Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF QUEZON PROVINCE
RECTO MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
QUIPOT, TIAONG, QUEZON

SCIENCE 9

Name:______________________________ Score:___________________
Yr/Sec:_____________________________ Date:____________________

Multiple Choice: Choose and write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each number.
NO ERASURE

_____1. It is the main organ of your respiratory system.

a. Lungs b. Heart c. Stomach d. Brain
_____2. It is a dome shaped sheet of muscle that separates the chest cavity from the abdomen.
a. Lungs b. Bronchioles c. Alveoli d. Diaphragm
_____3. What happens to your lungs as it fills up with air during inhalation?
a. Retain its size b. Decrease its size c. Expand its size d. Shrink its size
_____4. What is the reason behind your answer in number 3?
a. The air pressure inside your lungs decreases.
b. The air pressure inside your lungs increases.
c. The air pressure inside your lungs remains constant.
d. The air pressure outside your lungs increases
_____5. Which of the following is the correct path of oxygen in our respiratory system?
a. Nasal passage – nose – alveoli – trachea – bronchi – bronchioles
b. Nose – nasal passage – trachea – bronchi – bronchioles – alveoli
c. Alveoli – bronchioles – bronchi – trachea – nasal passage – nose
d. Bronchi – bronchioles – alveoli – trachea – nose – nasal passage
_____6. Which of the following best describes pulmonary circulation? Blood circulation from the ________.
a. heart going to the lungs and other parts of the body
b. heart going to the lungs and back to the heart
c. lungs to the different parts of the body
d. body going to the heart
_____7. What does the red blood cells distribute to the body as it works with the respiratory system?
a. Food nutrients b. Carbon dioxide c. Oxygen d. water
_____8. Which of the following is correct sequence of blood as it delivers oxygen to and transport waste
from the body?
a. Lungs-Left atrium- left ventricle- arteries - capillaries- veins- right atrium - right ventricle - lungs
b. Lungs-right atrium- right ventricle- arteries - capillaries- veins- left atrium - left ventricle - lungs
c. Lungs-Left atrium- left ventricle- veins - capillaries- arteries- right atrium - right ventricle - lungs
d. Lungs-Left ventricle- left atrium- arteries - capillaries- veins- right ventricle - right atrium - lungs
____9. Which chamber of the human heart pumps blood to all parts of the body?
a. right atrium b. left atrium c. right ventricle d. left ventricle
____10. Mark joined a 100-meter dash. What will most likely happen to his heart?
a. It will beat faster than normal. c. It will stop to beat.
b. It will beat slower than normal. d. It will burst.
____11. You always hear and see the statement, “Government Warning: Cigarette Smoking is Dangerous
to your health”. How does cigarette smoking increase the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases?
a. It can damage the normal functioning of the heart and the blood vessels including its structure.
b. The chemicals in cigarette harm the blood cells.
c. Both statement A and B are correct
d. Only A is true
____12. What do you call the maximum number of living organisms of one species that an area’s resources
can sustain indefinitely without environmental degradation?
a. Population density b. Biodiversity c. Carrying capacity d. Species
____13. What do you call the environmental conditions that help balance the ecosystem?
a. Limiting reagent b. Limiting factor c. Population density d. Index of diversity
____14. What do you call the trapping of heat by gases in the earth’s atmosphere?
a. Global warming b. Air pollution c. Greenhouse effect d. Acid rain
____15. The human blood group system is governed by multiple alleles, the A, B, O wherein O is recessive and A and B
 are codominant. Which of the following is the possible blood type of the offspring if the
father has type A blood and the mother has type O blood?
I. A,O II. O III. A, A IV. AB
a. I only b. I and II only c. I, II and III only d. II, III and IV only
____16. Which of the following will be the phenotypic ratio of a cross between a homozygous red-flowered snapdragon
(RR) and a homozygous white flowered snapdragon (WW)
a. 100% pink c. 50% red;50% white
b. 75% pink;25% red d. 50% pink;25% red;25%white
____17. Plants are considered as food manufacturers. In which of the following cell organelles
does photosynthesis occur?
a. Ribosome b. Chlorophyll c. Chloroplast d. Mitochondrion
____18. Oxygen and carbohydrate consumers are mostly dependent on photosynthetic providers. In which
of the following products of photosynthesis is the chief source of energy for most organisms?
a. Glucose b. Maltose c. Oxygen d. Sucrose
____19. The energy released from the breakdown of food molecules in respiration is trapped in ___________.
a. ADP b. ATP c. carbon dioxide d. water
____20. Which of the following scientist proposed the quantum mechanical model of atom?
a. Neils Bohr b. Erwin Schrodinger c. Louie de Broglie d. Ernest Rutherford
____21. Which of the following sublevels is correctly designated?
a. 1p5 b. 3f9 c. 2p6 d. 3d11
____22. Which of the following is the correct orbital diagram for oxygen with 8 electrons?
a. c.
↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑ ↑
b. ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑ ↓ d. ↑↓ ↑↓ ↑↑ ↑ ↑

