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SAN FELIPE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Second Quarter Exam

I. Multiple Choice. Write the letter of the correct answer on your answer sheet.
1. A tool which can help see tiny objects and living organisms making them look bigger.
a. Kaleidoscope b. Periscope c. Microscope d. Telescope
2. Who created powerful lenses that could see bacteria in a drop of water?
a. Anton van Leeuwenhoek c. Robert Hooke
b. Marcello Marphigi d. Robert Kock
3. It holds and revolves the objective lenses.
a. Adjustment knob b. Diaphragm c. Aperture d. Mirror
4. Which part makes possible the changing of the objectives?
a. Revolving Nosepiece b. Base c. Objectives d. Eyepiece
5. Which two parts of the light microscope magnify the image of an object?
a. Eyepiece and mirror c. Eyepiece and objective
b. Objectives and mirror d. Objectives and diaphragm
6. Which among the statements below BEST describe the diaphragm?
a. It regulates the amount of light reflected to the object be viewed.
b. It reflects light from the mirror, object to be observed and lenses.
c. It changes the amount of light reflected.
d. It focus the specimens in the glass slide.
7. Josie is using a compound microscope to examine a drop of pond water. Which objective will she use
if she wants to see the greatest number of organisms in her sample specimen?
a. High power objective c. Low power objective
b. Oil immersion objective d. scanner
8. Which of the following statement best describes magnification?
a. It is the ability of a lens to enlarge specimen.
b. It is enlarging image of a specimen.
c. It is displaying details of enlarged specimen.
d. It is separating image details.
9. Which of the following are the characteristics of an image formed through the microscope?
a. Upright, enlarged c. Upright, inverted and enlarged
b. Reversed, enlarged d. Inverted, reversed and enlarged
10. The following statements describe how to focus a specimen under the compound microscope,
EXCEPT:
a. Aim the mirror at your light source.
b. Use the fine adjustment knob to bring the specimen into focus.
c. Adjust the stage in order to find the center focus of the specimen.
d. Slowly move the coarse adjustment knob towards you until the specimen becomes invisible.
11. What is the most complex level of biological organization?
a. Community b. Biosphere c. Population d. Cell
12. Heart, liver, stomach, and skin are examples of ________________.
a. Organs b. tissues c. atoms d. molecules
13. In an organism, what do you call the system that is composed of a group of organs that cooperate in
order to carry out a particular function?
a. Tissue b. Organ c. Organism d. Organ system
14. When many organ systems work together it can form
a. Cells b. Organism c. Organ d. Organ system
15. Each part of an organ system plays a specific function. Which of the following structures does not
match its function?
a. Eyes : Sight c. Heart : Circulation
b. Kidneys : Respiration d. Stomach : Digestion
16. Which is the correct sequence – from biggest to smallest – of the levels of organization in an
organism?
a. Cell – Organ - Organ System - Tissue
b. Tissue - Cell – Organ - Organ System
 c. Organ - Organ System – Tissue - Cell
d. Organ System – Organ - Tissue - Cell
17. Which organelle serves as the “brain” of the cell?
a. cell membrane b. lysosome c. cytoplasm d. nucleus
18. Which of the following structure can be found in a plant cell but NOT an animal cell?
a. Vacuole b. Nucleus c. Chloroplast d. Mitochondria
19. What Organelle stores waste and water in both plant and animal cells?
a. Lysosomes b. Golgi body c. Vacuole d. Nucleus
20. Which part of the cell gives the cell its shape?
a. Cell membrane b. Cytoplasm c. Cell wall d. Ribosome
21. Under a microscope, a student observes a specimen that has no cell wall and chloroplast. Which of the
specimen being observed belongs to?
a. Avocado leaf b. Mango seed c. Human hair d. Mayana leaf
22. Which of the following is a correct list of structures found in both plant and animal cells?
a. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall
b. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm
c. Mitochondria, vacuole, nucleus, cell membrane, cell wall, chloroplasts
d. Mitochondria, nucleus, cell membrane, cytoplasm, cell wall, chloroplasts
Use the following options to answer the next question.
I. absence of centrioles
II. irregular shape
III. presence of cell wall
IV. angular and rigid shape
V. absence of chloroplast
23. You are asked to identify an unknown slide. Which could help you identify it to be an animal cell?
a. I and III b. II and V c. I and IV d. III and IV
24. What is the basic unit of life?
a. Organ b. organ system c. cell d. tissue
25. Which of the following best describes the function of centrioles?
a. It manufactures proteins in animal cells.
b. It transfers smaller cells during cell division in plant cells.
c. It produces small proteins in the cells of all living organisms
d. It organizes the microtubules during cell division in animal cells.
26. The following are the reasons why cells are considered as the basic structural unit of life, EXCEPT:
a. Cell is capable of independent existence and can carry out all the vital functions for living.
b. Cell cells are microscopic and are therefore considered to be abiotic.
c. Cell carries out functions like nutrition, respiration, excretion, transportation and
reproduction; the way an individual organism does.
d. Unicellular organisms are capable of independent existence which shows a cell’s capability to
exist independently.
