Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Schools Division of Cagayan
Peñablanca East National High School
Manga Peñablanca, Cagayan

Second Quarter Examination- Earth and Life Science

Name:_____________________________________________Score:______________
Grade & Strand:_____________________________________Date:__________________
Multiple Choice.
Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space before each number. Your answer must
be in Capital Letter. NO ERASURES!
____1. Which cell group does not possess a true nucleus?
a. Prokaryotes b. Eukaryotes c. Plants d. Animals
____2. Which of the following is a eukaryote?
a. Bacteria b. Virus c. Archaea d. Sperm
____3. Which of the following is found in all prokaryotic cells but only in some eukaryotic
cells?
a. Cell membrane b. Cell wall c. Mitochondria d. Ribosome
____4. Where in the cell are protein synthesized?
a. Mitochondria b. Vacuole c. Ribosomes d. Nucleus
____5. Where do the majority of metabolic reactions take place?
a. Cytoplasm b. Nucleus c. Cell membrane d. Ribosomes
____6. The food producer within the plant cell uses energy from the sun and converts carbon
dioxide and water into sugars. This sub-cellular structure is called
a. vacuole b. Mitochondria c. Chloroplast d. nucleus
____7. The thick rigid layer that surrounds plant cells and provides support and structure is
called
a. nucleus. b. mitochondria. c. cell wall. d. Chloroplast
____8. Which of the following is/are characteristics of living organisms?
a. Organized structure c. Maintenance of homeostasis
b. Growth and reproduction d. A, B and C
____9.What do we call the maintenance of internal conditions of an organism within a certain
boundary range?
a. Evolution b. Homeostasis c. Adaptation d. Metabolism
____10.What branch of Biology deals with the study of cells?
a. Histology b.Cytology c. Physiology d. Anatomy
____11.What branch of Biology deals with the study of tissues?
a. Histology b.Cytology c. Physiology d. Anatomy
____12.What branch of Biology deals with the study of interactions and relationships within an
ecosystem?
a. Histology b.Cytology c. Physiology d. Ecology
____13.What characteristic of living things is necessary for producing other living things of their
kind?
a. growth b. metabolism c. abiogenesis d. big bang theory
____14. Which of the following originated from explosion of hot rotating ball of gas and
eventually life was formed from the chemical evolution of different compounds present
in the primitive earth?
a. cosmozoic b. spontaneous c. big bang d. philosophical
____15. Which of the following is the smallest particle of matter non-divisible by chemical
means?
a. atoms b. protons c. neutrons d. electrons
____16. Which of the following is the element abundant in living things?
a. oxygen b. carbon c. hydrogen d. nitrogen
____17. Which type of cell does not contain membrane-bound organelles?
a. prokaryote b. eukaryote c. bacteria d. algae
____18. Which type of cell has ribosomes?
a. prokaryote c. eukaryote
 b. both prokaryote and eukaryote d. none of the above
____19. Which part of the cell is responsible for controlling the activities of the other parts of the
cell?
a. vacuole b. nucleus c. mitochondria d. cytoplasm
____20. Which part of the cell is responsible for breaking down used organelles and essentially
‘’digesting’’ substances?
a. rough ER b. soft ER c. lysosome d. chloroplast
____21. Which of the following is considered as the science of balance?
a. Histology b. cytology c. homeostasis d. Genetics
____22. Which of the female reproductive system is described as hollow, muscular, and
pear-shaped organ?
a. fallopian tube b. cervix c. uterus d. ostium
____23. Which of the female reproductive system are the finger-like structure around the
opening that trap egg as it leaves the ovary?
a. fallopian tube b. cervix c. uterus d. fimbria
____24. What is the hormone necessary for the development of male reproductive system?
a. serotonin b. testosterone c. estrogen d. progesterone
____25. What is the hormone necessary for the development of female reproductive system?
a. serotonin b. testosterone c. estrogen d. oxytocin
_____26. Which of the following organelle is in the mid piece of a sperm cell?
a. nucleus b. mitochondria c. centrioles d. cytoplasm
____27. Which of the following is necessary for movement of a cell?
a. nucleus b. mitochondria c. centrioles d. flagella
____28. What part of the male reproductive system are matured sperm cell stored?
a. scrotum b. epididymis c. ureter d. flagellum
____29. What type of reproduction occurs in highest form of organisms like human?
a. sexual b. asexual c. fission d. fusion
____30. What type of reproduction occurs on worms?
a. sexual b. asexual c. hermaphroditism d. fusion
____31. Which of the following type of symbiosis shows that organisms benefit together?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____32. What type of symbiotic relationship shows one organism benefit and the other one is
harmed?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____33. What type of symbiotic relationship shows that one organism benefits and the other is
not helped or harmed?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____34. What type of symbiosis is involved when a tick lives on a dog’s body?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____35. What type of symbiosis is involved when a tapeworm lives in student’s intestines?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____36. What type of symbiosis is involved when a hermit crab carries sea anemone on its back?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____37. What type of symbiosis is involved when ants are protecting the acacia tree and tree
provides food for the ants?
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. paratism d. predation
____38. Which of the following provides energy to nucleotides?
a. ATP b. sugar c. ribose d. deoxyribose
____39. Which of the following is the sugar for RNA?
a. deoxyribose b. glucose c. ribose d. fructose
____40. Which of the following is the sugar for DNA?
a. deoxyribose b. glucose c. ribose d. fructose
____41. Which of the following is not element found in carbohydrates?
a. carbon b. hydrogen c. oxygen d. nitrogen
____42. What is produced when a glucose and fructose is combined?
a. sucrose b. maltose c. ribose d. deoxyribose
____43. What is produced when a glucose is combined with another glucose?
 a. sucrose b. maltose c. ribose d.
deoxyribose
____44. What enzyme breaks the hydrogen of nucleotides?
a. dna ligase b. dna polymerase c. helicase d. purines
____43. What enzyme synthesize the individual nucleotides to produce new DNA?
a. dna ligase b. dna polymerase c. helicase d. purines
____44. What enzyme binds the fragments of DNA to one another?
a. dna ligase b. dna polymerase c. helicase d. purines
____45. Which of the following is not included in the part of nucleotides in DNA?
a. translation b. pentose sugar c. phosphate d. base pair
____46. What type of RNA carries information from the DNA to the cytoplasm?
a. messenger RNA b. ribosomal RNA c.transfer RNA
____47. What type of RNA composes of ribosomes that contains enzymes needed for
protein synthesis?
a. messenger RNA b. ribosomal RNA c.transfer RNA
_____48. What device is used by James Watson and Francis Crick in checking and
evaluating the structure of DNA?
a. x-ray crystallography b. microscope c. telescope d. magnifying lens
_____49. What type of RNA carries amino acids to ribosomes?
a. messenger RNA b. ribosomal RNA c.transfer RNA
_____50. What nitrogenous base is replaced by thymine in RNA?
a. adenine b. guanine c. cytosine d. uracil

‘’THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT YOUR FUTURE IS TO CREATE IT’’

Prepared by: Checked by:

Reymark L. Malayao Rowena Venesa C. Pagalilauan

Shs Teacher Head Teacher III

Noted by:

Teodolfo C. Lopez
Principal I