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Department of Education
REGION VI
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CADIZ CITY
FIRST QUARTER DIVISION UNIFIED TEST
SCIENCE GRADE 9
S.Y. 2023 – 2024

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MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the letter that best corresponds to the answer.

1. The organ system which is composed of the heart, the blood, and the blood vessels that transport the blood
around the body is called _____________.
A. Urinary system C. Respiratory system
B. Digestive system D. Circulatory system

2. As the air passes through the nasal cavities, it is warmed and humidified so that the air that reaches the lungs
is warm and moist. What organ of the respiratory system is referred to?
A. nose B. pharynx C. larynx D. trachea

3. The lungs are the organs of the respiratory system that work with the heart. What important activity takes
place in the lungs?
A. food is digested C. glucose is converted into ATP
B. exchange of oxygen and CO2 D. liquid waste is filtered from the blood

4. The heart is a hollow muscular organ, about the size of your fist, which is located at the center of the chest
between the lungs. It is made up of a valve that acts as the door. What is the main function of this valve?
A. It connects the aorta and artery.
B. It allows the blood to circulate rapidly.
C. It stops blood flow whenever necessary.
D. It keeps the blood moving in only one direction.

5. Heartbeat is one of the noticeable characteristics that a person is alive. What is the adult’s normal heart rate?
A. 30 – 60 beats per minute C. 60 – 100 beats per minute
B. 40 -70 beats per minute ` D. 80 – 120 Beats per minute

6. When you breathe, the lungs remove _________ and take in _________.
A. air & oxygen C. carbon dioxide & oxygen
B. waste & air D. oxygen & carbon dioxide

7. Which blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?

A. artery B. capillary C. cartilage D. vein

8. When we breathe in air through our nose, the air passes through the respiratory system. Which of the
following describes the correct order or sequence?
A. trachea, pharynx, larynx, bronchi, bronchioles
B. pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles
C. pharynx, trachea, bronchi, larynx, bronchioles
D. trachea, bronchi, larynx, pharynx, bronchioles

9. An old woman joined a kilometer walk and felt very exhausted afterward. How did the activity affect her
heart rate?
A. decreases B. increases C. remains normal D. becomes zero

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10. When a heart contracts and forces blood into the blood vessels, there is a certain path that the blood follows
through the body. Which of the following series represents the correct path of blood circulation?
A. Left atrium, left ventricle, lungs, right atrium, right ventricle, body
B. Left atrium, right atrium, left ventricle, right ventricle, lungs, body
C. Right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle, body
D. Right atrium, left atrium, lungs, right ventricle, left ventricle, body

11. Heart sounds are the noises generated by the beating heart and the resultant flow of blood through it. The
lub dub sound is due to:
A. heart muscle contraction.
B. opening and closing of the heart valves.
C. the blood is moving in and out of the heart.
D. the blood is moving in and out of the lungs.

12. When you breathe in or inhale, there is more space and less air pressure inside the lungs. Air is pushed in
from the outside where there is higher air pressure. Which of the following does not happen during the process?
A. The diaphragm moves upward. C. The rib muscles contract.
B. The air moves into the lungs. D. The chest cavity increases in size.

13. What respiratory disease is caused by the destruction of the wall of the alveoli due to cigarette smoking?
A. asthma B. emphysema C. tuberculosis D. common colds
14. Human skin color varies from one person to another. Either one person can be fair-skinned or dark-skinned.
Human phenotype or physical traits such as skin color is an example of non-Mendelian inheritance. Why is
skin color a non-Mendelian trait?
A. It is controlled by many genes
B. It is controlled by one gene only
C. Neither allele is dominant or recessive
D. It has both dominant and recessive alleles
15. A Punnett square is a graphical method proposed by the British Geneticist R. Punnett in 1906 to visualize all
the possible combinations of different types of gametes and to solve genetic problems. What is the importance
of Punnett Square?
A. Looking at the size of the chromosomes.
B. Deciding how much water to give to plants.
C. Deciding what time of the year is best to plant vegetables.
D. Predicting what the offspring will look like when crossing plants or animals.

