Republic of the Philippines

TAGOLOAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Baluarte, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Natural Sciences Department (NSD)

MIDTERM EXAM
(Environmental Science)

General Instruction: All your answer(s) in capital letter especially those with choices.
All answer(s) must be written in a one-whole white intermediate paper.

Modified Identification: Write only the letter of your best choice.

For numbers 1 – 15 only

P. Symbiosis Q. Light L. Population Y. Ecosystem

A. Plants B. Predation O. Mutualism D. Behavioral Ecology
N. Nitrogen Cycle K. Sulfur E. Precipitation H. Hydrological Cycle
F. Ecology I. Condensation C. Omnivore S. Ecosystem Ecology
T. Parasitism U. Commensalism V. Mesophytes G. Soil

1. ____ is the transformation of water vapor to liquid or vapor states.

2. ____ is a kind of interaction where a specie hunts another specie for good.
3. ____ is a biological environment consisting of all the organisms living in a particular area and the
physical and chemical factors that make up its non-living environment.
4. ____ A factor of the environment that is more than dirt which covers the earth.
5. ____ The plants that are found in neither wet nor dry environments.
6. ____ A non-living component that is essential to all plants in photosynthesis.
7. ____ They are the producers in the food chain/food web process.
8. ____ It is basically means interaction between two organisms of different species in which at least one
benefit.
9. ____ is a process by which nitrogen is converted between its various chemical forms.
10. ____ is the scientific study of the relationships that living organisms have with respect to each other and
their natural environment.
11. ____ is the other name of Water Cycle.
12. ____ is the stage where the clouds get heavy and rainfall is the results.
13. ____ is a symbiotic interaction between species in which both benefits each other.
14. ____ is a group of individuals belonging to the same species that inhabit a specific geographic location
at a specific point in time.
15. ____ A relationship in which one member of the association benefits while the other is harmed.

Multiple Choice: Write only the letter of your best choice.

16. A ‘habitat’ is:

A. A place to buy furniture and 18. All the energy in a food chain originates
furnishings from:
B. The same as an ecosystem A. A plant
C. A particular area inhabited by B. The farmer
plants and animals C. The Sun
D. The number of different organisms D. An electric socket
living in a specific area
19. A food web:
17. ‘Biodiversity’ is described as: A. Is made by a spider
A. The range of different species in an B. Shows how feeding relationships
environment are interlinked
B. The seasonal and daily changes in C. Shows the number of organisms in
an environment a habitat
C. The way species differ from one D. Only shows important animals
another
D. The influence of physical factors
on an environment
 20. Organic food is supposed to be better for D. niche
you because: E. biosphere
A. It relies on chemicals to improve
the flavour 26. An organism that creates its own food is
B. It is more expensive to buy called
C. It is all grown in glasshouses, A. a producer
keeping it clean of environmental B. a consumer
pollutants C. a scavenger
D. It is grown without the use of D. a decomposer
artificial fertilisers and pesticides E. a carnivore
21. The biggest impacts are made on the 27. The largest percentage of solar energy that
environment by:
penetrates the atmosphere of the Earth is
A. The migration of organisms
B. Predation used to
C. Human interference A. heat the atmosphere and the Earth’s
D. Competition surface.
B. carry on photosynthesis.
22. Sustainable development is: C. generate winds.
A. New building work to maintain D. heat and evaporate water.
jobs
B. Just a phrase used by 28. Tapeworms live inside organisms and feed
environmentalists on the nutrients of the food they eat. A
C. Typical 21st century farming tapeworm is an example of what type of
methods relationship?
D. Improving the lives of today’s A. mutualism
people, without damaging the
B. parasitism
quality of life of future generations
C. commensalism
23. The decomposers include several types of D. cannibalism
microorganisms except one.
A. Fungi 29. Living beyond our means can have a
B. Protozoans devastating effect on our environment. So
C. Animals how much of an impact we make
D. Bacteria determines our ...
E. No exceptions
A. sustainability
24. Temperature, light, air, water, soil, and B. ecosystem balance
climate are all __________ parts of the C. ecological footprint
environment. D. consumer bias
A. biotic
B. abiotic 30. Which of the following is NOT an abiotic
C. boreal factor?
D. living A. decomposer
B. light intensity
25. The space where an organism lives and the C. wind
role an organism plays within its ecosystem D. humidity
is referred to as a E. temperature
A. sampling
B. community
C. population

Enumerations: Your answers maybe in any order.

What are the two (2) main processes that comprise in the field of ecological system?
31. _____________
32. _____________

Give the important life processes of the Carbon-Oxygen Cycle.

33. _____________
34. _____________
Give the types of Soil.
35. ___________
36. ___________
37. ___________

Give the kinds of Symbiosis.

38. ___________
39. ___________
40. ___________
41. ___________

Give the main important components/parts of the Ecosystem.

42. ____________
43. ____________

Animals are classified into types according to their body temperature.

44. ____________
45. ____________

True or False: Write “F” if the statement is true and “C” if the statement is false.

46. Chlorophyll does not absorb solar energy. which comes in handy if you happen to be
47. Photosynthesis requires the radiant energy an aerobic organism that requires it for
of the sun, chlorophyll, oxygen, water and survival.
minerals. 60. The atmosphere normally contains about
48. ATP is the source of energy for 20.95% Oxygen and 0.0.038% Carbon
photosynthesis. Dioxide.
49. When living cells break down molecules, 61. Oxygen content increases with depth and
energy is stored as ADP and released as high altitude.
heat. 62. Predators are animals that feed on dead
50. The primary product of photosynthesis in organisms.
green plants is proteins. 63. Habitat is the total role of the organism in
51. The ultimate source of energy-laden food is the community.
from plants. 64. Most of the energy used by life on earth
52. The word equation summarizes cellular comes from geothermal energy.
respiration is glucose + oxygen  water + 65. The energy that is stored in food molecules
carbon dioxide + ATP + heat. and used by organisms resides in the
53. Precipitation is the movement of water nucleus.
from the atmosphere to the earth in the 66. Reducing vast agricultural areas will
form of rain. naturally increase the production of food.
54. The action of lightening changes free 67. Natural resources are non-essential for our
nitrogen into nitric oxide which gets into survival while most are used for satisfying
the soil. our wants.
55. The dry air is 78.08% nitrogen. 68. The vast majority of resources are
56. Fermentation and photosynthesis both take inexhaustible, which means they have finite
place in the absence of oxygen. quantity, and can be depleted if managed
57. Autotrophs are capable of producing their improperly.
own food through the process of 69. Humans are not a part of the natural
photosynthesis. environment.
58. Carbohydrates is the universal energy 70. Biotic resources are obtained from the
molecule used by all living organisms. atmosphere.
59. One product of photosynthesis is sugar. The
second product of photosynthesis is oxygen

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All we have yet discovered is but a trifle in comparison with what lies
hid in the great treasury of nature.
~ Antoine van Leeuwenhock ~

 Natural Sciences Department 