SAN JOSE CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

San Jose City, Nueva Ecija

Summative Test-Week 4
Heredity: Inheritance and Variation
S.Y. 2020-2021

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Test A. DIRECTION: Read, interpret and analyze the statement (s)/ question (s) below. Shade the letter of the
best answer among the choices. Please avoid erasures. (20 POINTS)
A B C D
1. What does DNA stands for?
a. Deoxyglucose nuclear acid c. Deoxyribose nuclear acid
A B C D b. Deoxyglucose nucleic acid d. Deoxyribonucleic acid
2. Adenine (A) is always pair with ___________, in DNA?
a. Uracil (U) c. Cytosine (C)
A B C D b. Thymine (T) d. Guanine (G)
3. Guanine (G) is always pair with _____________, in DNA?
a. Uracil (U) c. Cytosine (C)
A B C D b. Thymine (T) d. Guanine (G)
B
4. How many base pairs or nucleotides are there in DNA?
A B C D a. 6 b. 4 c. 3 d. 2
5. Where is the DNA located in the cell?
a. Mitochondria c. Cell Membrane
A B C D b. Nucleus d. Golgi Body
6. What do the sides of the DNA molecules made of?
a. sex-limited traits c. sex-linked trait
A B C D b. base pairs plus phosphate group d. your genes
7. Which of the following is the sugar in DNA?
A B C D a. glucose b. Phosphate group c. deoxyribose d. sucrose
8. Which of the following is not a nitrogenous base found in DNA?
a. Adenine (A) c. Guanine (G)
A B C D
b. Cytosine (C) d. Uracil (U)
9. Which of the following patterns do the nitrogenous bases bond together?
a. Adenine-Thymine; Cytosine-Guanine
b. Adenine-Cytosine; Guanine-Thymine
A B C D c. Adenine-Guanine; Cytosine-Thymine
d. Adenine-Guanine;Cytosine-Taurine
A B C D 10. How many human chromosomes are present in human?
. a. 22 b. 34 c. 46 d. 48
A B C D 11. What is the basic physical unit of inheritance?
a. gene b. DNA c. chromosomes d. nucleus
A B C D 12. It is the portion of a gene that codes for amino acid which is used to produce a specific protein?
a. Intron b. Exon c. Uracil d.Thymine
A B C D 13. What is the structure of a DNA?
a. double helix b. flat ladder c. straight d. curve
14. What is the backbone of DNA?
A B C D a. sugar c. sugar and phosphate
b. phosphate d. magnesium
A B C D 15. Which of the following can’t be found in DNA?
a. Uracil b. Thymine c. Guanine d. Cytosine
A B C D 16. Which of the following is not a composition of nucleotide?
a. phosphate group b. nitrogenous base c. pentose sugar d. ribose sugar
A B C D
17. Which of the following compose the rung or steps of a DNA?
a. Phosphate group c. pentose sugar
b. Nitrogenous base d. ribose sugar
A B C D
18. Which of the following is a non-coding section of the DNA that are remove before protein synthesis?
a. exon b. Intron c. Uracil d. Thymine
A B C D
19. How many chromosomes pairs are present in human?
a. 23 b. 22 c. 21 d.
20. How many chromosomes are inherited from your father?
b. 21 b. 22 c. 23 d. 24

Test B
DIRECTION: Using the strand of DNA molecule fill in the complementary base of the given sequence. Write

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your answer on the space provided. Color the DNA structure using the legend below. (10 points)

Rubric: DNA Structure

OUTSTANDING VERY EFFECTIVE MARGINALLY INEFFECTIVE
10 EFFECTIVE 6 4 2
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ACCURACY All aspects of All aspects All aspects All aspects of All aspects of
DNA model are of DNA of DNA DNA model DNA model
completed with model are model are are completed are completed
no mistake. completed completed with 4-5 with more
Structures are with 1 with 2-3 mistakes in than 5
accurate. mistake in mistakes in base pairing. mistakes in
structure or structure or structure or
base pairing. base pairing base pairing.
CORRECT Every answer More than 2 Between Less than half No answer
ANSWERS was correct. thirds of the one half and of the presented.
Some answer answers two thirds of answers were
went above and were correct. the answers correct.
beyond the were
required correct.
information.

Guide Questions:
1. What is the main function of the DNA, chromosomes and Genes? (10 points)
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2. What makes an individual unique? (10 points)
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SAN JOSE CITY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

San Jose City, Nueva Ecija

SUMMATIVE TEST WEEK 4

SCIENCE 9
S.Y. 2020-2021

ANSWER KEY

1. D 11. A
2. B 12. B
3. C 13. A
4. B 14. C
5. B 15. A
6. D 16. D
7. C 17. B
8. D 18. B
9. A 19. A
10. B 20 C

Prepared by:

MADGE P. VIERNES
Grade 9 Subject Leader