Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region – X
DIVISION OF ILIGAN CITY
SY 2019 - 2020
Grade 8 Science
Fourth Quarter Examination

Name:________________________________ Section:___________ Date ___________Score:________

Multiple Choice: Write only the letter of the correct answer on the space provided for.

____1. What is the main function of the digestive system?

a. Hold and receive food c. Control the chemical activities of the body
b. Break down food to be used for energy d. Remove excess water from the body
____2. Digestion takes place in a long tube-like canal called the alimentary canal, or the digestive tract. Food
travels through these organs in the following order:
a. Mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
b. Mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
c. Mouth, stomach, esophagus, small intestine, large intestine and rectum
d. Mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine and rectum
____3. The digestive system processes food into usable and unusable materials. The usable materials are
sent to the body cells as food. What happens to unusable materials?
a. It goes into the pancreas to await disposal.
b. It goes to the right ventricle to await disposal.
c. It goes into the large intestine to await disposal.
d. It goes into the small intestine to await disposal.
____4. What organ is responsible for producing the bile that breaks down fats into smaller particles?
a. pancreas b. liver c. gallbladder d. small intestine
____5. Which of the following organs does the process of chemical digestion completed?
a. Stomach b. mouth c. small intestine d. rectum
____6. What organs perform mechanical digestion?
a. Small and Large Intestine c. Mouth and Stomach
b. Mouth and Small Intestine d. Stomach and Small Intestine
____7. Which of the following substances speed up the breakdown of food into smaller soluble molecules that
can be absorbed by the cells?
a. digestive enzymes b. nutrients c. fatty acids d. amino acids
____8. Which of the following organs does NOT manufacture digestive juices?
a. Liver b. Kidneys c. Stomach d. Pancreas
____9. Which is the correct order of processes that happen in the digestive system?
a. Ingestion → digestion → absorption → assimilation → excretion
b. Ingestion → digestion → assimilation → absorption → excretion
c. Excretion → assimilation → digestion → absorption → ingestion
d. Excretion → digestion → ingestion → assimilation → absorption
____10. Doctors recommend the following healthful practices to prevent digestive diseases EXCEPT.
a. Chew food thoroughly, and don't overeat. c. Eat a variety of foods that contain dietary fiber.
b. Eat fried chicken and French fries regularly. d. Drink plenty of water.
____11. Which of these fluids is best to drink to prevent dehydration when you have diarrhea?
a. Water b. Lemonade c. Fruit juice d. Soft drinks
____12. Constipation is one of the most common digestive problems. It develops when stool becomes hard
and difficult to pass. What causes constipation?
a. Drinking plenty of water c. Eating fiber-rich foods
b. Regular exercise d. low fiber diet
____13. The function of the gallbladder is to concentrate, store, and excrete bile ( a fluid that helps in the
digestion of fat). A person who has the gallbladder removed may be expected to have some difficulty
in _______.
a. absorbing minerals b. digesting fats c. excreting urea d. storing glycogen
____14. Diabetes is a digestive system disorder which is caused by a great amount of sugar in blood. This
can be controlled or minimized when you take insulin. In what organ of the body is insulin produced?
a. Liver b. Kidneys c. Stomach d. Pancreas
For numbers 15 and 16, refer to the figure at the right.
____15. The diagram shown at the right represents stages of mitosis.
Which of the following is the correct sequence of the stages?
a. A → B → C → D c. C → B → D → A
b. B → D → C → A d. D → B → A → C
____16. What phase of the cell cycle letter D represents?
a. prophase b. metaphase c. anaphase d. telophase
____17. Mitosis and meiosis are processes involved in cellular reproduction. Which of the following describes
an event that results from mitosis but NOT in meiosis?
a. two stages of cell division
b. replication of cellular genetic material
c. daughter cells that are identical to the parent cell
d. four daughter cells that are produced from each parent cell
