Urdaneta City National High School

Urdaneta City
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

NAME:______________________________________ SCORE:____________________
GRADE & SECTION:____________________________

I. TRUE/FALSE. DIRECTION: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is incorrect before the
number.
1. The study that deals with the interaction of the organisms to their environment and to one another is
ecology.
2. Living things can still survive even without the abiotic factors in the ecosystem.
3. The transfer of energy shows how much energy is transferred from one trophic level to another.
4. Mushroom is an example of producer.
5. Aerobic respiration takes place in the presence of oxygen.
6. Plants are heterotrophs because they can produce their own food.
7. Omnivores are consumers that eat both plant and flesh/meat.
8. Photosynthesis occurs during night time.
9. The goods and services people gain from biologically diverse ecosystems have economic impact.
10. The biological spectrum starts with the cell.
11. If the eater of the grasshopper is eaten by a cat, then the organism that eats the grasshopper is a second
order consumer.
12. Nitrification completes the cycle of nitrogen.
13. Evaporation takes place when water absorbs heat from its surroundings.
14. Fossils came from decayed plant and animal materials.
15. Sun is the main source of energy.

II. MATCHING TYPE: DIRECTION: Choose the letter of the best answer in column B that corresponds to each
statement in column A. Write your answer before the number.
A B
1. It is produced when decomposers break down the proteins A. biosphere
In the bodies of plants, animals, and their wastes. B. tissue
2. They are the autotrophs in the ecosystem. C. denitrification
3. They store information about inherited characteristics. D. immigration
4. It decreases the population when the individuals within the E. Food chain
given area go to other places. F. humus
5. The role of an organism in an ecosystem. G. decomposition
6. The wearing down of the land by the erosive action of water, H. chlorophyll
wind, or ice. I. hydrolysis
7. The chemical breakdown of a compound due to the reaction of water. J. Degradation
8. Plants use this pigment to capture the energy from the sun. K. niche
9. A process by which dead bodies of plants and animals are acted L. emigration
upon by microorganisms. M. genes
10. Dark decaying organic substance found in soil. N. plants
11. Consists of the sequence of organisms that eat other organisms O. ammonia
through which energy is transferred. P. troposphere
12. It increases the population of a given area when individuals come
from other places.
13. The process by which nitrites are converted to nitrogen.
14. A group of cells performing a specific function.
15. It is that portion of the earth and its environment within which life
in any of its form is manifested.

III. MULTIPLE CHOICE. DIRECTION: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can
also mate and reproduce.
a. Niche c. Prey
b. symbiosis d. Species
2. Field of study in biology that comes from the Greek word “oikos”.
a. Ecology c. Trophic Level
b. Smog d. Invasive Species
3. A warming of the earth’s atmosphere and oceans that is predicted to result from an increase in the greenhouse
effect caused by air pollution.
a. Global warming c. Food chain
b. Pollutant d. Population
4. Water evaporating from the tree leaves.
a. Evaporation c. Transpiration
b. Condensation d. Precipitation
5. Something that was never, ever alive.
a. Inorganic c. Organism
b. Biotic d. Organic
6. Living things and non-living things working together to form a community.
a. Biotic c. Ecosystem
b. Decomposers d. Consumer
7. A behavior or physical characteristic that allows an organism to live successfully in its environment.
a. Competition c. Population
b. Adaptations d. Predation
8. All the different populations that live together in an area.
a. Competition c. Parasite
b. Community d. Commensalism
9. The contamination of natural water bodies by substances that harm organisms and the environment.
a. Filtration c. Water table
b. Point-source pollution d. Water pollution
10. The organic circulation of carbon from the atmosphere into organisms and back again.
a. Carbon releases c. Carbon sinks
b. Lithosphere d. Carbon cycle
11. A linear example of how energy and matter move through different trophic levels of an ecosystem.
a. Food chain c. Pollution
b. Food web d. Producer
12. A living part of an organism’s habitat.
a. Limiting factor c. Biotic factor
b. Abiotic factor d. Predator
13. Soil, temperature, rocks, air, water, sunlight (and fire).
a. Transpiration c. Condensation
b. Biotic categories d. Abiotic categories
14. All of the following are examples of limiting factor EXCEPT_______.
a. Sunlight c. pollination
b. Water d. temperature
15. Which of the following animals thrive in marine habitats?
a. Lapu-lapu c. dalag
b. Hito d. tilapia
16. Which of these animals is considered a first-order consumer?
a. Rat eating rice bird.
b. Rice bird eating rice.
c. Snake eating rat.
d. Cat eating rat.
17. When dead leaves and twigs turned into humus, this is due to the action of _____________.
a. Lichens c. decomposers
b. Ectoparasites d. water
18. Which of the following is an abiotic component of the ecosystem?
a. Plants c. air
b. Animals d. decomposers
19. One of the following is considered a biotic component of the ecosystem.
a. Water c. acacia tree
b. Air d. soil
20. Which of the following is an omnivore?
a. crocodile c. eagle
b. bird d. snake

Prepared by:

FELICIANO M. SUMERA