1.

During the fifteenth century, a doctor made a microscope with which he discovered in water
samples some living things that were called unicellular animals. With the development of
more powerful microscopes in the twentieth century, these living beings were characterized
and their location was changed to that of an independent, protist kingdom. According to this
information, it can be affirmed that

A. protists were never considered single-celled animals.

B. the new technology allowed to differentiate these living beings from others.

C. the origin of new living beings depends on the use of the microscope.

D. the classification of living beings has never changed since the fifteenth century.

2. In 2002, a group of families arrived at a natural park and stayed to live taking cats as pets.
In 2006, a disease reduced the number of cats. The following graph shows the number of
birds inside the park for ten years.
NUMBER OF BIRDS IN THE PARK

YEAR

If by law it was prevented to have cats as pets in this area, what would happen to the bird
population?

A. It would increase until it reached the value it had before the cats arrived.

B. It would be reduced until it became extinct.

C. It would increase double because now they would have more space.

D. It would be reduced because they would not have food.

3. Alejandra read that at the time of the dinosaurs a large cloud of dust covered the sky and
prevented the entrance of light to the planet. Most plants died with the passage of time, not
receiving sunlight. In the following months, herbivorous animals disappeared and
subsequently the carnivores disappeared. From this information, what conclusion can
Alejandra draw?

A. Carnivores need to receive direct sunlight to survive longer than plants.

B. Plants are the basis of the food chain and without them carnivorous animals also die.

C. Animals are the basis of the food chain and without them the plants disappear.
D. Herbivorous animals were not affected by the absence of light.

4. Look at the image of the spider monkey.

Spider monkey

The spider monkey gets food from the tall branches of the trees. The part of the body that could be
most useful for climbing trees and getting food would be

A. his little head, which serves as a counterweight not to fall from the branches.
B. his long tail, which gives him balance and helps him hold on to the branches.
C. his short hair, which allows him to move between the branches.
D. his small eyes, which help him choose the branch to which he will jump.

5. Javier found that different types of plants can live on the branches of a tree, including
bromeliads. The bromeliads take rainwater and perform photosynthesis and the roots serve
to attach to the branches of the tree. However, the tree does not need bromeliads to
survive. Based on this information, what relationship exists between the tree and
bromeliad?

A. One of the two benefits and the other is not harmed.

B. One of the organisms lives at the expense of the other and the other is harmed.
C. One of the organisms eats the other.
D. The two agencies benefit from the presence of the other.

6. Much of the water that evaporates for cloud formation belongs to the seas and oceans.
Why, when it rains, the water that falls from the clouds does not have a salty taste like
seawater?

A. Because the salt of the seawater is in the clouds.

B. Because only seawater evaporates and salt does not.
C. Because in the clouds the sea water mixes with the fresh water of the rivers.
D. Because not all the water that evaporates forms clouds.
 7. Diego counted the number of female fish in six lakes of similar size, three
contaminated with toxic waste and three uncontaminated. The results are
presented in the following table.

Number of
Lake female fishes

1 10

Polluted lakes 2 0

with toxic waste 3 14

1 48

Unpolluted lakes 2 86

3 57

Which of the following questions can be answered with the results shown in the table?

A. Why are there few male fish in the six lakes?

B. What effect does pollution have on the number of female fish in the lakes?

C. How do female fish survive lake pollution?

D. In which of the three contaminated lakes are there more male fish?

8. A screw like the one shown in the figure is strongly stuck and to unscrew you can use the
two tools shown.

Tools

Screw Pliers wrench

With which of these tools can you unscrew it more easily?

A. With the wrench, because less force is required to move the screw.
B. With the wrench, because more force is required to move the screw.
C. With the pliers, because this puts pressure on the screw which facilitates its movement.
D. With the pliers, because this is done by gripping and moving the screw.

9. The table shows the characteristics of a set of cables made of different materials.

If used in a circuit,
Cable does the light turn
material. Color Is it metal? on?
Copper Bright Yes Yes
Wood Opaque No No
Bronze Opaque Yes Yes
Rubber Opaque No No
Aluminium Bright Yes Yes
Quartz Brillante No No

From the information in the table, it can be stated that

A. Metals conduct electricity.

B. opaque materials do not conduct electricity.
C. Non-metallic materials conduct electricity.
D. Bright materials conduct electricity.