Instrument to assess the learning of the students

Part I. Multiple choice. Choose the letter that best correspond to the answer you have chosen.

1.Stimulates growth and controls the functions of other glands.

a. Thymus b. pituitary c. thyroid d. parathyroid

2.Controls the calcium levels in your body and normalizes body growth.

a. Thymus b. pituitary c. thyroid d. parathyroid

3.Regulates body metabolism and cause storage of calcium in bones.

a. Thymus b. pituitary c. thyroid d. parathyroid

4.Enables the body to produce certain antibodies.

a. Thymus b. pancreas c. adrenal d. testis

5.Prepares the body for action and controls the heart rate and breathing in times of emergency.

a. Adrenal b. pancreas c. thymus d. pituitary

For questions 6-8. The following is the base sequence on one strand of a DNA molecule:

A ATGC C AGTGGT

6. If this strand is replicated, which of the following is the complementary strand that is produced?

a. TCGTCCGTCTAG C. TTACGGTCACCA

b. AGCAGGCAGGGT d. UCGUCCUCUAGA

7.If transcribed into an Mrna, what would be the resulting strand?

a. UUACGGUCACCA c. AGCAGGCAGAUC

b. AGCAGGAGATC d. TCGTCCGTCTAG

8.During the translation, the TRna sequence of nucleotides arranged linearly is

 a. TCGTCCGTCTAG C. AGCAGGCAGAUC

b. AAUGCCAGUGGU d. UCGUCCGUCUAG

9.Which of the following 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

10.Which pairs of animals show a correct example of homologous structure?

a. Wings of butterfly and hat

b. Flipper of whale and forelimb of cat

c. Fingers of human and arm of starfish

d. Tongue of frog and proboscis of mosquito

11.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 offspring’s

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

a. Similarity in development

b. Similarity in courting behavior

c. Similarity in structure
 d. Similarity in genomic DNA

13. Which of the following statement explains Lamarck’s Theory of use and disuse?
a. Body structures develop because they used extensively

b. Body structure develop because they are not in use

c. Body structure develop because of competition

d. Body structure develop because of mutation

14. Which of the following statements does not show the process of adaption?

a. dying out of dinosaurs during cretaceous period

b. certain group of birds eating different kinds of food.

c. the finches in Galapagos with different beaks.

d. a child learning to walk on his own.

15. Why do organisms with close biochemical similarities show stronger evolutionary relationships?

a. they have varied and different ancestry.

b. they have similar patterns during their early stages of development.

c. they have common ancestor and have the same kind of proteins.

d. they possess same vestigial structure that made their evolutionary relationship closer.

16. Which of the following statements supports the idea that extinction is necessary?

a. to give way for other organisms to develop.

b. to let other organisms evolve and progress.

c. to know who is the fittest.

d. all of the above.

17. Cocolisap infestation outbreak has been declared in some parts of the Philippine. The cocolisap
feeds on the sap of the coconut tree and injects toxic enzymes resulting in discolored leaves and
deformed plant tissues that retard its growth of coconut tree. This results in a decrease of the survival
rate of coconut trees, which of the following factors limit the population of coconut trees.

a. diseases and parasites

b. emigration

c. predation

d. competition for resources

18. Which of the following causes a decreasing wildlife population in most of the places in our
country?

a. loss of limiting factor

b. loss of natural disturbances

c. loss of habitat

d. loss of carrying capacity

19. A person breeds guinea pigs in a cage. After a few generation the breeder observes that the guinea
pigs are more aggressive towards each other the young are less healthy and more young guinea pigs die
what do you think will happen to the population of the guinea pigs.

a. the population will remain will the same

b. the population will increase

c. the population will decrease

d. the population is not affected

20. Which example has particles that can be drawn closer to occupy smaller volume?

a. fruit juice

b. block of wood

c. air inside the syringe

d. ice cube

21. Which of the following phenomena does not involve the application of gas pressure.

a. burning fuels

b. falling leaves

c. vulcanizing tire

d. rising hot air balloons

22. last summer vacation the Cruz family decided to go to Pagudpod. Ilocos norte to have a beach
party. On their way to Ilocos. All of them were surprised when the tire suddenly exploded what is the
probable explanation for the blown out tire suddenly exploded. What is the probable explanation for
the blown out during a long summer drive?

a. high temperature causes a decrease in volume

b. the amount of the gases inside the tire increased.

