Leonard Young Sr.

National High School

2nd Quarter Examination
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE

NAME: _________________________________GRADE/SECTION: ______________________SCORE: ___________

PART 1-KNOWLEDGE
Instruction: Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided. No erasures allowed. (2 points each)

_____ 1. Scientists estimate that the age of Earth is about

a. 2,000 years c. 10 million years
b. 2 quadrillion years d. 4.5 billion years
_____ 2. Why is ATP important to living things?
a. It aids in protein folding and coiling c. It help maintains the fluidity of the cell membranes
b. It is used to capture and transfer energy d. It identifies the DNA start sequence for transcription
_____ 3. An example of an animal that can be reproduced by fragmentation is
a. frog c. jellyfish
b. hydra d. starfish
_____ 4. Animals that are hermaphrodites
a. can regenerate c. fertilize their egg internally
b. have separate sexes d. have both the male and female reproductive systems
_____ 5. The main organs of the nervous system are
a. brain and spinal cord c. mouth and anus
b. heart and blood vessels d. bone and cartilage
_____ 6. The human body system responsible for its movement and support
a. nervous system c. circulatory system
b. skeletal system d. integumentary system
_____ 7. Growth in plants occur in regions of active cell division called _______
a. epidermis c. stomata
b. meristems d. veins
_____8. Plan structures that anchor the plant and absorbs minerals and water
a. shoots c. roots
b. stems d. meristem
_____9. Photoperiodism occurs when the plant responds to __________
a. day length c. light
b. fertilizers d. moisture
_____ 10. Parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma are the plants’ ________
a. dermal tissue c. meristematic tissue
b. ground tissue d. vascular tissue
_____ 11. The fossil record shows how
a. species originated c. dead organism were buried
b. evolution occurred d. organisms have changed over time
_____ 12. The more similarities two organisms share, the more recently they shared _______
a. ancestors c. habitats
b. derived character d. structures
_____ 13. The genus and species of the human beings
a. Homo c. Homo sapiens
b. Sapiens d. Homo ignus
_____ 14. Two individuals are considered members of the same species if they
a. share the same habitat c. are found in the same ecosystem
b. can mate and produce offspring d. are not isolated from one another
_____ 15. Ecosystem diversity increases when _________
a. latitude increases c. ecosystem size increases
b. species become extinct d. human change natural ecosystems

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PART 2-UNDERSTANDING
Instruction: Label the structures and briefly discuss the functions of the cells in the table provided. (50 pts.)
PLANT CELL ANIMAL CEL

3
1 6 8

4 9

2 7
5 10

STRUCTURE (2 pts.) FUNCTION (3 pts.)

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

PART 3-SKILL
Instruction: Complete the process of making protein (amino acids) from DNA in the space provided.
5’ C G A T A C G G A C T G T G A T 3’
3’ 5’
No erasures allowed. (20 pts.)

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Maam Vim 