Science 8 Semi-Final Exam 2023-2024

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Calasumanga National High School

Brgy. Calasumanga, Panukulan, Quezon

Science 8
Semi-Final Examination

Name: ___________________________________________________ Date: ______________

Read the ff. questions carefully. Write your answers in the space provided before each number.

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on the space provided before each number.
_________ 1. In what process do animals take in food that provides energy and nutrients?
A. assimilation B. digestion C. excretion D. ingestion
_________ 2. The process in which digested foods are distributed into different parts of the body cells are _______.
A. assimilation B. digestion C. excretion D. ingestion
_________ 3. What is the process of turning food into smaller molecules with the aid of
enzymes?
A. churning B. mastication C. chemical digestion D. mechanical digestion
_________ 4. Where does the final stage in digestion of food happen?
A. liver B. mouth C. small intestine D. large intestine
_________ 5. What type of enzyme present in saliva helps break down starch?
A. amylase B. lactase C. lipase D. maltase
_________ 6. Which of the following breaks down food into tinier pieces to begin mechanical digestion?
A. esophagus B. stomach C. teeth D. tongue
_________ 7. What organ system is responsible for breaking down of large molecules into smaller molecules and
absorption of organic compounds needed by the body?
A. circulatory system B. digestive system C. Nervous system D. respiratory system
_________ 8. What do you call the wavelike contraction of the smooth muscles of digestive tract pushes food in small
sections through the gastro-intestinal tube?
A. mixing movement C. contractile movement
B. parietal movement D. peristalsis movement
_________ 9. Which factor controls hereditary traits?
A. cells B. chromosomes C. genes D. parents
_________ 10. Which phase of the cell cycle does DNA replication occur?
A. G1 phase B. G2 phase C. S phase D. M phase
_________ 11. Which stage in the life of a cell is spent most?
A. cytokinesis phase B. interphase C. mitotic phase D. synthesis phase
_________ 12. Which statement describes what happens during karyokinesis?
A. DNA replication B. division of nucleus C. doubling of cell size D. synthesizing enzymes for mitosis
_________ 13. 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
_________ 14. Which stage of mitosis where the chromatids of chromosomes separate and begin to move away from
each other?
A. anaphase B. metaphase C. prophase D. telophase
_________ 15. There are 64 chromosomes of a fern plant. After mitosis, each daughter cell formed will have how
many chromosomes?
A. 2 B. 421 C. 32 D. 64
_________ 16. Which is the main role of meiosis?
A. for growth of body cells C. for cell repair and replacement
B. for asexual reproduction D. for reduction of chromosome number of gametes
_________ 17. Homozygous dominant allele is represented by the letters ____________.
A. RR B. Sr C. Rr D. rr
_________ 18. Who pioneered on the study of Genetics?
A. Carolus Linnaeus B. Charles Darwin C. Gregor Mendel D. Robert Brown
_________ 19. A pair of dissimilar alleles for a certain trait is called _____________.
A. Allele B. Chromosome C. Heterozygous genes D. Homozygous genes
_________ 20. It is the study of genes to determine traits inherited by the offspring from the parents?
A. Botany B. Genetics C. Histology D. Zoology
_________ 21. Which genotype of an organism is with the same alleles for a trait?
A. Genes B. Heterozygous genotype C. Homozygous genotype D. Polygenes
_________ 22. Which pair of alleles are not identical?
A. Allele B. Chromosome C. Heterozygous D. Homozygous
_________ 23. Which of the following is a heterozygous dominant genotype?
A. HH B. HHH C. Hh D. hh
_________ 24. A monohybrid cross is a cross using _________.
A. two factors or characters C. several factors or characters
B. a single trait or character D. a combination of characters
_________ 25. Which of the following is a producer?
A. Rabbit B. Rat C. Rattlesnake D. Rice
_________ 26. Which of the following is NOT an abiotic factor of an ecosystem?
A. Plant B. Rock C. Sunlight D. Water
_________ 27. Which of the following organisms is a top predator?
A. Grasshopper B. Hawk C. Mouse D. Spider
_________ 28. Which of the following refers to the producers in the ecosystem?
A. Autotrophs B. Carnivores C. Heterotrophs D. Omnivores
_________ 29. In the food chain: grass grasshopper frog snake eagle, what organism is the primary consumer?
A. Frog B. Grass C. Grasshopper D. Snake
_________ 30. Which of the following eats plants?
A. Decomposer B. Producer C. Primary consumer D. Secondary consumer
_________ 31. At which level does the path of nutrients start?
A. Producer at the first trophic level C. Consumer at the topmost trophic level
B. Consumer at the second trophic level D. Decomposer at the top most trophic level
_________ 32. Which is true about organisms at the highest trophic level in an energy pyramid?
A. They are the producers. C. They have the least amount of energy.
B. They are the first order consumers. D. They have the greatest amount of energy.
_________ 33. Homozygous dominant allele is represented by the letters ____________.
A. RR B. Sr C. Rr D. rr
_________ 34. Who pioneered on the study of Genetics?
A. Carolus Linnaeus B. Charles Darwin C. Gregor Mendel D. Robert Brown
_________ 35. A pair of dissimilar alleles for a certain trait is called _____________.
A. Allele B. Chromosome C. Heterozygous genes D. Homozygous genes
_________ 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 genotype of an organism is with the same alleles for a trait?
A. Genes B. Heterozygous genotype C. Homozygous genotype D. Polygenes
_________ 38. Which pair of alleles are not identical?
A. Allele B. Chromosome C. Heterozygous D. Homozygous
_________ 39. The genetic makeup of an organism is called ____________.
A. Genotype B. Heredity C. Offsprings D. Phenotype
_________ 40. Which of the following is a heterozygous dominant genotype?
A. HH B. HHH C. Hh D. hh

Goodluck and Godbless!

Sir JVV

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