REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO DE ORO
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FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION
GRADE 9 SCIENCE

NAME: _______________________________________ SECTION: ________________ DATE: ____________

TEST I. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE. On the space before the number, write TRUE if the
statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect. If the statement is FALSE,
underline the word(s) that made the statement wrong and supply the correct answer on the
space provided after the statement.
__________________ 1. It is safer to inhale through the mouth than through the nose. ___________
__________________ 2. The lungs expand during exhalation. _______________
__________________ 3.The diaphragm relaxes during inhalation. ________________
__________________ 4. In the Respiratory System, gas exchange happens in the bronchioles. _____
__________________ 5. The CO2 exhaled by the lungs comes from the heart. _______________
__________________ 6. Arteries carry deoxygenated blood away from the heart. ________________
__________________ 7. CO2 and Oxygen are exchanged in the capillaries. ________________
__________________ 8. In Pulmonary Circulation, oxygen is carried through the many organs
of the body. ____________
__________________ 9. Oxygen is carried by the Red Blood Cells. ___________
__________________ 10. The blood in the left atrium and right atrium has the same
components. __________

TEST I: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each item carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the space provided before each number.
_____ 1. How many phenotypes are there in ABO blood types?
A. 3 B. 4 C. 6 D. 12
_____ 2. What pattern of inheritance is associated with genes along sex chromosomes (especially
X chromosomes)?
A. Codominance B. Incomplete Dominance C. Multiple Allele D. Sex-Linked
_____ 3. What pattern of inheritance is identified by the dominant trait masking the recessive
trait?
A. Complete dominance (Mendelian) C. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance D. Multiple Allele
_____ 4. It refers to the group of living things within a certain area that are of the same species.
A. Biodiversity B. diversity C. ecosystem D. population
_____ 5. Which of the following is causing the most extinction?
A. deforestation B. dying of old age C. loss of habitat D. pollution
_____ 6. In which part of the cell do photosynthesis occur?
A. Chloroplasts B. epidermis C. nucleus D. vacuole
_____ 7. What is cellular respiration?
A. The breakdown of glucose to release ATP
B. The breakdown of glucose to release carbon
C. Either of the two
D. Neither of the two
_____ 8. Which of the following are the products of photosynthesis?
A. Carbon dioxide and Oxygen C. Sugar and Glucose
B. Sugar and Oxygen D. Water and Energy
_____ 9. What type of inheritance pattern do the diagram below represents?

