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Fourth Quarterly Examination

SCIENCE – Grade 8

DIRECTION: Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Tracing the path of food in humans, the correct sequence in the gut is _______.
a. esophagus, small intestine, large intestine, stomach
b. small intestine, large intestine, stomach, esophagus
c. esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
d. stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine

2. Which association is incorrect?

a. liver – production of bile c. stomach - food storage
b. mouth – starch digestion d. esophagus – protein digestion

3. Most of the absorption of the products of digestion takes place in human across
a. the epithelial cells of esophagus.
b. the smooth wall of the large intestine.
c. the convoluted walls of the stomach.
d. the fingerlike villi of the small intestine .

4. Which of the following is NOT an accessory organ in the digestive system?

a. liver c. pancreas
b. colon d. gall bladder

5. What structures in the small intestine absorb nutrients that result from the digestive
process?
a. intestinal muscles c. villi
b. duodenum d. intestinal glands

6. Digestion of carbohydrates occurs mostly by enzymes from the _______.

a. pancreas c. liver
b. salivary glands d. stomach

7. The large intestine in humans _____________________.

a. absorbs water c. the longest part of the intestinal tract
b. digests all types of food d. All of these are correct.

8. The largest gland in the body that produces bile that can digest fats.
a. liver c. salivary glands
b. gall bladder d. pancreas

9. Wavelike contractions that propel substances along a tubular structure such as

esophagus
a. chyme c. villi
b. bile d. peristalsis

For questions 10 - 12, match the function of enzymes in the key.

 KEY: a. pepsin c. trypsin
b. salivary amylase d. lipase

__10. Converts starch into complex sugars.

__11. Converts fats into fatty acids.
__12. Converts into simple proteins.

13. The type of cell division that produces gametes and prepares organism for
fertilization during sexual reproduction is called ______.
a. mitosis c. synapsis
b. meiosis d. cytokinesis

For questions 14 - 17, match the stages of mitosis in the key.

KEY: a. prophase c. anaphase
b. metaphase d. telophase

___14. Movement of the separated chromosomes toward opposite poles.

___15. The membrane of the nucleus dissolves and the spindle fibers are formed.
___16. Cytoplasm begins to divide.
___17. Pairs of chromatids line up on the equatorial plate.

18. Which stage of the cell cycle in which the cell starts to grow and chromosomes are
duplicated?
a. Meiosis c. Mitosis
b. Interphase d. Cytokinesis

19. The duplication of genetic material happens during _________.

a. G1 phase c. S phase
b. G2 phase d. M phase

20. In which stage of meiosis do synapsis and crossing over occur?

a. metaphase II c. interphase II
b. anaphase I d. prophase I

21. Meiosis is a type of cell that produces __________.

a. DNA b. chromosomes c. sex cells d. zygote

22. Which is NOT a function of mitosis?

a. production of reproductive cells c. repair
b. growth d. replacement of old worn-out cells

23-25. Digestive System is important system in the body, give some tips on taking
Good Care of it.