National Capital Region

DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS

MANUEL LUIS QUEZON HIGH SCHOOL

CALOOCAN CITY

Mission: To develop productive citizens to nation’s progress.

Vision: A great channel of the culture of excellence.

1st PERIODICAL TEST (SY 2016-2017)

GRADE 9 SCIENCE

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

1. What system is responsible for the exchange of c. As the blood enters the lungs, the blood
oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and is saturated with about 97% oxygen.
the cells? d. As the blood enters the heart, the blood
a. circulatory c. excretory is saturated with about 97% oxygen.
b. digestive d. respiratory 8. ___________________________________.
i. Increase your walking speed.
2. Which part of the respiratory system filters and
ii. Maintain a healthy weight.
warm the air upon entering it? iii. Stay hydrated.
a. air sac c. nasal cavity iv. Avoid smoking.
b. bronchi d. diaphragm Which of the following belongs in the blank
3. How does the air enter our body?
space above?
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea >
a. Causes of respiratory problems
bronchi > bronchioles > alveoli b. Ways on how to avoid respiratory
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea >
problems.
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > d. Results of bad lifestyle.
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli 9. What is the primary organ of the circulatory
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > system?
bronchioles > bronchi > nose a. Heart c. veins
4. During inhalation, _______. b. Arteries d. blood
a. the diaphragm moves down and 10. A type of circulation which is described by the
contracts the chest cavity. movement of blood through the tissues of the
b. the diaphragm moves down and HEART.
expands the chest cavity. a. Pulmonary c. Systemic
c. the diaphragm moves up and contracts b. Coronary d. Respiratory
the chest cavity. 11. The _______ prevents the back flow of blood.
d. the diaphragm moves up and expands a. atrium c. ventricle
the chest cavity. b. valve d. septum
5. All of the following are associated with
respiratory problems EXCEPT For 12-13, use the image below.
a. unbalanced diet c. pollutants
b. enough sleep d. smoking
6. 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 carrier of the oxygenated
blood.
d. They serve as the linkage from the respiratory
system and the digestive system.
7. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. As the blood leaves the lungs, the blood
is saturated with about 97% oxygen.
b. As the blood leaves the heart, the blood 12. What is letter A in the picture?
is saturated with about 97% oxygen.
 a. Septum c. Lungs b. DNA d. chromosome
b. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve
13. What is letter B in the picture? For 21-22, A plant with red flowers is crossed
c. Septum c. Lungs
with a white-flowered plant of the same
d. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve
14. The beating sound your heart makes comes species. All the seeds, when grown, produce
from: plants with red flowers. (Assume that the flower
a. Blood going in the wrong direction color is controlled by a single pair of alleles)
b. Valves closing
c. The heart skipping beats 21. Which allele is dominant
d. Your ears playing tricks on you a. Red color c. Pink color
15. Arrange properly the statements below on how
b. White color d. Red & Pink
the heart works.
Stripe
A. When the heart contracts, the right lower 22. Which is recessive?
ventricle will pump the blood into the lungs,
a. Red color c. Pink color
b. White color d. Red & Pink
where the carbon dioxide is exchanged for
oxygen. Stripe
23. In cats, the allele (S) for short fur is
B. The heart receives oxygen-deficient blood
from the body into the right upper atrium. dominant to the allele (s) for long fur. What
C. Oxygen-rich blood flows from the left upper is the phenotype of a cat with a genotype
atrium into the left lower ventricle. Ss?
D. After the exchange, the blood containing a. Short fur c. medium fur
fresh oxygen flows into the left upper atrium. b. Long fur d. no fur
E. When the heart contracts, the left lower 24. In rabbits, assume that the dominant allele
ventricle will force the blood out to the body (B) produces black fur. The allele (b) for
through a network of arteries. white fur is recessive to B.

