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C. Hypothalamus
1. Where do producers obtain their energy?
D. Pituitary
A. From other producers

B. From the consumers

7.Which of the following is the building block carbohydrate?
C. From the decomposers
A. Amino acid
D. From the sun
B. Nucleotide

C. Fatty acid
2. Why do you experience not seeing things clearly for some
seconds when you enter suddenly a well-lighted room D. Monosaccharide
after coming from a dark room, you?

A. The pupils are not adapted to the dark

8.Why it is necessary men have more red blood cells per
B. The eyes are adapted to the light only cubic millimeter of blood than women?

C. The pupils are not dilated yet A. Man does strenuous activities and need more energy

D. Light had caused temporary blindness B. They have bigger physique and need more blood

C. Man waste more blood cells and need extra

3. What term is used to describe the ability to maintain a D. They are more prone to anemia disorders
constant internal environment?

A. Metabolism
9.Which of the following is the building block of protein?
B. Growth and development
A. Amino acid
C. Homeostasis
B. Nucleotide
D. Thermoregulation
C. Fatty acid

D. Monosaccharide
4.What is the most common cause of cardiovascular
disease?

A. Fatty deposits in the arteries 10.Where does protein synthesis take place?

B. Inadequate supply of red blood cells A. Ribosomes

C. Lack of sodium in the diet B. Lysosomes

D. Increased heartbeat C. Endoplasmic reticulum

D. Golgi bodies

5.Which is the smallest unit of life that can survive and

reproduce on its own?
11.Why are our lips “redder” than our palm?
A. Cell
A. There is increased blood flow in the lips
B. Organ
B. Lips are heavily keratinized
C. Tissues
C. Lip epidermis is thinner
D. Population
D. Many blood vessels are located around the lips

6.Which region of a vertebrate forebrain is considered with

the neutral-endocrine control of visceral activities? 12.Which of the following cannot be found in prokaryotes?

A. Cerebellum A. Cytoplasm

B. Thalamus B. Plasma membrane

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18.What is the most abundant inorganic compound in the
C. Membrane-bound nucleus protoplasm?

D. DNA A. Fluid

B. Blood

13.What do we call mutation that is brought about by the C. Plasma

earth natural radioactivity?
D. Water
A. Continuous

B. Induced
19.Which is the riches type of tropical rain forest in the
C. Lysosomes Philippines?

D. Chloroplast A. Molave forest

B. Dipterocarp forest

14.Which of the following organelles produces turbo C. Mangrove forest

pressure against cell wall and mainly acts as water
reservoir D. Pine forest

A. Plastids

B. Vacuole 20.What muscle is described as involuntary, not striated, and

have a single nucleus?
C. Lysosomes
A. Smooth
D. Chloroplast
B. Skeletal

C. Cardiac
15.What is the branch crobial organisms is used in the
creation of genetically modified organisms? D. Connective

A. Pseudomonas vulgaris

B. Bacillus thuringensis 21.We feel warmer just before it rains because __________.

C. Agro bacterium tumafaciens A. Heat is released by the evaporation of water

D. Escherichia coli B. The clouds prevent heat from escaping the earth

C. There is an increased relative humidity

16.What is the branch of zoology that is devoted to the study D. Heat is released by the condensation of water vapor
of fish?

A. Helmintology
22.Which of the following is not considered as a reproductive
B. Ichthyology cell?

C. Chondrichthyes A. Gamete

D. Ornithology B. Somatic cell

C. Egg cell

17.The process involved in the production of mRNA using D. Sperm cell

DNA as template is termed _______?

A. Transcription
23.The cell wall of plant is made of _______.
B. Replication
A. Lipids
C. Gene manipulation
B. Cellulose
D. Reverse transcription
C. Protein

D. Cell membrane
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B. Camote

C. Tubers
24.Which of the following is the correct sequence of the level
of organization from lowest to highest? D. Strawberry

A. Cells-system-organs-tissues

B. System-organs-tissues-cells 30.Which of the following structures serve as a passageway

of food and air?
C. Cells-tissues-organs-system
A. Epiglottis
D. Tissues-systems-cells-organs
B. Trachea

C. Pharynx
25.At metaphase of the meiotic division, the chromosomes
are attached to the spindle fibers as ________. D. Larynx

