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TABLE OF SPECIFICATION IN EARTH and LIFE SCIENCE
SECOND QUARTERLY EXAM
QUARTER II
SY 2024-2025
COGNITIVE PROCESS DIMENSIONS
No.
of
day
s
No.
of
Item
s
Explain the
evolving
concept of life
based on
emerging
pieces of
evidence
2
2
1
10
Describe how
unifying themes
(e.g., structure
and function,
evolution, and
ecosystems) in
the study of life
show the
connections
among living
things and how
they interact with
each other and
with their
environment
5
7
2, 11
12
21,22
31,32
5
7
3
13
23
33
3
4
4
14, 15
24
5
7
5
16
25
34,35
41,42
5,16,25,34
,35,41,
42
5
7
6
17
26,27
36
43,44
6,17,26,27
36,43,44
Learning
Competencies
Describe the
different ways
of how
representative
animals
reproduce
Describe the
process of
genetic
engineering
Evaluate the
benefits and
risks of using
GMOs
Analyze and
appreciate the
functional
relationships of
60%
Rememberi
ng
Understandin
g
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30%
Applying
Analyzin
g
10%
Evaluatin
g
Item
Placement
Creating
1,10
2,11,12,21
22,31,32
38,39,40
3,13,23,33
38,39,40
4,14,15,24
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the different
organ
systems in
ensuring animal
survival
Explain how
populations of
organisms have
changed and
continue to
change over
time showing
patterns of
descent with
modification
from common
ancestors to
produce the
organismal
diversity
observed today
Describe
how
the
present
system
of
classification
of organisms
is based on
evolutionary
relationships
Categorize the
different biotic
potential and
environmental
resistance
(e.g.,
diseases,
availability of
food, and
predators) that
affect
population
explosion
TOTAL
3
4
7
4
6
8
4
6
9
36
50
18,19
28,
7,18,19,28
45-50
10
20
29,30
37,38
10
10
8
2ND QUARTERLY TEST IN EARTH and LIFE SCIENCE
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8,19,45-50
9,20,29,30
37,38
7
5
50
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QUARTER II
SY 2024-2025
A.
Multiple Choice Directions: Read each statement carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer
in your paper. Strictly NO ERASURES.
1. What are called the remains of living organism used in understanding the history of life on earth?
A. bone
B. fossils
C. seeds
D. shell
2. Makahiya plant closes its leaflets when touched. This is an example of ______________
A. energy and life
C. form and structure
B. response to stimuli
D. reproduction and inheritance
3. Flat worms (planarians) divides into two, leaving one piece headless and the other tailless each piece
grows the missing body parts.
A. binary fission
B. budding
C. fragmentation
D. parthenogenesis
4. It is produced when two different nucleotides had been fused as one.
A. DNA
B. recombinant DNA
C. restricted DNA
D. vector DNA
5. What transgenic organism can produce a fluorescent protein in its fur?
A. luminous cat
B. luminous cow
C. luminous goat
D. luminous spider
6. What system filters out wastes toxins and excess water out nutrients from of the circulatory system?
A. Digestive system B. Excretory system C. Integumentary system D. Respiratory system
7. What refers to the change in the gene pool of population due to chance?
A. bottleneck effect
B. founder effect
C. gene flow
D. genetic drift
8. Greek word phylon from the word phylogeny means _______________________.
A. ancestor
B. branch
C. origin
D. tribe
9. What do you call a group of organisms that are of similar species that live in a similar zone?
A. Habitat
B. Population
C. Ecosystem
D. Community
10.Why did it take millions of years for life to appear on Earth after the planet had formed?
A. It took millions of years for RNA to replace DNA.
B. The planet had warmed up enough to sustain life.
C. The planet had cooled down enough to sustain life.
D. Life on Earth could begin only when seedlings arrived on our planet from other worlds.
11. A term used to describe morphologically and genetically similar individuals
A. clone
B. identical
C. similar
D. vegetative
12. All organisms alive today have descended from simple cellular creatures billions of years ago.
Biologists were able to identify and preserved some of the characteristics of that earliest organisms. This is
associated in what theme?
