STO.NINO COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY INC,.

BONIFACIO ST., TAGUM CITY

FIRST PERIODICAL EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 9 SCIENCE

NAME:________________________________________________________________SECTION:____________

GRADE&SECTION:_______________________________________________________DATE:_______________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Instruction: Read the sentences and questions carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on space provided. STRICTLY
NO ERASURES.

______1. Which of part of the respiratory system that is located in the chamber below the pharynx and it consist of the
epiglottis, voce box and the vocal cords?

a. Larynx c. trachea
b. Pharynx d. lungs

______2. The principal function of respiratory system is.

a. Oxygen c. carbon dioxide

b. Gas exchange d. all of the above

______3. It consist of clusters of tiny sacs composed of layers of the epithelial tissues?

a. Lungs c. bronchi
b. alveoli d. trachea

______4. What vitamin that responsible for normal blood clotting?

a. Vitamin A c. vitamin B
b. Vitamin C d. vitamin K

______5. Which of these is a large artery that distributes blood from the heart to all parts of the body?

a. Septum c. Aorta
b. Veins d. Arteries

______6. What is biodiversity mean?

a. Biodiversity means abundance in various flora in the ecosystem

b. Biodiversity means there is a high population of various animal species
c. Biodiversity refers to the existence of different microorganism
d. All of the above

______7. Which of the following evidences support the idea above.

a. Fossils c. homologies of species

b. Genetic make –up d. all of the above
______8. Where does photosynthesis take place?

a. Mitochondrion c. vacuole
b. Chloroplast d. none of the above

______9. Which item is applied with alcoholic fermentation?

a. Baked bread c. yoghurt

b. Cheese d. fermented milk

_____10. Which of these type of cellular respiration that reaction occurs in the presence of oxygen?

a. Glycolysis c. anaerobic respiration

b. Aerobic respiration d. Krebs cycle

II. IDENTIFICATION

Direction: Identify the word described in the following. Write the correct answer on the space provided.

Chloroplast genetics fossils overexploitation evolution respiratory

Asteroids biodiversity climate change acid rain circulatory photosynthesis

__________________11. Refers to a ”variety of life”

__________________12. Unable to survived climate drifts or drastic changes in climate, temperature, flooding, and seasons
which cause a chain reaction.

__________________13. It produces when substance like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide mix up with water in the
clouds.

__________________14. Changes of inherited traits of species throughout many generations.

__________________15. Caused of the extinction of dinosaur’s along with many species of birds and other animals.

__________________16. Are preserved parts of plants and animals that lived millions of years ago.

__________________17. Variation in closely related or similar species can be explained by the study and is caused by
recombination’s of alleles that dictate the characteristics of species.

__________________18. Also called overharvesting or hunting leads to extinction of important species.

__________________19. The process by which plants use energy from sunlight.

__________________20. Part of the leaf where photosynthesis take place.