____23. If the first and second energy levels of an atom are full, what would be the total number of electrons in the
atom?
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 18
____24. What occurs when an electron moves from high energy level to a low one?
a. another electron moves up c. colored light is given off
b. the atom moves faster d. this process is not possible
____25. Why noble gases do not form compounds readily?
a. They have no electrons c. They have 7 electrons in their outer energy levels
b. They have empty outer energy levels d. Their outer energy levels are completely filled
____26. What type of chemical bond does exist in Barium iodide (BaI 2)?
a. metallic bond b. polar covalent bond c. non polar covalent bond d. ionic bond
____27. Why do atoms react with one another to form chemical bonds?
a. to attain stability b. to break down compounds c. to form molecules d. to produce ions
____28. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. neon b. zinc c. calcium d. Potassium
____29. Which of the following is the correct molecular formula for butene?
a. C4H8 b. C4H10 c. C2H4 d. C2H6
____30. Which of the following is the correct molar mass of sugar with a chemical formula of C 12H22O11?
a. 342.46 g/mol b. 144.24 g/mol c. 300 g/mol d. 176 g/mol
____31. Describes what the atmosphere is like at a given time and place.
a. Temperature b. climate c. cold front d. weather
____32. Type of volcano that have not erupted for the last 10 000 years.
a. Active b. inactive d. strombolian d. vulcanian
____33. The distance from the equator, determines what climate zone it is in.
a. Latitude b. longitude c. coordinates d. direction
____34. It is formed by accumulation of lava that oozes out from the volcano.
a. Shield b. Cinder cone c. composite d. caldera

____35. Which activity does not contribute to global warming?

a. Reforestation b. illegal fishing c. mining activities d. incineration of garbage

____36. City A is surrounded by bodies of water and has a moderate climate. It is located near equator. What will
 most likely affect the climate of the city?
a. Latitude b. altitude c. topography d. all of these

____37. Why do mountain climbers bring thick jackets when they go up the mountain?
a. The temperature increases as the altitude increases.
b. The temperature decreases as the altitude increases.
c. The temperature remains the same as the altitude increases.
d. The temperature decreases as the altitude decreases.

____38. Which side of the mountain often receives the most precipitation?
a. Leeward side b. windward side c. rain shadow d. peak

____39. How do stars appear to move in the night sky?

a. From East to West c. From West to East
b. From North to South d. From South to North

____40. Why do stars have colors?

a. It is because of the presence of oxygen
b. It is because of the presence of carbon dioxide
c. It is because of varied temperatures
d. It is because of the different locations

____41. It is the force which acts on all objects at or near the surface of the earth.
a. Gravity b. energy c. air resistance d. friction

____42. Ignoring air resistance, an object falling toward the surface of the earth has a velocity that is _____________.
a. constant b. increasing c. decreasing d. undetermined
____43. A ball is thrown vertically upward. What is the velocity at the maximum height?
a. 0 m/s b. 9.8 m/s c. 9.8 m/s 2 d. -9.8 m/s2
____44. A sepak takraw is kicked from a height of two meters follows a path that is ___________.
a. circular b. linear c. hyperbolic d. parabolic
____45. What angle should Angel release her ball to reach the highest possible range?
a. 30o b. 75o c. 45o d. 15o
____46. Consider a plane moving at a constant speed at an elevated height above the Earth’s surface. In the course of its
flight, the plane drops a package from its luggage compartment. Where will the package land with respect to the plane if the
plane continuously moving at the same speed ignoring air resistance?
a. Behind the plane b. in front of the plane c. directly below the plane d. none of the above
____47. A 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 to dropped on grass.
a. the change in momentum is greater c. the interval for stopping is greater
b. the change in momentum is less d. the time interval for stopping is less
____48. Which of the following method is employed in airbags to protect the driver?
a. Reducing the change in momentum per second, of the driver
b. Increasing the change in momentum per second, of the driver
c. Reducing the final velocity of the driver
d. Increasing the total change in momentum of the driver
____49. Mona, a skater who is moving at high speed needs a certain amount of force to stop her. When will more stopping
force be needed?
a. If she has more mass c. if she has less stopping distance
b. If she has more momentum d. all of the above
____50. It is an encounter between two objects.
a. Momentum b. impulse c. collision d. velocity

GRADE 9 SCIENCE TEACHERS

MARIA ANNALIZA L. BALABABA

SEALTHIEL I. LIWANAG
PRINCESS ANN B. SALES
JOSE MANUEL L. ABO
SHILLEM L. MITRA