A. Function and structure are interdependent.
B. Cell theory as a description of living systems.
C. Emergent properties arise from the organization of life.
D. Unity of living systems is explained by evolutionary conservation
13. Mechanism of asexual reproduction in which female offspring develops from unfertilized eggs
A. budding
B. fragmentation
C. transverse fission D. parthenogenesis
14. Which is not a tool in recombinant DNA technology?
A. enzymes
B. host organisms
C. restriction enzymes
D. vectors
15. Which is not performed to produce recombinant DNA?
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A. Removal of the genetic sequences of an organism.
B. Selection of the perfect vector with which the gene must be integrated
C. Selection of the perfect enzymes with which the gene must be integrated.
D. Insertion of the genetic sequences into other sequences of another organism.
16. Which is referred to as the ethical implications and applications of the process of genetic engineering?
A. bioethics
B. biosystematics
C. biogenesis
D. biogenetics
17. Which of the following is in the correct order from smallest to largest?
A. cell- organ- tissue- system
C. system- tissue- cell- organ
B. cell- tissue-organ- system
D. tissue- organ- system- cell
18. According to his theory of evolution, organisms change during their lifetime to survive then pass these
changes to their offspring.
A. Carolus Linnaeus B. Charles Darwin C. Jean Baptiste de Lamarck D. Thomas Malthus
19. It takes place when population decreases due to various environmental factors such as fires,
earthquakes and floods
A. bottleneck effect
B. founder effect
C. genetic flow
D. natural selection
20. Which of the following is an example of environmental resistance?
A. Predators struggle for a similar prey.
B. The health condition of the organisms is stable
C. Adequate food and water supply for the people
D. Suitable habitat increases the growth of producers.
21. It was stated that the organisms are evolving. The evolution can be due to environmental changes.
More so, the conservation of their traits depends mainly on how they will survive. In this regard, humans
alter the natural world bringing harmful consequences from their activity, known as
A. environmental issues B. ecosystem conflict C. environmental topics D. human intervention
22. A certain organism was cut and divides into two, leaving one piece headless and the other tailless. After
some time, each piece grows the missing body parts. What does it show?
A. binary fission
B. binary fusion
C. transverse fission
D. transverse fusion
23. All organisms alive today have descended from simple cellular creatures billions of years ago.
Biologists were able to identify and preserved some of the characteristics of that earliest organisms. This is
associated in what theme?
A. Function and structure are interdependent
B. Cell theory as a description of living systems.
C. Emergent properties arise from the organization of life.
D. Unity of living systems is explained by evolutionary conservation.
24. An applied science of manipulating the genetic material of an organism through artificial selection and
biomedical techniques
A. artificial selection B. cloning C. genetic engineering D. selective breeding
25. What would be result if DNA is cut out of one organism and put into another organism. A trait will
be transferred from one organism to another.
A. artificial selection B. gene splicing C. gel electrophoresis
D. recombinant DNA
26. How does feedback mechanism maintain your body temperature when your surroundings are very hot?
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A. The brain sends a message to the skin. The muscles in the skin contract, or shiver, to cool the body.
B. The skin starts sweating. The sweat sends a message to the brain, which sends a response to stop
sweating
C. Heat receptors in the skin send a message to the brain. The brain sends a response to start
sweating, which cools the body.
D. The muscles in the skin contract, which sends a message to the brain that you feel hot. The brain sends a
message to the skin’s heat receptors.
27. How does the digestive system work with all other systems?
A. The digestive system allows the body to move
B. The digestive system puts oxygen into the body
C. The digestive system gives the body energy and nutrients
D. The digestive system transport blood to all the other systems
28. Each living species has descended, with changes, from other species over time and as a result species
today look different from their ancestors.
