2024/2025 Term 1 Exam

Science
GRADE: 7
Time: 60 min

Standard
MS LS1-6

MS LS1-7

MS LS2-1

MS LS2-2

MS LS2-3

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Matter and Energy in Living Systems ( DOK-1)

1. Which word best describes animals?

A. producer

B. consumer

C. unicellular

D. decomposer

2. When sunlight hits a plant, its leaves capture the energy for
photosynthesis. Which part of the plant help it use energy from
sunlight?

A. soil

B. roots

C. glucose

D. chlorophyll

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3. The diagram shows how energy can move through an ecosystem.
Which organism would complete the diagram?

A. tree

B. worm

C. mushroom

4. A scientist observes an animal cell and believes cellular

respiration occurred. Which of the following would prove cellular
respiration happened?

A. Sugar is used up.

B. Sugar increases.

C. Oxygen is used up.

D. Water stays the same.

E. Carbon dioxide is made.

F. Mitochondria are in the cell.

5. In a food chain, where does a producer, like a tree, get its energy
to survive?

A. from the air

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 B. from the sun

C. from the organisms it eats D. from the

remains of organisms

6. This energy pyramid shows how much energy is transferred from

one level to the next in an ecosystem. The amount of energy at
each level is given in joules (J).

A. 0.1 J

B. 10 J

C. 100 J

D. 10,000 J

7. What is the main difference between biotic and abiotic factors?

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 A. Biotic factors are non-living, and abiotic factors are living.

B. Biotic factors are living, and abiotic factors are non-living.

C. Both biotic and abiotic factors are living.

D. Both biotic and abiotic factors are non-living.

8. What is the correct order of organization, from smallest to

largest?

A. Organism, population, ecosystem, community

B. Population, organism, community, ecosystem

C. Organism, population, community, ecosystem

D. Ecosystem, organism, community, population

9. Which level of organization includes both biotic and abiotic

factors?

A. Organism

B. Population

C. Community

D. Ecosystem

10. What is most likely to happen to a prey population if the

number of its pretors decreases?
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 A. The prey population might increase.

B. The prey population might decrease.

C. The prey population might stay the same.

D. The prey would become predators.

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11. Write true or false for the following sentence .

1. Plants make food using sunlight through a

process called photosynthesis.
2. Plants do not perform cellular respiration, only
photosynthesis.
3. Cellular respiration happens in the
mitochondria of both plant cells and animal
cells.
Photosynthesis releases carbon dioxide and
4. water as waste products.

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 12. Photosynthesis is a complex process by which plants create their
own food.
Write an X in the correct box to show whether each substance is
an input ( reactants) or an output (products)
photosynthesis.

Substance Inpu Outp

t ut

A. sugars

B. oxygen

C. sunlight
D. carbon
dioxide

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13. Arrows show the movement of carbon, as it moves from one part
of the cycle to another. Write the letter of each process in the

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 correct box to show the steps of the carbon cycle .

A. decomposition B. photosynthesis
C. cellular respiration

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14. Read each question. Follow the instructions to answer the

questions.
This image shows two organisms in their environment.

A. Producer
B. Consumer
C. Needs energy to live
D. Breaks down sugar molecules to get energy
E. Gets energy and matter from living organisms

Write the letter of each statement in the correct box for the organism
it describes. Not all of the letters will be used.
Grass Rabbit Both

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15. Write one letter in each box to label each part of the ocean food
web shown here.

A. Producer

B. Consume
r

C. Decompo
ser

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16. Use the venndiagram given below to compare and contrast

photosynthesis and cellular respiration.

Photosynthesis Cellular respiration

Both

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17. Observe the image and answer the following questions.

1. Look at the image. What do you think would happen to the

animals in this ecosystem if all the plants were gone?

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2. Explain why plants are important for the survival of other

organisms in the ecosystem.
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18. In a grassland ecosystem, list these in order from smallest to

largest : wolf, herd of deer, deer population, grassland
ecosystem.

Start with the smallest level of organization at the top of the

pyramid and build down to the largest level at the bottom.

1. Explain how biotic factors and abiotic factors interact in the

grassland. How do these interactions help to keep ecosystem's
stable?
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