BANI EAST INTEGRATED SCHOOL

SCIENCE 8 ASSESSMENT 1 - Quarter 4

Name:________________________________________________________ Date: ________________

Grade & Section: _______________________________________________ Score: __________________

I. Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on the blank before the
number. Capital letters only. No Erasures

1. What is the main function of the digestive system?

A. Hold and receive food.
B. Break the food down to be used for energy.
C. Control the chemical activities of the body.
D. Remove excess water from the body.
2. The portions of the small intestines in ascending order would be:
A. Ileum, jejunum, duodenum
B. Duodenum, ileum, jejunum
C. Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
D. Jejunum, ileum, duodenum
3. Which of the following is the correct order of organs by which foodpasses?
A. Stomach – Jejunum – Large intestines – Anus
B. Pharynx – Stomach – Large intestines – Small Intestines
C. Duodenum – Stomach – Large intestines – Anus
D. Rectum – Anus – Large intestines – Small intestines
4. Where does the digestive process begin?
A. stomach B. esophagus C. pharynx D. mouth
5. When reaching the stomach, what do food particles combine with?
A. mucus B. bile C. saliva D. gastric juices
6. Where is bile made?
A. stomach B. liver C. duodenum D. gallbladder
7. What tube moves food from your throat to your stomach and isbehind the trachea?
A. larynx B. epiglottis C. esophagus D. Pharynx
8. Which of the following is NOT a function of the digestive system?
A. ingestion B. digestion C. absorption D. protection
9. The accessory digestive organs include all the following, EXCEPT
A. teeth B. liver C. stomach D. pancreas
10. The muscles of the esophagus squeeze the food downward throughthe process of .
A. Gravity B. rugae C. peristalsis D. chyme
11. Which of the following parts of the cell contains the chromosomes?
A. Cytoplasm B. mitochondrion C. Cell membrane D. Nucleus
12. Chromosomes are made up of .
A. RNA and protein B. DNA and protein C. protein only D. DNA only
13. Why is there a need for DNA to replicate during the synthesis stage of theinterphase?
A. To make sure that the cell undergo cell division
B. To make sure that when cell divides each daughter cell has an exactcopy of the DNA.
C. To make sure that the number of chromosomes would be exactly thesame as in original cells.
D. To make sure that the cell grow rapidly.
14. What events take place when the cell undergo cytokinesis?
A. There is the growth of nucleus.
B. It is a period of replication.
 C. There is division of the cytoplasm
D. There is the reappearance of the nuclear membrane.
15. The following characteristics below describe meiosis EXCEPT
A. There are four daughter cells produced.
B. The number of chromosomes in every daughter cell is haploid.
C. The daughter cells are genetically identical with the original cell.
D. The cell undergo two rounds of cell divisions.
Directions: For Numbers 16-20, Complete the table below.

Given: Parent Cell has 4 chromosomes

Questions Mitosis Meiosis
During Interphase
how many 4 16.)
chromosomes are
there?
How many daughter 4
cells are produced? 17.) 2 18.)

How many
chromosomes arethere 19.) 4 20) 2
in each daughter cell?