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FIRST QUARTERLY TEST

SCIENCE 9

Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which of the following are the organs of the respiratory system?

A. Lungs, heart, and blood.
B. Rib cage, diaphragm, and lungs.
C. Nose, lungs, heart, and diaphragm
D. Lungs, throat, and passageways that lead to the lungs
2. What important activity takes place in the lungs?
A. Food is digested.
B. Liquid waste is filtered from the blood.
C. The trachea is exchanged for the larynx.
D. Oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide
3. Which blood vessel carries blood back to the heart?
A. Artery B. Blood vessel C. Capillary D. Vein
4. Which statement is true about the human circulatory system?
A. It makes blood cells.
B. It transports oxygen and nutrients.
C. It breaks down food and releases nutrients.
D. It is the first line of defense against bacteria
5. How do the respiratory and circulatory systems work together?
A. They supply the body's cells with oxygen.
B. They are responsible for the movement of the body.
C. They break down food into energy and eliminate waste.
D. They send chemical signals throughout the body via hormones.
6. The circulatory and respiratory systems work together to provide cells with oxygen and nutrients and remove wastes such
as carbon dioxide. When the body needs more oxygen, how does the circulatory system respond?
A. The heart beats faster to match the increase in breathing rate.
B. More blood is sent to the lungs and less to the rest of the body.
C. The blood vessels in the arms and legs constrict to conserve oxygen.
D. Blood moves more slowly through the organs to carry away more wastes.
7. Why is the lung considered as the primary organ of the respiratory system?
A. Because it is the largest organ of the system.
B. Because it has two parts: the right and left lungs.
C. Because it is located near the middle of the chest cavity.
D. Because it contains the alveoli that is responsible for gas exchange
8. Which is NOT a function of the circulatory system?
A. Deliver oxygen and nutrients to cells.
B. Break down carbohydrates into glucose.
C. Transport other materials through body.
D. Remove carbon dioxide and wastes from cells.
9. What would happen if the epiglottis does not close the entrance of airways?
A. The larynx will be blocked with food particles.
B. The pharynx will have difficulty in swallowing.
C. The food particles will block the opening of the trachea and a person will have difficulty in breathing.
D. The food particles will block the bronchioles thus making it difficult to breathe in and breathe out.

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Use the figure to answer question 10 and 11..

10. Which path in the figure does the blood follow through the heart as it returns from the head and body?
A. 1→2 B. 2→1 C. 3→4 D. 4→3
11. In which chamber does the blood flow while transporting fresh oxygen?
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
12. What will you do to protect yourself from contracting COVID-19?
A. . Not wearing face mask for better ventilation
B. Frequent handwashing and social distancing
C. Going outside your home and play with friends
D. Attending social gatherings and Zumba sessions
13. Why do people ended up eating fast foods, rather than eating fruits and vegetables?
A. Because they are ready to eat
B. Because they taste better than fruits and vegetables
C. Because they are less expensive than fruits and vegetables
D. Because they look more delicious than fruits and vegetables
14. Which practice may strengthen our circulatory system?
A. Cigarette Smoking
B. Having a daily exercise
C. Staying up late at night
D. Eating junk foods everyday
15. What are you going to do to lessen the risk of having a disease?
A. Eat junk foods
B. Exercise regularly
C Sleep late at night
D. Slack off and watch Netflix all day
16. What type of activity will weaken our lungs, muscles, and makes our heart more inefficient?
A. Eating B. Exercising C. Sleeping D. Smoking
17. Which structure makes plants capable of producing their own food?
A. chloroplast C. stomata
B. mitochondria D. thylakoid
18. When one characteristic is more strongly inherited than another characteristic, it is said to be.
A. Dihybrid C. Recessive
B. Dominant D. Monohybrid
19. Which genotypes consists of two identical genes for a given character?
A. Dominant C. Homozygous
B. Recessive D. Heterozygous
20. The human sex chromosome for male is ______________________.
A. XX C. XY
B. YY D. XZ
21. Which of the following is an alternate form of a gene?
A. Allele C. Genotype
B. linkage D. Phenotype
22. The chromosome number of human gametes is ___________________.
A. 12 C. 46
B. 23 D. Higher for eggs and sperm
23. 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
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24. A man heterozygous for blood type A marries a woman heterozygous for blood type B. What is the chance that their first
child will have type O blood?
A. 0% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
25. Which best describes the genetic material a person receives from his or her father?
A. 22 autosomes and an X or Y chromosome
B. 22 haploid cells and an X or Y chromosome
C. 23 diploid cells and an X and Y chromosome
D. pair of homologous chromosomes and an X and Y chromosome
26. What information can be obtained from a Punnett square?
A. Genotype of offspring
B. Phenotype of offspring
C. Phenotypic ratio of offspring
D. All the above information
27. Which statement is TRUE about incomplete dominance?
A. It happens when two or more alleles control the inheritance of a character.
B. It refers to traits that are controlled by genes located on the same-sex chromosomes.
C. It occurs when two dominant alleles of a contrasting pair are fully expressed at the same time in a heterozygous
individual.
D. It occurs when the phenotype of the offspring is somewhere in between the phenotype of both parents
28. 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
29. In the ABO blood group system among humans, a man with type AB blood marries a woman with type A blood. What
possible blood type might their sons inherit?
A. Type B or type O
B. Type A or type O
C. Type A or type AB
D. Type A, type B, or type AB
30. Which of the following represents an individual who is heterozygous for two genes?
A. Aabb B. Aabb C. AaBb D. AABb
31. Which of the following best describes a genotype with a symbol of Dd?
A. Dominant B. Recessive C. Heterozygous D. Homozygous
32. An extra finger in humans is rare but is due to a 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. zero percent B. fifty percent C. twenty-five percent D. seventy-five percent
33. Deforestation, building of dams, conversion of forest to agricultural lands and urban development could cause species to
decrease in number which, eventually, could lead to extinction. How?
A. They pollute the environment causing species to die.
B. They cause widespread of diseases which may lead to mass extinction.
C. They trigger calamities to occur which may cause mass extinction of species.
D. They destroy the habitat where species live, depriving them the chance to thrive and survive.
34. How does the destruction of coral reefs and mangrove forests contribute to species extinction?
A. Amount of dissolved oxygen decreases.
B. Fish predators become massive in number.
C. Breeding grounds and nurseries of marine species are destroyed.
D. The oceans and seas become contaminated with heavy metals and other pollutants.
35. Which could you infer about an ecosystem with high species diversity?
A. Its food webs are relatively simple.
B. It has a greater number of successful species and a more stable ecosystem.
C. The change in the environment would probably have quite serious effects on it.

