1st QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 9 SCIENCE

S.Y. 2019 - 2020

Direction. Read each statement carefully. Write the letter of your answer on your paper.

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1. Which part of the respiratory system filters and warm the air upon entering it?
a. air sac b. nasal cavity c. bronchi d. diaphragm
2. What is the role of ALVEOLI in the transport of GASES in the body?
a. They serve as the linkage from the respiratory system and the circulatory system.
b. They serve as the carrier of the deoxygenated blood.
c. They serve as the linkage from the respiratory system and the digestive system.
d. They serve as the carrier of the oxygenated blood.
3. _______ are the pumping chambers, moving blood to the lungs and into the body
a. Ventricle b. veins c. atria d. capillaries
4. What is the primary organ of the circulatory system which pumps blood throughout the body?
a. Heart b. veins c. Arteries d. blood
5. It carries oxygenated blood away from the heart to the cells, tissues and organs of the body
a. Arteries b. veins c. capillaries d. valves
6. A type of circulation which is described by the movement of blood through the tissues of the HEART.
a. Pulmonary b. Systemic c. Coronary d. Respiratory
7. It is the life support structure that nourishes your cells with nutrients from the food you eat and oxygen from the air you
breathe.
a. Circulatory system c. Respiratory system
b. Digestive system d. Excretory system
8. _______ prevents the back flow of blood.
a. atrium b. ventricle c. valve d. veins
9. The beating sound your heart makes comes from:
a. Blood going in the wrong direction c. Valves closing
b. The heart skipping beats d. Your ears playing tricks on you
10. Carries the materials throughout the body.
a. Heart b. blood vessel c. blood d. veins
11. It is the process in which the body takes in oxygen and eliminates gaseous waste products
a. circulation b. respiration c. digestion d. excretion
12. The smallest blood vessel in the body connecting the smallest arteries and smallest veins.
a. arteries b. veins c. capillaries d. valves
13. It is the number of times the heart beats per minutes
a. heart rate b. heart burn c. heartbreak d. pulse
14. The following are diseases caused by cigarette smoking in the respiratory system except:
a. Chronic bronchitis b. emphysema c. lung cancer d. vascular diseases
15. It is also called windpipe; a hollow tube that serves as passageway of air into the lungs.
a. nose b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. trachea
16. The nutrients obtained from the food during digestion are supplied by the circulatory system to the body. What does the
circulatory system distribute to the body as it works with the respiratory system?
a. carbon dioxide b. oxygen c. hydrogen d. nitrogen
17. If solid and liquid wastes are removed from the body through defecation and urination, what is released by the body as
waste during respiration?
a. Oxygen b. carbon dioxide c. nitrogen d. hydrogen
18. ___________________________________.
i. regular exercise iii. adequate rest
ii. balanced diet iv. avoid smoking.
Which of the following belongs in the blank space above?
a. Causes of respiratory problems
b. Ways to prevent diseases in the respiratory and circulatory systems.
c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
d. Results of bad lifestyle.
19. You can keep your heart strong by:
a. eating heart-shaped candy
b. doing activities, like playing outside, riding your bike, and swimming
c. smoking
d. sleeping 18 hours a day
20. Arteriosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol,
calcium, and other substances found in the blood. Over time, plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. This limits
the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your organs and other parts of your body.
Why is atherosclerosis especially serious when it develops in the coronary arteries?
a. It can then go on to affect the aorta. c. It can make red blood cells die.
 b. It can lead to a heart attack. d. It can limit the functioning of white blood cells.
21. Diseases in the respiratory and circulatory system can be prevented through ________.
a. cigarette smoking b. healthy lifestyle c. alcoholic drinking d. eating unhealthy
22. During inhalation, _______.
a. the diaphragm moves down and contracts the chest cavity.
b. the diaphragm moves down and expands the chest cavity.
c. the diaphragm moves up and contracts the chest cavity.
d. the diaphragm moves up and expands the chest cavity
23. What is the correct arrangement of the following respiration process?
I.Once the oxygen reaches the cell, it processes nutrients in order to release energy.
II.The blood delivers the carbon dioxide to the right portion of the heart.
III.After passing through the lungs, the air enters to the left part of the heart.
IV.Carbon dioxide leaves the body through the lungs.
V.Air enters the body through the nose.
a. V, III, I, II, IV b., III, V, I, II, IV c. V, III, II, I, IV d. V, III, I, IV, II
24. Why is oxygen important to your body?
a. For eliminating waste products c. for fighting diseases
b. For neutralizing CO2 buildup d. for processing the nutrients in the cell to make energy
