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Pre - Test in SCIENCE 9

Directions: Read the items carefully and shade the letter of the correct answer on the answer sheet.
1. Which of the following actions is not a part of A. An alveolar wall shares a membrane with
exhalation? artery.
A. The rib cage contracts inward. B. Carbon dioxide moves from the lungs to
the tissues of the body.
B. The volume of the thoracic cavity decreases.
C. Gas exchange occurs through the walls of
C. The diaphragm contracts and pulls the alveoli and the capillaries.
downward. D. When not, enough oxygen is available,
D. The pressure within the thoracic cavity your body substitutes different gases for oxygen
increases. 10. At what structures in the lungs does the
2. Which of the following statements is not true exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place?
about a cough? A. Alveoli C. Bronchioles
A. The epiglottis closes off the trachea. B. Bronchi D. trachea
B. The bronchioles force air into the 11.What happens to the air pressure in your chest
bloodstream. cavity when you inhale?
C. Coughing clears irritants from your breathing A. Air pressure fluctuates
passages. B. Air pressure is increased
D. The air released when you cough might travel C. Air pressure is increased
at a speed of 100 miles per hour. D. Air pressure stays the same
3. Which of these statements does not describe the 12. Which of the following is not true about human
trachea? circulatory system?
A. The atria pump blood out of the heart.
A. It is also called the voice box. B. Our veins have thinner walls than our
B. It carries air to and from the lungs. arteries.
C. Leukocytes fight microbes that may cause
C. Its lower end branches into smaller tubes. diseases.
D. Our heart rate changes in response to our
D. It contains rings of cartilage that prevent it
physical activity.
from collapsing
13. In which chamber of the heart does oxygenated
4. Which part of the brain is responsible for blood enter from the lungs?
regulating breathing rate? A. Left atrium
A. Cerebellum B. Left ventricle
B. Cerebrum C. right atrium
C. Medulla oblongata D. right ventricle
D. pons 14. Which statement is true about arteries?
6. The small air passages that branch out into the A. Arteries carry deoxygenated blood.
segments of each lobe of the lungs are B. Arteries move blood toward the hear
called_______. C. Arteries connect to the atria of the heart.
A. Arterioles B. Bronchiole D. Arteries move blood away from the heart.
C. capillaries D. Tracheal systems 15. Which component of the blood helps fight
7. Which malfunction of the respiratory system disease?
pertains to the permanent damage of the walls of the A. Plasma C. red blood cell
alveoli. B. Platelet D. white blood cell
A. Asthma B. Emphysema 16. Which statement is correct about pulmonary
B. Bronchitis C. pneumonia circulation?
8. The small openings on plant leaves that allow gas A. Arteries only carry oxygenated blood.
exchange are called________. B. Arteries only carry deoxygenated blood.
A. Alveoli C. Lenticels C. Both veins and arteries carry oxygenated
B. guard cells D. stomata blood.
9. Which sentence best describes gas exchange D. Both veins and arteries carry deoxygenated
during the normal respiration? blood.
17.The classic Mendelian phenotypic ratio when a C. carbon dioxide
heterozygote self-crosses is ________. D. ribulose-1,5-biphosphate
A. 1:1 B. 3:1 27. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that cycle
C. 1:2:1 D. 9:3:3:1 out in the ecosystem. Which of the following gases
18. 18. A monohybrid cross involves_______. is important to photosynthesis?
A. One trait at a time A. Ozone gas C. oxygen
B. Two homozygous individuals B. water vapor D. carbon dioxide
C. Two heterozygous individuals 28. Plants are considered as food makers. In which
D. A dominant and a recessive trait of the following cell organelles does photosynthesis
19. A genotype with a symbol Aa is said to occur?
be_______. A. ribosome C. chloroplast
A. Dominant C. Homozygous B. chlorophyll D. mitochondrion
B. Heterozygous D. recessive 29. The light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis
20. Baldness is an example of a/an__________. must come first before the light independent
A. Holandric gene reaction because its products are important to the
B. Polygene fixation of carbon dioxide. Which of the following
C. sex-influenced is/are the product/s of the light-dependent reaction?
D. population genetics A. ADP only C. ATP only
21. The study that deals with the determination of B. NADPH only D. NADPH and ATP
the frequency of genes in a group of organisms is 30. Plants are very unique among other organisms
