Direction: Read each sentence carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

Write your answer on

your answer sheet.

1. In the lungs, oxygen is absorbed into the blood. In which part of the lungs does this mainly happen?
a. alveoli b. bronchi c. bronchioles d. trachea

2. Which of the following correctly name the parts labeled in the diagram on the right?
a. A = alveolus, B = bronchiole
b. A = bronchiole, B = trachea
c. A = trachea, B = bronchiole
d. A = trachea, B = bronchus

3. Analyze the diagram of the human breathing system on the left. Which of the following is the correct
order for air passing through the lungs?
a. trachea, bronchus, bronchiole, alveoli
b. trachea, alveoli, bronchi, bronchioles
c. bronchus, trachea, bronchioles, alveoli
d. bronchus, alveoli, trachea, bronchioles

4. Which process does not occur in the nasal cavity?

a. Exchange of gases
b. Humidification of inhaled air
c. Trapping of large foreign bodies
d. Warming of inhaled air
5. Which of the choices below is not a functional process performed by the
respiratory system?
a. external respiration c. pulmonary ventilation
b. pulmonary respiration d. transport of respiratory gases
6. Which of the following DOES NOT happen during inhalation?
a. The diaphragm moves up.
b. The air moves into the lungs.
c. The ribs move upward and outward.
d. The pressure in the lungs decrease.

7. What happens when you breathe in?

a. Your diaphragm expands. c. Your diaphragm explodes.
b. Your diaphragm contracts. d. Nothing happens to the diaphragm.

8. As the diaphragm muscle relaxes, the chest cavity returns to its original size. This creates lesser space
as compared to when diaphragm is contracted. Which of the following will result due to an increase in the
intra-alveolar pressure above the total atmospheric pressure outside the body as an effect of the
relaxation of the diaphragm muscle?
a. blowing of air out of the lungs c. paralysis of the diaphragm muscle
b. moving of air into the lungs d. severe hypoventilation

9. It is the movement of the blood from the heart to the rest of the body, excluding the lungs.
A. Pulmonic Circulation C. Coronary Circulation
B. Systemic Circulation D. Open Circulation

10. Heart : Blood Lungs: ___________

A. Carbon Dioxide C. Vessels
B. Oxygen D. Valve

11. Which of the following does NOT belong to the group?

A. Capillaries C. Arteries
B. Veins D. Valve
12.How do the heart and the lungs work together? Arrange the following
statements in correct order of how the human breathing system works.
1. Carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood to the alveoli and is released
during exhalation.
2. Gas exchange takes place between the capillaries and alveoli in the
lungs.
3. Inhaled oxygen enters the bloodstream through diffusion from the
alveoli into the capillaries.
4. Oxygenated blood flows back to the heart through pulmonary vein.
5. The heart pumps deoxygenated blood that enters the lungs through
the pulmonary artery. The heart pumps the blood and enters the aorta, the oxygen, to be
distributed throughout the body.

a. 1 – 4 – 3 – 6 – 2 – 5 c. 6 – 2 – 1 – 3 – 4 – 5
b. 5 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 4 – 6 d. 6 – 4 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 5

13. Which of the following is the critical first event in human respiration?
a. Collapse of the alveoli
b. Relaxation of the diaphragm muscle
c. Muscular constriction of the windpipe
d. Contraction of the diaphragm muscle

14. Which of the choices below determines the direction of respiratory gas
movement?
a. molecular weight and size of the gas molecule
b. partial pressure gradient
c. solubility in water
d. temperature

15. Which of the following correctly states the relationship between CO2 and
blood acidity?
a. Higher amount of CO2 activates acid-forming enzymes within
blood leukocytes.
b. Higher amount of CO2 increases the carrying of oxygen by hemoglobin.
c. Higher amount of CO2 increases the combination of carbon
dioxide with H2O in thousands of erythrocytes.
d. Higher amount of CO2 releases nitrogen from tissue cells
during their metabolism.

