Which of the following is considered as a natural ecosystem?

Select one:

a. Garbage

b. Terrarium

c. Aquarium

d. Coral reef

The part of the plant cell that captures the light energy needed in photosynthesis is which of the
following?

Select one:

a. Stigmata

b. Cytoplast

c. Nucleus

d. Chlorophyll

A _____ is composed of all the members of a single species inhabiting a given location.

Select one:

a. Ecosystem

b. Niche

c. Food chain

d. Population

Algae and Fungi are put together under Phylum Thallophyta due to this reason:

Select one:

a. Both algae and fungi are plants

b. Both algae and fungi can reproduce

c. Both algae and fungi need a certain amount of moisture

d. Both algae and fungi do not have roots, stems and leaves
A doctor advised a patient to eat food rich in Calcium and Phosphorous. Most likely the patient has
problems with:

Select one:

Bones and teeth

b. Nerves

c. Blood

d. Skin and hair

Which of the following states that you will have a better chance of reaching reproductive age if you
possess a combination of favorable characteristics?

Select one:

a. Punctuated equilibrium

b. Mutation

c. Sexual isolation

d. Survival of the fittest

This relationship best describes a protozoan which causes malaria in a human host:

Select one:

a. Predation

b. Mutualism

c. Parasitism

d. Commensalism

A researcher obtained a sample of matter from the deep ocean. Which of the following would cause the
researcher to suspect that the matter was from a living tissue?

Select one:

a. When exposed to air, the sample changed in color

b. The sample releases gases

c. A change in the temperature of the sample

d. The presence of DNA and enzyme in the sample

Anchor sites for muscles and production of blood cells are some of the functions of our:

Select one:

a. Cartilage

b. Ligaments

c. Bones

d. Skin

Vertebrates with hair, four-chambered heart and warm-bloodedness are characteristics of which of the
following?

Select one:

a. Amphibia

b. Mammalia

c. Aves

d. Pisces

Which of the following statements accurately explains how trees prevent floods?

Select one:

a. Excessive water are stored in their stems

b. Their roots help absorb excess water

c. Their leaves can store excess water

d. Their roots bind the soil

Ferns and flowering plants differ in what way?

Select one:

Dominance of the sporophyte or gametophyte

b. Means of reproduction

c. Presence or absence of conducting tissues

d. Kind of chlorophyll present in them

Plant eating animals get their main source of energy from:

Select one:

a. Starch

b. Sugar

c. Cellulose

d. Glycogen

A cell in the stems of an eggplant contains 20 chromosomes. After this cell divides, how many
chromosomes should each resulting daughter cell contain?

Select one:

a. 50

b. 10

c. 20

d. 40

A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment is known as:

Select one:

a. Habitat

b. Niche

c. Ecosystem

d. Environment

Lichen has no specific taxonomic group due to:

Select one:

The fungi characteristics for classification are the same as those of the algae.

b. Lichens are among the most widely distributed of living things.

c. The fungi of lichens are not found alone.

d. Lichen mutualism is unique in the plant world.

All of the following animals are mammal, aside from:

Select one:

a. Giant whale

b. Shark

c. Seal

d. Walrus

They transmit proteins produced by the ribosomes of the cells:

Select one:

a. Cytosol

b. Endoplasmic reticulum

c. Golgi apparatus

d. Mitochondria

Which of the following instruments can be utilized for culturing microorganisms?

Select one:

a. Forceps

b. Petri dish

c. Microscope

d. Scalpel

To which phylum does an organism with a certain segment with a ventral nerve cord which is solid and
has a worm-like body shape and exoskeleton?

Select one:

a. Nematoda

b. Annelida

c. Arthropoda

d. Chordata

Energy is obtained from food in the process of:

Select one:

a. Storage

b. Respiration

c. Digestion

d. Assimilation

What makes meiosis different from mitosis?

Select one:

a. The chromosome number remains the same in meiosis, but is halved during mitosis.

b. Meiosis produces identical daughter cells, but mitosis produces daughter cells that are genetically
different.

c. Meiosis occurs in somatic cells, while mitosis occurs in sex cells.

d. Meiosis produces four daughter cells, while mitosis produces only two daughter cells.

The breathing rate is increased by an increase in the content of:

Select one:

a. Oxygen

b. Water vapor

c. Carbon dioxide

d. Nitrogen

Which of the following things happens when you perspire while exercising?

Select one:

Your body gives off excess heat

b. Your hormone decreases

c. Oil is removed from the surface of your skin

d. Your body takes in air

Photosynthesis can be carried on by which of the following organisms?

Select one:

a. Autotrophic

b. Heterotrophic

c. Saprophytic

d. Scavenger

Among the different blood vessels, which receives the highest oxygen concentration?

Select one:

a. Pulmonary artery

b. Pulmonary vein

c. Renal vein

d. Aorta

A correct food chain is exemplified by which of the following?

Select one:

Plants - Insects - Lizards - Snake - Decomposers

b. Insects - Plants - Snakes - Lizards - Decomposers

c. Plants - Decomposers - Snakes - Lizards - Snakes

d. Decomposers - Insects - Lizards - Snakes - Plants

Why do some marine fishes don’t survive in fresh water?

