GENERAL EDUCATION – SCIENCE

1. The study of animal behavior is: C. noon

A. zoology D. morning
B. entomology
C. ethology 9. Bagoong smells because:
D. ornithology A. air and volatile particles from bagoong mix and
get spoiled further
2. Proteins are made up of: B. that is the neutral scent of bagoong
A. glucose C. molecules from bagoong spread in air
B. amino acids D. it uses spoiled fish ingredients
C. fats
D. nucleotides 10. How many biological taxonomic levels are
there?
3. Which is called the building blocks of life? A. 6
A. system B. 10
B. organ C. 12
C. cell D. 8
D. tissues
11. In what kingdom do algae belong?
4. What kind of cell contains a nucleus? A. plantae
A. prokaryote B. fungi
B. animal cell C. protista
C. eukaryote D. animalia
D. plant cell
12. Mushrooms are under kingdom:
5. What is the powerhouse of the cell? A. animalia
A. nucleus B. plantae
B. ribosomes C. protista
C. mitochondrion D. fungi
D. cilia
13. When insects shed off their old cuticle to grow
6. What are the small hair-like structures that serve in size, the process is called:
a sensory function in eukaryotic cells? A. fertilization/peeling
A. plasma membrane B. ecdysis/molting
B. mitochondria C. metamorphosis
C. flagella D. photosynthesis
D. cilia
14. Which of the following organisms under
7. The waste product of photosynthesis is: kingdom Plantae?
A. carbon monoxide A. yeast
B. nitrogen B. walrus
C. carbon dioxide C. magnolidae
D. oxygen D. streptococcus

8. Carbon dioxide is produced by plants in the: 15. It refers to the transfer of pollen grains from the
A. evening anther to the stigma of the flower.
B. afternoon A. fertilization
B. pollination A. large intestine
C. cell division B. kidney
D. germination C. gall bladder
D. pancreas
16. What do you call an organisms that can make
their own food? 23. Of the following, the only safe blood transfusion
A. hetetrophic would be:
B. autotrophic A. Group B blood into a Group A person
C. vascular B. Group AB blood into a Group B person
D. non-vascular C. Group O into a Group AB person
D. Group A blood into a Group O person
17. Which of the following is a hetetrophy?
A. moss 24. Ecosystem is the relationship between the
B. grasshopper physical and biological environments in a certain
C. algae plain. Among desert ecosystems, the world’s
D. fern ecosystem is:
A. Sahara
18. Which of the following is a segmented worm B. Gobi
that can be used to facilitate anticoagulation? C. Arabian
A. maggots D. Kalahari
B. leeches
C. bloodworms 25. Fungi absorb the nutrients from dead organisms.
D. earthworms In an ecosystem what roles do they play?
A. producers
19. Which of the following organisms have both B. carnivore
male and female organs? C. saprophytes
A. bee D. epiphytes
B. ant
C. earthworm 26. A human arm, a bat’s wing and a seal’s flipper
D. leech are examples of:
A. analogous organs
20. Human reproduce when an ovum is combined B. homologous organs
with a sperm leading to the development of an C. embryonic organs
embryo. This form of reproduction is called: D. vestigial organs
A. asexual reproduction
B. fertilization 27. Which of the following is an organism that
C. budding feeds on necrotic and decaying matter?
D. binary fission A. vulture
B. parakeet
21. Which of the iron-containing compounds gives C. algae
the red corpuscles their color? D. yeast
A. fibrinogen
B. vitamin K 28. Predation is a relationship exemplified by:
C. hemoglobin A. an orchid attached to the trunk of a narra tree
D. calcium B. a hunter shooting a duck in the forest and having
it for dinner
22. Bile is secreted by the liver and it is stored in C. a tapeworm living in the gastrointestinal tract of
the: a toddler
D. a clownfish living within a sea anemone B. Europa
C. Callisto
29. What is the direction of the planet’s revolution? D. Titan
A. west to east
B. east to west 37. What structure is located between Mars and
C. clockwise Jupiter?
D. south to north A. Pluto
B. Asteroid belt
30. Which among the following is a terrestrial C. Kuiper belt
planet? D. Orbit
A. Saturn
B. Neptune 38. What is the color of the coolest star?
C. Mars A. white
D. Uranus B. blue
C. red
31. What planet is closest to the sun? D. yellow
A. Venus
B. Mars 39. What is the brightest star?
C. Mercury A. Sirius
D. Earth B. Polaris
C. Proxima Centauri
32. What is the hottest planet in our solar system? D. Venus
A. Mercury
B. Mars 40. Who is the first animal who went to space?
C. Venus A. Neil
D. Saturn B. Laika
C. Buzz
33. What is the largest planet in our solar system? D. Michael
A. Uranus
B. Earth 41. It refers to the position of the moon farthest to
C. Saturn the earth.
D. Jupiter A. apogee
B. perigee
34. What planet is closest to the Earth? C. aphelion
A. Mercury D. perihelion
B. Mars
C. Venus 42. It refers to the position of the earth closest to the
D. Saturn sun.
A. apogee
35. What are the two moons of Mars? B. perigee
A. Phobos and Deimos C. aphelion
B. Io and Europa D. perihelion
C. Ganymede and Phobos
D. Titan and Rhea 43. What term refers to a piece of a rock that enters
the earth’s atmosphere?
36. Which among the following is NOT a Galilean A. comet
moon? B. meteor
A. Io C. meteorite
D. asteroid
50. It refers to any movement of the ground due to
44. What is the nearest star? volcanic eruption and tectonic plates.
A. Sirius A. intensity
B. Polaris B. seismograph
C. Proxima centauri C. earthquake
D. Scuti D. magnitude

