PHYSICAL SCIENCES

MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A machine puts out 100 watts for every 1000 watts put into it. What is the efficiency of the machine a. 90% b. 50% c. 100%` d. 10% 2. If an object mode of a material whose specific gravity is less than one is immersed in water, it will__________ a. Remain at equilibrium b. Absorb a small amount c. Float d. Sink 3. If you are to cook eggs by boiling and you are in high mountain, you have to________ a. Use a hotter flame b. Use more water to boil c. Boil for a shorter time d. Boil for a longer time 4. A coconut falls freely with a constant acceleration of 9.8 m/s. What does this mean? a. The coconut falls 9.8 m during the first second only b. The speed of the coconut decreases 9.8m/s every second c. The coconut falls 9.8 m for each round d. The speed of the coconut increases 9.8 m/s every second 5. In the absence of air resistance, a projectile has a maximum range when thrown at an angle of _______ a. 30 degrees b. 60 degrees c. 45 degrees d. 90 degrees 6. An object maintains its state of motion because it has a. Acceleration b. Mass c. Speed d. Velocity 7. A free-floating astronaut pushes a force floating package in space. If the mass of the astronaut is greater than that of the package, the force exerted by the astronaut is ___________ a. Greater than the one exerted by the package b. Less than that of the package c. Not possible to determine d. Equal to that exerted by the packages 8. Which of the following objects that roll down an incline have the greatest acceleration? a. Acceleration is independent of rotational inertia in the case b. Objects with large rotational inertia c. There is not enough information to say d. Objects with small rotational inertia 9. A car that is towing a trailer is accelerating on a level road. The force that the car exerts on the trailer is _________ a. Equal to the force exerted by the trailer b. Less than the force exerted by the trailer

c. Equal to the force the road exerts on the trailer d. Greater than the force exerted by the trailer 10. An object at rest may have a. Momentum b. Speed c. Velocity d. Energy 11. A solid was changed to gas without passing through the liquid state by a process called______ a. Evaporation b. Fusion c. Sublimation d. Condensation 12. A 400 N woman stands on top of a very tall ladder so she is one earth radius above the earths surface. How much does she weight? a. 200 N b. 400 N c. Zero d. 100 N 13. A pendulum bob with a mass of 2 kg is supported by a rope. What is the tension on the rope? a. Zero b. 19.6 N c. 2 N d. 10 N 14. Which law of motion could explain what happens every time we walk? a. Law of inertia b. Law of interaction c. Law of universal gravitation d. Everyone reacts by resisting a change 15. The propulsion of jets and rockets is based on Newtons law of _____ a. Inertia b. Gravitation c. Acceleration d. Interaction 16. A force of 1 N acting through a distance of 1 m in the same direction as the force is termed a/an____ a. Newton b. Erg c. Second d. Joule 17. Airplanes are designed with pointed noses and thin tails in order to ________ a. Fight the forward thrust on the airplane b. Reduce a force called drag which slows it down c. Produce fluid friction as the airplane moves d. Increase the lift of the wings and the body 18. How many joules of work are done on an object when a force of 10 N pushes it 5 m a. 50 j b. 2 j c. 5 j d. 10 j 19. The surface of ice cubes formed is slightly higher than the surface of the water placed the ice cube tray because__________
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a. The molecules transferred the heat energy fast b. The motion of the molecules changed c. Water expanded slightly from 4 deg C to o Deg C d. Water molecules became bigger before freezing 20. The temperature at which a substance changes from the liquid phase to the gas phase called ________ a. Solidification b. Freezing point c. Boiling point d. Vaporizing point 21. During daytime, hot air above the land rises and is replaced by cold air from the body water. This air is called ___________ a. Convection current b. Sea breeze c. Land breeze d. Prevailing breeze 22. A copper cube and an iron cube have the same mass and temperature. An equal quart Q of heat is removed from each cube by placing them in separate cold baths. Their temperatures were found to differ after Q was removed. This difference was caused by _______ a. Better thermal conductivity of one substance b. Difference identity c. Varying specific heat capacities d. Larger volume of one substance 23. From a candle flame, heat travels in all directions by a. Conduction b. Reflection c. Convection d. Radiation 24. The amount of heat needed to melt a unit mass of substance to its normal melting point is knows as ______ a. Heat of vaporization b. Heat of fusion c. Temperature of fusion d. Heat of condensation 25. A lady holds a hand mirror one foot behind her head while standing 4 feet from a dresser mirror. How far back of the dresser mirror is the image of the flower in her hair? a. 4ft b. 5 ft c. 7 ft d. 6 ft 26. A real inverted image of an object is focused on a screen by a converging lens. If the up half of the lens is then covered, what happens to the image? a. The lower half of the image disappears b. The entire image remains and becomes less bright c. The image does not change in any way d. The upper half of the image disappears 27. What happens when a wave encounters a slit? a. Bends and is polarized b. Bends and is superimposed

