EARTH & LIFE SCIENCE

SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION

(FIRST SEMESTER)
SY: 2019-2020

Name: _____________________ _ Date: __ _______ Score: ______

I. Read and understand each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your
answer sheets.

1. The only testable hypothesis for the 8. What takes place during light-dependent
origin of life on Earth is . reactions?

a. Divine creation a. ADP is converted into ATP

b. Extraterrestrial origin b. NADP is converted into NADPH
c. Natural selection c. Oxygen is converted into carbon dioxide
d. Panspermia d. Oxygen gas is produced

2. Among the products of Miller’s and 9. Why is ATP important to living

Urey’s experiment were . organisms?

a. Amino acids a. It aids in protein folding and coiling

b. Ammonia and hydrogen b. It helps maintain the fluidity of cell
c. Bacteria cells membranes
d. Prokaryotes c. It identifies DNA start sequences for
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3. In biology, structure is almost related to d. It is used to capture and transfer energy
.
10. What process is involved in the
a. Adaptation formation of ATP?
b. Development
c. Evolution a. Addition of a phosphate to ADP
d. Function b. Bonding of carbon molecules
c. Reaction of a chemical stimuli
4. is not a theme in the d. Release of energy and ADP
study of life.
11. What is the energy supplied by the
a. Energy oxidation of glucose used for?
b. Evolution
c. Inorganic matter a. Break down ATP
d. Interaction with the environment b. Change carbon dioxide to oxygen
c. Make ATP from ADP
5. Which is an example of a biochemical d. Produce starch
pathway?
12. How are cellular respiration and
a. ATP photosynthesis related in terms of
b. Catalyst energy?
c. Glycolysis
d. Pyruvate a. Energy is not involved in either
photosynthesis or cellular respiration
6. What are the products of glycolysis? b. Photosynthesis and respiration perform
the same task in terms of energy
a. ATP and alcohol transformation
b. Chemical pathways c. The energy captured in photosynthesis
c. Glucose and energy is used to power cellular respiration
d. Pyruvate and ATP d. The energy transformed in cellular
respiration is used to power
7. What is the ultimate goal of photosynthesis
photosynthesis?

a. Construct carbon-containing molecules

that serve as an energy source
b. Convert ADP into ATP by using energy
from the sun
c. Make ATP from carbon dioxide
d. Use enzymes to speed up chemical
reactions
13. In what way are photosynthesis and 19. The reasons that genetic engineering
cellular respiration different? must be copied is that .

a. Cellular respiration produces oxygen, a. DNA cannot leave the nucleus

while photosynthesis uses oxygen b. DNA is a double-helix
b. Cellular respiration stores ATP, while c. Proteins must be synthesized
photosynthesis releases ATP d. The mRNA passes out of the nucleus
c. Photosynthesis releases energy, while
cellular respiration stores energy 20. The genetic code contains directions for
d. Photosynthesis uses carbon dioxide, .
while cellular respiration produces
carbon dioxide a. Copying DNA
b. Constructing a double helix
14. Which labels represent the numbered c. Ordering amino acids in proteins
boxes in the diagrams? d. Removing proteins
21. The molecule that leaves the nucleus
during translation is .

a. Amino acids
b. DNA
c. mRNA
d. tRNA

22. DNA and RNA are similar in that both

have .

a. A single-stranded helix
b. Nucleotides containing sugars, nitrogen
a. 1 – carbon dioxide; 2 – water bases, and phosphate
b. 1 – nitrogen; 2 – oxygen c. The same sequence of nucleotides for
c. 1 – oxygen; 2 – carbon dioxide the amino acid phenylalanine
d. 1 – water; 2 – nitrogen d. Thymine as a nitrogen base

15. Asexual reproduction in plants involves 23. Genetically-engineered plants will

. .

a. Both pollination and fertilization a. Be resistant to chemicals that kill insects

b. Planting seeds b. Not improve their yield
c. Pollination in flowers c. Not need insecticides
d. Producing runners and tubers d. Reduce the use of fertilizers

16. Pollination occurs when . 24. Organisms produced by genetic

engineering are different from the
a. A sperm fuses with an egg organisms produced by sexual
b. A pollen grain releases sperm cells reproduction because .
c. Insects sip nectar from a flower
d. Pollen lands on a stigma a. Better and more fertile offspring are
produced
17. An example of an animal that can b. Chemicals are used
reproduce by fragmentation is c. Defective genes are replaced
. d. They do not undergo fertilization

a. Frog 25. The , extending form the

b. Hydra mouth to the anus, is responsible for
c. Jellyfish receiving and digesting food and
d. Starfish excreting waste

