highly dependent on small animals that constantly
move, like worms , insects and fishes as their sources
1.Which of the following scientific traits is being
described in continuing experiments that may not be
successful right away?
a.Truthfulness b. perseverance
c. humility d. creativity
2. Which scientific skill is manifested in analyzing
arguments – their logic, the source of information,
etc.?
a. Critical thinking b. creative thinking
c. decision making d. problem solving
3. A hypothesis becomes a theory if it is
a. A result of an invention
b. Tested in an experiment
c. Supported by repeated evidence
d. An improvement of a previous finding
4. Bridget and Benedict are pet lovers. They have
beautiful, healthy “guinea pigs”. They feed their pets
with freshly cut carabao grasses every morning. One
morning, they cut carabao grasses growing near one of
their neighbors’ house and feed it to their pets. To
their surprise, their pets are already dead when they
visited it in the afternoon. To find out what causes the
death of their pets, Bridget and Benedict decided to
use scientific method in their investigation. What
would be their first step?
a. Formulate scientific guess
b. Conducts preliminary interview from their neighbor
c. State the problem
d. Dissect the pets to see what’s inside
5. To obtain accurate results from their experiment,
Bridget and Benedict should conduct
a. A controlled experiment
b. A trial and error experiment
c. uncontrolled experiment
d. a structured laboratory activity
6. In an experiment designed to determine how the
duration of daylight exposure in a 24-hour period
affects the flowering of poinsettia plants, the different
durations of daylight at which the experimental groups
of poinsettia plants are exposed are the _______.
a. Controlled variable b. dependent variable
c. independent variable d. growth variable
7. It has been observed that all frogs, like bullfrogs, are
carnivorous animals. In their natural habitat, frogs are
of food. To raise bullfrog in commercial quantities, it is
necessary to change their feeding habits. Biologists
suggest that bullfrog can be taught to eat dead feeds if
the feeds are in motion. The suggested statement is an
example of a ________.
a. Result b. theory c. procedure d. hypothesis
8. When volcano erupts, it destroys the biotic
communities in the area. After a certain period of time
biotic communities appear again. Which is the most
likely order of succession in the repopulation of the
area?
a. Lichens- grasses- shrubs- trees
b. Mosses- grasses- lichens- trees
c. Grasses- trees- mosses- lichens
d. Shrubs- grasses- trees- lichens
9. Water, oxygen, carbon dioxide and glucose can pass
through the cell membrane of the Red Blood Cell while
other substances are blocked from entering. This cell
membrane is described as
a. Perforated b. permeable
c. semi-permeable d. non-conductive
10. What causes tomatoes to ripen much more slowly
in a refrigerator than they do if left on a table at room
temperature?
a. Tomatoes need sunlight to ripen
b. Humidity accelerates the ripening process
c. Low temperatures reduce the action of ripening
enzymes
d. Enzymes produced by bacteria inhibit ripening
11. Eukaryotic cells are differentiated from prokaryotic
cells because eukaryotic cells
a. Have nucleoid
b. Have no cell membrane
c. Have higher rate of reproduction
d. Have true nucleus and membrane-bounded
organelles
12. Which of these are prokaryotes?
a. Bacteria and cyanobacteria
b. Frogs and snakes
c. Man and gorilla
d. birds and snakes
13. Which of the following organelles is responsible in
packaging the proteins secreted by the cell?
a.Mitochondria b. ribosomes 22. Damaged muscle tissue is normally replaced by the
cell through what process?
c. cytoskeleton d. golgi bodies
a. Phagocytosis b. mitosis
14. The radiant energy in the sunlight is first captured
by the molecule in the plant cells called c. meiosis d. exocytosis

a. Chlorophyll b. glucose 23. If there are 5 cells undergoing mitotic division, how
many daughter cells will be produced?
c. water d. adenosine triphosphate
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20
15. The function of a vacuole is most similar to that of
24. A dog (Canis familiaris) has 78 chromosomes in all
a. An incubator b. an engine
cells except the sex cells which have
c. a director d. a storage tank
a. 26 b. 39 c.79 d. 156
16. Which of these structures is present in a plant cell
25. Plants take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen
but absent in an animal cell?
during photosynthesis. This indicates that the plants
A. Cell wall B. Cell membrane C. Vacuole
a. Affect the balance of gases in the atmosphere
a. A only b. B only
b. Take oxygen from the air the same as in the animals
c. C only d. A and C only
c. Compete with animals in the supply of oxygen in the
17. In which of the following processes does the cell atmosphere
membrane change its shape?
d. Rely on the sun as their source of energy
a. Direct absorption b. pinocytosis
26. A plant placed in an airtight glass container and
c. phagocytosis d. both b & c watered without allowing air into and out of the
container will eventually die because of the lack of
18. All of the following are involved in movement
except a. Oxygen b. water

a. Cilia b. flagella c. light d. carbon dioxide

c. pseudopodia d. cell wall 27. The products of photosynthesis are the raw
materials of respiration. This suggests that
19. What is a cell? photosynthesis and respiration form
a. A living organism that is neither a plant or an animal a. A cycle b. an event
b. The smallest unit of living and nonliving matter c. a sequence d. a timeline
c. The smallest part of an organism that can carry out 28. The following are functions of plant’s roots except
life functions
a. Absorbing water and minerals
d. A living unit that always specializes in a particular
function of an organism b. Providing stable foundation for growth

