DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

REGION I
PANGASINAN DIVISION II
Binalonan

SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 7 SCIENCE

Name: __________________________________________ Group: _______________ Score: ___

Part I. Direction. Select the correct answer by shading the letter of your choice.

1. Which of the following organisms is NOT a fungus?

A. mushroom B. yeast C. bread mold D. green algae
2. What characteristic differentiates fungi, algae and bacteria from the plants
A. Most do not make their own food unlike plants.
B. They cause diseases while plants and animals have many uses.
C. They are at the base of the food chain while animals are at the top.
D. They do not have true roots, true leaves, true stems, fruits and flowers.
3. Microorganisms such as algae, bacteria and fungi have both beneficial and harmful effects.
Which of the fungi below is used in brewing and fermentation processes?
A. mildew B. mushroom C. yeast D. mold
4. Plant : roots ; mold: _____
A. spore case B. stalk C. rhizoid D. stolon
5. The green alga, Caulerpa, and mushrooms both have some characteristics similar to plants. What
are these characteristics common to both that are also found in plants?
I. Spores
II. Stem-like parts
III. Fruit-like parts
IV. Green color for foodmaking
A. I and II B. II and III C. I and III D. II and IV
6. What does sexual reproduction involve?
A. gametes B. tuber C. leaves D. bud
7. What is NOT a characteristic of sexual reproduction?
A. Gametes from two parents unite to form a zygote.
B. Offspring are genetically identical with the parent.
C. Offspring are different from their parents and sibling.
D. Genetic variability of offspring help to ensure survival in changing environmental conditions.
8. How does starfish produce offspring?
A. budding B. binay fission C. fragmentation D. sporulation
9. Which species can produce offspring that are genetically different from their parents?
A. A species that has few variations
B. A species that reproduces sexually
C. A species that reproduces asexually
D. A species that competes with a similar species
10. A sperm cell unites with an egg cell to form a zygote. Which process is taking place?
A. pollination C. fertilization
B. asexual reproduction D. Vegetative propagation
11. In sexual reproduction, what is the source of the genetic material in a zygote?
A. An egg cell only C. A pollen and a sperm cell
B. A sperm cell only D. An egg cell and a sperm cell
12. What process occurs when a pollen grain lands on a stigma of the pistil?
A. budding B. regeneration C. fertilization D. pollination
13. Asexual reproduction is very common among plants and protists and less among animals.
Which of the following is NOT a type of asexual reproduction?
A. fertilization B. regeneration C. spore formation D. binary fission
14. Which group belongs to abiotic component of ecosystem?
A. water, air, and soil,
B. fish, bird and insect
C. fungi, protists and bacteria
D. snail, mud, and water lily
15. In an ecosystem, which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?
A. butterflies B. sunlight C. plants D. bacteria
16. The soil is an important part of an ecosystem. Which of the following is NOT a work of the
soil?
A. It destroy the ecosystem during erosion.
B. It serves as the home for many living things.
C. It serves as a place for plants to anchor their roots.
D. It holds the abiotic part like water, nutrients and gases.
17. Setting up an aquarium that represents a mini ecosystem has to have which of the following
requirements?
A. Fish and water only
B. Water, sand, soil, and light only
C. Populations of fish, snails, and plants only
D. Communities of different species of organisms, water, sand, soil, and sunlight
18. In a given environment, which of the following refers to a population?
A. Any organisms that live together and eat in one place.
B. Several numbers of organisms living in the same place.
C. Different organisms live together in the same place and in the same time.
D. Group of organisms of the same kind living in the same place and at the same time.
19. What type of relationship is Commensalism?
A. One species benefits and the other is not affected at all.
B. Both species involved benefit from the relationship.
C. One species benefits and the other is harmed.
D. Competing for the same food source
20. Using "+" for those who benefit, "−" for those who are harmed, and "0" for no effect, which of
the following expressions for the host species and other species (respectively) represents
parasitism?
A. + / + B. + / - C. 0 / + D. - / +
21. The bacteria in our large intestine break down food that we consider waste. During this
process, vitamins are released that we absorb into our bloodstream. This is an example of which
symbiotic relationship?
A. parasitism B. commensalism C. competition D. mutualism
22. Analyze the picture below. Identify the type of interaction between organisms.

A. commensalism
B. parasitism
C. competition
D. mutualism

23. Birds feed on worms. Which type of consumer is the bird?

A. Producer C. Second-order consumer
B. First-order Consumer D. Third-order consumer
24. Which of the following animals is a first-order consumer?
A. snake eating rat C. worm eating leaves
B. bird eating worm D. hawk eating bird
25. Which of the following best describe a food chain?
A. decomposers → corn → chicken → man
B. man → chicken → corn → decomposers
C. grass → cow → man → decomposers
D. grass → decomposers → man → chicken
26. What happens to the biomass level as we move upward to the ladder of energy pyramid?
A. increases B. decreases C. remains the same D. has no effect
27. It refers to speed with direction.
A. acceleration B. motion C. velocity D. displacement
28. Which of the following graph shows that the object’s motion is accelerating?

