Grade 8 Summative Test

BIOLOGY

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I – Choose and write the letter of the best answer.

c. Compressed gases
d. Iron and Nickel
1. The history of the Earth has been divided by
scientists into eras. Which of the following
shows the arrangement of these eras into 8. Which of the following agencies in the
proper sequence from the oldest to the most Philippines is responsible in monitoring fault
recent? line activities?
a. Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, a. PAGASA
Cenozoic b. PHIVOLCS
b. Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic, c. DPWH
Precambrian d. DENR
c. Precambrian, Mesozoic, Cenozoic,
Paleozoic 9. Which list shows atmospheric layers in the
d. Paleozoic, Cenozoic, Precambrian, current order upward from the Earth’s
Mesozoic surface?
a. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere,
Thermosphere
2. The crystalline form of minerals is due to b. Troposphere, Thermosphere, Mesosphere,
. Stratosphere
a. Density c. Stratosphere, Troposphere, Mesosphere,
b. Hardness Thermosphere
c. Arrangement of its atoms d. Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere,
d. Cleavage Thermosphere

3. Most igneous rocks form by which 10. Which three planets are known as
processes? “terrestrial planets” because of their high
a. Erosion and Deposition density and rocky composition?
b. Heat and Pressure a. Venus, Saturn, and Neptune
c. Melting and Solidification b. Venus, Neptune, and Pluto
d. Compaction and Cementation c. Jupiter, Saturn, and Uranus
d. Mercury, Mars, and Venus

4. The forces of moving water, ice, wind, and

plant action are agents of
a. Heat and Pressure
b. Cooling and Hardening
c. Weathering and Erosion
d. Pressure and Cementing
. 11. Sun’s energy is generated by .
a. Nuclear Fusion
b. Sun reacting with gravity
c. Nuclear Fission
d. Reaction with magnetic field

5. Which of the following is a metamorphic 12. Identify our galaxy and its type.
rock? a. Andromeda; Spiral
a. Shale b. Milky Way; Spiral
b. Limestone c. Pegasus; Irregular
c. Obsidian d. Milky; Spiral
d. Slate

13. Which of these stars are the largest and

6. Which is the probable cause of plate hottest?
movements? a. Red giants
a. Ocean currents b. Blue super giants
b. Strong winds c. Red dwarfs
c. Convection currents in the mantle d. Blue giants
d. Strain

14. How long ago did the Universe form?

7. The core of the Earth is thought to be a. 4.6 billion years ago
composed of which of the following? b. 65 thousand years ago
a. Basalt and Granite c. 13.7 billion years ago
b. Uranium and Lead d. 2 billion years ago
 23. It refers to the process in which organisms
use and produce gases in photosynthesis
15. What theory proposes that universe does
and respiration.
not change with time?
a. Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Cycle
a. Big Bang Theory
b. Cosmological constant b. Carbon Cycle
c. Heliocentric Universe Theory c. Oxygen Cycle
d. Steady-State Theory d. Nitrogen Cycle

16. How do scientists determine the geologic 24. Bile is secreted into the gall bladder by the
time? a. Pancreas
a. Relative and Absolute dating b. Liver
b. Calendar c. Salivary glands
c. Carbon dating d. Intestinal glands
d. Clock

17. The process by which sediment

becomes a sedimentary rock is known 25. The part of the food tube that connects the
as: throat with the stomach is the
a. petrification a. Esophagus
b. carbonization b. Mouth
c. compaction c. Pharynx
d. lithification d. Intestine