16. When a pure red-flowered (RR) plant is crossed with a pure white-flowered (WW) plant, the plant produces
a pink flower instead of either red or white. What mode of inheritance best explains the result?
A. codominance C. multiple alleles
B. sex-linked trait D. incomplete dominance

17. What type of inheritance is observed when a long radish is crossed with round radishes, which results in all
oval radishes?
A. codominance C. complete dominance
B. multiple alleles D. incomplete dominance

18. Organisms that have two identical alleles for a particular trait are said to be homozygous. Which of the
following represents a homozygous recessive trait of an organism?
A. s B. Ss C. ss D. SS

19. What information can be obtained from a Punnett square?

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A. Genotype of offspring C. Phenotypic ratio of offspring
B. Phenotype of offspring D. All the above information

20. Which of the following best describes a genotype with a symbol of Dd?
A. dominant B. heterozygous C. homozygous D. recessive

21. A woman with blood type O (ii) and a man with blood type AB (IA IB) got married. What possible blood
types will their children have?
A. AB or O B. A, B, or O C. A or B D. AB, A, B, or O

22. In cattle, roan coat color (mixed red and white hairs) occurs in the heterozygous (Rr) offspring of red (RR)
and white (rr) homozygotes. Which cross would produce offspring in the ratio of 1 red: 2 roan: 1 white?
A. RR x rr B. Rr x Rr C. RR x Rr D. Rr x RR

23. In a pea plant, tall plant height (T) is dominant over short (t). If a heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed with
a homozygous short pea plant, what is/are the phenotype of the offspring?
A. all tall B. all short C. 2 tall, 2 short D. 3 tall, 1 short

24. Which is NOT an example of incomplete dominance?

A. A pink flower produced from red and white flowers
B. A flower that is both red and white produced from red and white flowers
C. Curly-haired and straight-haired individuals producing wavy-haired offspring
D. A highly spotted dog and a non-spotted dog producing puppies with a few spots

25. Which pertains to organisms that no longer exist at the present time but have existed in the past?
A. Exotic B. Extinct C. Endemic D. Endangered

26. Which best describes sustainable development?

A. Exploitation of natural resources and damage to the ecosystem
B. Society that lives under the carrying capacity of the environment
C. Human activities resulted in habitat loss and environmental degradation
D. The rate at which society uses a renewable source exceeds the rate at which the resources are
generated

27. Which of the following causes of extinction is directly brought about by human activity?
A. Glaciation C. Cosmic radiation
B. Overharvesting D. Volcanic eruptions

28. Tamaraw in Mindoro, mouse deer in Palawan, Philippine deer, monkey-eating eagle, and dugong are some
of the species that are considered endangered. What is an endangered species?
A. A species growing on public land
B. A species that declines gradually
C. A species only found in a certain locality
D. A species that will possibly become extinct

29. How does exposure to cigarette smoke contribute to an asthma attack?

A. by decreasing blood pressure
B. by causing mutation in cells
C. by irritating the respiratory tract
D. by reducing insulin levels
30. What could be a probable cause of the increase in the population of prey in an environment?

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A. destruction of prey habitats
B. lower birth rate than the death rate of prey
C. calamities and rampant spread of diseases
D. a decrease in the population of their predators

31. What do woolly mammoth, Dodo, and Great Auk have in common?
A. They are all extinct. C. They are all threatened species.
B. They are all mammals. D. They are all endangered species.

32. How does the respiratory system work with the circulatory system so that there is coordination between
them and homeostasis is achieved by the body?
A. the respiratory system provides carbon dioxide to the body which is delivered to the different blood
vessels
B. the respiratory system distributes oxygenated and deoxygenated gases in the heart
C. the respiratory system receives the blood from the heart and in return distributes oxygen throughout the
body.
D. the respiratory system allows the exchange of gases in the alveoli and the capillaries of the heart

33. Which of the following describes the process that releases energy by breaking down food molecules in the
presence of oxygen?
A. Krebs cycle C. cellular respiration
B. photosynthesis D. electron transport chain

34. Which membrane-enclosed organelles that are found in the cytoplasm of most eukaryotic cells convert the
potential energy of food molecules into ATP?
A. lysosome B. mitochondria C. ribosome D. endoplasmic reticulum

35. Plants are considered food makers. In which of the following cell organelles does
photosynthesis occur?
A. cell wall B. chloroplast C. lysosome D. mitochondrion

36. Cellular respiration is a biological process in which organisms release stored energy. Which of the
following is the overall equation for cellular respiration?
A. 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy -----> C6H12O6 + 6 O2
B. C6H12O6 + 6 O2 -----> 6 CO2 + 6 H2O + energy
C. C6H12O6 -----> 2 lactate + 2 ATP
D. C6H12O6 -----> 2 alcohol + 2 CO2 + 2 ATP

37. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that cycle out in the ecosystem. Which of the following is important
to photosynthesis?
A. oxygen B. ozone gas C. water vapor D. carbon dioxide

