Municipality of TERNATE

TERNATE WEST NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE 9

Name: _____________________________ Grade&Sec: G9 ALVAREZ / BELARMINO

Date:______________________________ Score: ________________________________

I. Read the statements below carefully and encircle the letter of your choice. NO ERASURES.

1. In which organ does exchange of gases takes place?

A. Mouth B. Lungs C. Nose D. Trachea
2. Which item should be OMITTED from the list?
A. Artery B. Heart C. Lungs D. Vein
3. A man with a type A blood needs blood transfusion very badly but no type A blood is available. Which of the following
blood types may be used as a substitute without causing harm to the victim?
A. B B. AB or O C. AB D. O only
4. Why does the body needs oxygen?
A. For eliminating waste products C. for fighting pathogens
B. For neutralizing CO2 buildup D. for the extraction of energy from food
5. Habitat destruction is the primary cause of animal extinction. Which of the following is an example of habitat destruction?
a. Humans converting forestland to farms
b. Humans obtaining land for housing development
c. Humans acquiring land for industrial development
d. All of the above
6. 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
7. How does the air enter our body?
A. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchi > bronchioles > alveoli
B. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli
C. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli
D. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi > nose
8. All of the following are associated with respiratory problems EXCEPT
A. unbalanced diet B. enough sleep C. pollutants D. smoking
9. 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.
10. ___________________________________________.
i. Increase your walking speed.
ii. Maintain a healthy weight.
iii. Stay hydrated.
iv. Avoid smoking.
Which of the following belongs in the blank space above?
A. Causes of respiratory problems
B. Ways on how to avoid respiratory problems.
C. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
D. Results of bad lifestyle.
11. It is described as the primary organ of the circulatory system and the size is as big as closed fist.
A. Artery B. Lungs C. Heart D. Kidney
12. A type of circulation which is described by the movement of blood through the tissues of the HEART
A. Coronary B. Pulmonary C. Respiratory D. Systemic
13. One chain of a DNA molecule has a nucleotide sequence C, C, G, C, T. What is the sequence of the nucleotides on its
partner chain?
A. C, C, G, C, T B. G, G, A, G, A C. G, G, C, G, A D. G, G, A, T, G
14. What is the advantage of breathing faster during and after strenuous exercise?
A. Faster breathing uses up more energy.
B. More oxygen is needed to supply more energy.
C. Faster breathing expels more carbon dioxide from the body.
D. It is an example of how the body maintains internal balance or homeostasis.
15. Why are lungs considered as excretory organs?
A. Exchange of gases takes place in the lungs.
B. The lungs are made up of thin-walled sacs.
C. They expel carbon dioxide and small amount of water.
D. They receive a fresh supply of oxygen through the capillaries
16. Arrange properly the statements below on how the heart works.
A. When the heart contracts, the right lower ventricle will pump the blood into the lungs, where the carbon dioxide is
exchanged for oxygen.
B.The heart receives oxygen-deficient blood from the body into the right upper atrium.
C. Oxygen-rich blood flows from the left upper atrium into the left lower ventricle.
D. After the exchange, the blood containing fresh oxygen flows into the left upper atrium.
 E. When the heart contracts, the left lower ventricle will force the blood out to the body through a network of arteries.
A. A, B, C, D, E B. B, E, A, C, D C. A, E, B, C, D D. B, A, D, C, E
17. Plants make food by absorbing water and carbon dioxide. Which of the following substances is the origin of oxygen released
as gas by green plants during photosynthesis?
A. water B. carbon dioxide C. sugar D.ribulose-1,5-biphosphate
18. Plants are considered as food makers. In which of the following cell organelles does photosynthesis occur?
A. ribosome B. chlorophyll C. chloroplast D. mitochondrion
19. All organisms get energy from food to perform different life processes. This is done in the cells by breaking down sugar
molecules into chemical energy. Which of the following cell organelles is associated with the production of chemical energy?
A. chloroplast B. mitochondrion C. endoplasmic reticulum D. nucleus
20. Pyruvate is the product of glycolysis. If there is no oxygen available to cells of the human body, what becomes of pyruvate?
A. alcohol B. lactic acid C. CO2 D. a and c
21. Which of the following is the products of the Krebs cycle?
A. ATP B. FADH C. NADH D. all of these
22. Chlorophyll is mostly located above the leaf of the plant to _________.
A. collect carbon dioxide C. release oxygen
B. collect light energy D. release glucose
23. The _______ prevents the back flow of blood.
A. atrium B. septum C. valve D. ventricle

For 24 - 25, use the image below.

24. What is letter A in the picture?

A. Left Ventricle B. Lungs C. Septum D. Tricuspid Valve
25. What is letter B in the picture?
A. Left Ventricle B. Lungs C. Septum D. Tricuspid Valve
26. What is the basic unit of heredity?
A. Autosome B. chromosome C. DNA D. Gene
27. The beating sound your heart makes comes from:
A. Valves closing C. The heart skipping beats
B. Blood going in the wrong direction D. Your ears playing tricks on you
28. You can keep your heart strong by:
A. Smoking
B. Sleeping 18 hours a day
C. Eating heart-shaped candy
D. Doing activities, like playing outside, riding your bike, and swimming
29. Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is made up of fat, cholesterol, calcium,
and other substances found in the blood. Over time, plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. This limits the flow of oxygen-
rich blood to your organs and other parts of your body.
Why is atherosclerosis especially serious when it develops in the coronary arteries?
A. It can then go on to affect the aorta.
B. It can make red blood cells die.
C. It can lead to a heart attack.
D. It can limit the functioning of white blood cells.
30. In humans, maleness or femaleness is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes called X and Y. What is the genotype for
males?
A. XX B. XY C. XXX D. XYY

For number 31 – 40 read the question below.

