SCIENCE REVIEWER QUESTIONS
1. What is the scientific name of rice?
a. Zea mays
b. Solanum tuberosum
c. Oryza sativa
d. Triticum
2. What is the scientific name of the vegetable potato?
a. Triticum
b. Zea mays
c. Mimosa pudica
d. Solanum tuberosum
3. What is the name of the satellite that first flew into orbit on 4 October 1957?
a. Sputnik-1
b. Dongfanghong-1
c. Voyager-1
d. Ariane
4. The Soviet Union launched the very first space station into space on 19 April 1971. What was the
name of the space station?
a. Mir
b. Druzhba
c. Angara
d. Salyut-1
5. To which kingdom does the amphibian Komodo dragon belong to?
a. Animalia
b. Protista
c. Monera
d. Plantae
6. What is the fifth state of matter?
a. Gas
b. Liquid
c. Bose-Einstein condensate
d. Solid
7. Who was the inventor of the telephone?
a. Guglielmo Marconi
b. Alexander Graham-Bell
c. Dmitry Mendeleev
d. Thomas Edison
8. How many chromosomes does a human person have?
a. 43
b. 44
c. 45
d. 46
9. Which of these animals are active during the night?
a. Bat
b. Cow
c. Dog
d. Cat
10. The Philippines launched its very first satellite into space on 19 August 1997. What was the
name of the very first Philippine satellite launched into space?
a. Diwata-1
b. Agila-2
c. Agila-1
d. Maya-1
11. The Paris Agreement was convened in 2015 with an aim to combat climate change and limit its
effects by the year 2030, what was the agreed temperature to limit the effects caused by climate
change?
a. 2.5 degrees Celsius
b. 2.0 degrees Celsius
c. 1.5 degrees Celsius
d. 1.8 degrees Celsius
12. What is the scientific name of the Philippine tarsier?
a. Carlito syrichta
b. Dugong dugon
c. Tarsiidae
d. Tarsius dentatus
13. How many teeth does an ordinary adult human have?
a. 33
b. 32
c. 34
d. 36
14. What do you call the pigment that makes the plants or leaves color green?
a. Chloroplast
b. Organelles
c. Chromosomes
d. Chlorophyll
15. When was the Montreal Protocol signed with an aim to repair the ozone layer that has been
damaged due to the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)?
a. 1987
b. 1986
c. 1985
d. 1984
16. Where is the ozone layer located?
a. Ionosphere
b. Mesosphere
c. Stratosphere
d. Ionosphere
17. Who is the inventor of the telephone?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Alexander Graham-Bell
c. Jacques Cousteau
d. Alfred Nobel
18. Who invented nitroglycerin?
a. Edward Hubble
b. Alan Turing
c. Alfred Nobel
d. Alexander Graham-Bell
19. What is the scientific name of rice?
a. Oryza sativaa
b. Solanum tuberosum
c. Zea mays
d. Triticum
20. What was the formula made by the scientist Albert Einstein in formulating his special theory of
relativity?
a. E = mc^4
b. E = mc^2
c. E = mc^3
d. E = mc^5
21. Who was the first man who flew into space?
a. Aleksey Leonov
b. Buzz Aldrin
c. Neil Armstrong
d. Yuri Gagarin
22. Who was the first woman who flew into space?
a. Judith Resnik
b. Sally Ride
c. Valentina Tereshkova
d. Jessica Meir
23. What is the chemical that is the primary cause of the damage on the ozone layer and threatened
life on earth in general?
a. Halogens
b. Propane
c. Butane
d. Chlorofluorocarbons
24. What was the name of the first Chinese space station that was launched in 2021?
a. Shenzhen
b. Tiangong
c. Shenzhou
d. Dongfanghong
25. How many eyes does a spider have?
a. 8
b. 7
c. 6
d. 5
26. What is the lowest grade of coal?
a. Bituminous
b. Sub-bituminous
c. Lignite
d. Anthracite
27. Who is the inventor of the lightbulb?
a. Thomas Edison
b. Henry Ford
c. Alexander Graham Bell
d. Alfred Nobel
28. What was the Italian inventor Alessandro Volta known for?
a. Inventing the Spinning jenny
b. Inventing the Train
c. Inventing the Electric battery
d. Inventing the printing press
29. Who is the father of taxonomy?
a. Carl Linnaeus
b. Charles Darwin
c. Jean Baptiste Lamarck
d. Alfred Russel Wallace
30. Who is the author of the book “On the Origin of Species” and formulated the theory of natural
selection and evolution?