20. Which of the following is the main function of the c. Breaking down food into nutrients
chromosomes?
d. anchoring the plant in the soil
a. Provide nutrients necessary for development
29. Xylem : water ; _________ : food
b. Provide energy needed for growth to maturity
a. fibers b. phloem
c. Provide proteins required by the genes
c. stem tissue d. intercalary meristem
d. Provide information needed for proper growth and
30. The original source of energy in the food chain is in
development
the form of
21. Which of the following best describes the position
a. chemicals obtained from digested food
of the chromosomes during metaphase?
b. light which is energy from the sun
a. Aligned at the equatorial plate
c. animals which use energy for their life functions
b. Clustered at each pole of the cell
d. plants which obtain food from other plants
c. Arranged randomly in the cytoplasm

d. arranged randomly in the nucleus

31. The rat eats rice and is eaten by the hawk. In this stem when crossed with plants with red flowers and
food chain, the hawk is the smooth stem, produced offspring with all red flowers
and smooth stem. Which best represents the genotype
a. Producer b. primary consumer
of the offspring?
c.. secondary consumer d. decomposer
a. RRSs b. RrSS c. RrSs d. rrSs
32. Which of the following is true about the energy in
37. If you are given a plant which is a product of a
the food chain?
genetic experiment , which of the following you are
a. It increases steadily most likely accurate of describing?

b. It decreases steadily a. It’s genotype b. it’s phenotype

c. It remains the same at all levels c. it’s recessive genes d. it’s dominant genes

d. It is created by decomposers 38. In a pea plant, inflated pod (I) is dominant over
constricted pod (i). In a cross between a heterozygous
32. Which of the following is true about the energy in plant with inflated pod and a plant with constricted
the food chain? pod, what would be the phenotype of the offspring?
a. It increases steadily a. All with inflated pod
b. It decreases steadily b. All with constricted pod
c. It remains the same at all levels c. 50 % with inflated pod and 50% with constricted pod
d. It is created by decomposers d. 25 % with inflated pod and 75% with constricted pod
33. In the given diagram, what does it illustrate? 39. Brian planted a seed upside down such that the
Maya Bird Eagle root end is facing up while the shoot end is facing
down, but after germination, the root grows
downward and the shoot grows upward. Which of the
following is described above?
Corn plant butterfly Frog Snake a.Thigmotropism b. geotropism
Decomposer
c. phototropism d. both b & c

40. Ichthyology : fishes ; Ornithology :______

Rat Hawk
a. insects b. birds
a. a food chain b. a food web
c. algae d. fungi
c. their habitat d. ecological pyramid
41. which of the following is mismatched?
34. In the illustration above, which one is true?
a.Genetics : Heredity and variation
a. The snake is a second order and third order consumer
b. Physiology : Life functions
b. Maya bird eats the snake
c. Evolution : Change through time
c. The frog is the third order consumer
d. Morphology : Cells and Tissues
d. The hawk is eaten by the frog and rat
42. Environmental problems such as floods, soil
35. Which of the following is the correct sequence of erosion and depletion of wildlife resources can be
biological organization from lowest to highest? traced to
a. Cell – organ – community – population- ecosystem a. Deforestation b. acid precipitation
b. Molecules- cell- organ – population- community c. eutrophication d. global warming
c. Molecules- organ – ecosystem – community- 43. Which of the choices is a monocot?
biosphere
a. Guava
d. Cell- organ – system – community – biosphere –
ecosystem b. banana

36. In a certain plant, flower may either be red (R) or c. star apple
white (r) , and stem texture may either be smooth (S) d. gumamela
or rough (s). A plant with white flowers and rough
 b. a certain kind of protozoa

c. A certain species of mosquito

44. Which of the choices is a dicot? d. a certain strain of bacterium

a. Sugarcane 50. A pitcher plant traps insect inside its pitcher-like

structure. This describes an ecological relationship
b. grass
known as
c. coconut
a. Predation b. parasitism
d. mango
c. competition d. commensalism
45. Which of the following is NOT a mammal?
51. Which of these is shows mutualism?
a.Kangaroo
a. Carabao and carabao egret
b. sea horse
b. Moss on the tree trunk
c. whale
c. Man and body louse
d. bat
d. rice and weeds in the rice fields
46. Which of the following pairs of organisms is MOST
52. Nitrogen is taken in by plants and animals to make
related?
proteins. Animals get it from the food they eat while
a. Bacteria and cyanobacteria because both belong to plants get nitrogen from
kingdom monera
a. Other plants b. other animals
b. Man and chimpanzee because both belong to class
c. the soil d. the atmosphere
mammalia
53. Living things respond to stimuli and adjust to the
c. Earthworm and leech because both belong to phylum
new environment. These show the characteristics
annelid
a. Homeostasis and reproduction, respectively
d. Dogs and cats because both belong to order
carnivore b. Irritability and adaptation, respectively

47. Which of the following best describes a symbiotic
relationship?
a. Both organisms benefit each other
b. One organism is benefited while the other is harmed
c. metabolism and adaptation, respectively
d. adaptation and irritability, respectively
54. Which shows the correct sequence of the stages of
mitosis?

c. Two organisms live closely to each other a. Interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase

d. One can exists in the absence of the other b. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

