Department of Education

Region XII
Division of Sultan Kudarat
BAMBAD NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
(304585)
Isulan, Sultan Kudarat

PRE-TEST/POST TEST (SY 2019-2020)

GRADE 9 SCIENCE

Name: ____________________ Grade & Section: _______ Score: ______ Parent Signature: _________

Direction: Read each statement carefully. Write the letter of your answer on your paper.

1. What system is responsible for the exchange of oxygen a. They serve as the linkage from the respiratory
and carbon dioxide between the air and the cells? system and the circulatory system.
a. circulatory c. excretory
b. digestive d. respiratory b. They serve as the carrier of the deoxygenated
2. Which part of the respiratory system filters and warm the blood.
air upon entering it?
c. They serve as the carrier of the oxygenated
a. air sac c. nasal cavity blood.

b. bronchi d. diaphragm d. They serve as the linkage from the respiratory

system and the digestive system.
3. How does the air enter our body?
7. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchi >
bronchioles > alveoli a. As the blood leaves the lungs, the blood is
saturated with about 97% oxygen.
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchioles >
bronchi > alveoli b. As the blood leaves the heart, the blood is
saturated with about 97% oxygen.
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > bronchioles >
bronchi > alveoli c. As the blood enters the lungs, the blood is
saturated with about 97% oxygen.
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > bronchioles >
bronchi > nose d. As the blood enters the heart, the blood is
saturated with about 97% oxygen.
4. During inhalation, _______.
8. ___________________________________.
a. the diaphragm moves down and contracts the
chest cavity. i. Increase your walking speed.

b. the diaphragm moves down and expands the ii. Maintain a healthy weight.
chest cavity.
iii. Stay hydrated.
c. the diaphragm moves up and contracts the chest
cavity. iv. Avoid smoking.

d. the diaphragm moves up and expands the chest Which of the following belongs in the blank space above?
cavity.
a. Causes of respiratory problems
5. All of the following are associated with respiratory
b. Ways on how to avoid respiratory problems.
problems EXCEPT
c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
a. unbalanced diet c. pollutants
d. Results of bad lifestyle.
b. enough sleep d. smoking
9. What is the primary organ of the circulatory system?
6. What is the role of ALVEOLI in the transport of GASES in
the body? a. Heart c. veins
 b. Arteries d. blood b. Growth of coral reefs

10. A type of circulation which is described by the movement c. Moderate weather patterns
of blood through the tissues of the HEART. d. Abundance in food production

a. Pulmonary c. Systemic 18. More organism are being destroyed in which area of the
world?
b. Coronary d. Respiratory
a. Desert
11. A monohybrid cross involves_______. b. Grasslands
a. One trait at a time c. River ang lakes
b. Two homozygous individuals d. Tropical rainforest
c. Two heterozygous individuals 19. All of the following are causes of premature extinction
EXCEPT_________.
d. A dominant and a recessive trait
a. Habitat fragmentation
12. A genotype with a symbol Aa is said to be________.
b. Human population growth
a. Dominant
b. Heterozygous
c. Overharvesting

c. Homozygous d. Sustainable development

d. Recessive 20. The risk of extinction today id different from previous mass
extinctions because__________.
13. What information can be obtained from a Punnett square?
a. Biodiversity loss is slower
a. Genotype of offspring
b. The ecosystems are more protected than
b. Phenotype of offspring before
c. Phenotypic ratio of offspring c. The current crisis is caused by human
activities
d. Chromosome number of offspring
d. Natural calamities have reduced the number
14. Which law or principle explain the separation of
of species.
homologous chromosomes during meiosis?
21. Where in the cell does glycolysis take place?
a. Law of Segregation
a. Cell Membrane
b. Principle of dominance
b. Cytoplasm
c. Principle of Recessiveness
c. Mitochondria
d. Law of Independent Assortment
d. Thylakoid
15. A chromosome with a centromere at the middle is
called_________. 22. Which organisms manufacture their own food?
a. Acrocentric a. Autotrophs
b. Metacentric b. Consumers
c. Submetacentric c. Decomposers
d. Telocentric d. Heterotrophs
16. Species that are in danger of becoming extinct in the near 23. What waste product is released during photosynthesis?
future are known as_________.
a. Carbon dioxide
a. Endangered species
b. Glucose
b. Exotic species
c. Oxygen
c. Keystone species
d. Water
d. Threatened species.
24. Analyze these statements.
17. In a warmer world, we would expect more__________.
Carbon dioxide, an organic compound, is a waste
a. Loss of biodiversity product of cellular Respiration. Together
 With water, carbon dioxide is converted to b. CS₂
glucose and oxygen in the process of
c. CO₂
photosynthesis.
d. CCI₄
a. Both statements are false
31. The molecular geometry of ______________ is
b. Both statements are true tetrahedral.
c. The first statement is false and the second a. CS₂
statement is true
b. SF₂
d. The first statement is true and the second
statement is false. c. CI₂O