A. Double chromatids

B. Non-homologous pairs 31.Which kind of relationship is exhibited by algae and fungi

in lichen?
C. Single chromatid strands
A. Commensalism
D. A tetrad of four chromatids
B. Parasitism

C. Symbiosis
26.Which of the following is an example of behavioral
adaption? D. Competition

A. Thick green stems of the cactus plant

B. Thick fur of the bear 32.What do you call the finger-like folds on the inner linings
of the small intestine?
C. Shedding leaves during summer
A. Villi
D. Presence of cuticle on the upper surface of the leaves
B. Appendix

C. Rugae
27.The bipolar nature of the cell membrane is due to
_______. D. Cecum

A. Presence of carries

B. Presence of 33.Aside from ADP, what else is the end production of the
dark-reaction phase of ohotosynthesis?
C. Phospholipids bilayer
A. Carbon dioxide
D. Integral proteins
B. Surag

C. Carbon
28.Which of the following is made up of diploid number of
cells? D. Starch

A. Zygote

B. Sperm cell 34.What is that flap-like structure that prevents the food from
going the wrong way during swallowing?
C. Egg cell
A. Epiglottis
D. Both B and C
B. Larynx

C. Esophagus
29.Which plant has underground stem modified for
reproduction? D. Pharynx

A. Ginger
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35.Which pigment is dominant in red algae?

A. Phycocyanin 41.What do you call the types of symmetry where the body
parts are paired on either side of the body?
B. Fucoxanthin
A. Dorsal
C. Chlorophyll
B. Bilateral
D. Pharynx
C. Radial

D. Ventral
36.What is the membrane that surrounds the lungs?
42.Which is considered as the respiratory center of the
A. Pleura brain?

B. Meninges
A. Cerebellum
C. Peritoneum
B. Medulla oblongata
D. Pericardium
C. Cerebrum

D. Thalamus
37.What is that 3-carbon sugar formed during the dark
reaction phase of the photosynthesis?

A. ADP 43.Which stage of incomplete metamorphism is undergone

by grasshopper?
B. NADPH
A. Nymph, pupa, adult
C. ATP
B. Egg, larva, pupa, adult
D. PGAL
C. Egg, nymph, adult

D. Egg, pupa, adult

38.What is the product of carbohydrate digestion?

A. Fatty acid
44.Which of the following is NOT part of the thoracic
B. Glucose cage?

C. Amino acid A. Clavicle

D. Nucleic acid B. Ribs

C. Costal cartilages

39.What process is responsible for the upward movement of D. Sternum

the water in very tall trees?

A. Osmosis
45.Where does the toxin substance secreted by bees and
B. Capillary action ants through their sting originate?

C. Turgor pressure A. Silk glands

D. Transpiration B. Intestines

C. Rectal glands

40.What is the enzyme in the mouth that breaks starch to D. Salivary glands
maltose?

A. Peptidase
46.What is the longest bone in the body?
B. Ptyalin
A. Humerus
C. Pepsin
B. Ferum
D. Maltase
C. Tibia-fibula
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D. Clavicle 52.Which of the following is both endocrine and an exocrine

gland?

47.Which cause our bones to turn brittle and easily A. Gastric glands
break?
B. Thyroid glands
A. Turning into muscle tissues
C. Pituitary glands
B. Increase in flexibility
D. Pancreas
C. Turbidity decrease

D. Removal of collagen
53.What organ is controlled by the automatic nervous
system?

48.How many bones does an adult human body

has? A. Skeletal

A. 201 B. Muscles

B. 200 C. Heart

C. 217 D. Both A and B

D. 206

54.What do you call food in a semi-liquid form, partially

digested and mixed with hydrochloric
49.What do you call automatic responses to an external acid?
stimulus?

A. Reflex A. Gastric secretion

B. Instinct B. Gastric fluid

C. Impulse C. Mucosa

D. All of these D. Chime

50.What structure provides flexible support and protection to 55.Which is considered the master gland due to its influence
the spinal on the activity of all the other
cord? glands?

A. Skull A. Thyroid

B. Ribs B. Adrenal

C. Vertebral column C. Pituitary

D. Sternum D. Parathyroid

51. Which hormone is insufficient in 56.Which part of the brain is responsible for intelligence,
cretinism? memory and learned
behavior?

