BAUTISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Bautista, Pangasinan

FIRST PRELIMINARY EXAM IN GRADE 9- SCIENCE

Name:____________________________________ Section:______________________ Score:_________

I.KNOWLEDGE: Read the statement carefully then choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What happens to the diaphragm when we breathe in or inhale? Our diaphragm
a. contracts and moves upward. c. contracts and moves downward.
b. expands and moves to the left side. d. expands and moves to the right side.
2. What gas is released when we exhale?
a. Oxygen b. Carbon Monoxide c. Carbon Dioxide d. Nitrogen
3. Which part of respiratory system connects trachea to the lungs?
a. Nasal passages b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. alveoli
4. Which of the following parts of the circulatory system pumps the blood throughout the body?
a. heart b. blood vessel c. blood d. arteries
5. The type of circulation where the blood moves through the tissues of the heart.
a. Pulmonary b. Coronary c. Systematic d. none of these
6. The lower chamber of the heart that squeezes blood out into the arteries?
a. ventricle b. atrium c. valve d. arteries
7. Which of the following diseases can be acquired when one frequently smokes?
a. chronic bronchitis b. emphysema c. reduced blood circulation d. all of these
8. A pattern of inheritance where the alleles of both parents are expressed equally in the
phenotype of the heterozygote.
a. Co-dominance c. incomplete dominance
b. Multiple Alleles d. complete dominance
9. Haemophilia is a disease caused by a gene found on the X chromosome. Therefore, this trait is__
a. sex-linked b. sex-limited c. sex-influenced d. all of these
10. What will be the sex of a child when an egg is fertilized by a sperm that has a Y chromosome?
a. Male b. female c. both d. none of these
11. What part of the nucleotide differs among the other nucleotide?
a. Phosphate b. deoxyribose sugar c. nitrogenous base d. none of these
12. What is the gene pair for homozygous blood type A?
a. IAIA b. IAi c. IAIA d. IIAA
13. Color blindness is a sex-linked trait. If a color-blind female has a genotype XCXC ,then a color-
blind male will have a genotype _____.
a. XY b. XCY c. XYC d. XCYC
14. Which of the following is an example of sex-influenced trait?
a. Pattern baldness b. color-blindness c. lactation d. beard development
15. If the left chain of the DNA has a nucleotide sequence C C G C T, what is the sequence of the
nucleotide on its partner chain?

II.PROCESS:

1-5. Complete the diagram to illustrate how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together in
transporting the nutrients and gases throughout our body.

? ?
Veins
Right Atrium
?
HEART
? Left Ventricle

? ?
Capillaries
6-10. Draw a sample of double helix molecule that has a nucleotide sequence G C A T G.

11-15. Refer to the Punnett Square on the right side:

IA IB
+
What is the genotype of the father? _______
What is the genotype of the mother? _______ IB IAIB IBIB
What are the resulting phenotypes (blood type) of the offspring?
i I Ai I Bi
III.UNDERSTANDING:
Write the letter of the correct answer on your paper. (2 points each)

1-2. When a pure white tulip flower was crossed with a pure red tulip flower, the resulting phenotypes
are all pink flowered plants. The indicates that the pattern of inheritance is ?
a. incomplete dominance b. co-dominance c. multiple allele
3-4. Co-dominance occurs when both alleles of parents are expressed in the phenotype of the
heterozygote. Which of the following examples shows co-dominance?
a. A cross between a red bull and a white cow producing roans.
b. A cross between a red flower and a white flower calachuchi producing pink flowers.
c. A cross between a black chicken and a white chicken producing a checkered chicken.
d. a and c
5-6. Pregnant women are always advised by the pediatricians/doctors not to smoke. Why is this so?
a. The mother will experience reduced blood circulation.
b. The baby maybe affected and will not properly develop.
c. The mother and the baby may develop respiratory and circulatory illnesses.
d. all of the above
7-8. An old woman joined a kilometer-dash sprint and felt very exhausted afterwards. How did the old
woman’s activity affects her heart rate/beat? The woman’s heart rate/beat
a. increased because there is less supply of Oxygen.
b. decreased because there is too much Oxygen.
c. will not be affected in any ways.
d. will stop.
9-10. When we breathe in, we inhale many gases present in the air, including oxygen. What do you think
will happen to the gases which are not needed by the body? These gases will
a. be filtered by the nose and will not enter our body.
b. enter the nose and will stop in the lungs.
c. enter into the stomach and will leave the body through respiration.
d. pass through the lungs into the blood, and circulate throughout the body.

11-15. Draw a Punnett Square and predict the probability that the children will have the disorder if the
father is color-blind and the mother is a carrier of the disorder. (Key: X = Normal Vision ; XC = Color-
blindness)
What is the chance that the child will be color-blind? _____________
What is the chance that a daughter will be color-blind? ___________
What is the chance that the son will be color-blind? ______________

16-20. What will you do if you have observed your father smoking a pack of cigarette daily? How will you
explain to him the negative effects of cigarette smoking in our respiratory and circulatory systems?
 BAUTISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Bautista, Pangasinan
S.Y. 2014-2015

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
for
First Preliminary Exam in Grade 9- Science

Competencies Knowledge Process/ Skills Understanding

Explain how the respiratory
and circulatory systems work
together to transport
nutrients, gases, and other I.1-6 II.1-5 III.7-10
molecules to and from the
different parts of the body.

Infer how one‘s lifestyle can

affect the functioning of
respiratory and circulatory I.7 III.5-6, 16-20
systems.

Describe the location of

genes in chromosomes. I.10,11,15 II.6-10

Explain the different patterns

of non-Mendelian I.8-9,12-14 II.11-15 III.1-4, 11-15
inheritance.

TOTAL 15 15 20

Prepared by:

FEBREN V. VELASQUEZ
Subject Teacher

Checked by: Noted:

OLIVIA P. QUINTO EDUARDO B. CASTILLO

Department Head, Science Principal IV