Multiple Choice 14.

Venus fly trap reacting to the grasshopper in its

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer and mouth.
write it on your answer sheet in CAPITAL LETTERS. A. Homeostasis B. Reproduction
C. Response to Stimuli D. Energy Processing
1. What is believed to be the first form of life on Earth?
A. Eukaryotes B. Fungi 15. It refers to the ability of an organism to multiply
C. Prokaryotes D. None of the above A. Adaptation B. Order
C. Reproduction D. Homeostasis
2. How many billion years ago is life believed to have
first appeared on Earth? 16. Analogous structures in different organisms indicate:
A. 1.5 billion B. 3.5 billion A. Different structure, same function
C. 2 billion D. 4.5 billion B. Same structure, different function
C. Shared ancestry
3. What is the primary source of energy for the deep-sea D. No functional relationship
vent theory?
A. Sunlight B. Volcanic activity 17. It consists of all life on earth and all the places where
C. Wind energy D. Chemical energy life exist
A. Biosphere B. Ecosystem
4. The discovery of microfossils supports which of the C. Community D. Population
following theories?
A. Deep-Sea Vents B. Panspermia 18. The ability to maintain equilibrium of the internal
C. Biogenesis D. Primordial Soup body.
A. Adaptation B. Order
5. The RNA World theory suggests that: C. Reproduction D. Homeostasis
A. RNA existed before DNA and proteins
B. Life started from proteins 19. What biological organization does number of people
C. Cells formed through panspermia in Barangay Sta. Maria refer to?
D. Deep-sea vents were the origin of life A. Community B. Population
C. Ecosystem D. Organism
6. The spontaneous generation theory was disproven by
which experiment? 20. Which example demonstrates homeostasis in the
A. Miller-Urey experiment human body?
B. Redi’s experiment with meat A. Sweating to cool down when body temperature rises.
C. Pasteur’s swan-neck flask experiment B. The heart beating faster during physical exercise.
D. RNA World experiments C. Drinking water to quench thirst.
D. All of the above.
7. What was the primary result of the Miller-Urey
experiment? 21. When the body feels cold, the blood vessels_______
A. Life evolved from deep-sea vents to control body temperature.
B. Amino acids formed under conditions simulating early A. Dilates B. Constricts
Earth C. Stay normal D. Blood vessel thicken
C. RNA molecules were synthesized
D. Prokaryotes developed from eukaryotes 22. What is reproduction?
A. A process to eliminate species
8. What is the fundamental unit of structure and function B. The process by which an organism produces offspring
in living organisms? C. A way to change an organism's appearance
A. Organelle B. Tissue D. A method to obtain nutrients
C. Cell D. Organ
23. Which of the following involves the fusion of male
9. Which level of life includes all the organisms and non- and female gametes?
living components in a specific area? A. Binary fission B. Budding
A. Population B. Community C. Sexual reproduction D. Fragmentation
C. Ecosystem D. Biosphere
24. Which organism uses binary fission for reproduction?
10. The ability of organisms to convert energy from one a) Frog b) Jellyfish c) Bacteria d) Starfish
form to another to support life processes is called:
A. Growth and Development B. Response to Stimuli 25. How many chromosomes are found in human
C. Energy Processing D. Adaptation gametes?
a) 23 b) 46 c) 92 d) 12
11. Which of the following systems is the biggest?
A. Organism B. Ecosystem 26. Which type of fertilization happens outside the
C. Biosphere D. Population organism's body?
a) Internal fertilization b) Budding
12. Which characteristic of life refers to an organism's c) Fragmentation d) External fertilization
ability to maintain internal balance?
A. Evolutionary Adaptation B. Energy Processing 27. What is the main advantage of internal fertilization?
C. Homeostasis D. Reproduction a) Increased offspring number
b) Protection from predators
13. Which of the following is an example of evolutionary c) Quick reproduction
adaptation? d) Minimal energy requirement
A. A chameleon changing color to match its surroundings