c. Bends and is diffracted d. Bends and is refracted 28. If a solar eclipse occurred 2 weeks ago, what would be the phase of the moon today? a. First quarter b. Full c. Last quarter d. New 29. If you clap your hands and hear the echo from a distant wall 0.20 s later, how far away is the wall? a. 68 m b. 70 m c. 32 m d. 34 m 30. The following illustrates the Doppler shift experiences EXCEPT___________ a. Bats can detect and catch flying insects b. Detect speed of the moving heart wall in a fetus c. Determine the direction of moving trains d. Measure speed of automobiles 31. The property of light waves that accounts for the phenomenon of color is their ______ a. Velocity b. Amplitude c. Frequency d. Wavelength 32. A small electric lamp when placed at the focal point of a converging lens will produce a _______ a. Diverging beam of light b. Parallel beam of light c. Converging beam of light d. Diffused beam of light 33. Which of the following quantities is a vector in character? a. Potential difference b. Electric field c. Electric charge d. Electric energy 34. Which of the following statements about the electric field lines is FALSE? a. Field lines entering a charge of 2 q are twice as many as field lines having a charge of +q b. Field lines always originate from charges and end up in empty space c. The denser the field lines are in an area, the stronger is the magnitude of the field d. A line drawn tangent to a field line at a point gives the electric fields direction at that point 35. If an electron at a certain distance from a charged particle is attracted with a certain force, how will the force compare at twice this distance? a. Half as much b. Twice c. One fourth as much d. The same 36. Atoms which tend to give up electrons during the process of chemical combination possess _________ a. negative valence b. Positive valence
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c. Unchanged valence d. Neutral valence 37. When a pure crystalline yellowish substance is heated in a vacuum, a greenish gas and a red powdery substance were produced. Under which of the following will you classify the yellowish substance? a. Pure substance b. Compound c. Mixture d. Element 38. When molecules of ink turn a glassful of water into blue, what process has occurred a. Diffusion b. Osmosis c. Solution d. Combination 39. If elements A and B combine to form AB in fixed proportion of 3:1 by weight, what happens if we try to combine 4 g of A with 1 g of B? a. AB or A react with B b. Compound AB will not form c. 1 g of A will remain unreacted d. A compound A B will form 40. Which of the following acid groups is found in vinegar? a. Acetic acid b. Formic acid c. Ascorbic acid d. Nitric Acid 41. A group of covalently bonded atoms that acts like a singe atom when combining with other atoms is referred to as _________ a. Covalent bonds b. Ionic bonds c. Polyatomic ion d. Ionic bonded atom 42. The fermentation of sugar cane, beef or corn produces a fuel material called ________ a. Ether b. Ethanol c. Methane d. Methanol 43. Which of the following will have a zero dipole moment? a. H-Br b. Br-Br c. H-F d. H-CR 44. The minimum quantity of a radioactive material that can sustain a chain reaction is called____ a. Critical angle b. Chain number c. Critical mass d. Atomic mass 45. Foams, emulsions and sols are heterogeneous mixtures. To what type do they belong? a. Pure solutions b. Colloidal dispersions c. Solutions d. Suspensions 46. In what way is sodium ion different from sodium atoms? a. The ion has more protons than the atom b. The ion has more electrons than the atom

