Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
CANTILAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Malingin, Magasang, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur

1ST PERIODICAL EXAM IN SCIENCE 9

August 13, 2019

I-MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. What does the circulatory system distribute to the body as it works with the respiratory system?
a. The circulatory system distributes oxygen to the body as it works with the respiratory system.
b. The circulatory system distributes nutrients to the body as it works with the respiratory system.
c. The circulatory system distributes wastes to the body as it works with the respiratory system.
d. The circulatory system distributes blood to the body as it works with the respiratory system.
2. If solid and liquid wastes are removed from the body through defecation and urination, what is released by the body as
waste during respiration? a. Carbon Dioxide b. Oxygen c. Sweat d. Urine
3. Which body system is made up of the organs in the body that help us to breathe.
a. Respiratory b. Circulatory c. Excretory d. Digestive
4. What happens to the diaphragm when a person breathes in or inhales?
a.The diaphragm contracts allowing more air in the chest cavity.
b.The diaphragm relaxes allowing less air in the chest cavity.
c.The diaphragm double in size allowing more air in the chest cavity.
d.The diaphragm expands allowing more air in the chest cavity.
5. What body system is the life support structure that nourishes your cells with nutrients from the food you eat and oxygen
from the air you breathe. a. Circulatory b. Respiratory c.Excretory d. Digestive
6. Where in the respiratory system does gas exchange occur?
a. In the heart b. In the alveoli c. In the pharynx d. In the trachea
7. During gas exchange, which substance moves from the alveoli into the blood?
a. Carbon dioxide b. Oxygen c. Water d. Nitrogen
8. How can smoking lead to emphysema?
a. by damaging the diaphragm b. by slowing the heart rate
c. by destroying lung tissue d. by increasing haemoglobin levels
9. When blood flows into the right atrium from the body, it contains
a. little oxygen and a lot of carbon dioxide b. a lot of oxygen and little carbon dioxide
c. a lot of both oxygen and carbon dioxide d. little of oxygen and carbon dioxide
10. Arteriosclerosis is a condition in which
a. veins experience a build-up of fatty material b. muscles in capillary walls lose their ability to contract
c. capillaries widen and release too much fluid d. artery walls thicken as the result of a build-up of fatty materials
11. To maintain cardiovascular health, foods high in fat should be avoided because
a. they make the blood flow more rapidly than normal b. they can lead to atherosclerosis
c. they decrease the force with which the ventricles can contract d. fat in the diet harms red blood cells
12. Which one of the following series represents the correct path of blood circulation?
a. left atrium, left ventricle, lungs right atrium, right ventricle, body
b. right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, body
c. left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle, left atrium, body, left ventricle
d. left atrium, lungs, left ventricle, body, right atrium, right ventricle
13. It is also called windpipe; a hollow tube that serves as passageway of air into the lungs.
a.Bronchi b. trachea c. alveoli d. bronchioles
14. How many chambers does the heart have? a.6 b. 5 c. 4 d. 3
15. It carry oxygenated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs of the body.
a. arteries b. veins c. capillaries d. heart
16. The following are the three major parts of the circulatory system except
a.Heart b. lungs c. blood vessel d. blood
17. The negative effects of smoking on circulatory system include
a. asthma b. cold c. tuberculosis d. arteriosclerosis
18. Movement of blood from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the heart.
a. Systemic circulation c. coronary circulation
b. Lymphatic circulation d. pulmonary circulation
19. White Blood cells protect the body from disease and _________ to help blood clot.
a. platelets b. haemoglobin c. arteries d. aorta
20. The _______ is a hollow muscular organ, about the size of your fist.
a. blood b. lungs c. heart d. kidney
21.The innate tendency of offspring to resemble their parents is called
a. variation b. heredity c. inheritance d. resemblance
22. Genotype is the
a. genetic constitution b. genetic constitution of the phenotype c. trait expressed d. expressed genes
23. The alternate forms of a gene is called
a. recessive character b. dominant character c. alleles d. alt4ernative gene
24. An extra finger in humans is rare but due to dominant gene. When one parent is normal and the other parent has an extra
finger but is heterozygous for the trait, what is the probability that the first child will be normal?
a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 75%
25. Which statement concerning a pair of alleles for a gene controlling a single characteristic in humans is true?
a. both genes come from the father b. both genes come from the mother
c. one gene comes from the mother and one gene from the father
d. the genes come randomly in pairs from either the mother or father.
26. Carriers of the colour-blindness trait include:
a. men who are heterozygous for the trait. b. men who are homozygous for the trait
c. Women who are heterozygous for the trait d. women who are homozygous for the trait.
27. If two white sheep produces a black offspring, the parent’s genotype for colour must be:
a. heterozygous b. homozygous white c. homozygous black d. not enough information
28. Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait in humans. If a father and a son are both haemophiliacs, but the mother is
normal, her genotype must be:
a. XhXh b. XHXh c. XHXH d. XhY
29. What gender of offspring are most often affected by sex-linked inheritance? What gender are usually carriers of the trait?
a. males, males b. females, males c. males, females d. females, females
30.A cross of a red cow (RR) with a white bull (WW) produces all roan offspring (RW). This type of inheritance is known as
a. incomplete dominance b. polygenic inheritance c. codominance d. multiple alleles
31. Pink four o’clock flowers are obtained from a cross between pure breed red flower plant and pure white flower plant. What
is the genotype of the pink flower?
a. RR b. RW c. WW d. Rr
32. A pink flower is crossed with another pink flower is RW. How many percent of offspring is pure white?
a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 100%
33. Based from the problem in no. 6, how many percent of offspring is pink?
` a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 100%
34. Genetic traits of seeds are noted as follows:
L=long, l=short W=wrinkled, w=smooth Y=yellow, y=white R=ribbed, r=grooved
Which of the following is the genotype for a short, wrinkled, yellow, grooved seed?
a. llWwyyrr b. LLWWyYRr c. LlWwYYRr d. llWwYYrr
35. A pure red cow has a genotype of RR and a roan cow has a genotype of RW. A roan cow and red cow are mated. What is
the phenotype ratio of offspring?
a. 1 red: 2 roan: 1 white b. 1 red: 1 roan c. 1 red: 2 roan d. 2 red: 1 roan
36. A colorblind man marries a woman who is a carrier of the trait. How many percent of their children will be color-blind?
a. 0% b. 25% c. 50% d. 100%
37. An endangered species is
a. a species in danger of extinction b. a species growing on public land
c. an organism brought to a place where it has not lived before d. a species that has disappeared entirely
38. Which of the following levels of organization is arranged in the correct sequence from most to least inclusive?
a. ecosystem, community, population, individual b. community, ecosystem, individual, population
c. population, ecosystem, individual, community d. individual, community, population, ecosystem
39. The main decomposers in an ecosystem are
a. fungi b. plants c. insects d. prokaryotes
40. Which of the following is the most important cause for the loss of biodiversity?
a. habitat destruction b. introduction of exotic species
c. environmental pollution d. urbanization and industrialization
 41. Threatened species are
a. a group of organisms that have certain characteristics in common and are able to interbreed
b. species in which the number of individuals falls so low that extinction is possible
c. species that have rapidly decreasing numbers of individuals
d. the variety of life in an area
42. A population is correctly defined as having which of the following characteristics?
I. inhabiting the same general area II. Individuals belonging to the same species
III. possessing a constant and uniform density and dispersion
a. I only b. III only c. I and II only d. II and III only e. I, II and III only
43. A species that plays an especially important role in its community.
a. keystone species b. pioneer species c. secondary species d. host
44. A competition that occurs between members of the same species.
a. intraspecific b. interspecific c. primary d. secondary
45. Which of the following would NOT be a community?
a. all the plants, insects, and soil in your backyard.
b. all the many varieties of dogs in your neighbourhood.
c. all the fish in an aquarium.
d. none of the above
46. Which is an example of a predator-prey relationship?
a. the relationship between a duck and a pond of water.
b. the relationship between a lion and a zebra.
c. the relationship between a bee and a flower.
d. the relationship between a hen and a rooster.
47. Which could possibly be a pioneer species during primary succession?
a. the first grass on new soil c. the first layer of grass in a new park
b. the first lichen on new rock d. the first trees to grow in a new forest.
48. Which of the following would be most effective in slowing the loss of biodiversity?
a. freezing fertilized eggs of endangered animals in case the species become extinct in the wild
b. setting aside small plots of land in a variety of ecosystems, such as forests, grasslands, and marshes
c. creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity hotspots
d. requiring every country to maintain a seed bank
49. Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?
a. It allows animals to feed permanently from one type of plant. b. It increases at each level of the food chain.
c. It helps populations adapt to ecological changes. d. It reduces the number of insects in a given ecosystem.
50. You are working for the Environmental protection Agency considering the effect of a potentially toxic chemical in drinking
water. There is as yet no documented scientific evidence against the chemical, but many suspect it to be health hazard. Using
the Precautionary Principle, what would be a reasonable environmental policy?
a. Establish a contingency fund to handle insurance claims in the event that the chemical turns out to produce negative
health effects.
b. Caution individuals to use their own judgment in deciding whether to drink water from a potentially contaminated area.
c. Set the acceptable levels at the highest levels encountered, and keep them there unless future studies demonstrate
negative health effects.
d. Establish no regulations until there are conclusive scientific studies

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wrong ones”

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