27. How many parent/s is/ are required in asexual reproduction?
a. Four b. Six c. One d. Two
28. A zygote’s genetic material is determined by_________.
a. An egg cell only c. Pollen and sperm cell
b. Sperm cell only d. An egg cell and a sperm cell
29. What type of reproduction passes genetic information to their offspring?
a. Sexual reproduction c. Both sexual and asexual
b. Asexual reproduction d. None of the above
30. What does sexual reproduction involve?
a. Development of haploid egg
b. One kind of reproductive cell
c. Two different kinds of reproductive cells
d. The formation and the separation of a bud from an individual animal
31. Which of the following statements is TRUE about asexual reproduction?
a. Only one parent is required.
b. A kitten is produced through asexual reproduction.
c. A mother and father are needed to produce offspring.
d. The offspring that are produced are genetically unique.
32. What is NOT a characteristic of sexual reproduction?
a. Gametes from two parents unite to form a zygote.
b. Offspring are genetically identical to the parent.
c. Offspring are different from their parents and sibling.
d. Genetic variability of offspring helps to ensure survival in changing environmental conditions.
33. Which of the following statements differentiates asexual from sexual reproduction?
I. In asexual reproduction, less energy is needed to produce an offspring while
more energy Is required in sexual.
II. In asexual reproduction, the offspring produced is unique while in sexual
reproduction it is not unique.
III. In asexual reproduction, gametes are not involved while in sexual reproduction
there is the involvement of gametes.
IV. In asexual reproduction no parent is involved while in animals, sexual
reproduction requires two parents.
a. I and II b. II and III c. I and III d. II and IV
34. It is a component of the environment that includes living organisms.
a. Abiotic b. Biotic c. Consumer d. Producer
35. The following are examples of abiotic components of an ecosystem, EXCEPT:
a. bird b. sunlight c. rock d. water
36. Which of the following is a biotic component of an ecosystem?
a. . Soil b. Warm sun c. Water d. Worm
37. Which are examples of abiotic components?
a. chair, desk, window, dog c. Dinosaur, paper, pencil
b. dog, cat, frog, tree, wood d. plastic, cup, window, rock
38. Which of the following describes abiotic component?
a. It has a living and non–living organism.
b. It is a living organism in an ecosystem.
c. It is a non–living thing in an ecosystem.
d. It is an organism that lives in an ecosystem.
39. Which of the following statements show the importance of the abiotic components of ecosystem?
I. It decreases the biodiversity.
II. It supports the living organisms.
III. It replaces the biotic components.
IV. It helps shape healthy ecosystems.
a. I, II, III b. I, III, IV c. I, II, IV d. II, III, IV
40. Sophie loves to plant. She wakes up early in the morning to take care of her succulents and flowers but
it’s been raining for five days in Sophie’s area. One morning, she noticed that her flowers and
succulents were dying. What could have gone wrong?
a. Sophie’s succulents and flowers were dying due to excessive water in the soil and insufficient
sunlight.
b. Sophie’s succulents and flowers were dying since it lacks water in the soil.
c. Sophie’s succulents and flowers were dying since due to excessive water and fertilizer in the
soil.
d. Sophie’s succulents and flowers were dying due to insufficient water and excessive amount of
fertilizer.
41. Parasitism is a relationship in which ________.
a. both organisms are harmed.
b. both organisms are benefitted.
c. one organism benefits and the other is unaffected.
d. one organism benefits at the expense of the other organism
42. Which of the following relationships describe competition?
a. Spider eating mosquito
b. Lions hunting and killing a buffalo
c. Tick attaching on the skin of a dog
d. An orchid living on a trunk of a mahogany tree
43. Which of the following examples display mutualism?
a. Algae living on corals
b. Orchids attach itself on the trunk of a tree
c. Butterfly feeding on nectar of a flower
d. A bird making its nest on the branch of the tree
44. Which of the following examples describes commensalism?
a. Tick on the skin of a dog
b. An orchid living on a trunk of a mahogany tree
c. Lions hunting and killing a buffalo
d. An insect larva staying on the leaves of a tomato plant
45. Which of the following statements is NOT CORRECT?
a. In mutualism both organisms are benefited.
b. In parasitism, the parasite gets nutrients from its host.
 c. In competition, the organisms are both harmed in the relationship.
d. In commensalism, the organisms compete for food, shelter and protection.
46. The ecological relationship of fishes in the aquarium is the same as that of ____.
a. mosquito and man c. a bee and a flower
b. a frog and a cricket d. carabao grass and bermuda grass in the garden
47. Ticks carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease. Ticks do not get Lyme disease, but they can transfer the
bacteria to humans, who can get the disease. Which of the following statements best describes the
relationships among the bacteria, the ticks, and the humans?
a. The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is competition, and the relationship
between the ticks and the humans is predation.
b. The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is competition, and the relationship
between the ticks and the humans is parasitism.
c. The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is commensalism, and the relationship
between the ticks and the humans is parasitism.
d. The relationship between the bacteria and the ticks is commensalism, and the relationship
between the ticks and the humans is predation
48. Increasing population, vehicles, and the growing number of factories and establishments are the main
contributing factors of ___________.
a. Erosion b. extinction c. pollution d. population
49. The following are effects when abiotic factors changes on the ecosystem EXCEPT:
a. air pollution c. toxic chemicals
b. water pollution d. death to living organisms
50. Human activities are considered as the most destructive interference in the ecosystem? How does
human activity affect an abiotic factor negatively?
a. Tree planting activities to avoid flash flood and soil erosion.
b. Using of reusable bags instead of disposable plastic containers.
c. Online campaign act about solid waste management to avoid littering and promote recycling.
d. Inventions of automobiles that contributes to a large amount of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere pollutes the air.

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