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FIRST QUARTERLY EXAM IN SCIENCE 9
EXAM QUESTIONAIRE
Teacher: Alyssa Mae F. Dapadap, LPT
I. Shade the letter that corresponds to the best
answer. Use the separate answer sheet to record
your answers
1. During inhalation, the contraction of the
diaphragm and intercostals muscles causes
the chest cavity's
a. volume to increase and pressure
to increase
b. volume to decrease and
pressure to decrease
c. volume to decrease and
pressure to increase
d. volume to increase and pressure
to decrease
2. Which is the correct sequence for the path
of oxygen through the respiratory system?
a. nasal passages, bronchi,
trachea, bronchioles, cells,
blood, alveoli
b. cells, blood, alveoli, bronchioles,
bronchi, trachea, nasal passages
c. nasal passages, blood, alveoli,
bronchi, cells, trachea,
bronchioles
d. nasal passages, trachea,
bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli,
blood, cells
3. Gas exchange occurs when
a. oxygen in the alveoli diffuses into
the blood in the capillaries
b. oxygen binds with hemoglobin in
the red blood cells
c. the red blood cells give up
oxygen to the cells of the body
tissues
d. All of the above.
4. When the diaphragm and rib cage muscles
relax
a. the chest cavity enlarges
b. expiration occurs
c. inspiration occurs
d. it is impossible to breath
5. Which is the correct sequence for the path
of oxygen through the respiratory system?
a. nasal passages, bronchi,
trachea, bronchioles, cells,
blood, alveoli
b. cells, blood, alveoli, bronchioles,
bronchi, trachea, nasal passages
c. nasal passages, blood, alveoli,
bronchi, cells, trachea,
bronchioles
d. nasal passages, trachea,
bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli,
blood, cells
6. Which of the following is NOT the function
of the circulatory system?
a. transports blood throughout the
body
b. transports nutrients throughout
the body
c. transports gases throughout the
body
d. none of the above
7. What would happen to people who have an
open wound and whose blood did not clot
naturally?
a. they may bleed to death.
b. they would have to take regular
doses of plasma.
c. they would have to take regular
doses of platelets.
d. nothing will happen
8. The diagram below shows a human heart
When contracted, the left
ventricle pumps oxygenated
blood to the body. What is the
purpose of aortic valve that
separates the left ventricle from
aorta?
a. To prevent blood from
flowing back to left ventricle
b. To prevent blood from
flowing to aorta
c. To push blood into the left
ventricle
d. To push blood into the aorta
9. How are infectious diseases, such as colds
and influenza, most commonly spread?
a. Breathing viruses in the air
b. Hand-to-face contact
c. Drinking infected water
 d. Eating contaminating food
10. Which of these is a classic symptom of a
heart attack?
a. Crushing pain in the chest
accompanied by sweating
b. Pain that spreads from the chest to
the shoulders, neck, jaw or arms
c. Indigestion or heartburn, nausea and
vomiting
d. Difficulty on breathing
11. Select the true statement from the following.
a. The older we get, the greater is our
risk to develop high blood pressure.
b. Hypertension shows symptoms in
most people.
c. Hypertension is inherited so the best
way is to take medicines.
d. Sea salt contains lots of mineral so it
is good for hypertension.
e. Being overweight is not related to
hypertension.
12. Pea plants can have green or yellow seeds.
In a pea plant that is heterozygous for seed
color, the allele for yellow seeds masks the
effects of the allele of green seeds. Which
of the following terms best describes the
allele for yellow seeds?
a. Codominant
b. Recessive
c. Dominant
d. Sex-linked
e. Incomplete dominance
13. R= red flower W = white flower. What would
be the genotype of a Pink flower it follows
the rules for incomplete dominance?
a. P b. rw c. pp d. RW
14. An extra finger in humans is rare but is due
to a dominant gene. When one parent is
normal and the other parent has an extra
finger but is heterozygous for the trait, what
is the probability that the first child will be
normal?
a. 0%. b. 25%. c. 50%. d. 75%.
15. In drosophila (fruit flies), eye colour is sex-
linked and red eye colour is dominant to
white eye colour. Which of the following are
not possible in a cross between a red-eyed
male and a heterozygous female?
a. Red-eyed male.
b. White-eyed male.
c. Carrier female.
d. Homozygous white-eyed female.
16. Claytonia virginica is a woodland spring
herb with flowers that vary from white to
pale pink to bright pink. Slugs prefer to eat
pink-flowering over white-flowering plants
(due to chemical differences between the
two), and plants experiencing severe
herbivory were more likely to die. The bees
that pollinate this plant prefer also prefer
pink to white flowers, so that Claytonia with
pink flowers have greater relative fruit set
(reproductive success) than Claytonia with
white flowers. A researcher observes that
the percentage of different flower colors
remains stable in the study population from
year to year. If the researcher removes all
slugs from the study population, what would
you expect to happen to the distribution of
flower colors in the population over time?
a. The distribution of flower colors
should not change.
b. The percentage of white flowers
should increase over time.
c. The percentage of pink flowers
should increase over time.
d. The distribution of flower colors
should randomly fluctuate over time.
17. Which of the following statements is NOT
true?
a. The outcome of selection depends
on the frequency of an allele and its
effects on fitness.
b. Rare alleles are almost always in
the heterozygous state.
c. Selection cannot easily eliminate a
dominant deleterious allele because
when the beneficial recessive allele
becomes rare it will almost always
be in the heterozygous state.
d. Selection occurs whenever
genotypes differ in their relative
fitness.
18. Which of the following statements about
evolution is/are true?
a. Evolution is change that is heritable
across generations.
b. Evolution is a property of
populations not individuals.
c. Evolution is a change in gene
frequencies through time.
d. All of the above
e. a and c
19. Estimating heritability of human traits such
as height is more challenging than
estimating heritability in plant traits such as
flower size or height. Which answer below is
the best explanation for why this is so?
a. These traits are controlled by many
genes in humans, not just one
b. It is unethical to raise humans in
randomly selected environments
c. It is too difficult and expensive to
determine gene sequences in all
human subjects in a study
d. Variation in human characteristics is
much greater than that in other
organisms
20. A recognized major threat to global
biodiversity, one that may lead to the
extinction of thousands of species over the
next 100 years.
a. Anthropogenic changes
 b. Natural changes a. Asteroid impact
c. Both A and B b. Volcanic activity
d. B only c. Climate change
21. The following are Human activities that d. Changes in atmospheric and
influence the extinction and endangerment oceanic chemistry
of wild species EXCEPT 24. On question #22, Which of the following
a. unsustainable hunting and environmental phenomena is/are the major
harvesting that cause mortality at cause of Triassic era?
rates that exceed recruitment of new a. A only
individuals b. B only
b. land use practices like deforestation, c. A and D
urban and suburban development, d. A and B
agricultural cultivation,
and water management projects that
encroach upon and/or destroy II. Write a 150 word essay based on the given
prompt/scenario. It will be graded based on the
natural habitat
rubric below:
c. organisms are losing the ability to Content- 50 %
defend itself from harmful diseases Grammar- 25%
or epidemic Organization- 25%
d. ecological damage caused by water, 1. How can you, as an individual, prevent the
air, and soil pollution loss of biodiversity?
22. On question #21, which of the following is
today’s major cause of extinction?
a. A only Though the conflict between humans and wildlife
b. A and C started with the evolution of man, the intensity of
c. B and D conflict has increased due to the activities of
d. B only modern man. Justify your answer with suitable
23. Which of the following environmental example.
changes is the major cause of mass
extinction?