SASE REVIEW 2023

BIOLOGY

1. The development of an egg without being fertilized 9. Which type of organism is not shown in this food
by a sperm is known as chain? Grass - - Mouse - - Snake- - Hawk
a. Metamorphosis- animal physically develops including a. Herbivore c. Carnivore
birth transformation or hatching ex. Butterfly(egg- b. Producers d. Decomposer
larva-pupa-adult), frog(egg-tadpole-adult) 10. What is the natural phenomenon wherein there is a
b. Regeneration- formation of new individuals from the continuous movement of water from the source to
cut body parts of the parent organism ex. hydra the atmosphere and back?
c. Differentiation the natural process through which a a. Carbon Cycle c. Hydrologic cycle
less specialised cell, i.e., a stem cell, matures and b. Nitrogen Cycle d. Hydrogen cycle
becomes more distinct in function and shape 11. Pollution has become a major problem largely
d. Parthenogenesis bees, ants, aphids because of the:
2. What is that body mechanism that pushes food a. Dependence on fossil fuels
from the mouth to the stomach? b. Use of renewable resources
a. Absorption c. Abundance of natural resources
b. Peristalsis d. Decrease in energy resources
c. goiter enlargement of thyroid 12. When you fail to eat the usual kind and amount of
d. mechanical digestion food you take every day, what could serve as the
3. Considered as essential to human life as it gives us fuel source of the cells in your body?
framework and support to protect the vital organs a. Albumin in blood protein made by liver
and other structures of the body. b. Glycogen in the liver
a. Bones c. Joints- 2 or more bones meet c. Cholesterol in blood vessels
b. Tissues d. Cartilages connective tissue d. Fats in adipose tissue
that protects your joints and bones 13. Which of the following is true of a virus?
4. What kind of tissue lines our skin and what is its a. It is tiny infectious particle
important function? b. It is tiny infectious cell
a. Epithelial: produce new cells when peeled off. c. It is tiny infectious nucleic acid
b. epithelial: protection from ultraviolet radiation d. It is tiny infectious living thing
c. nerve tissue: receive stimuli on the skin 14. The hair like structure found in many cells that aid
d. nerve tissue: responsible for reflexes. in the movement is the:
5. What kind of relationship is exhibited by algae and a. Lysosome c. Mitochondria
fungi in lichen? b. Cilia d. Nucleus
a. Symbiosis 15. Which theory states that life originated from non-
b. Parasitism one organism is benefitted at the living material?
expense of the other a. Biogenesis theory c. Primordial Soup
c. commensalism one benefits and the other b. Panspermia d. Spontaneous generation
neither benefit nor harm ex. Nesting of bird 16. What kind of relationship exists when one organism
d. competition compete on resources kills and eats another organism?
6. One who specializes in all kinds of fishes and their a. Parasitism c. Commensalism
characteristics developing expertise in: b. Predation d. Competition
a. Taxonomy c. Ichthyology 17. What happens when an animal cell is placed in a
b. Histology d. Entomology insects distilled water?
7. What is a distinguishing characteristics of homo a. It will swell c. Its size will not change
sapiens over lower mammals? b. It will shrink d. none of the above
a. Blood vessels c. Endoskeleton 18. The kidney contains millions of excretory units or
b. Large brain d. sensitive skin filtering units which is made up of a network of
8. Which is the energy storage compound used to do glameroli. These units are called:
all forms of work of the cell? a. Ureter transport urine from renal pelvis to
a. Adenine c. Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) bladderc.
b. Guanine d. Electron b. Lymph nodes filter out harmful substances and
waste products
 c. Nephrons from a simple substance using light or chemical
d. Urethra allows urine to pass outside the body energy?
19. Name the kind of organelle that is found in the a. Parasites c. Autotrophs
cytoplasm which is composed of protein and lipid b. Commensals d. Heterotrophs
molecules and is considered as the powerhouse of 29. Which organisms are found at the top of the
the cell. ecological pyramid?
a. Lysosome c. Ribosomes a. Secondary consumersc. Producers
b. Golgi bodies d. Mitochondria b. Primary consumers d. Tertiary
20. Bile which is used to emulsify fat is stored in the : Consumers
a. Kidney remove waste products from blood and 30. Water can enter epidermal cells by:
produce urine a. Passive transport c. Osmosis
b. Gall Bladder b. Facilitated diffusion d. Active transport
c. Urinary bladder stores urine
d. Liver produces bile, filters blood
21. There are main foods rich in carbohydrates that
provide energy for man, but this is NOT an example
of these foods:
a. Meat c. Rice
b. Bread d. Cereals

22. Among the following, which is considered

prokaryotic organisms which lack a true nucleus in
their cells?
a. Animals c. Protists
b. Fungi d. Bacteria
23. The process of photosynthesis occurs not only on
plants, but also in one of the following:
a. Algae c. Green fungi
b. Archaea d. Viruses
24. Under the Six-Kingdom system, how are
multicellular forms with specialized eukaryotic cells
e.g. mosses and ferns but no ability for locomotion
classified?
a. Protista c. Plantae
b. Animalia d. Fungi
25. Human reproduce when an ovum is combined with
a sperm leading to the development of an embryo.
This form of reproduction is called:
a. Asexual reproduction c. Binary fission
b. Fertilization d. Budding
26. In the human life cycle, what process maintains
chromosome number once a spermatozoon unites
with an ovum during fertilization?
a. Oogenesis c. Meiosis
b. Mitosis d. Spermatogenesis
27. The rise in the temperature of Earth’s atmosphere
due to increased greenhouse gases is called:
a. Microwave effect c. Heat wave
b. Summer phenomenon d. Global warming
28. What is an organism that is capable of making its
own food by producing complex organic compound