Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Butuan City
AUPAGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Aupagan, Butuan City
2nd Quarter Examination
SEPTEMBER 2019
SCIENCE 7

Name: ____________________________________________________ Section: _________________ Date: _____________

Multiple Choice. Read each question carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.
1) Who is the person behind the creation of a microscope with a much higher magnification?
a. Anton van Leeuwenhook c. Rodulf Virchow
b. Robert Hooke d. Zaccharias Jansen
2) Which objective lens magnifies the object at 10x?
a. High Power Objective c. Ocular piece
b. Low Power Objective d. Scanner
3) What would be the highest total magnification of a microscope if its eyepiece has 15x magnification?
a. 60x b. 150x c. 600x d. None of these
4) If an eyepiece of a microscope can magnify objects up to 10x, what will be the total magnification of an object if the high-power
objective will be used?
a. 30x b. 40x c. 100x d. 400x
5) What objective lens would you use if you wish to examine the parts a plant cell in its largest magnification?
a. HPO b. LPO c. Scanner d. Oil Immersion
6) You are told by your Science teacher to bring the microscope to your classroom. If you are task to do so, how would hold the
microscope?
a. Hold the base of the microscope using both hands.
b. Hold the arm of the microscope using one hand only.
c. Hold the microscope using both hands, one at the base, and one at the arm.
d. Hold the microscope using both hands, one at the base, and one at the body tube.
7) You were trying to adjust the image of an object under the microscope as it appears blurry and indistinguishable. What adjustment
knob should you use to make the image at its greatest resolution?
a. Coarse adjustment knob c. Stage adjustment knob
b. Fine adjustment knob d. Revolving nosepiece
8) The following parts of a light microscope are used to magnify objects when viewed, EXCEPT _______.
a. course adjustment knob c. eyepiece
b. fine adjustment knob d. stage clips
9) Which is NOT a part of a light microscope?
a. Light c. Ocular piece
b. Mirror d. Revolving nosepiece
10) Microscope is not a very important equipment because it is only used in subjects like Biology. Agree or Disagree? Why?
a. Agree, it’s not important because it is true that not everyone can benefit from it.
b. Agree, because it’s too expensive and it’s not helpful enough as it can only be used once in a school year.
c. Disagree, because without microscope, we won’t be able to observe bacteria which can’t be seen by our naked eyes.
d. Disagree, because without microscope, we won’t be able to observe microorganisms which can’t be seen by our naked eyes.
11) Microscopes open up an entire world that you can’t see with the naked eye. Agree or Disagree? Why?
a. Agree, because it can magnify even the smallest thing on Earth.
b. Agree, because it opens up the world of microorganisms that are too tiny to understand its nature.
c. Agree, because it helps people understand the nature and the kind of microorganisms that exist in this beautiful world.
d. All of the above.

Use the following options to answer questions 12 and 13.

