BASIC SCIENCE

Instruction: Please shade the number the correct answer among the choices.

1. Which life process is common to all living things?

1. reproduction
2. germination
3. hunting for food
4. 4. pollinating flowers

2. A skunk’s odor is unpleasant to other animals. A monarch butterfly’s

coloration warns birds of its bitter taste. These adaptations help these animals
to:

1. find water
2. find prey
3. seek shelter
4. avoid predators

3. The main purpose of a plant’s flower is to:

1. soak up water
2. produce seeds
3. provide shelter
4. support the plant

5. Humans have hair and nails that are always growing. What provides the
energy needed for this growth to occur?

1. sunlight
2. food
3. water
4. soil

5. Frogs eat crickets. If the population of crickets in an area decreases, the

number of frogs in the area will most likely:

1. decrease
2. increase
3. remain the same
4. not the same
 6. What provides the source of energy for the water cycle?
1. rain
2. soil
3. Sun
4. Moon

7.Which human activity has a helpful effect on the environment?

1. Use of paper for communication

2. Use of firewood in cooking
3. Recycling of plastic wares
4. Use of fertilizers in the plants

8. Many organisms live in the forest. The taller trees in the forest are often cut
down for wood. How can this change in the environment be helpful to plants?

1. Water erodes the soil.

2. Animals have more food.
3. Humans build new houses.
4. More sunlight reaches the ground.

9. How long does it take Earth to revolve around the Sun?

1. one year
2. one month
3. one week
4. one day

10. Which property of a mirror makes it possible for a student to see her
image in it?

1. Volume
2. Magnetism
3. Reflectiveness
4. Conductivity

11. Which action allows electrical energy to change to another form of

energy?

1. sleeping in a cold room

2. turning on a light in a dark room
3. cooking food on an open campfire
4. playing a violin in a music group

12. Which force pulls objects toward the center of Earth?

1. gravity
2. friction
3. magnetism
4. Electricity
13. Which statement about frogs is an example of an opinion?

1. Frogs lay eggs.

2. Frogs live in all 50 states.
3. Frogs are very unusual animals.
4. There are over 4,000 kinds of frogs.

14. What is the main function of an individual muscle cell?

1. to grow and repair tissues

2. to relax and contract tissues
3. to support and protect organs
4. to transmit and receive impulses

15. Which determines the state of matter of a substance?

1. density
2. temperature
3. volume
4. weight

16. A student flips a light switch but the light does not turn on. Based on
this information, which inference is NOT valid?

1. The light switch is broken.

2. The electrical connection is broken.
3. The light bulb is burned out.
4. The electrical wire is made of copper.

17. A scientist tests the effectiveness of a medicine. The medicine is

administered to 2,500 volunteers who discontinue all other treatments. What
is wrong with this experimental design?

1. The experiment should include fewer volunteers.

2. The experiment should be administered in random dosages.
3. The experiment should include a group that does not take the medicine.
4. The experiment should allow the volunteers to continue other treatments.

18. Which is NOT an example of a symbiotic relationship?

1. a tick biting a white-tailed deer

2. a caterpillar changing into a butterfly
3. a remora fish sticking to the shell of a sea turtle
4. a fish living within the parts of a sea anemone
19. A reflector helps people in cars see a bicycle when it is dark. How do
bicycle reflectors work?

1. They bounce light back from other sources.

2. They are covered with paint that glows in the dark.
3. They are made of a special material that gives off its own light.
4. They are connected to batteries that allow them to produce their own light.

20. What is the original source of the energy released when fossil fuels are
burned?

1. decayed bacteria
2. Earth’s core
3. nuclear
4. Solar

21. Which object is smallest?

1. galaxy
2. planet
3. star
4. universe

22. An advertisement claims patients can defeat the common cold in 48

hours by taking vitamin C tablets with a mineral supplement. Which is the
dependent (responding) variable to test the claim?

1. the chemical formula for vitamin C

2. the severity of patients’ cold symptoms
3. the chemical formula for the mineral supplement
4. the amount of time before patients’ cold symptoms improve

23. Which process moves particles from areas of low concentration to

areas of high concentration in a cell?

1. active transport
2. diffusion
3. facilitated diffusion
4. Osmosis

24. What is the displacement of a car moving with a uniform velocity of 20

meters per second for 40 seconds?

1. 200 meters
2. 400 meters
3. 600 meters
4. 800 meters
25. What is the source of energy that moves tectonic plates?

