FOURTH WRITTEN TEST IN SCIENCE 10

QUARTER 4, SY 2021-2022

1. It works in the same manner as catalysts but has an opposite effect; it slows down chemical reaction.
A. Inhibitor
B. Preservatives
C. Chemical agents
D. Microbial agents

2. The term used to indicate the development of unpleasant smell and taste in fat and oil-containing
foods due to aerial oxidation is called __________ ?
A. Acidity
B. Rabidity
C. Radioactivity
D. Rancidity

3. What is a reaction inhibitor?

A. Is a substance that can slow down reaction rates.
B. Is used to increase the rate of industrial processes.
C. Is used to make milk jugs as well as plastic bags is made from the same reactants.
D. Is used to modify the properties of the final polymer product as well as to prolong its usefulness.

4. All of the following are the effects of acid rain, EXCEPT:

A. Corrosion
B. Destruction of statues
C. Production of pesticides
D. Destruction of aquatic life

5. What do you call to an inhibitor that added to food products to slow down the chemical reactions
involved with food spoilage and extend the period in which the food remains edible?
A. Preservatives
B. Microbial agents
C. Reaction inhibitors
D. Chemical inhibitors

6. Fresh fish and meat that are not stored in a refrigerator shows signs of spoilage in less than a day.
What has caused the spoilage?
A. Oxygen in air
B. Temperature changes
C. Presence of microorganisms
D. All of the given choices

7. Salt on fish (bagoong) kills organism of decay by causing the withdrawal of water from the cytoplasm
of their cells. Salt serves as what?
A. A catalyst that slows down the reaction of fish.
B. An additive that prevents chemical reaction on fish.
C. A catalyst that fastens the rate of reaction on the fish.
D. None among the given choices.
 8. Which of the following is the effect when you increase the concentration of the reactants?
A. There is no reaction.
B. The reaction will stop.
C. The reaction will increase.
D. The reaction will decrease.

9. Acid rain has been shown to have detrimental effects on environment, structures, humans and many
others. All of the following are ill effects, except:
A. Peeling of paints.
B. Causing asthma/Bronchitis.
C. Smooth polishing of stone buildings.
D. Formation of corrosion of steel structures.

10. How to slow down corrosion in the chain of a bicycle?

A. Keep the chain dry.
B. Apply some grease in the chain .
C. Both A and B
D. None among the given choices.

11. Which of the following lessen the problem on acid rain?

A. Stop using gasoline
B. Use stainless steel only
C. Switch to low sulfur fuels
D. All of these

12. What common method would you apply if you want to denature enzymes to avoid food spoilage?
A. Heating
B. Freezing
C. Adding reagents
D. Adjusting the pH level

13. What would result if you combine fuel, oxidizing agent (Oxygen) and heat?
A. Corrosion
B. Fire
C. Gas
D. Water

14. Which of the following is NOT a key concept of the collision theory?
A. Particles must collide in order to react.
B. Particles must collide with the proper orientation.
C. Particles must collide with a sufficient energy to reach the activated complex in order to react.
D. Particles must move slowly when they collide, otherwise they simply “bounce off” one another.

15. What effect does acid rain has on limestone or marble statues when acids in polluted air and rain
water react?
A. The calcite in limestone dissolves and blackened the edges of the structure.
B. The calcite in limestone dissolves and destroyed the surface of the structure.
C. The calcite in limestone dissolves and withered the materials of the structure.
D. All of these.
 16. The nature of reactant is very important factor in improving production of materials. In which
situation the given statement is best shown?
A. Kalburo (lime) is added to mango fruits to hasten the pace of ripening.
B. CFCs used in aerosols contribute chlorine in the atmosphere that destroys the ozone.
C. In the preparation of margarine from vegetable oil, hydrogen gas reacts with the oil and causes it to
solidify.
D. Galvanized iron roof (steel combined with aluminum) has an attractive finished surface that is an excellent
heat resistant.

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18. Which of the following statements about collisions is correct?

A. Particles do not need to collide before they react.
B. Only fast-moving particles collide with each other.
C. All colliding molecules must have the same energy.
D. Reactions can happen if colliding particles have enough energy.

19. Milk is refrigerated to slow the rate of decomposition by bacterial action. What do you think is the
reason of the decrease in reaction rate?
A. A decrease in surface area of the solution.
B. A decrease in temperature of the reaction.
C. A decrease in the fraction of particles sufficient energy.
D. The introduction of an alternate pathway with greater activation energy.

20. In Bocaue Bulacan, most of the fires that were labeled as due to undetermined origin have always
been the storage of pyro technique materials (paputok) in powder form. Which of the following supports the
given idea?
A. Alongside with these materials, catalyst is stored nearby.
B. Pyro technique materials in powder form easily get heated in the storing.
C. Bocaue Bulacan has humid temperature causing the materials to explode easily.
D. All of the given choices.

21. MSG or vetsin gives cream and soups their brothy taste. But some experiments on young mice given
consistent doses of MSG showed that the mice suffered tissue destructions in the brain. What appropriate
action must be taken?
A. Ban MSG in the market.
B. Use MSG in moderation.
C. Do not consume food with MSG.
D. All of the given choices.

22. The rate of reaction increases as the temperature increases. Which of the following statements
provides the best explanation for this?
A. Lower temperature has higher activation energy.
B. At lower temperatures the particles do not collide with each other.
C. At higher temperatures the particles have more energy, move faster, and collide more often.
D. Increasing the temperature increases the number of particles, so they collide more often.

23. Most reactions are less rapid at low temperatures than high temperatures. It is because _________.
I. An increase temperature, increase also in activation energy.
II. An increase in the rate constant with an increasing temperature.
III. An increase in the percentage of high energy collisions with increasing temperature.
A. I only
B. I and II
C. I and III
D. II and III

24. What must be the reason why dust particles settled in the air inside unheated grain elevators react
explosively?
A. Because the dust particles have high kinetic energy.
B. Because the dust particles have high activation energy.
C. Because the dust particles have catalytic effect on the reaction.
D. Because the dust particles have large surface area for the reaction.

25. A science teacher wrote 3 statements about rancidity:

I. When fats and oils reduced, they become rancid.
II. In chips packet, rancidity is prevented by oxygen.
III. Rancidity is prevented by adding antioxidants.
Select the correct option.

A. I only
B. III only
C. I and III
D. II and III