1. Where do producers obtain their energy? C.

Tissues

A. From other producers D. Population

B. From the consumers

C. From the decomposers 6.Which region of a vertebrate forebrain is considered with

the neutral-endocrine control of visceral activities?
D. From the sun
A. Cerebellum

B. Thalamus
2. Why do you experience not seeing things clearly for some
seconds when you enter suddenly a well-lighted room after C. Hypothalamus
coming from a dark room, you?
D. Pituitary
A. The pupils are not adapted to the dark

B. The eyes are adapted to the light only

7.Which of the following is the building block carbohydrate?
C. The pupils are not dilated yet
A. Amino acid
D. Light had caused temporary blindness
B. Nucleotide

C. Fatty acid
3. What term is used to describe the ability to maintain a
constant internal environment? D. Monosaccharide

A. Metabolism

B. Growth and development 8.Why it is necessary men have more red blood cells per
cubic millimeter of blood than women?
C. Homeostasis
A. Man does strenuous activities and need more energy
D. Thermoregulation
B. They have bigger physique and need more blood

C. Man waste more blood cells and need extra

4.What is the most common cause of cardiovascular disease?
D. They are more prone to anemia disorders
A. Fatty deposits in the arteries

B. Inadequate supply of red blood cells

9.Which of the following is the building block of protein?
C. Lack of sodium in the diet
A. Amino acid
D. Increased heartbeat
B. Nucleotide

C. Fatty acid
5.Which is the smallest unit of life that can survive and
reproduce on its own? D. Monosaccharide

A. Cell

B. Organ 10.Where does protein synthesis take place?

A. Ribosomes

B. Lysosomes 15.What is the branch crobial organisms is used in the

creation of genetically modified organisms?
C. Endoplasmic reticulum
A. Pseudomonas vulgaris
D. Golgi bodies
B. Bacillus thuringensis

C. Agro bacterium tumafaciens

11.Why are our lips “redder” than our palm?
D. Escherichia coli
A. There is increased blood flow in the lips

B. Lips are heavily keratinized

16.What is the branch of zoology that is devoted to the study
C. Lip epidermis is thinner of fish?

D. Many blood vessels are located around the lips A. Helmintology

B. Ichthyology

12.Which of the following cannot be found in prokaryotes? C. Chondrichthyes

A. Cytoplasm D. Ornithology

B. Plasma membrane

C. Membrane-bound nucleus 17.The process involved in the production of mRNA using

DNA as template is termed _______?
D. DNA
A. Transcription

B. Replication
13.What do we call mutation that is brought about by the
earth natural radioactivity? C. Gene manipulation

A. Continuous D. Reverse transcription

B. Induced

C. Lysosomes 18.What is the most abundant inorganic compound in the

protoplasm?
D. Chloroplast
A. Fluid

B. Blood
14.Which of the following organelles produces turbo pressure
against cell wall and mainly acts as water reservoir C. Plasma

A. Plastids D. Water

B. Vacuole

C. Lysosomes 19.Which is the riches type of tropical rain forest in the

Philippines?
D. Chloroplast
A. Molave forest
B. Dipterocarp forest 24.Which of the following is the correct sequence of the level
of organization from lowest to highest?
C. Mangrove forest
A. Cells-system-organs-tissues
D. Pine forest
B. System-organs-tissues-cells

C. Cells-tissues-organs-system
20.What muscle is described as involuntary, not striated, and
have a single nucleus? D. Tissues-systems-cells-organs

A. Smooth

B. Skeletal 25.At metaphase of the meiotic division, the chromosomes

are attached to the spindle fibers as ________.
C. Cardiac
A. Double chromatids
D. Connective
B. Non-homologous pairs

C. Single chromatid strands

21.We feel warmer just before it rains because __________.
D. A tetrad of four chromatids
A. Heat is released by the evaporation of water

B. The clouds prevent heat from escaping the earth

26.Which of the following is an example of behavioral
C. There is an increased relative humidity adaption?

