G01-2023-SIMSO-Science-National Round

1. Animals move from one place to another by different types of locomotion.
Which of the following animals

primarily move by jumping?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
2. Many animals have varying degrees of socialites, from solitary to highly-structured colonies. Which of the
following animals are solitary?
a. Bees
b. Bats
c. Horses
d. Lion
e. Tiger
3. The root of the plants contain numerous extensions. Why is that so?
a. To hold the plant firmly to the soil

b. To occupy as much as space within the soil
c. To escape the sunlight under the soil.
d. To absorb water efficiently from the soil
e. To prevent animals from burrowing around the plant
4. Which of the following factors does a seed need to germinate?
a. Soil
b. Light
c. Water
d. Fertilizer
e. All of the above
5. The following statements describe the function of the skin, except which one?
a. The skin provides support for the body.
b. The skin helps regulate body temperature.
c. The skin acts as a physical barrier.
d. The skin absorbs harmful sunlight radiation.
e. The skin regulates body moisture.
6. Some foods are byproducts of fermentation caused by tiny living things called microorganisms. All of the
following are foods fermented by bacteria, except which one?
a. Pickles
b. Yogurt
c. Cheese
d. Soy sauce
e. Fish sauce
7. Which phase of matter has the highest density?

a. Solid
b. Liquid
c. Gas
d. Plasma
e. All of them have the same density
8. Drying one’s clothes under the sun instead of using an electric drier is more environmentally friendly.
Drying can be considered as what process?
a. A chemical change called boiling

b. A physical change called combustion
c. A chemical change called evaporation
d. A physical change called evaporation
e. A physical change called combustion
9. One way to lessen waste is by composting biodegradable materials. Which of the following can NOT enter
compost?
a. banana peelings
b. soft drink cans
c. paper
d. dried leaves
e. none of the above
10. Which of the following properties are different for 1 kg of iron and 1 ton of iron?
a. Texture
b. Density
c. Volume
d. Melting Point
e. None of the above
11. Which trash bin should you throw the following?
a. Biodegradable Waste
b. Plastic Recycling Bin
c. Metallic Trash
d. Glass Bin
e. Non-Biodegradable Waste
12. Following are some things you should do to make Som Tum (papaya salad). Which is the step in which
chemical changes occur?
a. Grounding garlic and chili to release flavor

b. Dissolving the sugar into the paste
c. Shred the papaya
d. Draining water from papaya
e. Toasting the peanuts
13. What makes a feather fall?
a. The energy of gravity

b. The force of gravity
c. The power of love
d. The blowing wind
e. The force of the wind
14. Which of the following will break when it falls?
a.
b.
c.
d.

15. A rubber band can expand and then return to its original shape. This illustrates which property?
a. Hardness
b. Brittleness
c. Elasticity
d. Thermal conductivity
e. Electrical conductivity
16. Windmills are renewable sources of energy. They can generate electricity from which kind of energy?
a. Light Energy
b. Chemical Energy
c. Sound Energy
d. Heat
e. Mechanical Energy
17. Some exercise machines are equipped with the part shown (in white circle). This allows to move weights in
proper direction to target certain muscles. What kind of simple machine is this?
a. Pulley
b. Screw
c. Wedge
d. Inclined Plane
e. Wheel
18. Energy can be converted to all of the following EXCEPT ____.

a. Light
b. Sound
c. Pressure
d. Heat
19. Dark rain clouds can give out lightning and ____.
a. Thunder
b. Snow
c. Sunlight
d. Wind
e. Rain
20. Which of the following is a natural resource?
a. Sunflower
b. Broom
c. Pan
d. Television
e. Cellular phone
21. A boat lifting its sail and pushing itself through the water uses ____ energy.
a. Solar
b. Wind
c. Electric
d. Water
e. atomic
22. Which type of landform is surrounded by water on all sides?

a. Peninsula
b. Valley
c. Island
d. Plateau
e. Hill
23. What do you call the red-hot layer below the Earth’s outer crust?
a. Mantle
b. Core
c. Crust
d. Magma
e. Lava
24. Of the following cloud types, which is most likely to produce the most rain?
a. nimbostratus
b. altocumulus
c. stratus
d. cumulus
e. cirrus
25. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?

a. Saturn
b. Mercury
c. Mars
d. Jupiter
e. Saturn
26. The four largest of the solar system in the descending order are
a. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
b. Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter
c. Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn
d. Neptune, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
e. Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
27. The outermost layer of Sun is called

a. Corona
b. Chromospheres
c. Lithosphere
d. Photosphere
e. Convection zone
28. The Earth is rotating on its axis from ____ .
a. North to South
b. South to North
c. West to East
d. East to West
e. No definite direction
29. What do you call the force that keeps the planets in orbit?
a. Friction
b. Magnet
c. Gravity
d. Pressure
e. Pole
30. Venus is considered as Earth’s-twin because:

a. It is a brightest planet in the night sky.
b. It is the hottest planet in the Solar System.
c. It has one moon.
d. Its size and shape are similar to that of the Earth.
e. All of the above

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1. Animals move from one place to another by different types of locomotion.

Which of the following animals

a. To hold the plant firmly to the soil

7. Which phase of matter has the highest density?

a. A chemical change called boiling

11. Which trash bin should you throw the following?

a. Grounding garlic and chili to release flavor

a. The energy of gravity

e. None of the above

18. Energy can be converted to all of the following EXCEPT ____.

22. Which type of landform is surrounded by water on all sides?

25. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?

27. The outermost layer of Sun is called

30. Venus is considered as Earth’s-twin because:

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