1st PERIODIC TEST in SCIENCE 9

Name: ____________________________________________ Score: _____________

Grade and Section: ________________________________ Date: ______________

Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter that corresponds to the correct answer on the
space provided before each number.

____1. What organ system is responsible for the uptake of oxygen and disposal of carbon dioxide in
a human body?
A. circulatory C. nervous
B. digestive D. respiratory
____2. Which of the following systems are working together in transporting nutrients, gases, and
other molecules to and from the different parts of the body?
I. circulatory III. nervous
II. digestive IV. respiratory

A. I and II C. II and III

B. I and IV D. III and IV
____3. It is also called windpipe, a hollow tube that serves as passageway of air into the lungs.
A. alveolus C. nose
B. bronchus D. trachea
____4. These are two branching tubes that connect the trachea to the lungs?
A. alveoli C. nose
B. bronchi D. trachea
____5. Which of the following actions is NOT part of exhalation process?
A. The ribcage contracts inward.
B. The volume of the chest cavity decreases.
C. The diaphragm contracts and pulls downward.
D. The pressure within the chest cavity increases.
____6. Your friend Boboy is a cigarette smoker and you are consistently hanging out together. As a
good friend, what is the best action you can make in order for him to have healthy lungs?
A. Encourage him to stop smoking.
B. Introduce to him e-cigarette and vape.
C. Advise him to continue smoking cigarette.
D. Tell him to use traditional cigarette (likit) as an alternative.
____7. It is characterized by red pigmentation due to hemoglobin.
A. plasma C. red blood cells
B. platelets D. white blood cells
____8. These cells are responsible in fighting infections by engulfing bacteria, foreign proteins, and
other microorganisms that enter the body.
A. plasma C. red blood cells
B. platelets D. white blood cells

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____9. These are responsible in carrying oxygenated blood away from the heart to cells, tissues, and
organs in the body.
A. arteries C. lungs
B. capillaries D. veins
____10. They carry deoxygenated blood from the other parts of the body to the heart to be expelled
into the lungs.
A. arteries C. nerves
B. capillaries D. veins
____11. Why is oxygen important to the body?
A. for blood clotting C. for cell growth and energy
B. to bring food to the cells D. for the blood to flow accordingly
____12. What is the main function of the blood?
A. pumps oxygen throughout the body
B. absorbs the carbon dioxide and oxygen
C. exchanges of gases and nutrients take place
D. carries the gases, nutrients, and other molecules
____13. Which of the following lifestyles BEST provides benefits to the circulatory and respiratory
systems?
A. smoking cigarette C. reading a book the whole day
B. exercising enough in a day D. drinking powdered juice after meal
____14. Pneumonia, emphysema, and lung cancer are fatal diseases which are mainly caused by
A. eating too much C. sleeping late
B. exercising too much D. smoking cigarette
____15. Which of the following lifestyles is NOT good for the respiratory system?
A. eating nutritious foods C. smoking cigarette
B. exercising every day D. taking multivitamins
____16. All of the following are associated with respiratory and circulatory problems EXCEPT:
A. drinking alcohol C. sleeping enough
B. eating too much D. smoking cigarettes
____17. Why is atherosclerosis especially serious when it develops in the coronary arteries? It can
___________.
A. cause lung cancer C. limit the functions of white blood cells
B. lead to a heart attack D. make red blood cells die

____18. How can you make good choices and make the respiratory and circulatory systems stay
healthy?
A. buy unprescribed medicines
B. consult a doctor when unwell
C. follow the advice of nonmedical professionals
D. search the Internet to diagnose and treat oneself
____19. Which of the following type of Non-Mendelian patterns of inheritance is characterized when a
heterozygote shows a phenotype that is intermediate between the two homozygous
phenotypes?
A. codominance C. incomplete dominance
B. complete dominance D. multiple alleles

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____20. What type of Non-Mendelian pattern of inheritance pertains to the presence of three or more
alleles for a particular gene?
A. codominance C. incomplete dominance
B. complete dominance D. multiple alleles

____21. What is the result when one allele is not dominant over the other?
A. codominance C. incomplete dominance
B. complete dominance D. multiple alleles

