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SCIENCE
Quarter 1 9
PERFORMANCE TASK

Teacher: MS. JUZLE A. ARMADA

Student’s Name: JADE KIEROLF HONTIVEROS
Section: GRADE 9 OUR LADY OF VICTORY
 ACTIVITY

Love of Lab
Direction: Perform this simple activity from tekteach
application using your phone or laptop and follow the procedure
below.

Activity 1: A
What a Bunch of Grapes!
Objective:
⮚ Identify the key of breathing system

Materials needed:
⮚ Bunch of grapes (or any other bunch of fruits or vegetables such as arosep or lato (seaweed), lanzones, cauliflower,
etc.)

Procedure:
1. Hold up the bunch of grapes. Let the Bunch of grapes represent the breathing system.
2. Locate the parts of the breathing system: the main stem as the trachea, the large branching stems as the bronchi,
and all the little stems as the bronchioles. The individual grapes are the air sacs or alveoli.
3. One by one, gently take out some of the grapes to expose more of the branching stems (bronchioles). Observe its
structure.
4. Trace the pathway of oxygen using the “Bunch of Grapes” model. Note that air moves from the nose (nasal cavity
and mouth 9 oral cavity) to the trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, and then into the alveoli (air sac). The air we
breathe carries the gas oxygen. When we breathe, the oxygen (O 2) goes to the lungs.

Bronchi
Trachea

Bronchioles

Alveoli

Figure 1. The bunch of grapes model of the breathing system

 Activity 1: B
Objective:
⮚ Describe the function of each part of the breathing system.
Procedure:
⮚ Refer to the diagram, and check your understanding of the breathing system by labeling each part and giving its
functions in the box corresponding to the part.

Nose

Trachea

Nasal Passages
Bronchi

Bronchioles

Alveoli

Figure 2. The human respiratory system

Guide Questions:

1. What does each part of the “Bunch of Grapes” model represent, in relation to the breathing system?

The model "Bunch of Grapes" is given to explain human respiratory system. Here the primary trunk of the group
of grapes points to the TRACHEA, while the lateral branches point to the BRONCHI. The tiniest branches show
the BRONCHIOLES and the raisins show the ALVEOLI

2. How will you describe the pathway of oxygen in the breathing system?

The oxygen inhaled into the lungs reaches the alveoli. Oxygen gets into the capillaries rapidly via this air-blood barrier.
Likewise, carbon dioxide flows into the alveoli from the blood and is subsequently exhaled.

3. What will happen if one part of the system fails to carry out its function properly?

If one component does not work correctly in any system, the whole system will collapse.
 Activity 2
Pump It!
Objectives:
⮚ Describe how the heart functions
⮚ Explain how blood is pumped by the heart

Materials needed:
1 wide mouthed jar 1 large pan or sink Water
1 balloon Adhesive tape
2 flexible drinking straws 1 pair of scissors

Procedures:
1. Fill the jar half full of water.
2. Cut the neck of the balloon off at the part where it set the neck part aside to be used later on. Stretch the balloon
over the opening of the jar, pulling it down as tightly as you can. The flatter you can get the surface of the
balloon, the better.
3. Carefully poke two holes in the surface of the balloon. Make them about an inch apart from each other and near
opposite edges of the jar.
4. Stick the long part of the straw into each hole. The straws should fit security in the holes so no air can get through
around the straws.
5. Slide the uncut end of the balloon neck onto one of the straws and tape it around the straw.
6. Set your pump in large pan or sink to catch the pumped water. Bend the straws downward. Gently press in the
center of the stretched balloon and watch what happens to the water in the jar.
7. Refer to the photo below to know what your setup must look like.

Figure 12. The heart pump model

Guide Questions:

1. What does the water inside the jar represent?

The water in the jar represents the heart's blood flowing to other areas of the body. The jar is equipped with straws,
and it pumps water into the pan through the use of the straws.

2. How will you compare the heart pump model and the human heart?
The heart pump model transfers water from the jar through the straws and pumps the liquid, whereas the human heart
pumps blood into the body through the arteries in a similar manner and pumps the blood to give required oxygen and
other nutrients.

3. How does the heart function as a pump?

The pulmonary valve carries oxygen-depleted blood from the right ventricle to the lungs. The mitral valve in the
left atrium transports oxygen-rich blood from the lungs to the left ventricle. The oxygen-rich blood is pumped
from the left ventricle to the rest of the body through the aortic valve.

4. Will the heart model be able to function properly if the straw is blocked? Explain your answer.
No because if the straw is blocked the straw cannot pump the water.
 Activity 3
Let’s Organize!

Objectives:
⮚ identify the components of the circulatory system
⮚ explain the different types of circulation

Procedure:
⮚ Using the given graphic organizer, fill in the missing parts, description, and functions to complete the entire
concept.