45. If you lose your direction while traveling at 51. What volano erupted in 1991?
night, which star should you look for and in what A. Pinatubo
constellation? B. Mayon
A. Polaris and Ursa Major C. Taal
B. Sirius and Ursa Major D. Hibok-hibok
C. Polaris and Ursa Minor
D. Sirius and Ursa Minor 52. Volcanic eruptions are also accompanied by
earthquakes. What causes these earthquakes?
46. What are the basic layers of earth? A. movement of magma through vents
A. core, mantle, outer crust B. melting and boiling of rocks inside the volcano
B. mantle, inner core, crust C. movement of rock layers along faults
C. core, mantle, crust D. throwing out of a huge amount of volcano ash
D. crust, core, moho
53. What is the measurement of energy released by
47. What is one of the evidences that are our an earthquake?
continents are one before? A. focus
A. The jigsaw-like shapes of South America and B. epicenter
Africa C. magnitude
B. The jigsaw-like shapes of South America and D. intensity
Asia
C. The different animals found in South America 54. Which is true about lithosphere?
D. The fossils of organisms in Antarctica A. crust and upper mantle
B. crust and water on it
48. Which of the following is the proper C. continents and crust
arrangement of the continents? D. crust and the core
A. Asia, Africa, North America, South America,
Antarctica, Europe, Australia 55. What part of the Earth is thought to be
B. Asia, Australia, North America, South America, composed of iron and nickel?
Antarctica, Europe, Africa A. hydrosphere
C. Asia, Australia, South America, North America, B. asthenosphere
Antarctica, Europe, Africa C. lithosphere
D. Asia, Australia, North America, South America, D. core
Africa, Europe, Antarctica
56. Tectonic earthquake is caused by:
49. What is the reason of the frequent earthquakes A. movement of rock layers along faults
and volcanic activities here in the Philippines? B. throwing out of a huge amount of volcano ash
A. we are located in the Pacific ring of fire C. movement of volcano
B. we are located in the Pacific basin D. melting and boiling of rocks inside the volcano
C. we are located in the Pacific brim of fire
D. we are located in the ring Pacific
57. If there are several earthquakes in a row, what is A. erosion
the name of the largest of these earthquakes? B. weathering
A. tertiary shock C. lithification
B. foreshock D. deposition
C. mainshock
D. aftershock 65. What type of clouds produces thunderstorms?
A. cirrus
58. What term refers to a deposit of certain mineral? B. cumulonimbus
A. ore C. cumulus
B. galena D. stratus
C. lead
D. chromite 66. How do you identify or classify a cloud?
A. shape and altitude
59. What are the three types of rocks? B. size and altitude
A. lead, igneous, metamorphic C. shape and rain
B. metamorphic, coal, sedimentary D. size and shape
C. marble, metamorphic, igneous
D. igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic 67. Which of the following gases has the greatest
percentage in the earth’s atmosphere?
60. What is the first Philippine satellite? A. oxygen
A. Diwata B. argon
B. Bathala C. nitrogen
C. Bataluma D. carbon dioxide
D. Maya
68. Where does cyclone form?
61. Which among the following properties is a A. Pacific ocean
measure of how easily a mineral can be scratched? B. Antlantic ocean
A. Mass C. Arctic ocean
B. Scratchless D. Indian ocean
C. Luster
D. Hardness 69. Habagat is also known as:
A. Northeast monsoon
62. Which is the hardest substance that is natural B. Southwest monsoon
occurring on Earth? C. Southeast monsoon
A. Gold D. Northwest monsoon
B. Diamond
C. Coal 70. In basic Chemistry, what is a substance that
D. Iron cannot be broked down by a chemical processes
into simpler substances?
63. Which of the following is the lowest rank of A. compound
coal and is otherwise called brown coal? B. element
A. Bituminous C. atom
B. Anthracite D. electron
C. Lignite
D. Charcoal 71. Of the following, the lightest element known in
earth is:
64. What do you call the process by which rock A. Pitchblende
breaks into pieces? B. Nitrogen
C. Hydrogen B. Colloid
D. Helium C. Plasma
D. Foam
72. Which element has Te as its symbol?
A. Terbium 79. What state of matter is considered as a very hot
B. Titanium gas?
C. Tellurium A. solid
D. Technetium B. plasma
C. tokamak
73. An atom of silicon has a mass number of 28 and D. vendetta
an atomic number of 14. How many protons are in
this atom? 80. Foams, emulsions and sols are heterogeneous
A. 14 mixtures. To what type do they belong?
B. 12 A. pure solutions
C. 28 B. colloidal dispersions
D. 7 C. solutions
D. suspensions
74. Element X has an electronic configuration of
1s2 2s2 2p2. Based on information, the name of 81. Halo-halo; heterogeneous as _____
element X is: homogeneous
A. Neon A. mayonnaise
B. Chlorine B. marshmallow
C. Helium C. vinegar
D. Carbon D. fog

