Summative Test

Science 10
Name: ____________________________ Score : ____________
Grade & Sec. : ______________________ Date: ______________
I - Choose the letter of the best answer then write it on the space provided before each number.
Erasure nor superimposition means WRONG.
_______1. What is the short, slender channels that carry impulses toward a neuron’s body?
a. Axons b. Dendrites c. Cell bodies d. synapses
_______2. What best described nerve impulse?
a. An electrical message c. an electrochemical message
b. An electromagnetic message d. a chemical change occurring in the brain
_______3. What is the peripheral nervous system?
a. Composed of only motor neurons c. Consists of the cerebellum and the spinal cord
b. Not linked to the central nervous system d. Provides pathways to and from the central nervous
system
________4. Where do sensory neurons transmit messages from?
a. The brain to the spinal cord c. The central nervous system to a muscle or gland
b. The environment to the brain or spinal cord d.A muscle or a gland to the central nervous system
________5. What are hormones?
a. The same as electrical impulses c. neurons along which messages travel
b. Chemicals that stimulate nerve cells d. transported to their target organs by the bloodstream
________6. What happen if no embryo arrives after the uterus has prepared to receive it.
a. Birth occurs later than nine months
b. the uterine lining stays intact in preparation for another embryo
c. The lining of the uterus is expelled from the body as menstrual blood
d. none of these
______7.What are the primary reproductive organs which are responsible for producing egg cells and sperm
cells?
a. The ovaries and the testes c. male duct system and female genital tract
b. Male and female accessory glands d. male and female external genitalia
______8. The following are the functions of the nervous system EXCEPT ONE. Which is it?
A. integration B. Sensory Input C. Motor Input D. Stimulation
______9. Which of the following are the parts of the neuron?
A. dendrite, axon, and cell body
B. parasympathetic and sympathetic
C.brain, spinal cord, and vertebral column
D. cerebrum, cerebellum, and brain stem
______10. which of the following is/are type/s of neurons?
A. motor B. sensory C. interneurons D. all of the choices
______11. What are the main divisions of the nervous system?
A. Sensory system and motor system
B. Sympathetic and parasympathetic system
C. peripheral nervous system and central nervous system
D. All of the above
______12. Which of the following is INCORRECTLY paired?
A. brain - information C. sympathetic - stress
B. parasympathetic - relax D. cerebellum - thought
______13. Which of the following control heart rate, breathing and blood pressure?
A. Cerebrum B. Cerebellum C. Brain Stem D. Spinal Cord
______14. John has a problem in coping with the different dance steps. Which of the following parts of the
brain does John needs to work out?
 A. Cerebrum B. Cerebellum C. Brain Stem D. Spinal Cord
______15. Although only one sperm cell actually penetrates and fertilizes the ovum, _____ of sperm cells are
released in an ejaculation to ensure the fertilization will take place.
a. Dozens b. Hundreds c. Thousands d. millions
______16. For fertilization to occur, sperm cells are deposited in the female’s ________. These sperm cells
then enter the _______ through the opening called _________, and travel to the _______, the site of zygote
formation.
a. Vagina, cervix, oviduct, uterus c. uterus, vagina, cervix, oviduct
b. Cervix, vagina, uterus, oviduct d. vagina, uterus, cervix, oviduct
______17. What pituitary hormone(s) control the ovulation and production of female hormones by the ovary?
a. Estrogen b. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone c. Human chorionic gonadotropin d.
follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and luteinizing hormone (LH)
______18. In a typical 28-day female reproductive cycle, on which day following the beginning of the menstrual
period is the level of luteinizing hormone most likely to be the highest?
a. Day 7 b. Day 14 c. Day 21 d. Day 28
______19. Select the correct order of stages in development
a. Zygote-fetus-embryo b. Fetus-embryo-zygote c. Zygote-embryo-fetus d. embryo-fetus-zygote
______20. Menstruation is the discharge of blood that recurs ________.
a. In nonpregnant, breeding-age teenagers c. among all female mamma
b. Every quarter of the year d. among all human beings
______21. A biologist hypothesized that both the pituitary gland and the ovary influence the uterine cycle in
females. Which of the following observations would best support this hypothesis?
a. Removal of the pituitary is followed by death.
b. Removal of the ovary can greatly affect the menstrual cycle.
c. Removal of the ovary is followed by nonfunctioning of the pituitary.
d. Uterine development takes place only when both pituitary and ovary are present.
______22. Which of the following is the correct sequence on how neurons work when someone taps on your
shoulder?
I - The shoulder muscles are activated, causing the head to turn.
II- Receptors in the skin sense touch or other stimuli
III- Motor neurons transmit a response message to the shoulder muscles.
IV- information is sorted and interpreted in the brain. A response in determined by internuerons.
