SU M M A T IV E T ES T
SCIENCE 9
DIRECTIONS:
Read each statement carefully. Write the
letter of your answer on your paper.
[Link] system is responsible for the exchange of
oxygen and carbon dioxide between the air and the
cells?
a. circulatory
b. excretory
c. digestive
d. respiratory
2. How does the air enter our body?
a. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchi >
bronchioles > alveoli
b. nose > nasal passage > trachea > bronchioles >
bronchi > alveoli
c. nasal cavity > nose > trachea > bronchioles > bronchi
> alveoli
d. nasal cavity > alveoli > trachea > bronchioles >
bronchi > nose
3. All of the following are associated with
respiratory problems EXCEPT
[Link] diet
b. pollutants
c. enough sleep
d. smoking
4. ___________________________________.
i. Increase your walking speed.
ii. Maintain a healthy weight.
[Link] hydrated.
[Link] smoking.
Which of the following belongs in the blank space above?
a. Causes of respiratory problems
b. Ways on how to avoid respiratory problems.
c. Kinds of common respiratory diseases.
d. Results of bad lifestyle.
5. What is the primary organ of the
circulatory system?
a. Heart
b. veins
c. Arteries
d. blood
6. You can keep your heart strong by:
[Link] heart-shaped candy
[Link] activities, like playing outside, riding your bike,
and swimming
[Link]
[Link] 18 hours a day
7. What is the basic unit of heredity?
a. Gene
b. autosome
c. DNA
d. chromosome
8. Who is the Father of Genetics?
a. William Bateson
b. William Mendel
c. Gregor Bateson
d. Gregor Mendel
9. It is a branch of Biology that is concerned
with the study of the passing on of genes from a
parent to an offspring.
a. Heredity
b. Genes
c. Genetics
d. DNA
10. How many chromosomes does a zygote
have?
a. 23
b. 46
c. 22
d. 45
11. During the formation of gametes, pairs of
alleles segregate and then reunite at
fertilization.
a. Law of Independent Assortment
b. Law of Dominance
c. Law of Segregation
d. Law of Separation
For 12 – 13.
A plant with red flowers is crossed with a white-
flowered plant of the same species. All the seeds, when
grown, produce plants with red flowers. (Assume that
the flower color is controlled by a single pair of alleles)
12. Which allele is dominant?
a. Red color
b. Pink color
b. White color
d. Red & Pink Stripe
13. Which is recessive?
a. Red color
b. Pink color
b. White color
d. Red & Pink Stripe
14. In cats, the allele (S) for short fur is
dominant to the allele (s) for long fur. What is
the phenotype of a cat with a genotype Ss?
[Link] fur c. medium fur
[Link] fur d. no fur
15. What is a type of inheritance where both
alleles are expressed equally in the phenotype of
the heterozygote?
[Link] dominance
[Link] dominance
[Link]
[Link] allele
16. A red cow is crossed with a white cow and
produced an offspring that is a roan cow. What
is a roan cow?
a.A purebred red cow.
b.A purebred white cow.
c.A pink cow.
d.A cow with red hair and white blotches.
17. In humans, maleness or femaleness is
determined by a pair of sex chromosomes
called X and Y. What is the genotype for
males?
[Link] c. XXY
[Link] d. XO
18. Which of the following traits is not
controlled by multiple genes?
a. color blindness
b. freckles
c. eye color
d. hair texture
19. It is a hereditary material and is
also known as the blue print of life.
[Link] c. mRNA
[Link] d. tRNA
20. Which of the following statements is true?
a. The gene is the basic unit of heredity and is found in the
chromosome.
[Link] chromosome is the basic unit of heredity and is found in
the gene
c. The gene determines the sex of humans and the chromosomes
carry the traits.
[Link] gene carries the traits inside the 20 pairs of chromosomes
in humans.
21. Extinction means ________.
[Link] of a species begins declining rapidly
[Link] has become so low
[Link] when the last member of that species dies
[Link] the population is stable.
22. It happens when there is removing or clearing of
forest to include cutting of all trees, mostly for
agricultural or urban use.
[Link]
[Link] rain precipitation
[Link] pollution
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23. A conservation biologist would _____.
[Link] with government officials to establish a plan for
the protection of endangered species
[Link] organism characteristics that help them survive
in particular locations
[Link] the impact of industrial pollutants on an
ecosystem
[Link] of the above
24. Acid deposition _____.
[Link] only a problem where sulfur dioxide and nitrogen
oxide are emitted
[Link] when sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide combine
with water to produce acids
c. stimulates the growth of plants that prefer acid soil
d. all of the above
25. An endangered species is _______ that will become
extinct if its populations continue to decline.
[Link] species of animal
[Link] species of plant
[Link] species of animal, plant or other living organism
[Link] of the above
26. Which type of traits are associated only with
males?
a. X – linked traits
b. Y – linked traits
c. sex – linked traits
d. dominant traits
27. Which of the following molecules is a
waste product of photosynthesis?
a. Oxygen
b. Water
c. Carbon dioxide
d. Sugar
28. Chlorophyll is mostly located above the
leaf of the plant to _________.
[Link] carbon dioxide.
[Link] light energy.
[Link] oxygen.
[Link] glucose.
29. How can you help protect endangered animals from
extinction?
[Link], recycle, and reuse
[Link] natural habitats
c. Plant more trees
[Link] of the above
30. Which of the following is an example of a
natural cause of extinction?
[Link]
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[Link] trade