75. Iron is what tupe of magnetic material? 82. We classify air as:
A. Non-magnetic A. compound
B. Ferromagnetic B. electrolytes
C. Paramagnetic C. element
D. Diamagnetic D, mixture

76. Alcohol is a class of organic compound 83. Which type of reaction does the general
characterized by: equation (AB + energy – A + B) show?
A. A halogen attached to an alkyl group A. endothermic synthesis
B. A carbonyl group bounded to two carbon atoms B. exothermic synthesis
C. A hydroxyl bonded to an alkyl group C. exothermic decomposition
D. A carbonyl attaced to an ether linkage D. endothermic decomposition

77. Which of the following is an alternative to 84. What is the base unit for time?
ozone depleting substances? A. hour
A. hydrofluorocarbons B. minute
B. chlorofluorocarbons C. second
C. carbon tetrachloride D, millisecond
D. methyl bromide
85. Which has more mass, a kilogram of cotton or a
78. Besides solid, liquid and gas, what is the fourth kilogram of diamond?
form of matter? A. diamond
A. Gel B. cotton
C. cannot be determined C. steel
D. both have the same mass D. iron and nickel

86. It refers to the push or pull by one body to 93. What do we call the point where an earthquake
another. starts?
A. work A. epicenter
B. force B. target
C. energy C. focus
D. power D. fault

87. How many complete pathways are there in a 94. A narrow passage of water joining two larger
series circuit? bodies of water is a:
A. 1 A. lake
B. 2 B. straight
C. 4 C. gulf
D. depends on the number of bulbs D. river

