1st PERIODICAL TEST (SY 2022 - 2023)

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 iv. Avoid smoking.

oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and Which of the following belongs in the blank
the cells? space above?
a. circulatory c. excretory a. Causes of respiratory problems
b. digestive d. respiratory b. Ways on how to avoid respiratory
2. Which part of the respiratory system filters and problems.
warm the air upon entering it? c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
a. air sac c. nasal cavity d. Results of bad lifestyle.
b. bronchi d. diaphragm 9. What is the primary organ of the circulatory
3. How does the air enter our body? system?
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea > a. Heart c. veins
bronchi > bronchioles > alveoli b. Arteries d. blood
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea > 10. A type of circulation which is described by the
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli movement of blood through the tissues of the
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > HEART.
bronchioles > bronchi > alveoli a. Pulmonary c. Systemic
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > b. Coronary d. Respiratory
bronchioles > bronchi > nose 11. The _______ prevents the back flow of blood.
4. During inhalation, _______. a. atrium c. ventricle
a. the diaphragm moves down and b. valve d. septum
contracts the chest cavity.
b. the diaphragm moves down and For 12-13, use the image below.
expands the chest cavity.
c. the diaphragm moves up and contracts
the chest cavity.
d. the diaphragm moves up and expands
the chest cavity.
5. All of the following are associated with
respiratory problems EXCEPT
a. unbalanced diet c. pollutants
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. 12. What is letter A in the picture?
c. They serve as the carrier of the a. Septum c. Lungs
oxygenated blood. b. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve
d. They serve as the linkage from the 13. What is letter B in the picture?
respiratory system and the digestive system. c. Septum c. Lungs
7. Which of the following statements is TRUE? d. Left Ventricle d. Tricuspid Valve
a. As the blood leaves the lungs, the blood 14. The beating sound your heart makes comes
is saturated with about 97% oxygen. from:
b. As the blood leaves the heart, the blood a. Blood going in the wrong direction
is saturated with about 97% oxygen. b. Valves closing
c. As the blood enters the lungs, the blood c. The heart skipping beats
is saturated with about 97% oxygen. d. Your ears playing tricks on you
d. As the blood enters the heart, the blood 15. Arrange properly the statements below on how
is saturated with about 97% oxygen. the heart works.
8. ___________________________________.
i. Increase your walking speed. A. When the heart contracts, the right lower
ii. Maintain a healthy weight. ventricle will pump the blood into the lungs,
iii. Stay hydrated.
 where the carbon dioxide is exchanged for b. White color d. Red & Pink
oxygen. Stripe
B. The heart receives oxygen-deficient blood 22. Which is recessive?
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
fresh oxygen flows into the left upper atrium. 23. In cats, the allele (S) for short fur is
E. When the heart contracts, the left lower dominant to the allele (s) for long fur. What
ventricle will force the blood out to the body is the phenotype of a cat with a genotype
through a network of arteries. Ss?
a. Short fur c. medium fur
a. A, B, C, D, E c. B, E, A, C, D b. Long fur d. no fur
b. A, E, B, C, D d. B, A, D, C, E 24. In rabbits, assume that the dominant allele
16. You can keep your heart strong by: (B) produces black fur. The allele (b) for
a. Eating heart-shaped candy white fur is recessive to B.
b. Doing activities, like playing outside,
riding your bike, and swimming
c. Smoking Rabbit 1 Rabbit 2 Rabbit 3 Rabbit 4
d. Sleeping 18 hours a day
17. Inflammation of larynx is termed Genotype BB Bb bB bb
a. laryngitis c. arthritis
b. phlebitis d. bronchitis Which rabbits will have gray coat color?
18. Which two respiratory system problems are
a. 1, 2 and 3 c. 2 and 3
treated with medicine that dilates the airways?
b. 1 and 4 d. 1, 2, 3 and 4
a. Sinusitis and bronchitis
b. Emphysema and tuberculosis
25. If rabbits 1 and 4 were mated together and
c. Asthma and bronchitis had 12 babies, how many of these would
d. Emphysema and pneumonia you expect to be gray?
a. 0 c. 8
19. Atherosclerosis is a disease in which plaque
builds up inside your arteries. Plaque is made b. 4 d. 12
up of fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other 26. What is a type of inheritance where both
substances found in the blood. Over time, alleles are expressed equally in the
plaque hardens and narrows your arteries. This phenotype of the heterozygote?
limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your
a. Complete dominance
organs and other parts of your body.
b. Incomplete dominance
Why is atherosclerosis especially serious c. Codominance
when it develops in the coronary arteries? d. Multiple allele
a. It can then go on to affect the aorta. 27. A red cow is crossed with a white cow and
b. It can make red blood cells die. produced an offspring that is a roan cow.
c. It can lead to a heart attack. What is a roan cow?
d. It can limit the functioning of white blood a. A purebred red cow.
cells. b. A purebred white cow.
20. What is the basic unit of heredity? c. A pink cow.
a. Gene c. autosome d. A cow with red hair and white
b. DNA d. chromosome blotches.

For 21-22, A plant with red flowers is crossed

with a white-flowered plant of the same
species. All the seeds, when grown, produce For 28-29, use the table below.
plants with red flowers. (Assume that the flower
color is controlled by a single pair of alleles)

21. Which allele is dominant

a. Red color c. Pink color
 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
28. The alleles controlling the ABO blood b. RNA d. tRNA
groups are given the letters IA (group A), IB 35. Which of the following statements is true?
(group B) and i (group O). This type of a. The gene is the basic unit of heredity
inheritance is called ________. and is found in the chromosome.
a. Complete dominance b. The chromosome is the basic unit of
b. Incomplete dominance heredity and is found in the gene
c. Codominance c. The gene determines the sex of
d. Multiple allele humans and the chromosomes carry the
29. What is/are the possible blood type/s of an traits.
offspring if both parents are type O? d. The gene carries the traits inside the
a. A and B c. A, B and AB 20 pairs of chromosomes in humans.
b. A and AB d. O only 36. A DNA strand has the following bases: A A
30. In humans, maleness or femaleness is G C C A. What are the bases on its
determined by a pair of sex chromosomes complementary strand?
called X and Y. What is the genotype for a. A A G C C A c. T T C G G T
males? b. A C C G A A d. C C A T T C
a. XX c. XXY 37. Extinction means
b. XY d. XO a. population of a species begins
31. Which of the following traits is not controlled declining rapidly
by multiple genes? b. population has become so low
a. color blindness c. freckles c. occurs when the last member of that
b. eye color d. hair species dies
texture d. when the population is stable.
38. A major benefit to come from the release of
For 32-33, the genetic disorder wolves into the Yellowstone National Park
phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by a is
recessive allele (n). The family tree below a. increased numbers of elk
shows the incidence of the disease over three b. control of coyotes that kill cattle
generations. c. control of the explosive population
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?
b. analyze organism characteristics that
a. XX c. XY
n
help them survive in particular
b. X X d. XnY
locations
33. Then Jane’s husband is a ________.
 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
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.

For 47-48, use the diagram on the topmost

right.

47. This process begins with the production of

Acetyl-CoA:
a. Chemiosmosis
b. Electron Transport Chain
c. Glycolysis
d. Krebs cycle or Citric Acid Cycle