Madrid National High School

Nat’l Highway, Linibunan, Madrid, Surigao del Sur

Second Quarter Midterm Examination

Science 9
09.22&26.2017
I. Multiple Choice Test.
Direction(s): Read the following items carefully. Choose the correct answer, write the letter of your choice
in the space provided before the number.
1. A hollow muscular organ, about the size of your fist and pumps blood in your body.
a. Liver b. kidney c. heart d. veins
2. Carbon dioxide is given off during,
a. Defecation b. respiration c. perspiration d. urination
3. It is a system that is made up of organs in the body that help us to breathe.
a. Respiratory System c. Circulatory System
b. Digestive System d. Integumentary System
4. Alveoli is a part of the Human Breathing System that looks like a
a. Branches of a tree c. Main stem of a tree
b. Twigs of the tree d. Tiny fruits of a tree
5. A system that is said to be the life support structure that nourishes your cells with nutrients from the
food you eat and oxygen from the air you breathe.
a. Respiratory System c. Circulatory System
b. Digestive System d. Integumentary System
6. What does the smallest blood vessels in the body, the capillaries do in our body?
a. They are the vessels connecting the smallest arteries to the smallest veins.
b. They are the actual site where white blood cells fight the bacteria that enters the body.
c. The vessels that carries the blood throughout the arm of a human.
d. None of the choices mentioned above.
7. The artery where blood flows out from the heart.
a. Superior vena cava c. Aortic Valve
b. Right Atrium d. Aorta
8. ___________ carries the materials throughout the body.
a. White blood cells b. Red blood cells c. Blood vessels d. Heart
9. _________ an empty tube that serves as passageway of air into the lungs.
a. Trachea b. alveoli c. Bronchi d. Bronchioles
10. Bronchioles are the hair like tubes that connect to the alveoli. While ________ is the blood vessel
that carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
a. Capillaries b. arteries c. veins d. aorta
11. The human heart is divided into four _______.
a. Atrium b. ventricles c. chambers d. atria
12. Cigarette smoking harms nearly every organ in your body, and is the prime cause in lower immunity
thereby risking you in having Tuberculosis. What is the bacteria that causes this disease?
a. Mycobacteria tubercolosis
b. Tubercolosis Mycobacterium
c. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
d. Mhycobacteria tuberculosis
13. How many divisions in the heart are there?
a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 2
14. Where can you find the valve in the heart?
a. In the wall of the heart.
b. In between the vein and the artery
c. In between each atrium and ventricle.
d. All of the above
15. Smoking and drinking alcoholic beverages are vices that poses negative impacts in your body. From
the following choices, what is a common disease your respiratory system can acquire in smoking
cigarettes?
a. Emphysema c. Arteriosclerosis
b. Chronic Leukemia d. Coronary heart disease
16. Negative lifestyle weakens your body organ system, while healthy lifestyle leads to complete
wellness. From the following, choose the only example of negative lifestyle?
a. Balanced diet c. Regular Health check-up
 b. Vices d. Observing proper hygiene
17. Organize the following parts of respiratory system in order according to how the oxygen travels.
1. Bronchi, bronchioles
2. Trachea
3. Nose, nasal passages
4. Alveoli
a. 3,4,1,2 b. 3,1,2,4 c. 3,4,2,1 d. 3,2,1,4
18. In the Mendelian patterns of inheritance, the effects of the recessive gene are?
a. observed even when the dominant gene is present
b. not observed when dominant gene is present
c. both patterns from parents are observed
d. is blended in the gene of the offspring
19. It is what we call, observable trait.
a. allele c. genotype
b. phenotype d. dominant gene
20. It’s a degree of dominance wherein you can notice the traits of both parents.
a. Codominance c. Multiple Allele
b. Incomplete Dominance d. Complete Dominance
21. What is the phenotypic ratio of the possible offspring when you cross two pink four o’clock flower
plant with a genotype of RW? (Allele for red four o’clock is R and allele for white four o’clock is W)
a. 2 pink flowers: 2 white flowers
b. 1 pink flower: 2 red flowers: 1 white flowers
c. 1 red flower: 2 pink flowers: 1 white flowers
d. 1 red flowers: 2 white flowers: 1 pink flower
22. A type of circulation where the movement of blood is from the heart, to the lungs, and back to the
heart.
a. Coronary Circulation c. Systemic Circulation
b. Pulmonary Circulation d. Vertebrate Circulation
23. A degree of dominance wherein neither allele is dominant over the other.
a. Codominance c. Multiple Allele
b. Incomplete Dominance d. Complete Dominance
24. _________ is the number of times the heart beats per minute.
a. pulse b. beats c. heart beats d. heart rate
25. Organize the following in order during gas exchange in the human body.
1. capillaries of all body tissues
2. left atrium, left ventricle, arteries
3. lungs
4. veins, right ventricle, right atrium
a. 3,4,1,2 b. 3,1,2,4 c. 3,4,2,1 d. 3,2,1,4
26. A different form of a gene that controls a certain trait.
a. allele c. genotype
b. phenotype d. dominant gene
27. The method by which one can determine the possible genotypes and phenotypes when two
parents are crossed.
a. Punnet Square b. Punnett Square c. Percentages d. Phenotypic Probability
28. ________ are reproductive cells that unite during sexual reproduction to form a new cell called a
zygote.
a. Alleles b. Gametes c. Gene d. Chromosome
In some chickens, the gene for feather color is controlled by codominance. The allele for black is B and the
allele for white is W. The heterozygous phenotype is known as erminette.
29. What is the genotype for black chickens?
a. BW b. WW c. BB d. WB
30. What is the genotype for white chickens?
a. BW b. WW c. BB d. WB
31. What is the genotype for erminette chickens?
a. BW b. WW c. BB d. WB

