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DUMALNEG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

PERIODICAL TEST
QUARTER 3

SCIENCE 10

Prepared by:
CRISANTE L. MARUQUIN
Subject Teacher
General Instruction: Read and understand the instructions and questions before
answering the test. Avoid erasures. Good Luck!
Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer, shade the circle that corresponds to your
answer in the answer sheet provided.

1. Which of the following glands produce hormones that controls the calcium
levels the body?
a. adrenal c. pituitary
b. parathyroid d. thymus
2. human body consists of different glands that helps in growth and development of
the body. What gland is being stimulated during exercise?
a. adrenal c. pituitary
b. parathyroid d. thyroid
3. What gland is involved if a person’s blood sugar level becomes unstable?
a. adrenal c. parathyroid
b. pancreas d. ovary

4. This gland is found on top of the kidney. Which of the following produce hormones
that controls the heart rate and breathing in times of emergency?

a. adrenal c. pituitary
b. pancreas d. thyroid

5. What do you call a rare condition that causes abnormal growth in children due to
the decrease in the production and secretion of growth hormones?
a. diabetes c. gigantism
b. dwarfism d. goiter

6. What will happen if one part of the nervous system fails to function properly?

a. The body cannot perform well

b. The body can produce more neurons.
c. The muscles can be used to move freely
d. The body will carry out its normal activities

7. What do we call the involuntary and nearly instantsneous movement in response to

a stimulus?
a. brain c. reflexes
b. neuron d. stimuli
8. Nervous system is divided into two divisions. What are the major divisions of the
nervous system?
a. central and cranial nervous system
b. central and pheripheral nervous system
c. peripheral and somatic nervous system
d. somatic and autonomic nervous systems
9. Which of the following is TRUE about central nervous system?
a. The central nervous system is comprised solely of the brain.
b. The central nervous system consists of cranial and spinal nerves.
c. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord.
d. The central nervous system is part of peripheral nervous system.

10. Brain functions as organizer and distributor of information in the body. What are its
main parts?
a. brain stem, neurons, and cerebrum
b. brain stem, neurons, and spinal cord
c. cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem
d. cerebrum, cerebellum, and spinal cord

11. What is the molecule that serves as the “blueprint” of life?

a. deoxyribonucleic acid c. ribonucleic acid
b. messenger RNA d. transfer RNA
12. According to the rule on complementary pairing of nucleotide bases, adenine (A)
will only make a bond with what nitrogenous base in DNA?

a. cytosine c. thymine
b. guanine d. uracil

13. Both DNA and RNA is composed of nitrogenous bases, which of the following is the
correct bases of DNA?
a. adenine, cytosine, uracil only c. adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine
b. adenine, cytosine, thymine only d. adenine, cytosine, guanine, uracil
14. What do you call the basic physical and functional unit of heredity?
a. Centromere c. genome
b. gene d. kinetochore

15. Which of the following is a similarity between DNA and messenger RNA molecules?
 a. they both contain Uracil
b. they both contain double-stranded polymers
c. they both contain phosphates
d. they both contain the same sugar
16. Which of the following is NOT a stop codon?
a. UAA c. UGA
b. UAG d. GGA
17. The codes for the production of proteins need to leave the nucleus of the cell. This
can be accomplished by using an specific acid to take messages out of the nucleus.
What is it?
a. DNA c. Amino Acids
b. RNA d. lipids
18. Which of the following statements DOES NOT describe evolution?
a. Evolution is continuous.
b. Evolution refers to change.
c. The world is stable and unchanging.
d. If there is mutation, there is evolution.

19. Which pairs of animals show a correct example of homologous structures?

a. Wings of butterfly and bats
b. Flipper of whale and forelimb of cat
c. Fingers of human ad arm of starfish
d. Tounge of frog and proboscis of mosquito

20. Fossils are mostly found in rocks, what type of rock are these?
a. sedimentary c. igneous
b. methamorphic d. granite

21. Which of the following statements best explains the Theory of Natural Selection?

a. Organs that are not used may disappear while organs that are constantly used
may develop.
b. In nature, the organisms with desirable characteristics may survive while those
with weaker traits may not.
c. Organisms develop desirable structures to survive in a given environment.

d. Acquired characteristics of parents can be passed on to offsprings

22. Which is a more definite characteristics to show relatedness of two organisms?

a. Similarity in development c. Similarity in structure

b. Similarity in courting behavior d. Similarity in genomic DNA

23. Which of the following mechanisms will cause the gene pool of two populations to
change?
a. Mutation c. Genetic Drfit
b. Gene Flow d. Natural Selection

24. Who is the first evolutionist to believe that organisms change?

a. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck c. Charles Darwin
b. Richard Dawkins d. Steve Jones
25. Who suggested the Theory of Natural Selection after his voyage to the
Galapagos Island aboard the HMS Beagle?
a. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck c. Charles Darwin
b. Richard Dawkins d. Steve Jones

26. This gland refers to the body's master gland because it controls the ativity of most
other hormone-secreting glands. What galnd is this?
a. adrenal c. pituiry
b. parathyroid d. thyroid

27. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the function of the endocrine system?

a. controls sexual reproduction

b. collect sensory input from the body
c. maintain homeostasis
d. regulate growths

28. When an eggcell is fertilized furing mating, what will happen to the menstrual cycle
of the female?
a. mestrual cycle continue as it is
b. menstrual cycle will totally stop
c. menstrual cycle will stop for a month then continues
d. mestrual ccycle wil stop for nine months then continue after pregnancy.

