district science quiz bowl 2014

|ELEMENTARY

READY…

1 point

One important difference between

living things and nonliving things is

that only living things have

D. cells

B. molecules

C. elements

A. compounds

All the liquid is poured into

the empty container. Which

property of the liquid

changes?

D volume

B odor

C shape

A color

Which tool would be most useful

for observing the volume of

water?

d. Hands lens

b. thermometer

c. Volume meter

a. Graduated Cylinder

d. Absorbs blood

b. Burns CO2

C. Pumps blood

a. Produces blood

What is the main function

of the heart?

D. Metamorphosis

B. Ecological succession

C. Photosynthesis

A. asexual reproduction

What is presented

by the diagram?

D. organ systems → organs → tissues → cells

B. cells → tissues → organs → organ systems

C. organs → organ systems → cells →

tissues

A. tissues → cells → organ systems → organs

Which sequence correctly shows

the levels of increasing

organization in the human body?

D. The Moon has many craters.

B. The Moon rotates at a very high speed.

C. The Moon is covered with a thin layer of

ice.

A. The Moon reflects the light from the Sun.

The Moon produces no light, and

yet it shines at night. Why is this?

D. 212°C

B. 37°C

C. 100°C

A. 29°C

Your temperature is taken when you are

NOT sick. Which temperature is CLOSEST

to what the thermometer would show?

D. a lake

B. a meadow

C. a desert

A. a forest

This is a drawing of a bird’s foot.

Where would you be MOST likely

to find such a bird?

d. all organism and the physical setting of a

given place

b. all organisms living in a given place

c. all organisms native to the given place

a. all the producers in a given place

What is an ecosystem?

d. exposure to sun’s heat from 10:00-

3:00 pm burns the skin

b. less exposure to sun burns the skin

c. exposure to sun at 7:00 burns the

skin

a. sunset burns the skin

Which statement about exposure

to sunlight is true?

d. observe all of the

above

b. do not throw things away

c. practice recycling

a. cover garbage can

What can you do to help lessen

garbage in your home?

d. Keep medicines, bottles and chemicals

that do not have labels.

b. Label containers to indicate what is inside

c. Store poisonous and flammable materials

out of reach of children

a. Classify the materials according to use.

It was almost 12:00 o’clock when your mother

cooked fish tinola for lunch. She mistakenly

poured sugar instead of salt. What important

instruction she failed to follow?

d. avoid using appliances/ materials that

produce CFC’s

b. stop all automobiles to operate

c. conserve energy at home and

school

a. plant more trees

At the middle of the century, it is expected that the

ice in the Arctic sea will be melted due to global

warming. As a young citizen, how would you help

to prevent this to happen?

D. All three boxes have

the same mass

B. Y

C. Z

A. X

Which of the boxes

X, Y, or Z has the

LEAST mass?X

YZ10g

10g10g

2 points

A bird is the only animal that has

_______. Also, all birds have bills,

have wings, and lay eggs.

FILL IN THE BLANK:

d Skin

b Eyes

c Nervous system

a Legs

A person sorted some animals

into the two groups listed on the

table. Which characteristic of

animals was used for the sorting?

D. Only Dick can hear clearly.

B. Neither of them can hear.

C. Only Tom can hear clearly.

A. Both of them can hear equally clearly.

The picture shows Dick and his

friends playing with a string-

telephone. Sally is speaking. Dick

and Tom are trying to listen. Which

of them can hear her speak?

d They came from eggs laid by

insects.

b They came from air in the bag.

c They came from the rice itself.

a They came from water in the bag.

Larvae were found in a bag

of rice. What best explains

how the larvae got there?

D clear-cutting wooded

areas

B mowing grass

C planting flowers

A growing crops

Which human activity will most

likely increase the amount of soil

erosion?

D oceans

B water erosion

C pollution

A earthquakes

All of the landforms on Earth are

constantly changing shape. What is

most responsible for the changes in

the landforms?

What is the average speed of the

runner who runs 30 seconds in 150

meters?

SOLVE:

5 METERS PER SECOND

B

B

B

3 points

Plant can make its own

food

MECHANICAL/KINETIC

2 identical pots of plants were

prepared by Jean in her experiment.

She placed one outside and the

other in under a shade. What is

being experimented by Jean?

Effects of sunlight

Moisture/amount of moisture

PLANTS

worm

insect bird

grasshopper

frog

snakemice

What is missing in the Food Web?

Why are plants called producer in

the living world?

Plants can make

their own food

___________ is a violent explosion

that occurs when gravitation

causes a star to collapse onto

itself.

SUPERNOVA

___________ is a simple device that

affects the force, or effort needed

to do a certain amount of work

MACHINE/SIMPLE MACHINE

Anything nourishes the body to

perform function

food

2.What law of motion is shown?

Law of inertia/First law of

motion

Congratulations!!!

Prepared by:

DARWIN C. PARRILLA