1. nuclear fission
2. nuclear fusion
3. radioactive energy
4. solar energy

26. Which statement best describes the density of an atom’s nucleus?

1. The nucleus occupies most of the atom’s volume but contains little of its
mass.
2. The nucleus occupies very little of the atom’s volume and contains little of
its mass.
3. The nucleus occupies most of the atom’s volume and contains most of its
mass.
4. The nucleus occupies very little of the atom’s volume but contains most of
its mass.

27. Under the same conditions of pressure and temperature, a liquid differs
from a gas because the molecules of the liquid ___

1. have no regular arrangement.

2. are in constant motion.
3. have stronger forces of attraction between them.
4. take the shape of the container they are in.

28. Which of the following statements best describes how the planets of
the solar system formed?

1. They are condensed rings of matter thrown off by the young Sun.
2. They are the remains of an exploded star once paired with the Sun.
3. The Sun captured them from smaller, older nearby stars.
4. They formed from a nebular cloud of dust and gas.

29. A student holds a book at rest in an outstretched hand. The force

exerted on the book by the student is equal to the book’s ___

1. mass.
2. weight.
3. volume.
4. density.

30. A ball is dropped from rest from a height 6.0 meters above the ground.
The ball falls freely and reaches the ground 1.1 seconds later. What is the
average speed of the ball?
1. 5.5 m/s
2. 6.1 m/s
3. 6.6 m/s
4. 11 m/s
31. A 10-newton force and a 15-newton force are acting from a single point
in opposite directions. What additional force must be added to produce
equilibrium?

1. 5 N acting in the same direction as the 10-N force

2. 5 N acting in the same direction as the 15-N force
3. 10 N acting in the same direction as the 10-N force
4. 25 N acting in the same direction as the 15-N force

32. Which resource is renewable?

1. coal
2. natural gas
3. solar
4. Uranium

33. What are the building blocks of lipids?

1. amino acids
2. fatty acids
3. monosaccharides
4. Nucleotides

34. A fossil contains 12.5% of the original amount of a radioactive isotope.

The half-life of the isotope is 8,000 years. About how old is the fossil?

1. 16,000 years
2. 24,000 years
3. 32,000 years
4. 40,000 years

35. A very large Narra tree is measured to be about 100 units tall. Which
unit is the most appropriate to use?

1. millimeters
2. centimeters
3. meters
4. Kilometers

36. Pedro stirs 2 grams of salt into a cup of water. He then tries to get the
salt back by evaporating the water. In this experiment, the mass of salt
recovered would be the same as the initial mass because ___

1. some of the salt evaporates with the water

2. salt does not evaporate with water
3. a chemical change occurred
4. salt does not dissolve in water
37. Which of the following presents a safety hazard while working in the
science laboratory?

1. knowing how to use equipment

2. wearing safety goggles
3. following directions
4. working alone

38. What is the proper safety response to a trash-can fire in a lab? 1. throw
chemicals on the fire

2. leave the room to seek help

3. watch the fire to see if it spreads
4. use the appropriate fire extinguisher

39. As a person go down into a well, his weight:

1. increases slightly
2. decreases slightly
3. remains exactly the same
4. decreases a lot

40. What poisonous alkaloid is extracted from tobacco leaves and widely
used as an insecticide?

1. Radioactive
2. Nicotine
3. Carbon Oxide
4. Oxygen

41. The largest organ in the body.

1. Heart
2. Liver
3. Skin
4. Brain

42. How blood type does a possibility to every person?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

43. The ability of the body to fight microorganism and protect the cells from
infection.
1. Circulatory system
2. Respiratory system
3. Lymphatic system
4. Nervous system
44. The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of
disease as it affects a community of people is called:

1. epidemiology
2. oncology
3. paleontogy
4. Pathology

45. A type of plastic that is biodegradable has been in the news lately. The
ingredient that makes it biodegradable is:
1. vegetable oil
2. petroleum
3. cornstarch
4. Leather

46. The longest bone in the body.

1. Phalanges
2. Tibia
3. Febula
4. Femur

47. : If a metal can be drawn into wires relatively easily it is called:

1. malleable
2. ductile
3. extractive
4. Tactile

48. What compound is a common component of air pollution, but is

essential in the upper atmosphere to protect life on earth?
1. Nitrogen
2. Ozone
3. Ultra Violet rays
4. Atmosphere

49. : Water flows through a horizontal pipe at a constant volumetric rate. At

a location where the cross sectional area decreases, the velocity of the fluid:
1. increases
2. decreases
3. stays the same
4. no change

50. Yeast, used in making bread is a:

1. plant
2. fungus
3. bacteria
4. Seed

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