____22. A pure red-flowered four o’clock plant is crossed with a pure white-red flowered four o’clock
plant and resulted in all pink flowers. What type of Non-Mendelian pattern of inheritance is
this?
A. codominance C. incomplete dominance
B. complete dominance D. multiple alleles

____23. What blood type(s) can be found in the offspring if a mother has type O blood and the father
has pure type B blood?
A. A only C. A, B, and O
B. B only D. A, B, AB, and O

____24. What are the possible traits of a calf if a roan (RW) bull is mated with a red (RR) cow?
A. 50% red, 50% white
B. 50% red, 50% roan
C. 75 % roan, 25% red
D. 75 % white, 25% red

____25. How many pairs of sex chromosomes do humans have?

A. 23 B. 24 C. 25 D. 26

____26. Which of following is an example of sex-influenced trait?

A. baldness C. hemophilia
B. blindness D. hypertrichosis pinnae auris

____27. What chromosome must a sperm have to fertilize an egg and result to have a female child?
A. X B. Y C. XX D. XY
____28. Several sex-linked genes were also discovered in human beings. Which of the following is
an example that is more common in males?
A. baldness C. albinism
B. blindness D. hemophilia
____29. Hemophilia is a heredity X-linked recessive trait that causes blood defect. If a female carrier
of hemophilia marries a male with normal blood clotting, what percentage of the female
children will be hemophilia carrier?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 60% D. 75%
____30. Which gamete dictates human sexuality?
A. male gamete only C. both of the parents’ gametes
B. female gamete only D. none of the parents’ gametes

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____31. What is the relationship between extinction and biodiversity? Extinction ____________.
A. provides new species in biodiversity
B. contributes to the increase in biodiversity
C. contributes to the decrease in biodiversity
D. provides mutation among species in biodiversity
____32. About half of Earth’s biodiversity exists in its tropical rainforests. What does this mean?
Tropical rainforests have__________.
A. more plants than animals of any climate region
B. more animals than plants of any climate region
C. less number of both animals and plants of any climate region
D. the greatest number of both animals and plants of any climate region
____33. Pollutants dumped into the rivers and streams eventually find their way to the ___________.
A. atmosphere C. houses
B. groundwater supplies D. ocean
____34. Which of the following is referred to as the disappearance of a species when the last of its
members die?
A. endangered species C. mutation
B. extinction D. threatened species
____35. What will happen to a species if none of the individuals within a particular species can
survive to reproduce?
A. become extinct C. evolve into a new species
B. adapt to a new environment D. increase in number
____36. Which of the following actions is the BEST you can make so that extinction of a certain
species will be avoided in the abrupt change of the environment?
A. Ask permission from the DENR to develop a tropical rainforest into rice and corn fields so
that there will be no shortage of foods.
B. Convert forests into market places, parks, residential areas, and schools so that cities
and other urban areas will not be congested.
C. Plant more trees, clean the environment, and apply and practice daily the Reduce,
Reuse, and Recycle habit.
D. Use inorganic fertilizer and other corrosive chemicals to control the pest and insects that
may destroy plants and trees.
____37. Which of the following are the factors that affect the rate of photosynthesis?
I. light and intensity II. concentration of carbon dioxide
III. water IV. pollution

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

B. I, II, and IV D. I, II, III, and IV
____38. What is the first step in photosynthesis?
A. ionizing of water molecule
B. forming of glucose molecule
C. exciting an electron of chlorophyll by a photon light
D. joining three carbon atoms to form glucose molecule
____39. Which of the following is the correct equation for photosynthesis?
A. CO2 + sugar + H2O → O2 + light
B. O2 + light + H2O → CO2 + sugar
C. CO2 + light + H2O → O2 + sugar
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 D. CO2 + O2 + H2O → light + sugar
____40. Which of the following is the correct equation for cellular respiration?
A. sugar + O2 → CO2 + H2O + ATP
B. ATP + O2 → CO2 + H2O + ATP
C. sugar + CO2 → O2 + H2O + ATP
D. sugar + H2O + CO2 → CO2 + O2 + ATP
____41. All of the following states the importance of photosynthesis in life on earth EXCEPT:
A. Productivity of agricultural crops depends upon the rate of photosynthesis.
B. Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in the deposition of coal, petroleum, and natural gas.
C. All of the products on earth are derived from the process of photosynthesis, e.g., timber,
rubber, resins, drugs, oils, fibers, etc.
D. Photosynthesis plays a crucial role in the removal of carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere and the production of oxygen.

