________1. Which of the following is a system that is made up of the organs in the body that help us to breathe?

A. respiratory system C. digestive system

B. circulatory system D. nervous system

________2. Which of the following is a system that is responsible for distributing materials throughout the body?
A. respiratory system C. digestive system
B. circulatory system D. nervous system
2 ________3. Ben suffered mild stroke because a part of his body had a problem in pumping blood throughout the body. What part of his
body is responsible for this ?
A. blood B. lungs C. blood vessel D. heart
2 ________4. It is a major part of circulatory system that carries materials throughout the body.
A. blood B. lungs C. blood vessel D. heart
________ 5. What type of circulation refers to the movement of blood through the tissues of the heart?
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A. pulmonary circulation C. coronary circulation

B. systematic circulation D. systematic circulation
________ 6. Which of the following gases is a waste material given off during the process of respiration?
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A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide C. carbon monoxide D. nitrogen

________ 7. Elena suffers from dizziness and hypertension. She went to a medical clinic for a consultation of which of the following should
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be checked to determine the pulse or number of times the heart beats in a minute?
A. respiration B. circulation C. speed D. heart rate
________ 8. Who among the following is known as the father of genetics?
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A. Gregor Mendel B. George Mendel C. John Punnet D. Joseph Punnet

________ 9. It is a non-mendelian principle that is shown when a heterozygote shows a phenotype that is intermediate between two
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homozygous phenotypes.
A. codominance B. multiple alleles C. Incomplete dominance D. heredity
________10. What is/are the possible sex chromosomes in the inheritance of the sex chromosomes. Represent female chromosome with
XX and male chromosome with XY?
A. X and Y B. XX only C. XY only D. XX and XY
________11. Which nitrogen base is a pair of Adenine?
A. guanine B. thymine C. cytosine D. adenine
________12. It is a double-stranded helix made up of repeating units of nucleotide and is considered as the genetic material of all living
things.
A. DNA B. RNA C. nitrogen base D. phosphate
________13. It is a square diagram that is used to predict the genotypes of a particular cross or breeding experiment.
A. Punnet graph B. Punnet box C. Punnet pie D. Punnet square
________14. Which nitrogen base is a pair of cytosine?
A. guanine B. thymine C. cytosine D. adenine
________15. What are the possible blood types of an offspring from parents with blood type A and blood type B?
A. blood type A B. blood type A and B C. blood type AB and O D. blood type A, B, AB, O
________16. Which of the following pertains to the number of organisms of the same species living in a certain place?
A. population B. community C. biodiversity D. organization
________17. It is the variety of life in an area.
A. population B. community C. biodiversity D. organization
________18. These occurs when population species that begin to decline rapidly
A. threatened species C. endangered species
B. distinct species D. extinct species
________19. Which of the following refers to removing or clearing of a forest to include the cutting of all trees, mostly for agricultural or
urban use?
A. recycling B. reforestation C. deforestation D. wildlife depletion
________20. Which of the following is the process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients (as phosphates)
that stimulate the growth of aquatic plant life, usually resulting in the depletion of dissolved oxygen?
A. biological magnification C. eutrophication
B. water pollution D. acid rain
________21. A group of illegal fishers use muro-ami and dynamite fishing every time they catch fish. What human action that cause
species extinction do they practice?
A. pollution B. introduced species C. overharvesting D. destruction of habitat
________22. A zoo trains and uses animal for entertainment like birds, monkey, dogs and snakes. What human action that cause species
extinction do they practice?
A. overharvesting B. pollution C. hunting and trapping D. introduced species
________23. Which of the following is NOT considered as cause of deforestation?
A. illegal logging B. kaingin farming C. typhoons D. reforestation
________24. Which of the following animals is considered extinct specie?
A. dinosaurs B. tarsier C. dugong D. monkey-eating eagle
________25. This refers to the problem that occurs when large bodies of river, lake, sea or ocean becomes contaminated.
A. acid rain B. water pollution C. air pollution D. noise pollution
________26. It refers to the build-up of pollutants in organisms at higher trophic levels in food chain.
A. biological magnification C. eutrophication
B. water pollution D. acid rain
________27. It is the increase in the earth’s temperature from the rapid build-up of carbon dioxide and other gases. This, in turn, could
change the world climate patterns.
A. global warning B. global warmingC. climate change D. greenhouse effect
