Levels Knowledge Comprehension Application Total

Topic
4 5 1 10
Living Things
1,4,7,8 2,3,5,6,10 9

6 3 1 10

Cells 11,12,14,15,17,18 13,16,19 20

5 4 1 10
Kinds of
Ecosystem 21,22,23,24,25 26,27,28,29 30

3 5 2 10
Energy flow in an
33, 34, 35 31,32,36,38,40 37,39
Ecosystem
TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
 Filamer Christian University
Roxas City, Roxas Avenue

1st Periodical Test in Science 7

Name: _____________________ Year&Section:_________ Date:_________ Score

I. Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter corresponding to the correct answer:

1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of living things?

a. All living things must either take in food or produce their own food.
b. Living things use the energy they get from food to grow.
c. Living things do not produce their own kind.
d. Living things shows many differences

2. Which is not a basic life process?

a. air c. reproduction
b. metabolism d. response

3. Where do we get energy?

a. food c. air
b. sunlight d. soil

4. All the changes in an organism in which energy is released or used make up the process of
______.
a. adaptation c. growth
b. metabolism d. reproduction

5. For most animals, taking in food is as simple as putting food into their?
a. pores c. anus
b. mouth d. skin

6. Green plants make their own food using?

a. water c. both water and carbon dioxide
b. carbon dioxide d. none of the above

7. Which living things that do not respond to stimuli?

a. light c. pressure
b. sound d. growth

8. Which statement is true about growth?

a. Growth for most living things do not involves development
b. Growth is a characteristics of non-living things
c. Living things use the energy they get from food to grow
d. Growth only involve increase in size

9. In order to perform basic life processes and to survive, an organism must have?
 a. food, water and sunlight
b. food , water, carbon dioxide
c. food , water, oxygen and carbon dioxide
d. food , water, oxygen and energy

10. Which is true about Plants?

a. Plants do not move in the same way that animals do.
b. All parts of plants move.
c. Plants excrete carbon dioxide
d. Plants and animals are the same.

11. Who was the first scientist to use the term “cell” to refer to the building block of life?
a. Robert Hooke c. Matthias Schieiden
b. Rudolf Virchow d. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

12. Which term refers to all the living material in cell?

a. mitochondria c. nucleus
b. nucleolus d. protoplasm

13. Which of the following in not a function of the cell membrane?

a. allows the cell to change shape under pressure?
b. helps substances pass from the cytoplasm into the nucleus
c. helps control the movement of materials into and out of the cell
d. keeps material within the cell separated from the environment outside the cell.

14. Which refers to a group of organs that work together to perform certain fucntions
a. cell c. tissue
b. organism d. system

15. Which is the highest level of organization of living things?

a. cell c. organism
b. organ d. system

16. Which of the following make up a system?

a. stomach, eyes, ears
b. heart, blood vessels, capillaries
c. food molecules, mouth, stomach
d. cell membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm

17. Which structure is the “powerhouse” of the cell?

a. chromosomes c. ribosomes
b. mitochondria d. cell membrane

18. The epidermis covers the leaves and stems of plant. What type of structure is the epidermis?
a. cell c. system
b. organ d. tissue

19. Why are leaves important to plants?

a. They are green in color
b. They are greater in number
c. They are exposed to the sun
d. They contain chlorophyll necessary for photosynthesis.

20. How are processes carried out in living things?

a. Through a varied shape of cells
b. Through the presence of cellular parts
c. Through the presence of different kinds of cell
 d. Through the coordination of various organs and system

21. All of the nonliving things are called ________.

a. population c. abiotic Factors
b. biotic factors d. limiting factors

22. All of the living things are called _________.

a. population c. abiotic factors
b. biotic factors d. limiting factors

23. The study of the relationships and interaction of living things with one another and with their
environment is called _______.
a. community c. ecosystem
b. environment d. symbiosis

24. An organism’s role in its community is its ___________.

a. ecosystem c. niche
b. habitat d. population

25. A living part of an ecosystem is called a (an) _________.

a. community c. habitat
b. environment d. niche

26. Which is an example of abiotic factors?

a. trees c. plant
b. soil d. carabao

27. Which is an example of biotic factors?

a. water c. snake
b. crabs d. fish

28. The relationship between a shark and a remora is known as ________.

a. commensalism c. parasitism
b. mutualism d. predation

29. A rotting log is considered an ecosystem because it ____________.

a. has mushroom c. is starting to decay
b. is no longer living d. has living things that interact

30. How can you avoid the destruction of ecosystem?

a. by deforestation
b. by throwing your garbage anywhere
c. by planting more trees
d. by taking good care of our house.

31. Omnivores are organism that eat _____________.

a. plants only c. both plants and animals
b. animals only d. neither plants nor animals

32. The snail is an herbivore because it _________

a. has a shell c. looks for food
b. eats plant d. lives under rocks

33. Organisms that make their own food are called ________.
 a. autotrophs c. decomposers
b. consumers d. heterotrophs

34. Food chains in an ecosystem that are connected together form a ______.
a. food web c. food cycle
b. food level d. food predation

35. In a food chain, a green plant is a _________.

a. decomposer c. primary consumer
b. producer d. secondary consumer

36. An example of food chain is _________.

a. carbohydrate—fat—protein
b. egg—larva—adult
c. flower—fruit—seed
d. grass—antelope—lion

37. Cycles are important because they ________.

a. supply energy to living things
b. reuse energy for living things
c. reuse materials in the atmosphere
d. provide materials continually for living things

38. ___________ are organisms that feed on dead or dying animals

a. scavengers c. consumers
b. decomposer d. producer

39. One of the best solutions to get rid of non-biodegradable wastes is _______.
a. burning c. burying
b. dumping` d. recycling

40. A hawk eats bird that ate beetle that ate a leaf. The hawk is a ________ in the food chain
a. predator c. producer
b. consumer d. carnivore

II. Essay: How is the ecosystem of your back yard different from the ecosystem of another
person’s back yard ecosystem?

“Believe that you can and you’re already half way there”
God Bless!!

Prepared by:
Jan Lloyd Odrunia