Laguna University

Laguna Sports Complex, Bubukal, Sta. Cruz, Laguna

Prelim Examination in Science and Technology
2nd Semester A.Y. 2019

Reminder: STRICTLY follow the direction indicated in each set of questions.

DO NOT submit your answer sheet without complete answers.

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the BEST letter of the correct answer. If there is no correct answer choose letter E. Write your answer
on the answer sheet
10. You are told that the cells on a microscope slide are plant,
1. Which of the following is NOT a principle of the cell theory? animal, or bacterial. You look at them through a
A. Cells are the basic units of life. microscope and see cell walls and membrane-bound organelles.
B. All living things are made of cells.
You conclude that the cells
C. Very few cells are able to reproduce.
D. All cells are produced from existing cells. A. are plant cell C. could be either plant or bacterial.
B. are animal cells. D. could be plant, animal, or bacterial.
2. Not all cells are alike. Which of the following is NOT a true
statement about differences between cells? 11. Organelles found outside a eukaryotic cell and usually
A. Cells come in many different shapes. involved in movement of the cell.
B. Different kinds of cells are different sizes. A. cilia and flagella C. Cell walls and cytoplasm
C. Some cells have a nucleus, but others do not.
B. Nucleus and nucleolus D. cytoplasm and endoplasm
D. Most cells have a membrane, but some do not.

3. Which of the following best describes the relationship between 12. How many chromosomes do humans have in each sex cell?
the nucleus and the cytoplasm? A. 46 C. 23
A. The cytoplasm is a fluid that fills the inside of the nucleus. B. 48 D. 22
B. The cytoplasm is an organelle that is usually found near the 13. Where does cellular respiration occur?
nucleus. A. mitochondria C. nucleus
C. The nucleus is an organelle that is surrounded by the B. chloroplast D. ribosome
cytoplasm.
14. The death of cells which occur as a normal and controlled
D. The nucleus is a fluid and it mixes with the fluid cytoplasm.
part of an organism's growth or development.
A. metabolism C. division
4. Which organelle breaks down organelles that are no longer B. phagocytosis D. apoptosis
useful?
A. Golgi apparatus C. lysosome 15. He discovered that all plants were made of cells, which
B. endoplasmic reticulum D. mitochondrion contributed to the development of the cell theory.
A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek C. Robert Hooke
5. Which of the following is a function of the cytoskeleton? B. Theodor Schwann D. Matthias Schleiden
A. helps a cell keep its shape
16. Who was the first person to see cells under the microscope
B. contains DNA
and give them a name?
C. surrounds the cell A. Anton van Leeuwenhoek C.Robert Hooke
D. helps make proteins B. Theodor Schwann D. Matthias Schleiden

6. The primary function of the cell wall is to… 17. Tiny structures that carry out cell functions are collectively
A. support and protect the cell. called:
B. store DNA. A. animalcules C. organelles
C. direct the activities of the cell. B. tissues D. ribosomes
D .help the cell move.
18. Which of the following organelles provide support to the
cell?
7. Which organelles are involved in energy formation? A. cell wall, central vacuole, chloroplast
A. mitochondria and chloroplasts B. vacuole, lysosome, nucleus
B. mitochondria and ribosomes C. ribosome, smooth er, rough er
C. smooth and rough endoplasmic reticulum D. cytoplasm, cytoskeleton, cell membrane
D. Golgi apparatus and chloroplasts
19. An organelle responsible for protein synthesis.
A. ribosomes C. vesicle
8. Unlike the cell membrane, the cell wall is… B. rough ER D. golgi body
A. found in all organisms.
B. composed of a lipid bilayer. 20. Which among following organism reproduce by means of
C. selectively permeable. fragmentation and regeneration?
D. non-living layer A. starfish C salamander
B. snail D. bacteria
9. The cells of unicellular organisms are…
21. Which of the following is the correct order for decreasing
A. specialized to perform different tasks.
complexity?
B. larger than those of multicellular organisms. A. cells -> organ systems -> organs -> tissues
C. able to carry out all of the functions necessary for life. B. cells -> tissues -> organs -> organ systems
D. unable to respond to changes in their environment. C. organism -> organ systems -> tissues -> cells
D. organism -> cells -> organ systems -> organs
 A. Sidney Fox C. Harold Urey
22. Living organisms are characterized by: B. Alexander Oparin D. Francesco Redi
A. adapting to the environment.
B. evolving over time.
34. All organisms store the complex information they need to
C. displaying homeostatic mechanisms.
D. all of the choices pertain to living organisms. live, grow and reproduce and it is written in a molecule called…

A. DNA C. ATP
23. All ecosystems taken together make up a
K. biosphere L. community B. Chromosome D. Genes
T. population D. habitat
35. In what kind of organelle the DNA located?
24. Chemical reactions that occur within the body are best A. nucleus C. mitochondria
categorized by which characteristic of life? B. ribosome D. all of the following except
P. metabolism O. homeostasis letter B
Q. evolution W. respond to stimuli
36. A type of cellular respiration where is only happen in sexually
25. Which product of technology is essential for the development reproducing animals?
of the cell theory? A. metabolism C. metaphase
P. telescopes O. antiseptics
B. meiosis D. mitosis
N. microwaves M. microscopes

