Department of Education

Region III
Division of Pampanga
FIRST PERIODIC TEST IN SCIENCE 9
I.

Directions. Choose the letter corresponds with the correct answer and
write it on your answer sheet.

1. Respiratory system is mainly responsible for what function?

A. Digestion
B. Inhaling and exhaling of air
C. Life support structure
D. Transports nutrients and oxygen
2. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
A. heart
B. blood
C. blood vessel
D. trachea
3. Air first enters to the nose and is filtered by
A. Blood vessels
B. Capillaries
C. Cilia
D. Mucous membrane
4. Which of the following shows the correct order through which air passes to the
lungs?
A. Mouth-nose-nasal passageways- bronchi-trachea-alveoli
B. Trachea-bronchi-bronchioles-alveoli-nasal passageways
C. Nose-trachea-nasal passageways-bronchi-bronchioles-alveoli
D. Nose-nasal passageways-trachea-bronchi-bronchioles-alveoli
5. A bunch of grapes is a good representation of the parts of respiratory system.
What part represents the grape-fruits?
A. alveoli
B. bronchi
C. bronchioles
D. trachea
6.Which is TRUE about the breathing process in our body?
A. The exchange of oxygen into glucose
B. The exchange of glucose into oxygen
C. The taking in of oxygen and giving off of carbon dioxide.
D. The taking in of carbon dioxide and giving off of oxygen
7. The circulatory system is
A. the life support of the body
B. the breathing system of the body
C. the food processing of the body
D. the nerve system of the body
8. What makes up the circulatory system?
A. heart, blood, trachea
B. blood vessel, heart, nose
C. heart, blood, blood vessel
D. heart, stomach, bronchi
9. Which of the following is NOT true about circulatory system?
A. It nourishes the cells with nutrients from the food you eat.
B. It filters the air before it enters to the body.
C. It is also known as cardiovascular system.
D. It transports waste away from the body.
10. This is the actual site where gases and nutrients are exchanged.
A. arteries

B. capillaries
C. heart
D. veins
11. It is the movement of the blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the
heart.
A. coronary circulation
B. pulmonary circulation
C. systemic circulation
D. two-way circulation
12. When a person breathes in, he inhales oxygen and other gases present in the
air. What will happen to other gases that are not needed by the body?
A. It will go out to the mouth.
B. It will not be accepted by the body.
C. It will be processed into nutrients and transported in the body.
D. It will still pass to the body from the lungs to the blood and circulate throughout
the body.
13. During inspiration or inhaling, the diaphragm contacts so that
A. More air enters in the chest cavity.
B. Less air enters in the chest cavity.
C. More nutrients will be processed by the body.
D. Space inside the lungs lessened for gas exchange.
14. Which of the following is NOT true about the human heart?
A. It has double pump.
B. It has four chambers.
C. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs.
D. The left atrium accepts blood from the body.
15. The following are respiratory diseases EXCEPT
A. asthma
B. emphysema
C. hypertension
D. pneumonia
16. Negative lifestyle affects the normal functioning of the respiratory and
circulatory system. Which of the following is NOT an example of negative lifestyle?
A. alcohol drinking
B. cigarette smoking
C. enough rest and sleep
D. living in polluted places
17. How does cigarette smoking increase the risk of developing cardiovascular
diseases?
A. because of the smoke it produced
B. the chemicals harm the blood cells
C. it makes the air polluted
D. it blocks the arteries of the heart
18. The effects of recessive gene are not observed when the dominant gene is
present, this is TRUE for
A. Mendelian pattern
B. Non-mendelian pattern
C. Aristotle pattern
D. Punnet pattern
19. Which statement explains the science of genetics?
I. An orchid variety with violet and white petals.
II. A blue-eyed baby boy born from an American and Asian parents.
III. A guava hybrid produced from crossing two different fruit seeds.
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. I, II and III
20. A red gumamela flower is allowed to self pollinate. Generation after generation ,
it produces only red flowers. This exhibits
A.Codominance

B. Incomplete dominance
C. Hybridization
D. True breeding
21. This method is used to visualize the phenotype and genotype of an offspring.
A. Punnet square
B. Schematic web
C. Genetic table
D. Square planar
22. When both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote,
this explains
A. Codominance
B. Incomplete dominance
C. Multiple alleles
D. Breeding
23. Which of the following reasons below explain why Mendel used the pea plants
in his breeding experiments?
I. Pea plant possessed seven easily identifiable traits
II.Pea plants produce asexually
II. Pea plants grow quickly.
A. I only
B. I and II only
c. I and III only
d. I, II and III
For items 24-25, refer to the Punnet square below.
A cross between a black chicken (BB) and a white chicken (WW). Using the
following keys BB- black, WW- white and BW- checkered.
B
24. What is the
A. black
B. checkered
C. orange
D. white

BW
BW

BW

B
W
W
phenotype?

