Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION – X NORTHERN MINDANAO
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL
MISAMIS ORIENTAL GENERAL COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL

SCIENCE 9 - FIRST QUARTER SUMMATIVE TEST

DIRECTIONS: Read the questions and select the letter that corresponds to the best
answer. Use the provided answer sheet. Do not make any notes on the test
questionnaire.

1. What part of the respiratory system puts oxygen into the bloodstream?
a. mouth c. diaphragm
b. lungs d. bronchi

2. What is the name of this structure that serves as channel where air enters the body; warmed,
cleaned, and moistened?
a. nasal passage c. trachea
b. mouth d. lungs

3. Refers to the two branching tubes that connect the trachea which leads to the lungs.
a. bronchioles c. trachea
b. alveoli d. bronchi

4. Which type of blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
a. arteries c. capillaries
b. veins d. arteries and capillaries

5. What is the main function of a heart valve?

a. control the amount of blood that flows into arteries
b. redirect blood flow
c. prevent the blood from flowing backwards
d. move the blood to the lungs

6. In which order does the oxygen from the air enter the lungs?
a. nose, trachea, pharynx, larynx, bronchioles, bronchi, alveoli
b. nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli
c. nose, larynx, pharynx, trachea, alveoli, bronchi, bronchioles
d. nose, pharynx, trachea, larynx, bronchioles, alveoli, bronchi
 7. Which of the following is correct about a trachea?
a. It enables air to enter the nasal passage
b. It allow for the exchange of gases
c. It serves as passage of air into the lungs
d. It warmed, cleaned and moistened air

8. Which of the following is correctly paired?

a. heart: carry oxygen
b. atrium: gas exchange
c. veins: carry blood away from the heart
d. ventricle: pump blood

9. What is the function of the right ventricle?

a. pumps blood into the body
b.pumps blood into the lungs
c. accepting blood from the body
d.receiving blood from the lungs

10. Where does blood go when it leaves chamber 4?

a. aorta
b. left atrium
c. right atrium
d. lungs
11. Which of the following describes a vein?
a. It has thin walls and carries oxygenated blood away from the heart.
b. It has thick walls with valves and carries blood under pressure.
c. It has a very thin wall with valves and carries blood under pressure.
d. It has thin walls with valves and carries blood towards the heart.

12. All of the following are true about human circulatory system EXCEPT .
a. The atria are the pumping chamber while the ventricles are the receiving
chamber of the heart.
b. The veins have thinner walls than our arteries
c. Blood helps to regulate body temperature, fight infections and form clots to repair
damage blood vessels.
d. The capillaries are the smallest blood vessel connecting the smallest
arteries to the smallest veins.

13. A boy met an accident. He cut a large blood vessel in his hand. Every few seconds, the blood
would spurt out. What do you think is the kind of blood vessel that was cut?
a. artery c. capillary
b. vein d. a, b, and c

14. Which of these diseases is characterized by breathing difficulty because of the mucus or phlegm
that forms in the airways obstructing the flow of oxygen into the lungs?
a. Common cold c. Bronchitis
b. Asthma d. Influenza
15. Which of the following diseases is caused by a family of viruses called corona viruses
infecting both people and animals?
a. Influenza c. Common cold
b. Asthma d. Covid 19

16. What organ of the body is affected by this lifestyle causing it not to expand normally and soon to
collapse resulting to chest pain and shortness of breath?
a. Lungs c. Intestines
b. Kidney d. Ovaries

17. Which of the following is an effective way in taking care of our circulatory system?
a. Take a plate of junk foods to ease boredom
b. Take a walk or jog in the boulevard
c. Take a glass of beer to ease pain
d. Take a slice of cake regularly to satisfy your craving

18. Which of the following is the best way in taking care of our respiratory and circulatory
systems?
a. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle free from stress.
b. Maintaining an unhealthy lifestyle with full of fun .
c. Maintaining a stressful lifestyle free from worries .
d. Maintaining a happy lifestyle with no limit of food and drinks.

19. How can you make good choices and stay healthy?
a. Consult health professionals when you are not feeling well.
b. Use internet to diagnose and treat yourself.
c. Buy over the counter medications.
d. Listen to anybody that gives you advices.

20. How can you maintain a healthy lifestyle?

I. A lifestyle free from stressful and
chaos environment
II. Eating right kind of food and
regular exercise
III. A stressful lifestyle free from worries
IV. A lifestyle with no limit of food and alcoholic drinks

a. I and II c. II and IV
b. I and IV d. I, II and III

21. Which of the following defines stress?

a. Just a normal part of human life.
b. Body’s reaction to controllable situation.
c. Situation that is not harmful.
d. It is a body’s reaction to physical or emotional tension.

22. Which of the following will benefit our body in eating a balanced diet?
a. It improves body’s health and reduces diseases.
b. It can leads to depression.
c. We are feeling empty and stress.
d. Our body will become malnourished.
 23. Which of the following is define as someone’s way of living that a person or particular group of
people usually do.
a. Stress c. Lifestyle
b. Exercise d. Smoking
24. Which of the following lifestyle causes the heart to pump slowly because of excessive fats in the
body?
a. drinking alcohol drinks c. obesity
b. playing gadgets d. insufficient sleep

25. How can you infer one’s lifestyle that affects the proper functioning of the heart?
I. eating on time and regular exercise
II. too much exposure of gadgets
III. sleeping at least 8 hours a day
IV. eating junk foods

a. I and III c. I, II and III

b. II and IV d. I, II, III and IV

26. Which of the following statements is TRUE about non-Mendelian inheritance?

a. It is a pattern of inheritance which follows the Law of Segregation.
b. It is a pattern of inheritance which does not follow Mendel's Genetic Laws.
c. It is a pattern of inheritance which was proposed by Sir Alexander Fleming.
d. It is a pattern of inheritance that solely explains the existence of dominant and
recessive traits.

