SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION

IN GENERAL BIOLOGY 2 ( 2ND SEMESTER)

Name:__________________________Grade Level : _______________Date:______________ SCORE: ___________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided.
1. A change in the internal or external environment.
a. Osmoregulation b. Osmotic pressure
c. Stimulus d. None of the above
2. It is a pore found in the epidermis of leaves, stems, and other organs that controls the rate of gas exchange.
a. Photosynthesis b. Stomach
c. Stomata d. None of the above
3. It is the maintenance of constant osmotic pressure in the fluids of an organism by the control of water and salt
concentrations.
a. Osmoregulation b. Semipermeable membrane
c. Osmoregulator d. Osmotic pressure
4. Plants that live in water or damp environments.
a.Mesophytes b. Halophytes
c. Hychophytes d. Xerophytes
5. These are Plants that live in dry.
a.Mesophytes b. Halophytes
c. Hychophytes d. Xerophytes
6. It is stored in the pituitary gland.
a. Gland b. Hypothalamus
c. Osmoreceptors d. Antidiuretic Hormone
7. It control the internal osmotic pressure so that conditions are maintained within a tightly-regulated
range.
a. Osmoconformers b. Lipids
c. Osmoregulators d. Osmosis
8. It utilizes an excretory system to control the amount of water that is lost to the environment and
maintain osmotic pressure.
a. Plants b. Plant cell
c. Animals d. Protozoa
9. This is commonly seen is marine invertebrates.
a. Cytoplasm b. Bacteria
c. Osmoconformers d. Protozoa
10. It rely on vacuoles to regulate cytoplasm osmolarity.
a. Plant cells b. Cytoplasm
c. Osmoreceptors d. Osmosis
11. It use to contractile vacuoles to transport ammonia.
a. Bacteria b. Protists
c. Plants d. Animals
12. It is also generates waste molecules which could disrupt osmotic pressure.
a. Protein metabolism b. Organs
c. Homeostasis d. Osmoregulations
13. It depends on the concentration of solute particles.
a. Osmosis b. Semipermeable membrane
c. Osmotic pressure d. Conformers
14. This organ maintains the electrolyte balance of the blood and also regulate blood pressure.
a. Kidneys b. Hypothalamus
c. Nephrons d. Aquaporins
15. It is the external pressure needed to prevent the solvent from crossing the membrane.
a. Osmotic pressure b. Electrolytes
c. Semipermeable d. Solutes
16. These are Plants that live in hydrated soil.
a.Mesophytes b. Halophytes
c. Hychophytes d. Xerophytes
17. This Plants live in salty environments.
a.Mesophytes b. Halophytes
c. Hychophytes d. Xerophytes
18. It is the primary organ that regulates water.
a. Kidney b. Lungs
c. Heart d. None of the above
19. It is a membrane that will allow certain molecules or ions to pass through it by diffusion.
a. Semipermeable membrane b. Osmotic pressure
c. Osmoregulator d. Osmoregulation
20. It is controlled by the hormones aldosterone, antidiuretic hormone (ADH), and angiotensin II.
a. Absorption b. ADH
c. Kidney d. Nome of the above
21. It is a cylinder that develops into the vascular tissues as it matures and it is located at the center of the
apical bud. A. Provascular B. Protoderm C. Ground meristem D. Morula
22.It is the process by which plant shed one of their parts
A. Cleavage B. Fertilization C. Reproduction D. Abscission
23. What do you call to the part of the axis below the point of attachment of the cotyledons.
A. Epicotyl B. Mesocotyl C. Hypocotyl D. Suspensor
24. What you call to the layer in which lies under the seed coat, functions as a kind of digestive organ in
seed germination.
A. Radicle B. Aleurone C. Coleorhiza D. Suspensor
25. It is also known as “transformation development”, it refers to an alternation of sexual and sexual
generation.
A. Metagenesis B. Parthenogenesis C. Hermaphoditisam D. Fragmentation
26. This type of asexual reproduction in which new individuals arise from out growths of existing ones.
A. Fission B. Fragmentation C. Budding D. Regeneration
27. It is a type of animal reproduction that the creation of new individuals whose genes all come from one
parent without the fusion of egg and sperm.
A. Female gamete B. Asexual reproduction C. Male gamete D. Sexual reproduction
28. It is transfer of pollen from an anther to a stigma.
A. Pollination B. Fertilization C. Reproduction D. Gastrulation
29. This is a type of flowers based on the presence of the reproductive whorls which both male and
female reproductive structures are present.
A. Incomplete B. Perfect C. Imperfect D. Complete
30. This is a plant biology term that is used to describe a flower that is built with four parts which includes
sepals, petals, pistils and stamens.