A. Glucagon A. Cerebellum

B. Adrenalin B. Cerebrum

C. Insulin C. Medulla

D. Thyroxine D. Thalamus
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57. Which of these materials is not a major component of the

plasma 62.Which of the following is FALSE in comparing prophase I
membrane? of meiosis and prophase of
mitosis?

A. Phospholipids
A. The chromosomes condense in both
B. Glycoprotein
B. Tetrads form in both
C. Proteins
C. The nuclear envelope disassembles in both
D. DNA
D. A spindle forms in both

58.Which form of RNA delivers information from DNA to be

used in making 63.Which are small, irregularly-shaped cells without nuclei
protein? but are rich in
ATP?

A. Messenger RNA
A. Leukocytes
B. Ribosomal RNA
B. Thrombocytes
C. Transfer RNA
C. Lymphocytes
D. All of the above
D. Erythrocytes

59.Which of the following is not a type of

cell? 64.What branch of Biology is involved when one is studying
the characteristic structure and functions of all kinds of
cells?
A. Bacterium

B. Amoeba A. Cytology

C. Sperm B. Morphology

D. Virus C. Physiology

D. Histology

60.Which property of water is probably MOST important for

the functioning of organisms at the molecular
level? 65.Which part of seed appears as a scar which marks the
entry of the pollen tube during
fertilization?
A. Cohesion and high surface tension

B. High specific heat A. Seed leaf

C. High heat of vaporization B. Cotyledon

D. Versatility as a solvent C. Testa

D. Hilum

61.Which of the following statements is true of

diffusion?
66.Which type of tissue is responsible for the secondary
growth in stems and roots of vascular
A. It requires an expenditure of energy by the cell plants?

B. It is a passive process
A. Meristematic cells
C. It occurs when molecules move from a region of
lower concentration to one of higher concentration B. Cambium

D. It requires a membrane C. Palisade layer

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D. Epidermis

72.Which of the following is not true of

67.Which biome grows tropical grassland with scattered plants?
individual trees and larger
herbivores?
A. Some are pathogenic

A. Tundra B. Some are photosynthetic

B. Rain forest C. Some are edible

C. Grassland D. Form symbiotic relation with algae

D. Savanna

73.Which of the following is considered multi-

cellular?
68. What do you call that process in birds wherein they shed
off features at least once a
year? A. Embryo

B. Fertilized egg
A. Skinning
C. Egg cell
B. Molting
D. Sperm cell
C. Furrowing

D. Migrating
74.What hormone promotes the growth of the uterine lining
for the implantation of the
embryo?
69.What chemical controls metamorphosis among
insects?
A. Lactogenic hormone

A. Enzymes B. Progesterone

B. Estradol C. Testosterone

C. Pheromones D. Oxytocen

D. Ethylene

75.Which of the following pair of organisms are closely

related?
70.Which of the following makes up the plant cell
wall?
A. Spider and mosquito

A. Nucleic acid B. Frog and crocodile

B. Cellulose C. Man and monkey

C. Protein D. Ants and aphids

D. Lipids

76.What does it mean if the blood pressure of human is

110/70?
71.Which of the following is not true of
fungi?
A. The systolic pressure is 70

A. Some are pathogenic B. The diastolic pressure is 70

B. Some are photosynthetic C. The pulse rate is 110 beats per minute

C. Some are edible D. Both B and C

D. Form symbiotic relation with algae

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82.Which of the following will not be accepted by glycolysis
77.Which of the following happens when man for
exhale? catabolism?

A. The residual volume of the lungs decreases A. Starch

B. The diaphragm contracts B. Glycerol

C. The volume of the thoracic cavity decreases C. Fatty acid

D. The lung contracts D. Sucrose

78.Which of the following regulate 83.Which of the following characteristic is common between
breathing? echinoderms and
cnidarians?

A. RBC concentration
A. They are both radically symmetrical
B. Number of haemoglobin
B. They have segmented bodies
C. Hormone level in blood
C. Both have stinging cells
D. CO2 and O2 concentration and pH level sensors
D. They have three embryonic tissue layers

79.Which of the following has the lowest velocity of blood

flow 84.Which of the following is true of Phylum
Chordata?