c. The ion has greater tendency to attract positive ions than the atom d. The ion has a more stable configuration than the atom 47. One of the symbols commonly used in writing chemical equation is (aq). What does this symbol indicate? The substance _________ a. Used is in the solid phase b. Is mixed with water vapor in the air c. Is dissolved in water d. Formed is a precipitate 48. For the isotopes O17 and C 17 with condition is true? There are _____ a. 9 protons in both b. 8 protons and 9 neutrons in O17 c. 9 protons and 8 neutrons in O17 d. 9 neutrons in both 49. Which is the best way of determining the volume of an irregular object? a. Get its density b. Multiply LxW c. Displacement method d. Multiply L,W,T 50. Crude oil can be separated into gasoline, diesel, heating oil, etc. by differences in boiling points. The form of matter which would BEST describe crude oil is _________ a. Homogenous mixture b. Heterogeneous mixture c. Compound d. Mineral 51. Justin decided to test a solution using litmus paper. He noted that the red litmus paper turned blue. This observation indicates that the solution is _________ a. Neutral b. Basic c. Organic d. Acidic 52. When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, some electrons are transferred from the rod to the cloth. What charge does the glass rod acquire? a. Negative b. Positive c. Undetermined d. Neutral 53. Lorraine placed some mothballs inside her cabinet. After one week, the mothballs were all gone. What happened to the mothballs? a. They were eaten by cockroaches b. They sublimated c. They were dissolved by water in the air d. They melted 54. The mercury level in a thermometer rises when dripped in hot water because heat __________ a. Increases the number of molecules b. Occupies space c. Makes molecules expand d. Makes molecules move faster and farther apart 55. A compound contains only calcium and fluorine. A sample of the compound is determined to contain 2.00g of calcium and 1.90 of fluorine. According to the Law of
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Definite Proportions, how much calcium should another sample of this compound contain if it contains 2.85 of fluorine? a. 3.00 g b. 2.71 g c. 4.50 g d. 4.00 g 56. Halo-halo; heterogeneous as _____ homogeneous a. Mayonnaise b. Marshmallow c. Vinegar d. Fog 57. Which phenomenon was defined by Antoine Bacquerel as the spontaneous disintegration of the nucleus of the atom? a. Fusion b. Fission c. Radioactivity d. Bombarding the atom 58. The half-life of A is 10 hours while that B is 30 hours. Which statement is cORRECT? a. A decays faster than B b. None will be left after 30 hours c. B decays faster than A d. Mass of A= Mass of B after 30 hours 59. Which statement is /are true? I. Flammability and conductivity are chemical properties II. Volume and boiling point are physical properties a. I and II are both false b. I and II are both true c. Only I is true d. Only II is true 60. The passage of a solvent through a semi permeable membrane from a solution of a lot concentration to one with higher concentrations is called a. Suspension b. Plasmolysis c. Colloidal formation d. Osmosis 61. If red blood cells are put into saline solution that is much more concentrated than the cells interior, the solution is said to be a. Hypertonic and the cells shrink b. Hypotonic and the cells burst c. Hypotonic and the cells shrink d. Hypertonic and the cells burst 62. The relative weight of an atom in comparison with one atom of an arbitrarily selected standard is its ________ a. Molecular mass b. Equivalent mass c. Atomic number d. Atomic mass 63. Why is it not advisable to drink soft drinks when one is hungry? a. iT contains so much sugar b. It increases the acidity of the stomach c. It contains a stimulant, which causes nausea d. It could lessen ones appetite 64. How many moles of C6 H6 are here in 195g of C6 H6?

a. 3.5 b. 4.5 c. 4.5 d. 2.5 65. Which property of a pure substance is similar to that of a solution? a. It is purified by chemical means b. It consist of a single phase c. It has a sharp boiling temperature d. It has a definite composition 66. The atomic bomb releases a tremendous amount of energy through a. Combination of light atoms b. Thermonuclear reaction c. Fusion d. Fission 67. In beta emission, which statement is CORRECT? a. There is no change b. Atomic number decreases c. Atomic number increases d. Atomic mass increases 68. Jessie added one tablespoon of sugar to a mixture of instant coffee and hot water. The resulting solution taste sweet. Which characteristic of mixture is BEST illustrated in the situation? a. The characteristics of the components re retained in the mixture b. The mixture may be homogeneous of heterogeneous c. The components can be mixed in any proportion d. The components of the mixture may be separated by ordinary physical process/es 69. Which of the following illustrates a physical change? a. Fruits ripen b. Milk turns sour c. Iron nail rusts d. Butter melts 70. An odorless, colorless liquid A boils at a temperature range of 105-110 deg C. What inference can you draw from this observation? a. Liquid A is a compound b. Liquid A is a mixture c. Liquid A is an element d. Liquid A is a pure substance 71. The ratio of oxygen atoms to hydrogen atoms in MgSO4 2H2O is _____________ a. 3:2 b. 1:1 c. 1:2 d. 3:4 72. A study of chemical calculation of mass relationships in a chemical reaction based on balanced chemical equation is called ___________ a. Scientific notation b. Scientific figures c. Stoichiometry d. Reactants 73. Filtration is BEST used in separating mixtures that are composed of __________ a. Two miscible solids b. A soluble solid in a liquid
