Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
School Division of Bulacan
Heritage Homes Integrated School
Heritage Homes, Loma de Gato, Marilao, Bulacan

2nd Quarter Examination

Science 7

DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer. Write the letter of your choice in separate answer sheet and don’t write anything in test paper.
1. Which of the following parts allow different activities D. They cause diseases while plants and
of the cell to happen? animals have many uses.
A. Vacuoles C. Lysosome 12. Which of the following structures are NOT involved
B. Cytoplasm D. Vesicle in asexual reproduction?
2. If the chloroplasts of a plant cell are damaged, which A. Gametes B. Stem C. Tuber D. Root
will it be unable to do? 13. A farmer grew only one type of onion. All of the
A. protect the cell onion plants died from the same disease. What can
B. make food for the cell be said of this onion plant population?
C. excrete waste materials A. Only a few plants were resistant to the disease.
D. give instruction for cell to reproduce B. All of the onion plants were resistant to the
3. Adding iodine solution to the onion cell preparation disease.
makes the cells______. C. The onion plants were genetically identical.
A. Big. B.Small. C. Less visible. D. More visible. D. The onion plants were genetically different from
4. Which two parts of the light microscope magnify the each other.
image of an object? 14. A sperm cell unites with an egg cell to form a zygote.
A. eyepiece and mirror Which process is taking place?
B. eyepiece and objectives A. Pollination C. Asexual reproduction
C. objectives and mirror B. Fertilization D. Vegetative propagation
D. Objectives and diaphragm 15. In sexual reproduction, what is the source of the
5. It moves the body tube and objectives up and down. genetic material in a zygote?
A. Coarse adjustment C. Arm A. An egg cell only
B. Stage D. Objectives B. A pollen and a sperm cell
6. Which part makes possible the changing of the C. A sperm cell only
objectives? D. An egg cell and a sperm cell
A. Fine adjustment C. Mirror 16. What is NOT a characteristic of sexual reproduction?
B. Revolving nosepiece D. Eyepiece A. Gametes from two parents unite to form a zygote.
7. What is the correct way of carrying a microscope? B. Offspring are genetically identical with the parent.
A. Hold the arm by grasping it with one C. Offspring are different from their parents and
hand(right/left) and support the base with the sibling.
other hand(left/right)hand. D. Genetic variability of offspring helps to ensure
B. Hold the stage by grasping it with one survival in changing environmental conditions.
hand(right/left) and support the base with the 17. A plant needs water, radiant energy, minerals,
other hand(left/right)hand. oxygen, and carbon dioxide to live. This statement
C. Hold the arm with one hand and body tube with shows that an organism depends on which of the
one too. following?
D. Carry with one hand. A. Abiotic components C. Biotic components
8. Which of the following can be observed using the B. Climate D. Minerals
light microscope? 18. Which of the following represents an abiotic
A. acacia bark C. five peso coin component of the environment?
B. piece of stone D. tip of gumamela leaf A. Sprouting mongo seeds
9. The green alga, Caulerpa, and mushrooms both have B. Dugong nursing its young
some characteristics similar to plants. What are these C. Grass on mountain slopes
characteristics common to both that are also found in D. Flowing lava
plants? 19. Setting up an aquarium that represents a mini
I. Green color for food making ecosystem has to have which of the following
II. Stem-like parts requirements?
III. Spores A. Fish and water only
IV. Fruit-like parts B. Water, sand, soil, and light only
A. I and II C. I and III C. Populations of fish, snails, and plants only
B. II and III D. II and IV D. Communities of different species of organisms,
10. Fungi cannot make their own food. What is the effect water, sand, soil, and sunlight
of their food getting activities? 20. Which of the following is the correct food chain?
A. Decomposition of living things A. Grass →grasshopper→ maya bird→hawk
B. Production of starch B. Grass →grasshopper→snake→frog→ hawk
C. Trapping of solar energy C. Grass → mouse →snake→ hawk
D. Release of oxygen D. Grass →mouse→ crocodile
11. What characteristic differentiates fungi, algae and 21. Frogs feed on insects. Which type of consumer is the
bacteria from the plants studied in Grades 3-6 aside frog?
from their small size? A. Producer
A. They do not have true roots, true leaves, true B. First order Consumer
stems, fruits and flowers. C. Second order consumer
B. Most do not make their own food unlike D. Third order consumer
plants. 22. Which of the following describes parasitism?
C. They are at the base of the food chain while A. Barnacle sticking on the shell of an oyster
