Division of La Union

Region 1
LEONES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Leones West, Tubao, La union

Final Examination
EARTH AND LIFE SCIENCE
SY: 2018-2019
Name:_______________________________________ Section:___________
Grade & Section:_______________________________ Date:______________

Directions: Read the items carefully and identify what is being described/asked by the following. Write the letter
of your answer on the space provided for each number.
______ 1. The only testable hypothesis for the origin of life on Earth is ________.
A Panspermia C Divine creation
B natural selection D extraterrestrial
______ 2. Scientists estimate that the age of Earth is about __________.
A 2000 years C 4.5 billion years
B 2 quadrillion years D 10 million years
______ 3. ________ is/are the property or properties associated with living things.
A Energy processing C responding to the environment
B Growth and reproduction D all of the above
______ 4. ______ is not a theme in the study of life.
A Energy C Evolution
B inorganic matter D interaction with the environment
The sequence that represents the hierarchy of biological organization from the least to the most complex level is
5.
______ ___________.
A Organism, community, biosphere, molecule, tissue, C Cell, community, population, organ system
organ
B Organelle, tissue, biosphere, ecosystem, D Molecule, cell, organ system, population, ecosystem,
population, organism biosphere
______ 6. In biology, structure is almost always related to _________.
A Adaptation C Development
B Evolution D Function
______ 7. An evidence of the common ancestry of all life is ____________.
A The structure of nucleus C The universality of the genetic code
B The structure of cilia D The structure of chloroplast
Life forms are slowly changing and have apparently been changing since Earth formed. This is expressed in the
8.
______ theme on _________.
A Ecology C Reproduction and development
B Evolution D interaction among living things
______ 9. What is the ultimate goal of photosynthesis?
A Make ATP from carbon dioxide C Convert ADP to ATP by using energy from the sun
B Use enzymes to speed up chemical reaction D Construct carbon-containing molecules that serve as
an energy source
______ 10. What takes place during light-dependent reactions?
A Oxygen gas is produced C NADP is converted to NADPH
B Oxygen is converted into carbon dioxide D ADP is converted to ATP
______ 11. How are cellular respiration and photosynthesis related in terms of energy?
A Energy is not involved either photosynthesis or C The energy transformed in cellular respiration is
cellular respiration used to photosynthesis
B The energy captured in photosynthesis is used to D Photosynthesis and respiration performed the same
power cellular respiration task in terms of energy transformation
______ 12. He proposed natural selection; nature selects which organisms will survive and reproduce.
A Charles Darwin C James Hutton
B Charles Lyell D Rosalinda Franklin
______ 13. He rediscovered Mendel’s work.
A Charles Darwin C James Hutton
B Charles Lyell D Rosalinda Franklin
______ 14. Which of the following is not true about Lamarckian evolution?
 A Lamarckism does not believe in survival of the C It considers that new needs or desire produce new
fittest. structures and change habits of the organism.
B All the acquired characters are inherited to the next D An organ can develop further or degenerate only due
generation. to continuous variations.
______ 15. Prior to the 1800's people believed _____.
A the earth was billions of years old C species were specially created and fixed in time
B living things shared a common ancestor D species evolved in response to their environment
______ 16. Darwin's major mission on the voyage of the HMS Beagle was to find evidence for the theory of natural selection.
A True C Neither true nor false
B False D Both true and false
______ 17. Darwin single-handedly changed the world view of evolution.
A True C Neither true nor false
B False D Both true and false
______ 18. The father of taxonomy who gave us the binomial system of nomenclature is _____.
A Charles Darwin C Gregor Mendel
B Carolus Linnaeus D Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
______ 19. Carolus Linnaeus believed in _____.
A an "ideal" structure and function C both A and B
B fixity of species D neither A or B
______ 20. Erasmus Darwin based his conclusions regarding common descent on _____.
A changes undergone by animals during development C artificial selection by humans
B the presence of vestigial organs D all of the above