A. Incomplete B. Perfect C. imperfect D. Complete
31. It is an organic molecules required in small amounts for normal metabolism.
A. vitamins B. Amino acids C. Fatty acids D. Minerals
32. It secretes enzymes that break down all major food molecules.
A. Gallbladder B. Liver C. Intestine D. Pancreas
33. A nutritional requirements of animals that can be used as an energy source but the body mainly uses
these as building materials for cell structures.
A. Carbohydrates B. Proteins C. Fats D. Nutrients
34. It is a engulfment of organic fragment or big particles.
Pinocytosis B. Phagocytosis
C. Receptor-mediated endocytosis D. Essential amino acid
35. This is a macronutrients that needed in several of the electron transport substances of the cell.
Boron B. Zinc C. Chlorine D. Iron
36. It is a macronutrients deficiency that result in abnormal growth and cell division.
Calcium B. Potassium C. ZInc D. Nitrogen
37. What do you call to a macronutrients that first to be discovered?
A. Calcium B. Potassium C. Zinc D. Nitrogen
38. A stage of human life cycles that ends of adolescence (Approximately age 20 years to about 40 years).
A. Fetus B. Young adult C. Middle age D. Adolescence
39. This is a stage of human life cycle that begins of ninth week of prenatal development to birth.
Child B. Fetus C. Infant D. Embryo
40. It is a process wherein the zygote undergoes a rapid mitosis.
Morula B. Blastocyst C. Cleavage D. Archenteron
41. Engulfment of organic fragments or big particles, e.g. pseudopod formation in Amoeba.
A. Phagocytosis B. Pinocytosis C. Receptor-mediated endocytosis D. Fluid-feeders
42. Uptake of extracellular fluid by a cell using small vesicles derived from the plasma membrane.
A. Phagocytosis B. Pinocytosis C. Receptor-mediated endocytosis D. Fluid-feeders
43. This relies on membrane receptor recognition of specific solutes which are then taken up by the cell
via receptor-coated pits.
A. Phagocytosis B. Pinocytosis C. Receptor-mediated endocytosis D. Fluid-feeders
44. Suck fluids containing nutrients from a living host. Examples: mosquitoes, leeches, head lice, aphids
A. Phagocytosis B. Pinocytosis C. Receptor-mediated endocytosis D. Fluid-feeders
45. Animals that live in or on their food source. Examples: earthworms that feed through the soil where
they live in; caterpillars that eat through the leaves where they live on
A. Substrate- feeders B. Filter-feeders C. Fluid – feeders D .Bulk- feeders
46. Include many aquatic animals which draw in water and strain small organisms and food particles
present in the medium. Examples: whales and coelenterates.
A. Substrate- feeders B. Filter-feeders C. Fluid – feeders D .Bulk- feeders
47. Eat relatively large chunks of food and have adaptations like jaws, teeth, tentacles, claws, pincers, etc.
that help in securing the food and tearing it to pieces.
A. Substrate- feeders B. Filter-feeders C. Fluid – feeders D .Bulk- feeders
48. Refer to any substance required for the growth and maintenance of an organism. The two types of
organisms based on the mode of nutrition are:
A. minerals B. Vitamins C. Nutrients D. Carbohydrates
49. Organisms that cannot make their own food and obtain their energy from other organism. Example:
fungi . A. Autotrophs B. Mesotrophs C .Heterotrophs D. Ambitrophs
50. Organisms that obtain energy from sunlight and chemicals to produce their own food. Example:
plants A. Autotrophs B. Mesotrophs C .Heterotrophs D. Ambitrophs
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____1. Why do scientists apply the concept of maximum persimony?
