Janus Keppler
c. motor d. circuit
d. Archimedes
49. Sun’s energy is generated by?
41. The relationship of give-and-take of living organisms in the
biosphere is a balance of nature called? a. nuclear fission
a. universal relationship b. sun reacting with gravity
b. symbiotic relationship c. nuclear fission reaction
c. spontaneous relationship d. reaction with magnetic field
d. abiogenic relationship 50. Application of energy is called
42. Process in removing excess odor in water. a. work b. inertia
a. sedimentation c. kinetics d.
simulation
b. chlorination
51. Within a large population, which factor helps to maintain a
c. distillation
constant gene pool?
d. aeration
a. migration
43. Which of the following statement is CORRECT? b. random mating
a. as altitude increases, atmospheric pressures c. mutation
correspondingly decreases.
d. natural selection
b. throughout the available space, gas tends to
contract. 52. The sum of all the heritable alleles for all of the traits in a
 given population. d. depend on other sources for their food
a. gene pool 60. Fatima uses information that she gathered so that she can
decide what might happen in the future. She is said to be?
b. race
a. interpreting
c. community
b. predicting
d. genus
c. experimenting
53. All the members of a group of organisms are considered
to belong to the same species if they? d. analyzing
a. live in the same habitat 61. Which of the following procedures is used to check the
presence of starch?
b. interbreed to produce fertile offspring
a. glucose solution
c. have the same body structure and skin coloring
b. iodine solution
d. have the same size and shape
c. Benedict’s solution
54. Which is a contributing factor to the formation of new
species? d. bromothymol blue
a. gene frequency 62. Which distinguishing characteristics does a mammal
possess?
b. random mating
a. feather and wings
c. geographic isolation
b. hair and scales
d. lack of adaptable variations
c. hair and mammary gland
55. Many groups of insects have developed resistance to
DDT and other insecticides as a result of? d. warm-blooded
a. acquired characteristics 63. A humid day is a condition in which the air is?
b. homologous structures a. warm and dry
c. genetic mutations b. cold and dry
d. non-specific feeding habits c. warm and moist
56. This group of plants is sensitive to airborne chemicals and d. cold and moist
is often used to indicate presence of pollution?
64. One major problem involved in organ transplants?
a. weeds b. ferns
a. age of the recipient
c. algae c. lichens
b. antigen-antibody reaction
57. During the process of photosynthesis, oxygen is given off
as a by-product. The oxygen comes from? c. race of recipient

a. carbon dioxide and water d. sex

b. water and nitrogen 65. Josef wants to know the mass of a piece of metal. What
instrument should he use?
c. water and not from CO2
a. spring balance
d. CO2 and not from water
b. equal-arm balance
58. Which of the following is NOT a function of transpiration?
c. graduated cylinder
a. cooling of leaves
d. platform balance
b. excretion of minerals
c. uptake of minerals

d. uptake of water

59. Green plants are considered autotrophs because they?

a. have pigments to trap light
b. can build simple inorganic into complete organic
substance
c. can build any kind of substances.