29. Which of the following does not undergo acceleration?

A. a ball rolling to a stop
B. a train that starts to move
C. the earth moving around the sun
D. a car moving in a straight line at constant speed
30. Gian is riding a bicycle at a velocity of 5 m/s, north. Five seconds later, he is traveling at a
velocity of 15 m/s in the same direction. What is his acceleration?
A. 2 m/s2 B. 2 m/s2, north C. 10 m/s2, north D. 20 m/s2, north
31. Suppose a vehicle travels north at a constant speed of 50 kph for 1 hour. Then it turns east,
maintaining the same speed for three hours. What is the total distance covered by the car?
A. 50 m B. 150 m C. 200 m D. 250 m
(For items 32-33)Examine the graph of car’s velocity versus time.
32. At which point does the car slow down?
A. A to C
B. C to D
C. D to E
D. E to G
33. Which of the following is true about the car’s motion?
A. The car’s initial velocity is zero.
B. The maximum velocity of the car is 60 m/s.
C. The car moves at constant speed at point C to D
D. all of the above
34. How does energy from the sun reach the earth?
A. ultraviolet waves C. infrared waves
B. mechanical waves D. electromagnetic waves
35. Mechanical waves transport energy from one place to another through
A. Alternately vibrating particles of the medium
B. Particles traveling with the wave
C. Vibrating particles and traveling particles
D. None of the above
36. In a transverse wave, the individual particles of the medium
A. move in circles
B. move in ellipses
C. move parallel to the direction of travel
D. move perpendicular to the direction of travel
37. The higher the frequency of a wave,
A. the lower its speed C. the longer its period
B. the greater its amplitude D. the shorter its wavelength
38. period : seconds ; frequency : ______________
A. meter B. Hertz C. meter/second D. meter/second2
39. What term best describes point B?

A. trough B. crest C. amplitude D. wavelength

 40. Which of the following type of waves does not need medium to propagate?
A. transverse wave B. mechanical wave
B. longitudinal wave D. electronegative wave
41. What term best describe sounds with a range of frequencies between 20 to 20000 Hz?
A. infrasonic B. ultrasonic B. audible D. supersonic
42. Which of the following best describes a high frequency sound? It has _____________.
A. low pitch B. high pitch C. low energy D. A and C
43. A guitar uses string of different thickness. Compared to a thin string of the same length and
tightness a thick string produces sounds of ___.
A. lower pitch C. higher pitch
B. the same pitch D. lower then higher pitch
44. Which of the following would most likely transmit sound best?
A. Steel in cabinet C. Air in your classroom
B. Water in the ocean D. Water in a swimming pool
45. Our ears are used to detect sounds. It is divided into three major parts: the inner ear, the middle
ear and the outer ear. The outer ear called the _______________ collects the
sound waves and focuses them into the ear canal.
A. eardrum B. pinna C. cochlea D. auditory nerve
46. Humans use sound waves in communicating with each other. How humans produced sounds?
The production of sound in human is attributed to_____.
A. the lungs that produce sufficient airflow and air pressure.
B. the vocal folds within the larynx that are responsibple in producing sound.
C. the articulators that articulate and filter the sound from larynx.
D. all of the above

Part II. (4 points)

Food web is a group of interrelater food chains i a particular community.
Construct a food web. Place your drawing on the space provided for.

FOOD WEB
 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 7 SCIENCE
Based on DepEd Order No. 8 s. 2015
Adapted Cognitive Process Dimensions
(Anderson and Krathwohl 2001)

Understanding
Remembering

Evaluating
Analysing
Applying

Creating
TOPIC

TOTAL
LEARNING COMPETENCY

13. identify beneficial and harmful

Fungi, Protists
1 2 3 4 5
and Bacteria microorganisms
14. differentiate asexual from sexual
Asexual and reproduction in terms of: 6
7
8 9
Sexual 1. number of individuals involved; 13
Reproduction 2. similarities of offspring to parents;
15. describe the process of 10
12
fertilization 11
Components 16. differentiate biotic from abiotic 16
15 17 14
of ecosystem components of an ecosystem 18
Ecological 17. describe the different ecological 20
19 21
Relationships relationships found in an ecosystem 22
18. predict the effect of changes in
47
Transfer of one population on other populations
23 25 48
Energy trough in the ecosystem
Trophic Level 19. predict the effect of changes in
24 26 49
50
abiotic factors on the ecosystem
20. describe the motion of an object
in terms of distance or displacement, 27 29
speed or velocity, and acceleration
21. differentiate quantities in terms of 30
Motion in One
magnitude and direction 31
Dimension
22. create and interpret visual
representation of the motion of 32
objects such as tape charts and 33
motion graphs
23. infer that waves carry energy 34
24. differentiate transverse from
35
Waves longitudinal waves, and mechanical 40
36
from electromagnetic waves
25. relate the characteristics of waves 39 37
26. describe the characteristics of
sound using the concepts of 41 42 38
wavelength, velocity, and amplitude
27. explain sound production in the
human voice box, and how pitch,
45 44 43
Sounds loudness, and quality of sound vary
from one person to another
28. describe how organisms produce,
transmit, and receive sound of
46
various frequencies (infrasonic,
audible, and ultrasonic sound)
 KEY ANSWER
SECOND QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 7 SCIENCE

1. D 26. B
2. D 27. C
3. C 28. A
4. C 29. D
5. B 30. B
6. A 31. C
7. B 32. D
8. C 33. D
9. B 34. D
10. C 35. A
11. D 36. D
12. D 37. D
13. A 38. B
14. A 39. B
15. B 40. D
16. A 41. B
17. D 42. B
18. A 43. A
19. D 44. A
20. D 45. B
21. D 46. D
22. A
23. C
24. C
25. C

RUBRICS

CRITERIA Completeness/Accuracy of content / Creativity

4 Food web constructed completely and accurately. The work is creatively done and
very appealing.
3 Food web constructed completely and accurately. The work is creatively done and
appealing.
2 Food web constructed incompletely and accurately. The work is somewhat
creatively done and not so appealing.
1 Food web constructed incompletely and inaccurately. The work is not creatively
done and not appealing.