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FIRST QUARTER WRITTEN TEST IN GRADE 9 SCIENCE

1. The human body is made up of different organ systems with important functions to keep it well and alive.
Which organ system transports oxygen from the lungs to the different cells of the body?
a.Circulatory System c. Nervous System
b.Respiratory System d. Digestive System

2.What part of the circulatory system is responsible for delivering oxygen to the body cells and picking up carbon
dioxide from them?
a. Heart b. Blood vessels c. Valves d. Blood
3.In order for the cells to carry out its activities, it must be constantly supplied with oxygen. On the other hand, a
gaseous by-product from these activities must be removed. What is this gas?
a.Carbon dioxide c. Nitrogen
b.Carbon monoxide d. Helium
4. What chamber of the heart receives oxygenated blood from the lungs?
a.Right atrium c.Left atrium
b. Right ventricle d.Left ventricle
5.Which of the statements best describes the movement of the diaphragm when we inhale?
a.Diaphragm contracts and flattens causing the lungs to inflate as air rushes in.
b.Diaphragm relaxes and becomes dome-shaped causing the lungs to deflate as air rushes out.
c.Diaphragm shrinks in size pushing air inside the lungs.
d.Diaphragm becomes immovable as air fills the lungs.

6.Frequent smoking of cigarettes increases the risk of respiratory diseases. Which of the following health
conditions is caused by cigarette smoking?
a.Hemophilia c.Lung cancer
b.Color-blindness d.Anemia
7.What respiratory illness is characterized by the inflammation of the lungs due to infection caused by pathogens
such as bacteria, viruses, and fungi?
Asthma Bronchitis
Lung cancer Pneumonia
8. The risk of developing a heart disease is reduced when a healthy lifestyle is observed. Which of these
practices DOES NOT help maintain a healthy heart?

a.Regular exercise High alcohol intake

b.Low-salt diet Sufficient hours of sleep
9. A person who often deprives himself of sleep, is exposed to secondary smoke, drinks alcohol, eats a lot of
high-calorie food, and has a sedentary lifestyle will most likely develop which of the following?
a.Physically fit body c.Good appetite
b.Ideal body mass index d.Circulatory and respiratory disease
10. What pattern of inheritance is displayed when both alleles are equally expressed in the phenotype of the
heterozygote?
Codominance Incomplete dominance
Complete dominance Sex-related inheritance

11.In codominance pattern of inheritance, what is the color of the chick produced from a black (BB) rooster and
a white (WW) hen?
a.Black c.Gray
b.White d.Black and white speckled
12If the same rooster and hen in item #14 follows an incomplete dominance pattern of inheritance, what is the
resulting color of its chick?
a.Black and white speckled c.Gray
b.Black d.White
13.Which of the statements best describes codominance?
a.One allele is completely dominant over the other.
b.Neither allele is dominant over the other.
c.Both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote.
d.There are more than two alleles that control the trait.
14.Both male and female cows have breasts; however, only female cows lactate. What type of sex-related
inheritance is responsible for this trait?

a.Sex-limited c.Sex-influenced
b.Sex-linked d.Multiple allelic
15.The probability of a female becoming bald is lower than that of a male. Expression of this trait is affected by a
male hormone. What pattern of inheritance is shown here?
Sex-linked Sex-influenced
Sex-limited None of the above
In answering item numbers 16-20, please refer to the given situation below.
Human blood type is controlled by alleles A, B, and O. What is/are the possible blood type(s) of the
children whose father is blood type AB and the mother is blood type B? Complete the Punnett square to answer
to questions that follow.
IA IB

IB

16.How many are the possible blood types (phenotype) of the children?
a.2 b.4 c.3 d.1
17.What is the probability of children to have blood type A?
a.25% b. 50% c. 75% d.100%
18.What is the probability of children to have blood type A?
a.25% b. 50% c. 75% d.100%
19.What is the probability of children to have blood type B?
a.25% b. 50% c. 75% d.100%
20.Is it possible for the parents to have children with blood type O?
a.No, 0% possible c.Yes, 75% possible
b.Yes, 50% possible Yes, 100% possible
21.Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?
a. Alveoli are tiny sacs at the end of bronchioles.
b. The heart is divided into 4 chambers.
c. Oxygen is delivered to the tissue by respiratory system.
d. Oxygen is taken up in the body during inhalation.
22.The entrance and exit of air in the human body as a mechanical process.
a. breathing b. ventilation c. excretion d. elimination
23. In incomplete dominance, what is the probability of having pink roses (RW) when pure-bred red roses (RR)
are crossed with white (WW) flowers?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%
24. A black chicken and a white chicken mate and produced a gray chick. Which type of inheritance would this
be an example of?
A. Codominance C. Incomplete Dominance B. Complete Dominance D. Recessiveness
25.All offspring of the Ramos family have Type AB blood. If the father has a genotype IA I A, what is the possible
genotype of the mother?
A. IA I B B. IB IB C. ii D. IB i
II. Mendelian Genetics.
Look for the possible offspring of a Red of flower with a genotype of Rr crossbreed with a white flower
with a genotype of rr.(15 pts)
Rr X rr
1. __ 2.__

3._
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4._
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Phenotype:
Phenotypic ratio:
Genotype
Genotypic ratio:

Bonus question (3pts)

Write the full name of your Science teacher.