48. Salt and sugar are often used as food preservatives. c. Metaphase, anaphase, prophase, telophase
Preserved foods like jam, salted fish and eggs do not
d. Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase,
easily spoil because of the high amount of sugar and
interphase
salt which
55. The process in which water evaporates from the
a. Is toxic to microorganisms
plant leaves
b. Can enter the cells of microorganisms causing them
a.Perspiration b. condensation
to swell and burst
c. photosynthesis d. transpiration
c. Prevents the entry of nutrients to the microorganisms
causing them to die 56. A structure that has a definite form and performs a
certain function for the body
d. Prevents the entry of water to the microorganisms
that makes the cell plasmolyzed and die a. Cell
49. Dengue is a dreaded disease. In its advanced stage, b. Tissue
it causes internal bleeding of which in most cases, it is
fatal. What causes this disease? c. Organ

A .A certain kind of virus d. System

57. Which of these is INCORRECTLY matched?

a. Carnivore – lion b. producer – algae traits. If a certain gene controlling a certain trait
changes during cell division, which of the following
c. herbivore – rabbit d. omnivore – carabao
conclusion is correct?

a. The process of cell division will stop

58. In angiosperm, fertilization occurs when
b. The trait in the daughter cells will be different than in
a. A pollen grain joins the stigma the parent cell

b. A pollen germinates to form tube c. The daughter cells will exhibit unchanged gene

c. A sperm nucleus joins the egg cell
d. a seed sprouts and grows
59. A green grasshopper hides in the grassland to
escape from its enemies. This adaptation is
a. protective coloration b. mimicry
c. phenocopy d. exposure
60. When is observation considered good observation?
a. When you use an instrument
b. when you record only what is actually there
c. When you wear eyeglasses
d. when you record things as you would like
appear
61. These are marine animals covered with spines
a.Amphibians
b. mollusks
c. coelenterates
d. echinoderms
62. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
d. the daughter cells will inherit the original, unchanged
gene
66. skin cancer is caused by ultraviolet rays of the sun.
Over many years, exposure to ultraviolet rays causes
damage to skin cells, and they begin to reproduce
uncontrollably. From the passage, what is the best way
to prevent skin cancer?
a. Get regular medical check up
b. Avoid exposure to ultraviolet light
c. Stop skin cells to reproduce
d. Sunbathe evenly on all parts of the body
67. A Biology student makes a detailed study of a
them to cheek cell in a prepared slide under the microscope.
Which part of the microscope would he use?
a. Diaphragm
b. very low power objective lens
c. Low power objective lens
d. High power objective lens
68. What is the function of the diaphragm of the
microscope?

a. The PH of an acid ranges from 1-6 a. Reflects light towards the eyepiece

b. The ligaments connect bones to bones b. Regulates the amount of light towards the eyepiece

c. Melanin is the green pigment found in plants c. Moves the body tube up and down to focus the image

d. Sepals are leaflike structures that surround the petals d. Moves the body tube slowly to bring the image into
of a flower sharp focus

63. Where is ATP produced? 69. What was the contribution of Gregor Mendel in the
field of biology?
a. In the nucleus b. in the nucleolus
a. He formulated the basic principles of heredity
c. in the ribosome d. in the mitochondrion
b. He described the structure of the DNA molecule
64. Which of these is an example of the abiotic factor
in a habitat? c. He developed the binomial system of naming
organisms
a. Population of grasses
d. He discovered the mechanism of human blood
c. population of birds circulation
b. Population of insects 70 . what is common to osmosis and diffusion?
d. acid-base balance of the soil a. both require expenditure of energy
65. Morgan suggested that chromosomes are b. both move molecules against the concentration
composed of units called genes which control specific gradient
c. both require movement of molecules across semi d. testis and ovaries
-permeable membrane
76. If Darwin had the Theory of Natural Selection, what
d. both allow molecules to move from an area of greater did Lamarck have?
concentration to an area of lower concentration
A. Theory of inheritance of Acquired Characteristics
71. Which two statements describe asexual
B. Principle of Use and Disuse
reproduction?
C. Principle of heredity
A. It involves the union of gametes
D. Survival of the fittest
B. It forms individual without involving gametes
a. A and B b. A and C
C. It produces offspring that is genetically identical with
its single parent c. C and D d. B and D
D. It produces an offspring resulting from a chance 77. Which of these does not describe a tropical rain
combination of genes derived from two different forest?
gametes
a. Annual rainfall measures up to 350 cm
a. A and D b. B and C c. C and D d. A and B
b. Annual rainfall is less than 30 cm
72. Refer to the table below:
c. The richest of all the biomes on earth

d. Trees provide thick canopy

78. During periods in increased global temperatures,

which of the following is most likely to occur?

a. A decrease in earthquake

b. An increase in earthquake

Jane is Type B heterozygous. She married Jake who is c. A decrease in atmospheric Carbon dioxide
heterozygous type A. What could be the blood type of
d. An increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide
her children?
79. Which of the following human activities reduces
a.50% Type A and 50% Type B c. Any of the blood
the level of ozone in the atmosphere?
types
a. Using large banks of solar cells for energy production
b. All heterozygous Type B d. All Type AB
b. Using articles lighting in scientific polar stations
73. When both kidneys fail to function, which of these
technologies should the affected person immediately c. Releasing of chlorofluorocarbons from aerosol cans
undergo?
d. Destroying large areas of the equatorial rain forests
a. Dialysis
80. What is the most significant cause of dwindling
b. attachment of a pacemaker biodiversity?

