ROUND 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS

Preamble: Find the value of 𝒑 and 𝒒 if the equation 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒑𝒙 + 𝒒 = 𝟎 has solution set

1. 4, −9 Answer: 𝑝 = 5 and 𝑞 = −36

2. −5, −3 Answer: 𝑝 = 8 and 𝑞 = 15
3. 4, 3 Answer: 𝑝 = −7 and 𝑞 = 12
4. 7, −6 Answer: 𝑝 = −1 and 𝑞 = −42

Preamble: Find the value of x

1. 𝑥𝑥 = 224 Answer: x = 8
2. 𝑥𝑥 = 381 Answer: x = 27
3. 𝑥𝑥 = 480 Answer: x = 32
4. 𝑥𝑥 = 5375 Answer: x = 125

Preamble: Mention the major digestive gland along the given locations

1. In the parotids, the submandibular/sub-maxillary and the sublingual.

Answer: Salivary glands

2. It is located between the limbs of the C-shaped duodenum.

Answer: The Pancreas

3. It is located in the abdominal cavity, below the diaphragm

Answer: The liver

4. It is located in the inner lining or fundus of the stomach, specifically within the pits

Answer: The gastric glands

1. Name one plant hormone that is gaseous in nature.

Answer: Ethylene(C2H4)
2. Name the plant hormone that is responsible for phototropism.
Answer: Auxin.
3. Name the plant hormone that influences femaleness in cucumber flowers.
Answer: Ethylene(C2H4)
4. Name the plant hormone present in long-day plants and induces flowering.
Answer: Gibberellin.
Preamble: Provide the molecular shape of the given compound

1. Chlorofluoromethane Answer: Tetrahedral

2. 1, 2 – dichloroethene Answer: Trigonal planar
3. Methanal Answer: Trigonal planar
4. Boron tetrafluoride Answer: Tetrahedral

Preamble: Determine the workdone of the force, F that moves in with displacement d in the
application of the force.

1. F = 6i + 2j – k d = 5i – 2k Answer: 32 J
2. F = -9i + 8j – 6k d = 10i + 8k Answer: -138 J
3. F = 8i – 6j + 9k d = 6i + 12j + 20k Answer: 156 J
4. F = 8i – 6j + 4k d = 8i + 2j Answer: 52 J

Preamble: Find the percentage change in the kinetic energy of a body if its momentum changes by

1. 50% Answer: 125%

2. 100% Answer: 300%
3. 20% Answer: 44%
4. 40% Answer: 96%

Preamble: State the four quantum numbers of the given electron

1. The 19th electron in scandium Answer: n = 4, l = 0, ml = 0, ms = + ½

2. The 10th electron in phosphorus Answer: n = 2, l = 1, ml = 1, ms = - ½
3. The 11th electron in argon Answer: n = 3, l = 0, ml = 1, ms = + ½
4. The 29th electron in zinc Answer: n = 3, l = 2, ml = 2, ms = - ½
ROUND 2: Speedrace

1. In which part of the eye lies the pigment, that decides the colour of the eye of a person?
Answer: Choriod

2. Name the process used to estimate the age of a fossil.

Answer: Radiological or carbon-14 dating.
3. what phenomenon occurs in blood when an individual holds their breath for an extended period
of time?
Answer: Acidosis

4. Find the factorized equation of a quadratic curve, which has the x-intercepts at x = -1 and x = -4
with y-intercept 12.
Answer: y = 3(x + 1)(x + 4)
5. If (𝑥 + 𝑦)2 = 50 and 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 28, find the value of xy.
Answer: 11
2𝑥 2 −3𝑥−5
6. Simplify 𝑥 2 +6𝑥+5
𝟐𝒙−𝟓
Answer: 𝒙+𝟓

