Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BULACAN

OBANDO SCHOOL OF FISHERIES

SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
S.Y. 2022-23
NAME: _____________________________________________________________________ SCORE: ________
Multiple Choice. Answer the questions that follow. Write the letter of your answer on a
separate sheet.

1. What are called the remains of living organism used in understanding the history of life on earth?
A. bone C. seeds
B. fossils D. shells
2. Which statement is NOT true about fossils?
A. A small percent of extinct organisms is preserved.
B. Most extinct organisms have been preserved.
C. Plants can form fossils.
D. Some bacteria came from fossils.
3. Humans have developed ways of decreasing casualties caused by natural hazards. Which of the following can
minimized risk caused by this natural hazard?
a. evacuation b. mitigation c. period d. eon
4. Which of the following can be considered as a fossil?
A. a billion-year old rock C. a billion-year old amber with a primitive insect inside
B. a billion-year old piece of amber D. the choices are all correct
5. Which hazards occurs in a specific areas?
a. flood b. drought c. earthquake d. tornado
6. Which natural hazards occurs without any signs or warning?
a. Volcanic eruption b. earthquake c. landslide d. storm
7. Dinosaurs are reptiles that existed for a very long time. Which era did these organisms evolve?
A. Cenozoic Era C. Paleozoic Era
B. Mesozoic Era D. Proterozoic Era
8. What are the first photosynthetic organisms that grow well on earth?
A. Bryophyllum’ C. stromatolites
B. cyanobacteria D. zircon crystal
9. Where do most volcanoes on earth found?
a.on the equator b.on mountains c.on land d.on ocean floors
10. Which best describe a volcano?
a .a mountain created by faulting and folding
b.a cone-shaped mountains
c.a plateau with crater
d.a flat active mountain
11. Which should you do when earthquake occurs while you are outside your house?
a.Run inside a big building.
b.Find a nearest tree where you can grab into.
c.Move from an open area away from trees, buildings, electric poles and wires
d.Remain relax.
12. Why did it take millions of years for life to appear on Earth after the planet had formed?
A. It took millions of years for RNA to replace DNA.
B. Life on Earth could begin only when seedlings arrived on our planet from other worlds.
C. The planet had cooled down enough to sustain life.
D. The planet had warmed up enough to sustain life.

13. Which do you think is the greatest threat in the environment?

a.volcano b.tsunami c.human d.virus
14. Why do vulnerability to natural disaster growing?
a.Because of the increasing volcanic eruption c.Because of the earthquakes
b.Because of the virus pandemic d.Because of the increasing population

15. The oxygen revolution changed Earth’s environment dramatically. Which of the following adaptations took advantage
of the presence of free oxygen in the oceans and atmosphere?
A. The evolution of cellular respiration, which used oxygen to help harvest energy from organic molecules.
B. The evolution of chloroplasts after early protists incorporated photosynthetic cyanobacteria
C. The evolution of multicellular eukaryotic colonies from communities of prokaryotes.
D. The evolution of photosynthetic pigments that protected early algae from the corrosive effects of oxygen

