Young Shepherd’s School

San Nicolas II, Bacoor City, Cavite

Grade 8
Science
1st Long Test

Name:______________________________ Grade & Section:__________________

I. Multiple choice. Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Food is moved slowly through the digestive system though muscular contraction.
a. Mechanical
b. Peristalsis
c. surface area
d. feces
2. Where waste is stored before it is eliminated from the body.
a. Rectum
b. Epiglottis
c. Esophagus
d. Pancreas
3. Chewing food with teeth and tongue is an example of a
a. Mechanical Digestion 
b. Chemical Digestion
c. Peristalsis
d. Enzymatic Reaction
4. Where does chemical digestion begin?
a. Mouth
b. Esophagus
c. Stomach
d. small intestine
5. Bile helps to "emulsify" fats. This means that bile
a. digests fats into fatty acids and glycerol
b. breaks large pieces of fat into smaller pieces, but does NOT digest it
c. causes fat to gather into one large ball of fat
d. changes the active site of lipase
6. The duodenum is . . .
a. the section of the small intestine directly connected with the stomach 
b. the section of the small intestine directly connected with the large intestine
c. the tube which leads from the pancreas to the small intestine
d. the tube which leads from the liver to the small intestine
7. Which of the following is NOT true about peristalsis?
 a. Moves food along the digestive system
b. Involves involuntary muscular contractions
c. starts in the mouth and continues through the rectum
d. starts in the esophagus and ends in the large intestine
8. This food group is our body's best source of energy?
a. Meat Group
b. fats, oils and sweets
c. breads and cereals
d. milk and cheese
9. Which of these is NOT considered a nutrient?
a. Vitamins
b. Minerals
c.  Fiber
d. Fats
10. Which of these is added to the food label because people sometimes don't eat ENOUGH
of this?
a. Fat
b. Calcium
c. Sodium
d. Cholesterol
11. Which of these is required on the food label?
a. total carbohydrate
b.  sugars
c.  Iron
d. all of the above
12. The bread, cereal, rice and pasta group is a good source of _______?
a. Carbohydrate
b. vitamin C
c. calcium
d. vitamin D
13. Citrus fruits are an excellent source of _______?
a. Calcium
b. vitamin c
c. vitamin B
d. calories
14. Foods from the meat, poultry, fish dry beans, eggs and nuts group are an important source
of ________?
a. Iron
b.  Fiber
c. beta carotene
d. calcium
15. Which food contains the most fat?
a. graham crackers
b. brownies
c. pudding
d. angel food cake
16. The milk, cheese & yogurt group are important for ________?
a. strong bones
b. teeth
c. muscles
d. all of the above
17. How many servings of vegetables do we need each day?
a. 6-11
b. 2-3
c. 3-5
d. 1-2
18. Solid wastes are called
a. Peristalsis
b. Feces
c. Ulcer
d. Enzymes
19. Food is broken down in the mouth both mechanically by chewing, and chemically, by ____
present in the saliva.
a. surface area
b. amino acids
c. enzymes
d. urine
20. Which organ makes bile, detoxifies blood, and filters out dead red blood cells?
a. Liver
b. gall bladder
c. pancreas
d. large intestines
21. Ionization energy is the energy required to remove from an atom of an element.
a. the electron cloud
b. all electrons
c. one electron
d. an ion
22. Across a period in the periodic table, ionization energy generally
a. decreases.
b. decreases and then increases.
c. increases.
d. remains constant.
23. Across a period in the periodic table, atomic radii generally
a. Decrease
b. decrease, then increase.
c. increase.
d. increase, then decrease.
24. Down a group in the periodic table, atomic radii generally
a. decrease.
b. remain constant
c. increase.
d. vary unpredictably.
25. An element with the lowest electronegativity would be found in of the periodic table.
a. Group 1, Period 7
b. Group 3, Period 4
c. Group 5, Period 3
d. Group 17, Period 2
26. Refers to a periodic table and determine which element has the lowest electron affinity.
a. Cl
b. Se
c. Cs
d. Te
27. As the atomic number of the metals of Group 1 increases, the ionic radius
a. increases.
b. decreases.
c. remains the same.
d. cannot be determined.
28. Which of the following Group 2 elements has the lowest first ionization energy?
a. Be
b. Mg
c. Ca
d. Ba
29. Compared to the nonmetals in Period 2, the metals in Period 2 generally have larger
a. ionization energies
b. electronegativities
c. atomic radii
d. atomic numbers
30. As the atoms in Period 3 of the Periodic Table are considered from left to right, the atoms
generally show
a. an increase in radius and an increase in ionization energy
b. an increase in radius and an increase in ionization energy
c. a decrease in radius and an increase in ionization energy
d. a decrease in radius and a decrease in ionization energy
31. Most metals have the properties of
a. brittleness and high ionization energy
b. brittleness and low ionization energy
c. ductility and low ionization energy
d. ductility and high ionization energy
32. Which trends appear as the elements in Period 3 are considered from left to right?
a. Metallic character decreases, and electronegativity decreases
b. Metallic character decreases, and electronegativity increases
c. Metallic character increases, and electronegativity decreases
d. Metallic character increases, and electronegativity increases
33. Compared to atoms of metals, atoms of nonmetals generally
a. have higher electronegativities
b. have lower first ionization energies
c. conduct electricity more readily
d. lose electrons more readily
34. Compared to an atom of potassium, an atom of calcium has a
a. larger radius and lower reactivity
b. larger radius and higher reactivity
c. smaller radius and lower reactivity
d. smaller radius and higher reactivity
35. Within Period 2 of the Periodic Table, as the atomic number increases, the atomic radius
generally
a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remains the same
36. Mitosis occurs in _____ cells.
a. Somatic
b. Sex
c. Gamete
37. Mitosis creates _____ daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell. 
a. 4 haploid
b. 2 haploid
c. 4 diploid
d. 2 diploid
38. How many chromosomes does each body cell of a human have? 
a. 48
b. 46
c. 23
d. 2
39. DNA is replicated during ______ of the cell cycle.
a. G1 Phase
 b. S Phase
c. G2 Phase
d. G0 Phase
40. In what stage do chromosomes align in the center of the cell?
a. Anaphase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Telophase
41. In what stage are chromosomes separated and moved to opposite poles?
a. Anaphase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Telophase
42. Which of the following is the division of the cytoplasm?
a. Mitosis
b. Meiosis
c. Cytokinesis
d. Interphase
43. Which of the following do chromosomes become visible, centrioles move to opposite ends,
nuclear membrane breaks down, and spindle fibers appear?
a. Anaphase
b. Metaphase
c. Anaphase
d. Telophase
44. Which of the following is the phase where cells do most of their growing, increase in size
and make new proteins and organelles?
a. G1 Phase
b. G2 Phase
c. S Phase
d. Interphase
45. function of mitosis
a. Genetic diversity though sexual reproduction
b. Cell reproduction and general growth and repair