SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Direction: Shade the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet provided.

1. Teacher Karl Marx asked his students to give a question which can be answered by Earth
Science. Who among the students failed to do this?
A. Sansa: ‘What happens when the sun dies?’
B. Jon: ‘Where can we find the deepest trench?’
C. Arya: ‘What do the stars’ arrangement today imply?’
D. Bran: ‘How do ocean currents affect climatic conditions?’

2. The universe is continually expanding according to astronomers. How did they come up
with this idea?
A. Presence of dying stars and mysterious black holes.
B. Galaxies observed to be moving away from each other.
C. Possibility of time travelling and extra-terrestrial life forms.
D. Birth of new stars and celestial bodies in nebulae from varied points in the universe.

3. Among the many characteristics of Earth that can support life, which of the following
factors can greatly influence the protection of the living organisms from harmful radiation
by trapping extreme heat from the sun?
A. Water
B. Atmosphere
C. Temperature
D. Nutrients

4. Earth is an example of a closed system. Materials does not enter or exit but cycles in the
system but energy does. The following are the subsytems where matter and energy flow
A. Lithosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere only.
B. Atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere only.
C. Atmosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere only.
D. Lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere only.

5. Which of the following are resources can be replaced through natural processes at a rate
at which it is used?
A. Wind, water, soil and sunlight only
B. Soil, trees, and sunlight only
C. Wind, water, soil, trees and sunlight only
D. Living organisms, sunlight, water and soil only

6. This is one of the two fundamental quantities of the universe which is commonly known
to be the capacity to do work.
A. energy
B. force
C. matter
D. power
7. Production of electrical power by the nuclear power plants is an energy sufficient
scientific breakthrough. Which branch of physics brought about the latter breakthrough?
A. electricity and magnetism
B. mechanics
C. nuclear physics
D. quantum physics

Hypothesis: Mass is directly proportional to acceleration.

Results: The following chart shows a set of data gathered after the experimentation process.
Mass Acceleration
1 kg 125 cm/s2
10 kg 12.5 cm/s2
20 kg 6.25 cm/s2
8. Based on the data presented above, should the hypothesis be supported?
A. Yes, the accelerations decrease as the masses increase hence direct proportion.
B. Yes, as the masses increase, the accelerations also increase.
C. No, the accelerations decrease as the masses increase hence inverse proportion.
D. There are no changes since there is uniform motion.

9. Derive m from the equation F=ma .

A. m=Fa
F
B. m=
a
a
C. m=
F
Fm
D. m=
a

10. The mass of mercury is measured to be 328 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 g. Convert
this value into the scientific notation.
A. 3.29 x 1023
B. 32.85 x 1023
C. 3.29 x 1026
D. 32. 85 x 1025

11. A cheetah started from rest and moved with uniform acceleration. It acquired a speed of
60 m/s after 100 seconds. What is the acceleration of the animal as portrayed in the given
problem?
A. 0.3 m/s2
B. 0.6 m/s2
C. 0.9 m/s2
D. 0.12 m/s2
12. The following are scientists and their important contributions in understanding the
different structures of the atom except
A. John Joseph Thomson discovered the negative charge of the electrons while doing
experiments using the cathode ray tube.
B. Ernest Rutherford conducted the gold foil experiment to investigate the positive
charge of protons found inside the nucleus.
C. Henry Moseley developed the application of X-ray spectra to assign the atomic
weight of each element.
D. Neils Bohr concluded that the position of the electrons affected its amounts of energy
at different energy level.

13. Water (H2O) is an example of a polar molecule, while carbon dioxide (CO 2) is an
example of a non-polar molecule. Which of the following chemical content cannot
possibly mix with water as an intermediate?
A. Sulfur dioxide (SO2)
B. Ammonia (NH3)
C. Ethanol (C2H6O)
D. Methane (CH4)

14. Which of the following “fossil fuel” source of energy is the largest source of generating
electricity in most highly industrialized countries?
A. Natural gas
B. Crude oil
C. Coal
D. Nuclear energy

15. If you are to do a simple experiment to find out which building material is best for
waterproofing, what property are you going to test?
A. Temperature
B. Absorbency
C. Emissivity
D. Viscosity

16. Proteins are made up of amino acid monomers with common structures except for its side
chain (R). If the side chain (R) of the amino acid of a protein is nonpolar, the protein
cannot be dissolve in water since the amino acid monomers are
A. Hydrophilic
B. Hydrophobic
C. Acidic
D. Basic

17. Disinfectants are more often used in clinics and hospitals than in household products.
Which of the following is the reasons why is this so.
A. It is a chemical that completely destroys all disease-causing organisms.
B. It is reduces germs on surfaces to levels considered safe by public health codes or
regulations.
C. It is labeled to destroy 75% of disease-causing organisms within 5-10 minutes.
D. It is not directly applied to nonporous surfaces.
18. Which of the following is the general equation of photosynthesis?
A. C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O + energy
B. 12 H2O + 6CO2 + sunlight → 6O2 + C6H12O6 + 6H2O
C. C6H12O6 → 2C2H5OH + 2 CO2 + energy
D. 2C2H5OH + 2 CO2 + energy → C6H12O6

19. The production of new plant from the underground stems exemplifies which of the
following?
A. Sexual
B. Asexual
C. Two parent
D. Zygote

20. If a stigma receives pollen from another flower of the same species, the flower is said to
be
A. Cross-pollinated
B. an incomplete flower
C. a complete flower
D. self-pollinate

21. Individuals within a species tend to be genetically different. Which of the following
mechanisms is responsible for this variationamong individuals of the same species?
A. Meiosis
B. Mitosis
C. Polyploidy
D. Duplications

22. The major source of energy in the ecosystem is the sun. What happens to the energy as it
ispassed on in theecosystem? It becomes
A. less available for use by the later steps in the food chain.
B. greater as it is transferred to the higher trophic levels.
C. keeps on fluctuating just anywhere among the organisms.
D. can skip on any trophic level where it wants to go.

23. Many different interactions between organisms and their environment form an ecosystem.
The dynamics of an ecosystem m must include which of the following?
A. Cycling of nutrients
B. Flow of energy from sunlight to producers
C. Biological magnification of pesticides
D. Only A & B are correct
24. Energy from the sun enters the ecosystem and is passed on through food chains and food
webs. Which of the food chains below fit the food web in the diagram?

A. decomposers → grains →pig →man

B. grass → cow → man → decomposers
C. grass → decomposers → grains
D. pig →decomposers → man

25. It can also be argued that social networks have affected our communication by the way
we converse and in our writing techniques. What situation would best illustrate this
statement?
A. Social media provides people with less interpersonal skills, a lack of conflict
resolution and very little privacy.
B. People who communicate via social media or text message aren’t necessarily spelling
things incorrectly, they are speaking a new language entirely.
C. This rapid-fire quick communication style that captivates millennials and other
generations have shifted our conversations from face-to-face instances to through-the-
screen ones.
D. There are positive and negative effects of social media on social interactions. Social
media changes the way people interact with each other by offering more convenience
but less quality.