West Visayas State University

La Paz, Iloilo City

College of Education
Science 9
AY 2016 2017
Name: ____________________________________ Date: _________________
Year & Section: _____________________________ Score: ________________

I.

General Instruction. Read the directions in each test parts. Write your answers
before the number.
True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it states
otherwise.
1. Carbon dioxide exits the body through the lungs when you exhale.
2. Pulmonary circulation is a type of circulation wherein the movement of the
blood is from the heart to the rest of the body excluding the lungs.
3. The total number in each cell of an individual is 48 or 24 pairs of
chromosomes.
4. When a pure red-flowered four oclock pant is crossed with a pure whiteflowered four oclock plant, the offspring will be half red-flowered and halfpink flowered four oclock plants.
5. Codominance happens when two dominant alleles of contrasting pair fully
expressed at the same time in heterozygous individual.
6. In eutrophication, nutrients are washed away from the land to enrich
bodies of water that causes algal bloom and oxygen depletion.
7. The trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere is called greenhouse
effect.
8. The breakdown of glucose involves three major steps: glycolysis, Krebs
cycle and Calvin cycle.
9. All organisms need energy to perform essential life processes.
10.Less carbon dioxide will be used if ATP and NADPH are already consumed
up at night.

II. Identification. Give the answers described by each statement.

11.Refers to the number of times your heart beats in a minute.
12.Instrument that measures the number of times the heart beats.
13.Like one-way doors of the heart that keep the blood moving in only one
direction.
14.He is the Father of Genetics.
15.The building blocks of DNA that is built on a sugar and phosphate
backbone in the form of a double helix.
16.Group of organisms of the same species living in a certain place.
17.Group of organisms that have certain characteristics in common and are
able to interbreed.
18.In this process, glucose is broken down into two molecules of a 3-carbon
molecule.
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19.Two specialized cells that completes a stomata.

20.The most important gas needed for photosynthesis.
Matching Type. Match the following descriptions in Column A to its
corresponding terms in Column B.

Column A

Column B

Heredity
21.traits that are expressed in both sexes but
more frequently in one sex than the other
22.different form of gene that controls a
certain trait
23.traits that are expressed exclusively in one
sex of the species
24.located in chromosomes that controls
appearance and growth of individual
25.traits that are controlled by genes located
in the same sex hormones
Ecosystem
26.powerhouse of the cell
27.green pigment found in plants
28.food production made by plants
29.membranous disks of lamella within plants
chloroplasts
30.inner folded membrane of mitochondrion

a. allele
b. gene
c. sex-linked
traits
d. sex-limited
traits
e. sex-influenced
traits
f. gametes
g. photosynthesi
s
h. thylakoid
i. cristae
j. chlorophyll
k. mitochondrion
l. cisternae

IV. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer from the choices given.
31.This type of blood vessel is the actual site where gases and nutrients are
exchanged.
a. aorta
c. arteries
b. veins
d. capillaries
32.The following are major parts of the circulatory systems EXCEPT:
a.
brain
c. blood
b.
blood vessels
d. heart
33.What happens to your diaphragm when you breathe/inhale?
a.
It moves upward.
c. It returns to its original place.
b.
It moves downward.
d. It returns to its original size.
34.Which of the following statements does NOT refer to the circulatory
system?
a. life support structure that nourishes cell with nutrients from food eaten
b. compared to a complex arrangement of highways
c. breaks down food as it nourishes the body
d. also called as cardiovascular system

35.Which statements best describes the human heart?

I.
It has four chambers with specific tasks to do.
II.
The atria are the receiving chambers of the heart.
III.
The pumping chambers are called ventricles.
IV.
The heart is composed of two atria and a ventricle.
a. I and II only
c. III and IV only
b. I, II and III only
d. I, II, III and IV
36.Kristel has been coughing a lot. She decided to see a doctor. The results
showed that the two divided branches just below her trachea are all sore
and damaged. What condition is Kristel suffering from?
a. Bronchitis
c. Tracheitis
b. Emphysema
d. Lung cancer
37.O allele is a recessive type of blood. How can a person acquire a type O
blood?
a. A single O allele is needed for the person to have type O blood.
b. Two O alleles must be present for a person to have type O blood.
c. An O allele is not necessary because it is a recessive type of blood.
d. A and B alleles should be received by the person to have type O
blood.
38.What is the pat