BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR IN SCIENCE

(REVIEWER 1)

BIOLOGY

1. Where do producers obtain their D. Monosaccharide

energy?
A. From other producers 8. Why it is necessary men have more
B. From the consumers red blood cells per cubic millimeter of
C. From the decomposers blood than women?
D. From the sun A. Man does strenuous activities and
need more energy
2. Why do you experience not seeing B. They have bigger physique and
things clearly for some seconds when need more blood
you enter suddenly a well-lighted C. Man waste more blood cells and
room after coming from a dark room, need extra
you? D. They are more prone to anemia
A. The pupils are not adapted to the disorders
dark
B. The eyes are adapted to the light 9. Which of the following is the
only building block of protein?
C. The pupils are not dilated yet A. Amino acid
D.Light had caused temporary B. Nucleotide
blindness C. Fatty acid
D. Monosaccharide
3. What term is used to describe the
ability to maintain a constant internal 10. Where does protein synthesis take
environment? place?
A. Metabolism
B. Growth and development A. Ribosomes
C. Homeostasis B. Lysosomes
D. Thermoregulation C. Endoplasmic reticulum
D. Golgi bodies
4. What is the most common cause of
cardiovascular disease? 11. Why are our lips “redder” than our
A. Fatty deposits in the arteries palm?
B. Inadequate supply of red blood cells
C. Lack of sodium in the diet A. There is increased blood flow in the
D. Increased heartbeat lips
B. Lips are heavily keratinized
5. Which is the smallest unit of life C. Lip epidermis is thinner
that can survive and reproduce on its D. Many blood vessels are located
own? around the lips
A. Cell
B. Organ 12. Which of the following cannot be
C. Tissues found in prokaryotes?
D. Population
A. Cytoplasm
6. .Which region of a vertebrate B. Plasma membrane
forebrain is considered with the C. Membrane-bound nucleus
neutral-endocrine control of visceral D. DNA
activities?
A. Cerebellum 13. What do we call mutation that is
B. Thalamus brought about by the earth natural
C. Hypothalamus radioactivity?
D. Pituitary A. Continuous
B. Induced
7. Which of the following is the C. Lysosomes
building block D. Chloroplast
carbohydrate? 14. Which of the following organelles
A. Amino acid produces turbo pressure against cell
B. Nucleotide wall and mainly acts as water reservoir
C. Fatty acid A. Plastids
B. Vacuole A. Gamete
C. Lysosomes B. Somatic cell
D. Chloroplast C. Egg cell
D. Sperm cell
15.What is the branch crobial
organisms is used in the creation of 23.The cell wall of plant is made of
genetically modified organisms? _______.
A. Pseudomonas vulgaris A. Lipids
B. Bacillus thuringensis B. Cellulose
C. Agro bacterium tumafaciens C. Protein
D. Escherichia coli D. Cell membrane

