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Department of Education
Schools Division Office of Cotabato
ALEOSAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Aleosan, Cotabato

FOURTH PRELIMINARY EXAMNINATIONS

In SCIENCE 8
May 26, 2023
I. MULTIPLE CHOICES: Read and analyze the questions properly. Select only the letter that corresponds
to your answer. Write it in your answer sheet. NOTE: STRICTLY NO ERASURES

1. Which of the following statements about living cells is false?

A. Most are microscopic.
B. They are found in all animals but not in all plants.
C. They are the smallest basic units that can carry out all the functions that we normally define as life.
D. All of these
2. Chromosomes are found in _____________________ of cells.
A. the nucleus C. both the nucleus and the cytoplasm
B. the cytoplasm D. None of these
3. All living things are composed of one or more cells.
A. True C. False C. Maybe D. cannot be determined
4. The______controls the movement of materials into and out of the cell.
A. cell membrane B. nucleus C. cytoplasm D. mitochondrion
5.What structure in a plant cell enables the cell to capture energy from the Sun?
A. cell wall B. chloroplast C. mitochondrion D. central vacuole
6. Which type of cell can make its own food?
A. animal B. plant C. Virus D. Covid-19
7. In which organelle are molecules packaged in preparation for distribution
throughout the cell?
A. mitochondrion B. vacuole C. cytoskeleton D. Golgi apparatus
8. What is the smallest unit of any organism that is capable of independent function?
A. tissue B. cell C. organ C. muscle
9. This organelle functions in cellular respiration:

A. Lysosome C. endoplasmic reticulum

B. mitochondrion D. Golgi apparatus

9. The organelle functions to package and deliver proteins:

A. Lysosome
B. endoplasmic reticulum
C. mitochondrion
D. Golgi apparatus

10. Cell organelles are located within the ____ of the cell.
A. nucleus B. Cytoplasm C. cell membrane D. lysosomes

11. The endoplasmic reticulum functions to:

A. transport materials C. make ribosomes.
B. destroy old cell parts D. package proteins.
12. Genetic material is contained within the ___ of the cell.
A. Ribosomes B. Cytoplasm C. Nucleus D. Nucleolus
13. This organelle is responsible for destroying worn-out cell parts:
A. Lysosomes B. Mitochondrion C. Golgi apparatus D. ribosomes
14.The _____ controls what enters and leaves the cell.
A. Mitochondrion C. Golgi apparatus
B. Nucleus D. Cell membrane
15. The rough endoplasmic reticulum has ____ located on it.
A. Lysosomes B. Cytosol C. Ribosomes D. proteins
16. In what phase in the interphase where DNA replicates?
A. G1 B.S C. G2 D. M
17 It is the series of events that cells go through as they grow and divide.
A. Cell division C. Interphase
B. Cell cycle D. Cytokinesis
18. How many percent (%) of the cell’s time is spent in Cell division or Mitosis?
A. 100% B. 90% C. 30% D. 10%
19. Which of the following are the two reasons why cells divide?
A. To repair damaged cells.
B. Living things grow by producing more cells.
C. Living things divide because each cell increases in size.
D. Living things grow to increase in size and to produce more cells.
A. A and B B. B and C C. C & D D. A & D
20. Mitosis :somatic cells :: Meiosis : ____
A. Sex cells B. Stem cells C. White blood cells D. Nerve cell
21. The following happens during prophase EXCEPT:
A. spindle fiber formed.
B. chromosomes condensed.
C. chromosomes are captured by spindle.
D. Chromosomes aligned around the equator of the cell.
22. In what stage of mitosis does this illustration show?

A. Prophase
B. Metaphase
C. Anaphase
D. Telophase

23. How does cytokinesis in plant cells differ from animal cells?
A. the formation of cleavage furrow in the animal cell starts at the periphery and then
moves inward, dividing the cell into two parts.
B. In plant cells, cytokinesis is initiated with the formation of a cell plate in the middle of the cell.
C. the formation of cleavage furrow in the animal cell starts at the periphery and then
moves outward, dividing the cell into two parts.
D. Cytokinesis of both plan cells and animal cells are the same.
24. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the stages of Mitosis?
A. Telophase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase
B. Metaphase, Anaphase, Prophase, Telophase
C. Interphase, Prophase, Metaphase, Telophase
D. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
25. Who discovered the cell in 1665?
A. Robert Hooke B. Robert Cook C. David Thomson D. Marie Francois
26-30 Name the phases starting at the top

26. A. _____________________

27. B. _____________________

28. C. _____________________

29. D. _____________________

30. E. _____________________

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