UNIFIED EXAM IN SCIENCE 9

First Quarter

Name: _______________________________________________ Grade: ___________________

School: ______________________________________________ Score: ___________________

Directions: Read and understand carefully each of the following questions. Choose the best answer from choices A, B,
C and D. Write the letter of your choice on the space provided before each number.

_____1. What is the other term use to describe Respiratory system?

A. It is a gas exchange system of the body C. Mechanism for blood flow

B. Cardiovascular system only in plants D. Both A and B

_____2. This is a hollow tube that serves as passageway of air into the lungs.

Which organ functions this way?

A. Trachea B. Bronchi C. Bronchioles D. Alveoli

_____3. What is a tiny bubble-like bunch of structure where gas exchange occur?

A. Trachea B. Bronchi C. Bronchioles D. Alveoli

_____4. 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. glucose B. carbon dioxide C. oxygen D. heat

_____5. Rose exercise by inhaling and exhaling.

What happens to the diaphragm when a person breathes in or inhales?

A. Relaxes B. goes down C. contracts D. goes upward

_____6. Solid and liquid wastes are removed from the body through defecation and urination.

What is released by the body as waste during respiration?

A. Carbon dioxide B. Nutrients C. Oxygen D. Smoke

_____7. When we breathe in, we inhale many gases, including oxygen.

What happens to the gases that the body can’t use?

A. they are exhaled.

B. circulates through the body and are disposed of later.
C. they are changed into oxygen by the lungs.
D. absorbed into the digestive system and used to create energy.

_____8. Why is blood that flows from the lungs to the heart is bright red rather than dark red?

A. oxygen makes it red C. gastric juice produce the red color of the blood
B. carbon dioxide makes it red D. the lungs add a pigment to blood as it flows through them.

_____9. What body structure protects the lungs from outside harm?

A. cartilage B. tiny sacs C. the rib cage D. the diaphragm

_____10. What type of blood vessels carries deoxygenated blood?

A. arteries B. veins C. capillaries D. aorta

_____11. What is the correct order of how the air enters into the body?

I. Air enters your lungs and then into the left part of your heart.
II. Carbon dioxide leaves your body through the lungs when you exhale.
III. Once the air reaches the cells, oxygen processes the nutrients to release energy.
IV. Air is pumped by your heart into the bloodstream, all the way through your body.
V. The blood delivers carbon dioxide into the right portion of your heart, from which it is pumped to the
lungs.

A. Carbon dioxide B. Nutrients C. Oxygen D. Smoke

_____12. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?

A. When we inhale, our diaphragm expands while our lungs contract.

B. When we inhale, our diaphragm contracts while our lungs expand.
C. When we exhale, our diaphragm and lungs contract.
D. When we exhale, our diaphragm is back to its normal size but our lungs expand.

_____13. In the circulatory system, which is the correct flow of the blood?

A. Right ventricle, Semi-Lunar valve, Pulmonary artery, Lungs

B. Left ventricle, Semi-Lunar valve, Pulmonary artery, Lungs
C. Right ventricle, Semi-Lunar valve, Pulmonary valve, Lungs
D. Left ventricle, Semi-Lunar valve, Pulmonary valve, Lungs

_____14. What would happen to a person who have open wound and whose blood did not clot naturally?

A. they would bleed to death.

B. nothing. Clotting is not important.
C. they would have to take regular doses of plasma.
D. they would have to take special clotting drugs.

_____15. What happens to the diaphragm and your ribcage when you breathe in air?

A. When you breathe in your diaphragm expands and your ribcage contracts.
B. When you breathe in your diaphragm contracts and your ribcage expands.
C. When you breathe in your diaphragm explodes and your ribcage contradicts.
D. When you breathe in your diaphragm does not move and your ribcage expands.

_____16. What do you think is the main reason why oxygen is important to our body?

A. Oxygen causes us to breathe.

B. It processes the nutrients in the cell to make energy.
C. It will make the person healthy.
D. It combines with blood to become oxyhemoglobin

_____17. Which part of the body the oxygen enters to the respiratory system and flow to the bloodstream to be
circulated to the whole part of the body?

