Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Division of Capiz
DULANGAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Dulangan, Pilar, Capiz

1ST QUARTER
Summative No. 1

Name: ______________________________________ Year and Section: _________________ Score: ___________

Competency: Explain how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together to transport nutrients, gases and
other molecules to and from the different parts of the body (S9LT-la-b-26)

1. What important activity takes place in the lungs?

A. Food is digested. B. Liquid wastes is filtered from the blood.
C. Oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide. D. The trachea is exchanged for the larynx.
2. When swallowing food, the ___________ closes off the entrance to the trachea in an effort to prevent choking on
food.
A. Epiglottis B.Esophagus C.Larynx D.Pharynx.
3. Oxygen moves from the lungs into the bloodstream through _________
A. Nerve fibres B. B. large artery in the heart C. Small capillaries in the lungs D.Jungular vein
4. Which type of blood vessels carries blood away from the heart?
A. Veins B.Arteries C.Capillaries D.All of the above
5. What happens to the wind pipe, or trachea, before it reaches the lungs?
A. It branches in two directions. B. It branches in three directions.
C. It vibrates and creates sounds. D. It closes up so that no oxygen can escape.
6. Air can enter the body and travel to the lungs
A. through the mouth and nose. B. through the esophagus and gullet.
B. through the windpipe and the pores. D. through the nose and the nervous system.
7. What happens when you breathe in?
A. Nothing happens B. Your diaphragm contracts and your rib cage expands.
B. Your diaphragm expands and your rib cage contracts. D. Our diaphragm explodes and your rib cage contracts.
8. How does inhaling occur?
A. Lung muscles flex outward. B. Diaphragm relaxes and moves down.
B. Diaphragm contracts and moves down. D. Air gets forced into your lungs through air pressure.
9. Freshly oxygenated blood enters the heart through the ________ and is pumped out of the heart through
__________
A. Pulmonary vein; Aorta B. Right atrium; Aorta C. Pulmonary artery; Left ventricle D. Left atrium; Pulmonary
artery
10. Which of the statements below is TRUE about the circulatory system?
A. Arteries take blood back to the heart. B. Veins carry de-oxygenated blood only.
B. The heart pumps oxygenated blood throughout the body. D. Oxygenated blood leaves the heart and
travels to the lungs.
11. When mitral valve closes, it prevents the backflow of the blood from the ________
A. Right ventricle into the right atrium. B. Left atrium into the left ventricles
C. Left ventricles into the aorta D. Right ventricle to pulmonary artery
12. What happens to the rib cage during inhalation?
A. Moves upwards and outwards B. Moves upwards in straight line C. Remains in the same position D.
Moves down
13. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Cellular respiration uses oxygen and carbon dioxide.
B. Cellular respiration uses energy to make sugar and oxygen.
C. Cellular respiration uses oxygen and sugar to make energy.
D. Cellular respiration uses carbon dioxide and sugar to make energy.
14. Why does our heart pump to our lungs?
A. To get carbon dioxide and oxygen. B. To get oxygen and drop off carbon dioxide.
B. To get carbon dioxide and drop off oxygen. D. To get oxygen and carbon dioxide into our lungs.
15. EXPLAIN in one sentence how respiratory and circulatory systems work with each other?