1. MODIFIED TOS
Most Essential
Topics of
(LIFE
SCIENCE)
NO. OF
HOURS
% OF
THE
NO. OF
HOURS
NO.
OF
ITEMS
KEY AREAS OF LIFE SKILLS (WHO,1999)
COMMUNICATION
&
INTERPRERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP
DECISION
MAKING &
PROBLEM
SOLVING
CREATIVE
&
CRITICAL
THINKING
SELF-
AWARENESS
& EMPATHY
ASSERTIVENESS
& EQUANIMITY
RESILIENCE
&
COPING
WITH
PROBLEMS
Introduction to
Life Science
6 15% 9 1-9 1-9 1-9
Bioenergetics 6 15% 10 10-19 10-19 10-19
Perpetuation of
Life
6 15% 14 20-33 20-33 20-33
How Animals
Survive
9 22.5% 6 34-39 34-39 34-39
How Plants
Survive
6 15% 6 40-45 40-45 40-45
The Process of
Evolution
4 10% 2 46-47 46-47 46-47
Interaction and
Interdependence
3 7.5% 3 48-50 48-50 48-50
40 100% 50 50 50 50
Highest Highest Highest
2. Most Essential
Topics of
(Philippine
Politics &
Governance)
NO. OF
HOURS
% OF
THE
NO. OF
HOURS
NO.
OF
ITEMS
KEY AREAS OF LIFE SKILLS (WHO,1999)
COMMUNICATION
&
INTERPRERSONAL
RELATIONSHIP
DECISION
MAKING &
PROBLEM
SOLVING
CREATIVE
&
CRITICAL
THINKING
SELF-
AWARENESS
& EMPATHY
ASSERTIVENESS
& EQUANIMITY
RESILIENCE
&
COPING
WITH
PROBLEMS
Decentralization
& local
governance
10 25% 12 1-12 1-12 1-12 1-12
State-society
interactions
10 25% 18 13-30 13-30 13-30 13-30
Civil society &
social
movements
10 25% 13 31-43 31-43 31-43 31-43
Citizenship-in-
practice
10 25% 7 44-50 44-50 44-50 44-50
40 100% 50 50 50 50 50
Highest Highest Highest Highest
3. LIFE SCIENCE FINAL EXAM
1. The basic unit of all organisms
a. Cell
b. Atom
c. Microorganisms
d. Algae
2. Discovered cell walls in a sliced piece of cork
a. Robert Hooke
b. Robert Brown
c. Anton Philips van Leeuwenhoek
d. Lazzaro Spallanzani
3. Invented the compound microscope.
a. Zacharias Jansen
b. Anton Philips van Leeuwenhoek
c. Matthias Jacob Schleiden
d. Theodore Schwann
4. Discovered the nucleus in 1831
a. Robert Brown
b. Robert Hooke
c. Matthias Jacob Schleiden
d. Theodore Schwann
5. All cells comes from preexisting cells.
a. Cell theory
b. Theory of special creation
c. Panspermia theory
d. Spontaneous generation
6. The following are characteristics of a living
thing, EXCEPT;
a. Undergo phases of development
b. Maintain a biological balance
c. Perpetuation of organisms
d. No amount of energy for them to survive
7. An organelle responsible for generation of
ATP also known as powerhouse of the cell.
a. Nucleus
b. Chloroplast
c. Mitochondria
d. Ribosomes
8. Main site of photosynthesis in plant cell.
a. Chloroplast
b. Chlorophyll
c. Stroma
d. Thylakoid
9. An organelle responsible for protein synthesis.
a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosomes
c. Chloroplast
d. RER
10. The study of how organisms acquire and
utilize energy.
a. Bioenergetics
b. Photosynthesis
4. c. Cellular Respiration
d. Biotechnology
11. Energy used by the living cells that comes
from the sun captured by plants
a. Bioenergetics
b. Photosynthesis
c. Cellular Respiration
d. Biotechnology
12. Energy used by living cells through
biochemical oxidation of glucose and
consequent synthesis of ATP.
a. Bioenergetics
b. Photosynthesis
c. Cellular Respiration
d. Biotechnology
13. During photosynthesis, this is where light
reactants occur.
a. Granum
b. Thylakoid
c. Stroma
d. Chloroplast
14. During photosynthesis, this is where dark
reactants occur.
a. Granum
b. Thylakoid
c. Stroma
d. Chloroplast
15. The following are needed for
photosynthesis to occur, EXCEPT;
a. CO2, O2 ,H2O
b. Sunlight
c. Sugar (C6H12O6)
d. Energy
16. A type of cellular respiration that involves
the presence of oxygen.