16.What is the branch of zoology that 24.Which of the following is the

is devoted to the study of fish? correct sequence of the level of
A. Helmintology organization from lowest to highest?
B. Ichthyology A. Cells-system-organs-tissues
C. Chondrichthyes B. System-organs-tissues-cells
D. Ornithology C. Cells-tissues-organs-system
D. Tissues-systems-cells-organs
17.The process Involved in the
production of mRNA using DNA as 25.At metaphase of the meiotic
template is termed _______? division, the chromosomes are
A. Transcription attached to the spindle fibers
B. Replication as ________.
C. Gene manipulation A. Double chromatids
D. Reverse transcription B. Non-homologous pairs
C. Single chromatid strands
18.What is the most abundant D. A tetrad of four chromatids
inorganic compound in the
protoplasm? 26.Which of the following is an
A. Fluid example of behavioral adaption?
B. Blood A. Thick green stems of the cactus
C. Plasma plant
D. Water B. Thick fur of the bear
C. Shedding leaves during summer
19.Which is the riches type of tropical D. Presence of cuticle on the upper
rain forest in the Philippines? surface of the leaves
A. Molave forest
B. Dipterocarp forest 27. The bipolar nature of the cell
C. Mangrove forest membrane is due to _______.
D. Pine forest A. Presence of carries
B. Presence of oxygen
20.What muscle is described as C. Phospholipids bilayer
involuntary, not striated, and have a D. Integral proteins
single nucleus?
A. Smooth 28.Which of the following is made up
B. Skeletal of diploid number of cells?
C. Cardiac A. Zygote
D. Connective B. Sperm cell
C. Egg cell
21.We feel warmer just before it rains D. Both B and C
because __________.
A. Heat is released by the evaporation 29.Which plant has underground stem
of water modified for reproduction?
B. The clouds prevent heat from A. Ginger
escaping the earth B. Camote
C. There is an increased relative C. Tubers
humidity D. Strawberry
D. Heat is released by the 30.Which of the following structures
condensation of water vapor serve as a passageway of food and air?
A. Epiglottis
22.Which of the following is not B. Trachea
considered as a reproductive cell? C. Pharynx
D. Larynx 39. What process is responsible for the
upward movement of the water in very
31.Which kind of relationship is tall trees?
exhibited by algae and fungi in lichen? A. Osmosis
A. Commensalism B. Capillary action
B. Parasitism C. Turgor pressure
C. Symbiosis D. Transpiration
D. Competition
40.What is the enzyme in the mouth
32.What do you call the finger-like that breaks starch to maltose?
folds on the inner linings of the small A. Peptidase
intestine? B. Ptyalin
A. Villi C. Pepsin
B. Appendix D. Maltase
C. Rugae
D. Cecum 41.What do you call the types of
33. Aside from ADP, what else is the symmetry where the body parts are
end production of the dark-reaction paired on either side of the body?
phase of photosynthesis? A. Dorsal
A. Carbon dioxide B. Bilateral
B. Sugar C. Radial
C. Carbon D. Ventral
D. Starch
42.Which is considered as the
34.What is that flap-like structure that respiratory center of the brain?
prevents the food from going the A. Cerebellum
wrong way during swallowing? B. Medulla oblongata
A. Epiglottis C. Cerebrum
B. Larynx D. Thalamus
C. Esophagus
D. Pharynx 43.Which stage of incomplete
metamorphism is undergone by
35. Which pigment is dominant in red grasshopper?
algae? A. Nymph, pupa, adult
A. Phycocyanin B. Egg, larva, pupa, adult
B. Fucoxanthin C. Egg, nymph, adult
C. Chlorophyll D. Egg, pupa, adult
D. Pharynx
44.Which of the following is NOT part
36. What is the membrane that of the thoracic cage?
surrounds the lungs? A. Clavicle
A. Pleura B. Ribs
B. Meninges C. Costal cartilages
C. Peritoneum D. Sternum
D. Pericardium
45.Where does the toxin substance
37. What is that 3-carbon sugar secreted by bees and ants through
formed during the dark reaction phase their sting originate?
of the photosynthesis? A. Silk glands
A. ADP B. Intestines
B. NADPH C. Rectal glands
C. ATP D. Salivary glands
D. PGAL
46.What is the longest bone in the
38. What is the product of body?
carbohydrate digestion? A. Humerus
A. Fatty acid B. Ferum
B. Glucose C. Tibia-fibula
C. Amino acid D. Clavicle
D. Nucleic acid 47.Which cause our bones to turn
brittle and easily break?

A. Turning into muscle tissues

B. Increase in flexibility D. Parathyroid
C. Turbidity decrease
D. Removal of collagen 56.Which part of the brain is
responsible for intelligence, memory
48. How many bones does an adult and learned behavior?
human body has? A. Cerebellum
A. 201 B. Cerebrum
B. 200 C. Medulla
C. 217 D. Thalamus
D. 206
57. Which of these materials is not a
49. What do you call automatic major component of the plasma
responses to an external stimulus? membrane?
A. Reflex A. Phospholipids
B. Instinct B. Glycoprotein
C. Impulse C. Proteins
D. All of these D. DNA

50.What structure provides flexible 58.Which form of RNA delivers

support and protection to the spinal information from DNA to be used in
cord? making protein?
A. Skull A. Messenger RNA
B. Ribs B. Ribosomal RNA
C. Vertebral column C. Transfer RNA
D. Sternum D. All of the above