A. Incomplete dominance
B. Codominance
C. Multiple Allele
D. Sex-Linked
_____ 10. A red cow is crossed with a white cow and produced an offspring that is a roan cow.
What is a roan cow?
A. A purebred red cow. C. A pink cow.
B. A purebred white cow D. A cow with red hair and white blotches.
_____ 11. What is a type of inheritance where both alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype
of the heterozygote?
A. Complete dominance C. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance D. Multiple Allele
_____ 12. Which of the following traits is not controlled by multiple genes?
A. color blindness B. eye color C. freckles D. hair texture
_____ 13. What is the second most leading cause of global warming?
A. Deforestation C. Pollution
B. Greenhouse gases D. Wildlife Depletion
_____ 14. What would be a good way to preserve biodiversity?
A. By not littering C. Not driving as often
B. Reduce, reuse, recycle D. All of the above
_____ 15. Cellular respiration occurs in which type?
A. Animal cells only C. Both plants and animal cells
B. Plant cells only D. Neither of the two
_____16. In cellular respiration, energy can be released by breaking down which molecule?
A. ATP B. Carbon dioxide C. Glucose D. Water
_____17. During respiration, the reactants of photosynthesis are changed into ______________.
A. H2O, CO2 and energy
B. C6H12O6 and O2
C. Energy and O2
D. C6H12O6 and H2O
_____18. In humans, sex is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes called X and Y. What is the
genotype for males?
A. XX B. XY C. XXY D. XO
_____19. What condition will guarantee that a male offspring will have red-green color blindness.
A. The father is colorblind
B. The mother is colorblind
C. The father has the recessive gene
D. The father has the recessive gene
_____ 20. Air pollution causing photochemical oxidants production includes ____________.
A. Carbon monoxide, Sulphur dioxide
B. Nitrous oxide, nitric acid fumes, nitric oxide
C. Oxygen, chlorine, fuming nitric acid
D. Ozone, peroxyacetyl nitrate, aldehydes
_____21. Harmful algal bloom is caused by the algae _____________.
A. Cyanobacteria B. Pyrrophyta C. Rhodophyta D. Xanthophyta
_____22. Which of the following is the correct equation for photosynthesis?
A. H2O + O2  energy + C6H12O6
B. CO2 + H2O  C6H12O6 + O2
C. C6H12O6 + energy  H2O + O2
D. C6H12O6 + O2  CO2 + H2O
_____ 23. Plants are great food providers. They are called great food providers because _________
A. of their ability to synthesize their own food.
B. we humans rely ONLY on plants for food
C. they provide us food, fiber, medicine and other basic requirements.
D. No, I don’t think they are great food providers
_____ 24. Calvin cycle (dark reaction) is a light independent phase that takes place in the stroma
and converts carbon dioxide into __________________.
A. Glucose B. Oxygen C. Sugar D. Water
_____ 25. Light energy captured by photosynthesis is used in a plant for the synthesis of
_____________.
 A. Carbohydrates
B. Carbohydrates, Fatty acids and Proteins
C. Fatty Acids and Proteins
D. None of the above
_____ 26. The X and Y chromosomes are nonhomologous pair of chromosomes. What is the basis
for this designation?
A. They do not have the same gene traits.
B. They do not line up with each other during meiosis.
C. They are not the same size.
D. They are not the same shape.
_____ 27. The continuum of height in the progeny (offspring) that could be produced from a tall
and short individual is an example of ______________.
A. Codominance
B. Incomplete Dominance
C. Multiple Allele
D. Polygenic inheritance
_____ 28. A puspin cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele
expression is this?
A. Codominance
B. Incomplete Dominance
C. Multiple Allele
D. Polygenic inheritance
______29. Eutrophication causes aquatic species to die by _______________.
A. Building up carbon dioxide in the water.
B. Causing lack of nitrogen in the water.
C. Causing lack of oxygen in the water
D. Causing lack of carbon dioxide in the water
______30. A single molecule of glucose generates _________ molecules of acetyl CoA, which enters
the Krebs cycle.
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1
______31. Which of the following statement is correct about photosynthesis and respiration?
A. Photosynthesis is the opposite of respiration
B. Photosynthesis and respiration both occur in plants
C. Only photosynthesis occurs in plants
D. Respiration for maintenance and growth only occurs in the dark
_____32. CFCs are not recommended to be used in refrigerators because they ___________.
A. Affects environment C. Deplete ozone
B. Affects human body D. Increase the temperature
_____ 33. Krebs cycle occurs in aerobic respiration due to _________________.
A. Electron transport chain requires aerobic conditions to operate
B. Oxygen is a reactant
C. Oxygen has a catalytic function
D. All of the above
_____ 34. The entry of pyruvate into the TCA cycle is inhibited by the presence of a high cellular
concentration of ______________.
A. AMP B. Coenzyme A C. NADH D. Pyruvate
_____ 35. Photosynthesis takes place in two separate but dependent series of steps, the light
reactions and the photosynthetic carbon reduction cycle; this second cycle (also known
as the dark reaction / light independent stage / or the Calvin-(Benson-Bassham) *
cycle) of photosynthesis occurs:
A. Only in the light in intact plants, although will work in the dark in a test-tube
B. Only in the dark in intact plants.
C. In the light and dark in intact plants
D. None of the above
_____ 36. Hemophilia is a recessive trait on the x sex chromosome. What is the probability of a
hemophiliac woman and a normal man having a child with hemophilia?
A. 25% B. 50% C.75% D. 100%
_____ 37. In cats, assume that the dominant allele (B) produces black fur. The allele (b) to white fur is
recessive to B.
Rabbit 1 Rabbit 2 Rabbit 3 Rabbit 4
Genotype BB Bb bB bb

Which cats will have a gray coat color?

A. 1,2, and 3 C. 2 and 3
B. 1 and 4 D. 1,2,3 and 4
_____ 38. Is eutrophication a natural process?
A. Yes, it occurs naturally when glaciers retreat over generations.
B. Yes, it happens naturally over millennia as lakes age and sediments settle in.
C. No, all lakes are oligotrophic
D. None of the above.
_____ 39. Before the pyruvate that has been generated by glycolysis can be oxidized, it must be
transported into a mitochondrion. This is accomplished by:
A. Coenzyme A
B. Lactic dehydrogenase
C. Nicotine adenide dinucleotide
D. Succinyl-CoA
_____40. Through glycolysis, the Krebs Cycle and the redox reactions in the Electron Transport
Chain, the total energy yield from the oxidation of 1 molecule of glucose would be ____ molecules
of ATP.
A. 12 B. 24 C. 36 D. more than 100

TEST III. COMPARE AND CONTRAST. Answer in 2 sentences only.

1. Extinct Species and Endangered Species
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2. Endangered Species and Threatened Species
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3. Endemic Species and Invasive Species
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4. Parasitism and Predation
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5. Ecosystem and Habitat
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TEST IV. PROBLEM SOLVING. Answer the following by showing the Punnet Square.
1. Emmy has heard talks that she is not her mother and father’s daughter but her
aunt and uncle’s. Emmy has blood type O. Her mother Emilia has blood type A
(homozygous) and her father Emilio has blood type B (homozygous). Her Aunt
Emily has blood Type A (heterozygous) and her Uncle Emil has blood Type B
(heterozygous). Are the talks she has heard likely true? Why?