SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE

QUEZON CITY
Nueva Ecija Street Bago Bantay, Quezon City
Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma High School
Science Department
SY 2021-2022

FIRST PERIODIC TEST

SCIENCE 9

Name: ________________________________________ Score: ____________________

Grade and Section: ______________________________ Date : ____________________

Direction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the CORRECT answer and
write it on the space provided before each number.
_____1. Why is oxygen important to blood and to the cells?
A. Oxygen helps the blood clot.
B. Oxygen is necessary for cell growth and energy.
C. Oxygen brings water to the cells
D. Oxygen is not important—carbon dioxide is the most important substance to the body

_____2. The tiny hairs called cilia filters the dust and other particles present in the air before
passing through a passage. Which passage serves as the channel for airflow through the nose
which the air is warmed, cleaned, and moistened?
A. bronchioles B. esophagus C. nasal passage D. trachea

_____3. Breathing is a process which transports oxygen from the environment to the body and
removes carbon dioxide from the body and releases back to the environment. What happens to
the diaphragm muscles when we breathe in and breathe out?
A. inhale: muscles contracts; exhale: muscle relaxes
B. inhale: muscles relaxes; exhale: muscles contracts
C. inhale: less pressure inside the lungs
D. D. exhale: higher air pressure inside the lungs

_____4. Cigarette Smoking harms nearly
affecting health in general. The following
system EXCEPT__
A. Arteriosclerosis
B. Coronary heart disease
every organ of the body causing many illness and
are negative effects of smoking in the circulatory
C. increased heart rate and blood pressure
D. tuberculosis

_____5. Which is the correct pathway of oxygen?

A. nostril - pharynx - larynx - trachea - bronchi - bronchioles -alveoli
B. nostril - larynx - pharynx - trachea - bronchioles - bronchi -alveoli
C. mouth - pharynx - larynx - trachea - bronchi - bronchioles -alveoli
D. nostril - trachea - larynx - pharynx - bronchi - bronchioles –alveoli

____6. Bronchi branch into smaller tubes called bronchioles which end in tiny air sacs arranged
like grapes on a stem. What process occurs in these air sacs?
A. warming of air B. exchange of gases C. filtration of air objects D. removal of
large foreign

_____7. Which of the following is TRUE about the human heart?

A. Both ventricles carry oxygenated blood.
B. Both atria carry unoxygenated blood.
C. The right chambers of the heart carry oxygenated blood
D. The left chambers of the heart carry oxygenated blood.

_____8. Which of the following does the circulatory system transport to the cells?
I. FOOD II. OXYGEN III. CARBON DIOXIDE IV. NUTRIENTS
A. I, II B. III, IV C. I, II, IV D. I, II, III, IV
_____9. Which is a large muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdominal cavity and
helps with breathing?
A. larynx B. Trachea C. Diaphragm D. lungs

_____10. Which of the following series represents the correct path of blood circulation?
A. left atrium, left ventricle, lungs, right atrium, right ventricle
B. right atrium, right ventricle, lungs, left atrium, left ventricle
C .left atrium, left ventricle, right atrium, right ventricle, lungs
D. right atrium, lungs, right ventricle, left atrium, left ventricle

For questions number 11 and 12, identify the type of circulation of the blood on the right side being
described
on the left side.
_____ 11. It refers to the movement of the blood from the A. Arterial Circulation
heart to the lungs, and back to the heart. C B. Cardiac Circulation
_____12. It refers to the movement of the blood through the C. Pulmonary Circulation
tissues of the heart. B D. Systemic Circulation

_____13. Which of the following correctly name the parts labeled in the diagram below?
A. A = alveolus, B = bronchiole
B. A = bronchiole, B = trachea
C. A = trachea, B = bronchiole
D. A = trachea, B = bronchus

_____14. Which of the following is NOT a respiratory illness caused by cigarette smoking?
A. Asthma B. Tuberculosis C. Lung cancer D. Arteriosclerosis