51. Which hormone is insufficient in 59.Which of the following is not a type

cretinism? of cell?
A. Glucagon A. Bacterium
B. Adrenalin B. Amoeba
C. Insulin C. Sperm
D. Thyroxine D. Virus

52.Which of the following is both 60.Which property of water is

endocrine and an exocrine probably MOST important for the
gland? functioning of organisms at the
A. Gastric glands molecular level?
B. Thyroid glands A. Cohesion and high surface tension
C. Pituitary glands B. High specific heat
D. Pancreas C. High heat of vaporization
D. Versatility as a solvent
53.What organ is controlled by the
automatic 61.Which of the following statements
nervous system? is true of diffusion?
A. Skeletal A. It requires an expenditure of energy
B. Muscles by the cell
C. Heart B. It is a passive process
D. Both A and B C. It occurs when molecules move
from a region of lower concentration
54.What do you call food in a semi- to one of higher concentration
liquid form, partially digested and D. It requires a membrane
mixed with hydrochloric acid?
A. Gastric secretion 62.Which of the following is FALSE in
B. Gastric fluid comparing prophase I of meiosis and
C. Mucosa prophase of mitosis?
D. Chime A. The chromosomes condense in both
B. Tetrads form in both
55.Which is considered the master C. The nuclear envelope disassembles
gland due to its influence on the in both
activity of all the other glands? D. A spindle forms in both
A. Thyroid
B. Adrenal
C. Pituitary
63.Which are small, irregularly- 71.Which of the following is not true of
shaped cells without nuclei but are fungi?
rich in ATP? A. Some are pathogenic
A. Leukocytes B. Some are photosynthetic
B. Thrombocytes C. Some are edible
C. Lymphocytes D. Form symbiotic relation with algae
D. Erythrocytes
72.Which of the following is not true
64. What branch of Biology is of plants?
involved when one is studying the A. Some are pathogenic
characteristic structure and B. Some are photosynthetic
functions of all kinds of cells? C. Some are edible
A. Cytology D. Form symbiotic relation with algae
B. Morphology
C. Physiology 73.Which of the following is
D. Histology considered multi-cellular?
A. Embryo
65.Which part of seed appears as a B. Fertilized egg
scar which marks the entry of the C. Egg cell
pollen tube during fertilization? D. Sperm cell
A. Seed leaf
B. Cotyledon 74.What hormone promotes the
C. Testa growth of the uterine lining for the
D. Hilum implantation of the embryo?
A. Lactogenic hormone
66.Which type of tissue is responsible B. Progesterone
for the secondary growth in stems and C. Testosterone
roots of vascular plants? D. Oxytocen
A. Meristematic cells
B. Cambium 75.Which of the following pair of
C. Palisade layer organisms are closely related?
D. Epidermis A. Spider and mosquito
B. Frog and crocodile
67.Which biome grows tropical C. Man and monkey
grassland with scattered individual D. Ants and aphids
trees and larger herbivores?
A. Tundra 76.What does it mean if the blood
B. Rain forest pressure of human is 110/70?
C. Grassland A. The systolic pressure is 70
D. Savanna B. The diastolic pressure is 70
C. The pulse rate is 110 beats per
68. What do you call that process in minute
birds wherein they shed off features at D. Both B and C
least once a year?
A. Skinning 77.Which of the following happens
B. Molting when man exhale?
C. Furrowing A. The residual volume of the lungs
D. Migrating decreases
B. The diaphragm contracts
69.What chemical controls C. The volume of the thoracic cavity
metamorphosis among insects? decreases
A. Enzymes D. The lung contracts
B. Estradol
C. Pheromones 78.Which of the following regulate
D. Ethylene breathing?
A. RBC concentration
70.Which of the following makes up B. Number of haemoglobin
the plant cell wall? C. Hormone level in blood
A. Nucleic acid D. CO2 and O2 concentration and pH
B. Cellulose level sensors
C. Protein
D. Lipids 79.Which of the following has the
lowest velocity of blood flow.
A. Veins D. Repairing of damaged tissues
B. Arteries
C. Capillaries 87.Which of the followings is true of
D. Arterioles mammals?
I. They have four chambered heart
80. How many carbon atoms can each II. They produce milk for the young
pyruvic acid supply into the Kirb’s III. They are warm blooded
cycle? A. I and II
A. 8 B. II and III
B. 6 C. I and III
C. 4 D. I, II and III
D. 2
88.What term describes an egg
81.How many oxygen is required each develop into a new organism without
time to a molecule of glucose is itself being fertilized be a sperm?
completely oxidized through aerobic A. Regeneration
respiration? B. Conjugation
A. 3 C. Parthenogenesis
B. 6 D. Fusion
C. 12
D. 24 89.Which of the following is
responsible for formation of blood
82.Which of the following will not be cell?
accepted by glycolysis for catabolism? A. Cartilage
A. Starch B. Bone narrow
B. Glycerol C. Joints
C. Fatty acid D. Tendons
D. Sucrose
90.What is most likely happen when a
83.Which of the following species cannot adapt to the changes in
characteristic is common between the environment?
echinoderms and cnidarians? A. It will be transform to another form
A. They are both radically symmetrical B. It will become extinct
B. They have segmented bodies C. It will be isolated
C. Both have stinging cells D. It will grow old
D. They have three embryonic tissue
layers 91.What term is used to describe the
released of matured egg cell from the
84.Which of the following is true of ovary?
Phylum Chordata? A. Fertilization
I.Presence of notochord that provides B. Copulation
skeletal support C. Ovulation
II. Pharyngeal slits that have become D. Germination
modified for gas exchange 92. Which of the following blood cells
III. Dorsal hallow nerve cord that is responsible for blood clotting?
develops into the central nervous A. Erythrocytes
system B. Leukocytes
A. II and III C. Thrombocytes
B. I and II D. Neutrophils
C. I and III
D. I, II and III 93.Where does ectopic pregnancy
occur?
85.Which of the following cannot be A. Uterus
associated with fungi? B. Ovary
A. Absorptive nutrition C. Cervix
B. Decomposers D. Fallopian tube
C. Autotrophs
D. Spore production 94.Why is cell membrane semi
86.Which of the following does not permeability important?
involve mitosis? A. It is important in determining the
A. Development of embryo size of the cell
B. Growth B. It controls the kind of substances
C. Production of gametes that enters and leaves the cell
C. It controls the pressure and energy
gradient
D. It allows the molecules to diffuse
freely in and out of the cell