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c. An insoluble solid in a liquid d. Two miscible liquids 74. Which of these mixtures can be BEST separated by paper chromatography? a. Iron fillings and sulfur b. Sugar solution c. Food coloring d. Salt solution 75. Combustion of coal can lead to acid raid formation. What type of pollutant is present in the coal? a. Phosphorus b. Sulfur c. Carbon d. Nitrogen 76. The volume of oil, which is stored in a glass, is 250 ml. If the oil will be transferred into a 400 ml container, what will be its volume? a. 250 ml b. 400 ml c. 600 ml d. 150 ml 77. What temperature reading in Fahrenheit equivalent to 78 degree Celsius? a. 173 degrees Fahrenheit b. 171 degrees Fahrenheit c. 172 degrees Fahrenheit d. 170 degrees Fahrenheit 78. What is true of different substances having equal number of mole? a. The same amount of energy b. Equal volumes per unit mass c. Equal masses d. Equal number of particles 79. Which atomic particle determines the isotope of an element a. Proton b. Neutron c. Electron d. Position 80. Which widely accepted theory of the origin of the solar system is in agreement with todays findings? a. Nebular b. Dust-cloud c. Planetessimal d. Exploding star 81. What terms refer to distance north-south and east west of the equator, respectively? a. Altitude, latitude b. Longitude, latitude c. Latitude, longitude d. Magnitude; longitude 82. What term is used to indicate the amount of water vapor actually present in the air at a given time? a. Atmospheric humidity b. Absolute humidity c. Atmospheric moisture d. Relative humidity 83. Shuttle space vehicles can orbit the earth and can take off and land like an airplane. One such space vehicle is __________ a. Sputnik 1 b. Columbia c. Apollo II d. Vostok 2

84. Because of the earths rotation, which do we experience a. Seasons b. Year 2004-2005 c. Night and day d. Rainy and hot days 85. Vibrations of the earth are produced by rapid release of energy and are radiated in all directions from a source called a. Foreshock b. Focus c. epicenter d. node 86. What do we call the intermittent hot springs which eject columns of water with great force at certain intervals? a. Geysers b. Spout c. hot spring d. aquifer 87. What mechanical and chemical processes ________ the hardest rock to break down into smaller particles? a. Burrowing animals, growing tools b. Disintegration, oxidation c. Carbonation, oxidation d. Hydration, solution 88. Which of the following is TRUE about the water table? a. It can be found below the zone of saturation b. It runs trough in a straight horizontal line c. It roughly follows the shape of the land surface d. Its location is not so important in making a well 89. As the earth revolves around the sun, it may reach a point when it is directly between the sun and the moon. When that happens what kind of eclipse occurs? a. Total solar b. Partial solar c. Lunar d. Solar 90. What elements are found in the core of the earth? a. Nickel and silicon b. Iron and nickel c. Iron and calcite d. Silicon and iron 91. The eye of a storm is an area characterized by a. Varied atmospheric pressure b. Average atmospheric pressure c. Low atmospheric pressure d. Extremely high pressure 92. Which of the following best describes of soil? a. Weathered rocks, which include decayed matter called humus b. Bedrocks that have undergone weathering c. Small rock particles d. Composed of decayed matter 93. How long does it take the moon to complete one revolution? a. 29 days b. 27 1/3 days
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c. 30 days d. 31 days 94. During the months of July. August and September which prevailing wind system is experienced in the Philippines? a. Trade winds b. Easterly winds c. Northeast Monsoon d. Southwest Monsoon 95. Which of the following is an important factor in explaining why seasons occur on earth? a. The suns axis in tilted b. Earths rotates on its axis c. Earths axis is tilted d. The sun rotates on its axis 96. We experience great seismic activities because we are located in the ______ a. Continental crust b. Pacific trench c. Fault belt d. Circum pacific belt 97. Which is the softest and hardest mineral in the correct order? a. Talc; gypsum b. Calcite; diamond c. Gypsum; corundum d. Talc, diamond 98. Why do we see the sun rise in the east a. On the globe, we are located in the east b. The earth rotates from the west to east c. The earth revolve eastward d. We are located in the 20th meridian 99. Why type of tide occurs during full moon and new moon? a. Neap b. Lunar c. Spring d. Solar 100. Who was the first man to land on the moon? a. Yuri Gagarin b. Neil Armstrong c. Mike Collins d. John Glenn