SCIENCE QUIZ BEE QUESTION BANK
EASY ROUND
1. The basic unit of life is the…
a) Atom
b) Cell
c) Tissue
d) Organ
👉 Answer: Cell
2. A mixture with uniform composition throughout is called…
a) Heterogeneous
b) Homogeneous
c) Colloid
d) Suspension
👉 Answer: Homogeneous
3. Iron (Fe) is classified as…
a) Element
b) Compound
c) Mixture
d) Solution
👉 Answer: Element
4. Reproduction involving only one parent is…
a) Sexual
b) Asexual
c) Binary
d) Budding
👉 Answer: Asexual
5. A device that cuts current during overload is…
a) Battery
b) Circuit breaker
c) Resistor
d) Capacitor
👉 Answer: Circuit breaker
6. In Ohm’s Law, current is proportional to…
a) Power
b) Resistance
c) Voltage
d) Frequency
👉 Answer: Voltage
7. Typhoons in the Philippines are monitored within…
a) Philippine Weather Zone
b) Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)
c) Pacific Basin
d) Intertropical Convergence Zone
👉 Answer: Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR)
8. The theory that explains plate movement is…
a) Continental Drift
b) Evolution
c) Plate Tectonic Theory
d) Seafloor Spreading
👉 Answer: Plate Tectonic Theory
9. The EM wave used in TV remote controls is…
a) Infrared
b) Microwave
c) Radio wave
d) Ultraviolet
👉 Answer: Infrared
10. Which mirror is used for wide view in vehicles?
a) Plane
b) Concave
c) Convex
d) Parabolic
👉 Answer: Convex
11. The microscope part that supports the slide is…
a) Arm
b) Stage
c) Base
d) Diaphragm
👉 Answer: Stage
12. The Earth’s outermost solid layer is…
a) Mantle
b) Inner core
c) Crust
d) Outer core
👉 Answer: Crust
13. A magnifying glass uses what lens?
a) Concave
b) Convex
c) Cylindrical
d) Plano-concave
👉 Answer: Convex
14. A “shooting star” is actually a…
a) Comet
b) Meteor
c) Asteroid
d) Star fragment
👉 Answer: Meteor
15. The smallest particle of an element is…
a) Atom
b) Molecule
c) Proton
d) Neutron
👉 Answer: Atom
16. Which abiotic factor provides energy for plants?
a) Soil
b) Sunlight
c) Air
d) Water
👉 Answer: Sunlight
17. Which type of reproduction produces genetically unique offspring?
a) Asexual
b) Sexual
c) Binary fission
d) Fragmentation
👉 Answer: Sexual
18. What is used to focus the specimen under high power in a microscope?
a) Coarse adjustment knob
b) Fine adjustment knob
c) Stage clip
d) Diaphragm
👉 Answer: Fine adjustment knob
19. Which blood vessels carry blood back to the heart?
a) Arteries
b) Capillaries
c) Veins
d) Aorta
👉 Answer: Veins
20. Which gas is most abundant in the Earth’s atmosphere?
a) Oxygen
b) Carbon dioxide
c) Nitrogen
d) Argon
👉 Answer: Nitrogen
AVERAGE ROUND
1. A solution has 20 g of solute in 100 mL of water. What is the concentration in g/mL?
a) 0.2 g/mL
b) 2 g/mL
c) 0.02 g/mL
d) 200 g/mL
👉 Answer: 0.2 g/mL
2. Which part of the cell contains genetic material?
a) Cytoplasm
b) Nucleus
c) Mitochondria
d) Ribosome
👉 Answer: Nucleus
3. The process by which plants make food using sunlight is called…
a) Respiration
b) Digestion
c) Photosynthesis
d) Transpiration