A. Theory of Descent with Modification B. Theory of Modification
C. Theory of Natural Selection
D. Theory of Survival
29. These factors that can restrain the expansion of a population, for example, predators, competitors, lack
of food and water, diseases and reasonable living space are called _____________________.
A. limiting factor
B. biotic potential
C. carrying capacity D. environmental resistance
30. From the given examples which of the following refers to an abiotic factor for environmental
resistance?
A. Fishes eat algae in ponds.
B. A certain prey has various predators
C. Corona virus disease killed many people around the world
D. Trees are dependent on sunlight and water in an ecosystem
B. For numbers 31-35, If Statement I is correct, write A, write B if statement II is correct, write C if
statement I and II are correct, and write D, if statement I and II are incorrect
31. I. Aphids can reproduce sexually when condition are stable and favorable during springs
II. Aphids can reproduce asexually when condition are stable and favorable during springs
32. I. Sexual reproduction involves the union of gametes and it does not change the number of
chromosomes present.
II. Asexual reproduction involves the union of gametes and it does not change the number of
chromosomes present
33. I. The male clown fish attract the female clown fish through courting as pulling and biting of fins. II. The
biggest clownfish will always become female
34. I - Since ancient time the practice of genetic engineering had begun.
II - Artificial selection is done to indirectly manipulate genes focusing on the physical traits among
organisms
35. I. Crops like potato, tomato, soybean and rice are currently being genetically engineered to obtain new
strains with better nutritional qualities and increased yield.
II. Angus cows give enhanced milk that can produce silk stronger than steel
36. During the final stages of human gestation, receptors for the hormone oxytocin increase on the smooth
muscle cells of the uterus. The release of the oxytocin during labor stimulates the smooth muscle tissue in
the wall of the uterus. The vigorous contraction of the uterine smooth muscle helps push the baby through
the birth canal so that delivery can occur. This process involves the interaction of which organ system?
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A. Endocrine and reproductive only
C. Endocrine, muscular and
B. Endocrine and muscular only reproductive
D. Endocrine, reproductive, and excretory
37. The carrying capacity is the maximum number of organisms that an ecosystem can support. What
influence the carrying capacity?
1. limiting factor 2. biotic potential 3. biotic factor 4. Abiotic factor 5. environmental resistance 6. predation
7. competition
A. 1 and 2
B. 3 and 4
C. 2 and 5
D. 6 and 7
38. What factors control the increase in population growth?
1. disease 2. unsuitable habitat 3. adequate food 4. competitors 5. predation 6. water 7. sunlight 8.
temperature
A. 2,4,5,7
B. 1,3,5,8
C. 1,3,4,5
D. 1,2,4,5,
C. For number 39-41 Using the diagram below, evaluate if the statement is correct or not as related
to the descriptions of sexual reproduction in animals. Write True if
it is correct and False if incorrect on the space given.
39 Asexual reproduction produces a greater chance of variation
within a species than sexual reproduction would.
40. Genetic “errors” happen more frequently because meiosis is more
complex than mitosis and diploid organisms have more
chromosomes to double.
41. This process, as shown by the image above, creates a variety of genetic make-up which is the driving
force behind evolution.
42. What plant producing virus proteins would you recommend to use against hepatitis B?
A. alfalfa
B. corn
C. soy beans
D. tobacco
43. How could you determined the process of manipulating genes in order to have the desired trait?
A. artificial selection B. cloning
C. genetic engineering
D. selective breeding
44. Based on what you know which two systems alert the young bird to the danger and help produce the
vomit it uses as a defense?
A. Excretory and immune B. Muscular and digestive C. Nervous and digestive D. Urinary and
muscular
45 Explain the reason why various life forms have diverse biotic potentials?
A. Offspring have distinctive survival rates.
B. Life forms have diverse multiplication rates.
C. Different life forms will have diverse reproductive life expectancies.
D. Organisms that abide in a similar situation will have similar potentials.
D. Draw the parts of rooted phylogenetic tree and label its parts. (45-50)
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