c. injection with insulin a. Global warming

d. removal of the defective kidney b. Destruction of habitat

74. If a person has a stomach ulcer, which of the c. Depletion of ozone layer
following instruments could be used to view the
d. Large plant consumption
interior of his body?
81. Why is incineration not favored as a method of
a. Microscope b. stethoscope
waste disposal?
c. laser beam d. endoscope
a. It is expensive for a country like ours
75. If mitosis takes place in non-reproductive cells,
b. The country lacks fund to install incinerators
where does meiosis take place?
c. It requires large energy expenditures
a.Body cells
d. It releases noxious gases
b. bone cells
82. Which of the following activities help reduce water
c. roots and stem
pollution?
a. Throwing only liquid wastes b. Designing a workable system

b. Cleaning with soaps instead of detergents c. Constructing concepts and laws

c. Treating wastewater before it is discharged d. Observing natural phenomena

d. Using organic fertilizers in farms 89. What part of the brain functions whenever we
think, study and react consciously?
83. Teacher Ann showed the class the potted plants
placed on the window sills. She asked them to observe a. Cortex
the direction of their growth. The pupils observed that
b. Cerebellum
the plants tended to grow outward. Teacher Ann then
asked the class this question: why do you think they c. Cerebrum
grow outward? What was Teacher Ann engaging the
pupils to do? d. thalamus

a. Observe c. formulate hypothesis 90. Molds are under what kingdom?

b. Draw conclusion d. design an experiment a. Protista

84. Doctors can declare dengue fever as an epidemic in b. Plantae

a place: c. Fungi
a. When two are hospitalized from the neighborhood d. Animalia
b. When everyone is suffering from colds 91. Streptococcus is under what kingdom?
c. When every households of five houses is sick with a. Protista
high fever
b. Plantae
d. When the proportion of patients reaches at least 15%
of the population c. Fungi

85. These are professionals who are experts in d. Monera

handling animal diseases. 92. A person with type “A” blood can accept what
a. Veterinarians blood type/s?

b. Doctors of cattles a. Only types B and O

c. Animal husbandry b. Only types A and O

d. Doctors of medicine c. Only types A and AB

86. A lot of malnourished children in Africa are found d. Only type O

to have poor teeth and eyesight. This is believed to be 93. What is needed for an organism to live in the
caused by: longest possible time?
a. Deficiency in protein a. Oxygen
b. Deficiency in iron b. Nitrates
c. Deficiency in vitamin B c. Carbon dioxide
d. Deficiency in vitamin A and D d. Light energy
87. Deficiency in the secretion of this hormone causes 94. Which of these provides the most variety of
simple goiter. offspring?
a. Estrogen a. Cloning
b. Testosterone b. Sexual reproduction
c. adrenalin c. Asexual reproduction
d. thyroxin d. Cellular reproduction
88. Which among the processes are more related with 95. Chloroplasts enable plants to create their own
technology than with science? food. Animal cell’s don’t have chloroplasts and so we
a. Discovering forms of matter can say that ________.
a. Plant cells are more complex than the animal cells

b. Animal must obtain food from outside sources

c. Animal cells are more complex than plant cells

d. Animal cells prey upon plant cells as a food source

96. A couple has 4 children-all girls. The fifth child is a

boy. This might be a result of:

a. Conception classes taken by the parents

b. The timing of the fertility cycles

c. The father’s contribution of a “Y” chromosome

d. The mother’s contribution of a “Y” chromosome

97. The change in the base coding of a DNA molecule

that alters the trait associated with the gene is called
______. This change is also the reason why an
organism may appear different from the parents.

a. Gene mutation

b. Gene meiosis

c. Trait linkage

d. Sex-linked inheritance

98. This term is used to describe an organism, which

depends its subsistence on others.

a. Medium

b. Host

c. Parasite

d. Commensal

99. Which of the following magnifies an object?

a. Microscope

b. petri-dish

c. Glass slide

d. Cover slip

100. A diet full of animal fat usually come up with

patients found ill of:

a. Diabetis

b. Osteoporosis

c. Hypertension

d. Kidney malfunction
 c. Absence of prejudice

d. Wonder

5. Monica respects the ideas of her colleagues

even if they are very much contrary to her own
GENERAL EDUCATION
beliefs. What important scientific attitude is seen
Biological Science and Physical Science in her actions?

A. Honesty

Read the text below then answer items 1-3. B. Absence of prejudice

C. Open-mindedness
The students were arguing about the results of their
experiment. Following were their comments: D. Acceptance

Student A: “Our conclusion is wrong. It is the
opposite of what we learned the lecture.”
Students B and C: That’s what came out. After we
designed the experiment and observed for two
weeks we should not change the results.
6. Carlito weighs evidences dutifully making any
conclusions and decisions. He dissects the
information individually before coming to a final
conclusion. What scientific attitude is he
displaying?
a. Carefulness
b. Rationality

c. Precision
Student D: Maybe, it’s good to find out why our
findings differ from what was given in the lecture. d. Accuracy
Why not repeat the same experiment? 7. While performing an experiment, Mico
expresses his opinions and tries new ideas even at
1. Which trait of a scientist does student A seem
the risk of failure or criticism. What scientific trait
NOT have?
is displayed in this situation?
A. Open-mindedness
A. Curiosity
B. Truthfulness
B. Risk-taking
C. Blind obedience
C. Diligence
D. Objectivity
D. Absence of ambiguity
2. Students B and C display which part of a
8. Paul admits that he is not free from committing
scientist?
errors. He recognizes that there may be better
a. Objectivity ideas and realizes that there are individuals whom
he may have to consult to arrive at correct
b. Authoritativeness observations and conclusions. What scientific trait
c. Truthfulness is he displaying?

