LET

(General Education)
SCIENCE PRACTICE TEST

Directions: Write your answer on the space provided.

________1. Which is not considered as adaptive mechanism of living things?
a. Modification of body parts to suit the environment.
b. Presence of specialized structures like thorns and fins.
c. Possession of camouflage features like color, pattern, or shape.
d. Reproduction for the preservation of certain species.
________2. Biologists are at present involved in gene manipulation by altering the
genes in nuclei.Which aims seem to be most important of such
manipulation?
a. to cure ancient genetic diseases like cancer
b. to prolong life
c. to create new types of agricultural plants and animals
d. to make significant changes in man in himself
________3. Which chemical substance produced by body regulates and coordinates the
functions and activities of bodily organ?
a. gene
b. Deoxyribonucleic acid
c. hormone
d. enzyme
________4. Which endocrine abnormality is characterized by dwarfness, low
intelligence and sex immaturity?
a. myxedema
b. cretinism
c. tetany
d. acromegaly
________5. What is the present connotation of symbiosis?
a. a give and take relationship of relationship
b. any type of relationship between two dissimilar organisms living
together
c. a one sided relationship between two species
d. neutral relationship that exist between two organisms
________6. Living things are classified either as aerobic as they grow o metabolized in
the presence or absence of :
a. carbon dioxide
b. nitrogen
c. water
d. oxygen

________7. What is the structural difference between plants and animals?

a. Plant cells have plastids but animal cells do not.
b. Plant cells have a stiff cell wall of cellulose but animal cells do not.
c. Animal cells have centriole but cells of higher plants do not.
d. Plant cells have only a thin membrane but animals do not.
________8. Only living things can respond to stimuli, to physical and chemical changes
in their environment. Such a characteristic is called:
a. metabolism
b. irritability
c. movement
d. specific organization
________9. The preservation of specie is made possible through:
a. reproduction
b. adaption
c. metabolism
d. growth
________10. Which process involve in the movement of dissolved molecules (solute)
through a differentially permeable membrane?
a. diffusion
b. osmosis
c. Brownian movement
d. dialysis
________11. Which refers to the earths entire zone of air, land and water which
occupied by living things?
a. biosphere
b. biome
c. bioassay
d. biomass
________12. Which body organ is responsible for the removal of waste from blood and
body fluids?
a. liver
b. pancreas
c. kidney
d. large intestine
________13. What is meant by excretion?
a. Elimination of waste and undigested food from the anus.
b. Removal from the cells and blood streams of substances which are no
further use in the body.
c. Release from the cell of some substance that utilized elsewhere in
some bodily process.
d. Absorption of soluble food by the body cells.
________14. The clotting of the blood is essentially the function of:
a. red blood cells
b. white corpuscles
c. plasma

d. hemoglobin
________15. All living things have tendency to maintain uniformity or stability in their
internal environment called:
a. anabolism
b. metabolism
c. epignesist
d. homeostasis
________16. What is ecosystem?
a. A basic unit that shows interaction between living things and their
environment .
b. A recognizable unit which shows plant and animal distribution as
influenced primarily by climate.
c. A fundamental unit that shows various types of relationship among
organism.
d. A distinct unit that shows how physical factor can affect other abiotic
components in the environment.
________17. Which plant structure transports organic nutrients both up and down the
stem and roots?
a. xylem
b. vascular bundle
c. parenchyma
d. phloem
________18. Under what condition does a living organism live best or has the greatest
chance of survival?
a. maximal
b. minimal
c. optimum
d. standard
________19. Which traps light energy from the sun for the use in photosynthesis?
a. carbon dioxide
b. water
c. chlorophyll
d. oxygen
_______ 20. Smoking cigarettes:
a. causes ulcer
b. decreases the vital capacity of the stomach
c. leads to emphysema and lung cancer
d. leads to an abnormal life
________21. Blood cells and plasma factors are important:
a. immune defense
b. invaders
c. external defenses
d. internal defences
_______22. A spinal nerve is:
a. motor nerve

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b. sensory nerve
c. neuron
d. mixed nerve
The anterior pituitary stimulates the:
a. motor coordination
b. consciousness
c. sense reception
d. homeostasis
What do all methods of birth control have in common?
a. they all use some device
b. they are all expensive
c. they interrupt lovemaking
d. they prevent the egg from coming in contact with the sperm
Pregnancy begins:
a. upon successful implantation
b. during the follicular phase
c. when the egg is fertilized
d. when ovulation occurs
The fact that many insects are now immune to DDT is an example of:
a. natural selection
b. genetic drift
c. geographical selection
d. translocation
The nutrient glucose is useful to the body:
a. to prevent goiter
b. as a source of energy
c. active reabsorption
d. during the process of respiration
Radiant energy is covered into chemical energy during:
a. oxidation
b. glycosis
c. respiration
d. photosynthesis
Which of the following is not a form of vegetative reproduction?
a. regeneration
b. budding
c. spore formation
d. vegetation by runners
Nitrogenous waste is produced by metabolism of:
a. fats
b. carbohydrates
c. proteins
d. starches
Which of the following is a reflex act?
a. breathing

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b. blinking
c. walking
d. sleeping
In an ecosystem:
a. only energy is recycled
b. only materials are recycled
c. both materials and energy are recycled
d. neither materials nor energy is recycled
Distribution of plants is affected by:
a. type of soil
b. amount of light
c. amount of rainfall
d. A,B and C are correct
Which decoction contains traces of iron to arrest hemorrhage?
a. corn silk
b. ampalaya leaves flowers
c. gumamela
d. coconut milk
Hyperacidity can destroy the lining of the stomach. Which of the following
substance can ease the discomfort?
a. water therapy
b. milk of magnesia
c. starch solution
d. gelatine
Deficiency of carbohydrates is characterized by?
a. sluggishness
b. pallor
c. obesity
d. bone deformation
Salt as preservative causes:
a. cell shrinkage
b. ionization
c. hydrolysis
d. hydration
What do you call the practical or industrial application based on scientific
principles?
a. scientific method
b. technology
c. theory
d. experimentation
What is the principal cause of earthquakes?
a. faulting
b. landslides
c. nuclear explosions
d. volcanic eruptions

_______40. Purification of metals can be done best by:

a. filtration
b. flotation
c. aeration
d. electrolysis

ANSWER KEY

1. D
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