QUIZ 4.

1 IN SCIENCE 8 (BIOLOGY)

Name: ______________________________ Grade&Sec.: ________________ Score: ____________

General Instructions: Read the questions in each items carefully.

I. Choose the letter of the BEST answer and write it on the space provided before
each number.
___1. These are substances produced by a living organism which acts as a catalyst that
change the rate of chemical reaction.
A) blood C) enzymes
B) digestive juice D) lymph

___2. Why is it necessary for large food molecules to be broken down into its smallest
form?
A) Only the smallest form, the nutrients can be absorbed and utilized by the cells.
B) It is the primary purpose of digestion.
C) There is the need for chemical breakdown in order for it to happen.
D) Because there is nothing for enzymes to do if there’s no breaking down of molecules.

___3). Where do chemical digestion of the carbohydrate starch begins?

A) large intestine C) small intestine
B) mouth D) stomach

___4. Which of the following organ of the digestive system is not correctly-paired with the
process that occur in them?
A) mouth : ingestion
B) esophagus : peristalsis
C) stomach : defecation
D) small intestine : final digestion and absorption

___5.Which of the following is NOT a process involved in digestion?

A) absorption and assimilation C) gestation
B) defecation D) ingestion

___6. The mechanical digestion of food through chewing and grinding in the mouth.
A) assimilation C) regurgitation
B) mastication D) defecation

___7. The stomach in cows, carabaos and horses

A) crop
B) gizzard
C) gut
D) rumen

___8. The protozoan that helps termites and ruminants digest the carbohydrate cellulase
by releasing the enzyme cellulose.
A) Amoeba proteus
B) Paramecium caudatum
C) Plasmodium falciparum
D) Trichonympha campanula
___9. Leafy and woody food contains cellulose, a complex carbohydrate. If our body
cannot produce the enzyme cellulase which speeds up the digestion of cellulose, why is
it still necessary for us to consume leafy and woody food?
A) The food group is necessary in people.
B) Woody and leafy vegetables help the body to become healthy.
C) These food group acts as fibers that cleanses our colon.
D) None of these above reasons is correct.

Use letters A to F to show the correct sequence of the pathway of food through the
digestive tract; where A is the first and F is the last.
___10. anus
___11. small intestine
___12. stomach
___13. Mouth
___14. large intestine
___15. Oesophagus