San Juan National High School

Second Periodical Test in Science 7

Instruction: Read and understand each question that follows. Choose your answer from the choices given and shade the letter
of the correct answer.
1. What device is used to view very small things that cannot be seen by the naked eyes?
a. Endoscope b. Microscope c. Stethoscope d. Telescope
2. What part of the microscope is used to reflect light from the external environment up through the stage?
a. Arm b. Base c. Mirror d. Objective Lenses
3. When would you use the diaphragm?
a. When you wanted to move the stage b. When you wanted to adjust the light
c. When you wanted to put the microscope away d. When you sneeze
4. Which of the following is TRUE about the invention of the microscope?
a. The first inventor of the microscope are the Greeks b. It was discovered by the Italians living in Rome
c. It was invented by Zacharias and Hans Janssen d. All of the above
5. Which part of the microscope is used to hold the slides in place?
a. Stage b. Stage clips c. Objective lenses d. Mirror
6. Sheenagh wants to observe the onion cells under the microscope. Which of the following will she do to achieve her goal?
a. Sheenagh will adjust the mirror so the light could go up through the stage and into the specimen
b. Sheenagh will switch the lens from low powered objective to high power objective
c. Sheenagh will adjust the course adjustment so she could see clearly the specimen
d. All of the above
7. John Brylle would like to see clearly the specimen he wanted to observe using the microscope. What part of the microscope
will he adjust for him to do what he want?
a. Course Adjustment b. Fine adjustment c. Objective lenses d. Eyepiece
8. When looking at a specimen on your slide, you should always start with the
a. low objective lens b. medium objective lens c. high objective lens d. OIO lens
9. When looking through your microscope, you move your slide to the right- It appears
a. to move to the right b. to stay the same c. to move to the left d. vanish
10. What will be the total magnification of the specimen if the eyepiece is 10X and the objective lens is 55X?
a. 10X b. 55X c. 650X d. 550X
11. Which of the following scenarios signify a community?
a. A group of dogs in a farm c. A group of cats in a farmhouse
b. A group of horse in a farmland d. A group of cows together with a group of carabaos in farmland
12. Which of the following differentiates organs from tissues?
a. Organs make up tissues; tissues make up organs c. Tissues make up organs; cells make up tissues
b. Organs and tissues make up an organ system d. Organs and tissues are made up of cells
13. The organ systems of plants consist of root and shoot systems. Why is it important for these systems to work together?
a. To grow and survive c. To survive floods and strong winds
b. To avoid pests and other animals d. To survive droughts and earthquakes
14. Which is the correct sequence – from bigger to smaller – of the levels of organization in an organism?
a. Cell – organ – organ system – Tissue c. Tissue – cell – organ – organ system
b. Organ – organ system – tissue – cell d. organ system – organ – tissue – cell
15. When many organ system work together it can form?
a. organ b. cells c. organ system d. organism
16. Which part of the cell is known as the control center of the cell?
a. Cell Membrane b. Nucleolus c. Nucleus d. Ribosomes
17. Which part of the plant cell contains chlorophyll which absorbs energy from the sun to make food for plants?
a. Chloroplast b. Cytoplasm c. Nucleus d. Vacuoles
18. What part of the animal cell that is not present in plant cells?
a. Cell Membrane b. Centrioles c. Nucleus d. Vacuoles
19. What are the parts of the plant cells that are not present in the animal cells?
a. Chloroplast and Cytoplasm c. Cell Membrane and Nucleolus
b. Chloroplast and Cell Wall d. Vacuoles and Ribosomes
20. If the chloroplast of the plant cell is damaged, which of the following will it be unable to do?
a. Protects the cell c. excretes waste materials b. Make food for the cell d. give instruction for cell to reproduce
