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SPEAKER EUGENIO PEREZ NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL

SCHOOL
San Carlos City, Pangasinan
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN GRADE 9 SCIENCE
(BIOLOGY)

SCORE

DIRECTIONS: Write the capital letter of your best answer on the blank before each item. In case there is
no possible answer, write E.

_______ 1.
It is also called windpipe;
a hollow tube that serves as
passageway of air into the lungs.
A. bronchi
C. alveoli
B. trachea
D. bronchioles
_______ 2.
This is the biggest muscle
of the body responsible for the
expansion and contraction of the
lungs.
A. bicep
C. heart
B. tricep
D. diaphragm
_______ 3.
How many chambers does
the heart have?
A. 6 B. 5
C. 4
D. 3
_______ 4.
The component of a
chromosome that controls heredity.
A. Histones
C. DNA
B. Proteins
D. RNA
_______ 5.
An individual who has two
of the same allele.
A. homologous
C. heterozygous
B. homozygous
D. heterologous
_______ 6.
It sis referred to as the
appearance resulting from a given
gene combination.
A. genotype C. prototype
B. phenotypeD. alleleotype
_______ 7.
Pertains to the number of
organisms of the same species living
in a certain place.
A. populationC. biodiversity
B. community
D. environment
_______ 8.
Occurs when the last
member of that species dies.
A. extinction C. diversifed
B. Threatened
D. endangered
_______ 9.
Plants are considered as
food makers. In which of the
following
cell
organelles
does
photosynthesis occur?
A. ribosome
C. chlorophyll
B. chloroplast
D. mitochondrion
_______ 10.
Materials needed when
cells breakdown a sugar molecule
completely to produce chemical
energy (ATP).
A. Sugar only
B. Sugar and water
C. Sugar and oxygen
D. Sugar and carbon dioxide
_______ 11. How many molecule/s of
carbon dioxide is/are released from
one pyruvic acid molecule being
oxidized?
A. 1 B. 3
C. 2
D. 4
_______ 12. Which
statement
best
explains
the
function
of
the
respiratory system?

the cells of the body

B. carries waste materials away
from the cells of the body
C. draws oxygen into the body and
expels carbon dioxide from the
body
D. all of the above

_______ 13. Which

statement
best
reflects
the
function
of
the
circulatory system?
A. Draws oxygen into the body and
releases carbon dioxide from the
body.
B. Transports oxygen and nutrients to
the cells of the body and carries
waste away from the cells of the
body.
C. Assists the body in breaking down
food so that the nutrients can be
used by the body
D. All of the above
_______ 14. Movement of blood from
the heart, to the lungs, and back to
the heart.
A. Systemic circulation
B. Coronary circulation
C. Lymphatic circulation
D. Pulmonary circulation
_______ 15. Male humans and some
other organisms have these set of
sex chromosomes that determine
their sex. What are these sex
chromosomes?
A. A and B chromosome
B. Z and W chromosome
C. X and Y chromosome
D. Y and Z chromosome
_______ 16. What blood type(s) can be
found in an offspring if both the
father and the mother have type A
blood?
A. A only
C. A, O, and B
B. A and O
D. A, B, AB and O
_______ 17. What will be the sex of a
child produced when an egg is
fertilized by a sperm that has a Y
chromosome?
A. male
C. either male or
female
B. female
D.cannot be
determined

_______ 18. A vegetable farmer wants

to increase his harvest. Which of the
following conditions should the
farmer consider?
A. the kind of soil only
B. the amount of water only
C. the location of the plots only
D. all of the above
_______ 19. Which of the following
best explains why planting trees and
putting up urban gardens can help
prevent global warming?
A. Plants perform photosynthesis.
B. Plants produce oxygen during day
time and perform transpiration
during night time.
C. Plants absorb carbon dioxide that
contributes to the rising of earths
temperature.
D. Plants use up carbon dioxide
during
photosynthesis,
release
oxygen to the environment, and
perform transpiration.
_______ 20. Plants make food by

absorbing water and carbon dioxide.

