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Quarter 2 Earth and Life Science SUMMATIVE TEST

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is idea that living species are descendants of ancestral species that were different from the present day.

a)

Reproduction

b)

Evolution

c)

Genetically Modified Organism

2.

The use of biological techniques and engineered organisms to make products or plants and animals that have desired traits.

a)

Biotechnology

b)

Gene Cloning

c)

Recombinant DNA Technology

3.

The formation of new individuals from the cells of a single parent.

a)

Gene Cloning

b)

Sexual Reproduction

c)

Asexual Reproduction

4.

The discipline of science that deals with the study of Life

a)

Astronomy

b)

Biology

c)

Geology

d)

Astrology

5.

The first photosynthetic organism that thrived on the Earth.

a)

Algae

b)

Eukaryotic cells

c)

Cyanobacteria

6.

It is the evolutionary history of a group of organisms.

a)

Phylogeny

b)

Taxon

c)

Phylogenetic Tree

7.

The age of reptiles.

a)

Paleozoic Era

b)

Mesozoic Era

c)

Cenozoic Era

8.

Cell is the basic unit of life.

a)

False

b)

True

9.

It is the perpetuation of a new organism from two organism with the use gametes.

a)

Asexual Reproduction

b)

Sexual Reproduction

c)

Gene Cloning

10.

The combination of a DNA fragment with the DNA from another source.

a)

Biotechnology

b)

Recombinant DNA Technology

c)

Restriction Enzymes

11.

Monophyletic group is also called _____ which shows

common ancestor.

a)

Branch

b)

Clade

c)

Taxon

12.

Human beings are the only surviving species and living evidence that life has existed on Earth.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

In sexual reproduction, male gametes which is the sperm cell fuses with a female gamete known as the egg cell to form a _______ called zygote containing two sets of chromosomes.

a)

diploid cell

b)

haploid cell

c)

sickle cell

d)

all of the above

14.

It is used to identify errors in the DNA sequences to predict the function of a particular gene and to compare to other genes with similar sequences from different organisms.

a)

Exogenous DNA

b)

DNA Sequencing

c)

Gene Engineering

15.

It refers to recent common ancestor but not all descendants are included.

a)

Monophyletic group

b)

Polyphyletic group

c)

Paraphyletic group

16.

The era of recent life.

a)

Cenozoic Era

b)

Mesozoic Era

c)

Paleozoic Era

17.

It includes recent common ancestors are not included only distant relative.

a)

Soft polytomy

b)

Polyphyletic group

c)

Paraphyletic group

18.

Life on Earth is believed to begin 3.5 billion years ago with single-celled prokaryotes, as discovered in sedimentary rock formations called ________.

a)

stromatolites

b)

trilobites

c)

cephalopods

19.

________ can produce its own food by using light, carbon dioxide, and water to perform the process of photosynthesis.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Decomposers

20.

Asexual reproduction does not involve the union of gametes.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

_________ is when the DNA is cut out of one organism and put into another organism.

a)

Genetic Engineering

b)

Gene Splicing

c)

Genetically Modified Organisms

22.

Living organism survive by depending on how one will adapt to its changing environment.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

According to ______ theory of evolution, organisms change during their lifetime to survive then pass these changes to their offspring.

a)

Lamarck

b)

Darwin

c)

Linnaeus

24.

It is used to copy DNA for any scientific investigation including forensic analysis and medical testing.

a)

DNA Sequencing

b)

Polymerase Chain Reaction

c)

Recombinant DNA Technology

25.

About 4.6 billion years ago, life on Earth began.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Which topic would you like Teacher Prens to teach you, again?

a)

Explain the evolving concept of life based on emerging pieces of evidence (Quarter 2-SSLM 1)

b)

Unifying Themes of Study of Life (Quarter 2-SSLM 2)

c)

Asexual and Sexual Reproduction (Quarter 2-SSLM 3)

d)

The Process of Evolution (Quarter 2-SSLM 6)

27.

What is the most unforgettable lesson you have learned in Earth and Life Science?

4 lines
28.

Describe Earth and Life Science Subject in ONE word. (You can use any language.)

4 lines
29.

If you are the given the chance to take this quiz again with the condition of a recorded score from the second take regardless if it is higher or lower than the first take, would you take it?

a)

YES

b)

NO

30.

In Earth and Life Science subject is an object, what would it be for you? Kindly draw the object your thinking.