________28. Suppose 60 ants live in a 4 sq m plot of grass. What would be the population density of the ants?
A. 15 ants per sq. m B. 12 ants per sq. m C. 15/4 ants per sq. m D. 20 ants per sq. m
________29. Which of the following refers to the burning of trees for shifting cultivation purposes making illegal occupancy, illegal
cutting, gathering and/or collecting of timber and other forest products without authority?
A. illegal logging B. wildlife depletion C. kaingin farming D. destruction of habitat
________30. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that cycle out in the ecosystem. Which of the following gases is important to
photosynthesis?
A. ozone gas B. water vapor C. oxygen D. carbon dioxide
________31. Plants are very unique among other organisms due to their capability to trap sunlight and make their own food. Which of the
following enables plants to trap energy from the sun?
A. epidermis B. chloroplast C. cuticle D. chlorophyll
________32. All organisms get energy from food to perform different life processes. This is done in the cells by breaking down sugar
molecules into chemical energy. Which of the following cell organelles is associated with the production of chemical energy?
A. chloroplast B. mitochondrion C. endoplasmic reticulum D. nucleus
________33. If you did not eat for three days, where did your cell get the glucose for ATP production?
A. blood sugar B. glycogen in the liver C. glycogen present in the muscle D. protein in the blood
________34. A farmer is experiencing a problem in growing his crops. Most of the leaves of the crops are turning yellow. Which of the
following will likely result from the yellowing of the leaves of the crops?
A. It will increase the production of food. C. The production of food will remain the same.
B. It will decrease the production of food. D. None of the above.
________35. Abby wants to know if leaves are capable of making food during night time. Which of the following experimental design
should Abby do to get an accurate answer to her question?
A. Put one potted plant in a very dark place over night and test for the presence of starch.
B. Cover the plant with paper bag overnight and test for the presence of starch.
C. Put one potted plant under the sun and the other in a shaded area for two hours and test for the presence of starch.
D. Cover one leaf of a potted plant with carbon paper for two hours and test for the presence of starch.
________36. Which of the following best explains why planting trees and putting up urban gardens can help prevent global warming?
A. Plants produce oxygen during day time and perform transpiration.
B. Plants absorb carbon dioxide that contributes to the rising of earth’s temperature.
C. Plants perform photosynthesis.
D. Plants use up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, release oxygen to the environment, and perform transpiration.
________37. When cells break down food into chemical energy it undergoes three major processes, glycolysis, Krebs cycle and electron
transport. Which of these processes provides the most number of ATP molecules?
A. Glycolysis B. Krebs cycle C. electron transport chain D. none of the above
________38. These are organisms that can make their own food.
A. heterotrophs B. autotrophs C. parasitic D. chemosynthetic
________39. These are organisms that CAN NOT make their own food.
A. heterotrophs B. autotrophs C. parasitic D. chemosynthetic
________40. Which of the following organelle that serves as site for cellular respiration?
A. vacuoles B. golgi bodies C. mitochondrion D. reticulum
________41. It is a set of metabolic reactions and processes that take place in the cells of organisms to convert biochemical energy from
nutrients into adenosine triphosphate
A. photosynthesis B. glycolysis C. kreb’s cycle D. cellular respiration
________42. What are the raw materials for the process of photosynthesis?
A. water B. sunlight C. carbon dioxide D. all of the above
________43. Which of the following is the end product of photosynthesis?
A. glucose B. oxygen C. oxygen and glucose D. oxygen and carbon dioxide
________44. Which part of the leaf serves as the transport for oxygen and carbon dioxide?
A. stomata B. mesophyll C. chlorophyll D. vascular bundles
________45. What stage of photosynthesis happens in the presence of light that occurs in the thylakoid membrane and converts light
energy to chemical energy?
A. light dependent reaction C. calvin cycle
B. dark reaction D. kreb’s cycle
________46. Which of the following is an end product of glycolysis?
A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide C. pyruvate D. sunlight
________47. What are the raw materials for the process of cellular respiration?
A. oxygen B. sunlight C. glucose D. all of the above
________48. A vegetable farmer wants to increase his harvest. Which of the following conditions should the farmer consider?
A. The kind of soil only C. The location of the plots only
B. The amount of water only D. All of the above
________49. How many molecule/s of carbon dioxide is/are released from one pyruvic acid molecule being oxidized?
A. 1 B. 3 C. 2 D. 4
________50. Plants make food by absorbing water and carbon dioxide. Which of the following substances is the origin of oxygen released
as gas by green plants during photosynthesis?
A. water B. sugar C. carbon dioxide D. ribulose-1,5-biphosphate