______ 21. Which is not true about Darwinian Evolution?
A An organ can develop further or degenerate only C Only useful variations are transferred to the next
due to continuous variations. generation.
B Struggle for existence is very important in this D All the acquired characters are inherited to the next
theory. generation.
______ 22. Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: survival of the fittest
A Lamarck C Darwin
B Einstein D Lavoisier
The process in which organism with variations most suited to their local environment survive and leave more
23.
______ offspring.
A Natural Selection C Survival of the Fittest
B Common Descent D Phenotype
______ 24. What do we call differences among heritable traits?
A Variation C Adaptation
B Evolution D Speciation
______ 25. Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: use or disuse
A Lamarck C Darwin
B Einstein D Lavoisier
______ 26. What do we call change over time?
A Evolution C Natural Selection
B Natural Variation D Speciation
______ 27. Who would have stated "acquired traits" such as a giraffe needing a long neck so they stretch it over time
A Darwin C Lamarck
B Malthus D Lyell
______ 28. This salamander did not use its eyes so it lost its vision, Who said if you don't use it you lose it?
A Darwin C Lamarck
B Malthus D Lyell
______ 29. Choose which scientist corresponds best with the statement: variations within populations
A Lamarck C Darwin
B Einstein D Lavoisier
______ 30. What does it mean by survival of the fittest?
A It is where the fittest die out and therefore C It is where the fittest die out and therefore can't
reproduce and pass on their genes reproduce and pass on their genes
B It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore D It is where the fittest don't die out and therefore
can't reproduce and pass on their genes reproduce and pass on their genes
______ 31. Have human beings evolved from apes?
A Yes and we evolved through natural selection C Yes and we evolved through survival of the fittest
B No but we share a common ancestor D Yes and we evolved through adapting to the
environment
______ 32. A group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring
A Evolution C species
B Variation D fossil
Lamarck’s ideas about evolution include the concept that differences among the traits of organisms arise as a
33.
______ result of_____________.
 A continual increases in population size. C the actions of organisms as they use or fail to use
body structures
B an unchanging local environment. D the natural variations already present within the
population of organisms.
______ 34. Charles Darwin called the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce in its specific environment
A diversity. C evolution
B adaptation. D fitness
______ 35. Which scientist studied carrying capacity of populations?
A Darwin C Lamarck
B Malthus D Lyell
______ 36. Which of these theories of evolution was proposed by Charles Darwin?
A Theory of Natural Selection C Speciation Theory
B Theory of the Inheritance of Acquired D Epigenetic Inheritance Theory
Characteristics
______ 37. How might Lamarck explain the evolution of hooves in horses?
A As horses walked over the rough ground, their feet C Some horses were born with larger middle toes, and
became tougher and tougher until the toes fused this made it easier for those horses to walk over
together to form a hoof. This acquired trait was then uneven ground. The horses with larger and tougher
passed on to subsequent generations. middle toes were able to outcompete those horses
without this trait, and so they reproduced more.
Eventually, this led to the development of a hoof.
B Horses have always had hoofs. There was no time D The genes for hooves were incorporated into the
in the past at which horses or the ancestors of genes of horses when some horses bred with other
horses did not have hooves. animals that already had hooves.
______ 38. Which of these theories of evolution was proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck?
A Theory of Natural Selection C Speciation Theory
B Theory of the Inheritance of Acquired D Epigenetic Inheritance Theory
Characteristics
______ 39. Which of the following is used as evidence of seafloor spreading?
A fossil evidence C rock clues
B climate clues D magnetic pole reversals
______ 40. What type of forces create mountains?
A tension forces C horizontal forces
B compression forces D convection forces
______ 41. Which scientist is credited with the continental drift hypothesis?
A J. Tuzo Wilson C Harry Hess
B Alfred Wegener D W. Jason Morgan
______ 42. What would you be most likely to find at a convergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
A Volcano C Mountain
