Republic of the Philippines 10.

Which of the following is known today as

Department of Education the genes?
Region III- Central Luzon 1. Unit factor 2. Independent assortment
MEYCAUAYAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
3. Segregation 4. Chromosome 5. DNA
Schools Division of Meycauayan
Camalig, Meycauayan City
11. To what kingdom do plant-like and
FOURTH PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE animal-like organisms belong?
GRADE 8 1. Monera 2. Protista
3. Fungi 4. Plantae 5. Animalia
NAME: _______________________________
YR.& SECTION: ________________________ 12. Which of the following is the plant used by
SCORE: _____________ Gregor Mendel?
1. Periwinkle 2. Shrub 3. Pea
CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER. WRITE THE 4. Lagundi 5. Gumamela
LETTER ON YOUR ANSWER SHEET.
13.According to Mendel’s Law the dominant
1. It is a branch of science that deals with the trait is always _____
study of living organisms. 1. hide 2. Weak
1. Biology 2. Botany 3. shown 4. do nothing 5. No answer
3. Biodiversity 4. Taxonomy
5. Ecology 14. Which of the following is not a
characteristic used by Mendel?
2. It refers to the variety of organisms living on 1. Tall 2. Short
Earth. 3. Color 4. Shape 5. Skin
1. Biology 2. Botany
3. Biodiversity 4. Taxonomy 15. Which of the following is a heterozygous
5. Ecology characteristic?
1. LL 2. Ll 3. MM
3. It refers to a biodiversity of the hereditary 4. mm 5. AA
information that organisms contain.
1. Species diversity 2. Genetic diversity 16. A pure tall stem plant is cross with pure
3. Ecosystem diversity 4. Biodiversity short plant how many percent of the offspring
5. Classes will be short?
1. 100% 2. 50% 3. 25%
4. It is the biodiversity of habitat and the 4. 0% 5. none
interconnections that bind organisms together.
1. Species diversity 2. Genetic diversity 17. A heterozygous tall plant is crossed with
3. Ecosystem diversity 4. Biodiversity heterozygous tall plant what will be the
5. Classes percentage of short offspring?
1. 100% 2. 50% 3. 25%
5. Who is the Father of Modern Classification? 4. 0% 5. 75%
1. Anton van Leewenhoek 2. Aristotle
3. Carolus Linnaeus 4. Hippocrates
5. Mendeleev 18. A homozygous axial flower is crossed with
homozygous terminal flower. What is the % of
6. Which is not belong to the group? axial offspring?
1. Phylum 2. Class 1. 100% 2. 75% 3. 50%
3. Genus 4. Species 4. 25% 5. 05
5. Animalia
19. A pure red flower is crossed with pure
7. Homo sapiens is the scientific name of man. white flower. Red is dominant over white.
Homo is the _____. What % will be white?
1. Phylum 2. Class 3. Genus 1. 100% 2. 75% 3. 50%
4. Species 5. Animalia 4. 25% 5. 0%

