I.

Multiple Choice:
1. Continuity of life is explained by __________.
A. Evolution
B. Regulation
C. Form and Function
D. Reproduction and inheritance
2. Living things are considered organisms if they possessed which of the
following characteristics?
A. Grow and develop
B. Failure to produce offspring
C. Absence of orderly structure
D. Incapability to adapt to changing environment
3. Which of the following best explains why humans sweat when they get
hot?
A. Use energy
B. Ability to reproduce
C. Ability to grow
D. Maintain internal environment
4. Describe the image illustrated below.

A. It shows organisms are evolving.

B. It shows growing and developing of organisms.
C. It shows how organisms respond to its environment.
D. It shows transfer of energy among living organisms.
5. Which of the following does not describe the image?
 A. Plants acquire energy for them to perform photosynthesis.
B. There is transfer of energy from the sun to the plants
C. Plants need abiotic factors to grow.
D. Plants uses the sunlight to evolve.
6. Which among the following statements is/are true about living organisms?
A. Living organisms cannot live alone, they interact with abiotic factors to
sustain life.
B. Living organisms grow and develop with the aid of the abiotic factors.
C. Living organisms require energy to develop.
D. All of the above.
7. Which among the organisms is considered as abiotic?
A. Bacteria
B. Man
C. Light
D. Plant
8. A nice smell of plants is an adaptation that ________.
A. Attracts the pollinators
B. Regulates the internal environment
C. Helps the plant to keep the nutrients inside
D. Pushes away the animals that try to eat them.
9. It was observed that the deciduous trees lose their leaves in cold and
winter in order to avoid freezing. This is an example of _________.
A. Response
B. Organization of life
C. Unity of living system
D. Function and structure
10. Living organisms can be protected if we fight deforestation. Which among
the statements doesn’t support this advocacy?
A. Plant more trees.
B. Reduce the use of products made from wood fiber.
C. Demand forest products from sustainable sources and deforestation
fee supply chains.
 D. Support the products of companies who are practicing deforestation.
11. What are the shared properties of living organisms that make something
“alive”?
A. Adaptation
B. Evolution
C. Interaction with the environment
D. All of the above
12. Which branch of science that deals with the study of living organism?
A. Earth science
B. Life science
C. Physical science
D. Natural science
13. What provides the diversity of life on earth?
A. Growth and development
B. Adaptation
C. Evolution
D. Organization
14. Chameleons shift colors wherever they go. They can turn any colors or
combine colors depending on where the environment is. What trait of life
is being describe in this situation?
A. Adaptation
B. Interaction
C. Reproduction
D. Inheritance
15. The diversity of life arises by change leading to the present diversity that
we see. This is what we called _______.
A. Evolution
B. Interaction
C. Inheritance
D. Reproduction
16. Makahiya plant closes its leaflets when touched. This is an example of
________.
A. Energy and life
B. Response to stimuli
C. Form and structure
D. Reproduction and inheritance
17. Genes are passed from one generation to the next generation through
______.
A. Evolution
B. Regulation
C. Form and function
D. Reproduction and inheritance
18. Which among the given examples describes the unifying form and
structure?
A. Cellular basis of life
B. Light as a source of energy
 C. Bats have wings specialized for flying
D. Living things arise from pre-existing cells
19. Many threatened or endangered species can be saved by a large
______.
A. Coal mine
B. Food chain
C. Wildlife hunting
D. Reforestation project
20. The earth contains all living organisms including those on the land, in
water, and air. Which subsystem best describes this statement?
A. Biosphere
B. Hydrosphere
C. Atmosphere
D. Geosphere
21. Oxygen, water vapor, nitrogen, and other gases help organism to survive.
Which Earth sphere contain these materials?
A. Atmosphere
B. Geosphere
C. Biosphere
D. Hydrosphere
22. All of the waters, including subsurface and atmospheric water comprise
the Earth. Which subsystem best label the statement?
A. Geosphere
B. Hydrosphere
C. Biosphere
D. Atmosphere
23. Which of the following is used to describe the thin layer of solid rock that
makes up the outermost part of the Earth?