18. Water moves into the atmosphere 26. Gastric glands are located in the
through and returns to the a. Small intestine
Earth through . b. Large intestine
a. Precipitation, Evaporation c. Stomach
a. Evaporation, Condensation d. Esophagus
b. Evaporation, Precipitation
c. Condensation, Evaporation
27. Which of this is not a part of interphase
a. Gap 1
19. This sphere is called the zone of life. b. Gap 2
A. Lithosphere c. S phase
B. Atmosphere
d. M phase
C. Hydrosphere
D. Biosphere
28. A process in which cells divide twice to
produce 4 daughter cells.
20. These are mainly composed of ice and a. Mitosis
nonvolatile dust. b. Cell Cycle
a. Comets c. Meiosis
b. Asteroids d. Interphase
c. Meteorites
d. Galaxy
29. DNA strands that make up the
chromosomes replicate in this stage of the
21. These are the kind of plants that are also cell cycle.
called as the “flowering plants” since it a. Synthesis Stage
produces flowers, as well as fruits. b. Gap 1
a. Gymnosperms c. Gap 2
b. Non-vascular d. M phase
c. Vascular
d. Angiosperms
30. What is the phase of interphase wherein
protein synthesis takes place?
a. Gap 1
22. How much percentage of biomass and b. Gap 2
energy are transferred to the each of the c. Synthesis Stage
next level of the pyramids? d. M phase
a. 1%
b. 10% 31. What is the largest stage of cell cycle?
c. 100% a. M phase
d. 1000% b. Interphase
c. Cell Division
d. Gap 1
32. What particular stage is wherein the 40. The base of a biomass pyramid has a total
chromosomes are duplicated? mass of 67, 000 kg. How much biomass will
a. Gap 2 be transferred to the next level?
b. Synthesis Stage a. 6.7 kg
c. Gap 1 b. 67 kg
d. M phase c. 670 kg
d. 6700 kg

33. In what stage of interphase does the cell

grows rapidly and prepares for cell division? 41. The base of an energy pyramid has a total
a. Gap 1 92, 000 kcal. In the second level, the energy
b. Synthesis Stage transferred is only 9, 200 kcal. How much
c. Gap 2
energy will be transferred to the third level?
d. M phase
a. 0.92 kcal
b. 9.2 kcal
34. Which of this sequences has the correct c. 92 kcal
order of the cell cycle? d. 920 kcal
a. M phase- Gap 1- Gap 2- S phase
b. S phase- Gap 1- M phase- Gap 2
c. Gap 1- Gap 2- S phase- M phase 42. When the chromosomes pair separates and
d. Gap1- S phase- Gap 2- M phase moves toward opposite sides, third phase of
mitosis.
a. Anaphase
35. Organisms that belong to this kingdom are b. Prophase
unicellular and microscopic and are also c. Metaphase
known as the “true bacteria.” d. Telophase
a. Protist
b. Archaeabacteria
43. When chromosomes line up in the middle of
c. Fungi
the cell during cell division.
d. Eubacteria a. Anaphase
b. Prophase
c. Metaphase
36. This kingdom consists of organisms that d. Telophase
usually live in severe or extreme
environment.
a. Archaeabacteria 44. The first stage of mitosis, during which the
b. Eubacteria chromosomes condense and become
c. Protist visible, the nuclear membrane breaks down,
d. Animals and the spindle apparatus forms at opposite
poles of the cell.
a. Anaphase
37. These refers to the organisms that are b. Prophase
multicellular and can make their own food. c. Metaphase
a. Animal Kingdom d. Telophase
b. Plant Kingdom
45. In what phase does crossing over takes
c. Protist place?
d. Fungi a. Metaphase I
b. Anaphase I
c. Prophase I
38. Below are the three classes under the d. Telophase I
Phylum Mollusca EXCEPT.
a. Arthropods
b. Gastropods 46. These are vertebrates that can only be
c. Cephalopods found in salty, fresh, cold or even hot
d. Bivalves bodies of water.
a. Fishes
b. Amphibians
39. This is a phylum under the Animal kingdom c. Reptiles
which is considered to be the most d. Mammals
successful of all animal phyla because they
are almost present in all types of habitat.
a. Phylum Arthropoda
b. Phylum Nematoda
c. Phylum Mammalia
d. Phylum Reptilia
 47. “Amphibia” is derived from a Greek word
which means .
a. Half life
b. No life
c. Double life
d. One life

48. This group under the Phylum Mammalia

comprises the largest group of mammals.
a. Monotremes
b. Eutherians
c. Marsupials
d. Mammals

49. Below are the three levels of biodiversity

EXCEPT.
a. Species diversity
b. Genetic diversity
c. Ecosystem diversity
d. Biodiversity

50. Which of these are NOT the end products of

digestion?
a. Glucose
b. Fatty acids
c. Hydrochloric acid
d. Amino acids

To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice

the gift

-Steve Prefontaine

1. What do you call a theory that came from a

huge explosion of tiny singularity.
a. Big crunch
b. Big bang
c. Big freeze
d. Big ben