LONG TEST IN SCIENCE 10

Direction: Read and understand each item. Shade the letter of the BEST answer on your answer
sheet.

1. During what phase of the menstrual cycle is the oocyte released from the follicle?
A. Luteal B. Menstrual C. Follicular D. Ovulation
2. Why is the human chorionic gonadotropin important in maintaining pregnancy?
A. It prevents another pregnancy. C. It is coming from the placenta.
B. It maintains the corpus luteum. D. It connects the mother and the baby to each other.
3. If a woman wishes to avoid pregnancy, she must take birth control pills regularly without even missing a
day to prevent ____________.
A. having relations with a male C. having sexual intercourse
B. the menstrual cycle from resuming D. the glands from secreting hormones
4. How can you describe positive feedback in the menstrual cycle?
A. Less hormones from the brain are produced.
B. More hormones from the brain are produced.
C. All hormones are not produced.
D. It has no effect on the body.
5. Arrange the following events to show negative feedback during the menstrual cycle.
I. The corpus luteum secretes progesterone III. The corpus luteum is formed.
II. The pituitary gland releases LH IV. Progesterone inhibits the release of LH
A. I-II-III-IV B. II-III-I-IV C. III-II-IV-I D. IV-III-II-I
6. The menstrual cycle of women who have just given birth does not immediately resume. Why is it
beneficial to them?
A. It prevents another immediate pregnancy. C. This prevents post-partum depression.
B. It enables another immediate pregnancy. D. It gives the woman more time for herself.
7. How can you prove that positive feedback due to oxytocin happens during childbirth?
A. Pain decreases as the baby’s head pushes the cervix.
B. Oxytocin production stops as the uterus contracts.
C. Contraction of the uterus causes more oxytocin to be produced.
D. Oxytocin production stops when the baby starts to move out of the womb.
8. Why do we sweat when the temperature of the environment increases?
A. The body releases excess heat. C. It prevents dehydration.
B. The body releases excess water. D. It causes dehydration.

9. Why does running fast to school when you are already late cause you to breathe faster?
A. The lungs vibrated due to running. C. It maintains normal oxygen level.
B. The heart pumps less blood. D. It is a sign that you are already tired.

10. The following are examples of negative feedback EXCEPT ______________.

A. The baby suckles more because more milk is produced.
B. Our body shivers due to an environment with lower temperature
C. Water in our urine decreases when we are dehydrated
D. The scrotum expands and contracts to maintain normal temperature for sperm development
11. Why is homeostasis important?
A. It maintains normal conditions of the body. C. It makes the nervous system sharp.
B. It enables the body to respond effectively. D. It is not important at all.
12. You felt hungry after playing basketball. Which of the following is the best response to the given
stimulus?
A. Eat C. Ignore the situation
B. Continue working D. Be aggressive
For questions 13-17, refer to the following DNA strand: AATGCCAGTGGT
13. What is the complementary strand of this DNA?
A. TCGTCCGTCTAG C. TTACGGTCACCA
B. AGCAGGCAGGGT D. UCGUCCUCUAGA
14. What is the complementary mRNA of the given strand?
A. UUACGGUCACCA C. AGCAGGCAGAUC
B. AGCAGGAGATC D. UCGUCCGUCUAG
15. What is the tRNA sequence complementary to the mRNA?
A. TCGTCCGTCTAG C. AGCAGGCAGAUC
B. AAUGCCAGUGGU D. UCGUCCGUCUAG
16. How many codons are there in the complementary mRNA?
A. One B. Two C. Three D. Four
17. Refer to the genetic code. What is the correct amino acid sequence that will be formed?
Write it on your answer sheet.

18. Which of the following shows the

correct sequence of the events in
protein synthesis?
A. replication-translation-transcription
B. transcription-replication-translation
C. replication-transcription-translation
D. translation-transcription-replication

19. What chemical bond holds amino

acids together?
A. Ionic bond
B. Metallic bond
C. Covalent bond
D. Peptide bond
20. Which of the following is a similarity
between DNA and messenger RNA
molecules? They both contain
_________.
A. uracil C. phosphate
B. two strands D. the same sugar
For items 21-24, refer to the following DNA sequence: TACCAGCTCCGGATT
21. The DNA is mutated into: TACCAGATCCGGATT. What type of mutation occurred?
A. Point B. Frameshift C. Chromosomal D. None
22. What will be the mutated mRNA?
A. AUGGUCGAGGCCUAA C. AUGGUCUAGGCCUAG
B. AUGGUCUAGGCCUAA D. AUGGUCUAGGCCUGA
23. Refer to the genetic code. What is the amino acid sequence that will be formed by the mutated mRNA?
Write it on your answer sheet.
24. Do all mutations cause changes in the amino acid sequence?
A. Yes, changing the DNA always changes the amino acids.
B. Yes, changing the DNA always changes the mRNA sequence.
C. No, some changes in the DNA do not affect the amino acid sequence.
D. No, changing the DNA does not affect the amino acid sequence.
For items 25-26, refer to the following diagrams.
25. Which of the diagrams above shows duplication?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
26. Which of the diagrams above shows deletion?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
27. The following table shows the sequences of amino
acids in the same part of hemoglobin of different animals. Species Sequence of amino acids
What can you conclude from this data? Chimpanzee lys-glu-his-iso
Gorilla lys-glu-his-lys
A. Amino acid sequences are short.
Horse arg-lys-his-lys
B. They have the same amino acids.
C. There are four types of amino acids. Human lys-glu-his-iso
D. They have close evolutionary relationship. Zebra arg-lys-his-arg

