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PIO DEL PILAR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Science Department
Osias St. Brgy. Poblacion, Makati City

1st SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION

Science 9
School Year 2023-2024
I. MULTIPLE CHOICES:
Directions: Choose the letter of the BEST answer. Shade it to your answer sheets.

1. What is the function of alveoli?

A. It is a hallow tube that lets air pass from your throat to your trachea on the way to your
lungs.
B. It is where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the
process of breathing in and breathing out.

2. The heart has four chambers, what is the function of the left ventricle of the heart?
A. pumps the oxygenated blood to the body
B. pumps the deoxygenated blood to the lungs

3. How is circulatory system connected with respiratory system?

A. The respiratory and the digestive systems share the region of the mouth and upper
throat, where air, fluids, and solids can be mixed.
B. The circulatory system, which is made up of the heart and blood vessels, supports the
respiratory system by bringing blood to and from the lungs.

4. How is the mechanism of the respiratory system works?

A. As the diaphragm flattens it causes the chest to expand and air is sucked into the lungs.
B. Arteries, which are very small blood vessels with thin walls, are wrapped around alveoli
which allow oxygen to seep through.

5. What is CORRECT to describe incomplete dominance?

A. It is which the traits of both parents appear.
B. It is which the traits of both parents do not appear.

6. A child is born to a father whose blood group is A and a mother whose blood group is B. the
child is of blood group A. Which statements is TRUE about the child?
A. The child has genotype of I A i.
B. The child is homozygous blood type A.

7. The following genotypes and resultant phenotypes are possible for the human A-B-O blood
types:

Type A blood can have these genotypes: I A I A or I A i

Type B blood can have these genotypes: I B I B or I B i
Type AB blood has this genotype: I A I B
Type O has this genotype: ii

A woman homozygous for blood type A marries a man that is heterozygous for blood type B.
What are the possible phenotypic ratios of the offspring? Complete the Punnet square:

Woman B O
Man

A. Blood type A and Blood Type B; 3:1

B. Blood type B and Blood Type A; 3:1
C. Blood type AB and Blood Type A; 2:2
D. Blood type A, Blood type B, Blood Type AB, and Blood Type O; 1:1:1:1

8. Based on the Punnet Square above, what will be the genotype of the possible offspring?
 A. IAIB, ii C. I AIB, IAi
B. IAIB, IBi D. I AIB, IBIB

9. If a human baby boy inherits a recessive allele from his mother, in which circumstance would
he most likely show the trait coded for by the recessive allele?
A. The allele is on the X chromosome.
B. The allele is on the Y chromosome.

10. Why did hemophilia occur more frequently to male?

A. Males mature more slowly that females, allowing recessive traits more time to appear.
B. Only one copy of the X chromosome is found in cells of males, but two copies are found
in cells of females.

11. Refer to the picture, which diagram BEST represents a biodiverse-rich area?

A. Community 1
B. Community 2

12. Which of these terms is matched CORRECTLY with its definition?

A. Ecosystem is the physical environment where only non-living things are found.
B. Community is made up of several populations of organisms all living in the same area.
C. Population is a group of organisms that are of the same species and spread all over the
world.
D. Species are group of individuals that share characteristics and does not include all
populations that occur in different geographical areas.

13. An alarming state of the ecosystem is characterized by a sudden decline in Earth’s great
variety of life which is known as biodiversity crisis. Which of these human activities are
considered as the main cause of biodiversity crisis?
I. migration of organisms
II. overexploitation of wildlife
III. human alteration of habitats

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I, II,III

14. A biologist is studying deer species living in a 100 km 2 wildlife area. He determines that the
current population of 1000 deer is half (1/2) the carrying capacity of the wildlife area. What
would the deer population density be if the population was at carrying capacity?
A. 5 deer /km2
B. 1 0 deer /km2
C. 15 deer /km2
D. 20 deer /km2

15. Which point on the curve in the graph below best

represents the carrying capacity of the environment for the
given population?
A. A only
B. B only
C. C only
 D. E only

16. Which CORRECTLY describes the structure of ATP and how it provides energy?
A. ATP contains 6-carbon sugar, two phosphate groups, and an adenine base. Energy is
released when a single phosphate group is added to the existing two phosphate groups.
B. ATP contains a 5-carbon sugar, three phosphate groups, and an adenine base. Energy
is released when the bond between the second phosphate group and third phosphate
group is broken.

17. What will happen if ATP and NADPH are already used up at night?
A. less oxygen will be produced
B. less carbon dioxide will be used

18. Why is it Calvin cycle or also called the dark reaction most often takes place in sunlight?
A. The Calvin cycle requires ATP and NADPH, which require sunlight to be produced.
B. RuBP regeneration requires sunlight in order to occur and continue the Calvin cycle.