B W
Two erminette chickens with B BB BW the genotype of BW were crossed,

W BW WW

32. What is the probability that, they would have a black chick?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%
33. What is the probability that, they would have a white chick?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%
34. A black chicken and a white chicken are crossed. What is the probability that they will have
erminette chicks?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%
In snapdragons, flower color is controlled by incomplete dominance. The two alleles are red (R) and white
(R’). The heterozygous genotype is expressed as pink.
35. What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype RR?
a. Red b. Pink c. White d. Red and White
36. What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype R’R’?
a. Red b. Pink c. White d. Red and White
37. What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype RR’?
a. Red b. Pink c. White d. Red and White
38. A pink-flowered plant is crossed with a white-flowered plant. What is the probability of producing
a pink-flowered plant?
a. 25% b. 50% c. 75% d. 100%
A red (RR) bull is mated with a red cow (RR).
39. Which Punnett Square shows the correct cross.
a. b. c. d.
R R
R R W W
R R
R RR RR
R RR RR R RR RW W RW WW
W RW RW
R RR RR W RW WW W RW WW

A roan(RW) is mated with a red cow(RR).

40. What are the possible genotypes of the calves for each cow?
a. RW, WW b. RW, RR c. RW, RR, WW d. RR, WW

Blood Types Alleles

M LM
N LN
M LM,LN
41. From the table above determine the genotype of blood type M.
a. LMLN b. LMLMN c. LMLM d. LNLN
42. From the table above determine the genotype of blood type M.
a. LMLN b. LMLMN c. LMLM d. LNLN
43. It is a condition in which there is thickening and hardening of the arteries
a. Emphysema c. Arteriosclerosis
b. Chronic Leukemia d. Coronary heart disease
44. Any illness that is prolonged in duration, does not often resolve suddenly, and is rarely treated
completely is said to be ________.
a. Cancer c. Chronic Disease
b. Chronic Leukemia d. Coronary heart disease
45. You always hear and see the statement, “Government Warning: Cigarette smoking is
dangerous to your health.” How does cigarette smoking increase the risk of developing
cardiovascular diseases?
a. It acts with other factors that increases blood pressure and tendency for blood clot.
b. It decreases cholesterol.
 c. It decreases the risk of damage in the cerebrovascular.
d. It does not increase the risk of cardiovascular disease but increases life’s vitality.
46. ______ is anything relating to, or affecting the heart.
a. Emphysema c. Coronary
b. Chronic Leukemia d. Coronary heart disease
47. When we breathe in, we inhale many gases present in the air, including oxygen. What do you think
happens to the gases that are not needed by the body?
a. Given off/exhaled b. Used c. Delivered in the body d. Nothing is done
48. How does the heart work?
a. It is a specialized muscle that pumps blood in your body.
b. It carries material throughout your body.
c. It carries blood throughout your body.
d. It is a specialized muscle that nourishes your cells.
49. A type of circulation where the movement of blood through the tissues of the heart.
a. Coronary Circulation c. Systemic Circulation
b. Pulmonary Circulation d. Vertebrate Circulation
50. ______ the smallest blood vessels in the body, connecting the smallest arteries to the smallest
veins.
a. Capillaries b. arteries c. veins d. aorta