a. Aerobic respiration
b. Anaerobic respiration
c. Cellular respiration
d. Respiration
17. Which of the following is the product during
cellular respiration.
a. CO2
b. O2
c. Sunlight
d. ATP
18. The green pigment in chloroplast.
a. Granum
b. Thylakoid
c. Stroma
d. Chlorophyll
19. ATP stands for what?
a. Adenosine triphosphate
b. Adenosine triposphate
c. Adenosine triphospate
5. d. Adenosine tripospate
20. Plants that undergo sexual reproduction.
a. Angiosperms
b. Flowering plants
c. Green plants
d. All plants
21. The transfer of pollen grains from the
anther to the stigma of the pistil.
a. Pollination
b. Fertilization
c. Pollution
d. None of the above
22. Occurs when pollen falls from the anther
into the stigma of the same flower.
a. Pollination
b. Self-pollination
c. Cross-pollination
d. None of the above
23. The transfer of pollen grains to another
plant of the same species.
a. Pollination
b. Self-pollination
c. Cross-pollination
d. None of the above
24. The union pf sperm and egg cell in animal
specie leads to what?
a. Pollination
b. Fertilization
c. Zygote
d. Reproduction
25. An outgrowth develops from the parent,
which eventually buds off as a new organism.
a. Budding
b. Binary fission
c. Parthenogenesis
d. Fragmentation
26. Animals that could fertilize their egg cell
without sperm cells.
a. Budding
b. Binary fission
c. Parthenogenesis
d. Fragmentation
27. Sexual reproduction leads to _______, while
asexual reproduction generates clones of the
parent.
a. Genetic diversity
b. Organism
c. Offspring
d. All of the above
28. A double strand long chain molecule that
contains your genome and coded instructions
for cellular activities.
a. Deoxyribonucleic acid
b. Ribonucleic acid
c. Messenger RNA
6. d. Tranfer RNA
29. A single strand and portion of DNA that is
used for encoding and decoding in protein
synthesis.
a. Deoxyribonucleic acid
b. Ribonucleic acid
c. Messenger RNA
d. Tranfer RNA
30. Serves as a temporary copy of a gene in the
RNA that directs the sequence of amino acids
during protein synthesis.
a. mRNA
b. tRNA
c. rRNA
d. None of the above
31. Experiments on transferring genes from one
organism to another organism.
a. Bioenergetics
b. Biotechnology
c. Genetic Engineering
d. All of the above
32. An organism that has a modified or inserted
gene fron another specie is called what?
a. Transgenic
b. Transgender
c. Transgene
d. None of the above
33. The following are advantages of using
GMO's, EXCEPT;
a. Pest-resistant crops
b. Diseases-resistant crops
c. Productive livestock
d. Mass-produced crops
34. The process in which the food is broken
down into smaller absorbable pieces that the
body could acquire.
a. Excretion
b. Digestion
c. Circulation
d. Nutrition
35. Food is mechanically broken into smaller
units through the use of teeth.
a. Physical digestion
b. Chemical digestion
c. Mechanical digestion
d. All of the above
36. The cells maintain a state of biological
balance known as what?
a. Balance
b. Circulation
c. Digestion
d. Homeostasis
37. Pancreas reduces blood sugar level by
releasing what hormone?
a. Insulin
7. b. Glucagon
c. Glucose
d. Sugar
38. Defends the body from incoming pathogens.
a. Endocrine
b. Immune system
c. Bacteria
d. White blood cells
39. Infectious agents that cause disease.
a. White blood cells
b. Lymph nodes
c. Pathogens
d. None of the above
40. Controls the overall activities of the body.
a. Spinal cord
b. Nerves
c. Nervous system
d. Neurons
41. Lacrimal secretions of the ocular surface of
the eye is what kind of immune system barrier?
a. Physiological barrier
b. Cellular barrier
c. Innate immunity
d. Adaptive immunity
42. The following are what central nervous
system is composed of, EXCEPT;
a. Brain
b. Nerves
c. Spinal cord
d. Nerves outside spinal cord
43. Your left hemisphere brain controls what
side of your body?
a. Right
b. Left
c. Middle
d. Side
44. It serves as the pathway for messages sent
by the brain to the body vice versa.
a. Spinal cord
b. Spinal column
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
45. A backbone that protects the nerves and
internal organs.
a. Spinal cord
b. Spinal column
c. Both a and b
d. None of the above
46. A process in which organisms developed
and diversified from early forms of life.
