FOURTH QUARTER EXAMINATION

GRADE 8 – SCIENCE
S.Y. 2019-2020
Name: __________________________________________________________ Grade & Section: ______________________ Score:____________

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Shade the circle that corresponds to the letter of your answer.

1. Which of the following is NOT a particle of an atom?

A. Electrons B. Protons C. Neutrons D. Orbit
2. Which of the following statements indicate that matters are electrically neutral?
A. They carry positive and negative charges.
B. Matters are always positively charged.
C. Matters are always negatively charged.
D. They carry positive or negative charge.
3. Which of the following statements is FALSE about electrons?
A. They are outside the nucleus.
B. They are negatively charged.
C. Electrons are the lightest particle of matter.
D. Electrons were proposed by Ernest Rutherford.
4. The mass of the atom is determined by the______________.
A. number of neutrons C. sum of neutrons and protons
B. number of electrons D. sum of electrons and neutrons
5. Which of the following statements is true about the atomic number of atoms?
A. It is the number of neutrons of an atom
B. It is not the same for all atoms of a particular element.
C. It is the number of electrons or protons of an atom.
D. It is equal to the number of protons and electrons of an atom.

For Questions no. 6-15, use to the periodic table below.

6. The order of elements in the periodic table is based on number of _________________.
A. protons in the nucleus C. electric charge of the nucleus
B. neutrons in the nucleus D. protons and electrons in the nucleus
7. Based on the table, which of the following elements has physical and chemical properties most similar
to carbon?
A. Argon B. Calcium C. Silicon D. Sodium
8. Which of the following elements does NOT belong to the group?
A. Barium B. Beryllium C. Calcium D. Lithium
9. Which of the following elements is the most reactive?
A. Calcium B. Lithium C. Sodium D. Potassium
10. Which of the following elements will unlikely to react with other elements?
A. Hydrogen B. Helium C. Nitrogen D. Oxygen
11. Groups of the periodic table are named based on the first element found in their families. Which of the
following group is correctly named?
A. Group 13- Carbon Group C. Group 16- Oxygen Group
B. Group 14- Boron Group D. Group 17- Nitrogen Group
12. Lithium and Potassium are both elements in Group 1. Both elements react vigorously with water but
potassium reacts more violently than lithium. Why is this so?
A. Lithium can easily displace potassium in a reaction.
B. Potassium is more reactive than lithium.
C. Potassium is less reactive than lithium.
D. Lithium is the most reactive metal
13. What is the other term for Oxygen Family?
A. Chalcogens B. Noble Gases C. Halogens D. Inert Gases
14. What do you call to the period that contains the lanthanides and actinides?
A. Period 6 B. Period 7 C. Period 5 D. Period 4
15. The horizontal rows of periodic table.
A. Period B. Group C. Gases D. Family
16. Which of the following is the function of the digestive system?
A. The body's breathing system C. The body's food-processing system
B. The body's system of nerves D. The body's blood-transporting system
17. Which of the following organs of the digestive system is incorrectly paired with its function?
A. esophagus--food conduction C. pharynx--voice box
B. large intestine--water reabsorption D. stomach--food storage and grinding
18. Digestion begins in the mouth. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
A. Initial chemical digestion starts in the mouth.
B. Food is chewed and broken down to smaller pieces.
C. Amylase is present in saliva helps breakdown carbohydrates.
D. Tongue secretes protease and lipase help breakdown proteins.
19. What happens when food reaches the stomach?
A. Mechanical digestion starts in the stomach.
B. The food moves quickly into small intestine.
C. Juices mix with the food and stomach muscles squeeze it.
D. The food is completely digested and is absorbed by tiny blood vessels in the walls of the stomach.
20. How does digested food finally reach the bloodstream?
A. It passes into blood through the gullet into the stomach.
 B. It is absorbed into the blood through the walls of the lungs.
C. It is absorbed into the blood through villi found in the small intestine.
D. It passes from the small intestine into the large intestine, then into the blood.
21. The digestive system processes food into usable and unusable materials. The usable materials are sent
to the body's cells as food. What happens to unusable materials?
A. It goes to pancreas to await disposal.
B. It goes to the right ventricle to await disposal.
C. It goes to the large intestine to wait disposal.
D. It goes to the small intestine to await disposal.
22. Digestion takes place in a long tube-like canal called the alimentary canal, or the digestive tract. Food
travels through these organs in which of the following order:
A. Mouth, stomach, gullet, small intestine,large intestine and rectum
B. Mouth, gullet, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
C. Mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine and rectum
D. Mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine,large intestine and rectum