d. Critical attitude a. Open-mindedness

3. Why can Student D be said to have the bearing b. Objectivity

of a scientist? c. Rationality
A. He/She can relate to people d. Humility
B. He/She is objective. 9. While performing research for a pharmaceutical
C. He/She has a critical mind company, Melanie gave a truthful report of
observations. She did not withhold important
D. He/She is open-minded information just to please herself or her company.
4. Marco is always interested in asking questions. What scientific attitude did she display?
He is also very eager to find the answers to his A. Absence of bias
questions. What scientific attitude is he displaying?
B. Faith in God
a. Curiosity
C. Intellectual honesty
b. Rationality
D. Critical mindedness God’s creations. What scientific attitude is she
displaying?

a. Faith in God
10. Chona actively participates in a task and also
dutifully performs tasks assigned to her. What b. Fatalism
scientific attitude in this situation?
c. Curiosity
A. Camaraderie
d. Concern for the environment
B. Responsibility
16. Alice does not allow her judgment to be
C. Being a team player influenced by her likes or dislikes. What scientific
attitude is seen in her actions?
D. Unity
A. Prejudice
11. Fernan always seeks to think outside the box.
He always aims to generate new original ideas. B. Critical thinking
What scientific attitude is he displaying?
C. Honesty
a. Inventiveness
D. Absence of bias
b. Nobility
17. Miguel only creates inventions that respect and
c. Indifference help conserve natural resources is an advocate
against pollution and illegal logging. What scientific
d. Absence of prejudice
attitude is seen in his actions?
12. Adolfo does not allow his feelings and biases to
a. Concern for the environment
influence his recording observations, interpretation
of data, and formulation of conclusions. What b. Love for nature
scientific attitude is reflected in his actions?
c. Belief in evolution
A. Absence of bias
d. Conservatism
B. Concern for the environment
18. Nicolaus Copernicus believed that the church
C. Rationality was wrong about the sun revolving around the
Earth. Advancing his theory that the earth revolved
D. Objectivity
around the sun eventually cost him his life. What
13. Dennis bases suggestions and conclusions on scientific attitude is seen in his actions?
evidences. When in doubt, questions the veracity
A. Egotism
of a statement in relation to the evidences
presented. What scientific attitude is seen in his B. Selflessness
actions?
C. Revolutionary
a. Firm set of beliefs
D. Positivism
b. Absence of bias
19. If two variables X and Y are directly related,
c. Critical-mindedness which of these is NOT true?

d. Intellectual honesty a. As X increases, Y also increases.

14. Jose believes that everything that happens in b. A high Y is associated with a high X.
this world has a cause or reason. What scientific
c. When X increases, Y decreases.
attitude is seen in his actions?
d. When X is low, Y also is low.
A. Curiosity
Read the following, then answer the questions 20-22
B. Firm set of beliefs

C. Honesty Beda wants to find out if different types of wood

soak up the same amount of water when wet. She
D. Critical-mindedness
plans to do the following:
15. Pepita believes that God is the ultimate source
I. Weigh a dry block of each type of wood.
of all wisdom. She upholds that it is through God’s
grace that she is able to discover the mysteries II. Put each block into a container full of water.

III. Leave the wood in the water.

IV. Take the wood out, dry the outside of each

block and reweigh.

20. To be a fair test, what variables should she control?
I. Size of each block
II. Time left in water
III. Type of wood
IV. Amount of water
A. I and III
B. III and IV
C. I and II
D. II and IV
21. In this experiment, what is the dependent variable?
a. Type of wood used
b. The amount of water soaked up
c. Time left in the water
d. Dry weight of each block
22. What is the independent variable?
a. Type of wood used
b. Dry weight of each block
c. Amount of water soaked up
d. Time left in the water
Read the following, then answer the questions # 23-27.
The class was asked to design an experiment to test
one group came up with this experimental design.
For detergent they got Tide, Surf, and Champion.
For fish, they had tilapia fingerling, goldfish and
baby janitor fish contained in different sizes and
shapes of bottles. To the tilapia fingerling, they put
1 tbsp of Tide. To the goldfish, they put 1 tbsp of
surf and to the baby janitor fish, 1 tbsp of
Champion.
23. What is the control group?
A. The tilapia with 1 tbsp of Tide
B. The baby janitor fish with 1 tbsp of Champion
C. The goldfish with 1 tbsp of Surf
D. Cannot be determined
24. What is the experimental group?
a. Cannot be determined
b. The baby janitor fish with 1 tbsp of Champion
c. The goldfish with 1 tbsp of Surf
d. The tilapia with 1 tbsp of Tide
25. What is the dependent variable?
A. The brand of detergent
B. The effect of detergent on Fish
C. The amount of detergent
D. The amount of water
26. Is there any defect in the experimental design?
A. None, it is a simple yet perfect design.
B. Yes, not only one but several.
C. Yes, there is, but was remedied by the fact that
3 kinds of detergents were used.
D. Yes, there is, but was compensated by the use
of not only one type of fish but 3.
27. If you were to improve on the experimental design,
what should you do?
I. Just focus on one dependent variable at a time,
e.g. brand of detergent.
II. Make use of the same type and size of fish.
III. Increase the number of fish and reduce the
number of detergent brands involved.
A. I and II C. I and III
B. II only D. I only
28. Printed on the label of a bottle of cough medicine is
the following instruction: “Store away from light,
below 30 degrees C.” What can you infer about the
cough medicine?
A. It should be hidden away from children.
B. It should be stored in the refrigerator.
C. It is in a dark, light-proof bottle.
D. It is affected by heat and light.
29. It is commonly observed that most respondents to
survey questionnaire checklist just check the answer
without really reading them. What conclusion can be
derived from the common observation?
A. Data gather by way of questionnaire checklists
are not very reliable.
B. Respondents need to be convinced of the
importance of research data.
C. Researchers resort to questionnaire checklist for
data-gathering because it is the easiest method.
D. Good survey questionnaires are not easy to
make.
 Teacher M showed the class the potted plants placed
on the window sill. She asked them to observe the
direction of their growth. The pupils observed that 35. In computing data, Student F computes up to
the plants tended to grow outward. Then Teacher M the second decimal place. As a researcher or
asked the class this question: “Why do you think they scientist, what trait/s do/es Student F possess?
tendedwas
30. What to grow outward?”
Teacher M engaging the pupils to do?

