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pMIDTERM EXAMINATION
GEL 1- Environmental Science
Prepared by: LORNIE M. DEL ROSARIO

NAME: _________________________________________________ DATE: __________________

I. Multiple Choice
Encircle the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Mr. Santos owned a large hectare of rice crops, every day he visits the area and
found a lot of locusts eating his rice crops. He then makes necessary actions to
get rid of these pests. Locust is an example of?
A. Producer-heterotroph-carnivore C. Producer-autotroph-omnivore
B. Consumer-heterotroph-herbivore D. Consumer-autotroph-omnivore

2. It is considered to be the role of an organism in the ecosystem. The way an

organisms eat and where they eat is what we called?
A. Habitat C. Community
B. Population D. Niche

3. It is the source of energy that goes into the ecosystem.

A. Nutrients and minerals C. Plants
B. Sun D. Air

4. This Law of energy states that energy can never be created nor be destroyed but
is transformed from one form to another.
A. Laws of energy C.1st Law of thermodynamics
B. 2nd Law of thermodynamics D. 3rd Law of thermodynamics

5. This law states that as energy is transformed, it degrades or diminishes.

A. Laws of energy C.1st Law of thermodynamics
B. 2nd Law of thermodynamics D. 3rd Law of thermodynamics

6. They are organisms that eat both plants and animals.

A. Consumer C. Carnivore
B. Omnivore D. Producer

7. They are organisms that creates their own food.

A. Consumer C. Carnivore
B. Omnivore D. Producer

8. How many percent of energy does an organism expend in its metabolic

processes?
A. 10% C. 50%
B. 90% D. 1%

9-10. The two components of the ecosystem.

A. Biotic B. Abiotic C. Autotroph D. Heterotroph E. Producer
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9. ______
10. ______
11. How many % of energy does the next trophic level received from previous level?
A. 10% C. 1%
B. 100% D. 10%

12. States that when there is not enough of a certain nutrient in the environment, the growth of
the organism that needs that nutrient will be severely limited.
A. Law of the Minimum C. Law of Limiting Factors
B. Law of Tolerance D. Environmental Law

13. Basically a sedimentary nutrient, cycles through the air, soil and water. It involves three
spheres as it cycles through the soil, waterways and atmosphere. It originated from the crust
and mantle of the earth and is spewed out during volcanic eruptions. It is also found in organic
form as a component of fossil fuels like peat, coal and oil.
A. Nitrogen cycle C. Sulfur Cycle
B. Water Cycle D. Phosphorus cycle

14. Nitrogen, oxygen, carbon and other GASEOUS organic nutrients are commonly found in
the?
A. Soil C. Ocean
B. Water D. Atmosphere

15. The atmosphere contains ____ of oxygen and ___ carbon dioxide. This is almost constant
to show that living things are able to maintain a balance in the cycle.
A. 20%, 3% C. 21%, 4%
B. 22%, 4% D. 20%, .4%

16. The ultimate energy source of the ecosystem, is vital for survival. However too much of it,
particularly direct exposure to its ultraviolet rays would kill or can cause death of the organisms.
A. Temperature C. Atmosphere
B. Sunlight D. Heat

17. Growth is controlled not by the total originality applied to plant growth, where it was found
that increasing the amount of plentiful nutrients did not increase plant growth. This speaks of.
A. Law of the Minimum C. Law of Limiting Factors
B. Law of Tolerance D. Environmental Law

18. Plants absorb water through the roots and then give off excess water in the form of vapor
through pores in their leaves. This process is called.
A. Evaporation C. Transpiration
B. Condensation D. Transportation

19. Results in the accumulation of plant biomass, which serves the food of herbivores and
decomposers.
A. Net primary productivity C. Materials removed
B. Primary productivity D. Standing crop

20. It is naturally occurring chemical compounds that are made up of elements.

A. water cycle C. energy flow
B. mineral cycle D. Community dynamics
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21. Which of the following is saprophyte.

A. bacteria C. sunlight
B. plants D. Animals

22. It consists of the biological community that occurs in some locale and the physical and
chemical factors that make up its non-living or abiotic environment
A. Biome C. Biosphere
B. Ecosystem D. Ecology

23. Which of the following is abiotic components of an ecosystem?

A. Sunlight C. Bacteria
B. Termites D. Fungi

24. It is an important feature of a population since the increase or decrease of population size
determines its interaction with other populations in the community and its impact on the
environment.
A. Development C. Population
B. Growth D. Distribution

25. It is a biochemical branch that focuses on how cells convert energy, often through the
production, storage, or consumption of adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
A. Ecology C. Bioenergetics
B. Biogeochemical D. Photosynthesis

26. Grasshopper is considered as heterotroph because?

I. They can make their own food III. They eat producers
II. They eat consumers IV. They can’t make their own food.
A. I,II,III,IV C. III,IV
B. II,III,IV D. IV

27-31.The plants produce 100 calories of energy from the sun’s solar energy through the
process called photosynthesis. All of the living organisms that are heterotrophic rely their foods
to the plants and other autotrophs but since plants has metabolic processes, they cannot
provide all the energy that they produce, thus allowing the heterotrophic organisms to look for
other producers to consume to further supplement them.