I. absence of centrioles
II. irregular shape
III. presence of cell wall
IV. angular and rigid shape
V. absence of chloroplast
12) You are asked to identify an unknown slide. Which could help you identify it to be an animal cell?
a. I and III b. II and IV c. III and IV d. II and V
13) Which would help you identify a plant cell?
a. I and III b. II and IV c. III and IV d. II and V
14) Which is the correct arrangement of the biological organization?
a. Cell Tissue Organ Organ System Organism Population Community
b. Cell Tissue Organism Organ System Organ Population Community
c. Tissue Cell Organ Organ System Organism Population Community
d. Cell Tissue Organ Organ System Organism Community Population
15) How is the ecosystem different from a community?
 a. An ecosystem is the home of all animals, while a community is the home of people.
b. An ecosystem is the home of all living things, while a community is the home of both living and non-living.
c. A community is composed of many different organisms living in a certain area, while an ecosystem is where a community
lives.
d. A community is composed of many different organisms living together, while an ecosystem is the physical environment to
which this community interact.
16) Barangay Aupagan can be considered as a population or community? Why?
a. A population because there are many people living in barangay Aupagan.
b. A community because other than people, there are also other organisms found in the area like trees and other animals.
c. A population because it is composed of different organisms.
d. All of the above.
17) Which does NOT belong to the biological level of organization?
a. Atom b. Cell c. Tissue d. Organ
18) The southern pine beetle (SPB) is a pest that builds extensive tunnels inside pine trees. Fungi spores are carried through a through the
tunnels by adult beetles. Which term describes SPB, the fungi and the pine beetles as a group of organisms?
a. Biome b. Community c. Ecosystem d. Environment
19) It is a part of a eukaryotic cell known as the ‘control center’.
a. Cytoplasm b. Mitochondria c. Nucleus d. Ribosomes
20) It is a specilaized organelle that is only found in plants which provide structural support.
a. Cell membrane b. Cell wall c. Nucleus d. Vacuole
21) The vacuole in plant cells acts as a water storage and appears larger than that in an animal cell, which is why they survive without
watering for days. What would most likely to happen if plants have small vacuoles like that in an animal cell?
a. Plants will wilt faster and die easily c. Plants will not grow
b. Plants will move as well as animals d. All of the above
22) Under a microscope, Pia observes a cell that has a cell wall but no distinct nucleus. The cell that she observes is
a. an animal cell c. a plant cell
b. a bacterial cell d. a nerve cell
23) Which of the following feature will help you in distinguishing a plant cell from an animal cell?
a. Nucleus b. Mitochondria c. Cell membrane d. Cell wall
24) Which organelle does NOT belong to a plant cell?
a. Chloroplast b. Flagella c. Nucleus d. Vacuole
25) The following organelles belong to the animal cell, EXCEPT __________.
a. Cell membrane b. Cell wall c. Lysosome d. Ribosomes
26) Cell is the basic unit structure of life. Agree or Disagree? Why?
a. Agree, because cell is very small yet plays a very important function in life.
b. Agree, because it is where all the metabolic processes occur which keeps the organism alive.
c. Disagree, because as small as it is, it is not possible to make life.
d. Disagree, because the basic unit structure of life is atom, not cell.
27) Looking at a cell under a microscope, you note that it is a prokaryote. How do you know?
a. The cell lacks cytoplasm. c. The cell lacks a nucleus.
b. The cell lacks a cell membrane. d. The cell lacks genetic material.
28) Which of the following conclusions could you draw about the cell shown in the picture below?

a. The cell is eukaryotic because it has a nucleus.

b. The cell is prokaryotic because it has a nucleus.
c. The cell is eukaryotic because it does not have a nucleus.
d. The cell is prokaryotic because it does not have a nucleus.

29) Red-tide is caused by what kind of protist?

a. Algae b. Diatoms c. Dinoflagellates d. Euglena
30) Viruses are not considered as living but they can be capable of living if:
a. It spreads in the air.
b. It can be placed in a watery environment.
c. It infects a host cell which uses its energy to replicate.
d. All of the above.

31) Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?

a. Bacteria b. Cell c. Fungi d. Protists
32) The bacteria in our large intestine btreakdown food that we consider waste. During this process, the vitamins released are absorb into
our bloodstream This is an exaple of whicch relationship?
a. Commensalism b. Competition c. Mutualism d. Parasitism
33) What characteristics fungi, algae, and bacteria differentiates from plants?
a. Most do not make their own foods unlike plants
b. They cause diseases while plants have many uses.
c. They are below plants and animals
 d. They do not have true leaves, true stems, true roots, fruits and flowers.
34) The green algae and plants both have some similar characteristics. What are these characteristics common to both?
I. Stem II. Cell wall III. Fruit-like parts IV. Chloroplast
a. I and II b. II and III c. I and III d. II and IV
35) Sexual reproduction is
a. A type of reproduction in which two parent cells combine to form a unique offspring.
b. A type of reproduction wherein a parent organism produces one or more new organisms that are identical to the parent.
c. A combination of two identical parent cells to form a unique offspring.
d. A process of fertilization.
36) What would most likely to happen if humans can reproduce asexually?
a. Many people would have many replicates of themselves and the population will increase slowly.
b. Many people would have many replicates of themselves and the population will increase very rapidly.
c. Many people would have bigger families and the population will increase very rapidly.
d. There will be more unique people.
37) Most animals reproduce sexually, but some may reproduce asexually. From the given examples below, which demonstrates asexual
reproduction?
a. When you cut a piece of a cinnamon grass and planted it in your garden to which it grew into another new cinnamon grass.
b. When you try to cut an earthworm’s body and suddenly it grew into two new earthworms.
c. When a starfish was cut into two and it became two new starfishes.
d. All of the above.
38) Which does NOT belong to the group?
a. Budding b. Egg c. Sperm d. Fertilization