👉 Answer: Photosynthesis
4. What type of mixture is blood?
a) Solution
b) Colloid
c) Suspension
d) Compound
👉 Answer: Colloid
5. Which law states that current is directly proportional to voltage?
a) Newton’s Law
b) Ohm’s Law
c) Hooke’s Law
d) Law of Inertia
👉 Answer: Ohm’s Law
6. What do we call the calm center of a typhoon?
a) Eye
b) Spiral band
c) Wall cloud
d) Storm surge
👉 Answer: Eye
7. Which is larger: asteroid, comet’s nucleus, or meteoroid?
a) Asteroid
b) Comet nucleus
c) Meteoroid
d) Meteor
👉 Answer: Asteroid
8. Name one country along the Ring of Fire.
a) Philippines
b) South Africa
c) India
d) Egypt
👉 Answer: Philippines
9. What is the main cause of plate movement?
a) Convection currents in the mantle
b) Gravity
c) Magnetism
d) Rotation of Earth
👉 Answer: Convection currents in the mantle
10. Which EM wave helps bones absorb calcium but can cause sunburn?
a) Infrared
b) Ultraviolet
c) X-ray
d) Microwave
👉 Answer: Ultraviolet
11. What type of image is formed by a convex mirror?
a) Virtual, upright, diminished
b) Real, inverted, magnified
c) Virtual, inverted, same size
d) Real, upright, diminished
👉 Answer: Virtual, upright, diminished
12. Which organelle is responsible for energy production?
a) Nucleus
b) Mitochondria
c) Chloroplast
d) Ribosome
👉 Answer: Mitochondria
13. Which part of the microscope is used to adjust the amount of light?
a) Stage
b) Fine adjustment knob
c) Diaphragm
d) Base
👉 Answer: Diaphragm
14. Which type of circuit allows current to flow in one path only?
a) Parallel
b) Series
c) Closed
d) Open
👉 Answer: Series
15. Which organelle is found only in plant cells and not in animal cells?
a) Nucleus
b) Chloroplast
c) Mitochondria
d) Ribosome
👉 Answer: Chloroplast
16. What is the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth?
a) Hydrosphere
b) Lithosphere
c) Atmosphere
d) Biosphere
👉 Answer: Atmosphere
17. What type of lens is used in cameras to focus light?
a) Concave
b) Convex
c) Plane
d) Cylindrical
👉 Answer: Convex
18. What is the part of the Earth where weather occurs?
a) Stratosphere
b) Troposphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Thermosphere
👉 Answer: Troposphere
19. What is the name of the imaginary line where earthquakes originate below the surface?
a) Focus
b) Epicenter
c) Fault line
d) Seismic zone
👉 Answer: Focus
20. Which organelle is the site of protein synthesis?
a) Ribosome
b) Golgi body
c) Endoplasmic reticulum
d) Nucleus
👉 Answer: Ribosome
DIFFICULT ROUND
1. Why are earthquake epicenters, volcanoes, and mountain belts mostly found in the same
areas?
a) Because they are located at plate boundaries
b) Because of Earth’s rotation
c) Because of climate
d) Because of solar activity
👉 Answer: Because they are located at plate boundaries
2. Which EM wave has the shortest wavelength?
a) Radio wave
b) Gamma ray
c) Infrared
d) Ultraviolet
👉 Answer: Gamma ray
3. What type of image is formed by a concave mirror when the object is between the focal
point and the mirror?