7. What mass of copper is deposited at the cathode if 2.0 faraday of electricity is passed through a
solution of CuSO4?
Answer: 64 g
8. Explain why Aluminium cannot be produced from its salts in aqueous solution.
Answer: Aluminium is too reactive; it would react immediately with the water. The water will be
reduced instead.
9. A specie contains 25 protons, 30 neutrons and 21 electrons. Give the identity of the specie
Answer: Mn4+ (Manganese 4+)
10. The RMS velocity of hydrogen is 4 times that of a gas, X. determine the molecular mass of the gas.
Answer: 32 g/mol
11. Determine the energy stored by a 4.0 mF capacitor when the potential difference across it is
7.0 V.
𝟏
Answer: 𝟗𝟖 mJ 𝑬 = 𝟐 𝑪𝑽𝟐
̂ ) m/s2.
12. Find the net force on a 3.0 kg object whose acceleration is (𝟐𝐢̂ + 𝐤
̂) 𝑵
Answer: (𝟔𝐢̂ + 𝟑𝒌
Round 3: True or False

1. Work done by the gravitational force as an object move is equal to the change in the kinetic
energy of the object.
Answer: True
2. An increase in Gravitational potential energy corresponds to an increase in KE...
Answer: False
3. As an object falls, Gravitational Potential Energy decrease and Kinetic Energy increase...
Answer: True
4. In reality, energy is not perfectly conserved due to non-conservative forces.
Answer: True

5. A rheostat can be used as a potential divider

Answer: True
6. Kirchoff’s second law represents energy conservation
Answer: True
7. With the same order of magnitude, Wheatstone bridge is the most sensitive of the rheostast
Answer: True
8. If the cell and galvanometer are exchanged in a balanced Wheatstone bridge, the null point is
disturbed
Answer: False

Preamble: the given statement is true with respect to all sponges without exceptions
9. They are all marine
Answer: False
10. They have flagellated collar cells
Answer: True
11. They have mixed skeleton consisting of spicules or spongin fibers or both
Answer: True
12. They reproduce only asexually by budding
Answer: False

Preamble: Male and female cockroaches can be distinguished externally through

13. Anal cerci in females Answer: False
14. Antennae in females Answer: False
15. Antennae in males Answer: False
16. Anal style in males Answer: True

Preamble: Consider the function y = x3 – 3x. The point on the curve where;

17. x = 1 is a point of inflexion. Answer: False

18. x = 1 is a stationary point. Answer: True
19. x = 0 is a stationary point. Answer: False
20. x = -1 is a stationary point. Answer: True
Preamble: If the product of two (2) integers is odd, then

21. at least one of the numbers is odd, Answer: False

22. at most one of the numbers is odd, Answer: False
23. exactly one number is odd. Answer: False
24. both numbers are odd, Answer: true

Preamble: The given pair of species is isoelectronic

25. N2 and CO Answer: True
26. CO2 and N2O Answer: True
27. CN- and CO Answer: True
28. MgS and CaO Answer: True

Preamble: The given specie is amphoteric

29. Be(OH)2 Answer: True
30. Ba(OH)2 Answer: False
31. Zn(OH)2 Answer: True
32. Al(OH)3 Answer: True
ROUND 4

I am a chemical substance commonly found in many SHS laboratories

I have a long history as well as many theories
I can be corrosive or mild, weak or strong depending on my degree of ionization
I can be binary, oxy- or organic
In 1815, Humphry Davy demonstrated that, hydrogen is an essential part of me
Johannes Bronsted and Thomas Lowry independently, described me as a donor
In 1884, Svante Arrhenius reported that, I am a compound that dissolve in water to yield hydrogen
cation(s)
Who am I?
Answer: Acid

I am a three-dimensional figure
I am bounded by faces and edges
Yes, I am a polyhedron
In my regular form, all vertices are equidistant from each other
Unlike other plutonic solids, I have no parallel faces
I have four equidistant triangles as my faces, six edges and four vertices
Who am I?
Answer: Tetrahedron

I am an ion
I play an important role in the regulation of cellular electrolyte metabolism
I help in the transport of essential nutrient and enzymatic analysis
I am the most abundant intercellular cation.
In alliance with other ions, such as sodium and chlorine, we contribute the overall electrolyte balance of
virtually all living organisms
Who am I?
Answer: Potassium ion

We are a set of natural objects

We range in size from small particles to massive structures
We play an important role in studying and understanding the universe.
We are objects located outside the earth's atmosphere and existing in space.
stars, planets, comets, planets and asteroids are examples of us.
Who are we?
Answer: Celestial Bodies