Division of Camarines Sur

GOV. MARIANO E. VILLAFUERTE HIGH SCHOOL

Caroyroyan, Pili, Camarines Sur
2ND QUARTER EXAMINATION
GRADE 7 SCIENCE
S/Y 2015-2016
GOODLUCK!

Direction: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter that corresponds to the correct
answer on your answer sheet.
1. Mario examined an object under the microscope. The eyepiece is 5x while the LPO is
45x.How many times was the object magnified?
a. 50x
b. 40x
c. 25x
d. 225x
2. If the longest objective of a microscope is marked 97x or 100x, or the word oil on it,
then it has a/an ___________.
a. Low Power Objective b. Scanner c. High Power Objective d. Oil Immersion Objective
3. What do you call the special equipment that makes small object like cells look bigger?
a. microscope
b. telescope
c. stethoscope
d. oscilloscope
4. Which of the following statement is TRUE about the shape of plant and animal cells?
a. plant and animal cell has the same shape.
b. plant cell is less round in shape while animal cell is angular in shape.
c. animal cell is less round in shape and plant cell is angular in shape.
d. plant cell has an irregular shape and animal cell are always round in shape.
5. Which organelle/s is/are present only in plant cells?
a. Cell wall and centrioles
c. Chloroplasts and centrioles
b. Cell wall and chloroplasts
d. Chloroplasts and chlorophyll
6. Which organelle/s is /are present only in animal cells?
a. Centrioles and lysosomes
c. Lysosomes and chloroplasts
b. Centrioles only
d. Lysosomes only
7. How would vacuoles in plants serve as defense against animals that eat them?
a. Vacuoles store nutrients and increase cell size during growth.
b. Some vacuoles contain poisonous substances.
c. Vacuoles store water thereby maintaining rigidity to cells.
d. Vacuoles support plants to stand upright.
8. What kind of microscope uses diffused or artificial light to illuminate the specimen to
be observed?
a. Light microscope b. Electron microscope
c. telescope d. magnifying lens
9. Which of the following is a good practice on how to take care of the microscope for an
efficient and longer use?
a. Check the microscope before and after use. Report any missing or damaged part to
your teacher
b. Use a clean tissue or soft cloth to clean the mechanical parts of the microscope.
c. Prevent liquids from spilling or any part of the microscope.
d. All of the above.

10. What are the three basic parts of a cell?

a. Plasma membrane, cytoplasm, nucleus
b. Plasma membrane, lysosome, nucleus

c. Plasma membrane, nucleus, vacuoles

d. Plasma membrane, cytoplasm, centrioles

11. If cells are organized into tissue, tissues make up an_______

a. organism
b. organ
c. human

d. organ system

12. Organ systems work together to help organisms meet their basic needs and to survive.
The digestive system helps organisms to ________
a. Get energy from the food we eat.
c. Enable organisms to move their body parts.
b. Eliminate body wastes
d. Move the nutrients that comes from digested
food along with blood to the different parts of the body.

13. Which of the following make up the circulatory system of an organism?

a. heart, blood, blood vessel
c. brain, spinal cord, neurons
b. kidney, nephrons, ureter
d. lungs, alveoli, pharynx
14. Which of the following describes the function of the kidney?
a. eliminate metabolic wastes.
b. maintain internal balance of the body.

C. reabsorption of water and nutrients.

D. All of the above.

15. Which of the following shows the correct sequence of levels of organization in an organism?
a. cell-----tissue-----organ system-----organ
c. cell-----tissue------organ-------organ system
b. tissue------cell----organ-----organ system
d. tissue-----cell------organ system------organ

16. What do you call the basic unit of all living things?
a. cell
b. tissues
c. organ

d. organ system

17. Which of the following is the reproductive organ of plants?

a. Leaves
b. flower
c. stem

d. roots

18. Aside from absorbing water and nutrients, what other functions do the roots serve?
a. anchor the plant to the soil.
b. support the entire shoot system..

c. transport water and food to the different parts

d. site for photosynthesis

19. Like animals, plants are made up of organs too. These are the ________
a. fruit system and shoot system
c. fruit system and root system
b. root system and shoot system
d. root system and flowers
20. To which organ system do skeleton, bone and cartilage belongs?
a. digestive system b. circulatory system c. skeletal system
d. respiratory system
21. The majority of the elements on the left side of the periodical table of elements are __
a. metals
b. non-metals
c. metalloids
d. alkali metals
22. What do you call the elements along the st5air step line that exhibit properties of both
metals and non-metals?
a. . metals
b. non-metals
c. metalloids
d. alkali metals
23. Which of the following properties of metals is the reason why metals are used as
decorations?
a. luster
b. malleability
c. ductility
d. magnetic
24. Iron, Nickel, and cobalt are attracted by a magnet. What property of metal is being
exhibited by these elements?
a. luster
b. malleability
c. ductility
d. magnetic