Please refer to the following table to answer item #42.

Parameters Photosynthesis Cellular respiration

Function It is concerned with the capture, It releases energy

conversion, and storage of energy
Energy source Sunlight Glucose
Electron carriers NADPH FADH2 and NADH
Occurs in It is common in plants, In occurs in all living
photosynthetic bacteria, and algae organism
Reactants Carbon Dioxide + water + light Oxygen + glucose
Products Oxygen and glucose Water and carbon dioxide

____42. Based on the table above, what are the differences between photosynthesis and cellular
respiration?
I. Photosynthesis doesn’t use oxygen while cellular respiration uses oxygen.
II. Photosynthesis uses sunlight as an energy source while respiration uses glucose
molecule.
III. Photosynthesis concerned only with harnessing, conversion, and storage of energy while
cellular respiration is on releasing.
IV. The by-products of photosynthesis are the source of cellular respiration.

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

B. I, III, and IV D. I, II, III and IV
____43. Cellular respiration in eukaryotic cells takes place in the______________.
A. cell wall C. lysosome
B. Golgi body D. mitochondrion
____44. What is the correct order of cellular respiration?
A. glycolysis → Krebs cycle → oxidative phosphorylation → pyruvate oxidation
B. glycolysis → Krebs cycle → pyruvate oxidation → oxidative phosphorylation
C. glycolysis → pyruvate oxidation → Krebs cycle → oxidative phosphorylation
D. glycolysis → pyruvate oxidation → oxidative phosphorylation → Krebs cycle
____45. The energy currency used by cells is ________.
A. ADP B. ATP C. FADH2 D. NADH

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____46. When oxygen is present, pyruvate enters the Krebs cycle. Where in the eukaryotic cell does
this occur?
A. cytoplasm C. mitochondrion
B. lysosome D. nucleus
____47. When acetyl co-A enters the Krebs cycle, what substance must it interact with?
A. citric acid C. oxaloacetic acid
B. malic acid D. succinic acid
____48. How many ATPs are produced during cellular respiration?
A. 32 B. 34 C. 36 D. 38

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Answer key: SCIENCE 9_QUARTER 1 25. A
1. D 26. A
2. B 27. A
3. D 28. A
4. B 29. B
5. C 30. C
6. A 31. C
7. C 32. D
8. D 33. D
9. A 34. B
10. D 35. A
11. C 36. C
12. D 37. A
13. B 38. D
14. D 39. C
15. C 40. A
16. C 41. B
17. B 42. D
18. B 43. D
19. C 44. C
20. D 45. B
21. A 46. C
22. C 47. C
23. B 48. D
24. B

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 Learning COGNITIVE PROCESS DIMENSION
Competencies
Duration No. of
%
The learners should be (Hours) Questions Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating
able to…

Explain how the

respiratory and
circulatory
systems work
together to
transport
1 4 13 6 4 1 1
nutrients, gases,
and other
molecules to and
from the different
parts of the body.
WEEK 1
Explain how the
respiratory and
circulatory
systems work
together to
transport
2 4 13 6 4 1 1
nutrients, gases,
and other
molecules to and
from the different
parts of the body.
WEEK 2
Infer how one’s
lifestyle can affect
the functioning of
3 4 13 6 4 1
respiratory and
circulatory
systems WEEK 3
Explain the
different patterns
4 of non- Mendelian 4 13 6 4 1 1
inheritance WEEK
4
Explain the
5 different patterns 4 13 6 4 1 1
of non- Mendelian
inheritance WEEK
8
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Relate species
extinction to the
failure of
populations of
6 organisms to 4 13 6 4 1
adapt to abrupt
changes in the
environment
WEEK 6
Differentiate basic
features and
importance of
7 4 13 6 4 1 1
photosynthesis
and respiration
WEEK 7
Differentiate basic
features and
importance of
8 4 13 6 4 1 1
photosynthesis
and respiration
WEEK 8