Science Majorship 2

What is the product of biotechnology that has existed even before the industrial age?

• Chemical pesticide

• Vitamin C

• Synthetic Medicine

• Leavened bread

Identify which of the following is NOT true about tapeworm:

• They are animals

• They are saprozoic

• They have special saprophytic nutrition

• They are autotrophic

What will you do if you were asked to apply the most basic process in the Science of Taxonomy?

• Map down organisms

• Differentiate organisms

• Identify organisms

• Understand organisms

Which facet of Science is referred by the fact that Science involves a never-ending quest of collecting facts and organization of data?

• Science is a social activity.

• Science is an intellectual activity.

• Science is a broad body of knowledge.

• Science as a career.

A scientist who wants to study the effects of fertilizer on plants sets up an experiment. Plant A gets no fertilizer, Plant B gets 5 mg. of fertilizer each day, and Plant C gets 10mg. of fertilizer each day. Which plant is the control group?

• Plant A

• Plant B

• Plant c

• All of them

Which one of the following is not a quality of scientific attitude?

• Open-mindedness

• Curiosity to learn more

• Subjectivity in approach to problems

• Persistence

Rocks formed by alteration of preexisting rocks by pressure, temperature, or chemistry are called

• metamorphic rocks

• gneiss rocks

• igneous rocks

• sedimentary rocks

The soil called loam is

• mostly humus with some sand

• all sands are humus

• equal amount of sand, silt and clay

• from the C horizon of soil profile

Earthquake vibrations are detected, measured and recorded by instruments called

• sonagraphs

• seismographs

• Richter scales

• magnetometers

If the speed of a moving object is doubled, which quantity associated with the subject must also double?

• its acceleration

• its momentum

• its kinetic energy

• its gravitational potential energy