c. the mass of the gases inside the tire increases causing a blown up tire.

d. the volumes of gases increases as the temperature increases causing a blown up tire
23. How can you possibly prove that gases have negligible mass?

a. put a balloon in a digital balance before and after you fill it with air

b. feel the weight of the samples on both hands

c. ask two persons to hold a box filled air

d. support your claim of through equation

24. all the gas samples have the same temperature and mass. In which of the following conditions will
the gas sample have the highest density?

a. 10atm b. 8atm c. 6atm d. 4atm

25. How does the temperature affect the average kinetic energy of gas molecules?
a. as the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of gas molecules decreases

b. as the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of gas molecules increases

c. as the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of gas molecules remains the
same

d. as the temperature decreases the average kinetic energy of gas molecules fluctuates

26.what will happen to the gas pressure as the temperature increases if the amount and volume of the
gas are kept constant?
a. the gas pressure remains the same

b. the gas pressure decreases

c. the gas pressure increased

d. there is no significant effect

27. Jane can still pump air in the party balloon even though it is already inflated. What explains this
phenomenon?

a. balloons look better if this size is bigger

b. balloons are made up of plastic

c. the air inside the balloon is hot

d. air molecules can be compressed.

28. What is most likely to happen when an aerosol can is heated?

a. the can will be deformed

b. the can will stay the same

c. the can will eventually explode

 d. the can will tarnish

29. Each container with varying volume has 1.0 mole of oxygen gas at 30.0 Celsius. In which container
will pressure be the lowest?
a. 1 liter b. 2 liter c. 3-liter d. 4 liter

30. Which of the following phenomena best illustrates Charles law?

a. carbon dioxide being dissolved I water

b. expansion of the balloon as it is being submerged in hot water

c. breathing apparatus being used by a patient

d. leavening agent causing the fluffiness of cake products

31. Which of the following samples is highly compressible at high pressure and expandable at high
temperature?

a. oxygen gas b. aluminum sheet c. water d. ice

32. Records show that the incident of tire explosion is high during summer season. Which of the
following gives the best explanation for this observation?

a. there are more travelers during summer vacation

b. high temperature during summer season causes the air inside the tire to expand

c. vehicles tires are not well maintained

d. there is too much air inside the tires

33. Which is most likely to happen when a closed vessel filled with gas is shaken for 2 minutes?

a. the temperature inside the vessel increases

b. the pressure inside the vessel increase

c. the temperature and pressure inside the vessel increase

d. temperature decrease

34. the temperature of nitrogen gas contained in a not rigid vessel is reduced from 100 Celsius to 5.0
Celsius? Which of the following describe the resulting behavior of nitrogen gas molecules?

I. the average kinetic energy suddenly increases, thus the pressure increases

II. the average kinetic energy suddenly decreases, thus the pressure decreases

III. the volume occupied by the gas molecules suddenly increases, thus the container

expands
 IV. the volume occupied by the gas molecules suddenly decreases, thus the container shrinks

a. I & III b. II & IV c. I & IV d. II & II

35. a balloon with a volume of 200 ml at 30 Celsius is submerged in hot water to obtain a temperature
of 50 Celsius. Find out what will happen to the volume of the balloon, provided the pressure remains the
same.

a. the volume of the balloon will become higher than 200 ml

b. the volume of the balloon will become lower than 2000 ml

c. the volume of the balloon will stay the same

d. there is no enough data

36. what do you expect to happen to the volume of a gas of its pressure is doubled and its temperature
is reduced to half?

a. its volume is increased c. its volume remains unchanged

b. its volume is doubled d. its volume is decreased

37. a chemical reaction is a process in which

a. all reactants change state c. the law of conversation of mass applies

b. products change into reactants d. all of these

38. What determines an atom’s ability to undergo chemical reactions?

a. protons c. innermost electrons

b. neutrons d. outermost electrons

39. How is a chemical equation is balanced?

a. changing subscripts c. adding coefficients

b. erasing elements as necessary d. adding elements as necessary

40. What are the products in the equation below? Zn + CuSO4 ---ZnSo4 + Cu

a. Zn and Cu c. ZnSo4 and Cu

b. ZN and CuSo4 d. Zn only

41. Quicklime (cao) is used as a drying agent. When water is added to this slaked lime Ca(OH)2 is
formed. What type of reaction is this?