a. To decipher accurate phylogenies b. To eliminate analogous traits
c.. To identify mutations in DNA codes d. To locate homoplasies
_____7. What is used to determine phylogeny?
A. mutations B. DNA C. Evolutionary history D. Organisms on Earth
_____8. On a phylogenetic tree, which term refers to lineages that diverged from the same place?
A. Sister taxa B. Basal taxa C. Rooted taxa D. Dichotomous taxa
_____9. . In a phylogenic tree, this is the most recent common ancestor of all species on those branches.
A. Root B. Tip C. Branch D. Node
_____10. These are the units of organisms that encode the results of evolution, making them particularly useful
for building phylogenetic trees. A. Cells B. Genes C. Clades D. Root
_____11. The force that initiates evolution is ______.
a. Variation b. Mutation c. Extinction d. Adaptation
_____12. Which condition can be explained by Lamarckism?
a. How giraffes got their long neck b. How humans lost their tail
c. How humans became bipedal d. All of the above
_____13. The last common ancestor of humans is __________.
a. Pan troglodytes b. Homo neanderthalensis c. Lemuroidea d. Dromaeosaurus
_____14. On the Origin of Species was written by ___________.
a. Charles Darwin b. Ludmila Kuprianova c. Mikhail A. Fedonkin d. None of the above
_____15. Charles Darwin was best known in the 19th century for _________.
 a. creating the idea of evolution b. creating the idea of uniformitarianism
c. making the idea of evolution acceptable for scientists and the educated general public d. all of the above
_____16. The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by ________.
a. Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin b. Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace
c. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck d. Charles Lyell and James Hutton
_____17. The evolution of one species into two or more species as a result of different
populations becoming reproductively isolated from each other is __________.
a. adaptive radiation b. creationism c. photosynthesis d. transmutation
_____18. Boucher de Perthes is known for discovering something in northern France during the
1830's. What was it? a. a partial Neanderthal skeleton b. prehistoric stone tools
c. the major cause of biological evolution d. none of the above
_____19. These are the blueprints for making an organism and, as such, hold information about its every
conceivable aspect. a. Genes b. Cells c. Chromosomes d. None of the above
______20. It refers to the passing on of traits from parent organisms to their offspring.
a. Ascent with modification b. Descent with modification c. Natural Selection d. Theory
_____21. Do you think genetic drift would happen more quickly on an island or on the mainland?
a. Mainland b. Island c. Both d. None of the above
_____22. He is known as the father of biogeography.
a. Charles Darwin b. Alfred Wallace c. Lamarck d. Gregor Mendel
_____23. _______ is the study of the development, structure, and function of embryos.
a. Embryology b. Fossil Record c. DNA d. Homology
_____24. _______ occurs because the alleles in an offspring generation are a random sample of the alleles in the
parent generation. a. Gene b. Natural Selection c. Mutation d. Genetic Drift
____25. It is a change in the DNA sequence of the gene.
a. Gene b. Natural Selection c. Mutation d. Genetic Drift
____26.The following are the domains of life, except__________.
A. Escherichia B. Bacteria C. Archaea D. Eukary
____27. The science of classifying organisms to construct internationally shared classification systems with
each organism placed into more and more inclusive groupings is called___________.
A. Botany B. Taxonomy C. Paleontology D. Zoology
___28.Who originated the system of binomial nomenclature?
A. Charles Darwin B. Carl Linnaeus C. Robert Hooke D. Aristotle

___29. 2. Which is an acceptable way in writing the scientific name for humans?
A. Homo Sapiens B. Homo Sapiens C. homo sapiens D. Homo sapiens
____30. Which of the following shows a decreasing order in the levels of classification?
A. species, genus, family, phylum B. genus, species, kingdom, phylum
C. kingdom, phylum, genus, species D. genus, kingdom, phylum, species
___31.These are the units of organisms that encode the results of evolution, making them particularly
useful for building phylogenetic trees. A. Cells B. Genes C. Clades D. Root
___32. . In a phylogenic tree, this is the most recent common ancestor of all species on those branches.
A. Root B. Tip C. Branch D. Node
___33. Why do scientists apply the concept of maximum persimony?
A. To decipher accurate phylogenies B. To eliminate analogous traits
C. To identify mutations in DNA codes D. To locate homoplasies
___34. . On a phylogenetic tree, which term refers to lineages that diverged from the same place?
A. Sister taxa B. Basal taxa C. Rooted taxa D. Dichotomous taxa
___35. What is used to determine phylogeny?
A. mutations B. DNA C. Evolutionary history D. Organisms on Earth
___36. The force that initiates evolution is ______.
A. Variation B . Mutation C. Extinction D. Adaptation
___37. Which condition can be explained by Lamarckism?
A. How giraffes got their long neck B. How humans lost their tail
B. How humans became bipedal D. All of the above
____38. The last common ancestor of humans is __________.
A. Pan troglodytes B. Homo neanderthalensis C. Lemuroidea D. Dromaeosaurus
____39. On the Origin of Species was written by ___________.
a. Charles Darwin b. Ludmila Kuprianova c. Mikhail A. Fedonkin d. None of the above
-____40. Charles Darwin was best known in the 19th century for _________.
a. creating the idea of evolution b. creating the idea of uniformitarianism
c. making the idea of evolution acceptable for scientists and the educated general public
d. all of the above
_____41. The theory of evolution by natural selection was independently developed by ________.
a. Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin b. Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace
c. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck d. Charles Lyell and James Hutton
_____42. The evolution of one species into two or more species as a result of different populations
becoming reproductively isolated from each other is __________.