26. Which of the following statements about the nucleus is NOT 37. What chemical release by the pancreas if the blood glucose
true? level is high?
X. The nucleus stores the coded instructions for making the cell’s A. glucagon C. insulin
proteins. B. catabolism D. anabolism
G. The nucleus usually contains a nucleolus region which is
where ribosome assembly begins. 38. ATP is the energy currency of our body.
Y. The nucleus is the site of protein assembly. A. yes, because every task are equivalent to ATP production
L. The nucleus is surrounded by a nuclear envelope that lets B. yes, because all of our activity uses energy
materials in and out. C. yes, because in order to survive we need to adapt
D. yes, because it is a process breaking and forming energy
27.Mimosa pudica, locally known as makahiya is called as such
because its leaflets tend to close when touched. This organismal 39. He discovered boxlike structures in a cork and named them
response to a given stimuli is called: cells.
K. hydrotropism A. thigmotropism A. Leeuwenhoek C. Schleiden
V. geotropism X. phototropism B. Hooke D. Virchow

28. Theory that proposes that materials from outer space may 40. The energy-rich molecules present in all living things used to
have carried organic material to form the first organism? power its various life processes is called…
M. theory of panspermia A. sugar C. DNA
F. theory of evolution B. fats D. ATP
D. theory of acquired characteristics
T. theory of divine creation
41. Which among the following is not a concept in the cell
29. Which of the following groups of scientists provided theory?
experimental to the abiotic origin of life ? A. Cells come from pre-existing cells
B. Cells may come from non-living things
1. Lamarck and Darwin C. All living things are made up of cells
2. Miller and Urey D. Cell are the basic unit of life
3. Oparin and Haldane
4. Bonnet and Lamarck
42. The best feature of eukaryotic cells is…
30. Which among the following is not a component of Earth’s A. large vacuole C. small nucleus
early atmosphere? B. membrane-bound nucleus D. thick cell membrane
A. ammonia C. methane
B. Carbon dioxide D. H O vapor
2 43. Plant cell are strong and can withstand pressure because it
contains…
31. The following is the composition of Earths early atmosphere A. peptidoglycan C. cellulose
EXCEPT B. chitin D. ribosome
A. H O vapour
2 C. methane
B. carbon dioxide D. H gases
2
44. Cell that are capable of undergoing photosynthesis contain…
A. rough ER C. centriole
32. Which is the best example of biogenesis? B. mitochondria D. chloroplast
A. legumes response to stimuli
B. birthing of leopard 45. Which life process enables organisms to react to changes in
C. ant looking for food surroundings to survive?
D. camouflage of chameleon A. adaptation C. stimulus
B. metabolism D. reproduction
33. According to him a protocells is a large, organized structures,
surrounded by a membrane. 46. Which among the following does not show homeostasis?
A. body temperature in warm blooded animals 53. He popularized the term biogenesis as opposed to
B. pH of the blood spontaneous generation?
C. hormonal imbalance A. Pasteur C. Oparin
D. muscle contraction B. Redi D. Miller

47. How living organisms produce their own kind? 54. This organ system is known as first protective layer or first
A. by means of evolution line of defence?
B. through reproduction A. skeletal system C. endocrine system
C. communication B. excretory system D. integumentary system
D. adaptation
55. Which is not living things?
48. Metabolism is… A. peptidoglycan of bacterial cell
A. the organism’s maintenance of its normal condition of their B. large vacuole of plant cell
internal body C. centrioles of animal cell
B. a genetic material of all living things D. flagella of sperm cell
C. normal phenomena to all living things especially to
heterotroph 56. The following is characteristics of prokaryotic cells EXCEPT
D. the ability of organisms to break down food to supply them A. cells that lack a nucleus
with energy B. no membrane-bound organelles
C. presence of centriole
49. How many energy form in a single cycle of cellular D. common example is bacteria
respiration?
A. 38 C. 46 57. What is the top of biological organization?
B. 40 D. 23 A. atom C. biosphere
B. cell D. ecosystem
50. Sunflower is known because it does always face the sun. What
characteristic of life does the sunflower show? 58. Division phospholipid layer that head contain glycerol and
A. living things respond to their environment phosphate therefore it attracts water.
B. living things reproduce
A. hydrophilic C. hydrophobia
C. living things evolve
D. living things accumulate energy B. hydrophobic D. hydrophillia

51. He stated that all animals are made up of cells 59. What is the unexpected product from the experiment of
A. Hooke C. Schawnn Miller and Urrey?
B. Schleiden D. Virchow A. protocell C. cell
B. panspermia D. amino acid
52. How many organ systems does the human have?
A. 10 C. 13 60. Organelles that usually noticeable in plant cell and
B. 11 D. 12 characterize as storage of minerals, lipids, toxins and water.
A. vesicles C. cytosol
B. vacuoles D. cell membrane

ESSAY (10pts)
What is being the possible reason for malfunctions of human cells?
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