National Capital Region

DIVISION OF CITY SCHOOLS

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. ___________________________________.
2. Which part of the respiratory system filters and i. Increase your walking speed.
warm the air upon entering it? ii. Maintain a healthy weight.
a. air sac c. nasal cavity iii. Stay hydrated.
b. bronchi d. diaphragm iv. Avoid smoking.
3. How does the air enter our body? Which of the following belongs in the blank
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea > space above?
bronchi > bronchioles > alveoli a. Causes of respiratory problems
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea > b. Ways on how to avoid respiratory
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli problems.
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli d. Results of bad lifestyle.
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > 9. What is the primary organ of the circulatory
bronchioles > bronchi > nose system?
4. During inhalation, _______. a. Heart c. veins
a. the diaphragm moves down and b. Arteries d. blood
contracts the chest cavity. 10. A type of circulation which is described by the
b. the diaphragm moves down and movement of blood through the tissues of the
expands the chest cavity. HEART.
c. the diaphragm moves up and contracts a. Pulmonary c. Systemic
the chest cavity. b. Coronary d. Respiratory
d. the diaphragm moves up and expands 11. The _______ prevents the back flow of blood.
the chest cavity. a. atrium c. ventricle
5. All of the following are associated with b. valve d. septum
respiratory problems EXCEPT
a. unbalanced diet c. pollutants For 12-13, use the image below.
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. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve
13. What is letter B in the picture? 20. What is the basic unit of heredity?
c. Septum c. Lungs a. Gene c. autosome
d. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve b. DNA d. chromosome
14. The beating sound your heart makes comes
from:
For 21-22, A plant with red flowers is crossed
a. Blood going in the wrong direction
with a white-flowered plant of the same
b. Valves closing
c. The heart skipping beats
species. All the seeds, when grown, produce
d. Your ears playing tricks on you plants with red flowers. (Assume that the flower
15. Arrange properly the statements below on how color is controlled by a single pair of alleles)
the heart works.
21. Which allele is dominant
A. When the heart contracts, the right lower a. Red color c. Pink color
ventricle will pump the blood into the lungs, b. White color d. Red & Pink
where the carbon dioxide is exchanged for
Stripe
oxygen.
22. Which is recessive?
B. The heart receives oxygen-deficient blood
from the body into the right upper atrium.
a. Red color c. Pink color
C. Oxygen-rich blood flows from the left upper b. White color d. Red & Pink
atrium into the left lower ventricle. Stripe
D. After the exchange, the blood containing 23. In cats, the allele (S) for short fur is
fresh oxygen flows into the left upper atrium. dominant to the allele (s) for long fur. What
E. When the heart contracts, the left lower is the phenotype of a cat with a genotype
ventricle will force the blood out to the body Ss?
through a network of arteries. a. Short fur c. medium fur
b. Long fur d. no fur
a. A, B, C, D, E c. B, E, A, C, D
24. In rabbits, assume that the dominant allele
b. A, E, B, C, D d. B, A, D, C, E
(B) produces black fur. The allele (b) for
16. You can keep your heart strong by:
a. Eating heart-shaped candy
white fur is recessive to B.
b. Doing activities, like playing outside,
riding your bike, and swimming Rabbit 1 Rabbit 2 Rabbit 3 Rabbit 4
c. Smoking
Genotype BB Bb bB bb
d. Sleeping 18 hours a day
17. Inflammation of larynx is termed
a. laryngitis c. arthritis Which rabbits will have gray coat color?
b. phlebitis d. bronchitis a. 1, 2 and 3 c. 2 and 3
18. Which two respiratory system problems are b. 1 and 4 d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
treated with medicine that dilates the airways? 25. If rabbits 1 and 4 were mated together and
a. Sinusitis and bronchitis had 12 babies, how many of these would
b. Emphysema and tuberculosis you expect to be gray?
c. Asthma and bronchitis a. 0 c. 8
d. Emphysema and pneumonia b. 4 d. 12
26. What is a type of inheritance where both
19. Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque
alleles are expressed equally in the
builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is made
phenotype of the heterozygote?
up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other