a. Process
b. Diversity
c. Evolution
8. d. Genetics
47. The following are pieces of evidence that
support evolution, EXCEPT;
a. Fossil records
b. Genetic similarities
c. Direct evidence
d. Global warming
48. Self-sustaining systems characterized by
having constant supply of energy such as the
sun.
a. Ecology
b. Economy
c. Ecosystem
d. None of the above
49. A large community of flora and fauna that
occupies a given area.
a. Biotic
b. Biome
c. Aquatic
d. Terrestrial
50. The totality of all biomes of the Earth or any
planer corresponds to the livable space.
a. Biomes
b. Biosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Ecosystem
9. LIFE SCIENCE SUMMATIVE TEST
1. The basic unit of all organisms
a. Cell
b. Atom
c. Microorganisms
d. Algae
2. Discovered cell walls in a sliced piece of cork
a. Robert Hooke
b. Robert Brown
c. Anton Philips van Leeuwenhoek
d. Lazzaro Spallanzani
3. Invented the compound microscope.
a. Zacharias Jansen
b. Anton Philips van Leeuwenhoek
c. Matthias Jacob Schleiden
d. Theodore Schwann
4. Discovered the nucleus in 1831
a. Robert Brown
b. Robert Hooke
c. Matthias Jacob Schleiden
d. Theodore Schwann
5. An organelle responsible for generation of
ATP also known as powerhouse of the cell.
a. Nucleus
b. Chloroplast
c. Mitochondria
d. Ribosomes
6. An organelle responsible for protein synthesis.
a. Mitochondria
b. Ribosomes
c. Chloroplast
d. RER
7. The study of how organisms acquire and
utilize energy.
a. Bioenergetics
b. Photosynthesis
c. Cellular Respiration
d. Biotechnology
8. Energy used by the living cells that comes
from the sun captured by plants
a. Bioenergetics
b. Photosynthesis
c. Cellular Respiration
d. Biotechnology
9. Energy used by living cells through
biochemical oxidation of glucose and
consequent synthesis of ATP.
a. Bioenergetics
b. Photosynthesis
c. Cellular Respiration
d. Biotechnology
10. The following are needed for
photosynthesis to occur, EXCEPT;
10. a. CO2, O2 ,H2O
b. Sunlight
c. Sugar (C6H12O6)
d. Energy
11. A type of cellular respiration that involves
the presence of oxygen.
a. Aerobic respiration
b. Anaerobic respiration
c. Cellular respiration
d. Respiration
12. Which of the following is the product
during cellular respiration.
a. CO2
b. O2
c. Sunlight
d. ATP
13. The transfer of pollen grains from the
anther to the stigma of the pistil.
a. Pollination
b. Fertilization
c. Pollution
d. None of the above
14. Occurs when pollen falls from the anther
into the stigma of the same flower.
a. Pollination
b. Self-pollination
c. Cross-pollination
d. None of the above
15. The transfer of pollen grains to another
plant of the same species.
a. Pollination
b. Self-pollination
c. Cross-pollination
d. None of the above
16. The union pf sperm and egg cell in animal
specie leads to what?
a. Pollination
b. Fertilization
c. Zygote
d. Reproduction
17. Sexual reproduction leads to _______, while
asexual reproduction generates clones of the
parent.
a. Genetic diversity
b. Organism
c. Offspring
d. All of the above
18. A double strand long chain molecule that
contains your genome and coded instructions
for cellular activities.
a. Deoxyribonucleic acid
b. Ribonucleic acid
c. Messenger RNA
d. Tranfer RNA
11. 19. A single strand and portion of DNA that is
used for encoding and decoding in protein
synthesis.
a. Deoxyribonucleic acid
b. Ribonucleic acid
c. Messenger RNA
d. Tranfer RNA
20. Serves as a temporary copy of a gene in the
RNA that directs the sequence of amino acids
during protein synthesis.
a. mRNA
b. tRNA
c. rRNA
d. None of the above
21. Experiments on transferring genes from one
organism to another organism.
a. Bioenergetics
b. Biotechnology
c. Genetic Engineering
d. All of the above
22. Food is mechanically broken into smaller
units through the use of teeth.
a. Physical digestion
b. Chemical digestion
c. Mechanical digestion
d. All of the above
23. Pancreas reduces blood sugar level by
releasing what hormone?
a. Insulin
b. Glucagon
c. Glucose
d. Sugar
24. Defends the body from incoming pathogens.
a. Endocrine
b. Immune system
c. Bacteria
d. White blood cells
25. Lacrimal secretions of the ocular surface of
the eye is what kind of immune system barrier?