29. Which of the following best describes menstruation?

a. during menstruation the entire endometiriu is shed
b. absence of menstruation always indicates an active pregnancy
 c. during menstruation only the functional layer of endometirum is hed with the
basal layer remaining intact
d. in normal 28 day menstrual cycle you wold expect menstruation to last
approximately 3 - 5 days

30. Which of the following is NOT a secondary sex characteristic of females?

a. Widening of pelvis
b. Development of breasts
c. Monthly ovulation and menstruation
d. Development and enlargement of testes and penis

31. Which of the following demonstrates positive feedback during the menstrual cycle?

a. High levels of LH inhibit estrogen

b. High levels of estrogen eventually inhibit FSH
c. High levels of progesterone inhibit FSH and LH
d. High levels of estrogen produce more FSH receptors on follicle cells which
allows them to produce more estrogen
32. In the menstrual cycle, which hormone causes the wall of the follicle to develop
after ovulation to secrete progesterone?
a. LH c. Estrogen
b. FSH d. Progesterone

33. Which of the following is NOT a secondary sex characteristic of males?

a. Widening of the pelvis
b. Increased facial and pubic hair
c. Increased skeletal muscle development
d. Enlargement of the larynx and deepening of the voice

34. .The following are concepts on nervous system, which of them is correctly paired?

a. brain: cerebrum and nerves c. nerves: axon and dendrites

b. CNS: brain and spinal cord d. PNS: cerebrum and spinal nerves

35. Which of the following is NOT a part of the Nervous System?

a. brain c. nerves
b. lungs d. spinal cord

36. What do you call the body’s system which is composed of network of nerve cells
and nerve fibers that transmit nerve impulses between parts of the body?

a. circulatory system c. nervous system

 b. endocrine system d. reproductive system
37. What are the types of RNA?
a. messenger RNA and ribosomal RNA only
b. messenger RNA and transfer RNA only
c. messenger RNA, ribosomal RNA, and transfer RNA
d. ribosomal RNA and transfer RNA only

38. The following is the base sequence on one strand of a DNA molecule: A A T G C C A
G T G G T, if this strand is replicated, which of the following is the complementary
strand that is produced?
a. T C G T C C G T C T A G c. T T A C G G T C A C C A
b. A G C A G G C A G G G T d. U C G U C C U C U A G A

39. The following is the base sequence on one strand of a DNA molecule: A A T G C C A
G T G G T, If transcribed into an mRNA, what would be the resulting strand?

a. U U A C G G U C A C C A c. A G C A G G C A G A U C
b. A G C A G G A G A T C d. T C G T C C G T C T A G

40. All of these are true about fossils EXCEPT?

a. They indicate that life has a history
b. They are pieces of evidence of life in the past.
c. The older the fossils, the less they resemble modern-day species
d. They look precisely like modern-day species, regardless of their age.

41. Which is accurate about the description of homologous structures?

a. Structures are similar in origin c. Structure that functions and later on
b. Structure in different organisms d. . All of the above
42. Which of the following statements does NOT describe Darwin's theory of natural
selection?
a. Members of a population will compete.
b. B. Populations tend to reproduce in small numbers.
c. Members of a population have heritable variations.
d. Some members of a population have adaptive traits.

43. Which of the following describes indirect pieces of evidence for evolution?
a. It is observed or seen
b. It involves actual observations
c. It is something that does not involve actual observation of evolution but for
which we can infer that change has taken place
 d. None of the above

44. What does it mean by direct evidence for evolution?

a. It consists of observations of actual evolution
b. It does not involve direct observation of the evolution
c. It is something that is not observed or seen
d. None of the above

45. Which of the following statements BEST describes adaptation?

a. It is a characteristic that improves the organism’s ability to survive
b. It is a characteristic that prevents an organism’s ability to survive.
c. It is a place where an organism lives.
d. It is a stage in an animal’s life cycle.

46. Which of the following statements BEST describes biodiversity?

a. It includes variety of living things and other species in a given area
b. It pertains to the number of plants throughout the world.
c. It refers to the number of different animals in the world.
d. It simply means the study of life
47. Which of the following shows a correct pairing of a dysfunction and the involved
endocrine gland?
a. diabetes: ovaries c. goiter: thyroid
b. dwarfism: adrenal d. osteoporosies: pancreas

48. Why the tickening of the ovarian walls occur during the menstrual cycle?
a. for the egg to attach on the walls of the uterus even without fertilization
b. to prevent the sperm cells to swim to the fallopian tubes.
c. for the egg to attach on the walls of the uterus when fertilization occurs
d. for the egg to hide during the cycle

49. At which point in the menstrual cycle is a woman most fertile?

a. 5 - 7 days before menstruation occur
b. 5 - 7 days after the first day of menstruation
c. 14 consecutive days after the 7-day of the menstraution
d. all of the above

50. Which of the following sequences of DNA bases is complementary to the sequence:
ATC-GTG-CCC
a. TAG-CAC-GGG c. AUG-CAC-GGG
b. TAG-TAT-GGG d. AUG-TAT-GGG
Prepared by: Checked and Verified: Approved by:

CRISANTE L. MARUQUIN MERINA G. RAMOS VANESSA B. AGUINALDO

Subject Teacher Head Teacher III School Principal I