SCIENCE 8

SECOND PERIODICAL EXAM

OCT. 19-21, 2009
T. Mary Ann

I. True or False: Read the statement carefully. Write BIO if it is correct and LOGY if not. Write your
answer in the blank before each number.
_____ 1. The life cycle of the fern is typical of seedless vascular plants.
_____ 2. In all bryophytes, the dominant stage is the sporophyte stage.
_____ 3. Tracheophytes are the first plants to appear after flooding, heavy rainfall and landslides.
_____ 4. The seeds of most angiosperms develop uncovered in cone scales.
_____ 5. Gymnosperms may be classified as monocot.
_____ 6. Animals are said to be the most complex of all organisms.
_____ 7. Protozoans that roll and float in water exhibit spherical symmetry.
_____ 8. Vertebrates make up about 97 % of the animal kingdom.
_____ 9. Sponges can regenerate not only parts of their body but their entire body even from small
fragments.
_____ 10. Coelenterates are organisms that produces both sperm and egg.
_____ 11. Darwin was the first to propose a theory explaining the variety of life on earth.
_____ 12. The frequency of alleles remain constant in a population unless something happens to alter the
gene pool.
_____ 13. For natural selection to work, there must be variation in population.
_____ 14. Convergent evolution is common to plants.
_____ 15. ATP is constantly cleared into ADP to drive the energy requiring process of the cell.
II. Sentence Completion: Complete the concept of each statement.
1. __________ and __________ are the end product of photosynthesis.
2. Aerobic respiration also begins with __________ acid produced through __________.
3. Muscle soreness is the result of accumulation of __________ acid in the cells.
4. Aerobic respiration takes place on the folded membranes inside the __________.
5. In __________ fermentation, glycolysis occurs.
6. The electron in the __________ is energized and moves from one molecule to another.
7. The second phase of photosynthesis is also referred as __________ cycle.
8. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere enters the leaves through the __________.
9. The __________ selection is the type by which a breeder chooses which traits to favor.
10. The __________ selection is the type that favors the extremes and selects against common traits.
11. The __________ selection refers to the process by which one of the phenotypes was favored at one of
the extremes of the normal distribution.
12. __________ occurs in meiosis that produces new genetic combinations producing different haploid
gametes.
13. As you must have observed in nature, individuals in a __________ are always __________.
14. The differences in each person are known as __________ __________.
15. __________ is the change in the __________ pool of population over time.

III. Identification:
A. Identify what is being asked. Select your answer in the box below then write it in the blank before each
number.

Porifera platyhelminthes annelida dark reaction

Photons chidocytes echinodermata xylem
Pigments nematode arthropoda trichanes
Cuticle mollusca visible spectrum

__________ 1. It is a phylum where sponges belong.

__________ 2. It is the stinging cells of cnidarians.
__________ 3. It is a phylum where planaria, flukes, and tapeworm belong.
__________ 4. It is a phylum where tapeworms belong.
__________ 5. It is a phylum wherein worms have bodies that are divided into series or segments.
__________ 6. It is a phylum where organism with soft bodies belong.
__________ 7. It is a phylum that includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumber.
__________ 8. It is a phylum where most successful animals on earth fall.
__________ 9. When light passes through a prism, the light spread into different colors called __________.
__________ 10. Light energy comes into packets or units called __________.
__________ 11. It is a substance that absorbs light.
__________ 12. It comprises the second phase of photosynthesis when products from light reactions are used to
from glucose.
__________ 13. It is a waxy layer that serves as an effective barrier to prevent water loss.
__________ 14. It is the principal water-conducting tissue of plants, forms a continuous system running
throughout the plant body.
__________ 15. These are the outgrowths of the epidermis.

B. Complete the table. Comparison of photosynthesis and respiration:

Energy Raw Materials End Products Where Process Happen

photosynthesis Glucose and O2
respiration released Cells with mitochondria

C. The following describes what some scientists believe to be the ancestors of modern human beings. Use
the legend for your answers.
A. afa- Antrolopithecus afarensis A. rob- Austrolopithecus robustus
A. afri- Antrolopithecus africanus Hh- homo habilis He- Homo erectus

_____ 1. It means “upright human”.

_____ 2. had a broad, flat thumb common to human beings
_____ 3. stood at about 1.5 m (5 ft)
_____ 4. the brain size substantially increased over those of the genus Austrolopithecus
____ 5. the first hominid species known to have used fire
_____ 6. had long arms, thrusting jaw, receding forehead, no chin
_____ 7. bi pedal- that is, walked on two legs
_____ 8. weighed 40 kg (88 lbs) or more
_____ 9. almost certainly ancestral to our own species
_____ 10. probably made the first stone tools

IV. Enumeration:
A. Animals distinguished based on the arrangement of their body parts around a center point or line. This is
called symmetry. Name the 3 symmetry.
1. 2. 3.
B. List the 5 classes of arthropods and give an example for each.
1. __________ __________ 4. __________ __________
2. __________ __________ 5. __________ __________
3. __________ __________
C. List the 7 classification of phylum Chordata and give an example for each.
1. _______________ __________ 5. _______________ __________
2. _______________ __________ 6. _______________ __________
3. _______________ __________ 7. _______________ __________
4. _______________ __________

V. Essay:
1. How is the monocot different from dicot? (Illustration or drawing is accepted.) 5 pts.

2. Explain the Hardy-Weinberg principle. (2-3 sentences) 3 pts.

Break a leg!