Maui B.

Cometa

VII-Buttercup

POSTTEST
Direction: Read each statement carefully
90 and write the letter of the best
answer on your answer sheet.

1. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of living things? a.

a. Accretion c. Adaptation
b. Respiration d. Movement
2. Which one is the BEST definition of the word adaptation? a.
a. a behaviour that helps a living thing survive
b. a body part that helps a living thing survive
c. body part or behaviour that helps a living thing survive
d. a feature that helps a plant survive
3. The main purpose of adaptation is to a.
a. help an organism survive c. population growth rate
b. Fertility rate d. Birth rate
4. The number of children a woman is expected to bear in her lifetime is
known as the b.
a. Birth rate c. Child expectancy
b. Fertility rate d. Population growth rate
5. Which of the following is a population? a.
a. Coconut trees in a plantation
b. Mango trees and their fruits every summer
c. Hacienda in Laguna and Batangas
d. Avocado orchard in Rizal province
6. As population density increases, which one of the following is likely to
occur? c.
a. Natality will increase.
b. Mortality will decrease.
c. The population will experience very rapid growth.
d. Individuals will migrate from the area of highest density.
7. The number of individuals occupying an area at a given time is
______. b.
a. Population density c. population distribution
b. Population d. Population growth
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8. An increase in the birth rate will tend to cause the population to grow at
a faster rate. a.
a. True b. False c. Sometimes d. Maybe
9. A farmer planted 3, 200 rice seedlings in his 16-square meters field.
What is the density of this population of rice seedlings? b.
a. 20 seedlings for every square meters
b. 200 seedlings for every square meters
c. 200 seedlings for every 16 square meters
d. 20 seedlings for every square meters
10. What two words could be used to describe the growth of world
population? c.
a. Arithmetic and Logistic c. Exponential and Logistic
b. Exponential and Steady d. Arithmetic and Steady
11. If immigration is far greater than emigration in a particular country, this
will tend to cause the population of that country to grow. a.
a. True b. False c. Sometimes d. Maybe
12. A drastic decrease in infant mortality will tend to cause the population to
decrease. b.
a. True b. False c. Sometimes d. Maybe
13. A population pyramid with a very wide base is a sign that the population
is decreasing. b.
a. True b. False c. Sometimes d. Maybe
14. The main factor responsible for the growth of Philippine population is
immigration. b.
a. True b. False c. Sometimes d. Maybe
15. The highest population densities in the Philippines exist in and around:
a.
a. Manila b. Cebu c. Mindanao d. Davao
16. Density-independent factors that regulate population include all of the
following EXCEPT d.
a. Fire in the grassland c. flash floods
b. drought d. supply of food

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17. Examples of R- selected species characteristics include all of these

EXCEPT? b.
a. rapid reproduction c. rapid development
b. poor dispersal d. numerous offspring
18. Examples of K-selected species characteristics include all of these
EXCEPT? d.
a. long lives c. larger body size
b. delayed reproduction d. slower development
19. Which of the following sets of word best describe pattern of population
distribution in a habitat? d.
a. Clumping, Random dispersion
b. K – selected, R - selected
c. Immigration, Emigration
d. Exponential growth, Logistic growth
20. All of which are benefits of sustainable living, EXCEPT b.
a. Better and more stable planet for future generations
b.Zero waste and zero carbon
c. Sustainable and durable products.
d. Cost savings

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