JUSTINO SEVILA HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE 10 QUESTIONS
First Quarter
Easy
How are earthquake epicenters, active volcanoes and mountain ranges
distributed?
a. They collide with each other
b. They are perpendicular with each other
c. They are parallel with each other
d. They are randomly distributed
Answer: d. Randomly distributed
Average
What would happen to the P-wave and S-wave if the outer core and the inner
core are made of liquid and solid respectively?
a. Primary waves can pass through both inner and outer core while
secondary waves cannot pass through outer core
b. Primary waves cannot pass through the outer core and inner core while
secondary waves can pass through both.
c. Primary waves and secondary waves both pass through the outer core
and inner core
d. Primary waves and secondary waves can pass through the outer core
but not in the inner core
Answer: a. Primary waves can pass through both inner and outer
core while secondary waves cannot pass through outer core
Difficult
If Atlantic Ocean is widening at a rate of 2.8 cm per year, how far (in
kilometres) will it spread in a million years?
a. 2.8 kilometers
b. 28 kilometers
c. 280 kilometers
d. 2800 kilometers
Answer: b. 28 kilometers
Clincher
Seismologists explained that seismic waves radiate from the focus. They
found out that as the depth increases, density also increases. Which of the
following is supported by the statement?
a. The mantle is denser than the core but less dense than the crust
b. The mantle is denser than both the core and the crust
c. The mantle is less dense than both the core and the crust
d. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than the crust
Answer: d. The mantle is less dense than the core but denser than
the crust

Second Quarter
Easy
Which of the following is not an application of Radio waves?
a. Radio communication
b. Magnetic resonance Imaging (MRI)
c. TV Communication
d. Remote control
Answer: d. Remote control
Average
In sending electric energy over long distance, the main cause of energy loss
is
a. the use of transformer
b. the size of the wires
c. the high current
d. the use of direct current
Answer b. the size of the wires
Difficult
High potentials are used in long-distance transmission of electricity because
a. they are safer to use.
b. there is no other way to make current flow.
c. there is less loss of power when currents are small.
d. generators produce high potentials with greater efficiency
Answer c. there is less loss of power when currents are small.
Clincher
If you are looking obliquely on a fish under water, in what direction should
you aim your arrow to hit it?
a. above the fish
b. below the fish
c. directly to the fish
d. either below or above the fish

Answer: b. below the fish

Third Quarter
Easy
What do you call to the sugar formed when carbohydrates in food are broken
down in digestion?
a. Lactose
b. Maltose
c. Glucose
d. Cellulose
Answer: c. Glucose
Average
Rocks W, X, Y and Z are arranged according to their positions from top to
bottom, which is the correct sequence of rocks from oldest to youngest?
a. W, X, Y and Z
b. Z, Y, X and W
c. X, W, Y and Z
d. Y, Z ,X and W
Answer: b. Z, Y, X and W
Difficult
A segment of DNA has 100 adenine and 100 cytosine bases, what is the total
number of nucleotides present in the segment?
a. 200
b. 300
c. 400
d. 500
Answer: c. 400
Clincher
Which of the following does not serve as the importance of DNA?
a. Dictates how an individual would look like
b. Identifies his/her ancestor
c. Discovers the attitude of a person
d. Determines the disease s/he prone to
Answer: c. Discovers the attitude of a person

Fourth Quarter
Easy
In the following chemical reaction, what product is represented by X?
AlCl3 + NaOH  X + NaCl
a. Al (OH)3
b. It cannot be determined
c. AlOH
d. Al3OH
Answer: Al (OH)3
Average
Balance the equation below
_____KOH + _____H3PO4  ____K3PO4 + _____H2O
a. 3KOH + 2H3PO4  3K3PO4 + 3H2O
b. KOH + H3PO4  K3PO4 + 6H2O
c. 3KOH + H3PO4  K3PO4 + 3H2O
d. 2KOH + H3PO4  ____K3PO4 + _____H2O

Answer: c. 3KOH + H3PO4  K3PO4 + 3H2O

Difficult
When a supply of Hydrogen gas is held in a 5L container at 47⁰C, it exerts a
pressure of 500 torr. The supply is moved to a 2L container and cooled to
-115⁰C. What is the new pressure of the confined gas?
a. 617.19 torr
b. 719.19 torr
c. 917.19 torr
d. 197.19 torr
Answer: 617.19 torr

Clincher
Neon gas has a volume of 2000 ml with a pressure of 1.8 atm however, the
pressure decreased to 1.3 atm. What is now the volume of the neon gas?
a. 2.796 L
b. 2.769 L
c. 3.765 L
d. 3.756 L
Answer: b. 2.769 L