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2. Why do you experience not seeing things clearly for some seconds when you enter suddenly a well-lighted room after coming from
a dark room, you?
A. The pupils are not adapted to the dark
B. The eyes are adapted to the light only
C. The pupils are not dilated yet
D. Light had caused temporary blindness
3. What term is used to describe the ability to maintain a constant internal environment?
A. Metabolism
B. Growth and development
C. Homeostasis
D. Thermoregulation
5.Which is the smallest unit of life that can survive and reproduce on its own?
A. Cell
B. Organ
C. Tissues
D. Population
6.Which region of a vertebrate forebrain is considered with the neutral-endocrine control of visceral activities?
A. Cerebellum
B. Thalamus
C. Hypothalamus
D. Pituitary
8.Why it is necessary men have more red blood cells per cubic millimeter of blood than women?
A. Man does strenuous activities and need more energy
B. They have bigger physique and need more blood
C. Man waste more blood cells and need extra
D. They are more prone to anemia disorders
13.What do we call mutation that is brought about by the earth natural radioactivity?
A. Continuous
B. Induced
C. Lysosomes
D. Chloroplast
14.Which of the following organelles produces turbo pressure against cell wall and mainly acts as water reservoir
A. Plastids
B. Vacuole
C. Lysosomes
D. Chloroplast
15.What is the microbial organisms is used in the creation of genetically modified organisms?
A. Pseudomonas vulgaris
B. Bacillus thuringensis
C. Agro bacterium tumafaciens
D. Escherichia coli
17.The process involved in the production of mRNA using DNA as template is termed _______?
A. Transcription
B. Replication
C. Gene manipulation
D. Reverse transcription
20.What muscle is described as involuntary, not striated, and have a single nucleus?
A. Smooth
B. Skeletal – striated, multinucleated
C. Cardiac - branching
D. Connective
24.Which of the following is the correct sequence of the level of organization from lowest to highest?
A. Cells-system-organs-tissues
B. System-organs-tissues-cells
C. Cells-tissues-organs-system
D. Tissues-systems-cells-organs
25.At metaphase of the meiotic division, the chromosomes are attached to the spindle fibers as ________.
A. Double chromatids
B. Non-homologous pairs
C. Single chromatid strands
D. A tetrad of four chromatids
32.What do you call the finger-like folds on the inner linings of the small intestine?
A. Villi
B. Appendix
C. Rugae
D. Cecum
33.Aside from ADP, what else is the end production of the dark-reaction phase of photosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Sugar
C. Carbon
D. Starch
34.What is that flap-like structure that prevents the food from going the wrong way during swallowing?
A. Epiglottis
B. Larynx
C. Esophagus
D. Pharynx
37.What is that 3-carbon sugar formed during the dark reaction phase of the photosynthesis?
A. ADP
B. NADPH
C. ATP
D. PGAL
39.What process is responsible for the upward movement of the water in very tall trees?
A. Osmosis
B. Facilitated Diffusion
C. Turgor pressure
D. Transpiration
41.What do you call the types of symmetry where the body parts are paired on either side of the body?
A. Dorsal
B. Bilateral
C. Radial
D. Ventral
45.Where does the toxin substance secreted by bees and ants through their sting originate?
A. Silk glands
B. poison glands
C. Rectal glands
D. Salivary glands
50.What structure provides flexible support and protection to the spinal cord?
A. Skull
B. Ribs
C. Vertebral column
D. Sternum
54.What do you call food in a semi-liquid form, partially digested and mixed with hydrochloric acid?
A. Gastric secretion
B. Gastric fluid
C. Mucosa
D. Chyme
55.Which is considered the master gland due to its influence on the activity of all the other glands?
A. Thyroid
B. Adrenal
C. Pituitary
D. Parathyroid
56.Which part of the brain is responsible for intelligence, memory and learned behavior?
A. Cerebellum
B. Cerebrum
C. Medulla
D. Thalamus
57. Which of these materials is not a major component of the plasma membrane?
A. Phospholipids
B. Glycoprotein
C. Proteins
D. DNA
58.Which form of RNA delivers information from DNA to be used in making protein?
A. Messenger RNA
B. Ribosomal RNA
C. Transfer RNA
D. All of the above
60.Which property of water is probably MOST important for the functioning of organisms at the molecular level?
A. Cohesion and high surface tension
B. High specific heat
C. High heat of vaporization
D. resistance to flow
62.Which of the following is FALSE in comparing prophase I of meiosis and prophase of mitosis?
A. The chromosomes condense in both
B. Chromosome doubles in meiosis not in mitosis
C. The nuclear envelope disassembles in both
D. A spindle forms in both
63.Which are small, irregularly-shaped cells without nuclei but are rich in ATP?
A. Leukocytes
B. Thrombocytes
C. Lymphocytes
D. Erythrocytes
64.What branch of Biology is involved when one is studying the characteristic structure and functions of all kinds of cells?
A. Cytology
B. Morphology
C. Physiology
D. Histology
65.Which part of seed appears as a scar which marks the entry of the pollen tube during fertilization?
A. Seed leaf
B. Cotyledon
C. Testa
D. Hilum
66.Which type of tissue is responsible for the secondary growth in stems and roots of vascular plants?
A. Meristematic cells
B. Cambium
C. Palisade layer
D. Epidermis
67.Which biome grows tropical grassland with scattered individual trees and larger herbivores?
