FIRST WRITTEN TEST IN SCIENCE 8

QUARTER 4, SY 2021-2022

Instructions: Read each question carefully and write the correct answer in a
separate sheet of paper, or in the answer sheet provided to you. Do not write
anything on this test questionnaire.

1. Which process breaks down the food mixed with saliva forming a bolus for
swallowing.
A. assimilation
B. digestion
C. ingestion
D. mastication

2. What is the function of large intestines in the digestions process?

A. Large intestines helps finish the process of digestion.
B. Large intesines secretes hormones produced by the food.
C. Large intestine absorbs water, salts and get rid of any waste products
left over.
D. Large intestines produces insulin and mixed with the chyme received
from the small intestines.

3. Saliva is an enzyme that helps us break our food into simpler substances. What
do you think will happen if there is no presence of saliva?
A. Digestion process will not take place.
B. Digestion process will be faster even without saliva.
C. Digestion process will continue after the saliva is present.
D. Digestion process will continue having a hard time chewing and
swallowing food.

4. Digestion takes place in the mouth first. Which of the following best describes
the digestion process in the mouth?
A. Digestion takes food into the mouth or oral cavity in the act of eating.
B. Digestion takes place in the mouth where digestive juices are present.
C. Digestion is masticating down food forming a bolus to swallow
properly.
D. Digestion takes place in the mouth transforming food into chyme sent
directly to the stomach.

5. What would be the result if the food accidentally enters the trachea instead of
the esophagus?
A. The person will suffer from constipation.
B. The food can partially or completely block the airways.
C. Food will have a hard time breaking down into simple form.
D. The food will not be digested well and can cause vomiting and nausea.

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6. Mrs. Palma asked her daughter why was she taking a long time to change
clothes. Her daughter answered she went to the comfort room to dishcharge.
Which process of digestion is she referring to?
A. egestion
B. digestion
C. ingestion
D. absorption

7. Why is food digestion important?

A. In order for the body to easily absorb the nutrients.
B. In order the body to excrete fats easily after digestion.
C. In order for the nutrients to be transported easily to the different
parts of the body.
D. It is necessary for the food to break during digestion to easily release
it during the egestion process.

8. On the digestion process, as chyme enters the small intestine its process slows
down. Why do you think so?
A. Slowing it down allows the food to take a long time inside a humans
body.
B. The process slows down voluntarily allowing the human body to grow
productively.
C. The process slows down in small intestines from taking time to form
digested food into feces.
D. By slowing it down it allows the small intestines to absorb all the
nutrients left before it enters the large intestines.

9. What is the most important role of enzyme during digestion?

A. Enzymes help blood flow easily during digestion.
B. Enzyme significantly help normalize fat absorption.
C. Enzymes help speed up chemical absorption during digestion
D. Enzymes allow the food to absorb more water breaking down into
simpler forms.

10. What do you think will happen when bile is not produced during digestion?
A. Digestion process will no longer occur.
B. Digestion process continues but fats will not be absorbed.
C. Digestion will continue but nutrients will not be absorbed.
D. Digestion process will skip the absorption of nutrients in the stomach.

11. Alyssa ate a slice of bread without chewing. What do you think will happen?
A. The food will mix with your saliva breaking it down easily.
B. The food will take a long time to be absorbed and be digested.
C. The food will pass through the digestive organs easily undergoing
absorption.
D. The food movement inside the digestive tract will be hard but easily
crushed inside the stomach.

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12. As a student, what would you suggest to improve digestion?
A. Eat your food properly by chewing.
B. Eat your food faster to absorb more nutrients needed by your body.
C. Drink more water to fully produce salivary amylase needed when
chewing your food.
D. Drink water when needed to fully breakdown larger particles into a
soft mass called bolus.

13. Which is DNA?

A. Deoxynucleic acid
B. Deoxyrinucleic acid
C. Deoxyrivonucleic acid
D. Deoxyribonucleic acid
14. Which organelle is the site for the cell division?
A. cell wall
B. golgi body
C. mitochondria
D. nucleus

15. How would you compare metaphase to anaphase?

A. Chromosomes aligned on the equatorial plane in metaphase while
chromosomes are condensed in anaphase.
B. Chromosomes aligned on the equatorial plane in metaphase while two
set of chromosomes arrived at the poles in anaphase.
C. Chromosomes aligned on the equatorial plane in metaphase while in
anaphase identical chromosomes move to the opposite poles of the
cell.
D. Two chromosome sets arrive at the poles, spindle fibers dissolve in
metaphase while identical chromosomes move to the opposite poles of
the cell.

