BIOLOGY GRADE 9 SECOND MID-TERM TEST ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018 2019

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. There are examples of some living thins 4. Red rose (AA) cross with white rose (aa). Two of
represented in the diagrams below. their offspring crossed again to produce F2
generation. If the gene is indicated as incomplete
dominancy, what is the phenotype ratio of the F2?

a. 1:2:1
b. 1:3
c. 3:1
d. 9:3:3:1
5. Which one the best statement for biotechnology?

a. Utilization of living systems and organisms to

develop or make products
b. Utilization of live organism to make product
Which group of living things are they? c. Utilization of high technology to make new
organism
a. Annelids d. Utilization of organism to cure diseases
b. Arthropods
c. Molluscs 6. Air pollution can be caused by pollutant below,
d. Echinodermata except...

2. The picture of a fruit of a plant is given below. a. Chemicals

b. Dust
c. Burning fossil fuels or trash
d. Fertilizers
7. The diagram shows structures associated with
human excretory system. Which structure is
ureter?

What is the scientific name of the plant?

a. cocos nucifera
b. Cocos Nucifera
c. Coconut
d. Cocos nucifera

3. The diagram below shows a food chain.

Grass  Caterpillar  Bird  Snake
If the birds suddenly die out as a result of disease,
which number of organisms will be likely to
decrease?

a. Grass and Caterpillar

b. Grass and Snake
c. Only Caterpillar
d. Only Snake
 8. How is the rate of transpiration affected by 13. The organ of the respiratory system where air is
decreasing temperature and by decreasing light warmed, moistened and cleaned is the:
intensity? a. wind pipe b. nose
c. lung d. mouth
decreasing light decreasing
14. Female reproductive structures include which
intensity temperature
of the following?
A faster faster (1) the Fallopian tubes,
B faster slower (2) the ovaries,
C slower faster (3) the uterus,
D slower slower (4) the penis.
9. Which sructure increases the absorptive capacity
a. 1 and 2 b. 2 and 3
of roots?
c. 1, 2, and 3 d. 1, 2, 3, and 4
a. stomata
b. root hairs 15. The figure below represents a flower.
c. cilia
d. villi

10. The diagram below represents a portion of the

human digestive tract.

Which number corresponds to the structure

What is the name of the muscular contractions that where pollen is produced?
occurs in the region labeled X? a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4
a. peristalsis
b. synthesis 16. The figure below shows a light microscope image
c. cyclosis of surface of a leaf.
d. hydrolysis

11. Which sequence represents the correct order of

levels of organization found in a complex
organism?
a. organs‚ organ systems‚ cells‚ tissues‚
organelles
b. organelles‚ cells‚ tissues‚ organs‚ organ
systems
c. cells‚ organelles‚ organs‚ organ systems‚
tissues
d. tissues‚ organs‚ organ systems‚
What is the name of the structure labelled A
organelles‚ cells which allows the entry of carbon dioxide for
12. What is a major difference between red blood cells and photosynthesis?
white blood cells?
a. guard cell
a. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, but b. palisade cell
white blood cells do not. c. stoma
b. Red blood cells engulf foreign bacteria, but d. stigma
white blood cells do not. 17. The positive particles of an atom are
c. Red blood cells can move, but white blood a. electrons
cells cannot. b. neutrons
d. Red blood cells contain nuclei, but white c. positrons
blood cells do not. d. protons
18. What is the mass of a neutron? 225. If we start off with element after an gamma
decay we get another element that looks like
a. 2 b. 1 c. 0 d. almost 0 a.
19. How many neutrons does the isotope of lithium have? b.
c.
d.

26. If we start off with element after an Alpha

a. 8 b. 4 c. 3 d. 5 decay we get another element that looks like
a.
20. What is the atomic number of an atom?
a. The number of neutrons b.
b. The number of electrons only c.
c. The number of protons only
d. The number of protons as well as number of d.
electrons
27. How many protons and neutrons in
21. What are isotopes?
a. Atoms of the same element with different a. P= 24 N= 50
numbers of electrons b. P= 24 N= 26
b. Atoms of the same element with different c. P= 24 N= 74
numbers of neutrons d. P= 26 N= 50
c. Atoms of the same element with different
28. The diagram below shows and atom.
numbers of neutrons
d. Atoms of the same element with different
charge
22. An atom has 13 protons and 14 neutrons. What is its
mass number?
a. 14 b. 1 c. 13 d. 27
23. Four atoms have the numbers of protons and neutrons
given below. Which two atoms are isotopes of the same
element?
What is the mass number of this atom?
W: 8 protons and 8 neutrons
a. 3
X: 8 protons and 10 neutrons b. 9
c. 6
Y: 10 protons and 8 neutrons d. 12
Z: 9 protons and 10 neutrons 29. What is Half-life?
a. X and Y b. X and Z a. The amount of time it takes for some of the
c. W and X d. W and Z nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
b. The amount of time it takes for half the nuclei
24. In order of most to least penetrating radiation we have in a sample of the isotope to decay
a. Alpha , Beta, Gamma c. The amount of time it takes for half the
b. Gamma, Beta, Alpha electrons in a sample of the isotope to decay
c. Beta , Gamma , Alpha d. the amount of time it takes to double the
d. Gamma, Alpha, Beta nuclei in a sample of the isotope to decay
30. Examine the Iodine decay graph below. 34. Which definition of isotope is correct?