D. Heat is released by the condensation of water vapor A. Thick green stems of the cactus plant

B. Thick fur of the bear

22.Which of the following is not considered as a reproductive C. Shedding leaves during summer
cell?
D. Presence of cuticle on the upper surface of the leaves
A. Gamete

B. Somatic cell
27.The bipolar nature of the cell membrane is due to
C. Egg cell _______.

D. Sperm cell A. Presence of carries

B. Presence of

23.The cell wall of plant is made of _______. C. Phospholipids bilayer

A. Lipids D. Integral proteins

B. Cellulose

C. Protein 28.Which of the following is made up of diploid number of

cells?
D. Cell membrane
A. Zygote
B. Sperm cell

C. Egg cell 33.Aside from ADP, what else is the end production of the
dark-reaction phase of ohotosynthesis?
D. Both B and C
A. Carbon dioxide

B. Surag
29.Which plant has underground stem modified for
reproduction? C. Carbon

A. Ginger D. Starch

B. Camote

C. Tubers 34.What is that flap-like structure that prevents the food

from going the wrong way during swallowing?
D. Strawberry
A. Epiglottis

B. Larynx
30.Which of the following structures serve as a passageway
of food and air? C. Esophagus

A. Epiglottis D. Pharynx

B. Trachea

C. Pharynx 35.Which pigment is dominant in red algae?

D. Larynx A. Phycocyanin

B. Fucoxanthin

31.Which kind of relationship is exhibited by algae and fungi C. Chlorophyll

in lichen?
D. Pharynx
A. Commensalism

B. Parasitism
36.What is the membrane that surrounds the lungs?
C. Symbiosis
A. Pleura
D. Competition
B. Meninges

C. Peritoneum
32.What do you call the finger-like folds on the inner linings
of the small intestine? D. Pericardium

A. Villi

B. Appendix 37.What is that 3-carbon sugar formed during the dark

reaction phase of the photosynthesis?
C. Rugae
A. ADP
D. Cecum
B. NADPH
C. ATP A. Cerebellum

D. PGAL B. Medulla oblongata

C. Cerebrum

38.What is the product of carbohydrate digestion? D. Thalamus

A. Fatty acid

B. Glucose 43.Which stage of incomplete metamorphism is undergone

by grasshopper?
C. Amino acid
A. Nymph, pupa, adult
D. Nucleic acid
B. Egg, larva, pupa, adult

C. Egg, nymph, adult

39.What process is responsible for the upward movement of
the water in very tall trees? D. Egg, pupa, adult

A. Osmosis

B. Capillary action 44.Which of the following is NOT part of the thoracic

cage?
C. Turgor pressure
A. Clavicle
D. Transpiration
B. Ribs

C. Costal cartilages
40.What is the enzyme in the mouth that breaks starch to
maltose? D. Sternum

A. Peptidase

B. Ptyalin 45.Where does the toxin substance secreted by bees and ants
through their sting originate?
C. Pepsin
A. Silk glands
D. Maltase
B. Intestines

C. Rectal glands
41.What do you call the types of symmetry where the body
parts are paired on either side of the body? D. Salivary glands

A. Dorsal

B. Bilateral 46.What is the longest bone in the body?

C. Radial A. Humerus

D. Ventral B. Ferum

42.Which is considered as the respiratory center of the C. Tibia-fibula

brain?
D. Clavicle 51. Which hormone is insufficient in
cretinism?

47.Which cause our bones to turn brittle and easily A. Glucagon

break?
B. Adrenalin
A. Turning into muscle tissues
C. Insulin
B. Increase in flexibility
D. Thyroxine
C. Turbidity decrease

D. Removal of collagen
52.Which of the following is both endocrine and an exocrine
gland?

48.How many bones does an adult human body A. Gastric glands

has?
B. Thyroid glands
A. 201
C. Pituitary glands
B. 200
D. Pancreas
C. 217

D. 206
53.What organ is controlled by the automatic nervous
system?

49.What do you call automatic responses to an external A. Skeletal

stimulus?
B. Muscles
A. Reflex
C. Heart
B. Instinct
D. Both A and B
C. Impulse

D. All of these
54.What do you call food in a semi-liquid form, partially
digested and mixed with hydrochloric
acid?
50.What structure provides flexible support and protection to
the spinal A. Gastric secretion
cord?
B. Gastric fluid
A. Skull
C. Mucosa
B. Ribs
D. Chime
C. Vertebral column