21. What is considered the basic structural and functional unit of life?
a. Cell b. Organ c. Organ systems d. Tissue
22. What made a multicellular organism?
a. one cell b. multiple cell c. unicellular cell d. no cell
23. What is the shape of the DNA of the Eukaryotic Cells?
a. Circular b. Linear c. Angular d. curvilinear
24. What mode of reproduction requires two parents of different sexes to produce a new being?
a. Asexual Reproduction b. Budding c. Sexual Reproduction d. Fragmentation
25. What type of asexual reproduction where the new individual comes from the unfertilized eggs of the mother?
a. Budding b. Fragmentation c. Parthenogenesis d. Spores
26. Which of the following forms of reproduction does not belong to the group?
a. Budding b. Fragmentation c. Allogamy d. Vegetative Reproduction
27. What happens during fertilization?
a. 2 eggs from the female parent and 1 sperm from the male parent unite together to form a zygote
b. 2 sperms from the male parent and 1 egg from the female parent unite together to form a zygote
c. 1 sperm from the male parent and 1 egg from the female parent unite together to form a zygote
d. 1 sperm from the male parent and 1 sperm from another male parent unite to form a zygote
28. What do you call the specialized cells of the animals that reproduce sexually?
a. Sperm cell b. egg cell c. gametes d. tissue
29. How important is reproduction of organisms?
a. It is the way for organisms to get their own food to survive
b. It is the way for organisms to provide food for each other to survive
c. It is the way for organisms to continue their kind, so they will not get extinct
d. It is the way for organisms to decrease the number of populations in the plane
30. Which of the statements below is FALSE about the difference between Sexual and Asexual Reproduction?
a. Sexual produces genetically different individuals while asexual produces genetically identical individuals
b. Sexual requires 2 parents of the same gender while asexual reproduction requires only 1 parent of either gender.
c. Sexual reproduction is slower in process compared to asexual reproduction which is faster
d. Sexual reproduction produces variation while asexual reproduction does not
31. Which type of reproduction does not produce individuals that are genetically identical to their parent?
a. Budding b. Parthenogenesis c. Spore formation d. External Fertilization
32. What do you call the component of the ecosystem that refers to the nonliving things in the environment?
a. Biotic Components b. Biosphere c. Abiotic components d. none of the above
33.. Why is it important for living things and nonliving things to interact with each other?
a. Because living things need the nonliving environment to survive
b. Because living things together with the nonliving things can reproduce together
c. Because living things together with the nonliving environment can make the planet become a paradise
d. None of the above
34. What do you call the biotic components that produce food for themselves as well as food for other organisms?
a. Primary Consumer b. Secondary consumer c. Decomposers d. Producers
35. Which of the following examples are Biotic Factor?
a. air b. grass c. rocks d. temperature
36. Which of the following examples that can be found under the sea are considered Abiotic Factor?
a. water b. corals c. fish d. sea horse
37. What relationship exists between two organisms when one is benefits from the other and the other is harmed?
a. Commensalism b. Competition c. Mutualism d. Parasitism
38. What relationship exists when several organisms rely on a limited environmental resource?
a. Commensalism b. Competition c. Mutualism d. Parasitism
39. What percentage of the energy in one trophic level will be obtained by the next trophic level in a food chain?
a. 5% b. 10% c. 50% d. 100%
40. Which of the following consumers will get the least amount of energy in a food chain?
a. Primary Consumer b.Tertiary Consumer c. Secondary Consumer d. Final Consumer
41.What relationship exists between two organisms when they both benefit from each other?
a. Commensalism b. Competition c. Mutualism d. Parasitism
42. In the ecosystem, what is considered the ultimate source of energy?
a. Animals b. Decomposers c. Producers d. Sun
43. How does energy in the ecosystem transfer from one organism to another organism?
a. When an organism eats another organism c. When an organism lives with another organism
b. When an organism breeds another organism d. When an organism plays with another organism
For items 44-45.
GRASS GRASSHOPPER FROG SNAKE HAWK
44. Which is the secondary consumer?
a. Frog b. Grass c. Grasshopper d. Hawk
45. Which is the final consumer?
a. Frog b. Grass c. Hawk d. Snake
46. Which of the ff. Is not a manmade activity that increases the atmospheric heat?
a. burning b. deforestation c. dumping of garbage d. reforestation
47.What will happen to the organisms when there is a sudden change in the temperature beyond their limits?
a.organisms will die b. survive c. harmed and may result to death d.eventually adapt to the environment
48.Which of the following is a manmade disturbance to the abiotic components in an ecosystem?
a. disease b earthquake c. mining d. wildfire
49.What is considered as a major environmental disturbance to the abiotic components of an ecosystem?
a. earthquake b. flood c. landslide d. wildfire
50.Which of the following Can help reduce the effects of climate change?
a. take a bath b. plant more trees c. Stop building homes d. drink 8-10 glasses of water a day