B. A tree growing taller over time 28. Which method of reproduction involves spores?
C. A bird migrating during winter a) Budding b) Fragmentation
D. A seedling sprouting from the soil c) Spore formation d) Binary fission
29. What is vegetative propagation? 42. You have a piece of gene that you wish to insert into
a) Growth from seeds your target cell to produce the desired trait. What is the
b) Reproduction using gametes next step that you should do to achieve this?
c) Growth from vegetative parts A. Join it with a vector using ligase
d) A form of sexual reproduction B. Cut plasmid with restriction enzyme
C. Isolate plasmid
30. What is the result of fertilization in sexual D. Transform plasmid
reproduction?
a) Gametes b) Zygote 43. What is the next step in question 42?
c) Spores d) Vegetative part A. Join it with a vector using ligase
B. Cut plasmid with restriction enzyme
31. What type of asexual reproduction involves the C. Isolate plasmid
parent breaking into fragments? D. Transform plasmid
a) Binary fission b) Budding
c) Fragmentation d) Spore formation 44. This organ pumps blood throughout the body
A. Blood vessels
32. Which organism reproduces through budding? B. Heart
a) Human b) Yeast c) Starfish d) Frog C. Lungs
D. Diaphragm
33. When exercising, some of the muscle in the body are
torn. In order to heal, the muscle cell divides to 45. What is the function of the artery?
regenerate lost muscle cells. What kind of cell division A. To pump oxygenated blood
do muscle cell undergo? B. To pump deoxygenated blood
A. Meiosis B. Mitosis C. Fertilization D. Budding C. To pump blood towards the body
D. To pump blood away from the body
34. All the following involves fertilization except...
A. Pollen from one flower being transferred to the 46. What component does the red blood cell have that
stigma of another flower allows it to carry oxygen to different body parts?
B. Fish releasing gametes in the water A. Carbon dioxide
C. Queen bee producing genetically identical offspring. B. Iron
D. Zygote C. Calcium
D. Magnesium
35. A conservation biologist tries to repopulate a soon-to-
be extinct species. There are only two females left in the 47. This refers to the general process of breaking down
population but luckily, there are sperms reserved from a food with enzymes and chemicals
male species in the sperm bank. What method would A. Mechanical digestion
you choose to revive the population? B. Physical Digestion
A. Artificial Selection C. Enzymatic digestion
B. Recombinant technology D. Chemical Digestion
C. Interspecies crossing
D. In-vitro fertilization 48. The organ that produces bile to digest lipids
A. Gallbladder
36. Which of the following best represents vegetative B. Liver
propagation through the stem. C. Pancreas
A. Potato B. Ginger D. Salivary amylase
C. Kataka-taka D. Carrots
49. Birds don’t have beaks to breakdown the food they
37. The following are four (4) molecules that code for the eat, instead they have _________ within their digestive
gene except... system?
A. Adenine B. Thymine A. Crop
C. Guanine D. Cytokine B. Gizzard
C. Esophagus
38. These are short sequence of DNA that code for a D. Intestine
particular trait.
A. Chromosome B. DNA 50. How does the circulatory and digestive system work
C. Nucleotides D. Cytokine together?
A. The circulatory system transports oxygen to the
39. This is the process of directly modifying the digestive organs, ensuring efficient nutrient
organism’s genome. absorption.
A. Genetic Engineering B. Artificial Selection B. The digestive system breaks down food into
C. Interspecies Crossing D. Breeding nutrients, which the circulatory system distributes to
body cells.
40. These are organisms whose genome have been C. The circulatory system delivers digestive enzymes to
edited to produce desirable trait. the stomach for food breakdown.
A. Transgenic B. Genely modified D. The digestive system produces red blood cells that
C. Homunculus D. Genetic modification the circulatory system transports to tissues.

41.Plasmids are molecules that carry the gene of interest

to be inserted to be inserted to the target cell/organism.
Therefore, plasmids can be called as
A. Vector B. Target gene
C. Carrier D. Deliverer