A. Body tissues B. heart C. lungs D. body cell

_____18. Which is the correct flow of blood in the systemic circulation?

A. lungs  heart  lungs C. lungs  heart  cells

B. heart  lungs D. heart  body cells

_____19. What part of the heart receives blood from the body cells?

A. Left atrium B. left ventricle C. right atrium D. right ventricle

_____20. Which body system do you think is affected when a person has a condition in which there is thickening and
hardening of the arteries?

A. Respiratory system C. circulatory system

B. nervous system D. digestive system
_____21. The following are ways or practices to prevent diseases in our circulatory and respiratory system EXCEPT

A. Eating healthy foods with balance diet.

B. Doing regular exercise and adequate rest.
C. Avoiding health check-up and physical screening.
D. Avoiding vices such as cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking.

_____22. As s student, how can we bring awareness to people in our community about the negative effects of cigarette
smoking?

I. Create poster or slogan about the negative effects of cigarette smoking which will be posted on public
spaces.
II. Make use of your social media networking sites (e.g. facebook, twitter, Instagram) in advocating “stop
smoking campaign”.
III. Invite the people in your community to attend the symposium or orientation about cigarette smoking.
IV. Create an informative brochure about the negative effects of cigarette smoking and distribute to the people
in your community.

A. I and II only. B. I and IV only. C. I, II, and III only. D. I, II, III and IV

_____23. If someone smoke cigarettes constantly for a long time, their alveoli will eventually be coated with tar.

This is bad because

A. It does not as good as when they are not coated.

B. It’s more difficult to diffuse things in and out of the lungs.
C. The alveoli cannot move as well when they are coated.
D. The alveoli does not have room to grow.

_____24. Cigarette smoking will cause many illnesses and affect health in general. Identify the negative effects of
smoking in your body specifically in the respiratory system.

A. Increased heart rate C. increased blood pressure

B. arteriosclerosis D. tuberculosis

_____25. One chain of a DNA molecule has a nucleotide sequence GCT TAC GTA.

What is the sequence of the nucleotides on its partner chain?

A. CGA ATG CAT B. GGA ACG CAT C. CGA ACT GAT D. CGA ATG CAG

_____26. In order to identify the person’s blood type, the following factors must be considered EXCEPT

A. Presence of antigen A and B.

B. Absence of an antigen.
C. the presence of dominant alleles such a s Antigen A and B.
D. Submit the person for complete blood count (CBC) a laboratory test.

_____27. Which part of the cell the gene is located?

A. Chromosome B. nucleus C. cell D. cytoplasm

_____28. It is a cross between pure bred red flower and pure bred white flower plant.

What would be the resulting phenotype of the offspring based on Non- Mendelian Principle of Inheritance?

A. Red B. Pink C. White D. Roan

_____29. What parent alleles should be crossed to be able to obtain 25% red (RR), 50% pink (Rr) and 25% white (rr)
offsprings?

A. RR x rr B. RR x Rr C. Rr x Rr D. Rr x rr

_____30. Predict the probability of having a red cow offspring when a roan bull and roan cow is crossed.

A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%

_____31. An albino woman (xaxa) marries a normal man (xAy).

What is the probability of having an affected daughter?

A. 0% B. 25% C. 50% D. 100%

_____32. A pregnant woman has a heterozygous A blood type.

Choose from the options below the supposed genotype of her husband’s blood type in order to have a
probability of 25% type O offspring.

A. lAlA B. lBi C. ii D. lBlB

_____33. Which would be the genotype of the female offsprings if a hemophiliac female is crossed with a normal
male?

A. XhXh B. XhX C. XX D. XhY

_____34. Suppose 400 ants live in a 50sq.cm. plot of grass, determine the population density of the ants per square
meter.