25. The light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis occurs in d. CCI₂F₂

the________, while the Light-independent reaction take
32. Which bond is formed when electrons are equally shared
place in the____________.
between two atoms?
a. Cytoplasm, stroma
a. Ionic
b. Mitochondria, cytoplasm
b. Metallic
c. Stroma, cytoplasm
c. Nonpolar covalent
d. Thylakoid membrane, stoma
d. Polar covalent
26. Valence electrons are the____________.
33. How can a molecule be nonpolar if it contains polar
a. Number of electrons lost bonds?

b. Number of electrons gained a. If the atoms are C or H only

c. Electrons in the innermost energy level of an b. If the atoms are from either Group 1 or
atom Group 3

d. Electrons in the outermost energy level of an c. If the atoms are linear but have big
atom electronegativity difference

27. Which pair of elements can combine to form ionic bonds? d. If the molecule has a symmetrical
geometry and all bonds are the same
a. H and CI
34. Which combination of elements would likely form a
b. H and N covalent bond?
c. S and Sr a. V and X
d. Xe and F b. V and Z
28. Many organic solvents boil below 200°C because of c. W and Y
covalent bonding. Solids, such as copper, Do not melt until
thousands of degrees Celsius because the atoms d. Y and Z
form___________.
35. If the two atoms of Y could covalently bond together, what
a. Hydrogen bonds type of bond would result

b. Metallic bonds a. Double bond

c. Nonpolar bonds b. Quadruple bond

d. Polar bonds c. Single bond

29. A strontium atom differs from a trontium ion in that the d. Triple bond
atom has a greater________.
36. The semi-molten rock underneath a volcano is
a. Atomic number called________.

b. Mass number a. Geyser

c. Number of electrons b. Lahar

d. Number of protons c. Lava

30. Which of the following is an ionic compound? d. Magma

a. KF
37. The most violent type of volcanic eruption b. “polluters must pay” principle
is________________.
c. Common but differentiated responsibilities of
a. Hawaiian contributors to pollution
b. Plinian d. Monitoring ang contro of emission of
greenhouse gases except carbon dioxide
c. Strombolian
44. The big dipper is an asterism of______
d. Vulcanian
a. Cassiopeia
38. Geothermal energy is a clean and renewable source of
energy that can be used by harnessing b. Centaurus
Heated water from within the earth and c. Pegasus
converting it to steam so that it can move
d. Ursa major
turbines and generate____________.

a. Electricity
45. The color of the hottest star is_______
b. Ice
a. Blue
c. Potable water
b. Pink
d. Rain
c. Red
39. Factors that define climate are________
d. Yellow
a. Temperature and humidity
46. The one thing that sets astronomers apart from
b. Atmosphere and lithosphere
astronomers is that astronomers_________.
c. Temperature and precipitation
a. Use mathematics
d. Carbon footprint and greenhouse gases
b. Use instruments to view the stars
40. One major factor that greatly influences climate
c. Study complicated star diagrams and maps
is_____________.
d. Use the scientific method to rest their
a. Latitude
theories.
b. Longitude
47. The color stars reveals information about its______.
c. Ocean currents
a. Composition
d. Precipitation
b. Diameter
41. According to the principle of ________, if the arctic were
c. Mass
covered with soot instead of ice, the temperature will be
much higher because soot will absorb, not reflect, solar d. Surface temperature
energy.
48. Which of the following stars is most helpful to travelers?
a. Albedo effect
a. Albireo
b. Carbon footprint
b. Betelgeuse
c. Greenhouse effect
c. Merak
d. Montreal protocol
d. Polaris
42. Leptospirosis is an animal-borne disease caused by the
urine of_______ 49. Which of these stars is the coolest?

a. Cats a. Blue

b. Mosquitoes b. Orange

c. Pigs c. Red

d. Rats d. Yellow

43. Which of the following is NOT true about the international 50. As a projectile move up, _______.
agreements on climate change issues? a. Its velocity and acceleration decrease
a. Inclusion of pollution taxes b. Its velocity and acceleration remain constant
 c. Its velocity increases while its acceleration
decreases
d. Its velocity decreases while its acceleration
remain constant

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Prepared:

GLENN Q. QUIBUYEN

EMELY L. LASPINAS

MARIGOLD D. BARROMETRO
Grade 9 Science Subject Teachers
Checked:

NERISA S. SONIDO
Master Teacher II

Noted:

ABAS S. DOLLENTE
Principal I