SECOND QUARTER FINAL EXAM

SCIENCE 7

Name:__________________________________________
Date:_____________________Section:_______________________
Score:_______________

I. Multiple choice.
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write your answer on the
space provided.
_____1.What process in which food build up and break down to produce and release
energy?
a. tropism b. metabolism c. homeostasis d.
reproduction
_____2. Which is true about living things?
a. Ability to reproduce their own kind
b. Ability to maintain the condition of internal environment
c. Ability to respond to cold weather
d. All of the above
_____3. Virchow was the first to observe cell division and he come up to a theory of
omniscellula e cellulawhich means?
a.New cells come from the division of preexisting cells.
b.All living things are made up of cells.
c.The cell is the fundamental unit of life.
d.The cell is the basic unit of life.
_____4. Which branch of biology is the study of genes?
a. genetics b. botany c. microbiology d. ecology
_____5. What does the word logos mean?
a. death b. water c. study d. life
_____6. Entomology is the study of insects. The following organisms are insects
except
a.mosquito b. spider c. ants d. cockroach
_____7. What is the basic functional unit of life?
a. cell b. tissue c. organ d. organism
_____8. Snake is a kind of reptile. How about frog?
a. reptile b. mammal c. parasite d. amphibian
_____9. What do you call a scientist who study the fossil remains of an organism?
a. physiologist b. ethnobotanist c. biologist d.
paleontologist
_____10. Which branch of biology is the study of viruses and bacteria?
 a. genetics b. botany c. microbiology d. ecology
_____11. Which specific field of biology is the study of fungi?
a. mycology b. virology c. phycology d. pathology
_____12.Which branch of biology is concerned with the naming and classifying of
organisms?
a. genetics b. ethnobotany c. taxonomy d. evolution
_____13. The following are the basic parts of the cell except
a. lysosome b. cytoplasm c. nucleus d. cell membrane
_____14. Which of the following statements best explains why the cell is regarded as
the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms?
a. Cells can reproduce on their own.
b. Cells possess all the characteristics that define life.
c. Cells are found everywhere and can function anytime.
d. Cells have various shapes that are associated with a specific function.
_____15. What makes plant cells different from animal cells?
a. Plant cells are bigger than animal cells.
b. Plant cells have more mitochondria than animal cells.
c. Plant cells have chloroplasts and cell walls.
d. Plant cells have smaller vacuoles and larger nucleus than animal cells.
_____16. Which level of biological organization does not belong in the group?
(Cell—Tissue—Population—Organ—Organism)
a. Cell b. Population c. Tissue d. Organ
_____17. Which type of ecosystem has the most diverse species of plants and
animals?
a. desert b. grassland c. tropical forest d.
tundra
_____18. Which of the following organisms does not belong to the group?
a. herbivores b. carnivores c. omnivores d. composers
_____19. What unit in which living things interacts with the nonliving components?
a. ecosystem b. population c. community d. individual
_____20. What do you call the group of same species living together in a specific area
at a given time?
a. ecosystem b. population c. community d. individual
_____21. Which of the following organisms is not an autotrophs?
a. trees b. grasses c. goat d. all of these
_____22.Which type of organelle or structure is primarily involved in the synthesis
of oils, phospholipids, and steroids?
a. ribosome c. smooth endoplasmic reticulum
b. lysosome d. mitochondrion
_____23.Which structure is the site of the synthesis of proteins that may be exported
from the cell?
 a. rough ER b. lysosomes c. golgi body d. mitochodrion
_____24.Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic abnormality that results in cells
accumulating and becoming clogged with very large and complex lipids.
Which cellular organelle must be involved in this condition?
a. endoplasmic reticulum c. lysosome
b. Golgi apparatus d. mitochondria
_____25.Which organelle often takes up much of the volume of a plant cell?
a. lysosome b. vacuole c. mitochondrion d. golgi apparatus
_____26.Which organelle is the primary site of ATP synthesis in eukaryotic cells?
a. lysosome b. vacuole c. mitochondrion d. golgi apparatus
_____27.Which type of organelle is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?
a. ribosomes b. mitochondria c. nuclei d. plastid
_____28.Almost all the genetic information of a cell is found in the
a. endoplasmic reticulum b. golgi complex. c. nucleus d.
mitochondria.
_____29. Which of the following is not true of all living things?
a. They are composed of cells. c. they mature.
b. They use energy and acquire them. D. they use carbon dioxide
to make food.
_____30. Which is the outer layer that protects the cell from its outside environment?
a. cell membrane b. nucleus c. organelle d. golgi body

_____31.Which of the following levels of ecological organization is arranged in the

correct sequence from most to least inclusive?
a. community, ecosystem, individual, population
b. ecosystem, community, population, individual
c. population, ecosystem, individual, community
d. individual, population, community, ecosystem

_____32.What process by which organisms produce offspring of the same kind?

a. reproduction c. metabolism
b. homeostasis d. adaptation
_____33.Which of the following is a correct sequence of levels in life's hierarchy,
proceeding downward from an individual animal?
a. brain, organ system, nerve cell, nervous tissue
b. organ system, nervous tissue, brain
c. organism, organ system, tissue, cell, organ
d. nervous system, brain, nervous tissue, nerve cell
_____34. Which of the following is the main water-conducting tissue of plants?
a. dermis c. phloem
b. meristematic d. xylem
_____35. If the adipose tissues are removed, the body will lose tissues which are
responsible for_______?
a. movement c. fat storage
b. protection d. transport o body fluids
_____36. If you would like to adjust the amount of light passing through a
microscope, what part should you manipulate?
a. coarse adjustment screw c. low power objective
b. iris diaphragm d. revolving nosepiece
_____37.What is the major distinguishing characteristic of fungi?
a. gaining nutrition through ingestion c. being prokaryotic
b. being decomposers of dead organisms d. absorbing dissolved
nutrients
_____38. Which of the following disruptions is the most serious factor that
contributes to environmental degradation?
a. illegal logging c. pollution
b. introduction of new species d. soil remediation
_____39. What ecological relationship exists between a human and a lice?
a. commensalism c. mutualism
b. competition d. parasitism
_____40. Catherine would like to propagate a plant that is yet to produce flowers
and has no specialized roots or other modified plant parts. What is the
easiest way to propagate the plant?
a. by using the roots c. by setting up tissue culture
b. by planting stem cuttings d. by waiting for the seeds to
develop

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