16. Which types of organisms developed first due to the early environmental conditions on Earth?
A. eukaryotic and aerobic C. prokaryotic and aerobic
B. eukaryotic and anaerobic D. prokaryotic and anaerobic
17. What unique substance do researchers look after in their study of eukaryotes?
A. biomarkers C. mitochondria
B. fossils D. stromatolites
18. What is the evidence for a last universal common ancestor among life on earth?
A. They all look the same. C. They all have the same synthesis pattern.
B. They are all aerobic. D. They share the same underlying molecular biology.
19. Which statement best shows the main significance of studying the past?
A. It will allow researchers to think what they need to study
B. It will give job for many scientists and paleontologists.
C. The past is attractive to look back.
D. Understanding the past allows to predict the future and help in creating it.
20. One of the significance of knowing the history of life is to determine the origin of one living organism. According to
researches, the ___are the only surviving species and one of the living evidences that life have existed on Earth and
evolved from Homo erectus.
A. birds C. human beings
B. dinosaurs D. sponges
21. Which of the following is a kind asexual reproduction where the organism divides itself in to two?
A. binary fission C. vegetative reproduction
B. budding D. regeneration
22. Which kind of organism reproduce through budding?
A. lizard C. starfish
B. yeast D. euglena
23. The human female reproductive system have the function of the following except:
A. produce an egg cell C. undergo menstruation
B. produce sperm cell D. carry a developing fetus
24. Mosses and ferns can reproduce through asexual reproduction by:
A. binary fission C. spore formation
B. fragmentation D. regeneration
25. Which of the following is the process of producing a new individual without the involvement of sex cells?
A. fertilization C. sexual reproduction
B. conception D. asexual reproduction
26. Which part of the flower contains the pollen grains?
A. ovary C. style
B. anther D. pistil
27. The female part of the flower is collectively known as:
A. ovary C. style
B. anther D. pistil
28. The female part of the flower which protects the ovules and it is where fertilization takes place.
A. ovary C. style
B. anther D. pistil
29. The female parts of the flower consists of the following structures except:
A. pistil C. ovary
B. ovule D. filament
30. Which of the following is the part of the human male reproductive system that produces the sperm cells?
A. epididymis C. testicles
B. urethra D. prostate
31. Which structure in the human female reproductive system where fertilization usually occurs?
A. ovary C. fallopian tube
B. uterus D. cervix
32. Which of the following structure of human female reproduction produces egg cell?
A. ovary C. fallopian tube
B. uterus D. cervix
33. Which structure of the human female reproductive system serves as the passage way of the baby being born normally?
A. ovary C. fallopian tube
B. uterus D. cervix
34. Which structure of the human female reproductive system is where the fetus develop and grow?
A. ovary C. fallopian tube
B. uterus D. cervix
35. Which of the following is the process of the union of egg cell and sperm cell that produces a zygote?
A. fertilization C. spore formation
B. conception D. asexual reproduction
36. Which organism has both the male and female reproductive system in its body?
A. clone C. hybrid
B. hermaphrodites D. GMO
37. The human male reproductive system consists of the following structures except:
A. vas deferens C. prostate gland
B. cervix D. scrotum
38. Genes are passed from one generation to the next generation through ______________.
A. evolution B. regulation C. form and function D. reproduction and inheritance
39. Which of the following is the process of artificially manipulating, modification, and recombination of DNA?
A. gene therapy B. Genetics C. Genetic Engineering D. Cloning
40. A term used to describe morphologically and genetically similar individuals
A. clone B. identical C. similar D. vegetative
41. Which of the following is the thread-like structure found in the nucleus of a cell that contains the DNA of an
organism?
A. chromosome B. genes C. plastids D. cytosine
42. Which is the branch of Biology that deals with the study of the structure of DNA, how it can be transferred and how
this DNA manifests as genes?
A. Physiology B. Genetic Engineering C. Genetics D. Evolution
43. Which of the following is not considered as artificial selection?
A. cloning B. inbreeding C. hybridization D. selective breeding
44. Which of the following is an organism that undergone genetic engineering?
A. GMO B. clone C. hybrid D. mutant
45. Grapple is the product of:
A. inbreeding B. hybridization C. cloning D. mutation
46. In cloning, which part of the egg cell of the parent organism is being removed?
A. cytoplasm B. nucleus C. DNA D. chromosomes
47. What system filters out wastes toxins and excess water out nutrients from of the circulatory system?
A. Digestive system B. Excretory system C. Integumentary system D. Respiratory system
48. Which body system is responsible for taking in oxygen and getting rid of carbon dioxide?
A. Digestive system B. Excretory system C. Integumentary system D. Respiratory system
49. What system allows motion in the body?
A. Circulatory system B. Digestive system C. Muscular system D. Respiratory system
50. What system breaks food down into energy for the body?
A. Circulatory system B. Digestive system C. Muscular system D. Respiratory system
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2ND QUARTER
SECOND Summative Test
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCES
SY 2021-22

1. B
2. B
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. D
10. B
11. A
12. C
13. D
14. B
15. A
16. D
17. A
18. A
19. B
20. C