TLCA

SEPTEMBER MONTHLY EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 9

Teacher: Ms. Evane Rose P. Reyes

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ________________ Score: ___________

I. Multiple Choice - Direction: Read the following questions and encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of these is the job of the respiratory system?

a. Holding up the body and giving it support and shape

b. Gas exchange between the external environment and the body circulatory system.
c. Breaking down food for it to be used by the body
 
2. The two major organs of the respiratory system where the gas exchange takes place, and carbon dioxide is
given off and oxygen taken in are _______________.

a. Kidneys b. Lungs c. Intestines

3. Small air sacs in the lungs where many capillaries exchange carbon dioxide for oxygen taken into the body is
_________________.

a. Bronchi b. Alveoli c. Trachea

 
4. The windpipe is also called _________________.

a. Larynx b. Adenoid c. Trachea

5. Which tube carries air down to the windpipe?

a. Larynx b. Sinuses c. Pharynx

 
6. The voice box is also called ______________.

a. Pharynx b. Trachea c. Larynx

7. It is a flap over the trachea that keeps out food and anything else that could clog the trachea is called
_______________.

a. Epiglottis b. Larynx c. Pharynx

 
8. Which organ carries air into the lungs?

a. Bronchi and bronchiole tubes b. Alveoli c. Sinuses

9. It is an air that we exhale out as waste from our bodies.

a. Carbon dioxide b. Oxygen c. Breathing

10. Which type of respiration, works is to transfer gas between the blood and cells?

a. External Respiration b. Internal Respiration c. Cellular Respiration

11. It is a process by which the chemical energy of food molecules is released and partially captured in the form
of Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP).

a. Cellular Respiration b. Internal Respiration c. External Respiration

12. Which is the main external opening for the respiratory system?

a. Lungs b. Nose and Nasal Cavity c. Mouth

13. It is the principal muscle of respiration in the human body.

a. Lungs b. Nose c. Diaphragm

14. Which type of circulation, that the movement of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart?

a. Pulmonary Circulation b. Coronary Circulation c. Systematic Circulation

15. Which layer serves as the muscles of the heart?

a. Epicardium b. Endocardium c. Myocardium

16. Which of the valves, controls the flow of oxygen-rich blood from the left ventricle to the body?

a. Pulmonary valve b. Mitral valve c. Aortic valve

17. A component of blood that transports nutrients, hormones, and proteins to the parts of the body that need it.

a. Platelets b. Red blood cells c. Plasma

18. Component of blood that is vital defenses against disease and infection.

a. White blood cells b. Plasma c. Red blood cells

19. A circulatory disease which means, “pain in the chest”?

a. Atherosclerosis b. Angina pectoris c. Ischemia

20. The beating sound of your heart makes comes from _________________?

a. Blood moving in the wrong direction

b. Valves closing
c. Your ears playing tricks on you

II. Read the following questions and supply the correct answer in the blank. Use the box below for your
answer.

Genetics Heredity Centromere Non –Mendelian Genetics

Incomplete Dominance Codominance Chromosomes

_______________21. It is the biological process where a parent passes certain genes onto their children or
offspring.

_______________22. These are basically any inheritance patterns that don’t follow one or more laws of
Mendelian genetics.

_______________ 23. It divides the chromosomes into two “arms”: a long arm and a short arm.

_______________ 24. It is the study of heredity.

_______________ 25. It is observed when two different alleles of a specific single-gene are both expressed
simultaneously.

_______________ 26. It is a form of intermediate inherence in which one allele for a specific trait is not
completely expressed over its paired allele.
III. Enumeration. Identify what is being asked on the following questions and supply the correct answer.

27. What are the four chambers of the heart?

a.
b.
c.
d.

28. What are the two sex chromosomes?

a.
b.

29. Give the meaning of the acronym DNA.

_________________________________________________________________________________

30. Give at least two Sex-Linked Disorders.

a.
b