a. Atoms of the same element that have the

same number of electrons and nucleus
b. Atoms of the same element that have the
same number of neutrons and protons
c. Atoms of the same element that have the
same number of protons but different
number of electrons
d. Atoms of the same element that have the
same number of protons but different
number of nucleus
What is the half-life of iodine-131?
a. 32 days 35. The table shows the electronic structure of
b. 16 days four atoms.
c. 8 days
d. 24 days Atom Electronic
structure
31. Sodium reacts with chlorine to form sodium W 2,8,1
chloride.
X 2,8,4
Y 2,8,7
1. Sodium atoms form positive ions
Z 2,8,8
2. Sodium atoms form negative ions.
3. Sodium atoms gain electrons.
4. Sodium atoms lose electrons. Which two atoms combine to form a
covalent compound?
Which statements describe what happens to the
a. W and X
sodium atoms in this reaction?
b. W and Y
a. c. X and Y
1 and 3
b. d. X and Z
1 and 4
c. 2 and 3
d. 2 and 4
32. An Aluminum atom has a nucleon number of
27 and a proton number of 13. How many
neutrons does this aluminum atom contain?

a. 13
b. 14
c. 27
d. 40
33. What is the maximum number of electrons
in the 2nd energy level?

a. 2
b. 8
c. 18
d. 32
Essay

1. For the given statement, select the organ, shown in the diagram below, which is most closely related to
the statement. Give the number and identify the organ.

a. Which organ produces and secretes hydrocholoric acid?

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b. Which organ contains many villi?

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c. Which organs digest carbohydrates?

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d. The chemical digestion begins within which organ?

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e. In which organ are undigested food materials materials stored?

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2. Differentiate between isobar, isotope, isotone, and isoelectron

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3.The diagram below shows human heart.

a) (i) Into which chamber does blood from the lungs flow?

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(ii) Out of which chamber does blood flow, on its way to the rest of the body?

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(iii) Which two chambers contain de-oxygenated blood?

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b) Name the red pigment which is responsible for carrying oxygen in human blood?

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c) Explain the difference between respiration and breathing.

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d) Use the following word to write down the chemical equation for respiration.
oxygen carbon dioxide water glucose

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4. This is the picture of periodic table and its atomic number (proton number).

Complete the following table as follows.

- Fill the missing values of Z, N, and A in the missing columns.
- Use periodic table to identify the Nuclide symbol

Nuclide Proton Neutron Nucleon Nuclide

Number Z Number N Number A Symbol
Nu - 1 4 5

Nu - 2 7 12
Nu - 3 4 4
Nu - 4 5 11

Nu - 5 6 11

4. A school has two radioactive sources for physics experiment. One of the sources is alpha radiation and the other one is
beta radiation. They lost their labels and teacher want to ask which one is which using Geiger counter. Use your
knowledge of different penetrating powers of those radiations to suggest how this might be done.
BIOLOGY GRADE 9 SECOND MID-TERM TEST ACADEMIC YEAR OF 2018 2019
Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: B PTS: 1 OBJ: Define the group of the animals based on the given
examples.
TOP: Classification
2. ANS: D PTS: 1
OBJ: State the scientific name of an organism based on the binomial nomenclature
TOP: Classification
3. ANS: D PTS: 1 OBJ: Construct and use simple dichotomous keys
TOP: Nervous system
4. ANS: A
Adolescence

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 OBJ: Mention the component and function of nervous system
TOP: Nervous system
5. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2
OBJ: Identify and name on the diagrams of the male reproductive system: the testes, scrotum, sperm ducts,
prostate gland, urethra, and penis, and state the function of these parts. State the adaptive features of sperm,
limited to flagellum and the presence of enzymes TOP: Reproductive system
6. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 OBJ: Determine voluntary and reflex
action
TOP: Nervous system
7. ANS: B PTS: 1
8. ANS: D PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: A PTS: 1
11. ANS: B PTS: 1
12. ANS: A PTS: 1
13. ANS: B PTS: 1
14. ANS: C PTS: 1
15. ANS: D PTS: 1
16. ANS: C PTS: 1
17. ANS: D PTS: 1
18. ANS: B PTS: 1
19. ANS: D PTS: 1
20. ANS: C PTS: 1
21. ANS: B PTS: 1
22. ANS: D PTS: 1
23. ANS: C PTS: 1
24. ANS: B PTS: 1
25. ANS: A PTS: 1
26. ANS: C PTS: 1
27. ANS: B PTS: 1
 28. ANS: C PTS: 1
29. ANS: B PTS: 1
30. ANS: C PTS: 1
31. ANS: B PTS: 1
32. ANS: B PTS: 1
33. ANS: B PTS: 1
34. ANS: D PTS: 1
35. ANS: C PTS: 1

ESSAY

1. ANS:
4 points each. Two for number and two for name
a. 2- stomach
b. 5- small intestine
c. 1- mouth, 5-small intestine
d. 2- stomach
e. 4- large intestine

PTS: 1 DIF: 2
OBJ: Identify and name on the diagrams of the male reproductive system: the testes, scrotum, sperm ducts,
prostate gland, urethra, and penis, and state the function of these parts. State the adaptive features of sperm,
limited to flagellum and the presence of enzymes
2. ANS:
a) (i) left atrium
(ii) left ventricle
(iii) right atrium, right ventricle
b) haemoglobin
c) respiration is releasing energy from food using oxygen in the cells. breathing is exchanging gases
d) glucose abd oxygen is carbon dioxide and water

PTS: 1
3. ANS:
Ok

PTS: 1
4. ANS:
asdsad

PTS: 1
5. ANS:
..

PTS: 1