A. Veins
I.Presence of notochord that provides skeletal support
B. Arteries
II. Pharyngeal slits that have become modified for gas exchange
C. Capillaries
III. Dorsal hallow nerve cord that develops into the central
D. Arterioles nervous system

A. II and III

80. How many carbon atoms can each pyruvic acid supply B. I and II
into the Kirb’s
cycle? C. I and III

D. I, II and III
A. 8

B. 6
85.Which of the following cannot be associated with
C. 4 fungi?

D. 2
A. Absorptive nutrition

B. Decomposers
81.How many oxygen is required each time to a molecule of
glucose is completely oxidized through aerobic C. Autotrophs
respiration?
D. Spore production

A. 3

B. 6 86.Which of the following does not involve

mitosis?
C. 12

D. 24 A. Development of embryo

B. Growth
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C. Production of gametes
A. Fertilization
D. Repairing of damaged tissues
B. Copulation

C. Ovulation
87.Which of the followings is true of
mammals? D. Germination

I. They have four chambered heart

92. Which of the following blood cells is responsible for blood
II. They produce milk for the young clotting?

III. They are warm blooded

A. Erythrocytes
A. I and II
B. Leukocytes
B. II and III
C. Thrombocytes
C. I and III
D. Neutrophils
D. I, II and III

93.Where does ectopic pregnancy

88.What term describes an egg develop into a new organism occur?
without itself being fertilized be a
sperm?
A. Uterus

A. Regeneration B. Ovary

B. Conjugation C. Cervix

C. Parthenogenesis D. Fallopian tube

D. Fusion

89.Which of the following is responsible for formation of 94.Why is cell membrane semi permeability
blood important?
cell?

A. It is important in determining the size of the cell

A. Cartilage
B. It controls the kind of substances that enters and
B. Bone narrow leaves the cell

C. Joints C. It controls the pressure and energy gradient

D. Tendons D. It allows the molecules to diffuse freely in and out of the

cell

90.What is most likely happen when a species cannot adapt

to the changes in the 95.What theory of evolution accounts for snake’s
environment? disappearance of legs and development of giraffe’s long
neck?

A. It will be transform to another form

A. Theory of use and disuse
B. It will become extinct
B. Theory of natural selection
C. It will be isolated
C. Theory of chromosomal change
D. It will grow old
D. Theory of action and interaction

96.Which of the following is an exocrine

91.What term is used to describe the released of matured gland?
egg cell from the
ovary?
A. Plastids and pigments
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B. Asters and centrioles

C. Chloroplasts and vacuoles

D. Cell wall and cell membrane

97.Which of the following is an exocrine

gland?

A. Thyroid gland

B. Salivary gland

C. Pituitary gland

D. Adrenal gland

98.Which of the following is not an accessory organ of

digestion?

A. Liver

B. Pancreas

C. Salivary gland

D. Adrenal gland

99.What hormone stimulates the development of male

secondary sex
characteristics?

A. Estrogen

B. Prolactin

C. Testosterone

D. Progesteron

100.Which of the following parts performs both as

reproductive and urinary functions in males?

A. Ureter

B. Testes

C. Urethra

D. Scrotum
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ANSWER KEY 36. D 72. D

1. D 37. D 73. A

2. C 38. B 74. B

3. C 39. B 75. C

4. A 40. B 76. B

5. A 41. B 77. C

6. C 42. B 78. D

7. D 43. C 79. A

8. A 44. A 80. D

9. A 45. C 81. B

10. A 46. B 82. C

11. C 47. D 83. A

12. C 48. D 84. D

13. C 49. A 85. C

14. B 50. C 86. C

15. D 51. D 87. D

16. B 52. D 88. C

17. A 53. C 89. B

18. D 54. D 90. B

19. B 55. C 91. C

20. A 56. B 92. C

21. D 57. D 93. D

22. B 58. A 94. B

23. B 59. D 95. A

24. C 60. D 96. B

25. A 61. B 97. B

26. C 62. B 98. D

27. C 63. D 99. C

28. A 64. A 100. C

29. C 65. D

30. C 66. B

31. C 67. D

32. A 68. B

33. B 69. A

34. A 70. B

35. D 71. B