Earth and Life Science Q2

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1. Oxygen was scarce during the early
developement of Earth. By this situation,
what kind of organism first existed?
• aerobic organism
• anaerobic organism
• plants
• protist
2. The First chemical experiment
regarding the evolution of life was
performed by_________.
• Watson and Crick
• Oparin and Haldane
• Urey and Miller
• Pasteur and Redi
3. Which types of organisms developed
first due to the early environmental
conditions on earth?
• prokaryotic and unicellular
• prokaryotic and multicellular
• eukaryotic and multicellular
• eukaryotic and unicellular
4. Who conducted experiments to disprove
the theory of spontaneous generation by
showing that maggots on decaying meat
came from eggs laid by flies?
• Louis Pasteur
• Francesco Redi
• Gregor Mendel
• Robert Hooke
5. What term is used for organisms that
produce their own food through processes
like photosynthesis or chemosynthesis?.
autotroph
• thigmotroph
• chemotroph
• heterotroph
6 Cows, goats, horses, and sheeps are
examples of ________ organism.
• omnivore
• carnivore
• herbivore
• insectivore
7. What term is used for organisms that
produce their own food through processes
like photosynthesis or chemosynthesis?.
• thigmotroph
• chemotroph
• heterotroph
• autotroph
8. It is a mode of reproduction involving the
fusion of egg cell and sperm cell.
• sexual
• asexual
9. Which of the following are homologous
structures in animals?
• Forelimbs of bats and whales.
• Wings of birds and insects.
• Fins of fish and flippers of seals.
• Nose of snakes and humans.
10. What is the fundamental unit of life?
• Atom
• Molecule
• Cell
• Tissue
11. What type of tropism is exhibited by
plant roots when they grow downward into
the soil?
• Negative geotropism
• Positive geotropism
• Negative thigmotropism
• Positive thigmotropism
12. How does the human body maintain its
temperature during dry season?
• panting
• sweating
• eating
• shivering
13. It is process of reproduction in which a
male organism's sperm fertilizes a female
organism's egg outside of the female's
body.
• internal fertilization
• external fertilization
• oviparity
• ovoviparity
• viviparity
14. It means "division into two". It is the
simplest and most common method of
asexual reproduction of bacteria.
• hermaphroditism
• budding
• binary fission
• parthenogenesis
• fragmentation & regeneration
15. It occurs when the change of a single
DNA nucleotide within a protein-coding
portion of a gene does not affect the
sequence of amino acids that make up the
gene's protein.
• Point mutation
• Silent mutation
• Nonsense mutation
16. A genetically modified organism, was
the first commercially grown genetically
engineered food to be granted a license
for human consumption.
• Featherless chicken
• Flavr Savr tomato
• Vacanti mouse
• Dolly the sheep
• Golden rice
17. I am an organ system. Smoking can
damage my delicate balloon-like alveoli
(air sacs), filling them with tar. The less
alveoli are working, the less air I can take
in. The less air I can take in, the less
oxygen gets to the blood for use by the
cells of the body. I am the _____ system.
• circulatory • endocrince
• respiratory • lymphatic
18. These organ system create chemicals
help coordinate your body’s functions,
from metabolism to growth and
development, emotions, mood, sexual
function and even sleep.
• nervous system
• digestive system
• integumentary system
• endocrine system
19. In the context of biological
classification, which individual is most
known for developing the binomial
nomenclature system?
• Charles Darwin
• Gregor Mendel
• Carolus Linnaeus
• Alfred Wallace
20. Who proposed the idea of
"spontaneous generation" and believed
that life could arise from non-living matter
spontaneously?
• Aristotle
• Redi
• Pasteur
• Franklin
21. Homeostasis refers to an organism's
ability to:
• Reproduce its own kind
• Maintain a stable internal environment
• Utilize energy for growth
• Adapt to external environmental
changes
22. Which feature is considered a universal
characteristic of all living organisms?
• They all have cellular structures.
• They can live without water.
• They are all multicellular.
• They can be seen with the naked eye.
23. Which type of symbiotic relationship
benefits one organism while harming the
other, and can significantly impact
populations in an ecosystem?
• Mutualism
• Commensalism
• Parasitism
• Competition
24. The introduction of non-native species
to an ecosystem can have significant
impacts. What is a primary concern
associated with this?
• Increased biodiversity
• Disruption of existing food chains
• Improvement of soil quality
• Stabilization of the ecosystem
25. What is the primary advantage of
asexual reproduction for an animal
species in a stable environment?
• Increased genetic diversity
• Faster population growth
• Greater adaptability to environmental
changes
• Necessity of finding mates
26. In mammals, what is the term used for
the process by which the embryo
develops within the mother, receiving
nourishment directly from her
bloodstream?
• Oviparity
• Viviparity
• Asexual reproduction
• External fertilization
27. Which organ system is primarily
responsible for the transportation of
nutrients, gases, and waste products
throughout an animal's body?
• Nervous System
• Circulatory System
• Digestive System
• Endocrine System
28. If a new characteristics is introduced
into a population through migration, this
process is referred to as:
• Genetic drift
• Natural selection
• Evolution
• Gene flow
29. Which mechanism of evolution occurs
when a population's size is drastically
reduced due to an event like a natural
disaster, resulting in a loss of genetic
diversity?
• Founder effect
• Gene flow
• Bottleneck effect
• Genetic drift
30. What term describes the maximum
population size of a species that an
environment can sustain indefinitely
without degrading the ecosystem?
• Population density
• Resource availability
• Carrying capacity
• Ecological niche
31. Which term describes a pattern of
organism distribution in which individuals
are grouped together in clusters, often due
to resource availability, social behavior, or
reproductive strategies?
• Uniform dispersion
• Random dispersion
• Clumped dispersion
• Isolated dispersion
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