16. What happens to blood when it is pumped into the thin-walled blood
vessels of the lungs?
a. Blood fills the lungs and causes coughing.
b. Carbon dioxide is replaced with oxygen.
c. Platelets are exchanged for plasma.
d. Nothing -- the lungs are just a place blood goes through on its way back to the heart.
17.DNA is a long molecule made up of units called nucleotides. Which of the following consists a
nucleotide?
a. a nitrogen base
b. a nitrogen base and a sugar
c. a nitrogen base, sugar, and phosphate
d. two nitrogen bases, a sugar, and a phosphate

18.Which sequence of nucleotides would bond with the DNA sequence

TATGA?
a. TATGA b. ATACT c. GCGTC d. CGCAC

19. Which of the following DOES NOT describe the structure of DNA?
a. double helix
b. sugar phosphate background
c. nucleotide polymer
d. contains adenine – uracil pairs

20.What phenotypes and phenotypic ratios would you expect in a test cross of a pink flowered (RW) and
a
red flowered (RR) snapdragon?
a. 2 pink : 2 red c. 2 pink : 1 red : 1 white
b. 3 pink : 1 red d. 2 red : 1 pink : 1 white

For numbers 21 and 23, base your answers in the following problem.

In plants known as “alas diez”, the allele for the dominant red flower color is designated as ‘F’ and
is incompletely dominant over the allele for white flowers ‘f’. A horticulturist allows several heterozygous
pink flowered alasdiez to self - pollinate and collects 200 seeds.
21. Which of the following is the correct Punnett Square to show the probability of the test cross?
F F F f
a. f Ff Ff c. f Ff ff
f Ff Ff f Ff ff

f F F f
b. f ff Ff d. F Ff Ff
f ff Ff f Ff ff

22. Suppose all 200 seeds grew and survived as a mature plant, how many of these plants will produce
white
flowers?
a. 200 b. 100 c. 50 d. 0
23. Birds have a Z-W system. Male birds are ZZ, whereas females are ZW. In
chickens, barred feathers (Z) are dominant over nonbarred feathers (Z b).
What are the results of a cross between a barred female and a nonbarred
male.

a. 2 ZZb barred male : 2 ZW nonbarred female

b. 2 ZZ nonbarred male : 2 ZbW barred female
c. 2 ZZ nonbarred male : 2 ZW nonbarred female
d. 2 ZZbbarred male : 2 ZbW barred female

24. In mice, agouti coat (BW) color is codominant. Hairs, when viewed under a microscope are grey at the
base and white at the tip. An agouti mouse will result from a cross between a black (B) parent and a
white (W) parent. What will two agouti mice produce?
a. 75% black, 25% white
b. 50% white, 50 % black
c. 50% black, 25% white, 25% agouti
d. 50% agouti, 25% black, 25% white

25.What is the genotypic ratio of the resulting offspring in problem number 2?

a. 3 BB : 1WW c. 2 BW : 1 WW : 1 BW
b. 2 WW : 2 BB d. 2 BW : 1 BB : 1 WW

26. Blood type analysis is used frequently as evidence in paternity suits. Consider a hypothetical case of
a mother with blood type A and a child with blood type B. Which blood type of an accused man would
exonerate him as the father?
a. IBIB b. IAIB C. IBi D. all of these

27. In humans, the alleles for blood type are designated IA (A-type blood),
IB (B-type blood) and i (O-type blood). What are the expected frequencies of phenotypes between a
heterozygous A and heterozygous B?
a. 25% type A, 25% type B, 25% type AB, 25% type O
b. 25% type A, 25% type B, 50% type AB, no type O
c. no type A, no type B, 50% type AB, 50% type O
d. 100% type AB

28. A husband with normal color vision has a pregnant color-blind wife. Which is the correct phenotypic
ratio for sex and color vision of the children?
a. 50% male color blind, 50% female normal vision
b. 50% male color blind, 50% female normal vision carrier
c. 25% male color blind, 25% male normal vision, 50% female normal vision
d. 50% male normal vision, 25% female normal vision, 25% female color blind

For numbers 29 – 30:

A woman is heterozygous for a rare dominant X-linked genetic disease, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
(DMD), which results in muscle degeneration and premature death. She married a normal man
(homozygous recessive for DMD). They have children. The following questions pertain to his family.

