Science and Health: Chapter 4 - Test (31-40)

31. The theory about origin of the universe which states that the universe began with a tremendous explosion.
a. Steady State Theory
b. Divine Theory
c. Theory of Ecolution
d. Big Bang Theory

32. What Presidential Decree that requires all couples planning to marry to receive counseling on family planning?
a. P.D. 695
b. P.D. 965
c. P.D. 995
d. P.D. 569

33. What do you call the winds at the equator that hardly move at all and are usually hot?
a. doldrums
b. horse latitudes
c. wind system
d. polar easterlilies

34. Why is heat important?
a. It checks the flow of blood.
b. It stops the flow of blood
c. It makes the blood move throughout the body.
d. It occupies the chest cavity.

35. Why are thinner and turpentine added to paints?
a. To make paints easy to spread on surfaces.
b. To give color to paints.
c. To remove molds in paints.
d. To hold pigment particles together.

36. Why are clams and mussels banned from consumption when red tide occurs?
a. Because they have no nutritional value.
b. because they multiply very fast.
c. Because they can cause paralysis or death when eaten.
d. Both A and C

37. What is the magnitude of an earthquake that causes much damage of the land?
a. magniture 6
b. magnitude 7
c. magnitude 8
d. magnitude 9 and over

38. In which galaxy is the solar system found?
a. andromeda galaxy
b. milky way
c. large Magellan cloud
d. small Magellan cloud

39. When soil is washed away by floods or rainwater, this process is called ______.
a. water shortage
b. cultivation
c. reforestation
d. erosion

40. Aerosols pollute the air and destroy ozone layer by releasing ___________.
a. smoke
b. oxygen
c. dust
d. chlorofluorocarbons