V- Sensory neurons transmit the touch message.
A. II, V, III, IV,I B. II,V, IV,III,I C. V,II, III,IV,I D. V,II,IV,III,I
______23. Kate a three years old daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dela Cruz touched a hot plate in the kitchen and
immediately moved her hand away. On the later part of her life he will never touch a hot plate again
without protection. What is the stimulus in the situation?
A. Mr. & Mrs. Dela Cruz B. Kate C. touching the hot plate D. movement of her hand away
______24. Mark response to the sound of pistol for 5 seconds. What do you call the length of time did Mark in
response to the sound?
A. response time B. Reaction time C. stimulus-response time d. None of the choices
______25. Which of these is not an endocrine gland?
A. Pancreas B. Testes C. kidney D. parathyroid
______26. Calcitonin is a hormone of which of the following gland:
A. pituitary gland B. Thymus gland C. Thyroid gland D. Parathyroid gland
______27. All of the following are hormones of the anterior pituitary gland EXCEPT
A. growth hormone C. Follicle Stimulating Hormone
B. Lutienizing Hormone D. Parathyromone hormone
______28. Which of the following is INCORRECTLY paired?
A. Ovaries : Androgen C. Testes :Testosterone
B. Thyroid : Calcitonin D. Pancreas : Glucagon
______29. Which of the following situation will make adrenal gland at work and will produce adrenaline?
A. A pregnant woman
 B. A girl eating sweet
C. A sick person in bed
D. A boy running away from danger
______30. Which of the following situation will make thymus gland at work and will produce thymosin?
A. A pregnant woman
B. A girl eating sweet
C. A sick person in bed
D. A boy running away from danger
______31. Chris is 14 years old but his height is 6’9 ft. Because his pituitary gland secreted to much growth
hormone. What do you call the disorder that involved to much secretion of growth hormone?
A. Dwarfism B. Gigantism C. Goiter D. Osteoporosis
______32. Which of the following element is essential to prevent goiter a thyroid disorder caused by too much
or too little amount of thyroxin hormone?
A. Sodium B. Chlorine C. Iodine D. Flourine
______33. Ana skipped her lunch for the day, so her blood sugar level drops below normal. Which of the
following hormones will help her body to cope up with this change?
A. Insulin B. Glucagon C. Thyroxin D. Thymosin
______34. Which of the following protects and regulates the temperature of the testes?
A. Urethra B. Scrotum C. Penis D. All of the choices
______35. The following gland provide liquid in which sperm can swim EXCEPT one, which is it?
A. Seminal Vesicle B. Prostate gland C. Vas deferens D. Bulbourethral gland
______36.What do you call the passage of sperm from the penis, a result of a series of muscular contraction?
A. Spermatogenesis B. Masturbation C. Ejaculation D. Testosterone
______37.Which of the following hormone causes secondary sex characteristics, production of sperm and
sexual urge in male reproductive system?
A. Androgen B. Testosterone C. Estrogen D. Progesterone
______38. What do you call the female organ used for intercourse, it is an empty passageway leading from the
vaginal opening to the uterus.
A. Fallopian tube B. Ovary C. Vagina D. Uterus
______39. What do you call the lining in the uterus that thickens and breads down during menstrual period
A. Oviducts B. Endometrium C. Ovary D. Cervix
______40. What do you call the neck or opening of the uterus and considered as the strongest muscle in the
female’s body?
A. Oviducts B. Endometrium C. Ovary D. Cervix
______41.Which of the following hormone is responsible for the secondary sex characteristics and the sex
drive in females and spurs the onset of puberty and is responsible for ovulation?
A. Androgen B. Testosterone C. Estrogen D. Progesterone
______42. Which of the following hormone help ovary to produced egg cells and testes to produced sperm
cells?
A. Luteinizing hormone C. Adrenocorticotropic hormone
B. Follicle stimulating hormone D. all of the choices
______43. Pregnancy and childbirth are some of the examples of coordinated functions of nervous, endocrine,
and reproductive system. Which of the following hormones produced by the pituitary gland help the
mother to contract the womb and abdominal muscles at the onset of labor?
A. Prolactin B. Oxcytocin C. Progesterone D. Estrogen
______44. Breastfeeding is one of the coordinated functions of nervous, endocrine, and reproductive system.
Which of the paired hormones help to produced milk?
A. FSH- LH B. Oxytocin-Prolactin C. Estrogen-Progesterone D. Androgen-Testosterone
II - Answer briefly the following questions. (3 pts. each)
1. How does the Central Nervous System (CNS) function similarly to the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of a
computer?
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2. Why are there significant changes in the body at puberty stage?
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3. In what way do the nervous and endocrine systems differ in the way they communicate messages
throughout the body?
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4. Why is it important to maintain homeostasis in the body?
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