A. Core
B. Mantle
C. Crust
D. Biosphere
24. What part of the Earth’s sphere makes up the hydrosphere?
A. Glaciers
B. Groundwater
C. Sea and inland water
D. All of the above
25. Which gas dominates the earth’s atmosphere?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Helium
C. Nitrogen
D. Oxygen
26. Which of the following statements best describe the role of ozone layer?
A. It traps heat from the sun to heat the planet.
B. It protects the plants and animals on earth from receiving too much UV
radiation.
 C. It cools the earth through evaporation of water.
D. It keeps oxygen in the atmosphere closest to Earth and nitrogen
separated in the atmosphere.
27. To what sphere does ozone belong?
A. Biosphere
B. Hydrosphere
C. Atmosphere
D. Geosphere
28. Relationship between the complex communities of individual organism is
seen in the different systems of the Earth. What do you call this unit in
nature?
A. Ecosystem
B. Complexity
C. Ground
D. System
29. Which of the following shows the connection between the atmosphere and
geosphere?
A. Water Cycle
B. Nitrogen Cycle
C. Mountain formation
D. Release of gasses during volcanic eruption
30. Which among the following is an example of the connection between the
atmosphere and hydrosphere?
A. Dew on the leaves of the plants
B. Rain pouring from clouds
C. Water flowing from the river
D. Rocks rolling due to erosion
31. What theory states that organisms came directly from non-living
organisms?
A. Divine Creation
B. Spontaneous generation
C. Panspermia
D. Oparin-Haldane Hypothesis
32. Organisms can maintain internal conditions within a narrow range
constantly, despite environmental changes, through _________.
A. Adaptability
B. Evolution
C. Energy processing
D. Homeostasis
33. What are probionts?
A. Ancestral cell-like structures
B. Supply of energy
C. Evolved cells
D. Energy provided by lightning
34. The following are examples of probionts, except:
A. Fossils
 B. Coacervates
C. Microspheres
D. Liposome
35. He started the idea that living organisms exist from non-living things.
A. Aristotle
B. Thales
C. Socrates
D. Ptolemy
36. Evidence of the common ancestry of all life is the ________.
A. Structure of cilia
B. Structure of nucleus
C. Structure of chloroplast
D. Universality of genetic code
37. Which among the following shows the sequence that represents the
hierarchy of biological organization from least to the most complex level?
A. Organism > community > biosphere > molecule > tissue > organ
B. Organelle > tissue > biosphere > ecosystem > population > organism
C. Cell > community > population > ecosystem > biosphere
D. Molecule > cell > organ system > population > ecosystem > biosphere
38. In biology, structure is almost always related to ________.
A. Adaptation
B. Development
C. Evolution
D. Function
39. “Primordial Soup” Hypothesis states that __________________.
A. Life is generated from the early Earth reactive environment
B. Abiotic synthesis supported life’s origin in shallow ocean water or on
wet soil
C. Life originated from the production of polymers, and monomers linked
together
D. Life synthesized from self-replicating macromolecules from reducing
atmosphere.
40. Which is considered the first genetic material?
A. RNA
B. DNA
C. Protein
D. Cell

II. Identification:
41. It involves the transfer of genetic information from parents to offspring. -
REPRODUCTION
42. The process wherein plants capture energy from sunlight to use it to make
complex molecules. – PHOTOSYNTHESIS
43. The sum of all chemical processes that maintain the living state of an
organism. – METABOLISM
 44. It refers to a molecule that carries energy transported from one cell to
another. – ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
45. It refers to the transmission of characteristics from parent to offspring. –
HEREDITY
46. He disproved the theory of spontaneous generation. – LOUIS PASTEUR
47. It states that life originated from the first organic compounds carried by the
comets and meteorite collided on Earth. – PANSPERMIA
48. It refers to the first living organism appeared on earth. –
CYANOBACTERIA
49. It is also known as the true bacteria. – EUBACTERIA
50. It refers to ancient bacteria. – ARCHAEBACTERIA
III. Essay:
51-54. Using the Venn Diagram, compare and contrast the different theories
about the origin of life.
55-57. How does response to stimuli contribute to the chances of survival?
58-60. Why light energy is important to all living organisms?