D. Sternum
55.Which is considered the master gland due to its influence
on the activity of all the other
glands?
A. Thyroid B. Amoeba

B. Adrenal C. Sperm

C. Pituitary D. Virus

D. Parathyroid

60.Which property of water is probably MOST important for

the functioning of organisms at the molecular
56.Which part of the brain is responsible for intelligence, level?
memory and learned
behavior? A. Cohesion and high surface tension

A. Cerebellum B. High specific heat

B. Cerebrum C. High heat of vaporization

C. Medulla D. Versatility as a solvent

D. Thalamus

61.Which of the following statements is true of

diffusion?
57. Which of these materials is not a major component of the
plasma A. It requires an expenditure of energy by the cell
membrane?
B. It is a passive process

A. Phospholipids C. It occurs when molecules move from a region

of lower concentration to one of higher concentration
B. Glycoprotein
D. It requires a membrane
C. Proteins

D. DNA
62.Which of the following is FALSE in comparing prophase I of
meiosis and prophase of
mitosis?
58.Which form of RNA delivers information from DNA to be
used in making A. The chromosomes condense in both
protein?
B. Tetrads form in both
A. Messenger RNA
C. The nuclear envelope disassembles in both
B. Ribosomal RNA
D. A spindle forms in both
C. Transfer RNA

D. All of the above

63.Which are small, irregularly-shaped cells without nuclei
but are rich in
ATP?
59.Which of the following is not a type of
cell? A. Leukocytes

A. Bacterium B. Thrombocytes
C. Lymphocytes C. Grassland

D. Erythrocytes D. Savanna

64.What branch of Biology is involved when one is studying 68. What do you call that process in birds wherein they shed
the characteristic structure and functions of all kinds of off features at least once a
cells? year?

A. Cytology A. Skinning

B. Morphology B. Molting

C. Physiology C. Furrowing

D. Histology D. Migrating

65.Which part of seed appears as a scar which marks the 69.What chemical controls metamorphosis among
entry of the pollen tube during insects?
fertilization?
A. Enzymes

A. Seed leaf B. Estradol

B. Cotyledon C. Pheromones

C. Testa D. Ethylene

D. Hilum

70.Which of the following makes up the plant cell

wall?
66.Which type of tissue is responsible for the secondary
growth in stems and roots of vascular A. Nucleic acid
plants?
B. Cellulose
A. Meristematic cells
C. Protein
B. Cambium
D. Lipids
C. Palisade layer

D. Epidermis
71.Which of the following is not true of
fungi?

67.Which biome grows tropical grassland with scattered A. Some are pathogenic
individual trees and larger
herbivores? B. Some are photosynthetic

C. Some are edible

A. Tundra
D. Form symbiotic relation with algae
B. Rain forest
72.Which of the following is not true of B. The diastolic pressure is 70
plants?
C. The pulse rate is 110 beats per minute
A. Some are pathogenic
D. Both B and C
B. Some are photosynthetic

C. Some are edible

77.Which of the following happens when man
D. Form symbiotic relation with algae exhale?

A. The residual volume of the lungs decreases

73.Which of the following is considered multi- B. The diaphragm contracts

cellular?
C. The volume of the thoracic cavity decreases
A. Embryo
D. The lung contracts
B. Fertilized egg

C. Egg cell
78.Which of the following regulate
D. Sperm cell breathing?

A. RBC concentration

74.What hormone promotes the growth of the uterine lining B. Number of haemoglobin
for the implantation of the
embryo? C. Hormone level in blood

A. Lactogenic hormone D. CO2 and O2 concentration and pH level sensors

B. Progesterone

C. Testosterone 79.Which of the following has the lowest velocity of blood

flow
D. Oxytocen
A. Veins

B. Arteries
75.Which of the following pair of organisms are closely
related? C. Capillaries

A. Spider and mosquito D. Arterioles

B. Frog and crocodile

C. Man and monkey 80. How many carbon atoms can each pyruvic acid supply
into the Kirb’s
D. Ants and aphids cycle?

A. 8

76.What does it mean if the blood pressure of human is B. 6

110/70?
C. 4
A. The systolic pressure is 70
D. 2 III. Dorsal hallow nerve cord that develops into the
central nervous system