CIRCULATORY SYSTEM

Parts

Heart Blood
Blood Vessels

Pumps the blood Carries the materials

Blood vessels
throughout the body throughout the body
are the channels
or conduits
through which

Types

arteries capillaries
veins

Circulation

Types

Pulmonary Systemic
Circulation circulation

Is a closed circuit of blood The systemic circulation

arteries between the heart ensures that all bodily
and the lungs, as opposed tissues get a sufficient
to systemic circulation amount of oxygen and
between the heart and all nutrients.
other bodily tissues. The
capillaries take in oxygen
from the air sacs and expel
carbon dioxide.
 Activity 4
Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health

Objective:
 Explain the negative effects of cigarette smoking on the circulatory and respiratory systems.

Procedures:
1. Look at the picture of the smoker’s body below, and take note of the illnesses that might develop due to cigarette
smoking.

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Figure 13. The smoker’s body

2. Think about the effects of cigarette smoking on a person’s respiratory and circulatory systems.
3. Think about the negative effects of cigarette smoking on the circulatory and respiratory systems.
4. Each participant must give at least three negative effects of cigarette smoking on both circulatory and respiratory
systems. Answers must be written on the blank cards.
5. Categorize you answer which falls under the respiratory and circulatory systems. Refer to the example given
below

Respiratory
 Circulatory System Respiratory

Coronary Heart Disease Lung cancer

Stroke Asthma

Peripheral Arterial Disease Chronic Brochitis

Atherosclerosis Emphysema

Diabetes Interstitial Lung Disease

Activity 5
What’s the Word?
Objective:
 Infer how one’s lifestyle can affect the functioning of the respiratory and circulatory systems.

Procedure:

All four pictures in each given set depict negative ways of living. They are connected by one common word that
indicates the effect of one’s lifestyle on the functioning of the respiratory and circulatory systems. The expected
answers are illnesses that are brought by the negative lifestyle. Write your answer in the box provide for each number.

1.

2.
What’s the word?
ASTHMA

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What’s the word?

HYPERTENSION

3.
 What’s the word?
APNEA

Activity 6
What’s your blood type?
Objectives:
 Infer the unknown phenotypes of individuals on the basis of the known phenotypes of their family members.
Procedure:

1. Given the blood types of the mother and the child, identify the possible blood type of the father.

Mother’s blood type Father’s blood type Child’s blood type

A A A
B A AB
AB A B
O O O

2. Show the possible alleles that can be found in each offspring and write the blood type for each offspring.

Possible alleles from Father

Possible alleles from Mother A B O
AA, BA, OA A AA BA OA
AB, BB, OB B AB BB OB
AO, BO, OO O AO BO OO
Guide Questions:
Use the table to answer the following questions, and list all possible blood types.

1. What blood type (or types) can be found in an offspring if a mother has type A blood and the father has type B
blood?

The offspring will have to inherit whether A or AB blood type.

2. What blood type (or types) can be found in an offspring if a mother has type AB blood and the father has type B
blood?
Offspring with blood types A, AB, or B will most likely be the result of a cross between AB and AA kinds of
blood.
 3. What blood type (or types) can be found in an offspring if a mother has type O blood and the father has type B
blood?
A woman who has blood type O can only pass on the O allele to her child. A parent with the blood type AB may
pass on either the A or the B gene to his son or daughter. This pair may have children with blood type A (O from
the mother and A from the father) or blood type B (O from the mother and A from the father) (O from mother and
B from father).

Activity 2
A Boy or a Girl?
Objective:

⮚ Discuss how sex in humans is determined.

Procedure:

1. Draw a Punnett square which shows the inheritance of the sex chromosomes. Represent the female sex

chromosomes with XX and the male sex chromosomes with XY

XX XY

XX XY

Guide Questions:

1. What will be the sex of a child produced when an egg is fertilized by a sperm that has a Y chromosome?

Male
2. What type of sperm must fertilize an egg to result in a female child?

A sperm with an X chromosome

3. Based on this Punnett Square, what percent of children would you expect to be male?
50%

4. Which sex chromosome is present in both male and female?

The X chromosome.

5. Infer which sex chromosomes determines a person’s sex.

X and Y are the sex chromosomes, and their combination defines a person's gender. Human females typically
have two X chromosomes, whereas men have an XY pairing. Most mammals, as well as certain reptiles and
plants, have an XY sex-determination mechanism.

6. What are the other factors that may influence the expression of human sexuality?

Human sexuality is the whole expression of a person's femininity and masculinity, as well as their feelings,
behavior, beliefs, attitudes, and values. Individuals, families, society, colleges, religions, media/advertising,
sexuality, and other variables may all influence human sexuality. There will be variances in sex appetite as well.
Depending on the male, this is when and how much people desire sex. This may also refer to how you express
your sexuality.