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LONG TEST IN SCIENCE – 8: 4th Quarter

Direction: Choose the letter that corresponds to the best answer from the given choices.
Write the UPPERCASE letter of your answer the space before each number.
_____1. The breakdown of food into smaller soluble parts so that it can absorbed into the bloodstream is called_______.
a. perspiration b. digestion
_____2. Which of the following is not a function of the digestive system? a. Absorption b. Protection
_____3. Where does the digestive process begin? a. Mouth b. Pharynx
_____4. Where does the absorption occur? a. stomach b. small intestine
_____5. Which organ produces bile that helps in the digestion of fats? a. liver b. gall bladder
_____6. Where do the juices go after the pancreas produces pancreatic juices which digests carbohydrates,
fats, and proteins? a. small intestine b. stomach
_____7. Which of the following best describes the chewing of food? a. Peristalsis b. Mechanical digestion
_____8. What is the order of the locations that food passes through in the digestive system?
a. esophagus, mouth, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
b. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
_____9. What part of the digestive system removes solid wastes such as feces from the body? a. anus b. large intestine
_____10. All of the following are common ailments of the digestive system except: a. indigestion b. heart attack
_____11. What are the two types of chromosomes? a. allosomesome and autosome c. Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
_____12. How many chromosomes are present in human body cells? a. 46 b. 23
_____13. All living things contain what we call the genetic material that serves as the set of instructions that direct the
activities and functions of the cells. These genetic materials are also known as the_____. a. RNA b. DNA
_____14. Which of the following is true of meiosis? a. It occurs in body cells b. It occurs in sex cells
_____15. Which of the following represents the human male chromosome? a. XX b. XY
_____16. What type of cell division produces two identical cells with the same number of chromosomes?
a. Mitosis b. Meiosis
_____17. What are the two phases of cell cycle? a. Anaphase and interphase b. Interphase and cell division
_____18. Which of the following is the study of heredity and passing on of traits of a person?
a. Biotechnology b. Genetics
_____19. An Austrian monk who discovered that traits can be passed from parents to offspring.
a. Democritus b. Gregor Mendel
_____20. Which refers to the unit of hereditary information that controls the appearance of a trait?
a. genes b. chromosome
_____21. According to the Principle of Dominance, which trait dominates and prevents the expression of the other trait?
a. dominant b. recessive
_____22. Round tomatoes are dominant over oblong tomatoes. Which of the following represents the genotype of
oblong tomatoes? a. rr b. RR
_____23. Which is not considered as Mendelian Pattern of Inheritance?
a. Principle of Dominance b. Incomplete Dominance
_____24. Which Non-Mendelian pattern of inheritance is applied when a red-flowered plant crossed with white-
flowered plant produces pink-flowered plant? a. Incomplete Dominance b. Codominance
_____25. What way can help you predict the outcome of a given cross? a. Punnett square b. Law of Segregation
______26. What is the branch of science that deals with the study of naming, identifying, and classifying organisms?
a. Biology b. Taxonomy
______27. The first person to have created a classification system for living organisms was__________________.
a. Carolus Linnaeus c. Charles Darwin
______28. It consists of the large number and all different kinds, shapes, colors, and sizes of organisms that inhabit the
Earth. a. ecosystem diversity b. species diversity
______ 29. For any organism to be identified, a ___________ is given. a. ancient name b. scientific name
______ 30. Which of the following is the correct writing of a scientific name for a cat? a. Felis Catus b. Felis catus
______ 31. What is the highest category in Linnaean System of Classification? a. domain b. kingdom
______ 32. In the latest system of classification, into how many kingdoms are living things classified? a. 6 b. 7
______ 33. Which of the following is utilized as biogas, a cheap alternative source of energy? a. butane b. methane
______ 34. What is the archaebacteria that produces the orange or yellow color in salt pond?
a. Methanogens b. Halophiles
______ 35. Which of the following archaebacteria can live in places with high temperature?
a. Methanogens b. Thermophiles
______ 36. It is referred to as true bacteria and are usually called the bacteria group. a. Eubacteria b. Archaebacteria
______ 37. Bacteria are classified according to which characteristic? a. shape b. size
_______38. Propionibacterium acnes are usually seen in the face of the people as _____. a. warts b. pimples
_______39. Which of following is NOT an example of human disease caused by bacteria? a. Anthrax b. Asthma
_______40. Protists that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms belong to the group_______.
a. heterotrophs b. phototrophs
_______41. Common skin infections such as athlete’s foot (“alipunga”) and ringworm are caused by__________.
a. Fungi b. Eubacteria
_______ 42. Prokaryotic organisms have been classified into two domains, Archaea and Bacteria. Which of the following
archaebacteria can survive in places where there is no oxygen? a. Halophiles b. Methanogens
_______43. What group of archaebacteria that are adapted to a very acidic environment? a. Acidophiles b. Methanogens
_______44. This group of archaebacterial can live in places with higher temperature like volcanic vent and hot springs.
a. Acidophiles b. Thermophiles
________45. Which of the following organisms move by means of cilia? a. Paramecium b. Euglena
________46. Which of the following organisms can move forward because of the backward whipping movement
of its flagella? a. Paramecium b. Euglena
________47. Which of the following organisms move by forming pseudopods? a. Amoeba b. Diatom
________48. Plants have ____________ which enable them to make their own food through photosynthesis.
a. Cell membrane b. chlorophyll
________49. These are small plants that do not have conducting tubes for transporting water, food, and minerals.
a. Bryophytes b. Tracheophytes
________50. Which of the following are also known as vascular plants that have a system of vessels within them?
a. Bryophytes b. Tracheophytes