ST.

JOSEPH’S ACADEMY
Las Piñas City
Basic Education Department Score
A.Y. 2017 – 2018
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Third Quarterly Assessment
Science 7 70

Name: ____________________________________ Section: ___________________

I. Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided. All answers
should be written in CAPITAL LETTERS.
1. The study of microorganisms is called __________. 1. _____
A. Pathobiology C. Microbiology
B. Bacteriology D. Microoanology
2. What type of microorganisms does wheat contain? 2. _____
A. Bacteria C. Fungi
B. Protists D. Archaean
3. Which microorganism has a eukaryotic cell structure? 3. _____
A. Protists C. Bacteria
B. Viruses D. Achaeans
4. Which of these food are made without using microorganisms. 4. _____
A. wine & vinegar C. bread & cakes
B. cheese & yogurt D. soda & juice
5. Rabies is caused by a __________. 5. _____
A. Virus C. Fungi
B. Bacteria D. Protists
6. If I boil water to 100°C, which of the given microorganism will most likely survive? 6. _____
A. Bacteria C. Fungi
B. Achaea D. Protists
7. How does an antiviral drug work? 7. _____
A. It kills off the virus C. It flushes out the viruses from your body
B. It kills infected cells D. It prevents cell-virus interaction
8. Molds are fungi that help __________ dead things. 8. _____
A. Grow C. Reproduce
B. Decay D. Revive
9. How do refrigerators help delay food spoilage? 9. _____
A. low temperatures slow down bacterial reproduction
B. freezing kills bacteria
C. bacteria formed in ice are safe to eat
D. bacteria cannot enter cold food
10. Viruses and cells has a relationship similar to a _________. 10. _____
A. Predator & Prey C. Pets & Owners
B. Parasite & Host D. Male & Female
11. The joining of male and female reproductive cells is called __________. 11. _____
A. Pollination C. Conception
B. Fertilization D. Pregnancy
12. Asexual reproduction in plants does not involve __________. 12. _____
A. cutting, layering & tissue culture
B. tubers, runners, stolon, rhizomes
C. flowers, spores, fruits & seeds
D. all of the above