A. Formulate hypothesis

B. Draw conclusion

C. Design an experiment

D. Observe

31. The existence of extraterrestrial life may never be

proven, but this idea will become more scientifically
acceptable over time if _______________. 36. Which does NOT belong?
A. Hypotheses are made related to the idea. A. Conclusion
B. No one disputes this idea in a scientific forum. B. Surmise
C. Alternative hypotheses are proposed and C. Hypothesis
confirmed.
D. Conjecture
D. Increasing scientific evidence supports the idea.

32. Which comes ahead in the scientific method-

observation or defining the problem? For number 37-41, refer to the scientific case
described below.
A. Observation so that you can come up with a
scientific problem. Choose the best answer to the questions that
follows.
B. Defining a problem so that your observation
becomes focused.
Nancy wanted to find out if virgin coconut oil
C. No definite answer. What you observe makes
can be used as a preservative for peanut. She
you think of a problem and a problem makes
placed 10 peanuts each in 2 glasses. In one
you observe.
glass, she added enough virgin coconut oil to
D. They happen at the same time. Both are steps cover the peanuts completely. She did not put
of the scientific method. any liquid on the other glass. She then kept the
two glasses on a shelf and observed them for
33. You like to know how many of your pupils have
two weeks.
mothers and/or mothers who are presently employed
as OCWs. What is/are the most reliable way to gather
data? 37. Which among the following statements is the
best problem statement in Nancy’s experiment?
I. Interview the pupils.
A. Is virgin coconut oil useful as a preservative for
II. Give questionnaire checklist to selected pupils. peanuts?
III. Study the grade of the pupils because those B. How many peanuts can be preserved using
performing poorly usually have parents who virgin coconut oil?
work as OCWs.
C. How long can virgin coconut oil act as a
A. I only C. II only preservative?
B. I and II D. I, II and III D. Is virgin coconut oil better than formalin as a
34. Which of the following has the smallest mass when preservative?
measured in an equal arm balance? 38. Which among the following is NOT a controlled
A. 1/8 sheet of pad paper variable in this experiment?

B. 1/3 sheet of pad paper

C. 1/4 sheet of pad paper A. Number of peanuts.

D. 1/2 sheet of pad paper B. Type of glass used.

C. Amount of virgin coconut oil.

 D. Two weeks observation period.
39. Which among the following is an observation that
may derive from this experiment?
I. Only four peanuts dried up in the glass without
virgin coconut oil because of room temperature.
II. Six peanuts did not dry up in the glass with
virgin coconut oil.
III. The duration of 2 weeks for this experiment is
too long.
IV. Peanuts did not wither in virgin coconut oil
because of the presence of stearic acid.
A. I only C. II and IV
B. I and II D. IV
40. How many manipulated variables are present in
this experiment?
a. One c. Three
b. Two d. Four
41. What is a suitable null hypothesis for this
experiment?
A. If virgin coconut oil is used, peanuts will be well-
preserved.
B. Virgin coconut oil is equally effective as
commercial nut preservatives.
C. The threshold for preservatives effect is 10
peanuts only.
D. Virgin coconut oil has no significant preservative
effect on peanuts.
42. During period of increased global temperatures,
which of the following is most likely to occur?
A. An increase in atmospheric CO2.
B. A decrease in atmospheric CO2.
C. A decrease in earthquakes.
D. An increase in earthquakes.
43. Why is the Philippines much hotter than Canada?
The Philippines ________________
A. Receive sun rays closer to vertical position.
B. Has more vegetation to absorb sunlight.
C. Has days with more hours of light.
D. Has a denser population than Canada.
44. Geothermal energy, an energy resource in the
country, is based on which phenomenon?
A. Earth’s internal energy heats its surface more
than the sun does.
B. There are concentrations of heat in some places
of earth’s crust.
C. Heat energy from the sun penetrates deep into
the earth.
D. Human activity is the largest source of heat
energy on earth.
45. Which of these effects generally occurs as a
result of warm air mass and a cooler air mass
converging at earth’s surface?
A. Stormy weather patterns develop.
B. The sky becomes clear.
C. Winds die down.
D. Cloud formation decreases.
46. Why do fisher folks catch more fish during the
new moon than during the full moon?
A. Fishes are more active during the new moon
because the salt content of water is just right.
B. Fished look for mates during the new moon.
C. Fishes go near the surface during the new moon
because the water is warmer.
D. Fishes are attracted to the light from the fishing
boat which fisherman makes use of during the
new moon.
47. Bagoong smells because _________.
A. Air and volatile particles from bagoong mix and
get spoiled further.
B. That is the natural scent of bagoong.
C. Molecules from bagoong spread in air.
D. It uses spoiled fish ingredients
48. Every morning when the sun shines through
the glass jalousies of Maria’s window, she sees a
rainbow on her wall. Which could explain this?
A. The glass jalousies break up the beam of
sunlight into the colors of the rainbow.
B. The glass jalousies cast colored shadows.
C. In the morning, sunlight shines on the wall
painted with rainbow colors.
D. There are water droplets on the glass that act
like a prism.
49. Which of the following is TRUE about light and
seeing?
A. Light hits an object, bounces, and then enters
the eyes.
B. Light goes out from the eyes, hits an object, and B. Cooler vapor holds less vapor.
then returns to the eyes.
C. The sun is hidden during night.
C. Light rays coming from an object meets light
D. There is no cloud cover to prevent heat from
coming from a light source, and then enters the
escaping.
eyes.
56. Water covers about 75% of the Earth’s surface
D. Light enters the eyes enabling people to see
and yet some people still do not have enough
object
water to drink. Why?
50. Why do leaves with green color look green in
I. Most of World’s water is salty.
the sunlight?
II. Most of our bodies of water are polluted
A. The blue and yellow bounces off from the by chemicals.
leaves. III. Most fresh water are frozen in ice caps.