Which of the following substances is
the origin of oxygen released as gas
by
green
plants
during
photosynthesis?
A. water
C. carbon dioxide
B. sugar
D.ribulose-1,5biphosphate
_______ 21. Plants are very unique
among other organisms due to their
capability to trap sunlight and make
their own food. Which of the
following enables plants to trap
energy from the sun?
A. epidermis C. chloroplast
B. chlorophyll
D. cuticle
_______ 22. The royal line of Great
Britain beginning with Queen Victoria
included a number of members who
suffered from hemophilia, a blood
disorder characterized by excessive
bleeding and bruising even from
minor cuts or bumps.
Which
component
of
blood
is
not
functioning properly in people with
hemophilia?
A. red blood cells
C. platelets
B. white blood cells D. plasma

_______ 23. Justin labeled a diagram

of the process of respiration in
humans. He asks one of his group
members to check his diagram for
accuracy.
Assuming
the
group
member has already had his checked
by the teacher, what comment would
be most accurate?
A. The diagram should show air
going in as diaphragm moves
down (contracts.)
B. The diagram should show air
going out as the diaphragm
moves down (contracts.)
C. You
have
identified
the
diaphragm as part of the
respiratory process when in fact
it functions as part of the
digestive system.
D. You appear to have labeled your
diagram correctly.
_______ 24. Since the valves of the
heart act as doors of the heart, what
might happen if these valves do not
close?
A. The blood will flow backwards
when the heart pumps.
B. There will be no effect to the
movement of the valve.
C. The blood will flow into various
chambers scattering into different
directions when the heart pumps.
D. The blood will not flow since the
pressure inside the chamber will
not change when the heart
pumps.
_______ 25. A dog gives birth to five
puppies. What percentage of its
chromosomes does each puppy
share with the mother?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 75%
D.
100%
_______ 26. A woman with green eyes
and a man with blue eyes have one
biological child. Which of the
following statements describes the
childs inheritance of her genes for
eye color?
A. The child inherited genes for eye
color from her father only.
B. The child inherited genes for eye
color from her mother only.
C. The child inherited more genes
for eye color from her mother
than her father.
D. The child inherited an equal
number of genes for eye color
from her mother and her father.
_______ 27. If 40 carabaos live in a 1
sq. km, what is their population
density per sq. km?
A. 9 carabaos per sq. km
B. 18 carabaos per sq. km
C. 27 carabaos per sq. km
D. 60 carabaos per sq. km
_______ 28. Oxygen
and
carbon
dioxide are gases that cycle out in
the ecosystem. Which of the
following gases is important to
photosynthesis?

A. carbon dioxide
C. ozone
gas
B. water vapor
D. oxygen
_______ 29. The
light-dependent
reaction of photosynthesis must
come
first
before
the
light
independent reaction because its
products are important to the
fixation of carbon dioxide. Which of
the following is/are the product/s of
the lightdependent reaction?
A. ADP only C. NADPH only
B. ATP only
D. NADPH and ATP
_______ 30. Blood
serves
as
the
transport vehicle which carries
oxygen and nutrient towards the
different parts of the body. What
specific part of the blood is
responsible in carrying these oxygen
and nutrients?
A. bone marrow
B. blood platelets
C. red blood cells
D. white blood cells
_______ 31. Which
component
of
blood becomes more active when a
person has become infected by a
pathogen?
A. plasma
B. platelets
C. red blood cells
D. white blood cells
_______ 32. Which of the following
normally results from meiosis in a
human
cell
that
contains
46
chromosomes?
A. an egg cell with 46 chromosomes
B. a liver cell with 23 chromosomes
C. a blood cell with 46 chromosomes
D. a sperm cell with 23
chromosomes
_______ 33. Pink four oclock flowers
are obtained from a cross between
pure bred red flower plant and white
flower plant. What is the genotype of
the pink flowers?
A. RR
C. RW
B. WW
_______ 34. Which of the following will
not cause deforestation?
A. Typhoons
B. Forest Fires
C. Eutrophication
D. Kaingin farming
_______ 35. What will happen if ATP
and NADPH are already used up at
night?
A. Less oxygen will be produced.
B. Glucose production will stop.
C. Less carbon dioxide will be used.
D. Water molecule will split to form
electrons.
_______ 36. When cells break down
food
into
chemical
energy
it
undergoes three major processes,
glycolysis, Krebs cycle and electron
transport. Which of these processes
provides the most number of ATP
molecules?
A. Glycolysis
B. Krebs Cycle

