St.

Mary of the Woods School

Makati City

“Learning Together: Sustaining a Caring Culture”

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATIONS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 9

NAME: _______________________________________SCORE: ___________________

TEACHER: ____________________________________DATE: ____________________

I. Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Blood vessels that carry deoxygenated blood are the __________.
a. Arteries
b. Veins
c. Capillaries

2. The Pulmonary Veins carry __________ type of blood.

a. Oxygenated
b. Deoxygenated
c. Both a and b

3. It is the largest artery of the body.

a. Venule
b. Arteriole
c. Aorta

4. It is the type of circulation where the blood flows from the heart to the lungs.
a. Systemic Circulation
b. Pulmonary Circulation
c. Autonomous Circulation

5. The chamber of the heart where the blood flows from the left ventricle is the
__________.
a. Left Atrium
b. Right Atrium
c. Right Ventricle

6. The heart are made of __________.

a. Smooth Muscles
b. Skeletal Muscles
c. Cardiac Muscles

7. What is the function of the Red Blood Cells (RBCs)?

a. Carries the oxygen and carbon dioxide.
b. Defends the body against foreign bodies
c. Repairs damage skins and tissues.

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8. This is the part of the heart where it controls the flow of the blood.
a. Septum
b. Valve
c. Nodes

9. The largest vein from the upper part of the body is the __________.
a. Aorta
b. Inferior Vena Cava
c. Superior Vena Cava

10. What is the function of the epiglottis?

a. Directs the pathway of food and air.
b. Passageway of Air and Food
c. Both a and b

11. This part in the larynx produces the vibrations that make up the voice.
a. Voice box
b. Vocal points
c. Vocal folds

12. The only external part of the respiratory system is the __________.
a. Nose
b. Lungs
c. Pharynx

13. It is the other name for Trachea.

a. Voice box
b. Windpipe
c. Cavity

14. The practice of passing through one property to the other is ____________.
a. Heredity
b. Variation
c. Inheritance

15. Which one of the following falls under the Non-Mendelian Inheritance?
a. Law of Dominance
b. Law of Incomplete Dominance
c. Both a and b

16. Which one of the following is the allelic pattern of a Chinchilla rabbit?
a. ICIA
b. IHIC
c. IAIC

17. The pink flower produced from combining a red and white flower is a __________
trait.
a. Law of Co-Dominance
b. Law of Incomplete Dominance
c. Both a and b

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18. What happens when a specific organism failed to cope up with the changing
environment?
a. The organism will develop psychological characteristics
b. The organism will become extinct in due time
c. The organism will live with other organisms to survive.

19. The type of adaptation where an organism develops into a new form in order for it
to survive.
a. Structural Adaptation
b. Behavioral Adaptation
c. Physiological Adaptation

20. Which one of the following type of reactions of Photosynthesis is light independent?
a. Light Reaction
b. Dark Reaction
c. Both a and b

II. Directions: Fill in the blanks. Write the correct word to complete the statement.
21. The heart has _______________ chambers.
22. Majority of the parts of respiratory system function as _______________.
23. The two mechanisms of breathing are _______________ and _______________.
24. The laws under the Non-Mendelian Inheritance are the _______________,
_______________ and _______________.
25. The visual representation of the arrangement of chromosomes from the largest to
the smallest is _______________.
26. Down syndrome is a trisomy located on the _______________ pair of
chromosomes.
27. The two major steps in Photosynthetic process are the _______________ and
_______________ reactions.
28. The two types of cellular respiration are the _______________ and
_______________.
29. The part of the leaf where photosynthesis takes place is the _______________.
30. The two major causes of species extinction are the _______________ and
_______________ causes.

III. Directions: Encircle A if statement A is correct, statement B is incorrect, B if

statement A is incorrect, statement B is correct, AB if both statements are correct and
O if both statements are incorrect.
31. A – Climate Change is a natural cause of Extinction.
B – Spread of Invasive Species is an anthropogenic cause of Extinction.

 A
 B
 AB
 O

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32. A – Glycolysis is an Aerobic Respiration.
B – Krebs Cycle is an Aerobic Respiration.

 A
 B
 AB
 O

33. A – Leukemia is the abnormal reproduction of platelets.

B – Pulmonary arteries carry deoxygenated blood.

 A
 B
 AB
 O

34. A – Choking is caused by coughing reflex.

B – The glottis regulates the correct pathway of food and air to their respective
tracts.

 A
 B
 AB
 O

35. A – Bacteria and Yeasts are included in Anaerobic Respiration.

B – Aerobic Respiration requires High Energy.

 A
 B
 AB
 O

IV. Directions: Compute the following variables:

Be sure to (1) ALWAYS write the formula.
(2) SHOW your Punnet Square solution.
(3) SHOW the genotype, phenotype, genotypic ratio and phenotypic ratio.
(4) BOX your final answers.

36-37. A red flower bred with a white flower. Determine the probable traits of the
offspring.

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38-39. A pure Chinchilla rabbit bred with a pure Himalayan rabbit. Determine the
probable traits of their offspring.

40-41. A yellow flower bred with an osiria flower. Determine the probable traits of the
new plants.

42-44. A man whose blood type is AB married a woman whose blood type is O.
Determine the possible blood types of their offspring.

a. Percentage of Blood Type A, B, AB and O offspring.

45-47. A homozygous red flower bred with a heterozygous red flower. Determine the
possible blood types of their offspring.

a. Percentage of Red and White flower.

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V. Directions: Answer the questions.
Be sure to: (1) Give a BRIEF answer.
(2) Answers must not exceed 5 sentences

48. As a student, what are the ways on how to take care of your Cardio-respiratory
system?

49. Relate physiological adaptation to evolution.

50. What is the significance of Photosynthesis to the environment?

“Biology is not about memorization, but correlation of ideas.” - Sir FXSA

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