27. Which of the following is the correct use of a Punnet square?

a. testing for the presence of the recessive allele
b. determining the DNA sequence of a given gene
c. identifying the gene locus where allele variations are possible
d. predicting the result of genetic crosses between organisms of known genotype

28. In incomplete dominance, the heterozygote offspring shows .

a. A phenotype of the dominant parent.
b.phenotype of the recessive parent.
c. phenotype that is intermediate between the 2 homozygous phenotypes.
d. A phenotype that is a combination between the 2 homozygous phenotypes.

29. In ABO Blood Group system, O is recessive. Therefore, for this blood type to be expressed
a. Two O alleles must be present.
b. One O allele and 1 B allele must be present.
c. The alleles A, B and O must all be present.
d. The alleles A, B and O must all be present.

30. In the ABO blood group systems in humans, what two alleles are codominant?
a. A & A b. A & O c. A & B d. B & O

31. All the offspring of a cross between a red- flowered plant and a white-flowered plant have pink
flowers. This means that the allele for red flowers is to the allele for white flowers.
a. codominant b . incompletely dominant c. dominant d. pleiotropic

32. What would be the genotype of a pink flower if it follows the rules for incomplete dominance,
given that R= red and W= white?
a. p b. pp c. rw d. RW
33. A cross between a white rooster and a black hen results in 100% gray offspring. When two of
these gray offspring are mated, the probable phenotypic percentage seen in the offspring would
be
a. 0% gray b. 75% black, 25% white
c.75% gray, 25% white d. 25%black, 50% gray, 25%white

34. A non - Mendelian pattern which results when one allele is not dominant over the other which
means both alleles are shown equally in the phenotypes of the heterozygote.
a. Codominance b . Incomplete Dominance c. Dominance d . Multiple Alleles

35. If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood
types would you likely be?
a.B. b. AB C. B d. O

36. Which of the following statements is FALSE about codominance?

a. It is a pattern of inheritance which does not follow Mendel's Genetic Laws.
b.It is a pattern of inheritance which shows the blending of traits of the parents.
c.It is a pattern of inheritance in which one allele is not dominant over the other.
d.It is a pattern of inheritance wherein the heterozygote shows the traits of both parents.

37. Cattles exhibit 3 different phenotypes namely: homozygous red [RR] coats, homozygous white
[WW] coats and heterozygous roan [RW] coats which is a mix of red hairs and white hairs. What is
the genotypic ratio of the offsprings between a cross of 2 heterozygous roan cows?
a.1 RR: 1 WW c. 1 RR : 2 RW : 1 WW
b.4 RW d. 2 RR: 1 RW: 2 WW

38. Number of hands is a dominant sex-limited trait shown only among male Antimoniums. If
Jade Orzen – a 4-handed Antimonium marries daughters?
a. 0% b. 50% c. 25% d. 75%

39. Hypertrichosis is a sex-linked holandric trait only observed among men. This is associated
with which chromosome?
a.XX b.. XY c. X d. Y

40. Hair color is a recessive X-linked trait among Magnesiumites. If aubergine-haired Shakeera
Mae marries aubergine-haired John Mark, what is their chance of having aubergine haired son?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 75% d. 25%

41. These are sex-based inheritance that is expressed on both sexes but more frequently in one
than in the other sex
a.Sex-based inheritance c. Sex-influenced traits
b.Sex-limited traits d. Sex-linked traits

42. Which of the following is described as traits that are exclusively expressed in one sex?
a.Sex-based inheritance c. Sex-influenced traits
b.Sex-limited traits d. Sex-linked traits

43. Which of the following is TRUE about colorblindness?

a.Color blindness is seen in both X and Y chromosomes.
b.There are fewer colorblind females than males.
c.Only males are colorbind.
d. All of these.

44. These traits are autosomal and are therefore not carried in the sex chromosomes.
a.Sex-linked and sex-limited traits
b.Sex-linked and sex-influenced traits
 c.Sex-limited and sex-influenced traits
d.Sex-based inheritance and sex-linked traits

45. Y-linked traits are also known as holandric traits. Which of the following is true about
holandric traits?
a.It is observed among females only
b.It is observed among males only
c.Both male and female can be carriers of the traits
d.There are more males afflicted with it compared to females

46. The gene for lactation is present in both male and female cattles. Being a sex-limited
trait, this expressed in
a.Female only c. Male cattles only
b.Both male and female cattles d. Neither male nor female cattles

47. What conditions will guarantee that a male offspring will have red-green color blindness?
a.the father is colorblind c. the mother is colorblind
b.the father has the recessive gene d. the mother has the recessive gene

48. What are the expected offspring’s when a female who is bald marries to a non-bald male?
i. all sons will become bald
ii.all daughters will become bald
Iii. none of the daughters will become bald

a.i only b. i and ii only c. ii only d. i and iii only

49. Hemophilia is an X-linked trait, why is it more commonly observed among males than in
females?
a.It behaves as a sex-influenced trait among males.
b.It behaves as a recessive allele among females.
c.It behaves as a dominant allele among females.
d.It behaves as a recessive allele among males.

50. Which of the following is TRUE about colorblindness?

a.Color blindness is seen in both X and Y chromosomes.
b.There are fewer colorblind females than males.
c.Only males are colorblind.
d.All of these.

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