4TH QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 8

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DIRECTION: Read the question carefully and encircle the best answer.

1. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

a. it allows animals to feed permanently from one type of plant.
b. it increases at each level of the food chain.
c. it helps populations adapt to ecological changes.
d. it reduces the number of insects in a given ecosystem.
2. The first person to have created the classification system for living organisms was
a. Carolus Linneaus b. Leonardo Da Vinci c. Aristotle d. Carlos Linneaus
3. Why is biodiversity valuable and desirable to humans?
a. for medicinal purposes c. for agricultural diversity
b. for consumptive use d. all of these are correct
4. Reasons for preserving biodiversity include all of the following except
a. isolating unique genetic material so it can be incorporate into existing crops.
b. increasing the chances of discovering organisms with medicinal value.
c. preventing natural evolution
d. finding new plants that can supplement the world, food supply.
5. The correct term for a “two-part naming system” is
a. Taxonomy b. Genus and Species c. Binomial Nomenclature d. Latinized word
6. The correct sequence for the seven levels of classification is
a. Kingdom Phylum Order Class Family Genus Species
b. Phylum Kingdom Order Family Class Genus Species
c. Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
d. Kingdom Class Phylum Family Oder Genus Species
7. What level of biodiversity is most commonly equated with overall concept of biodiversity?
a. genetic diversity b. species diversity c. ecosystem diversity d. all of these
8. A tapeworm enters into the stomach oa a human and consumes all the nutrients. This is described as…
a. Parasitism b. Mutualism c. Commensalism d. Predation
9. An earthworm belongs to which phylum?
a. Arthropoda b. Porifera c. Annelida d. Cnidaria
10. An example of Phylum Porifera is the
a. sponge b. jellyfish c. spider d. sea star
11. An example of Phylum Echinodermata is the
a. sea urchin b. sea anemone c. sea horse d. corals
12. Some characteristics that distinguish arthropods are:
a. arthritis, a hard shell c. jointed appendages, an exoskeleton
b. no muscles attached to the endoskeleton, poisonous d. none of these
13. All reptiles breathe:
a. with a lung b. using gills c. through moist skin d. all of these
14. Fungi are:
a. heterotrophic b. eukaryotic c. made of hyphae d. saprobes
15. Bilateral symmetry in the animal kingdom is best correlated with:
a. an ability to sense equally in all direction
b. an ability to capture food from a sessile position
c. symbiotic relationships
d. motility and active predation and escape
16. Different lineages of the Class Reptilia are believed to have given rise to which of the following animal
groups?
a. birds b. Amphibians c. bony fishes d. mammals
17. Medusa and polyp body plans are typical os which group:
a. Porifera b. Cnidarian c. Echinoderms d. Platyhelminthes
18. Which of the following is radially symmetrical?
a. donut b. automobile c. spoon d. sea anemone
19. Unlike other animals, sponges:
a. are unicellular c. lack of true tissues
b. exhibit bilateral symmetry d. are prokaryotic
20. Octopi are most closely related to which of the following organisms?
a. clams b. jellyfish c. sea star d. earthworms
21. There are three major groups of mammals, categorized on the basis of their
a. size b. habitat c. method of locomotion d. method of reproduction
22. Which of the following classifications would not apply to both dogs and humans?
a. kingdom Animalia b. Phylum Chordata c. Order Primates d. Class Mammalia
23. Animals are:
a. multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs c. multicellular prokaryotic heterotrophs
b. unicellular prokaryotic heterotrophs d. multicellular eukaryotic autotrophs
24. A child brought home a strange animal it found outside under a rock. It had moist skin, a complete
digestive tract, a ventral nerve cord, and had gone through torsion. It must be:
a. a lancelet b. a crustacean c. a mollusk d. an annelid.
25. The body of fungus (with exception of yeast) consist of thread-like ________, which form a network
called a _________.
26. Insects are typically characterized by all of the following except:
a. three pair of legs b. head, thorax and abdomen c. wings d. all of these
27. A food chain is?
a. overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
b. the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
c. a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
d. biotic and abiotic factors in an area.
28. What is producer?
a. an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b. an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c. an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
d. an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
29. An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ________
a. producer b. consumer c. decomposer d. prey
30. One model that shows how energy passes from one organism is called?
a. an energy link b. a food chain c. a food web d. photosynthesis
31. Which of the following two organisms are producers?
a. plants and phytoplankton c. plants and consumers
b. consumers and phytoplankton d. phytoplankton and chlorophyll
32. A food web is more realistic than food chain for showing te feeding relationships in ecosystems
because:
a. it compares the number of consumers to the number of micro-organisms in an ecosystem
b. food chains use only a small sampling of organisms
c. a food web explains why there are more producers than consumers
d. producers are usually eaten by many different consumers and most consumers are eaten by
more than one predator
33. A consumer gets energy by doing what?
a. making it themselves
b. breaking down biotic waste and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem
c. soaking it up from the ground
d. feeding on other organisms
34. A carnivore eats only other animals. Which is an example?
a. bison b. elephant c. caterpillar d. coyotes
35. What do ecologists call the transfer of energy that begins with the Sun and passes from one organism
to the next in a food chain?
a. a food web b. a top consumer c. energy flow d. a pyramid of numbers
36. Only a small amount of energy stored in food is available to the next organism in a food chain because
a. there are more producers than consumers in a food chain
b. there are fewer top consumers than producers in a food chain
c. primary and secondary consumers compete for food
d. most of the energy is used for life processes
37. This diagram shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
a. energy pyramid b. food web c. ecosystem d. food chain
38. What is the digestive system?
a. the body’s breathing system c. the body’s system of nerves
b. the body’s food-processing system d. the body’s blood-transporting system
39. Digestion begins in the mouth. Which of the following statement is INCORRECT?
a. the tongue aids in the digestion of the food.
b. the saliva changes some of the starches in the food to sugar.
c. the tongue keeps the food in place in the mount while the food is being chewed.
d. the digestive juices can react more easily with the food when chewed.
40. Where does the partly-digested food (in liquid form) go after it leaves the stomach?
a. esophagus b. appendix c. small intestine d. large intestine
41. The digestive system processes food into usable and unusable materials. The usable materials are sent
to the body’s cell as food. What happens to unusable materials?
a. it goes into the pancreas to await disposal.
b. it goes to the right ventricle to await disposal.
c. it goes into the large intestine to await disposal.
d. it goes into small intestine to await disposal.
42. Digestion takes place in a long tube-like canal called the alimentary canal, or the digestive tract. Food
travels through these organs in the following order:
a. mouth, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine and rectum.
b. mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and rectum.
c. mouth, stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine and rectum.
d. mouth, gullet, esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine and rectum.
43. Which of the following does not manufacture digestive juices?
a. liver b. kidneys c. stomach d. pancreas
44. Production of bile is one of several important functions of the
a. gallbladder b. liver c. pancreas d. small intestine
45. The main functions of the digestive system are:
a. ingestion and digestion c. propulsion and secretion
b. absorption and elimination d. all of these

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