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D. The environment is quite stressful with relatively few ecological niches and only a few organisms are really well
adapted to that ecosystem.
36. Which is NOT an example of an endangered species?
A. Mindoro Tamaraw B. Goat C. Tarsier D. Monkey- eating eagle
37. Which do you think is the biggest problem faced by endangered species?
A. Food B. Water C. Climate change D. Human activities
38. Which one of the following expresses the index of diversity in a mathematical way?
A. The vastness or area of an ecosystem
B. The species distribution in a community
C. The distance between two different ecosystems
D. The population of a given species per unit area
39. Which is the correct formula in calculating population density?
A. D = population/area
B. D = population x area
C. D = number of runs/total population
D. D = number of runs x total population
40. 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
41. Which of the following is the process of introducing unnatural chemicals that contaminate the air, soil, and seas?
A. Pollution B. Acidification
C. Eutrophication D. Neutralization
42. Which of the following causes of extinction is directly brought about by human activity?
A. Glaciation B. Overharvesting
C. Cosmic radiation D. Volcanic eruptions
43. Which of the following explains that the largest number of individuals in a species that an environment sustains for a
long period of time?
A. Biodiversity B. Limiting factor
C. Carrying capacity D. Population density
44 . Which is NOT a consequence of cutting down trees?
A. floods B. soil erosion
C. eutrophication D. decrease in wildlife resources
45. Muro-ami is a fishing practice in South East Asia that makes use of which material?
A. dynamite B. electrical current
C. spears and arrows D. encircling net together with pounding devices
46. Which factor has a tendency to increase population density?
A. limited food supply and diseases
B. limited space and higher birth rate
C. higher death rate due to a calamity
D. presence of a greater area for organisms to live
47. What would happen if the population of preys in an environment increase?
A. destruction of prey habitats
B. lower birth rate than death rate of preys
C. calamities and rampant spread of diseases
D. decrease in the population of their predator
48. Which structure allows carbon dioxide to enter a plant system?
A. Chloroplast B. Mitochondrion C. Stomata D. Thylakoid
49. Which pigment is responsible for the green color of plants?
A. Carotene B. Chlorophyll C. Mesophyll D. Xanthophyll

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50. Which organisms can undergo photosynthesis?

I. Phytoplanktons
II. Blue-green algae
III. Amoeba and Paramecium
A. I and II only C. II and III only
B. I and III only D. I, II and III
51. A farmer is experiencing a problem in growing his crops. Most of the leaves of the crops are turning yellow. Which of the
following will likely result from the yellowing of the leaves of the crops?
A. It will increase the production of the food
B. It will decrease the production of the food.
C. The production of food can stay the same.
D. none of the above
52. Which is the primary product of light-independent reactions?
A. ATP B. Water C. Oxygen D. Glucose
53. Which best describes light-independent reactions?
A. They create energy rich ATP and NADPH
B. They are the first phase of photosynthesis.
C. They use carbon dioxide to make proteins
D. They utilize the energy stored in ATP and NADPH
54. Which of the following describes the process that releases energy by breaking down food molecules in the presence of
oxygen?
A. cellular respiration B. electron transport chain C. Krebs cycle D. photosynthesis
55. When cells break food into chemical energy, it undergoes three major processes: glycolysis, Krebs cycle and electron
transport. Which of these processes provide the most number of ATP molecules?
A. Glycolysis B. Krebs cycle C. Electron transport chain D. none of these
56. Oxygen is essential in cellular respiration. What is the role of oxygen in the electron transport chain?
A. It forms water
B. It releases an electron
C. It serves as the final acceptor
D. It provides a high energy proton
57. Which of the following is cycled out by the chloroplast and mitochondrion?
A. Sugar, water, oxygen, and ATP.
B. Sugar, water, sunlight, and oxygen.
C. Carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and ATP
D. Carbon dioxide, water, sugar, and oxygen.
58. Which of the following are the products of cellular respiration?
A. Oxygen and glucose
B. Water, oxygen, and ATP
C. Carbon dioxide and water
D. Water, carbon dioxide, and ATP
59. Which shows the correct equation for cellular respiration?
A. 6CO2 + 6H2O –––> C6H12O6 + 6O2
B. 12CO2 + 12H2O –––> C6H12O6 + 12O2
C. C6H12O6 + 6O2 –––>6CO2 + 6H2O + ATP
D. C6H12O6 + 12O2 –––>12CO2 + 12H2O + ATP
60. Maria wants to compare the process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. Which of the following should Maria use
to best demonstrate the process of photosynthesis and cellular respiration when compared?
A. similar process C. energy-storing process
B. opposite process D. energy-releasing process

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