60 items - 50 minutes

You will be given a series of questions that will test your ability in science. Select the best answers to the questions
and shade the appropriate circle.

1. Excluding the sun, what is the brightest star in the

sky?
a. Sirius
b. Venus
c. Betelgeuse
d. The Big Dipper

2. When you go to a higher altitude, what happens to the

boiling point of water?
a. It increases
b. It stays the same
c. It decreases
d. It fluctuates

3. Which of the following is a colloid?

a. Diamond
b. Fog
c. Salt Water
d. Isopropyl Alcohol

4. Which of the following depletes the ozone layer?

a. Carbon Dioxide
b. Methane
c. Chlorofluorocarbons
d. Carbon Monoxide

5. Which of the following is NOT a chemical change?

a. Compression of carbon
b. Mixing zinc and HCl
c. Burning of wood
d. Decomposition of leaves

6. All of the following are solutions except _____.

a. Brass
b. Coffee
c. Seawater
d. Milk

7. The Milky Way is a ______.

a. Supernova
b. Galaxy
c. Nebula
d. Constellation

8. The founder of the science of genetics is ______.

a. Dmitri Mendeleev
b. Sergey Koryolev
c. Gregor Mendel
d. Hans Aufbau
9. How many chromosomes does a sperm cell have?
a. 46
b. 42
c. 24
d. 23

10. What is the last phase of mitosis?

a. Telophase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Prophase20

11. How many moles of

CO2 does 88 grams of Carbon
Dioxide contain?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5

12. Which of the following will NOT increase the speed of

a reaction?
a. A Catalyst
b. Heat
c. Carbonates in water
d. Increasing surface area

13. Which factors are involved in Gay-Lussac’s Law?

a. Pressure and Temperature
b. Pressure and Volume
c. Temperature and Volume
d. Volume and Moles

14. Which is not a scalar quantity?

a. Speed
b. Temperature
c. Time
d. Velocity

15. Which electromagnetic wave has the shortest

wavelength?
a. Radio
b. UV
c. Visible Light
d. Gamma

16. When an object is placed in a higher position, what

increases?
a. Potential Energy
b. Kinetic Energy
c. Velocity
d. Weight
17. What do you call the apparent force that pulls a
rotating object away from the center of its rotation?
a. Centripetal Force
b. Centrifugal Force
c. Gravity
d. Electromagnetic Force

18. Which has the highest Ph value?

a. Benzoic Acid
b. Water
c. Hydrochloric Acid
d. Milk of Magnesia

19. What are the components required for respiration?

a. Oxygen
b. Oxygen and Nitrogen.
c. Oxygen and Glucose
d. Nitrogen and phosphate

20. What the value

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6.02 ×1023 represent?
a. The number of particles in a mole
b. The number of particles per atom in a substance.
c. The density of moles per square nanometer.
d. The length of time for a material to decompose.

21. Which member of the following members of a food

chain gets the least amount of energy?
a. Deer
b. Mango Tree
c. Grass
d. Cheetah

22. What does the acronym ATP mean?

a. Adenine Triphosphor
b. Adenosine Triphosphate
c. Amylase Tripehnylithium
d. Sugar

23. Which scientist pioneered the planetary model of the

atom?
a. Niels Bohr
b. Albert Einstein
c. Ernest Rutherford
d. Antoine Lavoisier

24. Which of the following mediums cannot transmit

sound?
a. Pure Oxygen
b. Metal
c. A Perfect Vacuum
d. Corrugated Carbon

25. An object traveling at 100 mph, if not acted upon by

an unbalanced force will ________.
a. Continue moving at 100 mph
b. Move at 100 mph, but slow down as energy gets
used.
c. Stop after 100 miles
d. Increase its speed due to the lack of an opposing
force.

26. A heavy metal ball and a plastic ball of equal

diameters were dropped from a height of 30 meters.
Which will hit the ground first?
a. They will hit the ground at the same time.
b. The heavy ball will hit the ground first.
c. The plastic ball will hit the ground first.
d. It depends on the air under each ball.