B. They absorb the blue and yellow object and A. I and II

yellow light. B. I, II and III
C. II and III
C. They absorb the green light.
D. I and III
D. They reflect green light.
57. Children born with a deficiency of thyroxin
51. Why does the level of water in a beaker rise __________if deficiency is not checked.
after a stone is placed in it?
A. lose their hair
A. The stone takes the place occupied by water. B. have weak bones
B. The stone has more mass than the water. C. grow rapidly
C. The water weighs less than the stone. D. Become mentally retarted
D. The stone and the water occupy the same space.
58. The correct way of eating fruits is when eaten
52. Why do people feel their ears pop or crack __________.
when they are up in the air?
A. With an empty stomach
A. There are less air particles.
B. after meals
B. There are more air particles.
C. Air is cooler. C. before sleeping at night
D. Air is cleaner.
D. during snacks
53. Which of the following activities help reduce
59. An eclipse of the sun throws the shadow of the
water pollution?
__________.
A. Cleaning of soap instead of detergents.
A. Moon on the earth
B. Treating waste water before it is discharged.
C. Throwing only liquid waste. B. moon on the sun
D. Using organic fertilizers in farms.
C. earth on the sun
54. The manager of textile factory considers at too
expensive to treat liquid waste so he suggested D. earth on the moon
digging a hole near the factory where the wastes 60. The following are effects of global warming
can be stored. Is this environmentally safe? EXCEPT __________.
A. No, the liquid can be recycled. A. thinning of the ozone layer
B. No, the liquid wastes will seep to the B. extreme weather events
groundwater.
C. changes in the aiming of seasonal patterns in
C. Yes, the liquid will pass through the layers if soil ecosystem
and become clean.
D. Expansion of tropical diseases.
D. Yes, the liquid can be recycled.

61. John experienced a lack of growth hormone

55. Why are nights cooler when the sky is clear (GH) as a child. Now that John is an adult, it is
than when it is overcast? likely the he __________.
A. Rain falls when water vapor condenses above
freezing point.
A. has cognitive and emotional problems as a A. Producers
result of his hormone deficiency.
B. Carnivore
B. Has normal adult body proportions, but an
C. Saprophytes
extremely short stature.
D. Epiphytes
C. is of normal height, but has child – like body
proportions. 68. Which among the following cell organelles does
NOT participate in cellular division?
D. has developed physique similar to that typically
seen in females. A. Ribosomes
62. Which among the following represents the B. Chromosomes
smallest unit of life?
C. Mitotic spindle
A. Embryo
D. Cytoplasm
B. Organelle
69. Which of the following is an example of a
C. Cell symbiotic relationship?
D. Atom A. Wolves working together to hunt in a pack
63. Which of the following statements about living B. Plants growing in the same rolling meadow
things is FALSE?
C. Humans and their pets living in the same home
A. All living things use energy to function.
D. Weeds clinging to the roots of trees in your
B. All living things are composed of cells. backyard
C. All living things have nervous system. 70. Which of the following is NOT an example of a
naturally – occurring sugar?
D. All living things are capable of reproduction.
A. Sucrose
64. Which of the following best describes a group
of cells that work together to perform a function? B. Mitose
A. Tissue C. Glucose
B. Organ system D. Galactose
C. Organ 71. Which of the following is the proper example of
natural selection?
D. Organism
A. Human beings continue to get taller because of
65. Which among the following are duplicated
thousands of years of proper nutrition.
during the process of mitosis?
B. A community of lady bugs begins having
A. Centromeres
offspring with darker shells, in order to hide
B. Chromosomes from their predators.

