Question 1 of 20

Which of these young animals would have the greatest chance of

survival?
one of four maya birds in a nest being fed crushed insects by
their mother
one of two kittens being nursed by their mother
one of many pawikan sea turtles about to swim into the ocean
one fingerling in a school of tilapia fish hatched in a pond
one kalabaw calf nursed by its mother
Question 2 of 20
The table below shows different types of leaves and the habitat in
which they are usually found. Study the information given below to
be able to answer the question that follows.
Which type/s of leaf would be MOST effective in preventing the
plant from drying up in conditions where water is limited?
Leaf Type 1
Leaf Type 2
Leaf Type 3
Leaf Types 1 and 2
Leaf Types 1 and 3

Question 3 of 20
The roots of young corn plants are not able to cover much of the
ground where they are planted, so sometimes soil erosion occurs.
Which type of root would you expect this plant to have?

Question 4 of 20
For this item, refer to the following information.
The atom was developed and was modeled in several steps.
Each new discovery about the structure of the atom leads to a
new model. Four models of the atom are discussed below.
Model A: An atom is a unit of matter that consists of a dense,
central, positively charged nucleus surrounded by a negatively
charged electron cloud.
Model B: An atom is a sphere with positive charge containing
embedded negative electrons.
Model C: An atom is composed of a nucleus, where all the
positive charges are at the center while the negatively charged
particles can be found surrounding the nucleus in a fixed circular
orbit.
Model D: An atom is a very small indivisible particle.
Model E: An atom is a combination of Models B and D.
Match the descriptions above to the following figure:

A
B
C
D
E

Question 5 of 20
For this item, refer to the following information.
The atom was developed and was modeled in several steps.
Each new discovery about the structure of the atom leads to a
new model. Four models of the atom are discussed below.
Model A: An atom is a unit of matter that consists of a dense,
central, positively charged nucleus surrounded by a negatively
charged electron cloud.
Model B: An atom is a sphere with positive charge containing
embedded negative electrons.
Model C: An atom is composed of a nucleus, where all the
positive charges are at the center while the negatively charged
particles can be found surrounding the nucleus in a fixed circular
orbit.
Model D: An atom is a very small indivisible particle.
Model E: An atom is a combination of Models B and D.
Match the descriptions above to the following figure:

A
B
C
D
E

Question 6 of 20
Matter is defined to be anything that occupies space, has mass
and possesses inertia. Which is NOT an example of matter?
smoke
clouds
sunlight
fiber glass
mixture of atomic nuclei and electrons
Question 7 of 20
Carbon can be found in different forms, the most common are
carbon graphite and diamond. The most recently discovered are
the fullerines and nanotubes. Nanotubes can be found as onelayered or multi-layered. It is mainly a graphite plane whose ends
are joined to form a cylinder. It has relatively high tensile strength
and has conducting and semi-conducting properties. It is also as
hard as diamond but elastically buckles rather than break when
deformed. The most common type of fullerines is the
buckminsterfullerene or the buckyball. It is a hollow spheroid
which has a high resistance to high speed collision. When
compressed to 70% of its original size, it is twice as hard as
diamond.
What is the best conclusion from this information?
Carbon exists only in four forms: graphite, diamond, fullerines,
and nanotubes.
Diamond is not the hardest form of carbon, rather it is the
compressed buckyball.
Nanotubes and fullerines are synthetic carbon molecules that are
used for the industry.
Recent discovery of new forms of carbon, namely fullerines and
nanotubes gave a new perspective on the properties and possible
uses of carbon molecules.
The uses of carbon is dependent on its structural nature.

Question 8 of 20
Plants, as producers, serve as the base of the ecological food
pyramid, as shown in the figure.

This is because
they are the most numerous living organisms on land and in
water.
they change solar energy into chemical energy for other living
organisms.
they supply all the needs of herbivores.
they are eaten by all other organisms in the ecosystem.
they produce oxygen that is needed by organisms to respire.
Question 9 of 20
Which of the following chains fit the food web in the diagram?

man --> chicken --> corn --> bacteria

chicken --> beetle --> pechay <-- bacteria
duck --> worm --> guava <-- bacteria
bird --> corn --> pechay <-- bacteria
guava --> worm --> duck --> bacteria

Question 10 of 20
About 10 percent of energy is transferred from one feeding level
to the next. How much energy is available to maya birds which
feed on worms that eat corn leaves, if 12,000 kilocalories of
energy is absorbed by corn?
120,000 kilocalories
12,000 kilocalories
1,200 kilocalories
120 kilocalories
12 kilocalories
Question 11 of 20
Refer to the food web below:

Suppose a disease caused most of the rabbits in the ecosystem

to die, predict what effect this would have on the hawk population.
The hawk population will
increase.
decrease.
remain the same.
be unaffected.
either increase or decrease.