a. A, B, C, D, E c. B, E, A, C, D
b. A, E, B, C, D d. B, A, D, C, E Rabbit 1 Rabbit 2 Rabbit 3 Rabbit 4
16. You can keep your heart strong by: Genotyp BB Bb bB bb
a. Eating heart-shaped candy e
b. Doing activities, like playing outside,
riding your bike, and swimming Which rabbits will have gray coat color?
c. Smoking a. 1, 2 and 3 c. 2 and 3
d. Sleeping 18 hours a day b. 1 and 4 d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
17. Inflammation of larynx is termed 25. If rabbits 1 and 4 were mated together and
a. laryngitis c. arthritis
b. phlebitis d. bronchitis had 12 babies, how many of these would
18. Which two respiratory system problems are you expect to be gray?
treated with medicine that dilates the airways? a. 0 c. 8
a. Sinusitis and bronchitis
b. Emphysema and tuberculosis b. 4 d. 12
c. Asthma and bronchitis 26. What is a type of inheritance where both
d. Emphysema and pneumonia alleles are expressed equally in the
19. Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque phenotype of the heterozygote?
a. Complete dominance
builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is made
b. Incomplete dominance
up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other
c. Codominance
substances found in the blood. Over time,
d. Multiple allele
plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. This 27. A red cow is crossed with a white cow and
limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your
produced an offspring that is a roan cow.
organs and other parts of your body.
What is a roan cow?
Why is atherosclerosis especially serious a. A purebred red cow.
when it develops in the coronary arteries? b. A purebred white cow.
a. It can then go on to affect the aorta. c. A pink cow.
b. It can make red blood cells die. d. A cow with red hair and white
c. It can lead to a heart attack. blotches.
d. It can limit the functioning of white blood
cells.
20. What is the basic unit of heredity?
a. Gene c. autosome For 28-29, use the table below.
 d. None of the above
34. It is a hereditary material and is also known
as the blue print of life.
a. DNA c. mRNA
b. RNA d. tRNA
35. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The gene is the basic unit of heredity and is
found in the chromosome.
28. The alleles controlling the ABO blood b. The chromosome is the basic unit of
groups are given the letters I A (group A), IB heredity and is found in the gene
(group B) and i (group O). This type of c. The gene determines the sex of humans
inheritance is called ________. and the chromosomes carry the traits.
a. Complete dominance d. The gene carries the traits inside the 20
b. Incomplete dominance pairs of chromosomes in humans.
c. Codominance 36. A DNA strand has the following bases: A A
d. Multiple allele G C C A. What are the bases on its
29. What is/are the possible blood type/s of an complementary strand?
offspring if both parents are type O? a. A A G C C A c. T T C G G T
a. A and B c. A, B and AB b. A C C G A A d. C C A T T C
b. A and AB d. O only 37. Extinction means
30. In humans, maleness or femaleness is a. population of a species begins
determined by a pair of sex chromosomes declining rapidly
called X and Y. What is the genotype for b. population has become so low
males? c. occurs when the last member of that
a. XX c. XXY species dies
b. XY d. XO d. when the population is stable.
31. Which of the following traits is not controlled 38. A major benefit to come from the release of
by multiple genes? wolves into the Yellowstone National Park is
a. color blindness c. freckles a. increased numbers of elk
b. eye color d. hair b. control of coyotes that kill cattle
texture c. control of the explosive population
growth of domestic cats that menace
For 32-33, the genetic disorder campgrounds
phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by a d. control of the grizzly bears
recessive allele (n). The family tree below 39. It happens when there is removing or
shows the incidence of the disease over three clearing of forest to include cutting of all
generations. trees, mostly for agricultural or urban use.
a. Eutrophication
b. Acid rain precipitation
c. Water pollution
d. deforestation
40. A conservation biologist would _____.
a. work with government officials to
establish a plan for the protection of
endangered species
b. analyze organism characteristics that
help them survive in particular
locations
c. investigate the impact of industrial
pollutants on an ecosystem
d. all of the above

32. What is the genotype of Jane's husband? 41. Acid deposition _____.
a. XX c. XY a. is only a problem where sulfur
b. XnX d. XnY dioxide and nitrogen oxide are
33. Then Jane’s husband is a ________. emitted
a. Normal male
b. Normal, carrier male
c. Male with PKU
 b. occurs when sulfur dioxide and
nitrogen oxide combine with water to
produce acids
c. stimulates the growth of plants that
prefer acid soil
d. all of the above
42. Which is associated with air pollution?
a. global warming
b. destruction of the ozone shield
c. acid deposition
d. all of the above
43. What is the formula for photosynthesis?
a. 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy →
C6H12O6 + 6O2
b. 6CO2 + 6O2 + light energy ---->
C6H12O6 + 6H2O
c. 6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2 +
light energy
d. 6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2
44. Which of the following molecules is a waste 49. Cramps during exercise are caused by:
product of photosynthesis? a. alcohol fermentation
a. Oxygen c. Water b. glycolysis inhibition
b. Carbon dioxide d. Sugar c. lactic acid fermentation
45. Chlorophyll is mostly located above the leaf d. chemiosmosis
of the plant to _________. 50. Which of the following processes produces
a. collect carbon dioxide. the most ATP?
b. collect light energy. a. glycolysis
c. release oxygen. b. oxidative phosphorylation
d. release glucose. c. fermentation
46. Iodine is used to detect the presence of d. Krebs’ cycle
starch produced in photosynthesis. This
works when ______.
a. its brown color has not changed.
b. its brown color turned into dark blue.
Ang rules sa LOVE
c. its brown color become colorless.
d. its brown color become yellow.
ay PAREHAS ng rules
For 47-48, use the diagram on the topmost
right. when taking the exam,

47. This process begins with the production of NO CHEATING!

Acetyl-CoA:
a. Chemiosmosis
b. Electron Transport Chain
c. Glycolysis Kung LOYAL ka,
d. Krebs cycle or Citric Acid Cycle
48. Which of the following is the products of the hindi mo gagawin ang
Krebs cycle?
a. ATP c. FADH tumingin sa IBA.
b. NADH d. all of these

Prepared by: AIB / S.Y. 2016-2017