NO ERASURES ALLOWED Test I. ENCIRCLE THE LETTER OF YOUR BEST ANSWER. (2 points each)
1. Which of the following pairs of senses are most similar?
A . Sight and Smell C. Smell and Taste B. Hearing and Sight D. Hearing and Touch 2. Which part of the EYE is NOT directly involved in seeing? A. Cornea C. Retina B. Eyelid D. Pupil 3. To taste food, which one should occur? A. Cut the food into pieces C. Dissolve the food into the mouth B. Put water into the small pieces of food D. Dry the food pieces 4. Which of the skin receptors enable us to know the texture (smooth or rough) of materials? A. Pain C. Touch B. Hot D. Pressure 5. What stimuli are NOT detected by the eyes? A. Color C. Light B. Stuffy clothes D. Painted Cars 6. Which of the following is a voluntary muscle? A. Cardiac Muscles C. Muscles of the Stomach B. Skeletal Muscle D. Muscle of the Blood Vessels 7. Which of the following are needed for strong and healthy bones? A. Milk C. Orange Juice B. Yellow vegetables D. Carbonated Drinks 8. Atherosclerosis, the accumulation of fatty materials in the walls of the artery of the brain can result A. Stroke C. Anemic B. Low Blood Pressure D. Gout 9. The blood is cleaned of wastes materials in the A. Gall Bladder C. Liver B. Kidney D. Small Intestine 10. What type of bones is found in your arms and legs? A. Short bones C. Long bones B. Irregular bones D. Flat bones 11. What supports the internal body systems? A. Muscles C. Endoskeleton B. Exoskeleton D. Appendicular skeleton 12. A diet rich in calcium and supplement by Vitamin D helps prevent A. Gout C. Osteoporosis B. Blindness D. Arthritis 13. After running or a basketball game an athlete feels tired. This could be due to A. Lost of Lactic acid in the muscles C. Injury in the joints B. Overstretching of muscles D. Muscle spasms 14. Which will you experience when small blood vessels break in your skin? A. Burns C. Blistering B. Bruises D. Sores 15. Salivary glands in mouth produce enzymes that digest A. Fats C. Oils B. Proteins D. Starch 16. From the stomach, partially digested food goes to the A. Large intestine C. Pancreas B. Small Intestine D. Rectum 17. The following events occur during respiration, EXCEPT A. Taking in of gases C. Production of energy B. Release of Carbon dioxide D. Removal of solid wastes 18. Circulation of blood involves the following, EXCEPT A. Heart C. Blood Cells B. Blood vessels D. Anemia 19. Which component of the blood indicates viral infection in the body when found to be above normal in a complete blood count? A. Red blood cells C. Plasma B. Whit blood cells D. Platelets 20. Which is NOT part of the central nervous system? A. Brain C. Spinal cord B. Nerves D. Brain Stem 21. Invasion by grasses in a lawn is possible due to A. Rapid rate od production by seeds C. long roots that grow deep in the soil B. Increased number of new stalks from the stem D. too many leaves 22. A housewife has no yard or soil to grow vegetables. She can employ the following techniques to grow vegetables for her gamily without much cost EXCEPT: A. Use coconut coir as growing medium B. Apply hydroponics and hang recycled bottles as growing pots C. Create compost pit as source of nutrients D. Buy plastic pots and garden soil. 23. Which of the following can you possibly inherit from your parents because of genes? A. Cataract of the eye C. Fast swimming speed B. Having meningitis D. Poor nutritional status 24. Which plant produce seed? A. Moss C. Fern B. Pine D. Horsetail 25. What must be present for spores to germinate? A. Moist oil C. Rocky place B. Dry soil D. Wind 26. In which part of the of a fern plant are the cluster of spores found? A. Mots C. Stem B. Undersurface of frond D. Flower 27. What distributes pollen grains from male cones to female cones among pines? A. Wind C. Water B. Animals D. Humans 28. How are pollen grains from male flower transferred to the female flower? A. Through a stamen C. Through water B. Through the air D. Through the capsule 29. Which part of a fern plant could be eaten by humans? A. Root C. Young fronds B. Seeds D. Spores 30. Mosses are good forest ground cover. This could be due to A. Reproduction by sex cells C. low growing plants in moist places B. Lack of conducting tissues D. produce many spores that grow fast 31. Why are spores produce in leaves or top of the stalk rather than at the ground? A. To allow wind to disperse the spores C. for dissemination by animals B. For dissemination by water D. all of the above 32. A parents chance of having a girl is A. 50% C. 100% B. 25% D. 75% 33. The new cell produce by fertilization is called _________________ A. Embryo C. Zygote B. Ovum D. Clone 34. In which stage of human development does a person go through a period of rapid physical change? A. Infancy C. Childhood B. Adolescence D. Adulthood 35. At which stage of development is physical growth of the body completed? A. Childhood C. Adolescence B. Early Adulthood D. Middle Age