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4 PERIODICAL EXAM IN SCIENCE 8
th

High School Department

Name: _____________________________________________ Date: ________________
Year and Section: ____Grade 8-________________________ Teacher:
Score:
Ms. Mary Joy S. Bertos
/80
Multiple choice
Directions: Identify the choices that best completes the statement or answers the question correctly. Write your answer on the space
provided. AVOID ERASURES. (30 points)
____1. Which of the following digestive processes happens first?
a. digestion b. ingestion c. absorption d. assimilation
____2. Which of the following digestive tract DOES NOT perform digestion?
a. mouth b. stomach c. large intestine d. small intestine
____3. Which of the following digestive tubes does the bolus move through, after passing through the pharynx?
a. gut b. colon c. stomach d. esophagus
____4. It is a movable muscular organ inside the oral cavity.
a. gums b. teeth c. tongue d. pharynx
____5. It is a type of digestion wherein the amylase breaks down the complex carbohydrates into simple sugars.
a. Mechanical digestion b. Chemical digestion c. Oral digestion d. Digestion
____6. These are the structures that are responsible for identifying the taste of the foods.
a. mouth b. salivary glands c. taste buds d. all of the above
____7. What happen to the stomach after the food leaves?
a. ready to be mixed with pepsin for protein digestion c. food rolls into bolus
b. a creamy paste called chyme was produced d. None of the above
____8. What is the role of the liver in the digestive system?
a. Store vitamin D c. destroy damaged red blood cells
b. form glucose from noncarbohydrates d. All of the choices are correct
____9. What breaks food into smaller pieces to begin mechanical digestion?
a. Stomach b. esophagus c. amylase d. teeth
____10. What kind of smooth muscle movement includes a wavelike motion of contraction behind a mass of food?
a. Mixing movement b. parietal movement c. peristalsis d. contractile
____11. Which of the following is not an accessory organ?
a. pancreas b. liver c. esophagus d. gallbladder
____12. Peristalsis occurs in which part of the digestive tract?
a.in the stomach, small intestine, and large intestine only c.in the stomach and small intestine only
b.in the small and large intestines only d. from the pharynx to the anus.
____13. Food does not pass through all the organs of the digestive system. What organs do not come in contact with food, but will
inject substances necessary for digestion?
a. pancreas and liver c. rectum and larynx
b. liver and heart d. Both A and B
____14. Bacteria are helpful in breaking down food in the ________.
a. mouth c. small intestine
b. stomach d. large intestine
____15. How does food travel from the mouth to the stomach?
a. Food falls down the windpipe c. Throat muscles push food down the windpipe
b. Food falls down the esophagus d. Throat Muscles push food down the esophagus
____16. One of the three basic food types needed for building and repair of tissue in the body can be found in beef, egg whites, nuts,
and pork. Which of the following biomolecules does it belong?
a. Protein c. Carbohydrates
b. Fibers d. Both A and B
____17. A motorbike engine can develop a power of 90000 W in order to keep a constant velocity of 30 m/s. What is the pushing
force?
a. 3000 N b. 30000 N c. 300000 N d. 300 N
____18. A machine does2500 J of work in 1 min. What is the power developed by the machine?
a. 21 watts b. 42 watts c. 150 watts d. 2500 watts
____19. A car travels with a constant speed of 15 m/s. The car’s engine produces a 4000 N pushing force in order to keep the speed
constant. How much power is developed by the engine?
a. 60 watts b. 600 watts c. 6000 watts d. 60000 watts
____20. A bullet fired from a gun can pierce a target. Which of the following energy does it performed?
a. Mechanical energy b. Heat energy c. Kinetic energy d. Acceleration
____21. What happens to light rays when it strikes a plane mirror?
a. scattered b. refracted c. diffracted d. reflected
____22. The part of the eye which refracts light is called _______.
a. cornea b. pupil c. lens d. retina
____23. The spreading of white light into different colors is called ________.
a. reflection b. dispersion c. visible spectrum d. refraction
____24. Which color has the longest wavelength?
a. Orange b. Red c. Blue d. Violet

