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SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 9

First Quarter

Direction: Read each statement carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. What system is responsible for the exchange b. As the blood leaves the heart, the
of oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air blood is saturated with about 97%
and the cells? oxygen.
a. circulatory c. excretory c. As the blood enters the lungs, the
b. digestive d. respiratory blood is saturated with about 97%
2. Which part of the respiratory system filters oxygen.
and warm the air upon entering it? d. As the blood enters the heart, the
a. air sac c. nasal cavity blood is saturated with about 97%
b. bronchi d. diaphragm oxygen.
3. How does the air enter our body? 8. ___________________________________.
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea > i. Increase your walking speed.
bronchi > bronchioles > alveoli ii. Maintain a healthy weight.
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea > iii. Stay hydrated.
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli iv. Avoid smoking.
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > Which of the following belongs in the blank
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli space above?
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > a. Causes of respiratory problems
bronchioles > bronchi > nose b. Ways on how to avoid respiratory
4. During inhalation, _______. problems.
a. the diaphragm moves down and c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
contracts the chest cavity. d. Results of bad lifestyle.
b. the diaphragm moves down and 9. What is the primary organ of the circulatory
expands the chest cavity. system?
c. the diaphragm moves up and a. Heart c. veins
contracts the chest cavity. b. Arteries d. blood
d. the diaphragm moves up and expands 10. A type of circulation which is described by the
the chest cavity. movement of blood through the tissues of the
5. All of the following are associated with HEART.
respiratory problems EXCEPT a. Pulmonary c. Systemic
a. unbalanced diet c. pollutants b. Coronary d. Respiratory
b. enough sleep d. smoking 11. The _______ prevents the back flow of blood.
6. What is the role of ALVEOLI in the transport a. atrium c. ventricle
of GASES in the body? b. valve d. septum
a. They serve as the linkage from the
respiratory system and the circulatory system. For 12-13, use the image below.
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.
 a. laryngitis c. arthritis
b. phlebitis d. bronchitis
18. Which two respiratory system problems are
treated with medicine that dilates the airways?
a. Sinusitis and bronchitis
b. Emphysema and tuberculosis
c. Asthma and bronchitis
d. Emphysema and pneumonia

19. 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,
12. What is letter A in the picture? plaque hardens and narrows your arteries.
a. Septum c. Lungs This limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to
b. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve your organs and other parts of your body.
13. What is letter B in the picture?
c. Septum c. Lungs Why is atherosclerosis especially serious
d. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve when it develops in the coronary arteries?
14. The beating sound your heart makes comes a. It can then go on to affect the aorta.
from: b. It can make red blood cells die.
a. Blood going in the wrong direction c. It can lead to a heart attack.
b. Valves closing d. It can limit the functioning of white
c. The heart skipping beats blood cells.
d. Your ears playing tricks on you 20. What is the basic unit of heredity?
15. Arrange properly the statements below on a. Gene c. autosome
how the heart works. b. DNA d. chromosome

A. When the heart contracts, the right lower For 21-22, A plant with red flowers is crossed
ventricle will pump the blood into the with a white-flowered plant of the same
lungs, where the carbon dioxide is
species. All the seeds, when grown, produce
exchanged for oxygen.
plants with red flowers. (Assume that the
B. The heart receives oxygen-deficient blood
from the body into the right upper atrium. flower color is controlled by a single pair of
C. Oxygen-rich blood flows from the left alleles)
upper atrium into the left lower ventricle.
D. After the exchange, the blood containing 21. Which allele is dominant
fresh oxygen flows into the left upper a. Red color c. Pink color
atrium. b. White color d. Red & Pink
E. When the heart contracts, the left lower Stripe
ventricle will force the blood out to the 22. Which is recessive?
body through a network of arteries.
a. Red color c. Pink color
b. White color d. Red & Pink
a. A, B, C, D, E c. B, E, A, C, D
Stripe
b. A, E, B, C, D d. B, A, D, C, E
16. You can keep your heart strong by: 23. In cats, the allele (S) for short fur is
a. Eating heart-shaped candy dominant to the allele (s) for long fur.
b. Doing activities, like playing outside, What is the phenotype of a cat with a
riding your bike, and swimming genotype Ss?
c. Smoking a. Short fur c. medium fur
d. Sleeping 18 hours a day b. Long fur d. no fur
17. Inflammation of larynx is termed
24. In rabbits, assume that the dominant allele (group B) and i (group O). This type of
(B) produces black fur. The allele (b) for inheritance is called ________.
white fur is recessive to B. a. Complete dominance
b. Incomplete dominance
c. Codominance
Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit
d. Multiple allele
1 2 3 4
29. What is/are the possible blood type/s of
Genotype BB Bb bB bb an offspring if both parents are type O?
a. A and B c. A, B and AB
Which rabbits will have gray coat b. A and AB d. O only
color? 30. In humans, maleness or femaleness is
a. 1, 2 and 3 c. 2 and 3 determined by a pair of sex chromosomes
b. 1 and 4 d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 called X and Y. What is the genotype for
males?
25. If rabbits 1 and 4 were mated together a. XX c. XXY
and had 12 babies, how many of these b. XY d. XO
would you expect to be gray? 31. Which of the following traits is not
a. 0 c. 8 controlled by multiple genes?
a. color blindness c. freckles
b. 4 d. 12 b. eye color d. hair
26. What is a type of inheritance where both texture
alleles are expressed equally in the
phenotype of the heterozygote? 32. It is a hereditary material and is also
a. Complete dominance known as the blue print of life.
b. Incomplete dominance a. DNA c. mRNA
c. Codominance b. RNA d. tRNA
d. Multiple allele 33. Which of the following statements is true?
27. A red cow is crossed with a white cow a. The gene is the basic unit of
and produced an offspring that is a roan heredity and is found in the chromosome.
cow. What is a roan cow? b. The chromosome is the basic unit
a. A purebred red cow. of heredity and is found in the gene
b. A purebred white cow. c. The gene determines the sex of
c. A pink cow. humans and the chromosomes carry the
d. A cow with red hair and white traits.
blotches. d. The gene carries the traits inside
the 20 pairs of chromosomes in humans.
34. A DNA strand has the following bases: A
For 28-29, use the table below. A G C C A. What are the bases on its
complementary strand?
a. A A G C C A c. T T C G G T
b. A C C G A A d. C C A T T C
35. Extinction means
a. population of a species begins
declining rapidly
b. population has become so low
c. occurs when the last member of
28. The alleles controlling the ABO blood
that species dies
groups are given the letters IA (group A), IB
d. when the population is stable.
36. A major benefit to come from the release
of wolves into the Yellowstone National
Park is
a. increased numbers of elk
b. control of coyotes that kill cattle
c. control of the explosive population
growth of domestic cats that
menace campgrounds
d. control of the grizzly bears

37. 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
38. A conservation biologist would _____.
a. work with government officials to
establish a plan for the protection
of endangered species
b. analyze organism characteristics
that help them survive in particular
locations
c. investigate the impact of industrial
pollutants on an ecosystem
d. all of the above

39. 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
40. Which is associated with air pollution?
a. global warming
b. destruction of the ozone shield
c. acid deposition
d. all of the above