Science and Health: Chapter 4 - Test (41-50)

41. During the months of July to September, we experience heavy rains. This statement describes our _____________.

a. weather
b. climate
c. summer
d. geographic location

42. Short dry season occurs in areas which are protected from the northeast monsoon but open to the Southeast Monsoon. An example of this area is ____________.

a. Samar
b. Quezon
c. Cagayan Valley
d. Batangas

43. When peopletake corals out of the sea, they ____________.

a. Help clean the sea.
b. destroy the shelter of small fishes]
c. pollute the sea
d. protect the fishes

44. Which of the following shows the beneficial effect of common materials used at home?

a. Soap and detergents create foams in rivers and streams.
b. Pesticides kill even non-target species or organisms.
c. Preservatives help prevent foods from decaying or decomposing.
d. Food additives, including preservatives, cause health problems.

45. In which of the following cases is work in the scientific sense being done?

a. a girl doing her homework
b. a girl sitting inside a car
c. a boy holding a book
d. a stone rolling downhill

46. Which of these causes the seasons of the earth?

a. The distance of the earth as it revolves around the sun.
b. The clockwise revolution of the earth around the sun.
c. The counterclockwise revolution of the earth around the sun.
d. The earth’s revolution and the tilting of its axis away or towards the sun.

47. Which of the following statement is true.

a. Energy can be created.
b. Energy can be destroyed.
c. Energy can be transformed to another form.
d. Energy can increase in amount.

48. Which is a product of respiration?

a. Oxygen
b. carbon dioxide and water
c. nitrogen
d. both a and b

49. \this is the largest part of the brain and controls mental processes such as thinking, memorizing and decision making.

a. spinal cord
b. cerebrum’
c. cerebellum
d. medulla oblongata

50. It is the chemical reaction of food caused by the action of yeasts and bacteria on food?

a. combustion
b. mixture
c. combination
d. fermentation