_____15. How do the heart and the lungs work together? Arrange the following statements in
the correct order of how the human breathing system works.
1. Carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood to the alveoli and is released during exhalation.
2. Gas exchange takes place between the capillaries and alveoli in the lungs.
3. Inhaled oxygen enters the bloodstream through diffusion from the alveoli into the
capillaries.
4. Oxygenated blood flows back to the heart through the pulmonary vein.
5. The heart pumps deoxygenated blood that enters the lungs through the pulmonary
artery.
6. The heart pumps the blood and enters the aorta, the oxygen, to be distributed
throughout the body.
A. 1 – 4 – 3 – 6 – 2 – 5 C. 6 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5
B. 5 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 4 – 6 D. 6 – 4 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 5

______16. Which of the following lifestyles will help you prevent acquiring circulatory and
respiratory systems related diseases?
I–Adequate rest II–Regular exercise III - Alcohol Drinking
IV – Balanced diet V – Regular health check-up VI– Cigarette smoking

a. I, III, IV and V c. III, IV, V and VI

I, II, IV and V d. II, IV, V, and VI

17. Which of the following statements is TRUE about non-Mendelian inheritance?

A. It is a pattern of inheritance which follows the Law of Segregation.
B. It is a pattern of inheritance which does not follow Mendel's Genetic Laws.
C. It is a pattern of inheritance which was proposed by Sir Alexander Fleming.
D. It is a pattern of inheritance that solely explains the existence of dominant and
recessive traits.

18. If you cross the red plant with white plant and the offspring is pink, what is the inheritance
called?
 A. polygenic inheritance B. co-dominance C. incomplete dominance D. multiple allelles

_____19. In northeast Kansas there is a creature known as wildcat. It come in three colors:
blue, red, and purple. This trait is controlled by a single locus gene with incomplete dominance.
A homozygous (BB) individual is blue, a homozygous (bb) individual is red, and a heterozygous
(Bb) is purple. What would be the phenotype of the offspring if a blue wildcat was crossed with a
red one?
A. purple B. blue C. red D. all of the above

_____20. If red-flowered gumamela RR is crossed with white-colored gumamela, WW . Pink

gumamela flowers are produced. If pink gumamela RW flowers are crossed, the phenotypic
ratio expected of the progeny would be _
A. 3:1 B. 1:2:1 C. 4:0 D. 2:2

_____21. A cross of a white chick (WW) and a black bird (BB) produces all speckled offspring
(BW). This type of inheritance is known as ?
A. incomplete dominance B. polygenic inheritance C. co-dominance D. multiple
alleles

_____22. Curly hair is dominant over straight hair. If both parents with curly hair produced a
child with straight hair, which of the following statements is true?
A. One of the parents is heterozygous curly
B. Both parents have heterozygous gene pair for curly hair
C. The child is heterozygous for straight hair characteristics
D. It is impossible for the two parents with curly hair to have a child with straight hair.

_____23. What is the percentage of the offspring to have a Roan (RW) color cow if the parents
who are crossbreed were pure breed red (RR) and Roan (RW)?
A. 50% B. 25% C. 75% D. 100%

_____24. Which of the following pairing will result to a baby girl?

A. When an X chromosome of the mother combines with the XY chromosome of the father.
B. When an X chromosome of the mother combines with the Y chromosome of the father.
C. When an X chromosome of the mother combines with the X chromosome of the father
D. When the Y chromosome of the father combines with the XX chromosomes of the mother.

_____25. ABO blood types are an example of____.

A. codominance B. incomplete dominance C. dominance D. multiple alleles

____26 Number of hands is a dominant sex-limited trait shown only among male Antimoniums. If Jade
Orzen – a 4-handed Antimonium marries, what is the probability of having 4-handed daughters?
A. 0% B. 50% C. 25% D. 75%

_____ 27. A woman with blood type AB has a child with blood type B. She claims Harry is the child’s
father, but he denies this. Harry’s blood type is O. Could he be the father of this child?
A. Yes, Harry could donate the O allele, which paired with the B allele of the mother could
produce a child with blood type B
B. No, with blood type O. Harry could not produce a child with type A
C. No, the child from these two parents would have AB blood, since A and B are co-dominant
and O is recessive
D. It is impossible to tell from the information given whether or not Harry could be the father

_____28. Can a male be a carrier for a sex-linked disease?

A. No, males have only a single copy of sex-linked genes
B. Yes, if the male’s a father and mother are carriers
C. C. No way to predict
D. Yes, if the trait is recessive

