College of Teacher Education

LABORATORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Laoag City

GENERAL SCIENCE AND BIOLOGY REVIEWER

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1. What is the longest bone in the body?

a. thigh bone b. jaw bone c. shoulder bone d. arm bone
2. Ball and socket joints allow circular movement. An example is the _____.
b. thigh bone b. jaw bone c. shoulder bone d. arm bone
3. What is the painful twisting of a joint that affects the ligament?
A. sprain b. dislocation c. cramps d. fracture
4. What part of the skeletal system is affected by scoliosis?
A. hips and knees b. arms and hands c. skull d. spine
5. Why are muscles important to the body?
A. they help us breathe c. they make us beautiful
B. they give shape to the body d. they help the bones move
6. Which of these muscles are both voluntary and involuntary muscles?
A. muscles of the arms C. muscles of the eyelids
B. muscles of the heart D. muscles of the legs
7. What keeps the food moving from one organ to another as the food moves towards the stomach?
A. pharyngitis B. epiglottis C. peristalsis D. Papillae
8. What bone encases the brain?
A. breast bone B. spinal column C. hip bone D. the skull
9. WHAT joints in the shoulders make arms move up and down and turn around?
A. pivot B. movable C. ball and socket D. hinge
10. Which of the following activity show how the skeletal and muscular system works together
A. sleeping B. resting C. thinking D. jogging
11. Pollens of a flower cling to the body of a butterfly and the same pollen are left in the stigma of a
flower. This process is known as ______.
A. germination B. pollination C. dispersal D. fertilization
12. Which of the following are needed by seed to germinate?
A. water B. air C. sunlight D. all of the above
13. How is coconut dispersed?
A. by animals B. by birds C. by water D. by wind
14. Which baby animal is not developed inside the body of the parent animal?
A. Kitten B. lizard C. calf D. rabbit
15. When does new life begin?
A. sperms move out of the body C. a fertilized egg develop
B. unfertilized egg develop D. sperm and egg cells unite
16. Which of the following is not a scientific attitude?
a. Making several trials to get a small percentage error.
b. Being accurate in all quantitative experiments.
c. Being cooperative and honest in laboratory work.
d. Making a generalization after one trial.
17. Which of the following best describes a scientist?
a. A scientist is honest.
b. A scientist is curious.
c. A scientist is a keen observer.
d. A scientist collects and tests the data and records all observations.
18. Which of the following is an observation?
a. Filtration uses filter paper.
b. Filtration separates solids from liquids.
c. Filtration is better than decantation.
d. Filtration forms a clearer liquid.
19. Which of the following has 4 significant figures?
a. 2 890 b. 0.000 5 c. 36.00 d. 10 800
20. Which of the following is a representative element?
a. Z b. Ag c. F d. Fe
21. Which of the following is a chemical change?
a. Heating of sulfur c. Evaporating water
b. Melting of butter d. Mixing of sulfur and salt
22. Which of the following is a physical change?
a. Crushing an aluminum can c. Dissolving Mg in an acid
b. Tarnishing of silver d. Cooking vegetables
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23. Which of the following statements is false?
a. An object can store energy as a result of its position.
b. Potential energy is dependent on the mass of the object alone.
c. Potential energy depends upon two factors: the mass and the height to which the body is lifted.
d. Work and potential energy are both expressed in joules.
24. Professional bicycle racers choose the lightest possible frames and components because of
which of the following principles?
a. Less mass is easier to move, therefore, less force is needed.
b. Less mass, more force is needed.
c. Less mass, less velocity.
d. Less mass, more velocity.
25. Neglecting friction, the harder you push the object, __________.
a. the faster it moves.
b. the slower it moves
c. the direction changes
d. the direction does not change
26. In terms of electrons, why does a cat ion have a positive charge?
a. It has gained valence electrons.
b. It has lost valence electrons.
c. It belongs to the halogen family.
d. It is a chemically stable atom.
27. Most of the volume of the atom is ________.
a. made up of electrons
b. empty space
c. composed of charged particles.
d. nucleus
28. An atom has a central core composed of _______.
a. electrons and protons c. protons and neutrons
b. electrons and neutrons d. electrons, protons, and neutrons
29. A chemical change sometimes results in the production of an insoluble solid called_______.
a. distillate b. filtrate c. precipitate d. residue
30. Comets, planets, and asteroids are similar because they all _________.
a. have atmosphere c. move around the sun
b. contain ice d. do not have atmospheres
31. The sun differs from the other members of the solar system because it _________.
a. rotates slowly
b. is composed of gases
c. produces energy by nuclear fission
d. produces energy by nuclear fusion
32. How long is it between a third-quarter moon and a full moon?
a. one week b. two weeks c. three weeks d. four weeks
33. The salinity of seawater is increased locally by _________.
a. the addition of water from a large river
b. heavy precipitation
c. the formation of sea ice
d. none of the above
34. All ocean currents are caused by __________.
a. winds and earthquakes c. winds and water density
b. volcanoes and tides d. tides and water density
35. Considering only the available light and dissolving ability of gases in seawater, more abundant life
should be found in a ___________.
a. cool, relatively shallow ocean
b. cool, very deep ocean
c. warm, very deep ocean
d. warm, relatively shallow ocean
36. A wind that blows from sea to land is called _________.
a. land breeze b. trade wind c. jet stream d. sea breeze
37. The type of front formed when a mass of warm air moves over a mass of cold air is a ________.
a. cold front b. warm front c. occluded front d. stationary front
38. Why is copper used for electrical wires?
a. It is a reddish material. c. It is available in the Philippines.
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b. It is an element. d. It is ductile and conducts electricity.

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39. Which of these is associated with global warming?
a. El Niño phenomenon c. Eutrophication
b. Greenhouse effect d. Depletion of ozone layer
40. Which of the following processes does not directly talk about changes in rocks?
a. erosion c. compacting of rock fragments
b. weathering d. subjecting rocks to pressure, heat, and chemical action
41. When will water evaporate slowest?
a. When the wind is strong c. When there is a big wave
b. When the humidity is high d. When the air above is warm
42. Which environmental problem does not involve reduction in quantity and quality of natural
resources?
a. soil erosion c. deforestation
b. uncollected garbage d. energy shortage
43. A rectangular object is 3.0 cm long, 2.0 cm wide and 1.0 cm deep. It has a mass of 4.0 g. What
is its density?
a. 0.67 g/cm3 b. 0.76 g/cm3 c. 6.0 cm3 d. 1.5 g/cm3
44. Materials that are recycled in the ecosystem include all the following except ______.
a. nitrogen b. oxygen c. energy d. carbon
45. A coral reef and a rainforest are examples of ________.
a. niche b. habitat c. community d. ecosystem

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