____25. The entire range of electromagnetic wave frequencies is known as __________.

a. visible light b. ultraviolet radiation c. electromagnetic spectrum d. magnetism
____26. Potential energy is the energy possessed by an object due to ____________.
a. Its acceleration b. Its velocity c. Its reference point d. Its velocity
____27. It is a bending of light as it passes from one medium to another material of different optical density.
a. reflection b. dispersion c. visible spectrum d. refraction
____28. What is the power of a light bulb that converts electrical energy at a rate of 200 joules per second?
a. 201 watts b. 200 watts c. 205 watts d. 206 watts
____29. A force of 15N is used to push a box along the floor of 3 meters. How much work is done?
a. 45 J b. 44 J c. 46 J d. 47 J
____30. It is the total kinetic energy and potential energy of the atoms and molecules.
a. Heat b. Thermal energy c. Temperature d. Both A and B

True/ False
Directions: Read the following statement carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is wrong.
Write your answer on the space provided. (10 points)
______1. Bile is stored in the gall bladder.
______2. Canines are used for mechanical digestion.
______3. Ptyalin is secreted by the cells in the stomach.
______4. Absorption of nutrients from food occurs in the stomach.
______5. Peristalsis happens all over your digestive system.
______6. The greatest amount of digestion happens in large system.
______7. Chemical digestion breaks down the food through a physical process.
______8. Epiglottis prevents the food from entering the respiratory system.
______9. Mechanical digestion increases the surface area of food being digested.
______10. The stomach is responsible for killing a lot of the bad bacteria in the food we eat.

Matching type
Directions: Match the description in Column A to its specific stages of mitosis in the Column B. Write your answer before the number.
(10 points)
A B
______ 1. Centrioles begin to move apart in animal cells. a. Metaphase
b. Telophase
______ 2. The spindle fibers disappear, and the nucleolus reappears. c. Anaphase
______ 3. Chromatin thicken and condenses until it coiled to become d. Prophase
chromosome. e. Interphase
______ 4. Chromosome begins to set a single stranded chromatid.
______ 5. It is a phase of reconstruction.
______ 6. Centromeres are attached to the spindle fibers.
______ 7. Daughter cells are successfully divided into two.
______ 8. Chromosomes are aligned at the equator of the cell.
______ 9. It is the migration phase.
______ 10. This cell acquires nutrient for the growth of the cell.
Identification
A. Directions: Identify what is being asked in each drawing in the box and write the correct name of electrical symbol before the
number. (10 points)
_______________________1. ______________________6.
_______________________2. ______________________7.
_______________________3. ______________________8.
_______________________4. ______________________9.
_______________________5. ______________________10.

B. Directions: Identify what is being asked in the sentence and write it before the number. (5 points)
____________1. The rate of doing work or rate using energy.
____________2. The turning back of light waves.
____________3. It is an energy in a moving object.
____________4. The unit of power.
____________5. The SI of force.

Problem Solving
Directions: Analyze the questions carefully and answer the problem completely. (3 points each)
1. If a circuit has a voltage of 625 V and a resistance of 150 Ω, what is the current?
Formula: ________________________________________________________
Solution: ________________________________________________________
Answer: _________________________________________________________
2. One of the groups inside the class presents a simple circuit, there is a resistance of 97.5 Ω and a current of 0.16 A, what
is the voltage?
Formula: ________________________________________________________
Solution: ________________________________________________________
Answer: _________________________________________________________
3. If a circuit has a voltage of 20.5 V and a current of 3.5 A, what is the resistance?
Formula: ________________________________________________________
Solution: ________________________________________________________
Answer: _________________________________________________________
4. If you push a crate with 65 Newton of force for 20 meters in 5 seconds. How much power did you use?
Formula: ________________________________________________________
Solution: ________________________________________________________
Answer: _________________________________________________________
5. A toy cart is pulled parallel to the floor by a boy with a force of magnitude of 5N to the right at 6.5 meters. How much work is done by
the boy in pulling the cart?
Formula: ________________________________________________________
Solution: ________________________________________________________
Answer: _________________________________________________________