88. What is the reason why a passenger tends to 95. Which science studies forces and processes that
move forward when the car suddenly stops? produce weather?
A. law of interaction A. astronomy
B. law of acceleration B. meteorology
C. law of inertia C. geology
D. law of motion D. oceanography
96. What does the word “monsoon” mean?
89. Which law of motion explains this occurrence: A. moon will come soon
when a rocket is propelled upward by the downward B. seasons
discharge of exhaust gases? C. weather
A. Inertia D. climate
B. Universal Gravitation
C. Acceleration 97. It occurs when the earth is between the sun and
D. Interaction the moon, with the earth’s shadow cast over the
moon.
90. In which of the following materials will light A, solar eclipse
travel fastest? B. eclipse
A. Air C. lunar eclipse
B. Plastic D. eclipse of the sun
C. Glass
D. Water 98. One of the planets has the greatest gravitational
pull. Which one is it?
91. Vinegar is also known as: A. Mars
A. acetic acid B. Mercury
B. acetone acid C. Earth
C. sulfuric acid D. Jupiter
D. ascorbic acid
99. In the Atlantic region, a strom is called:
92. What is the core made of? A. typhoon
A. iron B. cyclone
B. aluminum C. strom
D. hurricane 107. Which element has the chemical symbol “Hg”?
A. Gold
100. Plants and animals in the same ecosystem B. Silver
usually have similar C. Mercury
A. shapes D. Antimony
B. sizes
C. ways of obtaining food 108. Which is TRUE of metalloids?
D. environmental needs A. conduct heat and electricity less effectively than
non-metal
101. In a pond or desert, light, warmth, water, B. conduct heat and electricity better than metals
minerals, carbon dioxide, oxygen make up the: C. conduct heat better than metals
A. ecosystem D. have properties of both metals and non-metals
B. biotic
C. gases 109. Which are considered the “protein
D. physical environment manufacturer” of eukaryotic cells?
A. golgi bodies
102. Green plants make glucose from: B. ribosomes
A. water and carbon dioxide C. endoplasmic reticulum
B. roots and leaves D. mitochondria
C. water and oxygen
D. oxygen and carbon dioxide 110. What is the term used when an egg develops
into a new organism without itself being fertilized
103. A female structure in the flowering plant is the: by a sperm?
A. filament A. fission
B. pollen B. budding
C. pistil C. regeneration
D. stamen D. parthenogenesis

104. The spoilage of meat is delayed when kept in 111. Gases can be compressed because particles are:
the refrigerator because the cold temperature: A. always moving
A. keeps the flies insects away B. far apart
B. changes the color/odor of meat C. near
C. slows down the action of bacteria D. low in energy
D. turns the water component to ice 112. How many elements are in the Periodic Table
of Elements?
105. What is the process of changing solid to gas A. 110
without passing the liquid state? B. 112
A. condensation C. 116
B. evaporation D. 118
C. sublimation
D. freezing 113. Which device can convert electrical energy to
mechanical energy?
106. Matter is anything that has: A. battery
A. weight and volume B. generator
B. mass and volume C. motor
C. weight and mass D. photo voltaic cell
D. mass and shape
114. What is the sun’s energy source?
A. mechanical energy D. without any change in color or mass of the nail
B. chemical energy
C. heat energy 121. During summer, the days are:
D. nuclear energy A. shorter than the nights
B. the same length as the night
115. Many diseases have an incubation period. C. longer than the nights
Which of the following best describes what an D. none of them
incubation period is?
A. The effect of a disease on babies 122. Bats are animals that can fly and can feed their
B. The period during which someone has an young with milk. What group of animals do they
infection, but is not showing symptoms belong?
C. The period during which someone builds up A. Fish
immunity to a disease B. Bird
D. The recovery period after being sick C. Mammal
D. Amphibian
116. When large areas of forest are removed so land
can be converted for other uses, such as farming, 123. Which of the following is a vitamin?
which of the following occurs? A. Adenine
A. greater oxygen production B. Thymine
B. colder temperature C. Thiamine
C. increased carbon dioxide D. Trypsine
D. decreased erosion
124. Which of the following is an unsafe practice
117. What layer of atmosphere in which weather that may lead to fire?
occurs? A. overloading the circuit
A. Stratosphere B. replacing fuse when it melts
B. Troposphere C. using standard fuse
C. Mesosphere D. regular checking of wirings
D. Exosphere
125. The hinge type of join can be found in:
118. What is the study of fungi such as yeasts and A. hip
mushrooms? B. wrist
A. Microbiology C. shoulder
B. Phycology D. knee
C. Mycology
D. Botany 126. Plants store glucose in the form of starch while
animals store glucose in the form of:
119. Which of the following is used in pencils? A. cellulose
A. Graphite B. chitin
B. Lead C. sucrose
C. Charcoal D. glycogen
D. Phosphorous
127. Sucrose is a disaccharide made up of:
120. When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide is A. glucose and galactose
formed: B. glucose and fructose
A. without any change in the mass of the nail C. fructose and galactose
B. with decrease in the mass of the nail D. two glucose units
C. with increase in the mass of the nail
128. It refers to the application of scientific C. Fishes go near the water surface during new
knowledge. moon because the water is warmer
A. Applied Math D. Fishes are more active during new moon because
B. Science the salt content of water is just right
C. Health
D. Technology 135. What component in toothpaste is effective in
preventing tooth decay?
129. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the A. peroxide
ozone layer? B. zinc chloride
A. troposphere C. spearmint
B. stratosphere D. fluoride
C. mesosphere
D. thermosphere 136. Bronze is a mixture of:
A. Copper and Tin
130. Which of the following statements explains B. Copper and Zinc
why we feel cool after perspiring? C. Copper and Silver
A. vapor in the air condenses in our skin D. Copper and Gold
B. water coming out of our body is cold
C. pores in our skin allow cool air to enter 137. What is the numerical value of the hardest
D. evaporating water in our skin produces cooling mineral?
effect A. 8
B. 10
131. Which part of the flower develops into seeds? C. 20
A. pistil D. 100
B. ovule
C. ovary 138. A tropical storm may upgrade into a typhoon
D. ovary wall based on:
A. its position
132. Who advocated the idea that all things are B. its direction
made up of four elements of fire, air, earth and C. its wind speed
water? D. its eye volume
A. Newton
B. Aristotle 139. The term “RADAR” is derived from the
C. Galileo phrase?
D. Einstein A. Radio Detecting and Ranging
B. Radiation Diffusion and Ranging
133. Angiosperms are also known as: C. Radio Diffraction and Resolution
A. cone bearing D. Radiation Diffraction and Resolution
B. seed bearing
C. flower bearing 140. What do you mean by LED?
D. spore bearing A. Light Energy Device
B. Light Emitting Diode
134. Why do fishermen catch more fish during new C. Light Emitting Device
moon than during the full moon? D. Light Essential Device
A. Fishes look for mates during the new moon
B. Fishes are attracted to the light from the fishing 141. Which term indicates the amount of space
boat occupied by matter?
A. Density
B. Weight 146. What is the biggest natural satellite in the Solar
C. Volume System?
D. Mass A. Ganymede
B. Callisto
142. What type of muscle is found in your legs in C. Europa
order to walk? D. Io
A. cardiac
B. smooth 147. What is the highest mountain in the Solar
C. soft System?
D. skeletal A. Everest
B. Olympus mons
143. What do you mean by G in PAG-ASA? C. Mauna Kea
A. Geological D. Chimborazo
B. Geophysical
C. Geometrical 148. What element is found inside a bulb?
D. Geochemical A. Filament
B. Tungsten
144. Which of the following metals are added to C. Silver
fireworks to make them brilliant red? D. Copper
A. Copper
B. Barium 149. Which of the following is true about planets?
C. Potassium A. They all rotate from west to east
D. Strontium B. They revolve counterclockwise
C. They are all made up of gases
145. In which medium would sound travel fastest? D. They can all support life
A. Copper
B. Water 150. Human fertilization occurs in:
C. Oxygen A. Ovary
D. Air B. Uterus
C. Fallopian Tube
D. Vagina
 Answer Key