BW

25. What is genotypic ratio?

A. BW 100%
B. BW 25%
C. BW 50%
D. BW 75%
26. If an egg is fertilized by a sperm with X chromosome, the offspring is
A. female
B. male
C. either male or female
D. both male and female
27. Who is the determining factor in human sexuality or gender?
A. father
B. mother
C. both
D. siblings
28. Hypertrichosis pinnae auris is a genetic disorder in human that causes hairy
hairs. Which of the following is NOT true about this trait?
A. This is an example of Y-linked trait.
B. Only males can inherit the trait.
C. This can be inherited from the father only.
D. This makes the human cells abnormal in number.
29. Lactation among female cattle, fanlike tail feather in peacocks and horns for
male sheep are examples of
A. Sex-linked traits
B. Sex-limited traits

C. Sex-influenced traits
D. Sex- concentrated traits
30. Which is NOT TRUE for a person with Type O blood?
A. He can be a donor to a Type A blood
B. He can be a donor to a Type B blood
C. He can be a donor to a Type AB blood
D. He can receive any blood type
31. Which of the following is NOT true about DNA?
A. It stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid.
B. It forms a single helix structure.
C. It is considered as genetic material of all living cells.
D. It is responsible in determining the specific characteristic of an organism.
32. Which of the following is correctly paired among the nitrogenous bases?
A. guanine and adenine
B. cytosine and thymine
C. uracil and cytosine
D. guanine and cytosine
33. The following are parts of the nucleotides EXCEPT
A. base
B. phosphate
C. ribose
D. sugar
34. Which of the following is not found in a DNA molecule?
A. Adenine
B. Cytosine
C. Guanine
D. Uracil
35. Which of the following statements is correct?
A. A community refers to the same species living in an area.
B. A community consists of non-living things in the same area.
C. A population refers to all living things in an area.
D. A population consists of members of the same species in an area
36. This refers to the variety of life living in an area.
A. biodiversity
B. community
C. limiting factor
D. population
37. Limiting factors are environmental conditions that keep a population from
increasing in size and help balance the ecosystem. The following are limiting factors
EXCEPT
A. Availability of water
B. Light
C. Living conditions
D. Pollution
38. The ecosystem is place where living and non-living things interact with one
another. The following are examples of ecosystem EXCEPT
A. A jar of pond water
B. A mound of animal manure
C. A potted plant
D. A bottle of mineral water
39. A particular species of animal is said to be endangered if
A. the population is declining rapidly.
B. the last member of the specie died.
C. you cannot observe even one member.
D. the population becomes so low.

40. Extinction happens when the last member dies. Which is the major cause of
wildlife extinction?
A. Loss of habitat
B. Environmental problems
C. Illegal activities
D. Diseases
41. Lines of factories dumping their wastes along rivers are found to be the major
causes of algae bloom. This condition eventually depletes dissolved oxygen in the
water resulting to a decline in aquatic life. Which environmental problem is evident
when this happens?
A. Deforestation
B. Erosion
C. Eutrophication
D. Oil spill
42. This environmental problem results to an increase in the normal temperature of
the earth surface due to the pollutants produced by various sources.
A. climate change
B. global warming
C. ozone layer depletion
D. tropical depression
43. Kaingin farming, illegal logging, forest fire and typhoon are common causes of
A. deforestation
B. eutrophication
C. reforestation
D. siltation
44. Which of the following is NOT true about acid rain?
A. It is essential for plant photosynthesis.
B. It causes yellowing of the leaves of the plant.
C. Emissions from factories and motor vehicles contribute to acid precipitation.
D. It is acidic due to the presence of carbon dioxide and other pollutants like sulfur.
45. In order for us to achieve sustainable development, we must
A. Build more houses regardless of limited space
B. Live accordingly with the available resources
C. Allow illegal settlers in the community
D. Migration to other places
46. Which set consists of abiotic parts of an ecosystem?
A. mushrooms, ants, ferns, mice
B. sand, fungi, snakes, bees
C. soil, fallen leaves, water, rocks
D. trees, weeds, moss, smoke
47. Photosynthesis is the process of making food of the green plants, this can be
influenced by the following EXCEPT
A. The amount of sunlight
B. The amount of carbon dioxide
C. The amount of chlorophyll
D. The amount of oxygen
48. What is TRUE about Calvin Cycle?
I. It is also called the dark reaction.
II. It is a light-independent phase that takes place in the stroma.
III.It converts carbon dioxide to sugar.
IV. It occurs before the light dependent phase.
A. I and II only
B. II and IV only
C. I, II, III
d. I, II, III, IV
49. The following are the processes involves in the cellular respiration, which of the
following is the correct way of the process?
I. Glycolysis
II. Krebs Cycle
III.Oxidative phosphorylation
A. I,II,III
B. II,I,III
C. III,II,I
D. I,III,II

50. What will happen if ATP and NADPH are already used up at night?
A. Less oxygen will be produced.
B. Less carbon dioxide will be produced.
C. Glucose production will stop.
D. Water molecule will split to form electrons.

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