18. Gene expression occurs through DNA a. Cardiovascular system

. b. Digestive system
c. Excretory system
a. Mutation d. Immune system
b. Replication
c. Synthesis
d. Transcription
26. The entirety of all the chemical activities 34. The age of fossils can be determined
that an organism performs is called through .
.
a. Cladogram
a. Anabolism b. Fossil record
b. Catabolism c. Radioactive dating
c. Metabolism d. Time scale
d. Organ system
35. The fossil record shows how
27. It is an incomplete digestive system in .
which there is a single opening which
serves as mouth and anus. a. Dead organisms were buried
b. Evolution occurred
a. Gastrointestinal tract c. Organisms have changed overtime
b. Gastrovascular cavity d. Species originated
c. Large intestine
d. Small intestine 36. A diagram that shows the evolutionary
relationships among a group of
28. The overall structure of an animal is organisms is known as a/an
called its . .

a. Body design a. Analogy

b. Body plan b. Cladogram
c. Body structure c. Geologic era
d. Body system d. Timeline

29. have a body covering of 37. A/an is a method of

horny scales or plates for protection. grouping organisms together according
to their evolutionary history.
a. Amphibians
b. Birds a. Biological classification
c. Mammals b. Dichotomous key
d. Reptiles c. Evolutionary classification
d. Speciation
30. Leaves are structures that are
specialized in . 38. The more similarities two organisms
share, the more recently they shared
a. Absorbing minerals .
b. Carrying out photosynthesis
c. Protecting seeds a. Ancestors
d. Transporting water b. Derived characters
c. Habitats
31. Plant structures that anchor the plant d. Structures
and absorb mineral and water are
. 39. A cladogram helps scientists classify
organisms by .
a. Meristems
b. Roots a. Illustrating differences among organisms
c. Shoots b. Indicating a common ancestor
d. Stems c. Showing the complexity in structures
among organisms
32. Auxins are plant hormones that enable d. Showing the evolutionary relationships
plants to . among the major divisions of organisms

a. Epidermis 40. The correct hierarchy of classification,

b. Stomata going from the most inclusive to the
c. Xylem least inclusive is
d. Xylem and phloem .

33. Fossils are commonly found in a. Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,
. genus, species
b. Kingdom, species, genus, phylum,
a. Igneous rock order, family, class
b. Granite c. Kingdom, genus, family, class, order,
c. Sand phylum, species
d. Sedimentary rock d. Kingdom, phylum, genus, species,
family, order, class
41. Speciation is a process by which
. 48. A particular species can better survive
changing conditions in their habitats due
a. A new species is formed as a result of to .
isolation
b. Organisms reproduce their own kind a. The presence of food
c. Populations of one species get isolated b. Their ability to adapt
d. Two different species interbreed c. Their ability to obtain food
d. Their reproductive ability
42. Geographic isolation occurs when
. 49. The biotic potential of a species
depends on the .
a. Males compete with females for space
b. Members of a species interbreed with a. Availability of resources and absence of
another species environmental hazards enabling
c. Members of a population interbreed with organisms to survive
another species b. Frequency with which reproduction
d. No interbreeding occurs within species occurs causing population growth
c. Number of offspring produced and had
43. Ecosystem diversity increases when survived
. d. Size the ecosystems which provided
enough space
a. Ecosystem size increases
b. Humans change natural ecosystems 50. Soil is frozen for most part of the year.
c. Latitude increases
d. Species become extinct a. Desert
b. Grassland
44. The biome with the greatest diversity is c. Tropical rain forest
. d. Tundra

a. Coniferous forest
b. Grassland
c. Temperature
d. Tropical rain forest

45. A given species may not be able to

attain its biotic potential due to
.

a. Biodiversity
b. Environmental resistance
c. Latitude
d. Temperature

46. When a population reproduces and

grows, reaching its maximum capacity,
this population has reached its
.

a. Biotic potential
b. Carrying capacity
c. Environmental resistance
d. Overpopulation

47. Two individuals are considered “Exams test your memory, life tests your
members of the same species if they learning; others will test your patience”
. Fennel Hudson

a. Are found in the same ecosystem

b. Are not isolated from one another
c. Can mate and produce offspring GOD BLESS US ALL!
d. Share the same habitat