8. A phylum consists of a number of For nos. 20-22

_________.
1. orders 2. classes 3. genera 1. Mitosis 2. Meosis
4. families 5. species
20. There is crossing over
9. He is considered as the father of modern 21. Prophase I and Prophase II
genetics. 22. Happens in Body cell
1. Mendel 2. Newton 3. Aristotle
4. Rutherford 5. Dalton
 21. Which of the following is NOT a reptile? 3. they make children grow healthy
1. Snakes 2. Tree frog 3. Crocodile
4. they take nutrients from bodies of other
4. Turtles 5. Gecko
organisms
5. They lived in very harsh environment
22. A kind of relationship in which one
organism is benefited and the other is harmed 32. How are flatworms and roundworms similar
1. Mutualism 2. Commensalism to one another?
3. Parasitism 4. Predation 1. they are free living
5. Competition 2. they have one body openings
3. they are parasites
23. The flower and butterfly exemplify 4. They have two body openings
____________. 5. They have three body openings
1. Mutualism 2. Commensalism
3. Parasitism 4. Predation 33. How can parasitic worms enter your body?
5. Competition 1. eating well cooked food
2. walking barefooted
24. It is the total mass of organisms in a food 3. proper disposal of human and animal
chain or a food web. waste 4. Washing your hands before eating
1. Biomass 2. Biotic 3. Bioman 5. Eating junk foods
4. Biogesic 5. Biogas
34. How do sponges get their food?
25. What gas do plants produce that animals 1.food is absorbed by suckers
use? 2. they have big mouth to engulf food
1. Carbon dioxide 2. Oxygen 3. tentacles push the food into their body
3. Nitrogen 4. Carbon monoxide 4. The pores serve as entry and exit of food
5. Hydrogen
5. They can perform phagocytosis
26. It refers to a process of digestion where food
is chewed and broken down to smaller pieces. 35. Which of the following is NOT a
1. Chemical function of foot of mollusk?
2. Mechanical 3. Initial 1. an organ for movement
4. Swallowing 5. Absorption 3. an organ for reproduction
5. for locomotion
27. These are molecules that speed up chemical 2. use to open and close their shell
reactions 4. Used to burry themselves in the mud
1. Enzymes 2. Carbohydrates
3. Proteins 4. Lipids 36. Which of the following echinoderms has
5. Peristalsis no arms?
1. sea urchins and sand dollar
28. It refers o the contractions of muscle in the 2. Starfish 3. Sea lilies
esophagus to move the food down to the 4. Brittle star 5. Planaria
stomach.
1. Enzymes 2. Carbohydrates 37. Which of the following distinguishes
3. Proteins 4. Lipids reptiles from amphibians?
5. Peristalsis 1. moist slimy skin 2. Rough slimy
skin 3. Scaly skin 4. Soft
29. What is the scientific name of corn? dry scales 5. Shiny skin
1. Sea May
2. Zea mays 3. Oryza sativa 38. What characteristics best distinguishes
4. Oryzo Sativa 5. Zea Maye birds from other vertebrates?
1. they have bones
30. Which of the following is an alga that does 3. they lay eggs with shells
not mask its chlorophyll? 5. They can fly
1. green algae 2. Golden algae 2. they are covered with feathers
3. Brown algae 4. Red algae 4. They take care of their young
5. laminaria
39. The following are examples of
31. Why are some worms harmful? heterotrophic protists EXCEPT _____. 1.
1. they grow very long radiolarians 2. Foraminiferans
3. Amoeba 4. Paramecium
2. they eat dead plants and animals
5. Trichonympha
 40. A kind of biological relationship where one 49. Univalves refer to _____.
organism is benefited and the other is 1. three-shelled mollusks
unaffected. 3. One-shelled molluscs
1. mutualism 2. Commensalism 5. mollusks without shell
3. Parasitism 4. Predation 2. two-shelled mollusks
5. Competition 4. Soft body

41. The mosquitoes biting our tender skin show 50. The organisms of this level obtain the
parasitism. The mosquitoes are the _______. greatest amount of energy from the food they
1. predators 2. Parasites eat.
3. Host 4. Prey 1. first-order consumer
5. Scavenger 3. Third-order consumer
5. decomposers
42. A complete flower contains the following 2. second-order consumer
EXCEPT __________. 4. producers
1. Petals
2. Sepals 3. Stamen
4. Pistil 5. Anther
**** GOODLUCK *******
For questions 43-45, refer to the food chains
below.
a. grass rabbit snake hawk

b. algae water flea catfish

kingfisher

43. Both the rabbit and water flea are

_________.
1. producers 2. Secondary consumers
3. Primary consumers 4. Carnivores
5. Prey

44. Both the snake and the catfish are

________.
1. producers 2. Secondary consumers
3. Primary consumers 4. Carnivores
5. Prey

45. Both grass and algae are ________.

1. producers 2. Secondary consumers
3. Primary consumers 4. Carnivores
5. Prey

46. It is the glands that secrete saliva into the

mouth.
1. gastric glands 2. Salivary glands
3. Endocrine glands 4. Pituitary gland
5. Adrenal glands

47. Structures that produce a very acidic

secretion.
1. gastric glands 2. Salivary glands
3. Endocrine glands 4. Pituitary gland
5. Adrenal glands

48. Bivalves refer to ______.

1. three-shelled mollusks
3. One-shelled molluscs
5. mollusks without shell
2. two-shelled mollusks
4. Soft body
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