23. We use our mouth when we eat our food. Where do you think digestion begins?
A. stomach B. mouth C. anus D. liver
24. Where are the undigested foods stored temporarily?
A. large intestine B. mouth C. pancreas D. stomach
25. Digestion is finally completed at what part of the body?
A. stomach B. small intestine C. anus D. pancreas
26. The process of breaking up and dissolving food so that it can be used by the body?
A. digestion B. respiration C. circulation D.Absorption
27. The opening where wastes leave out of the body is called __.
A. anus B. pancreas C. gall bladder D.esophagus
28. Which of the following is the correct sequence in the phases of mitosis?
A. Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase, Telophase
B. Metaphase, Prophase, Telephase, Anaphase
C. Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase
D. Telephase, Anaphase, Metaphase, Prophase
29. Which one of the following statements explains the difference of mitosis and meiosis?
A. Mitosis occurs in sex cells while meiosis occurs somatic cells.
B. In mitosis, there is crossing over while meiosis crossing over is absent.
C. Mitosis results in haploid daughter cells while meiosis produces diploid daughter cells.
D. In mitosis, genetics constitution of daughter cells is identical to the parent’s cells while meiosis
genetics constitution of daughter cells differs from the parent’s cells.
30. Meiosis occurs in the production of the following cells, EXCEPT ____________.
A. Egg cells B. Sex cells C. Somatic cells D. Sperm cells
31. In Meiosis if the parent cells has 40 chromosomes, then how many will the daughter cells have?
A. 40 B.10 C. 20 D. 18
32. If the parent cell starts out with 24 Chromosome and undergoes mitosis, then how many will the
daughter cells have?
A. 48 B. 12 C. 5 D. 24
33. Which of the following states the principle of dominance?
A. All alleles are dominant C. Alleles are niether dominant nor recessive
B. All alleles are recessive D. Some alleles are dominant and others recessive
34. In the punnet square shown, curly hair (C) is dominant over straight hair (c). If (cc) cross with (cc).
Which of the following is true about the offspring resulting from the cross?
A. All are expected to have curly hair. C. About half are expected to have curly hair
B. All are expected to have straight hair. D. About half are expected to have straight hair
35. Which is an example of a heterozygous allele?
A. Tt B. tt C. TT D. T
36. What do you call to the test cross technique using one trait only?
 A. Dihybrid Cross C. Polyhybrid Cross
B. Monohybrid Cross D. Self-fertilization Cross
37. Which of the following is the first step in predicting offspring using Punnett square?
A. Put alleles for the other parent on the other side.
B. Write the fractions and %’s for the offspring.
C. Determine the given traits
D. Construct a punnet square
38. The physical appearance of an offspring refers to _______________.
A. Homozygous trait C. Heterozygous trait
B. Genotype D. Phenotype
39. What do you call to the chart which shows/ predicts all possible gene combinations in a cross of
parents?
A. Punnett square C. Monohybrid
B. Dihybrid D. Square Crossing

40. Organisms are named based on their characteristics. This is known as their common name. Which of
the given names below is NOT a common name?
A. Cocos nucifera B. Milkfish C. Seahorse D. Starfish
41. In giving scientific names, the name of the organism is derived from what categories?
A. Class and order C. Genus and species
B. Domain and kingdom D. Phylum and family
42. Which is the scientific name of rice plant?
A. Allium cepa B. Allium sativum C. Oryza sativa D. Zea mays
43. Which of the following is unicellular and heterotrophic?
A. Algae C. Paramecium
B. Amoeba D. Both amoeba and paramecium
44. Which group of algae contains agar and carageenan which has many economic and industrial uses?
A. Brown B. Golden C. Green D. Red
45. The poisonous “red tides” result from blooms of ______.
A. Diatoms B. Dinoflagellates C. Euglenoids D. Red algae

46-50. Solve for the phenotypic and genotypic ratio of a given cross. GG x gg

GENOTYPIC RATIO:
PHENOTYPIC RATIO:

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GRADE 8 – SCIENCE
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5. C 30. A

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