19. Which molecule or pigment in plant cells captures the radiant energy from sunlight?
A. glucose
B. chlorophyll
C. carbon dioxide
D. adenosine triphosphate

20. Which raw material is needed to start the food-manufacturing process called photosynthesis?
A. oxygen
B. light like sunlight

21. What is the role of chlorophyll in food-making process of plant?

A. Supplies the energy for water to be transformed to glucose.
B. Traps the energy to split water molecule required in forming glucose.

22. What is oxidized and reduced during cellular respiration?

A. Both the carbon atoms in glucose and oxygen are oxidized.
B. Both the carbon atoms in glucose and oxygen are reduced.
C. The carbon atoms in glucose are oxidized, and oxygen is reduced.
D. The carbon atoms in glucose are reduced, and oxygen is oxidized.

23. What is the main transformation that occurs during glycolysis?

A. Glycolysis produces CO 2, NAD, and pyruvate by oxidizing glucose.
B. Glycolysis produces ATP, pyruvate, and NADH by oxidizing glucose.

24. Where does Krebs cycle takes place?

A. chloroplast C. mitochondria
B. lysosome D. nuclei

25. Which compounds are produced in the light-dependent reaction?

A. ATP and NADPH
B. ATP and NADP+

26. Sugarcane juice is used in making table sugar which is extracted from the stem of the plant.
Trace the path of sugar molecules found in the stem from where they are produced.
A. flowers --- leaf --- stem
B. roots --- leaf --- stem

27. Photosynthesis can be divided into two steps: the light-dependent reactions and the Calvin
cycle. Which is TRUE regarding these two steps?
A. The Calvin cycle converts water molecules into oxygen gas a byproduct to its reactions.
B. During the light-dependent reactions, carbon dioxide is fixed to produce sugars that form
glucose.
C. The light-dependent reactions take place in the thylakoid membrane, and the Calvin
cycle takes place in the stroma.
D. The light dependent reactions use ATP from the Calvin cycle, and the Calvin cycle uses
energy from the absorbed sunlight
II. IDENTIFICATION
Direction: Identify what is asked on the following statement. Shade your answer on your answer
sheets.

1. It is a system of the body which refers to the process of exchanging oxygen and carbon
dioxide.
A. Respiratory System B. Circulatory System
2. This refers to the pathways for blood circulation.
A. Heart B. Blood C. Blood vessels
3. In ____________ circulation, blood is pumped between the body cells and the heart.
A. Systemic B. Pulmonary C. Coronary
4. It is disease that causes shortness of breath and coughs because of inflamed and damaged
alveoli. It is due to smoking.
A. Heart attack B. Emphysema
5. It I called the “blueprint of life” as it contains all of the instructions for the structure and
function of an organism
A. DNA B. RNA
6. These are parts of a Nucleotide
I. Nitrogenous bases
II. Deoxyribose sugar
III. Phosphate group
IV. Double helix structure

A. I and II only B. I, II, IV C. I, II, III

For 7-9, refer to the given choices below
A. Incomplete Dominance
B. Codominance
C. Multiple Alleles
7. It is a form of intermediate inheritance, whereby neither of the two alleles are wholly
dominant.
8. The two parent’s phenotypes are expressed together in the offspring
9. These are alternative forms of a gene responsible for differences in phenotypic expression of
a given trait; three or more alleles for a trait.

10. It is an example of a recessive X-linked trait that results in the inability to have
normal blood clotting.
A. Hemophilia B. Colorblindness C. Baldness
For 11-13, refer to the given choices below
A. Sex-linked traits B. Sex-influenced traits C. Sex-limited traits
11. These are autosomal, which means that they are not found on the X or Y chromosomes.
12. These are traits that are inherited through the sex chromosomes.
13. These are expressed in both sexes but more frequently in one than in other sex.

For 14-17, refer to the choices below.

A. Biodiversity C. Index of Diversity
B. Carrying Capacity D. Population Density
14. It is a quantitative measure that reflects how many different types (such as species) there
are in a dataset (a community).
15. It is a variation at the genetic, species and ecosystem levels.
16. It is the maximum population size an environment can support.
17. It is a measurement of population per unit land area.

For 18-21, refer to the choices below

A. Photosynthesis C. ATP and NADPH
B. Calvin Cycle D. Chlorophyll

18. It is the green pigment of plants which is found on the surface of the thylakoids in
chloroplasts.
19. It is a light-independent phase that takes place in the STROMA and converts carbon dioxide
(CO2) into glucose (sugar).
20. It is a process of food making done by plants and other autotrophic organisms.
21. The energy harvested during light-dependent reaction.

For 22-23, refer to the choices: A. Cellular Respiration B. Glycolysis

22. It is a process whereby a glucose molecule is broken down into two pyruvic acid (or
pyruvate) molecules to generate two net ATP.
23. It is the process by which cells obtain energy from glucose (food).