GRADE 9

SCIENCE QUIZ BEE

S.Y. 2019 – 2020
EASY ROUND – 1pt
Multiple Choice/5 seconds

AVERAGE – 2pts
Identification/Short answer/10

DIFFICULT – 3pts
Process/Explain/20 seconds
EASY ROUND – 1pt
Multiple Choice/5 seconds
1. What system is responsible
for the exchange of oxygen and
carbon dioxide between the air
and the cells?
a. Circulatory
b. Digestive
c. Excretory
d. Respiratory

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 ANSWER:

D
Respiratory
2. The number of atoms gained,
lost or shared by an atom in a
chemical bond is also known
as
A. its charge
B. its atomic number
C. its valency
D. its mass number

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 ANSWER:

A
its charge
3. It happens when there is
removing or clearing of forest to
include cutting of all trees,
mostly for agricultural or urban
use.
a) Eutrophication
b) Water pollution
c) Acid rain precipitation
d) Deforestation
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 ANSWER:

D
deforestation
4. Chlorophyll is mostly
located above the leaf of the
plant to

a) collect carbon dioxide.

b) collect light energy.
c) release oxygen.
d) release glucose.

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 ANSWER:

B
collect light
5. A volcano that may erupt
again at some time in the
distant future is

A. active.
B. dormant.
C. explosive.
D. extinct.

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ANSWER:

A
active
AVERAGE – 2pts
Identification/Short answer/10
1. What will an atom
become when it lost or
gained electrons?

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 ANSWER:

ion/
cation and anion
2. What is the waste
product of
photosynthesis?

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 ANSWER:

Oxygen
3. The alleles controlling
the ABO blood groups are
given the letters IA
B
(group A), I (group B)
and i (group O). This type
of inheritance is called
________.
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 ANSWER:

Multiple
allele/s
DIFFICULT – 3pts
Process/Explain/20 seconds
1. Why is atherosclerosis
especially serious when it
develops in the coronary
arteries?

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 ANSWER:

It can lead to a
heart attack.
2. When you cut an
electric copper wire,
what force of
attraction is broken?

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 ANSWER:

metallic bond
CLINCHER:
1. Non-metals tend to
_______ electrons to
become __________ ions

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 ANSWER:

1. gain,
2. negative
CLINCHER:
2. Tall, cone-shaped
mountains with layers of
lava alternated with
layers of ash are called

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 ANSWER:

composite
volcanoes
CLINCHER:
3. A type of circulation
wherein it carries
oxygenated blood from the
left ventricle, through
the arteries, to the
capillaries in the tissues
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of the body.
 ANSWER:

systemic/
systemic circulation