16. Chromosomes play a vital role in mitosis and meiosis. Which of the following is
false about meiosis?
A. Meiosis produces 2 daughter cells.
B. A process that takes place only in reproductive cells.
C. Daughter cells resulting from the meiosis are haploid.
D. Meiosis is a cell division where sex cells undergoes two rounds of cell
division.

17. How would you differentiate meiosis from mitosis?

A. Both meiosis and mitosis ends in cytokinesis.
B. In meiosis, prophase stage takes much longer, while shorter in
mitosis.
C. Meiosis do not involve crossing over of chromosomes, while mitosis
involves crossing over of chromosomes.
D. Meiosis consists of single stages while mitosis undergoes double
stages of cell division.

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18. Mitosis and meiosis are processess involving cell reproduction. Which of the
following describes the event resulting to mitosis but not in meiosis.
A. Having two stages of cell division
B. Daughter cells are genetically identical
C. Replication of cellular genetic materials
D. Four daughter cells are produced from each parent cell

19. In school laboratories, why are onion root tips usually used in studying and
viewing cell division?
A. Root tips are easy to grow in large number of cells.
B. Plant root tips are the anchors of the plants on its soil.
C. Root tips absorbs water allowing the plants to absorb more nutrients.
D. Plant root tips are large in numbers allowing some root tips to be
removed but still surive.

20. How will you explain the event if chromosomes failed to separate during
telophase stage?
A. The daughter cells produced may end up with a disfigured DNA.
B. It can still produce daughter cells but with unexpected chromosome
numbers.
C. It may lead to production of daughter cells but having multiple sets of
chromosomes.
D. One gamete may lack chromosomes while other will have normal
number of chromosomes still.

21. What condition is a result of having 47 chromosomes?

A. Trisomy 18
B. Down’s syndrome
C. Turner’s syndrome
D. Alzheimer’s diseases

22. Which statement describes the importance of meiosis in gametogenesis?

A. It is responsible for the development of embryos.
B. It is responsible for providing new growth cells needed for replacement
of worn-out cells.
C. It is responsible for the formation of sex cells that are responsible for
sexual reproduction.
D. It is responsible for the formation of new cells provided for the
developmental growth of the embryos and male sex cells.

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23. How will you describe the condition of a person with Klinefelter syndrome?
A. This condition affects the males and will have sysmptoms of having
small, firm testes, a small penis, sparse pubic, armpit and facial hair,
enlarged breasts (called gynecomastia), tall stature, and abnormal
body proportions (long legs, short trunk).
B. People with this condition will have a wide or weblike neck, low-set
ears, broad chest with widely spaced nipples, high, narrow roof of the
mouth (palate), arms that turn outward at the elbows, fingernails and
toenails that are narrow and turned upward.
C. This condition affects everyone. People with this condition will have a
flattened face, especially the bridge of the nose, almond-shaped eyes
that slant up, a short neck, small ears, a tongue that tends to stick
out of the mouth, tiny white spots on the iris (colored part) of the eye,
small hands and feet, and a single line across the palm of the hand
(palmar crease)
D. People with this condition will have flattened face, short neck, small
ears, almond – shaped eyes that slant up. Tongue that tends to stick
out of the mouth. Tiny, white spots in the iris of the eye and small
hands and feet.

24. In gametogenesis, how would you explain the importance of correct number of
chromosomes?
A. It will lead to a normal development of a balance genetic material.
B. Normal development of gene production but imbalanced condition on
body organs.
C. It will lead to a normal development of an imbalance genetic material
but a normal development body system.
D. It will lead to a risk condition of a living organism in the future but
will lead to a normal development of genetic material.

25. What would you suggest as possible solution to a person with Down syndrome?
A. Down syndrome cannot be cured. Therefore, there is nothing we can
do with it.
B. Down syndrome has no treatment but, early treatment programs can
help improve skills.
C. You may want to consult a genetic counselor because Down sydrome
can be treated with proper consultation.
D. With support and treatment, many people with Down syndrome live
unproductive lives.

Test Developer: Ruth B. Miasco DepEd-Caraga

School: San Francisco National High School Sukdanan
Email Address: ruth.miasco@deped.gov.ph Standardized Assessment