A red carnation is crossed with a white carnation and the resulting offspring are all pink (indicating incomplete dominance).

31. Create a Punnett square that will the result of a cross between a pink and a white carnation.
32. What is the genotypic ratio?
 A. 1:3 B. 2:3 C. 2:2 D. 2:1
33. What are the color of the offspring?
A. pink and red B. pink and white C. red and white D. all red

Color-blindness is a recessive, sex-linked disorder in humans. A color-blind man has a child with a woman who is a carrier of the
disorder.

34. Illustrate using a Punnett square show the probability of having children who will have normal vision and children who will
be color-blind.
35. What is the phenotypic ratio?
A. 1:1:1:1 B. 1:2:1 C. 1:3 D. 4:0
36. What is the genotypic ratio?
A. 1:1:1:1 B. 1:2:1 C. 1:3 D. 4:0
37. What is the ratio of the colorblind offspring to normal offspring?
A. 1:1 B. 1:2 C. 1:3 D. 1:4
38. What genotype did you use to represent a female that is carrier with no signs of color blindness?
A. XX B. XXc C. XY D. XXX

A plant with red flowers is crossed with a white-flowered plant of the same species. All the seeds, when grown, produce plants
with red flowers. (Assume that the flower color is controlled by a single pair of alleles)
39. Which allele is dominant
A. Red color C. Pink color
B. White color D. Red & Pink Stripe
40. Which is recessive?
A. Red color C. Pink color
B. White color D. Red & Pink Stripe
41. In cats, the allele (S) for short fur is dominant to the allele (s) for long fur. What is the phenotype of a cat with a genotype Ss?
A. Short fur C. medium fur
B. Long fur D. no fur
42. In rabbits, under codominance assume that the dominant allele (B) produces black fur. The allele (b) for white fur is recessive
to B.
Rabbit 1 Rabbit 2 Rabbit 3 Rabbit 4

Genotype BB Bb Bb bb
Which rabbits will have gray coat color?
A. 1, 2 and 3 C. 2 and 3
B. 1 and 4 D. 1, 2, 3 and 4
43. If rabbits 1 and 4 were mated together and had 12 babies, how many of these would you expect to be gray?
A. 0 B. 4 C. 8 D. 12
44. What is a type of inheritance where both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of the heterozygote?
A. Complete dominance C. Codominance
B. Incomplete dominance D. Multiple Allele
45. Which of the following processes produces the most ATP?
A. Glycolysis C. fermentation
B. oxidative phosphorylation D. Krebs’ cycle
46. Cramps during exercise are caused by:
A. alcohol fermentation C. lactic acid fermentation
B. glycolysis inhibition D. chemiosmosis
47. Iodine is used to detect the presence of starch produced in photosynthesis. This works when ______.
A. its brown color has not changed.
B. its brown color turned into dark blue.
C. its brown color become colorless.
D. its brown color become yellow.
48. Which of the following molecules is a waste product of photosynthesis?
A. oxygen C. water
B. carbon dioxide D. sugar
49. What is the formula for photosynthesis?
A. 6CO2 + 6H2O + light energy → C6H12O6 + 6O2
C. 6CO2 + 6O2 + light energy ----> C6H12O6 + 6H2O
D. 6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + light energy
E. 6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2
50. Acid deposition _____.
A. is only a problem where sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide are emitted
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
51. It happens when there is removing or clearing of forest to include cutting of all trees, mostly for agricultural or urban use.
A. eutrophication C. water pollution
B. acid rain precipitation D. deforestation
52. Extinction means
A. population of a species begins declining rapidly
B. population has become so low
C. occurs when the last member of that species dies
D. when the population is stable.
53. The trapping of heat by gases in the earth’s atmosphere is called ______________.
A. Global warming C. Air pollution
B. Greenhouse effect D. Acid precipitation
54. Suppose 60 ants live in a 4 sq m plot of grass. What would be the population density of the ants?
A. 15 ants per sq.m C. 17 ants per sq.m
B. 19 ants per sq.m D. 20 ants per sq.m
55. What would the population density be if 100 ants live in an 8 sq m plot of grass?
A. 11.5 ants per sq.m C. 12.5 ants per sq.m
B. 13.5 ants per sq.m D. 14.5 ants per sq.m
56. Pollutants dumped into the rivers and streams eventually find their way to ______.
A. atmosphere C. groundwater supplies
B. ocean D. water
57. The average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere may rise as a result of ______.
A. Global warming C. Air pollution
B. Water pollution D. Acid precipitation

58. What will happen if ATP and NADPH are already used up at night?
A. Less oxygen will be produced. C. Glucose production will stop.
B. Less carbon dioxide will be used. D. Water molecule will split to form electrons.
59. Sugarcane juice is used in making table sugar which is extracted from the stem of the plant. Trace the path of sugar molecules
found in the stem from where they are produced.
A. root --- stem C. flowers---leaf---stem
B. leaf --- stem D. roots ---leaf --- stem
60. 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.