A.
B.

A.
B.
C.
D.

C. Electron Transport Chain

D. no idea
_______ 37. Which of the following
describes the function of the alveoli?
A. It provides a large surface area
for gas exchange.
B. It filters bacteria out of the air
that enters the lungs.
C. It moistens the air before it
diffuses into the capillaries.
D. It separates oxygen from carbon
dioxide in the air that enters the
lungs.
_______ 38. Which of the following
lifestyle
cannot
affect
the
functioning of the respiratory and
circulatory systems?
A. cigarette smoking
B. eating healthy foods
C. drinking liquor
D. sleep deprivation
_______ 39. One chain of a DNA
molecule has a nucleotide sequence
C, C, G, C, T. What is the sequence of
the nucleotides on its partner chain?
A, C, G, T, A C. A, A, C, A, G
T, T, A, T, G D. G, G, C, G, A
_______ 40. Which of the following
factors may influence the expression
of human sexuality
A. Environmental factors, such as
age of mother that may lead to
nondisjunction (Trisomy 21)
B. Aneuploidy where there is an
excess or lack of X or Y
chromosome
and
genital
development during conception
C. Social interactions after birth
may contribute to a certain
degree to the expression of
human sexuality.
D. All of the above.
_______ 41. In a population of rodents,
birth rate plus immigration rate is
greater than death rate plus
emigration rate. Which of the
following
occurs
under
these
conditions?
A. The size of the population always
increases.
B. The size of the population always
decreases.
C. The size of the population never
changes.
D. The size of the population never
reaches its carrying capacity.
_______ 42. 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.
Root ---- stem
Leaf ----- stem
roots --- leaf ---- stem
flowers ---- leaf ----stem
_______ 43. Oxygen is essential in
cellular respiration. What is the role

A. It
B. It
C. It
D.

of oxygen in the electron transport

chain?
provides a high energy proton.
serves as the final acceptor.
releases an electron.
It forms water.
_______ 44. It is considered as the
liquid part of the blood which is
composed of around 90% water.
A. Plasma
B. Blood platelets
C. Red blood cells
D. White blood cells
_______ 45. The vein responsible for
carrying blood from the upper part
of the body towards the heart.
A. Superior vena cava
B. Inferior vena cava
C. Pulmonary veins
D. Pulmonary arteries
_______ 46. What blood type (or
types) can be found in an offspring
if a mother has type AB blood and
the father has type B blood?
A. A
B. B
C. A, B D. A, B, AB
_______ 47. Color-blindness
is
a
recessive, sex-linked disorder in
humans. A color-blind man has a

child with a woman who is a carrier

of the disorder. What is the

chance that the child will be

color-blind?
A. 25%
C. 75%
B. 50%
D. 100%
_______ 48. It is eventually the place
where pollutants dumped into the
rivers and streams find their way.
A. ocean
B. outer space
C. atmosphere
D. groundwater
supplies
_______ 49. If you did not eat for three
days, where did your cell get the
glucose for ATP production?
A. blood sugar
B. glycogen in the liver
C. protein in the blood
D. glycogen present in the muscle
_______ 50. During the synthesis of
ATP, what is the direction of
hydrogen flow?
A. from matrix to intermembrane
space
B. from intermembrane space to
matrix
C. from matrix of mitochondrion to
cytoplasm