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13. All of the offspring of an organism have the same genetic material, which is identical 13. _____
to the parent organism. From this, we can conclude that this organism __________.
A. reproduces asexually C. is a single celled prokaryote
B. reproduces sexually D. is a multicellular eukaryote
14. Which is not true about sexual reproduction?
A. Species that reproduces sexually evolves faster than those of asexual reproduction 14. _____
B. It requires 2 parents to reproduce
C. Offspring is made from combining male and female gametes
D. the offspring will have a clone-like similarity to its parent
15. What is the main purpose of reproduction in living things? 15. _____
A. For the survival of an individual
B. For the continuity of its entire species
C. To extend our lifespan
D. To keep ourselves healthy
16. Identify the female gamete in a flowering plant 16. _____
A. Egg cell C. Pollen
B. Sperm cell D. Ovum
17. How many generations are there if you count starting from your grandparents 17. _____
down to your grandchildren?
A. 4 C. 6
B. 5 D. 7
18. Onions are known this vegetative structure that also 18. _____
functions as food storage?
A. Bulb C. Rhizome
B. Tuber D. Corm
19. Strawberries are propagated by pinning down their runners to the soil. 19. _____
This method of artificial propagation is called __________.
A. Layering C. Tissue culture
B. Grafting D. Cutting
20. Another name for underground stems. 20. _____
A. Stolon C. Corm
B. Rhizome D. Tuber
21. Which of the following is classified as tuber? 21. _____
A. Tomato C. Pumpkin
B Potato D. Melon
22. What is the main purpose of grafting?
A. Mass production of new plants
B. Combining the best features of fruit or flowering and rooting ability 22. _____
C. Repairing plant injuries
D. Making new species of plants
23. What is the male reproductive part of a flower? 23. _____
A. Stamen C. Sepal
B. Petal D. Pistil
24. In pollination, pollen is transferred from the anther to the __________. 24. _____
A. Stigma C. Style
B. Filament D. Anther
25. All are factors that allures insects to interact with a flower and help with pollination. 25. _____
A. Scent C. Colored petals
B. Nectar D. Pheromones
26. Which process will result in a flowering plant to have a single parent? 26. _____
A. Self-fertilization C. Self-pollination
B. Cross-pollination D. Cross-fertilization
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27. What does an ovule become when it is pollinated? 27. _____
A. Seed C. Fruit
B. Sprout D. It remains an ovule
28. The start of a seeds growth is called what? 28. _____
A. Germination C. Blooming
B. Birth D. Sprouting
29. Pollination is the transfer of __________. 29. _____
A. Seeds C. Fruits
B. Male flower gamete D. Flowers
30. What is the purpose of seed dispersion? 30. _____
A. to make sure that only the best seed survives
B. for a seed to become independent when it grows
C. plants need to expand for their quest for world domination
D. to prevent overcrowding end competition among parent and offspring
31. Why is fruit formed around the apple seed? 31. _____
A. to protect the seed
B. to attract hungry animals that will help in dispersion
C. to provide water and nutrients to the seed if not eaten by animals
D. All of the above
32. Which of the following does not help in seed dispersion? 32. _____
A. Horses C. Wind
B. Monkeys D. Mosquitoes
33. What type of reproduction happens in bacteria and achaeans? 33. _____
A. Budding C. Binary Fission
B. Fragmentation D. Fusion
34. Which statement best describes asexual reproduction by budding? 34. _____
A. Organism splits in two
B. A new limb starts to grow and eventually detaches from its parent as it matures
C. an organism lays eggs
D. 2 parent cells combine to form an offspring
35. After cutting a worm in half, the scientist notice that both parts of the worm survived and 35. _____
formed 2 new individuals. This type of asexual reproduction is referred to as __________.
A. Binary Fission C. Fragmentation
B. Diffusion D. Budding
36. Which statement gives the correct description for the female gamete? 36. _____
A. It can easily move around
B. Cells are easy to produce
C. Bigger than its male counterpart
D. Available only one at a time
37. What chromosome feature determines our gender? 37. _____
A. Number of chromosome #21
B. Presence of either XX or XY chromosome #23
C. Shape of chromosome #1
D. None of the above
38. Which of the following groups are part of an ecosystems biotic components? 38. _____
A. temperature, humidity, sunlight
B. spirits, ghosts & dark entities
C. bacteria, flowers & insects
D. humus, dead plants & animals

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For #39 – 42, please refer to the
diagram on the right.

39. What do you call the illustration shown? 39. _____

A. Food Chain C. Predation diagram
B. Food Web D. Circle of life
40. All are preys of the owl except? 40. _____
A. Rabbit C. stoat
B. Beetle D. rat
41. What do the arrows represent? 41. _____
A. Size of an organism C. Levels of organization
B. Energy transfer D. Symbiotic relationship
42. Which animal has a competitive relationship? 42. _____
A. Fox and Owl C. rat and Stoat
B. Rabbit and Grass D. Owl and Beetle

For #43 – 48, please refer to the diagram below.

43. Which event is least likely to happen if grasshoppers were removed 43. _____
from the food chain?
A. bluebird population will decrease
B. grass growth will go out of control
C. all animals will suffer
D. snake population will increase
44. Which among the organisms is both prey and predator? 44. _____
A. grass C. Snake
B. Grasshopper D. Owl
45. The owl is the apex predator. Apex predator means __________. 45. _____
A. food for decomposers
B. they are the biggest animal
C. they are on top of the food chain
D. they are the most important organism in the food chain
46. What organism prevents the snakes from overpopulating? 46. _____
A. Bluebird C. Grass
B. Owl D. Mushrooms