A. 80 B. 800 C. 8,000 D. 80,000

_____35. When the population of a species begins declining rapidly, the species is said to be a/an _______
species.

A. endangered B. threatened C. extinct D. degraded

_____36. Which of the following is NOT a cause of destruction of coastal resources?

A. Mining activities B. muro-ami C. deforestation D. kaingin farming

_____37. The students were asked by their teacher to find the index of diversity of the trees in the school
campus. They found six species of trees on the designated area and made a list of them as follows:
XOOXXXXOXXOOOXX.
Calculate the index of diversity based on the data recorded.

A. 2.5 B. 2.6 C. 2.8 D. 3.0

_____38. PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) are toxic wastes produced in the making of paints, inks and electrical
insulators.

Through which process the PCB becomes concentrated in the body tissues of water organisms?

A. biological diversity B. eutrophication C. biological magnification D. acid precipitation

_____39. A vegetable farmer wants to increase his harvest. Which of the following conditions should the
farmer consider?

a. A. The kinds of soil only C. The location of the plot only

B. The amount of water only D. All of the above

_____40. A farmer is experiencing a problem in growing his crops. Most of the leaves of the crops are turning
yellow.

Which of the following will likely result from the yellowing of the leaves of the crops?

A. It will increase the production of food. C. The production of food will remain the same.
B. It will decrease the production of food. D. None of the above.
_____41. Photosynthesis chemical reaction includes the following EXCEPT________.

A. Chlorophyll harness light energy from the sun.

B. Light energy is converted to ATP and stored in plants.
C. Carbon dioxide and water is used.
D. The main product is glucose

_____42. Abby wants to know if leaves are capable of making food during night time.

Which of the following experimental design should Abby do to get an accurate answer to her question?

A. Put one potted plant in a very dark place over night and test for the presence of starch.
B. Cover the plant with paper bag overnight and test for the presence of starch.
C. Put one potted plant under the sun and the other in a shaded area for two hours and test for the presence of
starch.
D. Cover one leaf of a potted with carbon paper for two hours and test for the presence of starch.

_____43. The light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis must come first before the light independent reaction
because its products are important to the fixation of carbon dioxide.

Which of the following is/are the product/s of the light dependent reaction?

A. ADP only B. NADPH only C. ATP only D. NADPH and ATP

_____44. During the synthesis of ATP, what is the direction of hydrogen flow?

A. from matrix to intermembrane space C. from matrix of mitochondrion to cytoplasm

B. from intermembrane space to matrix D. from cytoplasm to matrix of mitochondrion

_____45. Oxygen is essential in cellular respiration.

What is the role of oxygen in the electron transport chain?

A. It provides a high energy proton. C. It serves as the final acceptor.

B. It releases an electron. D. It forms water.

_____46. What will happen if ATP and NADPH are already used up at night/dark reaction?

A. Less oxygen will be produced. C. Glucose production will stop.

B. Less carbon dioxide will be used. D. Water molecules will split to form electrons.

_____47. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that cycle out in the ecosystem.
Which of the following gases is important to photosynthesis?

A. ozone gas B. water vapor C. oxygen D. carbon dioxide

_____48. The breakdown of food into chemical energy in ATP by cells undergoes three major processes.

Which of these processes provides the most number of ATP molecules?

A. Glycolysis B. Electron Transport C. Kreb’s Cycle D. Both A and B

_____49. What factor would you consider as the cause of the process of cellular respiration to stop?

A. Presence of sunlight C. Absence of oxygen

b. Occurrence of darkness D. Lack of water

_____50. Which of the following best explains why planting trees and putting up urban gardens can help
prevent global warming?

A. Plants produce oxygen during day time and perform transpiration.

B. Plants absorb carbon dioxide that contributes to the rising of earth’s temperature.
C. Plants perform photosynthesis.
D. Plants use up carbon dioxide during photosynthesis, release oxygen to the environment, and perform
transpiration.
 ANSWER KEY
Grade 9 Science
First Quarter

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