Department of Education

Region III
Schools Division of Zambales
CABANGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Sta. Rita, Cabangan, Zambales

First Grading Period Examination

Grade 8 - Biotechnology

Name: _____________________ Date: ________ Grade & Section: _______ Score: _______

I. Multiple Choices. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write your answer on the space provided
before each number.

_____1. Which of the following is NOT true of chloroplasts?

a. They synthesize sugar
b. They contain pigments
c. They are only found in plants
d. They appear green because of the chlorophyll
_____ 2. Which of the following organelles transports materials inside the cell
a. lysosome c. mitochondria
b. chloroplast d. endoplasmic reticulum
_____ 3. Which of the following is found in the nucleus?
a. vacuoles c. mitochondria
b. chloroplasts d. chromosomes
_____ 4. What type of cell has these characteristics: contains DNA but no nucleus, contains flagella,
ribosomes, cytoplasm, and a cell membrane.
a. plant c. animal
b. fungi d. bacteria
_____ 5. What site regulates what goes in and out of the cell?
a. cell wall c. cell membrane
b. vacuole d. nuclear membrane
_____ 6. Digestive enzymes or hydrolytic enzymes are terms associated with
a. ribosomes c. golgi apparatus
b. lysosomes d. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
_____ 7. In which of the following items would you expect to find cells?
a. strawberry c. silver dollar
b. eyeglasses d. plastic flower
_____ 8. Where is the site of protein synthesis?
a. nucleus c. ribosome
b. lysosome d. mitochondria
_____ 9. A cell with relatively few energy needs will probably have a relatively small number of
a. ribosomes c. mitochondria
b. lysosomes d. chromosomes
_____ 10. Organisms whose cells do not have a nucleus are called
a. plants c. eukaryotes
b. organelles d. prokaryotes
_____11. Which of the following structures are common to both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?
a. nucleus c. both b and c
b. ribosomes d. a only
_____ 12. A cell is observed to contain a nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. From this information
you can conclude that the cell is:
a. a plant cell c. a bacterial cell
b. an animal cell d. a prokaryotic cell
_____ 13. Which of the following statements is always true?
a. All cells have a cell wall. c. All cells contain a chloroplast.
b. All cells contain a nucleus. d. All cells have a cell membrane.
_____ 14. Plant cells often have a box-like shape because of the
a. nucleus c. cytoplasm
b. cell wall d. cell membrane
_____ 15. Which is the “brain” of the cell?
a. nucleus c. golgi bodies
b. chloroplast d. mitochondria
_____ 16. The site of ATP production and the site of photosynthesis are the _______________ and
_________________.
a. ribosomes and vacuoles c. mitochondria and chloroplast
b. chloroplast and lysosome d. Golgi complex and chloroplast
_____ 17. Which of the following forms of life is NOT eukaryotic?
a. a bacterial cell c. a plant cell like gumamela
b. protist such as an amoeba d. a human cell such as a red blood cell
_____ 18. A cell that lacks a nucleus and membrane bound organelles is known as a(an) ______ cell.
a. plant c. eukaryote
b. animal d. prokaryote
_____19. Which organelle has no membrane?
a. vacuole c. ribosome
b. lysosome d. chloroplast
_____ 20. What is the outermost boundary of an animal cell?
a. the cell wall c. the cell membrane
b. the cytoplasm d. the nuclear envelope

_____ 21. What part of the cell maintains homeostasis in the cell?
a. ribosomes c. golgi bodies
b. mitochondria d. cell membrane

_____ 22. Which mechanism requires energy?

a. osmosis c. active transport
a. diffusion d. facilitated diffusion
_____ 23. Proteins enter and exit the cell by
a. diffusion c. phagocytosis
b. osmosis d. facilitated diffusion
_____ 24. Which of the following molecules can penetrate rapidly across the cell membrane?
a. H2O c. sugar
b. Na+ d. protein
_____ 25. A substance that moves across a cell membrane without using the cell’s energy tends to move
a. toward the area where it is more concentrated.
b. away from the area where it is less concentrated.
c. away from the area where it is more concentrated
d. none of the above
_____ 26. Which of the following substances is the immediate energy source of a working cell?
a. glucose c. butter b. lactose d. beef
_____ 27. Where does glycolysis occur in the cell?
a. plasma membrane c. cytoplasm b. mitochondrion d. nucleus
_____ 28. Where does Kreb’s Cycle occur in the cell?
a. matrix c. c. outer membrane of the mitochondrion
b. cytoplasm d. inner membrane of the mitochondrion
_____ 29. Which of the following substances is produced by muscle cells when there is no oxygen
available?
a. sugar c. acetic acid b. alcohol d. lactic acid
_____ 30. Fermentation is a process that involves ____________.
a. glycolysis only
b. glycolysis and Kreb’s Cycle
c. glycolysis and oxidation of pyruvic acid
d. conversion of pyruvic acid to either acid or alcohol
_____ 31. How many ATP molecules are used during the initial steps of glycolysis?
a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3
_____ 32. How many ATP molecules were directly produced during glycolysis?
a. 1 c. 3
b. 2 d. 4
_____ 33. Which of the following is produced if glucose is burned in the cells?
a. Adenosine Triphosphate c. Oxygen
b. Carbon dioxide d. a and b
_____ 34. Which of the following is NOT true about fermentation?
a. it is an anaerobic process
b. the end product is toxic to cells
c. muscle cells produces ethanol in the absence of oxygen
d. It results to two molecules of ATP per glucose molecules?
_____ 35. Which of the following ions are used to drive the synthesis of ATP during cellular respiration?
a. sodium ions c. hydrogen ions
b. phosphate ions d. potassium ions
_____ 36. Which of the following processes occurs in the inner membrane of the mitochondrion?
a. Kreb’s cycle c. Glycolysis
b. Fermentation d. Oxidation of pyruvic acid
_____ 37. Which of the following organelles present in the cell is associated with cellular respiration?
a. chloroplast c. mitochondrion
b. endoplasmic reticulum d. nucleus
_____ 38. During glycolysis, 6-carbon sugar is broken down into 3-carbon sugar. Which of the following
3-carbon sugars is readily used by the cells?
a. PGA c. DHAP
b. PGAL d. phosphoenal pyruvate
_____ 39. Pyruvate is the product of glycolysis. If there is no oxygen available to cells of the human
body, what becomes of pyruvate?
a. alcohol c. lactic acid
b. CO2 d. a and c
_____ 40. . If you did not eat for three days, where did your cell get the glucose for ATP production?
a. blood sugar c. glycogen present in the muscle
b. glycogen in the liver d. protein in the blood

PREPARED BY: MR. MICHAEL FLOR D. FAVO