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EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

First Semester S.Y. 2019-2020
Second Quarter Examination

Name:__________________________________________________________ Date:________________
Section: ________________________________________________________ Score: _______/_______

Part I: Identification.
A. Write your answer on the space provided before the number.

_____________________1. The movement of the ground that loosens the soil that allows more water to seep in
between particles.
_____________________2. It is generated when earthquake or volcanic eruption occurs on the seafloor.
_____________________3. It is an area or center of low atmospheric pressure that characterized by rotating
winds.
_____________________4. It is a region in a Pacific where most active volcanoes are located.
_____________________5. It is the rise of the normal sea level caused by the strong winds of a cyclone that are
directed towards the shore.
_____________________6. It happens because of the interaction of the winds and waves on the shoreline.
_____________________7. It happens because of the changes in the sea level when it rises dangerously above
the normal level due to the increase in global temperature.
_____________________8. It occurs when damages happen along electric power lines and substations.
_____________________9. The basic unit of all living things.
_____________________10. It is formed when a community of organisms interact with each other and its
environment.
_____________________11. It is the ability of an organism to adjust or change to survive in specific
environment.
_____________________12. It is a biological process in which new individual organisms are produced, may it
be sexual or asexual.
_____________________13. When some complex substances are broken down, releasing the energy stored in
molecules.

_____________________14. It involves the union of gametes (egg cell and sperm cell) through fertilization.
_____________________15. Bacteria divide themselves to produce new cells. They exhibit what type of
reproduction.
B. Identify the characteristics of living things being referred in the given scenarios.

Made up of cells Metabolize Adaptation Interaction

Reproduction Growth and Development Evolution Respond to stimuli

_____________________16. An earthworm turns away from the light.

_____________________17. A bean seed produces a bean plant.
_____________________18. A student works on math problems
_____________________19. The average American female lives 74 years.
_____________________20. Polar bears live in a very cold place while other animals could not.
_____________________21. “On the Origin of the Species” Charles Darwin.
_____________________22. Food digestion.
_____________________23. Bacteria are unicellular organisms.
_____________________24. Most living things such as animals and plants are multicellular organisms.
_____________________25. A cottontail rabbit may live for eight (8) years.

Part II: Modified True or False. Write True if the statement is correct. If the statement is wrong, change the
underlined word to make it correct. Write your answer on the space provided before the number. Strictly no
erasures.
____________________26. A landslide is a downslope movement of mass of rock, debris, earth, or soil.
____________________27. The northeast monsoon happens from the month of November to February, which
gives cold temperatures and causes much rainfall over the eastern coast of the Philippines.
____________________28. Downstream floods are produced by intense rainfall of short duration in a relatively
small area.
____________________29. Hurricane is a climate that has seasonal shift of prevailing winds between winter and
summer season.
____________________30. Geological Hazard describes the damages that may occur due to strong winds and
heavy rains.
____________________31. Viscosity is the mixture of pyroclastic materials that have settled along the slope of
the volcano and rainwater, which move at high speeds.
____________________32. A person sweating when he feels warm during a hot summer day is an example of
homeostasis.
____________________33. Evolution is the gradual changed in organisms over a long period of time in response
to the changing environment.
____________________34. Catabolism is the total sum of all chemical reactions in the body.
____________________35. Anabolism is the substance needed by the organisms to grow, store energy and repair
tissues.