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

96.Which of the following is an

exocrine gland?
A. Plastids and pigments
B. Asters and centrioles
C. Chloroplasts and vacuoles
D. Cell wall and cell membrane

97.Which of the following is an

exocrine gland?
A. Thyroid gland
B. Salivary gland
C. Pituitary gland
D. Adrenal gland
98.Which of the following is not an
accessory organ of digestion?
A. Liver
B. Pancreas
C. Salivary gland
D. Adrenal gland

99.What hormone stimulates the

development of male secondary sex
characteristics?
A. Estrogen
B. Prolactin
C. Testosterone
D. Progesteron

100.Which of the following parts

performs both as reproductive and
urinary functions in males?
A. Ureter
B. Testes
C. Urethra
D. Scrotum
ANSWER KEY

BIOLOGY

1. D 21. D 41. B 61. B 81. B

2. C 22. B 42. B 62. B 82. C
3. C 23. B 43. C 63. D 83. A
4. A 24. C 44. A 64. A 84. D
5. A 25. A 45. C 65. D 85. C
6. C 26. C 46. B 66. B 86. C
7. D 27. C 47. D 67. D 87. D
8. A 28. A 48. D 68. B 88. C
9. A 29. C 49. A 69. A 89. B
10. A 30. C 50. C 70. B 90. B
11. C 31. C 51. D 71. B 91. C
12. C 32. A 52. D 72. D 92. C
13. C 33. B 53. C 73. A 93. D
14. B 34. A 54. D 74. B 94. B
15. D 35. D 55. C 75. C 95. A
16. B 36. D 56. B 76. B 96. B
17. A 37. D 57. D 77. C 97. B
18. D 38. B 58. A 78. D 98. D
19. B 39. B 59. D 79. A 99. C
20. A 40. B 60. D 80. D 100. C