29. What is the chance that the couple will have a daughter with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy disease?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 25% d. 0%

30.What is the chance that the couple will have a son with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy disease?
a. 100% b. 50% c. 25% d. 0%
31.Which is the correct phenotypic ratio for the sex and phenotypes of the couple’s children?
a. 25% heterozygous normal female, 25% female with DMD, 50% male with DMD
b. 25% male with DMD, 25% female with DMD, 50% heterozygous normal female
c. 25% heterozygous normal female, 25% homozygous normal female, 25% male with DMD,
25% normal male
d. all children will inherit the Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy disease

32. If the woman is heterozygous normal, how many children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy disease
would the couple have?
a. 1 out of 4 times c. 12 out of 16 times
b. 3 out of 6 times d. 0 out of 3 times

For items 33-43.Calculate the Simpson’s Diversity Index to see which ecosystem has the highest overall
species diversity.
Ecosystem A Ecosystem B
Species Number n(n-1) Species Number (n) n(n-1)
(n)

TOTAL N= n(n-1) =
TOTAL N= n(n-1) =

Ecosystem A

Ecosystem B

For items 44-46.Arrange the following statements as to the correct sequence of Light Dependent
Reaction. Use numbers 1 -3.

__________. NADP+ is reduced to NADPH.

__________. The light hits the chlorophyll in the thylakoid membrane, which excites electrons and
releases enzymes that split H20 into Oxygen.

__________. The energy will be used by ADP synthase (an enzyme) to add PHOSPHATE and produce
ATP.
For items 47-49.Arrange the following statement as to the correct sequence of Cellular respiration. Use
numbers 1-3.

________. The electron transport chain allows the release of the large amount of chemical energy
stored in reduced NAD+ (NADH) and reduced FAD (FADH2)

_______.6-carbon sugar, glucose, is broken down into two molecules of a 3-carbon molecule called
pyruvate.

_______. Pyruvate is transported into the mitochondria and loses carbon dioxide to form acetyl-CoA, a 2-
carbon molecule

50.What are the two products of photosynthesis?

A. Glucose and CO2.

B. CO2 and O2.
C. H2O and O2.
D. Glucose and O2.

“THE BEST PREPARATION FOR TOMORROW IS DOING YOUR BEST

TODAY”
Prepared by:

LUCIA H. ENRIQUEZ
Science Teacher

Noted by:
LANNY A. TOLENTINO
Principal I
 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
SCIENCE 9

Competency No.of % of No. Of SKILLS

Days Time Items

Remembering

Understanding

Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying

Creating

TOTAL
Identify and 4 10.81 5 1-5 5
describe the
different parts of
the human
respiratory
system

Describe how 2 5.41 3 6-8 3

the movement
of the
diaphragm
helps the air go
in and out of the
lungs.

Identify the 2 5.41 3 9-11 3

components of
the circulatory
system

Describe how 4 10.81 5 12-16 5

the heart
functions and
explain how the
heart is pumped
by the blood

Identify the 2 5.41 3 17-19 3

components of
a DNA
molecules

Illustrate by 2 5.41 3 20- 3

means of Punnett 22
Square involving
incomplete
pattern of
inheritance

Illustrate by 2 5.41 3 23- 3

means of 25
Punnett Square
a cross
involving co
dominance
pattern of
inheritance.

Infer the 1 2.70 2 26-27 2

unknown
phenotypes of
individuals on
the basis of the
known
phenotypes of
their family
members

Solve problems 4 10.81 5 28-32 5

related to sex-
linked traits by
Punnett square.

Calculate the 8 21.62 10 33- 10

index od diversity 43

Describe the light 2 5.41 3 44-46 3

dependent
reaction and light
independent
reaction of
photosynthesis.

Determine the 2 5.41 3 47-49 3

stages of
cellular
respiration.

Identify the 1 2.63 1 50 1

product of
photosynthesis

Total 37 100 50 50

Noted by: Prepared by:

LANNY A. TOLENTINO LUCIA H. ENRIQUEZ

Principal I Science Teacher