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47. What is the trophic level of the grasshopper? 47. _____
A. Primary consumer C. producer
B. Secondary Consumer D. decomposer
48. How much energy from the grass will be left to the owl if the grass that was eaten by the 48. _____
grasshopper contains 10,000 kilocalories?
A. 10,000 C. 10
B. 1,000 D. 0.1
49. What most important role of bacteria in an ecosystem? 49. _____
A. to control the population of top predators by spreading diseases
B. to decompose dead organic materials and give nutrients to soil
C. they clean up all waste products of humans
D. they serve as food for the plants
50. What does the term “producer” mean? 50. _____
A. It restarts the circle of life
B. It creates new life by reproduction
C. it is responsible for balancing the food chain
D. it processes sunlight to produce energy for the whole ecosystem
51. Producers are sometimes called ____________. 51. _____
A. Heterotrophs C. Suppliers
B. Autotrophs D. Keystones
52. What is the job of a decomposer? 52. _____
A. to control the populations of its prey
B. to feed its predator
C. to provide energy for all organisms|
D. to break down dead organic matter into simpler substances
53. Which of the following shows a food chain? 53. _____
A. stagnant water  mosquitoes  humans
B. lions  tigers  leopards
C. grass  goat  alligator
D. grass  elephants  mice
54. All statements are true about deer, zebras and buffalos except __________? 54. _____
A. they eat both plants and animal
B. they all serve as prey for lions
C. they are herbivores
D. they are all primary consumers
55. Witch of these can only be eaten by an omnivore? 55. _____
A. Steak C. Bananas
B. Chicken salad D. Spaceship
56. Which of the following is a carnivore? 56. _____
A. Panda C. Vegans
B. Piranha D. Unicorns
57. Intestinal worms live inside the bowels of humans, dogs and cats. 57. _____
These worms benefit from robbing them of nutrients while its victims
suffer from malnutrition. What kind of symbiotic relationship is described?
A. Commensalism C. Predation
B. Parasitism D. Mutualism
58. Bees and hummingbird both pollinate flowers when they feed on its nectars. 58. _____
What would be the interaction between the bees and hummingbird if they occupy
the same territory?
A. Mutualism C. Parasitism
B. Commensalism D. Competition

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59. What are the 2 organisms involved in parasitism? 59. _____
A. Parasite & Prey C. Parasite and predator
B. Parasite & Host D. Predator and Prey
60. Which of these is not a parasite to humans? 60. _____
A. lice C. mosquito
B. roundworm D. cockroaches
61. Which scenario shows an example of commensalism? 61. _____
A. mosquitos feeding on human blood
B. bees consuming nectar while pollinating the flower
C. clownfish seeking protection inside a sea anemone
D. frogs eating a grasshopper
62. Mutualism can be described as a __________ situation. 62. _____
A. Win-Win C. Lose-Win
B. Win-Lose D. Lose-Lose
63. We are not allowed to introduce non-native species to a different ecosystem 63. _____
because they might be invasive. Invasive means __________.
A. they are competitive and their population cannot be controlled
B. they cannot survive in a different ecosystem
C. they will eat the top predators of the food chain
D. they are the ones that maintain balance in an ecosystem
64. It is the specie that holds together the balance of an ecosystem by controlling 64. _____
the populations of most of its community.
A. Invasive species C. Keystone species
B. Apex predators D. Producers
65. What does biodiversity mean? 65. _____
A. Complexity of biotic factors in an ecosystem
B. The variety of species in a community of an ecosystem
C. Number of different species of plant and animals
D. All of the above
66. Which statement is true about biodiversity? 66. _____
A. a bio-diverse community is dependent in one keystone specie
B. the more diverse an ecosystem is, the more stable it is going to be
C. losing a population in an diverse ecosystem will have less impact on the environment
D. if a certain population gets wiped out, many species can substitute to their role
67. All are examples of the limiting factors for the population of rabbits except __________. 67. _____
A. Predators: wolves, foxes
B. Food supply: grass, root crops, vegetables & food competitors
C. sunlight, soil fertility, presence of decomposers
D. limited mating season, natural calamities & diseases
68. What will happen if the death rate of a population is larger than its birth rate? 68. _____
A. it will shrink C. it will stay the same
B. It will grow D. they will evolve
69. It is the number of organisms in a population that an ecosystem can support. 69. _____
A. limiting factors C. carrying capacity
B. territorial area D. accommodating factors
70. When a population grows past the ecosystem's carrying capacity, 70. _____
what happens to the population?
A. It will continue to grow
B. the population will go extinct
C. carrying capacity is adjusted to accommodate a higher population
D. the population will start to die off until their numbers are back to its carrying capacity