A. Tundra
B. Rain forest
C. Grassland
D. Savanna
68. What do you call that process in birds wherein they shed off features at least once a year?
A. Skinning
B. Molting
C. Furrowing
D. Migrating
69.What chemical should be eliminated when transporting bananas to avoid early spoilage?
A. Enzymes
B. Estradiol
C. Pheromones
D. Ethylene
74.What hormone promotes the growth of the uterine lining for the implantation of the embryo?
A. Lactogenic hormone
B. Progesterone
C. Testosterone
D. Oxytocin
75.Which of the following pair of organisms are closely related?
A. Spider and mosquito
B. Frog and crocodile
C. Man and monkey
D. Ants and aphids
80. How many carbon atoms can each pyruvic acid supply into the Kirb’s cycle?
A. 8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 2
81.How many oxygen is required each time to a molecule of glucose is completely oxidized through aerobic respiration?
A. 3
B. 6
C. 12
D. 24
88.What term describes an egg develop into a new organism without itself being fertilized be a sperm?
A. Regeneration
B. Conjugation
C. Parthenogenesis
D. Fusion
90.What is most likely to happen when a species cannot adapt to the changes in the environment?
A. It will be transform to another form
B. It will become extinct
C. It will be isolated
D. It will grow old
91.What term is used to describe the released of matured egg cell from the ovary?
A. Fertilization
B. Copulation
C. Ovulation
D. Germination
92. Which of the following blood cells is responsible for blood clotting?
A. Erythrocytes
B. Leukocytes
C. Thrombocytes
D. Neutrophils
95.What theory of evolution accounts for snake’s disappearance of legs and development of giraffe’s long neck?
A. Theory of use and disuse
B. Theory of natural selection
C. Theory of chromosomal change
D. Theory of action and interaction
100.Which of the following parts performs both as reproductive and urinary functions in males?
A. Ureter
B. Testes
C. Urethra
D. Scrotum
103. A series in which each organism serves as food for the next organism is a
a. food chain
b. population
c. community
d. niche
104. Substances from dead plants and animals are returned to the water by
a. producers
b. consumers
c. decomposers
d. top consumers
107. If you study how a fish is fitted for life in a quiet water, you are studying its
a. food pyramid
b. adaptation
c. interdependence
d. population
110. The second – order consumers in a food pyramid get their food directly from
a. carnivores
b. decomposers
c. producers
d. herbivores
115. The increased effect of a pesticide on organisms that feed on each other in a lake is called
a. biological conservation
b. biological magnification
c. eutrophication
d. nitrification
#TINGUHA PARA SA KALAMPUSAN 13
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NORTHERN BUKIDNON STATE COLLEGE
(Formerly Northern Bukidnon Community College) R.A.11284
Manolo Fortich, 8703 Bukidnon • 0975-3032951• nbscadmin@nbsc.ph
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116. Plants and animals in the same ecosystem usually have similar
a. shapes
b. sizes
c. ways of obtaining food
d. environmental needs
121. In what trophic level of the food pyramid are consumers greatest in number?
a. first trophic
b. second trophic
c. third trophic
d. fourth trophic
122. In a pond or desert, light, warmth, water, minerals, carbon dioxide, and oxygen make up the
a. ecosystem
b. community
c. population
d. abiotic components
126. Transfer of pollen from the stamen of one flower to the pistil of another plant is
a. fertilization
b. cross – pollination
c. self – pollination
d. reproduction
129. Water and minerals are carried upward in plant stems in the
a. phloem
b. xylem
c. guard cells
d. stomata
131. Corn and other monocots have each of the following structures except
a. parallel veins
b. seeds
c. a layer of cambium
d. xylem and phloem
135. Multicellular plants have many specialized structures. What function does xylem perform in multicellular vascular plants?
a. The xylem transports water and minerals from the roots to the leaves.
b. The xylem is the place where photosynthesis takes place in a plant.
c. The xylem breaks down sugar into a form that plant cells can use.
d. The xylem is a woody tissue that fills the stem of a plant.
a. absorption
b. conduction
c. support
d. storage
137. Ginger is a .
a. bulb
b. corm
c. rhizome
d. tuber
139. Carbon dioxide used in photosynthesis enters the leaves through the
a. root system
b. stomata
c. phloem
d. fibrovascular bundles
140. All of the following reduce loss of water from plants except
a. bark
b. waxy layers on leaves
c. closing of stomata
d. opening of stomata
142. Which of the following is not a correctly stated difference between monocots and dicots?
a. parallel veins in monocots; branching, netlike venation in dicot leaves
b. vascular bundles scattered in monocot stems; central vascular stele in dicot stems
c. flower parts in threes in monocots; flower parts in multiples of four or five in dicots
d. taproot system in monocots; fibrous root system in many dicots
#TINGUHA PARA SA KALAMPUSAN 16
Republic of the Philippines
NORTHERN BUKIDNON STATE COLLEGE
(Formerly Northern Bukidnon Community College) R.A.11284
Manolo Fortich, 8703 Bukidnon • 0975-3032951• nbscadmin@nbsc.ph
Creando futura, Transformationis vitae, Ductae a Deo
143. How are the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration connected?
a. both processes begin with oxygen
b. both processes require sunlight
c. each processes takes place only in plant cells
d. each process makes the material needed in the other process
147. The diaphragm is used in breathing by each of the following animals except the
a. kangaroo
b. baboon
c. frog
d. human