animals are at the top. B. Fern plant growing on a trunk of a tree
C. An orchid living on a truck of a mahogany tree
 D. An insect larva staying on the leaves of a plant A. Smooth ER C. Chloroplast
23. In a given environment, which of the following refers B. Mitochondria D. Ribosome
to a population? 39. Which of the following is the “powerhouse” of the
A. Any organisms that live together and eat in one cell that breaks down food into energy that the cell
place. needs?
B. Several numbers of organisms living in the same A. Mitochondria B. vacuole
place. B. Endoplasmic Reticulum D. Chloroplast
C. Different organisms live together in the same 40. Organisms that are too small to be seen by the naked
place and in the same time. eye are called ______.
D. Group of organisms of the same kind living in the A. Humans C. Animals
same place and at the same time. B. Plants D.Microorganisms
24. Why are plants considered as producers? 41. Which of the following is not an example of fungi?
A. Plants produce fruits that can be eaten by animals A. Yeast C. Mold
B. Plants produce root crops that supply B. Algae D. Mushroom
carbohydrates to animals. 42. Which of the following is not belong protists group?
C. Plants provide vegetable for animals and human A. Algae C. Plankton
consumption. B. E. Coli D. All of the above
D. Plants convert energy from the Sun into chemical 43. A type of microorganism either round, rod or spiral in
energy in the form of glucose (food). shape. They are the decomposers that break down
(For no.s 25-29 give the function of microscope organic matter and return nutrients back to soil.
parts) A. Protist B. Bacteria C. Fungi D. Organisms
25. Fine adjustment knob: 44. A type of microorganism that do not contain
A. Moves the stage slightly to sharpen the image. chlorophyll and they nourish themselves by
B. Holds the high and low power objectives, can be absorption.
rotated to change magnification. A. Protist B. Bacteria C. Fungi D. Organisms
C. Supports the microscope. 45. The lungs and kidneys are examples of ________.
D. Magnification ranges from 10x to 40x. A. Cells B. Organs C. Tissues D. Organ System
26. Stage Clips: 46. Which organ system carries oxygen to the cells of the
A. Magnification ranges from 10x to 40x. body?
B. Holds the slide in place. A. Circulatory C. Nervous
C. Moves the stage up and down for focusing. B. Digestive D. Respiratory
D. Moves the stage slightly to sharpen the image. 47. Which list below correctly shows the levels of
27. Arm: organization from left to right?
A. You look through to see the specimen. A. Cells – Tissue – Organs – Systems – Organism
B. Holds the slide in place. B. Tissues – Cells – Systems - Organs – Organism
C. Is used to support the microscope when carried. C. Organs – Tissues – Systems – Cells – Organism
D. Holds the slide in place. D. Organism – Cells – Tissues – Organs – Systems
28. Diaphragm: 48. Which organ system removes carbon dioxide wastes
A. Is used to regulate the amount of light on the produced by cells from the body?
specimen. A. Nervous C. Circulatory
B. Supports the slide being viewed. B. Respiratory D. Digestive
C. Moves the stage up and down for focusing. 49. Which organ system breaks down food into the
D. You look through to see the specimen. nutrients cells needed?
29. Coarse Adjustment knob: A. Nervous C. Excretory
A. Supports the microscope. B. Digestive D. Immune
B. Moves the body tube up and down for focusing. 50. What is the function of microscope?
C. Holds the high power and low power objective, A. To clearly see things that cannot be seen by
can be rotated to change magnification. naked eye.
D. You look through to see the specimen. B. To magnify microorganism that are present in
30. The ________ is the basic unit of life. food.
A. Organ B. Cell C. Atom D. Tissue C. To magnify fine details of a larger object in order
31. A group of tissues that work together to perform a to examine specimens.
similar function is called _______. D. All of the above
A. Cells B. Tissues C. Organs D. Organ System
32. A group of cells that have similar functions.
A. Cells B. Tissue C. Organs D. Atoms Prepared by:
33. The brain is a part of which organ system?
A. Nervous C. Skeletal
B. Muscular D. Digestive
34. All living things on earth make up the _______. Geraldine G. Seidel
A. Geosphere C. Hydrosphere Science Teacher
B. Biosphere D. Atmosphere
35. The control center of the cell is ______.
A. Nucleus B. Mitochondria Noted by:
B. Cell membrane D. Endoplasmic Reticulum
36. Which of the following is NOT included in plant
cell’s organelles? Rosalina DC Amper Ph. D.
A. Cell Wall C. Nucleus Principal III
B. Chloroplast D. Centrioles
37. The main function of the cell wall is to:
A. Support and protect the cell
B. Store DNA
C. Help the cell move
D. Direct the activities of the cell.
38. Which organelle would not be found in animal cells?