For items 28-29, refer to the diagram of human, whale, dog, and bat bones below.
28. What is similar in the human, whale, dog, and bat limbs that suggests common evolutionary ancestor?
A. Function C. Means of locomotion
B. Bone structure D. Habitat
29.These structures are classified as __________.
A. analogous C. vestigial
B. homologous D. embryonic
For items 30-31, refer to the diagram of embryos below.
30. What can you conclude from the diagram of the embryos of different animals? They
_______________.
A. evolved from common evolutionary ancestors
B. have different gestation period
C. evolved from different evolutionary ancestors
D. demonstrate convergent evolution
31. What evidence of evolution is illustrated here?
A. Fossil C. Embryonic
B. Biochemical D. Genetic
32. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Convergent evolution demonstrates evolutionary relationships.
B. Homologous structures are the same body parts that are modified in different ways in different
lines of descent from a common ancestor.
C. Fossils can show evolutionary changes in bones and teeth.
D. The more similarity in the structure of two proteins from different organisms, more closely related
the organisms are.
33. As shown in the diagram of the whale, modern whales have vestigial pelvis. This suggests that they
_________________.
A. evolved from other whales
B. probably eat plants 34. Who
C. have evolutionary ancestors that lived on land
D. reproduce rapidly
proposed the Theory of Natural Selection?
A. Gregor Mendel B. Carolus Linnaeus C. Charles Darwin D. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck
35. What biologic change enables organisms to survive in a changing environment?
A. Adaptation B. Change C. Inheritance D. Variation
36. A giraffe who stretched its neck will give birth to offspring with stretched neck. What theory supports
this?
A. Theory of Natural Selection C. Theory of Acquired Inheritance
B. Theory of Use and Disuse D. Theory of New Needs
37. Which of the following does NOT support natural selection?
A. Animals that run slower than others are an easy prey to predators.
B. A stronger immunity gives higher chances of surviving a pandemic.
C. Favorable traits increase an organism’s chance of producing offspring.
D. The necks of giraffes got stretched as they tried to reach the leaves of trees.
38. What will happen to individuals who cannot adapt to the changing environment?
A. Reproduction B. Extinction C. Adaptation D. Survive
39. Within a population, individuals have different traits. What factor is described by this statement?
A. Genetic variation B. Overproduction C. Extinction D. Adaptation
For numbers 40-41, refer to the following:
I. Small scale mining III. Forest fires V. Conversion to agricultural land
II. Kaingin farming IV. Typhoons VI. Human settlements
40. Which of these are difficult to solve because they are basically natural causes?
A. III and IV B. IV and V C. V and II D. VI and III
41. Which of these environmental problems are difficult to solve because the people involved experience
poverty and the government wants to help them?
A. I and II B. II and IV C. III and IV D. IV and VI
42. Refer to the graph. How are population growth
and carrying capacity related?
A. Population growth decreases beyond the carrying
capacity.
B. Population growth continuously increases beyond the
carrying capacity.
C. Once the population reaches carrying capacity, more
offspring are produced.
D. Population growth increases or decreases independent
of the carrying capacity.
43. Which of the following measures would NOT help maintain the stability of an ecosystem?
A. Increase the number of endangered species C. Designate protected areas
B. Introduce non-native species D. Oppose conversion of forests into farms
44. Which of the following is NOT a benefit of biodiversity?
A. Agriculture B. Deforestation C. Ecotourism D. Natural medicine
45. How should the rainforest be used to conserve its resources?
A. Advertise it as camping site C. Plant replacement trees after cutting trees
B. Cut trees and make logs and timbers D. Turn it into farmlands
46. Which of the following does NOT serve as a population limiting factor?
A. Predation B. Parasitism C. Natural calamities D. Abundant food
47. Which of the following is NOT a density-dependent limiting factor?
A. Predation B. Parasite C. Disease D. Wildfire
48. Why are limiting factors important in the ecosystem? Limiting factors _______________.
A. prevents deforestation C. prevents overpopulation
B. increases the population D. prevents predators
49. What might happen if limiting factors become extremely intense and very frequent?
A. rapid increase in the population C. rapid parasitism and predation
B. rapid decrease in the population D. faster adaptation to changing environment
50. Which of the following is NOT a density-independent limiting factor?
A. Erosion B. Deforestation C. Typhoon D. Parasitism