called_______. due to their capability to trap sunlight and make
C. genetic engineering their own food. Which of the following enables
B. Mendelian genetics plants to trap energy from the sun?
C. molecular genetics A. epidermis C. cuticle
D. population genetics B. chloroplasts D. chlorophyll
22. What information cannot be obtained from the 31. On the basis of Rutherford’s model of an atom,
Punnett square? which subatomic particle is present in the nucleus of
A. genotype of offspring an atom?
B. phenotype of offspring
A. proton and electron
C. phenotypic ratio of offspring
D. chromosomes number of offspring B. neutron and electron
23. Which law or principle explains the separation C. proton and neutron
of homologous chromosomes during meiosis? D. proton only
A. law of segregation 32. If the first and second energy levels of an atom
B. principle of dominance are full, then what would be the total number of
C. principle of recessiveness electrons in the atoms?
D. law of independent assortment
A. 6 C. 10
24. Which law or principle states that the
inheritance of one trait is not affected by the B. 8 D. 18
inheritance of another trait? 33. Which atomic model is proposed by
A. law of segregation Schrodinger?
B. principle of dominance A. nuclear model
C. principle of recessiveness B. planetary model
D. law of independent assortment C. raisin model
D. quantum mechanical model
25. A chromosome with a centromere at the middle
is called_________. 34. Which electron transition results in the emission
A. acrocentric C. submetacentric of energy?
B. metacentric D. telocentric A. 3p to 3s C. 2s to 2p
26. When both parental phenotypes are expressed in B. 3p to 4p D. 1s to 2s
the F1 generation, the inheritance most likely 35. The symbol “n” in the Bohr theory of atomic
involved is/are_______. structure refers to
A. codominance
B. incomplete dominance A. the energy of electron
C. multiple alleles
B. the total energy of the atom
D. polygenic inheritance
27. Plants make food by absorbing water and C. the number of electron in an energy level
carbon dioxide. Which of the following substances D. the orbit which an electron is found
is the origin of oxygen released as gas by green 36. How does the windward side differ from the
plants during photosynthesis? leeward side of a high land?
A. water A. The windward receives more precipitation
B. sugar than the leeward.
 B. The leeward side has more vegetation than B. radiant energy
the windward side. C. sound energy
C. The windward side receives more heat than D. thermal energy
the leeward side. 44. The type of volcano that is commonly found in
D. The leeward side receives more precipitation the Pacific Ring of Fire is_______.
than the windward side. A. Cinder volcano
37. What happens to the temperature of air when B. Scoria Cone
altitude increases? C. Shield Volcano
A. remains the same C. decreases D. Stratovolcano
B. increases D. varies
38. Which of the following BEST describe the 45. The semi-molten rock underneath a volcano is
climate? called__________.
A. The weather that occurs in the atmosphere A. geyser C. lava
within a day B. lahar D. Magma
B. The pattern of weather that occurs in a 46. The tallest volcano on Earth is_______.
region over a long period of time A. Mauna Kea C. Mount Everest
C. The pattern of weather that occurs in a B. Mayon Volcano D. Mount Vesuvius
47. Which of the countries below has the most
region over a short period of time.
number if active volcanoes?
D. The disturbance in the atmosphere that
A. India C. Ireland
happens in a long period of time.
B. Indonesia D. Italy
39. If falling ball is somehow equipped with a
48. Which of the following is the only known edible
speedometer, by how much would its speed reading
rock?
increase for every second?
A. barium sulfate C. Iron oxide
A. 0 m/s C. 10 m/s
B. 9.8 m/s D. 20 m/s B. calcium chloride D. Sodium chloride
40. The motion of an object with constant 49. Which mineral is mined to be burned as fuel?
acceleration is also known as_______. A. basalt C. diamond
B. coal D. pyrite
A. Motion 50. Which device is used to lower or raise the
B. Uniform Motion output voltage from an input AC voltage?
C. Constant Motion A. generator C. transformer
D. Uniformly Accelerated Motion B. motor D. turbine
41. Moderate force will break an egg. However, an
egg dropped on the road usually breaks, while one
dropped on the grass usually doesn’t break. This is
because for the egg dropped on the grass:
A. The change in momentum is greater.
B. The change in momentum is less.
C. The time interval for stopping is greater.
D. The time interval for stopping is less.
42. The impulse experienced by a body is equal to
the change in its:
A. Velocity
B. Kinetic energy
C. Momentum
D. Potential Energy
43. Which illustrates the direct transformation of
potential to kinetic energy?
A. A basketball player catches a flying ball.
B. A kalesa moves from rest.
C. Kathy’s arrow is released from its bow.
D. The spring mechanism of a toy rotated until it
locked.
44. Which among the forms of energy is considered
a potential energy?
A. chemical energy