a) Virtual, upright, magnified
b) Real, inverted, diminished
c) Virtual, inverted, magnified
d) Real, upright, magnified
👉 Answer: Virtual, upright, magnified
4. Which layer of the Earth contains convection currents?
a) Crust
b) Outer core
c) Mantle
d) Inner core
👉 Answer: Mantle
5. What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
a) 3 × 10^8 m/s
b) 3 × 10^6 m/s
c) 3 × 10^5 km/s
d) 1 × 10^8 m/s
👉 Answer: 3 × 10^8 m/s
6. Which type of reproduction ensures genetic variation?
a) Sexual
b) Asexual
c) Binary fission
d) Budding
👉 Answer: Sexual
7. Which part of the cell is responsible for packaging and transporting proteins?
a) Golgi apparatus
b) Mitochondria
c) Nucleus
d) Ribosome
👉 Answer: Golgi apparatus
8. Which layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
a) Troposphere
b) Stratosphere
c) Mesosphere
d) Thermosphere
👉 Answer: Stratosphere
9. Which is the largest planet in the solar system?
a) Saturn
b) Earth
c) Jupiter
d) Neptune
👉 Answer: Jupiter
10. Which blood component carries oxygen?
a) Plasma
b) Red blood cells
c) White blood cells
d) Platelets
👉 Answer: Red blood cells
11. What do you call molten rock beneath the Earth’s surface?
a) Lava
b) Magma
c) Basalt
d) Granite
👉 Answer: Magma
12. What do we call the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces?
a) Weathering
b) Erosion
c) Sedimentation
d) Compaction
👉 Answer: Weathering
13. What is the energy transfer method through direct contact?
a) Conduction
b) Convection
c) Radiation
d) Absorption
👉 Answer: Conduction
14. Which body system is responsible for transporting nutrients and oxygen?
a) Respiratory
b) Circulatory
c) Digestive
d) Excretory
👉 Answer: Circulatory
15. What law explains action and reaction forces?
a) Newton’s First Law
b) Newton’s Second Law
c) Newton’s Third Law
d) Law of Gravitation
👉 Answer: Newton’s Third Law
16. What type of wave requires a medium to travel?
a) Electromagnetic wave
b) Longitudinal wave
c) Transverse wave
d) Mechanical wave
👉 Answer: Mechanical wave
17. What causes tides on Earth?
a) Earth’s rotation
b) Wind
c) Gravitational pull of the Moon
d) Sun’s radiation
👉 Answer: Gravitational pull of the Moon
18. Which scientist proposed the theory of Continental Drift?
a) Alfred Wegener
b) Charles Darwin
c) Isaac Newton
d) Albert Einstein
👉 Answer: Alfred Wegener
19. Which element is the most abundant in the Earth’s crust?
a) Iron
b) Silicon
c) Oxygen
d) Aluminum
👉 Answer: Oxygen
20. Which lens corrects nearsightedness?
a) Concave
b) Convex
c) Cylindrical
d) Plano-concave
👉 Answer: Concave
CLINCHER QUESTIONS
1. Which cell organelle is called the 'powerhouse of the cell'?
👉 Answer: Mitochondria
2. A mixture of oil and water is an example of what type of mixture?
👉 Answer: Heterogeneous mixture
3. Which organelle controls all cell activities?
👉 Answer: Nucleus
4. If a solution has 15 g of solute in 100 mL of water, what is its concentration in g/mL?
👉 Answer: 0.15 g/mL
5. Which microscope part regulates the amount of light entering the specimen?
👉 Answer: Diaphragm
6. What is the unit of electrical resistance?
👉 Answer: Ohm
7. Which part of the Earth absorbs most incoming solar radiation?
👉 Answer: Atmosphere (ozone/stratosphere)
8. What do we call the eye of the typhoon?
👉 Answer: The calm center of the storm
9. Among comets, asteroids, and meteors, which one usually has a tail when near the Sun?
👉 Answer: Comet
10. Which blood vessels carry blood away from the heart?
👉 Answer: Arteries
11. Which part of the Earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer?
👉 Answer: Stratosphere
12. What is the bending of light as it passes through different mediums called?
👉 Answer: Refraction
13. What is the speed of light in a vacuum?
👉 Answer: 3 × 10^8 m/s
14. Which body system controls voluntary and involuntary actions using electrical signals?
👉 Answer: Nervous system
15. Which planet is called the 'Red Planet'?
👉 Answer: Mars
16. Why do earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain ranges often occur in the same locations?
👉 Answer: Because they are found at plate boundaries
17. Which EM wave has the shortest wavelength?
👉 Answer: Gamma rays
18. What type of image is formed by a concave mirror when the object is between the focal
point and the mirror?
👉 Answer: Virtual, upright, magnified image
19. What is the layer of the Earth where convection currents occur?
👉 Answer: Mantle
20. Which EM wave is used in sterilizing medical equipment?
👉 Answer: Ultraviolet rays