B Rift D Island Arc
______ 43. What would you be most likely to find at a divergent boundary between two pieces of continental crust?
A Mid-Ocean Ridge C Mountain
B Rift D Island Arc
______ 44. Which of the following statements is false?
A Continental crust is less dense than oceanic crust C Continental crust is younger than oceanic crust
B Continental crust is made of granite D Continental crust is thicker than oceanic crust
______ 45. Which of the following occurs because of convection currents?
A Tectonic plates on the crust move. C The mantle increases in size.
B Pressure in the crust increases. D Pressure in the crust decreases.
______ 46. Hot magma can rise at a subduction zone, and break through the crust in a...
A Volcano C earthquake
B Tsunami D hurricane
______ 47. Alfred Wegener called the supercontinent________________________.
A Wegenerland C Pangaea
B Laurasia D Eurasia
______ 48. Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift because
A Wegener used several different types of evidence C Wegener could not identify a force that could move
to support his hypothesis the continents.
B Wegener was interested in what Earth was like D they were afraid of a new idea.
millions of years ago
______ 49. Which of the following was not used by Wegener as evidence of continental drift?
A The fit of the continents C Magnetic reversals on the seafloor
B Evidence of glacial scratches continents found near D Fossils that were found on different continents.
the equator.
______ 50. Evidence that supports the theory of continental drift has been provided by
A glacial deposits C fossils
 B coal fields D all of these
______ 51. How does the Mesosaurus fossil evidence support the continental drift theory?
A because it's unlikely that the Mesosaurus could C The Mesosaurus fossil evidence does not support
swim between continents the continental drift theory. It proves it wrong.
B because it's unlikely that the Mesosaurus existed D because the Mesosaurus lived millions of years ago,
on both continents. when scientists believe the continents began to
______ 52. What evidence proved that South America, Africa, India, and Australia were once covered by glaciers?
A cold climates C leftover portions of glaciers
B enormous valleys formed by glaciers D glacial deposits and rock surfaces scarred by
glaciers
______ 53. What evidence did Wegener NOT use to support his idea of continental drift?
A Mountain ranges on deferent continents lined up C Rock strata on deferent continents lined up when
when coastlines were matched up. coastlines were matched up.
B The thickness of layers of ice in the Antarctic. D Fossils of plants and animals in climates where their
survival would have been impossible
With the history of Alfred Wegener and his research to promote the continental drift theory, which of the following
54.
______ statements accurately describes the nature of science?
A Scientific ideas are not shared or discussed with C Scientific ideas are subject to change with new
others in the scientific community. evidence.
B Scientific ideas are never met with skepticism. D Scientific ideas are facts.
______ 55. Which of the below statements is true?
A Substantial evidence exists that supports the C Glossopteris seeds can easily be dispersed over
Pangaea did exist and eventually broke up into large masses of water.
drifting continents.
B Antarctica has always been in a southern position D The breakup of Pangaea is questionable.
and very cold.
______ 56. Which of the following terms best describes the rocky outer layer of the Earth?
A asthenosphere C biosphere
B lithosphere D atmosphere
______ 57. What is the driving force behind adaptive evolution?
A better regulation of body heat C more efficient digestion
B increased size D increased reproductive success
______ 58. Which of the following are "problems" that drive evolutionary adaptation?
A availability of food C climate
B predator-prey relationships D All of the above
Many animals have behaviors, such as preening, that are directly related to their evolutionary adaptations. What
59.
______ purpose does preening serve penguins?
A it helps waterproof feathers C it helps during reproduction
B it helps feathers grow better D it serves no purpose
______ 60. The process of evolutionary adaptation is limited to
A penguins. C all animals and plants except humans
B only cold weather animals. D all living organisms.

Prepared by: Checked:

JUSTINE P. LAUS IMELDA FRINI V. MARZAN
Subject Teacher Officer-in-Charge

Approved:

DR. ARTEMIO L. FLORENDO JR.

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