DIVISORIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Divisoria, Bontoc, Southern Leyte

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SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION in SCIENCE 8

DIRECTIONS: Read and understand the following questions. Shade the circle which corresponds
to your answer.

1. Chewing food is the first step in the digestive process. It is also known as ________.
a. mechanical digestion b. chemical digestion c. mastication
2. Which of the following breaks down food into tinier pieces to begin mechanical digestion?
a. esophagus b. stomach c. teeth d. tongue
3. Where does the final stage in digestion of food happen?
a. liver b. mouth c. small intestine d. large intestine
4. What is the main function of the large intestine?
a. It breaks down hemoglobin. c. It secretes digestive enzymes.
b. It regulates the release of bile. d. It reabsorbs water from chyme.
5. What is the term for the food that is chewed and mixed with saliva that turns
into a moist ball?
a. bolus b. chyme c. feces d. gastric juice
6. Partially digested food in the stomach is known as _____________.
a. bolus b. chyme c. feces d. gastric juice
7. The following organs are part of the human digestive system EXCEPT:
a. mouth b. esophagus c. small Intestine d. gastrovascular cavity
8. Which of the following is the correct order of the digestive tract?
a. mouth → rectum → esophagus → rectum → anus → small intestine → large intestine
b. mouth → stomach → esophagus → rectum → anus → small intestine →large intestine
c. mouth → esophagus → stomach → small intestine → large intestine → rectum → anus
d. mouth → esophagus → stomach → small intestine → anus → large intestine → rectum
9. How long does food stay in the stomach?
a. 4 hours b. 8 hours c. 12 hours d. 24 hours
10. How long does it take for food to be completely digested?
a. 4 hours b. 8 hours c. 12 hours d. 24 hours
11. Carbohydrates are broken into __________ during digestion.
a. glucose b. protein c. fats d. vitamins
12. Where do amino acids come from?
a. carbohydrates b. protein c. fats d. vitamins & minerals
13. Egestion occurs when undigested food and waste materials are released via the _____.
a. colon b. rectum c. anus d. large intestine
14. These are very tiny projections inside the small intestine that helps in the assimilation of
nutrients from the intestine to all body parts.
a. villi b. microvilli c. veins d. arteries
15. Which enzyme produced by the liver breaks down fats?
a. bile b. amylase c. peptidase d. lipase
16. Which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
a. G1 phase b. G2 phase c. S phase d. M phase
17. Which stage in the life of a cell is spent most?
a. cytokinesis b. interphase c. mitosis d. synthesis
18. Humans have diploid chromosome number (2N) which is equal to 46 chromosomes. What is
the chromosome number of each daughter cell produced during meiosis?
a. 1 b. 23 c. 46 d. 92
19. There are 64 chromosomes of a fern plant. After mitosis, each daughter cell formed will have
how many chromosomes?
a. 2 b. 4 c. 32 d. 64
20. Humans have diploid chromosome number (2N) which is equal to 46 chromosomes. What is
the chromosome number of each daughter cell produced during meiosis?
a. 1 b. 23 c. 46 d. 92
21. It is the central region that holds the sister chromatids together.
a. centromere b. telomere c. euchromatin d. heterochromatin
22. What process is shown in the illustration of chromosomes below?
a. synapsis only
b. crossing over only
c. synapsis and crossing over
d. pulling apart of chromosomes

23. Which is the correct sequence of mitosis?

a. prophase, anaphase, metaphase telophase
b. prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
c. prophase, metaphase, telophase, anaphase
d. prophase, anaphase, telophase, anaphase
24. When does the cell grow rapidly in preparation for cell division?
a. G1 b. S phase c. G2 d. mitosis
25. DNA is created during the ___________ phase.
a. G1 b. S phase c. G2 d. mitosis

For numbers 26 – 30, identify what phase is described in the statements. Refer to the options
below. Answers can be used more than once.
a. cytokinesis b. prophase c. metaphase d. anaphase e. telophase

26. Formation of 2 daughter cells

27. Chromosomes line up at the center
28. Sister chromatids separate and move toward opposite poles
29. Nucleolus and nuclear membrane reappears
30. For the first time, chromatin materials condense to form chromosomes
31. During meiosis, how many daughter cells are formed from 1 parent cell?
a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
32. In which of the following parts does mitosis take place?
I. Hair II. Nails III. Egg Cell IV. Sperm Cell
a. I and II b. III and IV c. I, II and III d. I, II, III and IV
33. In which of the following parts does meiosis take place?
I. Hair II. Nails III. Egg Cell IV. Sperm Cell
a. I and II b. III and IV c. I, II and III d. I, II, III and IV
34. What phase is required in cellular reproduction before a cell divides to produce daughter
cells?
a. interphase b. mitotic phase c. meiotic phase d. cytokinesis
35. Who pioneered the study of Genetics?
a. Carolus Linnaeus b. Gregor Mendel c. Charles Darwin d. Robert Brown
36. It is the study of genes to determine traits inherited by the offspring from the parents?
a. Botany b. Genetics c. Histology d. Zoology
37. Which of the following is a heterozygous dominant genotype?
a. HH b. HHH c. Hh d. hh
38. A monohybrid cross is a cross using _________.
a. two factors or characters c. a single trait or character
b. several factors or characters d. a combination of characters
39. A heterozygous long stem (Ll) rose is crossed with a homozygous short stem (ll) rose. What
percentage of the F1 offspring will be long-stemmed?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%
40. Some genes are said to be jumping genes since they tend to skip generations before
appearing. What does this mean?
a. Dominant genes are always expressed.
b. Dominant genes are only expressed when paired with a dominant gene.
c. Recessive genes are always hidden.
d. Recessive genes are only expressed when paired with a recessive gene.
-----------------------------------------GOD Bless you!-------------------------------------------

Prepared by:

JOSEPHINE T. MAYMAY
Teacher III