a. Physiological barrier
b. Cellular barrier
c. Innate immunity
d. Adaptive immunity
26. A process in which organisms developed
and diversified from early forms of life.
a. Process
b. Diversity
c. Evolution
d. Genetics
27. The following are pieces of evidence that
support evolution, EXCEPT;
a. Fossil records
b. Genetic similarities
c. Direct evidence
d. Global warming
12. 28. Self-sustaining systems characterized by
having constant supply of energy such as the
sun.
a. Ecology
b. Economy
c. Ecosystem
d. None of the above
29. A large community of flora and fauna that
occupies a given area.
a. Biotic
b. Biome
c. Aquatic
d. Terrestrial
30. The totality of all biomes of the Earth or any
planer corresponds to the livable space.
a. Biomes
b. Biosphere
c. Atmosphere
d. Ecosystem
13. LIFE SCIENCE HANDOUT
Cell- The basic unit of all organisms.
Robert Hooke- Discovered cell walls in a sliced piece of cork
Zacharias Jansen- Invented the compound microscope.
Robert Brown- Discovered the nucleus in 1831
Cell theory- All cells comes from preexisting cells.
Theory of special creation- God created all living things.
Panspermia theory- Meteorites melted and formed into ocean basins which gave way to the
production of cyanobacteria.
Spontaneous generation- Living cells comes from non living organisms.
Mitochondria- An organelle responsible for generation of ATP also known as powerhouse of the
cell.
Chloroplast- Main site of photosynthesis in plant cell.
Ribosomes- An organelle responsible for protein synthesis.
Bioenergetics- The study of how organisms acquire and utilize energy.
Photosynthesis- Energy used by the living cells that comes from the sun captured by plants
Cellular respiration- Energy used by living cells through biochemical oxidation of glucose and
consequent synthesis of ATP.
Thylakoid- where light reactants occur.
Stroma- where dark reactants occur.
Two types of cellular respiration aerobic (with oxygen) and anaerobic (no presence of oxygen
needed to occur)
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)- product during cellular respiration.
Flowering plants (angiosperms)- Plants that undergo sexual reproduction.
Pollination- The transfer of pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the pistil.
Self-pollination- Occurs when pollen falls from the anther into the stigma of the same flower.
Cross-pollination- The transfer of pollen grains to another plant of the same species.
Fertilization- The union of sperm and egg cell in animal species.
Budding- An outgrowth develops from the parent, which eventually buds off as a new organism.
Binary fission- a parent organism splits into two daughter organisms.
Parthenogenesis- Animals that could fertilize their egg cell without sperm cells.
Fragmentation- an organism is produced from detached body part of its parent.
Sexual reproduction leads to genetic diversity, while asexual reproduction generates clones of
the parent.
Deoxyribonucleic acid -A double stranded long chain molecule that contains your genome and
coded instructions for cellular activities.
Ribonucleic acid- A single strand and portion of DNA that is used for encoding and decoding in
protein synthesis.
14. mRNA- Serves as a temporary copy of a gene in the RNA that directs the sequence of amino
acids during protein synthesis.
Biotechnology/ Genetic engineering- Experiments on transferring genes from one organism to
another organism.
Advantages of GMO's - Pest-resistant crops, Diseases-resistant crops, Productive livestock,
Mass-produced drugs.
Disadvantages of using GMO's- environmental hazards, health risks, economy.
Digestion- The process in which the food is broken down into smaller absorbable pieces that the
body could acquire.
2 types of digestion physical (through the use of teeth) and chemical (through saliva).
Homeostasis- cells maintain a state of biological balance
Pancreas reduces blood sugar level by releasing hormones such as insulin and glucagon.
Immune system- Defends the body from incoming pathogens.
Pathogens- Infectious agents that cause disease.
Nervous system- Controls the overall activities of the body.
2 types of nervous system barriers- physiological barrier ( skin, mucus in stomach, intestines etc,
lacrimal secretions of eyes) and cellular barrier (pathogens that manage to enter the body is
destroyed by WBC)
Central nervous system is composed of brain, nerves, spinal cord.
Spinal cord- It serves as the pathway for messages sent by the brain to the body vice versa.
Spinal column- A backbone that protects the nerves and internal organs.
Evolution- A process in which organisms developed and diversified from early forms of life.
Pieces of evidence that support evolution- Fossil records, genetic similarities, direct evidence,
artificial selection, similarities between anatomical and morphological features.
Ecosystem- Self-sustaining systems characterized by having constant supply of energy such as
the sun.
Biome- A large community of flora and fauna that occupies a given area.
Biosphere- The totality of all biomes of the Earth or any planer corresponds to the livable space.