Select one:

a. Fresh water lacks suitable food for the marine fishes

b. Fresh water has a lower temperature

c. Fresh water has a low oxygen concentration

d. Marine fishes cannot maintain homeostatic water balance

A doctor was advising a patient who just had his gallbladder removed to limit his intake of which of the
following food?
Select one:

a. Fresh vegetables

b. Pork

c. Apples

d. Seafoods

Which of the following relationships can be observed among grasses and vegetables in a garden?

Select one:

a. Mutualism

b. Commensalism

c. Competition

d. Parasitism

Arthropodes which has many legs are termed as:

Select one:

a. Icopoda

b. Myriapods

c. Diplopods

d. Chilopoda

Muscles may be controlled or may contract even without conscious thought. Which of the following
muscle groups are considered involuntary?

Select one:

a. Smooth

b. Smooth and Cardiac

c. Skeletal and Cardiac

d. Skeletal

An amoeba is attempting to engulf an escaping paramecium. Which structures are involved in the
activity?
Select one:

a. Tentacles and cilia

b. Pseudopods and cilia

c. Setae and pseudopods

d. Tentacle and flagella

Vultures may kill animals for food or feed on the remains of animals killed by other animals. Therefore,
vultures may be described as:

Select one:

a. Scavengers and parasites

b. Predators and herbivores

c. Scavengers and predators

d. Predators and omnivores

Bacteria cause various diseases in humans. They produce a poisonous substance known as:

Select one:

Toxins

b. Antibodies

c. Antigens

d. Microbes

Which of the following genes will most likely be inherited together?

Select one:

a. Segregated genes in different chromosomes

b. Independently assorted genes on different chromosomes

c. Genes located on different chromosomes

d. Genes located on the same chromosomes .

Chloroplasts were seen in a specimen under the microscope. The specimen might be:

Select one:
a. A virus

b. A cheek cell

c. A paramecium

d. A hydrilla

Crystallized viruses retain their ineffective properties. This indicates that:

Select one:

They are very primitive living organisms

The viruses have properties quite unlike any other organism

c. The crystals became contaminated

d. The crystallization was properly done

Some animals have the power to regain or restore their lost body part through the process:

Select one:

a. Autonomy

b. Mutation

c. Molting

d. Regeneration

It is coined as the powerhouse of the cell:

Select one:

a. Golgi bodies

b. Endoplasmic reticulum

c. Mitochondria

d. Ribosomes

Which among the following is a first – order consumer?

Select one:
a. Insectivores

b. Carnivores

c. Herbivores

d. Omnivores

Where is the site of majority of photosynthesis in a leaf?

Select one:

a. Spongy layer

b. Cuticle

c. Palisade layer

d. Epidermis

Which of the following statements correctly explains why viruses are not considered free-living?

Select one:

a. Their cells lack cytoplasm

b. They cannot reproduce outside a living cell

c. Their cells contain DNA

d. They are too small to be seen by light microscopy

Which of the following is an example of a biotic factor that will determine which animals or plants
inhabit an environment?

Select one:

a. The amount of oxygen present in the water or a pond

b. The acidity of a lake near a factory

c. The high daytime temperatures and low night time temperants.

d. Berry plantsgrowing in abubdance at the edge og a forest

In a residential backyard, there could be flowers, grasshoppers, grasses, dragonflies, worms and ants.
Collectively, these organisms represent which of the following?

Select one:
a. Habitat

b. Community

c. Population

d. Tissue

Reproduction is a must among plants and animals to continue survival. Which of the following is the
simplest method of reproduction?

Select one:

Fission

Conjugation

c. Parthenogenesis

d. Fertilization

Jesse who is normal for color vision marries Jessa, a normal heterozygous woman. What is the chance of
their son being color blind?

Select one:

a. 25%

b. 50%

c. 75%

d. 0%

The digestive tube is composed of how many openings?

Select one:

Two

b. Four

c. Six

d. Three

The Pyramid of energy is best described as:

Select one:
a. The top of the pyramid consists of the producers which are the supplier of most the most energy.

b. The base of the pyramid consists of producers which supply the most energy

c. The top of the pyramid is composed of the highest consumers who need the most energy.

d. The base of the pyramid is composed of the highest consumers needing the most energy.

All of the following statements are true about water, except:

Select one:

a. It transports substances in the body

b. It hardly changes its temperature even when it absorbs heat

c. It can dissolve most substances

d. It is a medium for chemical reaction

Which of the following statements best explains this phenomenon?

Select one:

a. Radioactive elements in the earth's crust heat atmosphere above the ground

b. The earth's surface reradiates solar energy which heats the lower troposphere

c. Lightning strikes the surface which in turn heats the layer above

d. The air is most compressed there by the weight of the atmosphere

If the North Pole is tilted towards the sun, what is the season at the north of the equator?

Select one:

a. Summer

b. Fall

c. Winter

d. Spring

Which among the following protects living things on Earth from the harmful radiation of the sun?

Select one:

a. Ozone layer
b. Clouds

c. Atmosphere

d. Carbon monoxide