Earth and life science diagnostic exam

_____1. These are the building block of galaxies and are born out of clouds of gas and dust in galaxies.
a. milky way b. stars c. baryonic matter d. dark energy
_____2. The following statements are the large scale feature of the solar system EXCEPT
a. Orbits of the planets elliptical and are on the same plane.
b. All planets revolve around the sun.
c. All planets are located at regular intervals from the Sun.
d. Most planets rotate prograde.
_____3. The periods of revolution of the planets increase with increasing distance from the Sun. Which of the
following statement is true?
a. Earth rotates to the sun faster than the Mercury.
b. The sun rotates to the Earth slower than on Venus.
c. Mars rotates to the sun slower than Venus.
d. Venus rotates to the sun with the same number of orbital period just like the Earth.
_____4. Which scientific events that leads to the origin and evolution of the earth?
a. Gods and myths c. Big Bang theory
b. sacrifices of powerful people d. Solar System
_____5. This is a set of interconnected components that are interacting to form a unified whole.
a. system b. joints c. space d. lithosphere
_____6. What do you call the subsystem of the Earth that covers all the ecosystem and set of all life forms of the
Earth?
a. lithosphere b. atmosphere c. biosphere d. hydrosphere
_____7. Which of the following layers of the Earth makes up to 83% of the Earth’s interior and is the middle layer
of the Earth.
a. Crust b. mantle c. moho d. core
_____8. These are organisms that eat only other animals after they are already killed.
a. saprophytes b. scavenger c. carnivores d. herbivores
_____9. A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is not harmed.
a. mutualism b. commensalism c. autotrophs d. parasitism
_____10. A theory on the origin of life that believes living things originated spontaneously from inanimate objects.
a. theory of special creation c. theory of spontaneous generation
b. Cosmozoic Theory d. Oparin’s Theory
_____11. What is the fuel for cellular repiration?
a. gasoline b. water c. food d. glucose
_____12. In what form of release energy does cellular respiration releases?
a. in the form of ATP c. in the form of glucose
b. in the form of water d. glycolysis
_____13. What do you call the basic unit of heredity?
a. DNA b. gene c. glucose d. RNA
_____14. This is a structure that held a stamen, carpel, petals and sepals.
a. stigma b. receptacle c. filament d. stem
_____15. This is the process of correcting DNA damage through repair enzymes.
a. Excision Repair b. Repair-receptacle c. birepair d. enzyme-repair
_____16. A process by which pieces of DNA are transferred from one organisms to another.
a. gene transfer c. genetic engineering
b. genetic modification d. genetic combination
_____17. What do you call the energy that is available for release from chemical reaction?
a. chemical-potential energy c. potential energy
b. kinetic energy d. chemical energy
_____18. How are plants gain energy?
a. Plants can gain energy from the food.
 b. Plants can gain energy from the chemicals.
c. Plants can gain energy from the soil where it is planted.
d. Plants can energy from the weather.
_____19. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. Potential energy b. chemical energy c. solar energy d. solar-kinetic energy
_____20. Which of the following is the correct process of central dogma?
a. RNA-DNA-PROTEIN b. DNA-PROTEIN-RNA
c. DNA-RNA-PROTEIN d. RNA-DNA-PROTEIN
_____21.This is one of the physical properties of a mineral where it refers to the way a mineral reflects light from
its surface.
a. steak b. color c. luster d. hardness
_____22. One of the chemical properties of minerals in which deposited in marine environments containing
carbonate anion which is used in soap and detergent.
a. sulphate b. carbonate c. silicate d. native elements
_____23. This is the type of rocks that are formed from the solidification of molten rock material.
a. metamorphic rock b. igneous rock c. sedimentary rock d. all of the
above
_____24. To identify a mineral, one way is to identify the ratio of the density of the mineral and the density of
water. What property is being identified?
a. cleavage b. Crystal Form c. fracture d. specific gravity
_____25. These are rocks that formed from the transformation of pre-existing rocks.
a. metamorphic rock b. igneous rock c. sedimentary rock d. all of the
above
_____26. This is one of the processes that lead to mechanical disintegration of rocks where water gets inside the
joints, alternate freezing and thawing episodes pry the rock apart.
a. abrasion b. dissolution c. frost wedging d. Oxidation
_____27. What do you call the downslope movement of soil, rock, and regolith under the direct influence of
gravity?
a. mass wasting b. erosion c. weathering d. discharge
_____28. One of the agents of erosion where dune and loess are its deposits.
a. glacier b. wind c. groundwater d. running water
_____29. The DNA double Helix allows replication. What is the purpose for replication?
a. prevention of energy lost c. prevention of cell damage
b. prevention of information lost d. prevention of heat lost.
_____30. How does our stomach functions in our body?
a. Serves as a storage of food. c. serves as a mechanical digestion of food.
b. responsible for water absorption d. responsible for storing energy.
_____31. Which of the following is true of the glycolysis reaction?
a. the second step in glucose breakdown
b. extracting energy from glucose by splitting it into pyruvates
c. pyruvates get converted into acetyl coenzyme A.
d. completes the breakdown of glucose.
_____32. Artery is part of the heart. How artery functions in our heart?
a. It receives blood c. It transport blood away from the heart
b. it transport blood back to the heart d. It pumps the blood.
_____33. One of the strongest evidence that show many life forms existed in Earth.
a. fossils b. stones c. caves d. bible
_____34. When the frog breath, air is pushed into the lungs. What mechanism of breathing is shown?
a. positive breathing b. neutral breathing c. negative breathing d. both b and c
_____35. This is necessary for transporting blood back to the heart.
a. atrium b. capillary c. vein d. venule
_____36. Autotrophs are organisms that can synthesize organic molecules from inorganic molecules. Which of the following
shows an example of autotrophs?
a. plants b. cow c. human d. house
_____37. Which of the following is the first step in the glycolysis reaction?
a. Adds phosphate on to glucose to form Glucose 6-phosphate.
b. Converts G6P into F6P
c. Removes phosphate from ATP and gives F6P to form Fructose1,6-bisphosphate
d. Removes water from 2-phosphoglycerate to form phosphoenolpyruvate
_____38. Which of the following shows an example of a chemical potential energy?
a. battery b. rubber bands c. airplane flying d. man bicycling
_____39. What will happen if we heated the cold water?
a. the potential energy will increase c. kinetic energy will increase
b. chemical energy will decrease d. solar energy will increase so temperature will rise
_____40. How are plants gain their energy?
a. through the weather c. through water
c. through food called glucose d. through their leaves.