1. Some plants have waxy leaves due to the presence of c.

Abscissic acid
cutins. Which is a characteristic of cutin? d. Gibberellin
a. Short-chain fatty acid 11. Which part of a seed appears as a scar which marks the
b. Hydrophobic substance entry of the pollen tube during fertilization?
c. Similar top steroids a. Epicotyl
d. Liquid at room temperature b. Testa
2. What are the breathing organs of plants that are located in c. Tegmen
the stems and trunks? d. Hilum
a. Cortex 12. Which type of root system is fopund among grass and
b. Stoma other low plants?
c. Lenticels a. Primary
d. Lamellae b. Fibrous
3. During germination, what gas is needed most by sprouting c. Branched
seeds? d. Tap
a. Oxygen 13. The feeding procedure wherein the mother bird partially
b. Hydrogem digests the food and places an amount into the young’s
c. Carbon dioxide beak is termed _______
d. Nitrogen a. Reabsorption
4. Some vines can climb posts easily because they respond b. External digestion
positively to touch. Such response is termed _______? c. Regurgitation
a. Thigmotropism d. Assimilation
b. Photoperiodism 14. What is the chemical compound that produces flashes of
c. Phototropism light in a firefly?
d. Geotropism a. Luciferin
5. The addition of hydrogen during photosynthesis occurs b. Luminars
during the process of ______? c. Glower
a. Carbonation d. Cytokinin
b. Reduction 15. What differentiates amollusc from an arthropod? A
c. Hydration mollusk ______
d. Oxidation a. Has jointed legs
6. After fertilization which part of the flower develops into a b. Has spines
fruit? c. Is soft-bodied
a. Receptacle d. Is hard-bodied
b. Stigma 16. What is the correct order of the stages in the
c. Ovary metamorphosis of grasshopers?
d. Corolla a. Larva, pupa, adult
7. A vegetable grower is selecting good squash seed that will b. Egg, nymph, adult
surely germinate. What is the usual practice? c. Egg, pupa, adult
a. Place them in water and select those that sink d. Nymph, pupa, adult
b. Open and find out if it has cotyledon 17. Insects molt uoon reaching a certain stagein their growth
c. Press and get the hard one so as to accommodate increase in size. The process is
d. Select those that float in water called ________?
8. Which tissue in vascular plants has food transport as its a. Metamorphosis
main function? b. Ecdysis
a. Schlerenchyma c. Cuticle expansion
b. Phloem d. Cutaneous shed
c. Palisade 18. When animals hibernate, which of the following occurs?
d. Xylem a. Blood circulation slows down
9. A leaf could be identified either as dicot or monocot by: b. The rate of metabolism increases
a. Pressing whether soft or hard c. The rate of metabolism decreases
b. Looking at the shape and size d. Body temperature increases
c. Examining its venation 19. Which animal is classified as warm blooded?
d. Looking for the stomata a. Honeybee
10. Which hormone stimulates the growth of buds and b. Bird
sprouts on branches of trees? c. Crocodile
a. Cytokinin d. Frog
b. Auxin
20. By what type of reproduction and through what process b. Cooperation
does a several portion of a starfish grow into full starfish? c. Commensalism
a. Sexual reproduction : through sex cells d. Predation
b. Asexual reproduction : bud formation 30. In the study of ecology, what are the four levels of
c. Asexual reproduction : vegetative reproduction organization arranged in correct order?
d. Asexual reproduction : regeneration a. Ecosystem, population, community, biosphere
21. What do we call the ability of young ducklings to imitate b. Population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
the way their mother duck walks? c. Population, ecosystem, community, biosphere
a. Disguising d. Population, biosphere, community, ecosystem
b. Mimicking
c. Imprinting
d. Adapting
22. Birds shed off feathers at least once a year through a
process called ______
a. Skinning
b. Molting
c. Furrowing
d. Migrating
23. The photoreceptor units found in the compound eye of
insects are called ______?
a. Ommatidia
b. Sclera
c. Visual nerve
d. Visual stimulators
24. What organ assists the fish to float in their habitat?
a. Air sacs
b. Gall bladder
c. Air bladder
d. Dorsal aerators
25. We should avoid indiscriminate cutting of trees because
______.
a. It is the law
b. It loosens the soil and causes flooding
c. We will run out of wood for building houses
d. It makes the forest dry
26. Plastic is a big problem for waste
managementprogramsbecause plastics _____.
a. Are commonly scattered in thearea
b. Are nonbiodegrable
c. Produce harmful gases
d. Are imcompressible
27. Which organism could be classified as a producer in a
community?
a. Animal
b. Herbivore
c. Carnivore
d. Plant
28. What happens with a population when birth rate and
immigration are balanced by death rate and emigration
rate?
a. Unstable population
b. Unpredictable growth
c. Slow population growth
d. Zero population growth
29. What intraspecific relationship may exist between tilapia
and dalag in fishpond ecosystem?
a. Competition