Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
PITOMBAYOG HIGH SCHOOL
Mayantoc, Tarlac

SCIENCE GRADE – 9
First Quarter

Name: ______________________________________ Score: ________

Year & Section: __________________ Date: _________
Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank provided before the number.
___ 1. Which of the following parts of the heart squeezes blood out into the arteries?
a. atrium b. valve c. ventricle d. veins
___ 2. Which of the following refer to the number of times your heart beats in a minute?
a. Blood pressure b. pulse/heart rate c. body temperature d. a & b
___ 3. Which of the following diseases involves damage of the air sacs?
a. Emphysema b. bronchitis c. asthma d. tuberculosis
___ 4. Which statement about the human heart is true?
a. The human heart is a single pump c. The human heart is a triple pump
b. The human heart is a double pump d. The human heart is a quadruple pump
___ 5. Which blood vessels serve as site of exchange of gases and nutrients?
a. Arteries b. veins c. capillaries d. tissues
___ 6. Which serves as the passageway of air from the nose to the lungs?
a. Trachea b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. alveoli
___ 7. Which is/are true during the process of breathing?
a. When you breath in, your diaphragm muscles contract downward and rib muscles pull upward
causing air to fill up the lungs
b. When you breathe out, your diaphragm loosen up, the ribs and lungs thrust in, causing gas to be
exhaled
c. a & b
d. none of the above
___ 8. Which gas do we breathe out?
a. Carbon dioxide b. oxygen c. carbon monoxide d. sulfur dioxide
___ 9. Which is true regarding the heart?
a. All of the muscles of the heart contract at the same time
b. Different parts of the heart contract at different times
c. A & b
d. None of the above
___ 10. The best way to prevent respiratory and circulatory diseases is a healthy lifestyle which includes:
a. Balanced diet and regular exercise c. proper hygiene and avoiding vices
b. Adequate rest d. all of these
___ 11. Which controls movement of blood into the heart chambers and out to the aorta and the
pulmonary artery?
a. Valves b. right atrium c. left atrium d. ventricles
___ 12. Which refers to the movement of the blood from the heart to the rest of the body excluding the
lungs?
a. Pulmonary circulation b. coronary circulation c. systemic circulation d. all of these
___ 13. How can we possibly prevent diseases of the respiratory and circulatory systems?
a. Have a healthy lifestyle b. have a balanced diet c. regular exercise d. all of these
___ 14. Which refers to the movement of blood from the heart to the lungs and back to the heart?
a. Pulmonary circulation b. coronary circulation c. systemic circulation d. all of these
___ 15. Which organ pumps blood throughout the body?
a. Lungs b. heart c. liver d. kidney
___ 16. How many chambers have the human heart?
a. 0 b. 2 c. 4 d. 6
___ 17. All are respiratory diseases except
a. Asthma b. tuberculosis c. emphysema d. diabetes
___ 18. Which is not a continuously varying trait?
a. Height b. skin tone c. intelligence d. none of these
___ 19. Which of the following traits are expresses exclusively in one sex?
a. Sex-linked traits b. sex-limited traits c. sex-influenced traits d. none of these
___ 20. What happens to the phenotype of the zygote when traits are inherited in an incomplete
dominance pattern?
a. A third phenotype results b. dominant trait results c. a & b d. none of these
___ 21. If B stands for baldness and b for non-baldness, what does XXBB stands for?
a. Female bald b. female non-bald c. male bald d. male non-bald
___ 22. What compose a nucleotide?
a. Guanine & cytosine b. thymine & adenine c. sugar & phosphate d. all of these
___ 23. Which of the following statement is true about DNA?
a. DNA contains the information needed to form and control the physical make-up and chemical
processes of an organism
b. DNA is a double helix made up of repeating units of nucleotides
c. Both a & b
d. None of these
___ 24. Which of the following shows the genotype of a colorblind female?
a. XX b. XcXc c. XcY d. XY
___ 25. Which blood type cannot be found in an offspring if a mother is AB and the father is B?
a. A b. B c. AB d. O
___ 26. Which term refers to the passing of traits from one generation to the next?
a. Genetics b. heredity c. hybridization d. fertilization
___ 27. Which is considered the genetic material of all living cells?
a. DNA b. sugar c. phosphate d. RNA
___ 28. Which chromosome is found in both male and female?
a. X b. Y c. both a & b d. none of these
___ 29. Which of the following statement is true?
a. Sex-limited traits are those that are expressed exclusively in one sex
b. Sex-influenced traits are expressed in both sexes but more frequently in one than in the other sex
c. Both a & b
d. None of these
___ 30. The major cause of wildlife depletion is ____________.
a. Overharvesting b. taking animals for profit c. loss of habitat d. kaingin
___ 31. Refers to the variety of life in an area
a. Population b. biodiversity c. population density d. index of population
___ 32. Some endangered species of plants on tropical rain forest may be source of _______.
a. Fossil fuel b. medicine c. hazardous waste d. all of these
___ 33. Pertains to the number of organisms of the same species living in a certain place
a. Index of diversity b. biodiversity c. population d. population density
___ 34. Many _____ energy sources are being developed to replace fossil fuels.
a. Non- renewable b. alternative c. expensive d. both b & c
___ 35. Pollutants dumped into the rivers and streams eventually find their way to ________.
a. Ocean b. atmosphere c. groundwater d. all of these
___ 36. Occurs when the last member of the species dies
a. Extinction b. depletion c. erosion d. distinction
___ 37. Considered as a car exhaust gas
a. Carbon dioxide b. carbon monoxide c. sulfur dioxide d. nitrogen oxide
___ 38. Combination of smoke and fog
a. Smog b. clouds c. carbon monoxide d. none of these
___ 39. The number of organisms of one species that an environment can support is known as _______.
a. Limiting factor b. biodiversity c. carrying capacity d. population density
___ 40. Humans are using ______ natural resources than they did 100 years ago.
a. Fewer b. better c. more d. none of these
___ 41. The average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere may arise as a result of _________.
a. Greenhouse effect b. water pollution c. garbage dumping d. all of these

___ 42. Population size change due to _____________.

a. Movement of members out of the ecosystem c. birth and death rate
b. Movement of members into the ecosystem d. all of these
___ 43. The trapping of heat by gases in the earth’s atmosphere is called _________________.
a. Greenhouse effect b. global warming c. air pollution d. all of these
___ 44. The process of food manufacture in plants is called ______________.
a. Photosynthesis b. Photostat c. photograph d. photocopy
___ 45. The breathing organ of plants is called _____________.
a. Chlorophyll b. stomata c. lungs d. chloroplasts
___ 46. The end –products of photosynthesis are
a. Oxygen b. sugar or glucose c. both a & b d. none of these
___ 47. If 40 carabaos are in a 1.5 sq.m. area, what is their population density?
a. 2.667 b. 26.67 c. 266.7 d. 2667
48-50. Consider the following choices
I. Type A
II. Type B
III. AB
IV. O
___ 48. What blood type cannot be found in an offspring if a mother has type AB blood and the father
has type B blood?
a. IV b. I and II c. III d. I, II and IV
___ 49. What blood types can be found in an offspring if a mother has type A blood and the father has
type B blood?
a. I and II b. I, II, and III c. I, II, III, and IV d. IV only
___ 50. What blood type cannot be found in an offspring if a mother has type O blood and the father has
type B blood?
a. I and II b. II and III c. III and IV d. I, II, and III

“HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY”

Prepared by:

MARY ANN S. NUNAG & AVELINA R. AFAN

Science Teachers

Checked by:

MARCELO T. ESTEBAN, Ed. D

Principal I