39) A farmer wants to propagate a good variety of a crop in a way which maintained all its desirable traits. Which of the following
methods should be used?
a. Self-pollination
b. Vegetative Propagation
c. Growing seeds produced by the same plants
d. Cross-pollinating this crop with another good variety and growing the seeds resulting from the cross
40) An ecosystem is composed of living and nonliving components in which organisms react to and interact to other organisms and their
given environment. Air, water, soil and the other physical aspects of the environment is what type of component in the ecosystem?
a. Abiotic b. Biotic c. Commensalism d. Symbiotic
41) The abiotic components in the ecosystem are vital for the survival of the organisms in a given environment. If sudden changes will
occur such that rivers will drought due to a very high temperature, what will most likely to happen?
a. If rivers will drought, there will be no more ecosystem because fishes will be gone.
b. If rivers will drought, only the freshwater community will be affected. Other animals will just feed on the other source.
c. If rivers will drought, all fishes and other freshwater organisms will be gone and the other animals will be affected.
d. If rivers will drought, all people will get hungry because there will be no fishes to catch.
42) What type of an ecological relationship where it occurs when both organisms having the same needs live in the same area.
a. Commensalism b. Competition c. Cooperation ` d. Predation
43) Weeds that grow within the rice fields shall be cleaned for the reason that:
a. It will distract the growth of rice plants.
b. It will compete with the nutrients needed by the rice plants.
c. It makes the field looks ugly.
d. It cannot be harvested.
44) Which is NOT an example of a symbiotic relationship?
a. A bird feeding on a carabao’s back. c. Crocodile eating a chick
b. Ticks and mites in the dog d. Small fishes feeding on the fins of a shark.
45) If a person would see a snake in their backyard, they would immediately kill it for the fear that it might harm them. Snakes may
appear harmful and bad, but they do have an important role in maintaining pest population such that they eat rats in the rice field. If all
snakes will be killed by people, what is most likely to happen?
a. No person will be in danger from snake attacks or bites.
b. The population of pests, like rat, will increase more rapidly.
c. The environment will be good and healthy as there will be no more serpents.
d. People will no longer be afraid and are all safe from the dangers of snake.
46) According to Albert Einstein, if bees become extinct, then after five years, all people will die. Agree or Disagree? Why?
a. Agree, because bees are pollinators and they help maintain crop and plant production which are food for people. If bees will
die, food crops will be affected and people will starve.
b. Disagree, because bees are just insects and they do not play such role.
c. Agree, because they play an important role in the ecosystem by pollinating flowers which can make food.
d. Disagree, because other than bees, there are still insects which can pollinate food crops.
47) The biomass level decreases by 10% as we move upward to the ladder of energy pyramid. Agree or disagree? Why?
a. Agree, because the nutrients were already used up by the organism in the lower rank of the energy pyramid
b. Agree, because the animal in higher rank of the pyramid do not consume plants and there there is no energy consumed.
c. Agree, because the animals only eat other animals which contains only less to no energy.
d. Disagree, because it increases by 10%, and as the animal grows larger, they contain more energy.
48) Setting up an aquarium that represents a mini ecosystem has to have which of the following requirements?
a. Fish and water only c. Population of fish, snails, and plants only
b. Water, sand, soil, and light only d. Communities of different fish species, water, sand, soil
 and sunlight
49) Refer to question number 49, if the aquarium contains plants in which fishes can feed from, what percentage of energy would fishes
get?
a. 100% b. 10.0% c. 1.0% d. 0.1%

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