substances found in the blood. Over time, a. Complete dominance
plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. This b. Incomplete dominance
limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your c. Codominance
organs and other parts of your body. d. Multiple allele
27. A red cow is crossed with a white cow and
Why is atherosclerosis especially serious produced an offspring that is a roan cow.
when it develops in the coronary arteries? What is a roan cow?
a. It can then go on to affect the aorta. a. A purebred red cow.
b. It can make red blood cells die. b. A purebred white cow.
c. It can lead to a heart attack.
c. A pink cow.
d. It can limit the functioning of white blood
d. A cow with red hair and white
cells.
blotches.
 b. XnX d. XnY
33. Then Jane’s husband is a ________.
For 28-29, use the table below. a. Normal male
b. Normal, carrier male
c. Male with PKU
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
28. The alleles controlling the ABO blood 35. Which of the following statements is true?
groups are given the letters IA (group A), IB a. The gene is the basic unit of heredity
(group B) and i (group O). This type of and is found in the chromosome.
inheritance is called ________. b. The chromosome is the basic unit of
a. Complete dominance heredity and is found in the gene
b. Incomplete dominance c. The gene determines the sex of
c. Codominance humans and the chromosomes carry the
d. Multiple allele traits.
29. What is/are the possible blood type/s of an d. The gene carries the traits inside the
offspring if both parents are type O? 20 pairs of chromosomes in humans.
a. A and B c. A, B and AB 36. A DNA strand has the following bases: A A
b. A and AB d. O only G C C A. What are the bases on its
30. In humans, maleness or femaleness is complementary strand?
determined by a pair of sex chromosomes a. A A G C C A c. T T C G G T
called X and Y. What is the genotype for b. A C C G A A d. C C A T T C
males? 37. Extinction means
a. XX c. XXY a. population of a species begins
b. XY d. XO declining rapidly
31. Which of the following traits is not controlled b. population has become so low
by multiple genes? c. occurs when the last member of that
a. color blindness c. freckles species dies
b. eye color d. hair d. when the population is stable.
texture 38. A major benefit to come from the release of
wolves into the Yellowstone National Park
For 32-33, the genetic disorder is
phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by a a. increased numbers of elk
recessive allele (n). The family tree below b. control of coyotes that kill cattle
shows the incidence of the disease over three c. control of the explosive population
generations. growth of domestic cats that menace
campgrounds
d. control of the grizzly bears
39. 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. 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
32. What is the genotype of Jane's husband?
a. XX c. XY
 b. analyze organism characteristics that b. Electron Transport Chain
help them survive in particular c. Glycolysis
locations d. Krebs cycle or Citric Acid Cycle
c. investigate the impact of industrial 48. Which of the following is the products of the
pollutants on an ecosystem Krebs cycle?
d. all of the above a. ATP c. FADH
b. NADH d. all of these
41. 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
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 ----> 49. Cramps during exercise are caused by:
C6H12O6 + 6H2O a. alcohol fermentation
c. 6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2 + b. glycolysis inhibition
light energy c. lactic acid fermentation
d. 6CO2 + 6H2O ----> C6H12O6 + 6O2 d. chemiosmosis
44. Which of the following molecules is a waste 50. Which of the following processes produces
product of photosynthesis? the most ATP?
a. Oxygen c. Water a. glycolysis
b. Carbon dioxide d. Sugar b. oxidative phosphorylation
45. Chlorophyll is mostly located above the leaf c. fermentation
of the plant to _________. d. Krebs’ cycle
a. collect carbon dioxide.
b. collect light energy.
c. release oxygen.
d. release glucose.
46. Iodine is used to detect the presence of Ang rules sa LOVE
starch produced in photosynthesis. This
works when ______. ay PAREHAS ng rules
a. its brown color has not changed.
when taking the exam,
b. its brown color turned into dark blue.
c. its brown color become colorless. NO CHEATING!
d. its brown color become yellow.

For 47-48, use the diagram on the topmost

47. This process begins with the production of hindi mo gagawin ang
Acetyl-CoA:
a. Chemiosmosis tumingin sa IBA.
Prepared by: AIB / S.Y. 2016-2017