EASY
1. (Astronomy) A. 1 Our solar system has only
How many star/s is/are one star, called the Sun.
there in our solar system? The Sun is one of 100 to
A. 1 400 billion stars in our
B. 1 million galaxy, the Milky Way. Our
C. 1 billion galaxy, in turn, is one of
D. infinitely many over 100 billion galaxies in
the known universe.
2. (Chemistry) B. Lead
___________ is an element in
the periodic table with an
atomic number of 82 and a
chemical symbol Pb from
the Latin word “plumbum”.
A. Polonium
B. Lead
C. Bismuth
D. Palladium
3. (Biology) A. type of sperm cell Genetically, the probability
Whether a child is a boy or of having a boy or a girl
a girl depends on the: depends on whether the
sperm that fertilizes the egg
A. type of sperm cell is X or Y.
B. type of egg cell
C. time of ovulation
D. time of fertilization
4. (Earth Science) C. African Plate
Plates are movable
segments in Earth’s crust.
They are categorized into
major and minor plates
based on their area. Which
among the following is a
major plate?
A. Arabian Plate
B. Caribbean Plate
C. African Plate
D. Philippine Plate
5. (Physics) B. Force A pull or a push applied or
A pull or a push applied or exerted to an object is
exerted to an object is: referred to as force. Force is
a vector quantity that can
A. Energy cause an object to
B. Force accelerate, decelerate, or
C. Velocity change its direction of
D. Work motion.
6. (Biology) B. Nucleus
It is the control center of
the cell which is a
membrane-bound structure
that contains the DNA.
A. Mitochondrion
B. Nucleus
C. Centrosome
D. Cytoplasm
7. (General Science) D. Rayleigh Waves and The 2 major kinds of
The two major types of Love Waves surface waves are Love
surface seismic waves are: Waves and Rayleigh Waves.
A. Primary Waves and Primary and secondary
Secondary Waves waves are body waves, not
B. Secondary Waves and surface waves.
Tertiary Waves
C. Tertiary Waves and
Rayleigh Waves
D. Love Waves and Rayleigh
Waves
8. (Computer & D. Charles Babbage The first computer was
Technology) invented by Charles
Who is the inventor of Babbage (1822) but was not
computers? built until 1991! Alan
Turing invented computer
A. Alan Turing science. The ENIAC (1945)
B. Howard Aiken was the first electronic
C. Joseph Marie Jacquard general-purpose digital
D. Charles Babbage computer.
9. (Chemistry) D. Gamma Rays Gamma rays, found at the
farthest right side of the EM
Which electromagnetic spectrum, have the shortest
wave has the shortest wavelengths, the highest
wavelength? energies, and the highest
A. Radio frequencies.
B. UV
C. Visible Light
D. Gamma Rays
10. A bit is the smallest unit C. binary digit
of data that a computer can
process and store. The term
bit is short for:
A. megabyte
B. binary language
C. binary digit
D. binary number
AVERAGE
1. (Biology) C. Adenosine
It is a complex organic Triphosphate (ATP)
compound that provides
energy to the cell
A. Lysosome
B. Golgi Body
C. Adenosine Triphosphate
D. Ribosome
2. (Astronomy) D. Ganymede
Jupiter has between 80 and
95 moons. Which among
the following well-known
moons of Jupiter is the
biggest moon in our solar
system?
A. IO
B. Europa
C. Calisto
D. Ganymede
3. (Earth Science) A. Alfred Wegener
The continental drift theory
explains how continents
shift position on Earth’s
surface and why look-alike
animal and plant fossils,
and similar rock formations,
are found on different
continents. This theory was
set forth in 1912 by:
A. Alfred Wegener
B. Erwin Schrödinger
C. Alexander Du Toit
D. Charles Darwin
4. (Physics) D. Mass According to the law of
The tendency of an object to inertia, the tendency of an
resist changes in motion object to resist changes in
is dependent on: its state of motion varies
with mass.
A. Weight
B. Gravity
C. Speed
D. Mass
5. (Earth Science) B. methane and carbon
Global climate change can dioxide
be attributed to the
increase in what
two gases produced by
human activities?
A. nitrous oxide and sulfur
dioxide
B. methane and carbon
dioxide
C. ozone and carbon dioxide
D. ozone and methane
DIFFICULT
1. (Chemistry) B. 5
The number 500.00
contains how many (Note: Trailing zeroes are
significant figures? significant figures if there is
a decimal point, whether
A. 1 the zeros occur before or
B. 3 after the decimal point.)
C. 4
D. 5
2. (Earth Science) D. Law of Superposition
The law that states that the
youngest layer is on top and
the oldest on bottom, each
layer being younger than the
one beneath it and older
than the one above it.
A. Law of Cross-Cutting
Relations
B. Law of Original
Horizontality
C. Law of Original
Verticality
D. Law of Superposition
3. (Biology) B. Monera
It is considered as the most
primitive kingdom.
A. Fungi
B. Monera
C. Animals
D. Plants
4. (General Science) A. There is no atmosphere According to NASA, the
Weathering is the process on the moon. moon has almost no erosion
that changes solid rock into because it has no
sediments. With atmosphere, which means
weathering, rock is that it has no wind,
disintegrated. It breaks into weather, or plants.
pieces. However, rocks on
the moon are not being
weathered.
Which of the following is
the reason for this?
A. There is no atmosphere
on the moon.
B. There is no water on the
moon.
C. There is no volcano on
the moon.
D. The gravity on the moon
is very small.
5. (Physics) D. 0 If all the external forces
cancel each other out, then
Newton’s first law of there is no net force acting
motion states that “Every on the object. If there is no
object remains at net force acting on the
rest or in motion in a object, then the object will
straight line at constant maintain a constant
speed unless acted upon by velocity.
an unbalanced force.” What
is the net force acting on an
airplane in level flight at a
constant 500 kph due
north?
A. 500 N
B. 1000 N
C. 250 N
D. 0
RESERVE QUESTIONS
1. (Astronomy) C. wanderer The word planet comes
The word planet is derived from the Greek word
from a Greek term meaning: 'Planetai' which means.
wanderer.
A. bright nighttime object
B. astrological sign
C. wanderer
D. non-twinkling star
2. (Astronomy) A. Sirius
Excluding the sun, what is
the brightest star in the
sky?
A. Sirius
B. Venus
C. Betelgeuse
D. The Big Dipper
3. (Computer & B. processing
Technology)
The name for the way
computers manipulate data
into information is:
A. programming
B. processing
C. storing
D. organizing
4. (Computer & D. system and application
Technology)
The two broad categories of
software are:
A. word processing and
spreadsheet
B. transaction and
application
C. windows and Mac OS
D. system and application
5. (Biology) B. Amylase
What enzyme in saliva
breaks down sugars?
A. Aqua-enzymes
B. Amylase
C. Adenine
D. Glyoxalase