a. Alfred Russel Wallace
b. David Attenborough
c. Carl Linnaeus
d. Charles Darwin
31. What is the highest grade of coal?
a. Anthracite
b. Bituminous
c. Sub-bituminous
d. Lignite
32. In what island did the famous scientist Charles Darwin formulate his theory of evolution?
a. Tierra del Fuego
b. Beagle Islands
c. Galapagos Islands
d. Marianas Islands
33. What is the correct order of taxonomic rank?
a. Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom
b. Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus, species
c. Kingdom, phylum, order, family, class, species, genus
d. kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
34. What is the scientific name of the Philippine eagle?
a. Haliaeetus leucocephalus
b. Pithecophaga jefferyi
c. Aquila chrysaetos
d. Harpia harpyja
35. Who is the scientist that discovered the genetic cause of Down Syndrome?
a. John Langdon Down
b. Francis Crick
c. Jerome Lejeune
d. James Watson
36. Who is the scientist that formulated the so-called Big Bang Theory?
a. Georges Lemaitre
b. Albert Einstein
c. Robert Millikan
d. Edward Hubble
37. Which of these animals are active during the night?
a. Cat
b. Cow
c. Dog
d. Bat
38. What is the very first Philippine microsatellite launched into space?
a. Diwata-2
b. Diwata-1
c. Agila-1
d. Agila-2
39. What is the scientific name of the mosquito that caused dengue fever in the Philippines?
a. Aedes romani
b. Aedes Iudaei
c. Aedes Aegypti
d. Aedes Philippini
40. What was the main purpose why Leon Foucault created the Foucault pendulum?
a. To demonstrate the movement of the planets
b. To demonstrate mass
c. To demonstrate volume
d. To demonstrate the Earth’s rotation
41. Who was the Filipina scientist known for inventing the Banana ketchup?
a. Maria Orosa
b. Fe del Mundo
c. Luz Oliveros-Belardo
d. Clara Lim-Sylianco
42. What is the color of the coolest star in the universe?
a. Blue
b. Green
c. Red
d. Yellow
43. The scientists Pierre and Marie Curie are known for _____:
a. Inventing the AC/DC circuit
b. Discovering radium
c. Inventing the very first car
d. Discovering the gene trisomy-21
44. A thermometer measures ____.
a. energy
b. heat
c. pressure
d. temperature
45. What is the color of the hottest star in the universe?
a. Blue
b. Red
c. Yellow
d. Green
46. What is the biggest moon in the universe?
a. Charon
b. Io
c. Ganymede
d. Callisto
47. Who is the oceanographer known for creating the SCUBA set which is now used by divers all
around the world?
a. Jacques Cousteau
b. Charles de Gaulle
c. Vincent Auriol
d. Fridtjof Nansen
48. Which process occurs solid is changed into gas?
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Sublimation
D. Decomposition
49. The history of the earth has been divided by scientists into eras. Which of the following shows
the arrangement of these eras into a sequence from the oldest to the most recent?
A. Precambrian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic, Paleozoic.
B. Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, Mesozoic.
C. Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, Precambrian.
D. Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic.
50. Which planet has the most moons?
a. Jupiter
b. Saturn
c. Neptune
d. Mercury
ANSWER KEY
1. C 11. C 21. D 31. A 41. A
2. D. 12. A 22. C 32. C 42. C
3. A 13. B 23. D 33. D 43. B
4. D 14. D 24. B 34. B 44. D
5. A 15. A 25. A 35. C 45. A
6. C 16. C 26. C 36. A 46. C
7. B 17. B 27. A 37. D 47. A
8. D 18. C 28. C 38. B 48. C
9. A 19. A 29. A 39. C 49. D
10. B 20. B 30. D 40. D 50. A
Bonus questions
51. What was the name of the first rocket launched by the Philippine Space Agency?
a. Bahaghari
b. Tala
c. Sinag
d. Agila
Answer: B
52. When was the launch of the first Philippine-made space rocket?
a. May 19, 2023
b. May 20, 2023
c. March 12, 1972
d. May 21, 2023
Answer: C