A. II and III
81.How many oxygen is required each time to a molecule of
glucose is completely oxidized through aerobic B. I and II
respiration?
C. I and III

A. 3 D. I, II and III

B. 6

C. 12 85.Which of the following cannot be associated with

fungi?
D. 24
A. Absorptive nutrition

B. Decomposers
82.Which of the following will not be accepted by glycolysis
for C. Autotrophs
catabolism?
D. Spore production

A. Starch

B. Glycerol 86.Which of the following does not involve

mitosis?
C. Fatty acid
A. Development of embryo
D. Sucrose
B. Growth

C. Production of gametes
83.Which of the following characteristic is common between
echinoderms and D. Repairing of damaged tissues
cnidarians?

A. They are both radically symmetrical 87.Which of the followings is true of

mammals?
B. They have segmented bodies
I. They have four chambered heart
C. Both have stinging cells
II. They produce milk for the young
D. They have three embryonic tissue layers
III. They are warm blooded

A. I and II
84.Which of the following is true of Phylum
Chordata? B. II and III

I.Presence of notochord that provides skeletal support C. I and III

II. Pharyngeal slits that have become modified for gas D. I, II and III
exchange
88.What term describes an egg develop into a new organism A. Erythrocytes
without itself being fertilized be a
sperm? B. Leukocytes

A. Regeneration C. Thrombocytes

B. Conjugation D. Neutrophils

C. Parthenogenesis

D. Fusion 93.Where does ectopic pregnancy

occur?
89.Which of the following is responsible for formation of
blood A. Uterus
cell?
B. Ovary
A. Cartilage
C. Cervix
B. Bone narrow
D. Fallopian tube
C. Joints

D. Tendons
94.Why is cell membrane semi permeability
important?

90.What is most likely happen when a species cannot adapt

to the changes in the A. It is important in determining the size of the cell
environment?
B. It controls the kind of substances that enters and leaves
the cell
A. It will be transform to another form
C. It controls the pressure and energy gradient
B. It will become extinct
D. It allows the molecules to diffuse freely in and out of the
C. It will be isolated cell

D. It will grow old

95.What theory of evolution accounts for snake’s

disappearance of legs and development of giraffe’s long
91.What term is used to describe the released of matured neck?
egg cell from the
ovary? A. Theory of use and disuse

A. Fertilization B. Theory of natural selection

B. Copulation C. Theory of chromosomal change

C. Ovulation D. Theory of action and interaction

D. Germination 96.Which of the following is an exocrine

gland?

A. Plastids and pigments

92. Which of the following blood cells is responsible for blood
clotting? B. Asters and centrioles
C. Chloroplasts and vacuoles

D. Cell wall and cell membrane

ANSWER KEY

1. D
97.Which of the following is an exocrine
gland? 2. C

A. Thyroid gland 3. C

B. Salivary gland 4. A

C. Pituitary gland 5. A

D. Adrenal gland 6. C

7. D

98.Which of the following is not an accessory organ of 8. A

digestion?
9. A
A. Liver
10. A
B. Pancreas
11. C
C. Salivary gland
12. C
D. Adrenal gland
13. C

14. B
99.What hormone stimulates the development of male
secondary sex 15. D
characteristics?
16. B

A. Estrogen 17. A

B. Prolactin 18. D

C. Testosterone 19. B

D. Progesteron 20. A

21. D

100.Which of the following parts performs both as 22. B

reproductive and urinary functions in males?
23. B
A. Ureter
24. C
B. Testes
25. A
C. Urethra
26. C
D. Scrotum
27. C
28. A 57. D

29. C 58. A

30. C 59. D

31. C 60. D

32. A 61. B

33. B 62. B

34. A 63. D

35. D 64. A

36. D 65. D

37. D 66. B

38. B 67. D

39. B 68. B

40. B 69. A

41. B 70. B

42. B 71. B

43. C 72. D

44. A 73. A

45. C 74. B

46. B 75. C

47. D 76. B

48. D 77. C

49. A 78. D

50. C 79. A

51. D 80. D

52. D 81. B

53. C 82. C

54. D 83. A

55. C 84. D

56. B 85. C
86. C

87. D

88. C

89. B

90. B

91. C

92. C

93. D

94. B

95. A

96. B

97. B

98. D

99. C

100. C

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