32. How much is the Gross Primary Production of the plant?

A. 1,000 cal C. 10 cal
B. 10,000 cal D. 100 cal

33. Energy produces through the process of?

A. Chlorophyll C. Photosynthesis
B. Chemosynthesis D. Chloroplast

34. How many calories does the plant expend in its metabolic processes?
A. 900% C. 90%
B. 900 cal D. 90 cal

35. Energy is being expended through respiration in exchange of?

A. Solar energy C. Thermal energy
B. Heat energy D. Kinetic energy

36. A group of interbreeding and interacting individuals of the same species living of the same
species in the same place and at the same time.
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A. Community C. Population
B. Biosphere D. Ecosystem

37. A group of multiple organisms of the same species within a specific area.
A. Community C. Population
B. Biosphere D. Ecosystem

38. A case where no single species has a greater number or biomass or other relative
importance than other species in the community.
A. Growth C. Diversity
B. Dominance D. Natality

39. Mr. De leon owns a rice field, he is very much hands on in taking care of it and makes sure
that his rice field has abundant water supply. Generally, Rice field is an example of.
A. Clumped Distribution C. Random Distribution
B. Uniform Distribution D. Elliptical Distribution

40. Mr. Cruz took a sample from a dead animal and examined it in the microscope, he found out
that the sample has, nucleoplasm, nucleus and organelles. What did Mr. Cruz find?
A. Cell C. Organ
B. Tissue D. Organ System

41. The following are Populations different characteristics that is empirically describe as a group.
Except one.
A. Dispersion C. Dominance
B. Mortality D. Growth

42. Describes the number or biomass per unit of space that is actually available to the population.
A. Crude density C. Ecological density
B. Population Density D. Dispersion

43. Anna works in the community health center, one of her tasks is to record all the deaths in
her community in a given time period. Death can best describe as.
A. Morbidity C. Natality
B. Mortality D. Census

44. Mang Nestor went to the forest and noticed that there are certain areas where plants grow
abundantly and areas that are bald. This is an example of.
A. Random Distribution C. Clumped Distribution
B. Uniform Distribution D. Dispersion

45. The productivity of animals and saprobes in ecosystem.

A. Standing crop C. Primary Productivity
B. Secondary Productivity D. Succession

46. Which of the following means that nature knows how to maintain its balance.
a. change b. nature knows best c. stability d. pollution

47. All organisms need other organisms to survive.

a. diversity b. population c. biosphere d. interdependence

48. Which among the following deals with studies on global warming and its effect?
a. geography b. atmospheric sciences c. geosciences d. Ecological science
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49. Which of the following studies how the urban area drives environmental change.
a. ecology b. environmental science c. synecology d. ecophysiology

50. All of following talks about ecosystem except one, spot this from the choices.
a. Fallen log b. river c. leaf d. leaf litter

51. which of the following refers to immediate surrounding of organisms.

a. environment b. ecosystem c. community d. biosphere

52. Spot which among the following waste is not a resource.

a. Pot from old tire b. vase from used paper c. painted bottle d. mineral waterbottle

53. which of the following is Greek word for a home or a place to live
a. oikos b. minus c. precious d. dominance

54. this term speaks of organisms of different species living in a given area
a. niche b. community c. habitat d. population
55. What term means that our earth’s resources are not endless.
a. Bountless b. finite resources c. pollution d. change

II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE (Correct minus wrong)

Direction: Write CHECK if the statement if the statement is true and if it is false change the
underlined to make the statement true.

_____________________1. Habitat is the immediate surrounding of organisms.

_____________________2. Herbivores are consumers that eat plants for their energy and nutrients.

_____________________3. Population is a component comprising organisms of various species living at

a specific area performing myriad roles necessary in the maintenance of life.

_____________________4. order of events in an ecosystem, where one living organism eats another
organism, and later that organism is consumed by another larger organism is food web.

_____________________5. Crude density may be computed from the number of individuals or the total
population biomass per unit space.

_____________________6. Natality is known as death rate in human demographics, or the number of

deaths in a given time period.
_____________________7. Producers or autotrophs are organisms that can manufacture the organic
compounds they use as sources of energy and nutrients.

_____________________8. Organisms that feed on organic matter are called carnivores.

_____________________9. Biosphere entities comprising both the biotic and abiotic components
including all prevailing interactions in them.
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_____________________10. Interdependence is all about a community having more species present

becomes more stable since every member will have lots of opportunity for survival: lots of food, wide
selection of mate which could bring about more chances of genetic variability and species viability.

III. ENUMERATION

Environmental Principles Concepts of Productivity

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4.
5. Characteristics of Population
6. 1.
7. 2.
8. 3.
9. 4.
5.
5 Major Fields of Environmental Science 6.
1.
2. Concepts of Productivity
3. 1.
4. 2.
5. 3.

Basic processes in ecosystems 2 Aspects of Primary Productivity

1. 1.
2. 2.
3.
4.

Biotic Components
1.
2.
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