a. combination c. decomposition

b. single displacement d. double displacement

42. fresh fish and meat that are not stored in a refrigerator show signs of spoilage in less than a day.
What has caused this spoilage?

a. temperature changes c. oxygen in air

b. presence of micro-organisms d. all of the above

43. The rate of reaction increases as the temperature increases. Which of the following statements
provides the best explanation for this?

a. at lower temperature the particles do not collide with each other

b. at higher temperatures the particles have more energy. Faster and collide more often

c. higher temperature has higher activation energy

d. increasing the temperature increases the number of particles, so they collide more often

44. Which of the following statements about collisions is correct?

a. reaction will occur even without collision of molecules

b. all colliding particles have the same amount of energy

c. only fast-moving particles collide with each other

d. reactions can happen if the colliding particles have enough energy

45. in a reaction with hydrochloric acid, why does powdered magnesium reacts faster than the same
mass of magnesium ribbon?

a. the powdered magnesium contains more atoms than the magnesium ribbon

b. the powdered magnesium is hotter than the magnesium ribbon

c. the powdered magnesium has a bigger surface area than the magnesium ribbon

d. the powdered

46.Which is a correct pair of an example of protein and its function?

a. enzymes; speed up reaction in the body and eventually used up in the process

b. collagen; provides strength and flexibility to connective tissues

c. actin and myosin; supplies amino acids to baby mammals

d. hemoglobin; helps regulate blood sugar levels

47. Which of the biomolecules contain other elements aside from carbon, hydrogen and oxygen?
 a. carbohydrates, lipids c. nucleic acids, proteins

b. protein, lipids d. nucleic acids, lipids

48. Lipids are insoluble in water because lipid molecule are_____?

a. carbohydrate c. protein

b. fat d. nucleic acid

49. When digesting a complex carbohydrate, water is added and simple sugar is obtained through which
process?

a. photosynthesis c. hydrolysis

b. condensation d. dehydration

50. disaccharide is formed by combining two monosaccharides. What do you call the process of
combining 2 or more simple sugars?

a. hydrolysis c. condensation

b. peptide bonding d. saccharide bonding

Part II. Problem solving. Solve the following questions.

1. Oxygen gas inside a 1.5 L gas tank has a pressure of 0.95 atm. Provided that the temperature remains
constant, how much pressure is needed to reduce its volume by1/2?

2. A cylinder with a movable piston contains 250cm3 air at 10 Celsius. if the pressure is kept constant, at
what temperature would you expect the volume to be 150cm3?

3. A certain bulb-containing argon has a pressure of 1.20 atm at 18 degrees Celsius. If it will be heated to
85 degrees Celsius at constant volume, what will be the resulting pressure? Is it enough to cause sudden
breakage of the bulb?

4. Helium gas has a volume of 250 ml at 0 degree Celsius at 1.0 atm. What will be the final pressure if
the volume is reduced to 100 ml at 45 degrees Celsius?

5. Suppose we have 24.4 L pure sample containing 1.0 mole of oxygen gas at a pressure of 0.50 atm and
temperature of 10 degree Celsius. If all the oxygen gas were converted into ozone gas, what will be the
volume of the ozone produced, considering that the temperature and pressure remain the same.
Part III. Essay question. Answer the following questions.

1. How will you differentiate the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system in
terms of their function?

2. What might happen to the human body if one part of the nervous system fails to carry out
its function properly?

3. Explain what takes place in the uterus after fertilization?

4. How do the nervous and endocrine system respond to an increase in environmental

temperature to achieve homeostasis?

5. How is information from DNA passed on from one cell to another?

6. How does the structure of a DNA molecule help account for the great variety of life that
exists on earth?

7. Why is it important to know the age of the fossil?

8. Can you say that human, whale, and bat belong to a common ancestral group? Explain why.

9. How is the temperature of gas molecules affected by pressure or vice versa?

10. What kind of foods rich in fats should be taken in moderation? Why?

Journal writing questions

1. When you enrolled in science subject what was your expectation?

2. What was your reaction when your teacher asked you to answer the test?

3. When your teacher use graphic organizers in teaching science, does it motivates to improve
your grade or performance In science?

4. Does graphic organizer help you develop or improve your thinking skills?

5. What are some concerns or problems, if any, with science concepts and definitions?

6. Which topic in science do you find most difficult? If any and why?

7. Would you like to recommend the use of graphic organizer in teaching science? Why? Or why
not?