____18. Which of the following best compares the processes of mitosis and meiosis?
a. Mitosis involves one division cycle and results in diploid daughter cells, while meiosis consists of two
division cycles and results in haploid gametes.
b. Mitosis involves one division cycle and results in haploid gametes, while meiosis consists of two
division cycles and results in diploid daughter cells.
c. Mitosis involves two division cycles and results in diploid daughter cells, while meiosis consists of
one division cycle and results in haploid gametes.
d. Mitosis involves two division cycles and results in haploid gametes, while meiosis consists of one
division cycle and results in diploid daughter cells.
____19. Which of the following best describes how the process of crossing over during meiosis leads to an
increase in genetic diversity?
a. During prophase I, DNA replication takes place and homologous chromosomes trade places with
each other before lining up in preparation for metaphase.
b. During prophase I, DNA segments are exchanged between homologous chromosomes resulting in
different combinations of alleles.
c. During prophase II, fragments of DNA break off of chromosomes and attach to the ends of other
chromosomes, resulting in different gene sequences.
d. During prophase II, sister chromatids separate from each other, and as they travel to opposite ends
of the cell, DNA segments of nearby chromosomes are exchanged. 
____20. What happens to sister chromatids in meiosis II?
a. They duplicate. b. They separate. c. They remain together. d. They do not take part.
____21. Which statement(s) is/are true about the significance of Meiosis?
a. It creates gametes which have genetic diversity.
b. It involves shuffling of genetic information.
c. It is important for the growth, repair and development of our bodies .
d. Both A and B
____22. In humans, both father and mother contribute ____ chromosomes each through their gametes. Thus,
the zygote has _____ chromosomes.
a. 23, 23 b. 23, 46 c. 46, 23 d. 46, 46
____23. The diagram on the right shows a cellular process that occurs in organisms.
What is the name of this process?
a. meiosis b. mitosis c. cell cycle d. cytokinesis
____24. Which row in the chart on the right indicates the correct process
for each event indicated?
a. row 1 b. row 2 c. row 3 d. row 4
____25. The diagram below shows homologous chromosomes
during prophase I of meiosis. Which of the following correctly
describes the process being illustrated?
a. mutation of the gene is altered
b. segregation of sister chromatids
c. condensation and segregation of alleles
d. crossing-over in which alleles are exchanged
____26. In humans, when something goes wrong during Meiosis it will cause abnormal conditions. Which of
the following conditions below results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21?
a. Down syndrome b. Marfan syndrome c. Cri du chat syndrome d. Alzheimer’s disease
____27. In the late 1800s, Mendel predicted the existence of units of hereditary information or factors. What do
we call these units of hereditary information today?
a. genes b.phenotype c. genotype d.DNA
____28. The genetic makeup of an individual is called ________ while the observable feature of an organism
is known as ________ .
a. phenotype, genotype c. phenotype, appearance
b. genotype, phenotype d. genotype, genes
 ____29. What is the difference between a monohybrid cross and a dihybrid cross?
a. A monohybrid cross involves a single parent, whereas a dihybrid cross involves two parents.
b. A monohybrid cross produces a single progeny, whereas a dihybrid cross produces two progeny.
c. A monohybrid cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for a single trait, whereas a dihybrid
cross involves organisms that are heterozygous for two traits.
d. A monohybrid cross is performed only once, whereas a dihybrid cross is performed twice.
____30. Why would all of the f1 generation in the diagram at the right
have yellow phenotypes?
a. because the f1 genotypes are homozygous
b. because yellow is dominant over green
c. because both parents passed on yellow alleles
d. because the traits blended together during fertilization
____31. Which of the following outcomes would you expect from the following cross: tall, round (TTRR) x short,
wrinkled (ttrr)?
a. all offspring tall and round c. all offspring short and wrinkled
b. half tall, round; half short wrinkled d. 9:3:3:1