C. Chloroplasts C. Albino rodents die off quickly in a community,

being more vulnerable to certain pancreatic
D. Centrosomes
diseases.
66. Plants create their own food by absorbing and
D. Seagulls begin to eat so many fish so that only
processing sunlight. The ability to produce one’s
those with dark blue scale color survive.
own food source is metabolic process known as
__________. 72. What is the main difference between
prokaryotes and the eukaryotes?
A. Heterotrophy
A. The eukaryote has a nucleus, but the prokaryote
B. Autotrophy
does not have.
C. Homotrophy
B. The prokaryote has a nucleus, but the eukaryote
D. Ditrophy does not have.

67. Fungi absorb the nutrients from dead C. The eukaryote is always larger that the
organisms. In an ecosystem what roles do they prokaryote.
play?
D. The eukaryote is the only type of cell than is 79. Which of the following best describes the
capable of photosynthesis. amount of energy required to remove an electron
from a gaseous atom?
73. Which of the following statements is TRUE
about parasites and their relationships with their A. Activation energy
hosts?
B. Free energy
A. The parasite and the host enjoy a natural
C. Ionization energy
relationship, where both organisms benefit.
D. Lattice energy
B. The parasite enjoys the benefits of a relationship
in which the host is harmed or killed. 80. Which among the folowing has the most polar
bond?
C. The host enjoys the benefits of a relationship in
which the parasite is harmed or killed. A. N2
D. Neither the parasite nor host is really harmed in B. HF
their symbiotic relationship.
C. F2
74. Vascular tissue that transports water in leaves
connects directly to which of the following? D. HCl

A. Meristems in the root tip 81. A molecule or an ion is classified as a Lewis

base if it has which of the following properties?
B. Pistils in the flower
A. Donates a proton to water
C. Root hairs in the epidermis
B. Accepts a pair of electrons
D. Xylem in the stem
C. Has resonance structures
75. One immediate cause of a decrease in the rate
of photosynthesis is a reduction in the availability D. Accepts a proton from water
of which of the following substances? 82. Which among the following elements can be
A. Carbon dioxide drawn into thin wires and hammered into thin
sheets?
B. Carbon monoxide
A. Ag
C. Hydrogen
B. Na
D. Oxygen
C. Cu
76. Which type of digestion occurs in the mouth
when an individual chews a piece of bread? D. Sn

A. Mechanical digestion only 83. Alchemists in ancient Egypt tested gold for
purity by remelting it and heating it if the gold
B. Chemical digestion only become whiter, it contained_____.
C. Both mechanical and chemical digestion A. Copper
D. Neither mechanical and chemical digestion B. Lead
77. Which among the following gases is green C. Silver
color?
D. Tin
A. Krypton
84. Salts of which of the following metals are
B. Neon added tofireworks to make them brilliant red?
C. Radon A. Copper
D. Chlorine B. Barium
78. What does a pH below 7 indicate? C. Potassium
A. Presence of ions B. Purity of the sample D. Strontium
C. Alkalinity D. Acidity
85. What intermolecular forces do geckos and
other lizards use to stick to walls and ceilings?
A. Van der Waals forces
B. Static ionic attractions
C. Hydrogen bonding
D. Dipole-dipole attractions
86. If no more solute can be dissolved in a solvent
at a given temperature, then that solution is
called_____.
A. Saturated
B. Unstable
A. are polar and water is nonpolar
B. and water are both nonpolar
C. are nonpolar and water is polar
D. and water are both polar
92. What is the location on the Earth's surface that
is directly above the place where an earthquake
originates?
A. Focus B. Epicenter
C. Hypocenter D. Fault
93. If there are several earthquakes in a row, what
is the name of the largest of these earthquakes?

C. Saturable A. Tertiary Shock B. Foreshock

D. Dispersed C. Mainshock D. Aftershock

87. A horizontal row of elements on the Periodic 94. What is the partially molten layer of the Earth
Table is known a(n)_____. called?

A. Group or Family A. Asthenosphere B. Biosphere

B. Atomic number C. Hydrosphere D. Lithosphere

C. Size 95. What part of Earth is thought to be composed

of iron and nickel?
D. Period or Series
A. Hydrosphere B. Asthenosphere
88. According to the modern periodic table law, the
chemical properties of the elements are periodic C. Lithosphere D. Core
functions of their_____.
96. What is the numerical value for the hardest
A. Atomic weight mineral on the Mohs hardness scale?

B. Isotopic weight A. 10 B. 11 C. 20 D. 100

C. Atomic number 97. Which among the following properties is a

measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched?
D. Atomic mass
A. Streak B. Specific gravity
89. The amount of substance having
6.02 x 1023 of any kind of chemical unit is called C. Luster D. Hardness
a(n)_____.
98. Rock fragments thrown into the air during a
A. Mass number volcanic eruption are called_____?

B. Mole A. Tephra B. Extrusive

C. Formula C. Granite D. Lava

D. Atomic Weight 99. What is a pyroclastic flow?

90. Breaking up solid speeds dissolving in a liquid A. When lava comes out of a volcanic vent?
by______.
B. A mixture of volcanic gas, ash and the other
A. Raising the temperature tephra

B. Decreasing the pressure C. Poisonous gas of a volcano

C. Increasing surface area D. Lava that hardens into a batholith

D. Slowing hydration 100. What type of clouds produce thunderstorms?

91. Fats do not dissolved in water because A. Cirrus B. Cumulonimbus

fats______.
C. Cumulus D. Stratus