a. adaptive radiation b. creationism c. photosynthesis d. transmutation
____43. Boucher de Perthes is known for discovering something in northern France during the 1830's.
What was it?
a. a partial Neanderthal skeleton b. prehistoric stone tools
c. the major cause of biological evolution d. none of the above
_____44. These are the blueprints for making an organism and, as such, hold information about its every
conceivable aspect. a. Genes b. Cells c. Chromosomes d. None of the above
_____45. It refers to the passing on of traits from parent organisms to their offspring.
a. Ascent with modification b. Descent with modification c. Natural Selection d. Theory
____46. During which geologic period did the earth become oxygen rich?
a. Orosirian Period b. Ediacaran Period c. Devonian Period d. Ordovician Period
____47. Which period did the first green plants and fungi appeared on land?
a. Ediacaran Period b. Devonian Period c. Orosirian Period d. Ordovician Period
____48. During which period did the flowering plants first appeared?
a. Jurassic Period b. Carboniferous Period c. Cretaceous Period d. Silurian
____49. What is the present epoch in the Earth’s age?
a. Holocene b. Miocene c. Pleistocene d. Pilocene
____50. Which of the following is mainly characterized by the rise of human civilization?
a. Holocene b. Pleistocene c. Pliocene d. Miocene
TEST III. IDENTIFICATION.: Identify the following statements and write your answer on the
space provided before each number.
___________51 . Also known as migration.
___________52. The loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established.
___________53 The process that may cause gene variants to disappear completely.
___________54. The fittest creature are more likely to survive and pass their genes to their offspring.
___________55. The ultimate source of genetic variation.
___________56. A small group of individuals leaves a population and establishes a new one in an
Isolated way.

___________57. A nitrogen fixing bacteria found in leguminous plants.

___________58. These are genetically transformed plants which contain foreign genes.
___________59. Are produced by transfer of antigen- coding genes to disease- causing bacteria
which provides protection against the infection by the same bacteria or virus.
___________60 It enables the medical scientist to replace the defective genes responsible for
hereditary diseases with normal genes.
___________61 Are antiviral In action an act as first line of defense against viruses causing
serious infections.
___________ 62. Are virus- induced proteins produced by virus – infected cells.
___________ 63. An enzyme which is used to dissolve blood clots, produced by genetically engineered
microorganism.
___________ 64. The earliest living organism were microscopic ___________ which shows up in the
fossil record as early as 3.4 billion years.
___________ 65. The first period in the Mesozoic Era.
___________ 66. The last and the longest segment of the Mesozoic Era.
___________ 67. The first appearance of the flowering plants
___________ 68. Cretaceous period is usually noted for being the last portion of the age of ________.
___________ 69. A hormone used by diabetics, usually extracted from the pancreas of cows and pigs.
___________ 70. Undifferentiated plant cells is called _________.
TEST II.MATCHING TYPE: Match the items with COLUMN A to the items of COLUMN B. Write the letter of the best
answer on the space provided before each number.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
____71.changes in the DNA sequence A. GENE
_____72. Loss of genetic variation B. INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION
_____73 Period terrestrial life well established C. CRETACEOUS PERIOD
_____74 Present epoch in Earths age D. JURASSIC PERIOD
_____75. Sudden decline in a population size E. BOTTLENECK EFFECT
_____76. Period when the first birds and lizards appeared F. TRNASFORMATION
_____77.geologic period known as AGE OF FISH G. MEDICINAL APPLICATION.
_____ 78. Period when flowering plants appeared H. STREPTOMYCES
_____ 79 Gene insertion I. ORDOVICIAN PERIOD
_____ 80. Basic unit of heredity J. PENECILLIUM
____ 81. Process using rDNA K. BACKCROSS
_____ 82. Streptomycin L. MUTATION
_____ 83.production of chemical compounds M. FOUNDER EFFECT
_____ 84. Breeders to transfer desired trait N. 4.54 BILLION YEARS
_____ 85 Produce copies of genes O. CARBONIFEROUS PERIOD
_____ 86. Modified crops P. HOLOCENE
_____ 87. Produced engineered organisms Q. DEVONIAN PERIOD
_____ 88. Production of antibiotics R. RECOMBINANT DNA
_____89Age of the earth S. GENE CLONING
_____90. Period when first green plants and fungi appeared T. GENETIC ENGINEERING
U. AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION

PREPARED BY:
ROLLY DOMINGUEZ BALO CHECKED BY: MARICHU A. LICANDA
TEACHER II PRINCIPAL I