____32. A plant breeder wants to create flowers with all red petals. The genotype of the flower that she has is
Rr. Which of the following genotypes should she use to make sure that all the petals of the offspring
are red?
a. Rr b. rr c. RR d.rR
____33. Which of the punnet squares at the right shows the results of a cross between
two heterozygous individuals?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
____34. A heterozygous round seed plant is crossed with a heterozygous round seed
plant. What percentage of the offspring will be homozygous recessive?
a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 100%
____35. Two pure breeding plants are crossed. A tall plant is crossed with a short plant. What is the expected
outcome for the F1 generation?
a. all short b. all tall c. all medium height d. half tall, half short
____36. If the cross from #35 is continued, what would be the expected outcome in the F2 generation?
a. all short b. all tall c. 3 tall, 1 short d. half tall, half short
____37. A plant that has purple flowers is crossed with one that has white flowers. The offspring were 50%
white and 50% purple. What were the genotypes of the parents?
a. Pp x pp b. Pp x Pp c. PP x pp d. PP x WW
____38. In each case where Mendel crossed pure breeding plants as parents, the offspring displayed only one
of the two traits seen in the parents. This observation supports which principle of genetics?
a. Segregation c. independent assortment
b. dominance d. allele frequency
____39. A dihybrid cross (AaBb x AaBb) will result in what offspring ratio?
a. 4:4:2:2 b. 1:3:1 c. 3:1 d. 9:3:3:1
Use the diagram on the side to answer Questions 40-44
____40. What ecological model of the relationships of organisms
is shown at the right?
a. food web
b. food chain
c. an ecosystem
d. a population
____41. In the diagram which TWO organisms are
secondary consumers?
a. Rabbit, Snake
b. Hawk, Grasshopper
c. Lizard, Snake
d. Hawk, Lizard
____42. Examine the drawing on the side, the mouse
and grasshopper are identified as:
a. Primary Consumers
b. Secondary Consumers
c. Top Consumers
d. Producers
____43. Identify the top consumer from the diagram above.
a. Hawk b. Mouse c. Snake d. Lizard
____44. Trapping and hunting has greatly reduced the population of snakes. What is the most likely effect of
this change in the ecosystem based on the diagram above?
a. The population of rabbit will increase c. The population of lizard will decrease
b. The population of mouse will increase d. The population of hawk will decrease
____45. What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
a. A food chain is larger than a food web
b. A food chain is the combination of all the food webs in an ecosystem
c. A food web is smaller than a food chain
d. A food web is the combination of all the food chains in an ecosystem
____46. Why movements of energy and nutrients through living systems are different?
a. energy flows in one direction, and nutrients recycle
b. energy is limited in the biosphere and nutrients are always available
c. nutrients flow in two directions and energy recycles
d. energy forms chemical compounds and nutrients are lost as heat
____47. Which of the following best describes the role of bacteria in the nitrogen cycle?
a. Bacteria turns oxygen into nitrogen for plants to use.
b. Bacteria turns nitrogen into a usable form called ammonia for plant use.
c. Bacteria turns carbon dioxide into oxygen during the process of photosynthesis.
d. Bacteria turns nitrogen into a usable form in a process called transpiration.
____48. Carbon dioxide is an integral part of an ecosystem. It is cycled throughout the ecosystem as it is used
and then reused. It is necessary for all life to exist. Carbon dioxide is used by plants in the process of
_____.
a. respiration b. photosynthesis c. transpiration d. decomposition
____49. Another very important cycle is the Water Cycle. All living things need water to live. This cycle has
four main processes. The two processes that return water to the earth are _____.
a. evaporation and condensation c. condensation and precipitation
b. transpiration and condensation d. evaporation and transpiration
____50. Which of these human practices will help in the conservation of the environment?
a. Recycling c. Using of fertilizers
b. Using of insecticides d. burning plastics

Good Luck and God Bless!!!

Prepared by:
Jalexcel V. Catalan
Science Teacher (ICNHS)