25. How does the air enter our body?
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchi > bronchioles > alveoli
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi > nose
26. Which of the following statements describe the incomplete dominance pattern of inheritance?
a. One allele is not expressed
b. One allele is dominant over the other
c. There are three common alleles that control the characteristics
d. It shows a phenotype that is intermediate between two homozygous phenotypes.
27. In humans, maleness or femaleness is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes called X and Y. What is the genotype
for males?
a. XX b. XXY c. XY d. XO
28. What is a type of inheritance where both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote?
a. Complete dominance c. Incomplete dominance
b. Codominance d. Multiple allele
29. A red cow is crossed with a white cow and produced an offspring that is a roan cow. What is a roan cow?
a. A purebred red cow. c. A purebred white cow.
b. A pink cow. d. A cow with red hair and white blotches.
30. A portion of DNA that codes for traits/characteristics.
a. chromosome b. nucleus c. cell d. gene
31. How many chromosomes do each human cell have?
a. 44 b. 45 c. 46 d. 47
32. What do you call the genetic makeup of any individual?
a. phenotype b. dominant c. recessive d. genotype
33. What do you call an individual or an organism that has two different alleles for a given trait?
a. phenotype b. heterozygote c. homozygote d. genotype
34. It refers to the different variations of genes.
a. chromosome b. DNA c. gene d. allele
35. ABO blood type in human is an example of a character governed by __________.
a. Incomplete dominance c. Multiple alleles
b. Codiminance d. Sex-linked genes
36. All living things contain genetic material which is also known as ____________.
a. chromosome b. DNA c. gene d. allele
37. What is a nucleotide made up of?
a. sugar, phosphate, genes c. DNA, genes, chromosomes
b. guanine, cytosine, adenine d. Sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
38. What is/are the possible blood type/s of an offspring if both parents are type O?
a. A and B b. A, B and AB c. A and AB d. O only
39. Traits that are expressed in both sexes but more frequently in one than in the other sex.
a. Sex linked trait b. Sex-limited traits c. Sex-influenced traits d. Multiple alleles
40. Traits that are expressed exclusively in one sex.
a. Sex linked trait b. Sex-limited traits c. Sex-influenced traits d. Multiple alleles
41. What will be the sex of a child produces when an egg is fertilized by a sperm that has a Y chromosome?
a. male b. female c. gay d. lesbian
42. A DNA strand has the following bases: A A G C C A. What are the bases on its complementary strand?
a. A A G C C A b. T T C G G T c. A C C G A A d. C C A T T C
43. Color-blindness is a recessive, sex-linked disorder in humans. A color-blind man has a child with a woman
who is a carrier of the disorder.
KEY: X = normal vision XC = color-blindness
What is the probability of having children who will have normal vision?
a. 25 % b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%
44. What is the genotype of the parents?
a. XCY & XXC b. XCYC & XXC c. XCYC & XCXC d. XYC & XXC
45. Which of the following is the correct pairing arrangement of the nitrogenous bases?
a. Adenine pairs with Thymine; Guanine pairs with Cytosine
b. Adenine pairs with Cytosine; Guanine pairs with Thymine
c. Adenine pairs with Adenine; Guanine pairs with Guanine
46. Using a Punnett square, predict the genotypic ratios in the offspring if the mother is bald and the father is
not bald.
Parents: XXBB = female bald XYbb = male nonbald
a. 2 XXBb:2XYBb c. 1 XXbb:1 XXBb:2XYBb
b. 2 XXBb:1 XYBb:1XYbb d. 1 XXbb:1 XXBb: 1 XYBb:1XYbb
47. Using the problem in no. 46 what would be the phenotypic ratios of the offsprings?
a. 2 female nonbald:2 male bald
b. 2 female nonbald:1 male bald:1 male nonbald
c. 1 female nonbald:1 female bald:2 male bald
d. 1 female nonbald:1 female bald:2 male nonbald
48. A cross is made between a homozygous red-flowered snapdragon (RR) and a homozygous white-flowered
snapdragon (rr). What is the phenotypic ratio?
a. 100 % pink b. 50% white:50% red c. 100 % red d. 100 % white
49. In Andalusian chickens, black individuals (BB) and white individuals (bb) are homozygous. A homozygous
black Andalusian chicken is crossed with a homozygous Andalusian white chicken. The offspring are all gray.
If you cross a homozygous black Andalusian chicken with a heterozygous Andalusian chicken. Which
of the following is the following shows a correct cross?
a. b. c. d.

50. If the genotype of the father is IAi and mother is ii, what is the probability for them to have children with blood
type A?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100 %

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Answers Key:
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. C
9. C
10. C
11. B
12. C
13. A
14. D
15. D
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. B
20. B
21. B
22. B
23. A
24. D
25. A
26. D
27. C
28. B
29. D
30. D
31. C
32. D
33. B
34. D
35. C
36. B
37. D
38. D
39. C
40. B
41. A
42. B
43. B
44. A
45. A
46. A
47. A
48. A
49. A
50. A