27. Which of the following is the scientific name of the

fruit fly?
a. Allium Cepa
b. Drosophila Melanogaster
c. Rithrogena Germanica
d. Musca Domestica

28. Which section of the brain is responsible for releasing

growth hormones?
a. Thyroid Gland
b. Pituary Gland
c. Endocrine Gland
d. Hypothalamus

29. The tendency of an object to resist changes in motion

is dependent on:
a. Weight
b. Temperature
c. Speed
d. Mass

30. Salt is an example of a/an _________ compound.

a. Covalent
b. Polar
c. Ionic
d. Nonpolar

31. What enzyme in saliva breaks down sugars?

a. Aqua-enzymes
b. Amylase
c. Adenine
d. Glyoxalase
32. The electron configuration of O is __________.
a.
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1s 2 2s 2 2p 4 3s 2 3p 6
b.
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[He]2s 2 2p 4
c.
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2s 2 2p 4
d. [Ne]

33. Of the first 101 elements, which is the most

unstable?
a. Francium
b. Plutonium
c. Arsenic
d. Uranium

34. When electrons of a gas collide more frequently with

each other and the container, ______ is increased.
a. Temperature
b. Pressure
c. Volume
d. Molarity

35. The reaction

Zn + HCl -- ZnCl2 + H2
Is classified as a/an ___________ reaction.
a. Double Displacement
b. Single Replacement
c. Direct Combination
d. Hydrolysis

36. Which element is the most electronegative?

a. Neon
b. Francium
c. Sodium
d. Fluorine

37. Wood is primarily made up of what organic

compound?
a. Cellulose
b. Carbon Tetrachloride
c. Carotid
d. Celluloid

38. Cellulose is what type of compound?

a. A sugar
b. An inorganic compound
c. A thermoplastic
d. A non-digestive enzyme
39. Why does semen have alkaline bases as part of its
composition?
a. To maintain a neutral environment for the sperm to
“swim” in.
b. To protect the sperm from the acidic environment in
the vagina.
c. To speed up the transport of the sperm to the
fallopian tube.
d. To destroy any rival sperm cells inside the vagina.

40. What is the probability that a father with a

homogenous dominant trait and a mother with the same
homogenous dominant trait will produce an offspring
with the recessive trait?
a. 25%
b. 15%
c. 0%
d. 100%

41. How does the esophagus bring food down to the

stomach in space, where there is zero gravity?
a. There is micro-gravity in space caused by the
centrifugal force created by orbiting around Earth
b. Peristalsis
c. Mucous membranes in the esophagus help the food
go down
d. Food is liquefied and makes use of osmosis in the
esophagus to bring food down.

42. Mount Mayon is what type of volcano?

a. Stratovolcano
b. Shield
c. Caldera
d. Cinder

43. Why doesn’t oil mix with water?

a. Oil is lighter than water
b. Oil has a lower density compared to water.
c. Oil is non-polar while water is a polar substance.
d. Oil’s carbon content cannot mix with water’s
hydrogen.

44. What is 500 degrees Celsius in Kelvin?

a. 773 K
b. 227 K
c. 772 K
d. 1197 K

45. What is the equation that represents the relationship

between pressure P, and volume V, if pressure is
inversely proportional to volume?
a. PV=k
b. PV= k
c. PV = P2 V
d. PV 2 = k

46. A student boils water in different altitudes to see if it has

an effect on boiling time. What is the independent variable in
his experiment?
a. Altitude
b. Temperature
c. Boiling time
d. Water type

47. Which planet has the shortest orbit?

a. Jupiter
b. Mercury
c. Pluto
d. Venus

48. Which of the following is a constituent of acid

rain?
a. Sulfuric Acid
b. Carbon Tetrachloride
c. Carbon Dioxide
d. Benzoic Acid

49.
Which of the following sources of energy is
the cleanest?
a. Coal
b. Natural Gas
c. Crude Oil
d. Wind

50. What is the symbol for ozone?

a. O2
b. O3
c. O4
d. O5

51.
What blood type can be donated to a person
of any blood type?
a. A
b. AB
c. B
d. O

52. The following are derived quantities except

____.
a. Electric Current
b. Velocity
c. Specific Gravity
d. Weight

53.
How many significant figures does the value
1000.0 grams have?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 5
d. 0
54. When mothballs turn into gas, the process is
called __________.
a. Evaporation
b. Sublimation
c. Deposition
d. Condensation

55. What process can be used on a liquid to

separate its components without losing either
component in the process?
a. Distillation
b. Evaporation
c. Sieving
d. Paper Chromatography

56. Who discovered radioactivity from Uranium

salts?
a. Henri Becquerel
b. Marie Curie
c. Albert Einstein
d. Joseph Proust

57. What is the most common isotope of Carbon?

a. Carbon-12
b. Carbon 16
c. Carbon-14
d. Carbon-13

58. Which of the following characterizes water?

a. Water releases only heat quickly.
b. Water releases and gains heat quickly.
c. Water releases and gains heat slowly.
d. Water gains only heat slowly.

59. 1 atm is equal to ______ Torr.

a. 700
b. 720
c. 273
d. 760

60. Which organ produces bile, which helps digest lipids?

a. Prostate Gland
b. Pancreas
c. Liver
d. Gallbladder