38. When cells break food into chemical energy, they undergo three major processes: glycolysis, Krebs cycle,
and electron transport. Which of these processes provides the most ATP molecules?
A. Glycolysis C. Electron transport chain
B. Krebs cycle D. Adenosine Triphosphate

39. The light reaction takes place in the thylakoid while the dark reaction occurs in the ________.
A. grana B. stroma C. plastid D. mitochondria

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40. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are both important in maintaining balance in nature. Which of the
following is NOT true about cellular respiration and photosynthesis?
A. Cellular respiration uses O2 from the air to break down organic molecules.
B. Photosynthesis uses CO2 to provide the necessary carbon in preparation for
glucose production.
C. The CO2 released by animals as a waste product is used in plants as a requirement for
photosynthesis.
D. Photosynthesis is independent and, thus, does not require CO2 as a by-product of cellular respiration.

41. What will likely happen when animals fail to adapt to changes in their environment?
A. They will survive only
B. There will be extinction.
C. They will reproduce only.
D. They will reproduce and survive.

42. How do cellular respiration and photosynthesis differ?

A. cellular respiration and photosynthesis occur across organelle
B. cellular respiration requires ATP and photosynthesis generates ATP
C. cellular respiration occurs in mitochondrion and photosynthesis occurs in chloroplast
D. cellular respiration utilizes an electron transport chain and photosynthesis utilizes ATP synthase
43. Dinosaurs are just one of the many animals that were alive years ago but are now extinct. What most likely
caused their extinction?
A. The organisms were too big to survive.
B. The organisms were destroyed by a fire.
C. The organisms did not want to live in the new world.
D. The organisms could not adapt to their environment.
44. The respiratory and circulatory systems work together by coordinating the functions of the many parts of
each system. Which of the following explains how this process works?
A. The respiratory system circulates blood while the circulatory system takes in oxygen.
B. The respiratory system takes in oxygen which is transported by the circulatory system.
C. The respiratory system digests food and the circulatory system moves blood and nutrients.
D. The respiratory system transports digested food and Carbon dioxide delivered by the circulatory
system
45. A person with one curly and one straight allele will have wavy hair. How would you explain this non-
Mendelian pattern of inheritance?
A. There is complete dominance since neither curly nor straight hair shows dominance in the hybrid
generation.
B. There is codominance since neither curly nor straight hair shows dominance in the hybrid
generation.
C. There is incomplete dominance since neither curly nor straight hair shows dominance in the hybrid
generation.
D. There is sex-linked inheritance since neither curly nor straight hair shows dominance in the hybrid
generation.
46. Extinctions happen when a species disappears due to natural or man-made catastrophes where organisms
fail to adapt to changes. Which of the following is the common reason for species extinction?
A. Climate change
B. Habitat loss and destruction
C. New disease is introduced to a population.
D. New predators moving into or introduced into an area.

47. What differences exist between photosynthesis and respiration?

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A. Photosynthesis occurs only in green plants and some photosynthetic bacteria, while respiration occurs
in all living things.
B. Photosynthesis uses light to form carbohydrates, while respiration uses light to release oxygen.
C. Photosynthesis converts light energy to chemical energy, while respiration converts sugar to energy.
D. Photosynthesis occurs during the daytime, while respiration occurs at nighttime.

48. During recess, high food intake rich in fats and salts such as hamburgers, French fries, and siomai are
common snacks among adolescents. How would the circulatory system be affected by this kind of eating
lifestyle?

A. The circulatory system would have significantly decreased LDL or bad cholesterol
B. The circulatory system would have significantly low deposits of HDL or good cholesterol
C. The circulatory system would have a significantly increased low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad
cholesterol
D. The circulatory system would have significantly high deposits of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or
good cholesterol
49. Extinctions happen when a species disappears due to natural or man-made catastrophes where organisms
fail to adapt to changes. Which of the following is the common reason for species extinction?
A. Climate change
B. Habitat loss and destruction
C. New disease is introduced to a population.
D. New predators moving into or introduced into an area.

50. Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants and certain other organisms transform light energy into
chemical energy. Plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to create oxygen and energy in the form of
sugar. On the other hand, cellular respiration is the process through which oxygen and glucose are converted
into water and carbon dioxide. How does photosynthesis differ from cellular respiration?
A. Both processes occur across organelles.
B. Glucose is utilized as one of the raw materials in photosynthesis while water is used in cellular
respiration.
C. Photosynthesis occurs in mitochondria while cellular respiration occurs in chloroplasts.
D. Photosynthesis yields O2 as one of the end products, while cellular respiration yields CO2.

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