1. C 39. A 77. A 115. B

2. B 40. B 78. C 116. C
3. C 41. A 79. B 117. B
4. C 42. D 80. B 118. C
5. C 43. B 81. C 119. A
6. D 44. C 82. D 120. C
7. D 45. C 83. D 121. C
8. A 46. C 84. C 122. C
9. C 47. A 85. D 123. C
10. D 48. A 86. B 124. A
11. C 49. A 87. A 125. D
12. D 50. C 88. C 126. D
13. B 51. A 89. D 127. B
14. C 52. A 90. A 128. D
15. B 53. C 91. A 129. B
16. B 54. A 92. D 130. D
17. B 55. D 93. C 131. B
18. B 56. A 94. B 132. B
19. C 57. C 95. B 133. C
20. B 58. A 96. B 134. B
21. C 59. D 97. C 135. D
22. C 60. A 98. D 136. A
23. C 61. D 99. D 137. B
24. A 62. B 100. D 138. C
25. C 63. C 101. D 139. A
26. B 64. B 102. A 140. B
27. A 65. B 103. C 141. C
28. B 66. A 104. C 142. D
29. A 67. C 105. C 143. B
30. C 68. D 106. B 144. D
31. C 69. B 107. C 145. A
32. C 70. B 108. D 146. A
33. D 71. C 109. B 147. B
34. C 72. C 110. D 148. B
35. A 73. A 111. B 149. B
36. D 74. D 112. D 150. C
37. B 75. B 113. C
38. C 76. C 114. D