Question 12 of 20
You want to study the effect of pesticide overuse on the fertility of
loam soil. Which of the following experimental set-ups can BEST
be used to arrive at a valid conclusion about this effect?
Different types of plants are planted in three types of loam soil
(A, B and C), where soil A has no pesticide, soil B has the
normally prescribed amount of pesticide, and soil C has pesticide
greater than the normally prescribed amount.
Similar plants are planted in two types of loam soil (A and B),
where soil A has no pesticide, soil B has the normally prescribed
amount of pesticide.
Similar plants are planted in two types of loam soil (A and B),
where soil A has the normally prescribed amount of pesticide and
soil B has pesticide greater than the normally prescribed amount.
Similar plants are planted in the same type of loam soil with
different pesticides A, B and C.
Similar plants are planted using one type of loam soil put in
containers (A, B and C) where soil A has no pesticide, soil B has
the normally prescribed amount of pesticide, and soil C has
pesticide greater than the normally prescribed amount.

Question 13 of 20
Refer to the graph below.

What generalization can you draw from the graph?

Boys and girls stop growing at the same age.
Boys tend to be shorter than girls during the adolescent years.
Girls tend to be shorter than boys during the late adolescent
years.
Boys and girls have the same growth pattern.
Girls tend to be shorter than boys by age thirteen.

Question 14 of 20
Which of the following pair of force (each force represented by an
arrow) produces the greatest change in the motion of the box
across the floor?

Question 15 of 20
In humans, blood from the body enters the heart, is pumped to
the lungs, goes back to the heart and is then pumped to the rest
of the body. Blood passes through the lungs before it is distributed
to the other organs so that
it can get oxygen from the lungs for distribution to the rest of the
body.
it can bring carbon dioxide from the rest of the body to the lungs
to be exhaled.
it can distribute digested nutrients to the rest of the body.
Statements A and B are correct.
Statements A, B, and C are correct.
Question 16 of 20
In the figure, which among the balls A to D possesses the highest
amount of Potential Energy (Assume they have the same mass.)?

Ball A
Ball B
Ball C
Ball D
All the balls possess the same amount of PE.

Question 17 of 20
Heat always flows from a higher temperature to a lower
temperature. It stops when the equilibrium temperature is
reached. A metal which has a temperature of 20C is submerged
into a cup of water, with a temperature of 80C. What do you
predict will happen?
The metal would be heated until it reaches a temperature of
80C.
The water will cool down until it reaches a temperature of 20C.
The water will cool down and the metal will become hot until both
of them reach a temperature between 20C and 80C.
Both of them will have the same temperature of 80C.
Both of them will have the same temperature of 20C.
Question 18 of 20
In an experiment, it was found that pure water boils at a lower
temperature compared to brine (salt solution), hard water or sugar
solution. Brine has NaCl as its solute. Hard water contains
dissolved salts of calcium and magnesium while sugar solution
has sugar has its solute. From these observations, which of the
following can be concluded?
Solutions evaporate faster than pure water.
The addition of solute to pure water (solvent) causes boiling point
to elevate.
Hard water, brine solution and sugar solution will have the same
boiling points.
The addition of solute to pure water will allow faster evaporation.
Pure water does not contain any solute.

Question 19 of 20
The diagram below shows a circuit series.

Which of the following statements best describes the series circuit

shown above?
I and II only
II and III only
I and III only
II and IV only
IV only

Question 20 of 20
A student recorded measurements of the amount of carbon
monoxide in the air at the same location each day for one week.
The data are shown below.
Day

Time

Carbon Monoxide (part per

million)

3:10
0.38
p.m.
9:10
II
0.20
a.m.
6:00
III
0.95
a.m.
6:00
IV
0.60
p.m.
7:15
V
0.14
p.m.
7:20
VI
1.15
p.m.
The student concluded that the amount of carbon monoxide
10:50
increases
during the week. A source of error in this
VII and decreases0.40
a.m.
investigation is that the student failed to
I

identify the month.

state the method of measurement.
collect data at the same time each day.
identify the day of the week.
state his control.

ANSWER KEY:
1. one kalabaw calf nursed by its mother
2. Leaf Type 1
3.
4. B
5. C
6. sunlight
7. Recent discovery of new forms of carbon, namely fullerines
and nanotubes gave a new perspective on the properties and
possible uses of carbon molecules.
8. they change solar energy into chemical energy for other living
organisms.
9. man --> chicken --> corn --> bacteria
10. 120 kilocalories
11. decrease.
12. Similar plants are planted using one type of loam soil put in
containers (A, B and C) where soil A has no pesticide, soil B has
the normally prescribed amount of pesticide, and soil C has
pesticide greater than the normally prescribed amount.
13. Girls tend to be shorter than boys during the late adolescent
years.
14.
15. it can get oxygen from the lungs for distribution to the rest of
the body.
16. Ball D
17. The water will cool down and the metal will become hot until
both of them reach a temperature between 20C and 80C.
18. The addition of solute to pure water (solvent) causes boiling
point to elevate.
19. I and III only
20. collect data at the same time each day.