_____29. The colorblind woman marries a man with normal vision. What is the probability they will
have sons who are colorblind?
A. 0% B. 100% C. 50% D. 25%
_____30. Color blindness is caused by sex-linked recessive alleles. A colorblind marries a woman with
normal vision but whose father was color-blind. What’s the probability that they will have a colorblind
daughter?
A. 100% B. 50% C. 25% D. 0%

_____31. Hypertrichosis pinnae auris is a genetic disorder in human. The trait is found in Y
chromosome, therefore who can have this illness?
A. female B. male C. Both male and Female D. Either of the two gender

_____32. Male pattern baldness is ____ trait.

A. sex-linked B. sex-limited C. sex-influenced D. Y-linked

_____33. What is the similarity between the sex – limited and sex influenced traits?
A. They are both expressed exclusively on one gender only.
B. They are both found on the autosomal chromosomes of an individual.
C. They are both expressed on two genders.
D. They are both found on the sex chromosomes of an individual.

_____34. What is the genotypic ratio of bald in the offspring if the mother is bald (XXBB) the father is not
bald (XYbb) A. 1:1 B. 1:2:1 C 0:4. D. 1:2

_____35. In a DNA molecule, adenine pairs with?

A. cytosine B. guanine C. thymine D. uracil

_____36. A DNA molecule is made up of?

A. Nucleoprotein and Nucleotides C. adenine, thymine and guanine
B. sugar, phosphate and nitrogenous base D. sugar backbone and phosphate group

_____37. Which of the following best describes the arrangement of the sides of the DNA molecule?
A. twisted B. anti-parallel C. bonded D. alternating

_____38. The genetic event that results in Down syndrome can best be described as?
A. deletion B. duplication C. non-disjunction D. crossing-over

_____39. Which pertains to organisms that no longer exist at the present time, but have existed in the
past?
A. Exotic B. Endemic C. Extinct D. Endangered

_____40. Did humans, other animals, and plants evolve all at the same time?
A. Yes, humans, animals, and plants evolved at around the same time
B. No, humans evolved from apes about 5 millions years ago
C. No, an enormous number of other species of plants and animals have already evolved
and became extinct before humans appeared
D. No, many species living today evolved earlier when human evolutions was occurring.

_____41. What are the factors that may bring about evolution by Natural Selection?
I. mutation II.new gene combination III.genetic drift or variation IV.environmental
change
A. I and III B. I, II, and III C. I and II D. I, II, III and IV

_____42. Extinction is a natural phenomenon. It is estimated that 99% of all species that ever lived
are now extinct. Why then do we say that we are now experiencing an extinction crisis?
A. Human are ethically responsible for protecting endangered species
B. Scientist have identified most of the species on earth and thus able to quantify the number of
species being extinct
C. The current rate of extinction is high and human activities threaten biodiversity at all levels
D. Most biodiversity hot spot have been destroyed by recent ecological disaster

_____43. The population of Monkey-eating eagle, and aquatic species like the dugong found in
Negros, Batangas’s becomes so low that only a few remain, these species are considered
A. Threatened B. Extinct C. Endangered D. Degraded
_____44. The greatest cause of biodiversity crisis , the one which includes all of the others is___
A. Global warming B. habitat destruction C. Human over population D. pollution

_____45. Which factor has a tendency to increase population density?

A. limited food supply and diseases
B. limited space and higher birth rate
C. higher death rate due to a calamity
D. presence of a greater area for organisms to live

_____46 The most serious consequences of a decrease in global biodiversity would be the___
A. Increase in the global warming and thinning of the ozone layer
B. Increase in the abundance and diversity of the edge-adapted species
C. Potential loss of the ecosystem services on which the people depend
D. Lost of source of genetic diversity to preserve endangered specie

_____47. Which action can have the greatest impact on reducing the threat of global warming?
A. planting tree B. recycling C. Reducing D. Composting

_____48. Pollutants dumped into the rivers and streams eventually find their way to
A. the ocean B. the atmosphere C. groundwater supplies D. underground soil

_____49. The average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere may rise as a result of
A. the greenhouse effect B. water pollution C. garbage dumping D. Recycling

_____50. Which pertains to the largest number of individuals in a species that an environment sustains
for a long period of time?
A. Biodiversity B. Carrying capacity C . Limiting factor. d. Population
density