Department of Education

Region VI- Western Visayas

DIVISION OF ILOILO
District of Batad
SCIENCE -SSC
2ND PERIODICAL TEST
S.Y. 2011-2012
I. Direction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following statement is not true about plants?
a. Plants are very important to people and animals.
b. Plants provide food for people and animals.
c. Plants pollute our environment.
d. Plants make the air we breathe fresh.
2. What is the function of the radicle in a germinating seed?
a. It manufacturers the food of the plant.
b. It supports the plants.
c. It gets water and nutrients from the soil.
d. It protects the plants.
3. What do you call the sticky flat top at the tip of the pistil?
a. Stamen
b. ovule
c. sepal
d. stigma
4. Which part of the flower contains pollen grains?
a. style
b. stamen
c. ovary
d. stigma
5. What do you call the flower which contains pistil only?
a. Pistillate flower
c. staminate flower
b. Pollinate flower
d. feminate flower
6. How animals become an agent of pollination?
a. The pollen sticks on their body.
b. The pollen stays on their mouth.
c. The pollen hangs on their hair.
d. The pollen remains on their teeth.
7. What is fertilization?
a. It is the process in which animals reproduce their own kind.
b. It is the union of sperm and egg cell.
c. It is the process in which egg cell is released.
d. It is the union of stamen and pistil.
8. Which of the following seeds is monocot?
a. corn
b. avocado c. bean
d. mango
9. What part of a seed swell and cracks as it started to germinate?
a. cotyledon b. testa
c. plumule d. radicle
10.What do you call the plant that simply divide or grow from any part of the
mother plant?
a. sexual reproduction
c. asexual reproduction
b. bisexual reproduction
d. unisexual reproduction
11.What composes the pistil?
a. stigma, style, ovary
c. anther, filament, pollen grains
b. anther, petals, style
d. stigma, calyx, petals
12.Which of the following is not an agent of pollination?
a. insects
b. people
c. animals d. trees
13.What part of the flower develops into fruit?
a. Ovary
b. ovule
c. style
d. stigma
14.The part of the flower that produces pollen grains is called
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a. filament
b. stamen
c. anther
d. ovary
15.The male reproductive organ of the flower is called
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a. Stamen
b. pistil
c. style
d. ovary
II. Give the steps on the fertilization of flowers leading to the development of
seeds

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III. Give the definition. (3 points each)
1. Germination
2. Pollination
IV. A. Label the parts of a flower
seed

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GOOD LUCK!
Prepared by:
MRS. JAESYL D. DEDAL
Teacher