TOPNOTCHER'S NOTE 2019

GENERAL E DUCATION

 VINI VIDI VICI is a Latin statement for I came, I saw, I conquered.

 The thing speaks for itself is RES IPSA LOQUITOR .
 The oldest existing English language newspaper in the Philippines is MANILA BULLETIN
 GULLIVER 'S TRAVEL is Jonathan Swift's satire on human folly and stupidity.
 The era of knights and castles in English literature is MIDDLE AGES .
 The theme of the quote " Have a good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion" is
SECURITY.
 The examination will take place a quarter after five. Nora should be at the venue at 5:15 P.M.
 BLISSFUL synonymous to ecatastic.
 Cases of robberies have tremendously decreased because of SOPHISTICATED security schemes
installed in almost all banks in the country . Sophisticated means COMPLICATED
 SOPHOMORIC means IMMATURE
 In English verse, a poetic foot having one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable is
TROCHAIC.
 /p/ sounds is VOICELESS
 In the Court of Monte Cristo, Edmond Dante was wrongfully imprisoned in DEVIL'S ISLAND
 First Asian writer to receive a Nobel Prize for literature is RABINDRANATH TAGORE
 MATSUO BASO is the greatest haiku poet.
 EURIPIDES is a Greek dramatist/ author of Alcestis.
 BOOK-BURNING is an event that marked the 1st literary demonstration.
 GUTENBERG ADDRESS is a literary work that commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln.
 The line from the Koran "Woe to every backbiter," talks of MISERY THOSE WHO TALK ILLS TO OTHERS.
 The area and perimeter of a square are numirically equal if the NUMERICAL VALUE OF IT'S SIDE IS 4
 The HARDWARE is the physical composition of the computer.
 UPLOADING refers to process of sending a file from the computer to another computer in the
network.
 When coal is burned, stored energy is being released in a form of THERMAL ENERGY .
 HYDROGEN is much lighter than air.
 The secretion given off by the liver which helps in the digestion of fats is BILE.
 A plant growing on a shady side of a tall fence bends around the corner of the fence towards the
sunlight. This illustrates PHOTOTROPHISM .
 The VACUOLES is a part of the plant cell that stores water, sugar and minerals
 Sound waves travel slowest in GASES
 Sugar and starches are CARBOHYDRATES
 MONERA is considered as the most primitive kingdom
 YEAST is an example of fungi. It promote the rising of bread for baking.
 AUXINS may stimulate the growth of the roots in plants cuttings.
 Electrons transport chain occur in MITOCHONDRIA .
 FROGS does not need a hard shell to protect the eggs
 The isomer of glucose is the FRUCTOSE .
 A group of students researchers believe that high blood pressure is due to too much salt in the
diet. This is best classified as HYPOTHESIS .
 The weight of an atom comes mostly from it's PROTON .
 POSITIVE GEOTROPISM is exhibited by the roots of plants.
 The liquid portion of the blood is the PLASMA
 XYLEM is a vascular tissue that conducts water and minerals;
 PHLOEM is a vascular tissue that conducts food
 EUTROPHICATION is an environmental condition that has been blamed for the usual occurrence of
fish kills.
 The first synthetic element is TECHNETIUM
 HALF -LIFE is the time it takes to decay half of the nuclei
 PHENOTYPE may be defined as visible expression of genotype
 Cell walls present in plant cells are made up of CELLULOSE
 CALCIUM is mineral essential in blood clotting.
 RECESSIVE GENES will only have phenotypic expression if present as homozygous genotype.
 Disturbed ecosystem can recover naturally through e COLOGICAL SUCCESSION.
 DECOMPOSERS are organism responsible for the return of substances in the bodies of the dead
plants and animals to the soil.
 HEMOGLOBIN is the iron-containing compound which give the red corpucles it's color
 Night blindness in children and adults is attributed to the deficiency in VITAMIN A in the diet.
 BOYLE 'S LAW states that at the constant temperature , the volume of a gas is inversely
proportional to the pressure.
 The RED LIGHT has the least frequency but the longest wavelength.
 TECHNOLOGY is the application of scientific concepts and principle.
 ECOSYSTEM the interaction of a colony of ant to the nonliving and living things in it's habitat.
 SOLID of the state of matter has the strongest intermolecular force of attraction
 A SEISMOGRAPH can detect the magnitude of an earthquake.
 THE SPEED INCREASES as sound waves travel from a less dense medium to a denser medium
 The BILL OF RIGHTS guaranteed that no private property shall be taken for public use without just
compensation.
 POLITICAL PARTY is not an element of a state.
 SIKATUNA was the chieftain of bohol with whom Miguel Lopez de LeGazpi had blood compact
with in 1565.
 In connection with government transaction involving public interest, the FULL DISCLOSURE policy is
adopted by the Constitution to ensure the public accountability and transparency.
 BAHASA MALAYSIA is the Asian language nearest to Filipino.
 COCKFIGHTING is a principal form of entertainment among early Filipinos.
 The Filipino trait of "Pakikisama" is said to be AMBIVALENT because it can be used for or against
the person who values it.
 JOHN F. KENNEDY was the American president who said, "Ask not what American will do for you,
but what together can we do for the freedom of man."
 CAPITALISM is an economic system based on free enterprise.
 P RODUCTIVITY is the principle of taxation that the Philippine lack if it falls to raise the needed
revenue and therefore borrows from other countries to cover it's expenses.
 Loss of qualified teachers going abroad is a type of BRAIN -DRAIN .
 The saying "Every right has a corresponding duty" means that rights and duties are RECIPROCAL .