25. It is the ability of an element to allow HEAT to pass through it.

a. Electrical conductivity
b. ductility
c. malleability
d. Thermal conductivity
26. What do you call the property of metals that allows ELECTRICITY to pass through a
material?
a. Electrical conductivity
b. ductility
c. malleability
d. Thermal conductivity
27. Which of the following element is the most abundant in the earths crust?
a. oxygen
b. silicon
c. aluminum
d. iron
28. What elements are mainly used for cooking pots if the thermal conductivity are as
follows?
Aluminum----2.37
phosphorus -------0.00235
Iron
---- 0.802
sulfur --------------0.00269
a. iron
b. aluminum
c. phosphorus
d. sulfur
29. What are the seven elements commonly regarded as METALLOIDS?
a. Boron, silicon, germanium, arsenic, antimony, tellurium, polonium
b. Boron, silicon, oxygen, germanium, antimony, tellurium, polonium
c. Neon, boron, silicon, germanium, antimony, tin, oxygen
d. Lithium, tellurium, lead, chlorine, nitrogen, helium, polonium
30. Aluminum foil is passed into mills and rolled into thin sheets without breaking. It is
used to wrap food. What property of metal is being shown?
a. luster
b. malleability
c. ductility
d. magnetic
31. What is the basis for classifying bacteria?
a. shape
b. size
c. population

d. color

32. One common disease in the Philippines is Tuberculosis which is caused by

Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In what group does this microorganism belong?
a. bacteria
b. fungi
c. yeast
d. algae
33. Giant kelp is can grow into more than 30 meters in length. This is also the largest
group in the algae species. In what group does this belong?
a. red algae
b. green algae
c. brown algae
d. golden algae
34. Which group of algae contribute to the formation of coral reefs as they have the
ability to produce calcium carbonate?
a.red algae
b. green algae
c. brown algae
d. golden algae
35. Which of the following characteristics describe phototrophs/autotrophs?
a. All have chlorophyll for photosynthesis. c. All live in freshwater habitats.
b. All live in marine water.
d. All are microscopic
36. Like other organisms, fungi require conditions that will support their growth. In
which environment will fungi most likely exist?
a. moist, dark, and cold
c. dry, lighted, and cold
b. moist, dark, and warm
d. dry, lighted, and warm
37. T.rubrum causes athletes foot and ringworm. To what group does T.rubrum belong?
a. algae
b. bacteria
c. fungi
d. plants
38. What fungi are associated with bread?
a. mushroom
b. mold

c. yeast

d. algae

39. How do fungi reproduce?

a. fungi undergo asexual reproduction
b. fungi undergo sexual reproduction

c. fungi undergo budding

d. fungi undergo vegetative reproduction

40. Based on its shape, under which of these groups is Streptomyces frediae classified?
a. cocci
b. bacilli
c. spirilla
d. actinomycete
41. What do you call the mode of reproduction where in a new individual, known as
offspring is produced from a single parent?
a. sexual reproduction
c. vegetative reproduction
b. asexual reproduction
d. budding
42. In sexual reproduction, how many parent/s is required to produce offspring?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. none
43. Protococcus is a round single-celled green alga that divides to form two identical
daughter cells. Each daughter cell continues to grow until it becomes as large as the
parent cell. What do you call this type of asexual reproduction?
a. budding
b. fission
c. regeneration
d. spore formation
44. Yeast, hydra and sponges reproduce this way. A new individual may form as an
outgrowth of the parent, the outgrowth separates from the parent and becomes a new
individual.
a. budding
b. fission
c. regeneration
d. spore formation
45. From a single potato, several new potato plants can be produced through its axillary
buds or the potato eyes where shoots can emerge. What kind of asexual reproduction is
this?
a. fission
c. vegetative reproduction
b. regeneration
d. budding
46. In sexual reproduction, parents produce reproductive cells called_________
a. zygote
b. egg cells
c. gametes
d. fertilization
47. What do you call the process where in gametes from the two parents unite?
a. zygote
b. egg cells
c. gametes
d. fertilization
48. The fertilized cell is referred to as a ________ which develops into a new organism.
a. zygote
b. egg cells
c. gametes
d. fertilization
49. What do you call the gametes that are formed during meiosis produced by males?
a. sperm
b. eggs
c. zygote
d. genes
50. What do you call the gametes that are formed during meiosis produced by females?
a. sperm
b. eggs
c. zygote
d. genes