REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
Region IV-A Calabarzon
City Schools Division of Antipolo
APIA INTEGRATED SCHOOL
4 Quarterly Examination in Science 8
th

Name______________________________________ Gr.&Sec.______________ Date____________ Score _______

MULTIPLE CHOICES
Directions: Write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
_____1. What is the main role of the large intestine?
a. The main role of the large intestine is to churn food around with enzymes.
b. The main role of the large intestine is to break down solid food.
c. The main role of the large intestine is to chew and swallow foods.
d. The main role of the large intestine is to absorb undigested food and water.
_____2. What is the last step in digestive process?
a. Propulsion b. Ingestion c. Defecation d. Absorption
_____3. Which of the following is the function of the stomach?
a. It allows an appropriately sized bolus to be produced
b. It moves the food through the digestive tract.
c. It helps break food into smaller bits and mix food with saliva.
d. It serves to further break it apart and expose more of its surface area to digestive juices.
_____4. What is the correct sequence of stages in cell division?
a. anaphase, prophase, interphase, metaphase, telophase
b. interphase, anaphase, metaphase, prophase, telophase
c. prophase, metaphase, interphase, anaphase, telophase
d. interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
_____5. How many chromosomes does a human have?
a. 23 b. 21 c. 46 d. 45
_____6. What phases of meiosis where the paired chromosomes line up along the equator of the cell?
a. Interphase I b. Metaphase I c. Prophase I d. Anaphase I
_____7. The branch of biology that deals with the transmission and variation of inherited characteristics,
in particular chromosomes and DNA.
a. Genes b. Geneticist c. Genetics d. Genus
_____8. When two parents of heterozygous genes of curly hair are crossed, what percent of their offspring (F1)
would have curly hair?
a. 25% b. 75% c. 50% d. 100%
_____9. Juan is heterozygous brown. If B is for brown hair, and b is for blonde hair, what is Juan’s genotype?
a. BB b. Bb c. bb d. cannot be determined
_____10. It is a trait that is always expressed whenever present.
a. Allele b. Dominant c. Recessive d. Genotype
_____11. It is the part of science that focuses on naming and classifying or grouping organisms.
a. Genetics b. Biodiversity c. Taxonomy d. Ecosystem
_____12. The following are Linnaeus’ most important contribution to taxonomy, EXCEPT.
a. the basic underlying principles of heredity c. hierarchical classification system
b. the system of binomial nomenclature d. both b and c
_____13. What is the last step in digestive process?
a. Propulsion b. Ingestion c. Defecation d. Absorption
_____14. The organisms in the food chain that can make their own food.
a. Producers b. Consumers c. Decomposers d. Herbivores
_____15. How much energy is usually transferred from one trophic level to another?
a. 10% b. 20% c. 50% d. 100%
_____16. What will happen if the grasses are removed from an ecosystem?
a. Herbivores will not be able to survive
b. Less energy will become available for organisms at higher trophic levels.
c. The primary consumers will increase in number.
d. More energy will be stored in the tissues of consumers and other organisms.
_____17. Which of the following is NOT true about energy flow in the ecosystem?
a. Only 10% of the energy is transferred to the next trophic level.
b. The decomposers absorb majority of the energy in the ecosystem.
c. The sun is the ultimate source of energy in the ecosystem.
d. The energy in the ecosystem flows in a one-way direction.
_____18. Which of the following describes carnivores?
a. . Organisms that can make their own food in the ecosystem.
b. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
c. Feeding relationship that exists among organisms.
d. Animals that feeds on flesh.
_____19. Which of the following is TRUE about the rice plant?
a. It receives the lowest energy level. c. It can produce its own food.
b. It breaks down organic matter. d. None of the choices.
_____20. Which of the following describes Food Chain?
a. It is a sequence in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.
b. A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
c. Refers to each step in the transfer of energy and matter in a community
d. A community or group of living organisms that live in and interact with each other in a specific environment.
_____21. Where does complete digestion take place?
a. Small intestine b. Large intestine c. Stomach d. Pancreas
_____22. What does the liver do to to help in the digestion of food?
a. Produces bile c. Makes important enzymes
b. Regulates insulin d. Neutralizes stomach acid
_____23. What is the function of the digestive system?
a. The body’s breathing system c. The body’s system of nerves
b. The body’s food-processing system d. The body’s blood-transporting system
_____24. Which of the following is the INCORRECT association of organs of the human digestive system?
a. Small intestine- absorbs fluid and food c. Colon (large intestine)- absorbs food
b. Pancreas-secretes digestive enzymes d. Stomach-grinds and liquefies food
_____25. Why do we need to break down the food we eat?
a. So that it can fit into our stomach.
b. So that our bodies’ ‘enzymes have something to do.
c. So that liquids can be separated by solids.
d. So that our bodies can use the nutrients from the food we eat.
_____26. Which of the following statements about mitosis is TRUE?
a. The centromere of the chromosomes separates during metaphase.
b. The chromatid number in a daughter cell is the same as the chromatid number in the parent cell.
c. The chromosome number in the daughter cell is the same as the chromosome number in the parent cell
d. The chromosome number in a daughter cell is the same as the chromatid number in the parent cell.
_____27. Which of the following is the importance of mitosis?
a. Growth and repair of tissues c. Formation of sex cells
b. Death of unnecessary cell d. Maintain a healthy number of sex cells
_____28. How many daughter cells are produced in meiosis?
a. 4 b. 3 c. 2 d. 5
_____29. It is the process of producing egg cell.
a. Spermatogenesis b. Oogenesis c. Mitosis d. Reproduction
_____30. Which of the following happens in mitosis?
a. A single cell divides twice to produce four cells.
b. A cell nucleus divides into two new nuclei.
c. Cells contain half the original amount of genetic information.
d. It produces haploid gametes.

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