1st Grading EXAMINATION

SCIENCE GRADE 9

Name: ______________________________________________________ Section: ________________________

I. Direction: Read the questions carefully. Choose the correct answer among the choices and write the
letter of the correct answer in the space provided. NO ERASURE/ALTERATIONS ALLOWED. IF
THERE IS ANY, IT IS CONSIDERED WRONG.

____1. It carries gases oxygen and carbon dioxide and contains hemoglobin.
A. White blood cells B. Red blood cells C. Platelets D. Plasma
____2. It is a protein which make the color red of the red blood cells.
A. Plasma B. Platelets C. Hemoglobin D. Platelets
____3. Red blood cells is also known as______
A. Leukocytes B. Erythrocytes C. Thrombocytes D. Megakaryocytes
____4. It is where the Red Blood Cells are made.
A. Lungs B. Bone C. Bone Marrow D. Alveoli
____5. White Blood Cells are known as ________.
A. Leukocytes B. Erythrocytes C. Thrombocytes D. Megakaryocytes
____6. They the soldiers of the human body for they fight germs and bacteria that enters the body.
A. White blood cells B. Red blood cells C. Platelets D. Plasma
____7. The RBCs are destroyed in the ____ after living for 120days.
A. Stomach B. Liver or spleen C. Gallbladder D. Pancreas
____8. They help in wound healing process.
A. White blood cells B. Red blood cells C. Platelets D. Plasma
____9. Platelets are also known as____________.
A. Leukocytes B. Erythrocytes C. Thrombocytes D. Megakaryocytes
____10. This makes up to 55% of the blood.
A. White blood cells B. Red blood cells C. Platelets D. Plasma
____11. What type of blood vessels that carries the deoxygenated blood?
A. Veins B. Arteries C. Capillaries D. Plasma
____12. What type of blood vessels that carries the oxygenated blood?
A. Veins B. Arteries C. Capillaries D. Plasma
____13. These are the smallest blood vessels in the body.
A. Veins B. Arteries C. Capillaries D. Plasma
____14. What is the central organ of the Circulatory System?
A. Valve B. Heart C. Ventricle D. Aorta
____15. What is the normal heartbeat of a human being?
A. 50 – 70bpm B. 60 – 100bpm C. 100 – 150pbm D. 20-50bpm
____16. This is known as our voice box?
A. Larynx B. Pharynx C. Trachea D. Bronchus
____17. This is known as our windpipe?
A. Larynx B. Pharynx C. Trachea D. Bronchus
____18. A flap of tissue that opens and closes the trachea when we swallow.
A. Larynx B. Pharynx C. Epiglottis D. Bronchus
____19. It is where the gas exchange happens.
A. Bronchi B. Alveoli C. Trachea D. Larynx
____20. A flat muscle that contracts when inhaling to allow air to fill the lungs and relaxes when exhaling to push air out
of the lungs.
A. Trachea B. Bronchi C. Pharynx D. Diaphragm

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 II. Modified True or False. Determine if the following statements is true or false. Write LOVE if it is true and
HATE if it is false and write the correct answer on top of the underline word/s that makes the statement false.

________1. DNA stands for Deoxyribonucleic acid.

________2. The two groups of Nitrogenous bases of DNA are Purines and Pyrimidines.
________3. Cytosine and Thymine are the two nitrogenous bases for Purines.
________4. The normal person has 48 chromosomes.
________5. Alleles is the alternate forms of the same kind of gene.
________6. Alfred Wegener is the father of Genetics.
________7. The Locus is a specific region in the chromosomes that contains genes that code for a specific protein.
________8. Extinction is the total disappearance of a species.
________9. A mass extinction is a widespread and rapid depletion of biodiversity within a certain time period.
________10. The first mass extinction is called Devonian Extinction.

III. Enumeration. Enumerate the following

5 Mass Extinction 6 Natural Causes of Extinction

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4. 4.
5. 5.

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4 Anthropological Causes of Extinction
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IV. Essay type. For 10 points, Trace the pulmonary circulation.