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First Quarter Long Quiz One in SCIENCE Grade Nine

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ______________ Score:
Section: ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ______________
General Instruction: 1. Read and understand each direction.
2. Write your answer on the space provided in each number.
3. Avoid ERASURES.

I. A. Identify what is being described by the following statements. Write the letters that correspond to the correct
answers.
______1.Why is oxygen important to blood and to the cells?
a. Oxygen helps the blood to clot
b. Oxygen is necessary for cell growth and energy.
c. Oxygen brings food to the cells
d. Oxygen is not important – carbon dioxide is the most important substance to the body

______2. What is the function of the blood vessels and capillaries?

a. They pump blood to the heart c. They carry blood to all parts of the body.
b. They filter impurities from the blood. d. They carry messages from the brain to the muscles.

______3. What is the liquid part of the blood called?

a. hemoglobin b. plasma c. platelets d. red blood cells

______4. The correct pathway that an erythrocytes would travel during systemic circulation is __________.
a. arteriole – aorta – vein – venule – capillary c. aorta – arteriole – capillary – venule - vein
b. capillary – venule – vein – artery – aorta d. venule – vein – capillary – arteriole – aorta

______5. The heart contracts twice for every heartbeat. One contraction is the atrial contraction while the other is the
ventricular contraction. During ventricular contraction, which two valves of the heart open?
a. pulmonary and aortic valves c. aortic and tricuspid valves
b. aortic and mitral valves d. pulmonary and tricuspid valves

______6. Almost all substances found in our bodies dissolve in water. This is the reason why ______ is comprised
mostly of water.
a. blood b. cholesterol c. fat d. sap

______7. In terms of being open or closed, what is the state of the mitral and tricuspid valves (left and right
atrioventricular valves, respectively) at the end of the first heart sound?
a. Mitral is closed, tricuspid is open c. Mitral is open, tricuspid is closed
b. Both are open d. Both are closed

______8. Which of the following statement is the major function of this structure in no. 10?
a. It brings oxygenated blood to body tissues c. It brings deoxygenated blood to the heart
b. It brings oxygenated blood to the heart d. It brings deoxygenated blood to body tissues

______9. Which one of the following factors would you expect to control the breathing rate in a human?
a. The amount of carbon dioxide in the blood c. The amount of white blood cells in the blood
b. The amount of red blood cells in the blood d. The amount of food being carried in the blood

______10. Which one of the following effects is NOT associated with smoking?
 a. Increased risk of lung cancer. c. Decreased ability of the blood to transport oxygen.
b. Decreased risk of acquiring pneumonia and bronchitis. d. Increased risk of developing 'smokers cough'.

______11. Which of the following stops food from going down into the lungs?
a. bronchiole b. trachea c. nose d. epiglottis

______12. What happens to your lungs when you breathe in?

a. They push up the diaphragm c. They manufacture glucose
b. They expand. d. They absorb carbon dioxide

______13. My mother is known in our village for growing very beautiful flowers in our garden. I would normally see her in
the morning “talking” to the flowers as if she was talking to her friends. Some plants lovers “talk” to their plants and claim
that it makes their plants healthier. If their plants appear healthy, the most logical reason for this would be that
a. a person talking to plants would be better off talking to other people.
b. as the person speaks, carbon needed by plants is released.
c. pests can be removed by the person to keep the plant healthy.
d. talking to plants removes stress and promotes its growth.

______14. Yosi Kadiri was a mascot created by Department of Health years ago for a campaign against cigarette
smoking. Your batch has been assigned to raise awareness on healthy practices for respiratory system to grade 1
students in your school for the Science week. Unfortunately, the nearby health office has run out of Yosi kadiri materials
that you could use for your assigned task. What could be your best option?
a. draw different versions of Yosi kadiri for the kids.
b. give flyers that show the parts of respiratory system.
c. perform a skit where Yosi Kadiri gets kicked out of a community.
d. show a poster of a cigarette with all the chemicals it contains.

II.A. 15-16. Explain how the respiratory and circulatory systems work together in the human body?
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B. Describe the following components of blood.

17. Red Blood Cells (RBC)

18. White Blood Cells (WBC)

19. Platelets

20. Plasma

C. Match column A to column B.

_______21. Artery X. it carries oxygen rich blood away from the heart
_______22. Capillary Y. Are tiny blood vessels as thin or thinner than the hair on your head
_______23. Veins Z. it carries blood coming from all parts of the body toward the heart
D. 24-25. Predict how smoking affects your respiratory system.
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III.A. Label the parts of the heart.
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26.

29.

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B. Show the sequence of air in the respiratory system by completing the flow chart.

Nose 30. larynx Trachea

Blood vessel 31. Bronchi tube

C. Write one healthy lifestyle on how you take care of your circulatory and respiratory system.

32.

IV. A. Assess by tracing the path of blood takes through the circulatory system. Use a blue color for
deoxygenated blood and red color for oxygenated blood.

33-34.

B. Evaluate the given picture. Compose a 2-3 sentences how does affect you.

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ENDS HERE……… GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!!!

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First Quarter Long Quiz One in SCIENCE Grade EIGHT
Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ______________ Score:
Section: ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ______________
General Instruction: 1. Read and understand each direction.
2. Write your answer on the space provided in each number.
3. Avoid ERASURES.

I. A. Identify what is being described by the following statements. Write the letters that correspond to the correct
answers.
______1. The scientist who hypothesized that the acceleration produced by gravity is the same for all objects Is _________.
a. Galileo b. Newton c. Copernicus d. Archimedes e. none of these
______2. A body at rest tends to remain at rest and a body in motion tends to remain in motion unless acted upon by an
unbalanced force is stated in the law of _________.
a. Galileo b. Newton c. Copernicus d. Archimedes e. none of these
______3. In a “coin and feather” jar, the feather falls at a slower rate than the coin because of _________.
a. gravity b. weight c. force d. air resistance e. none of these
______4. It is a type of contact force which is transmitted through a string, rope, or wire when it is pulled tight by forces
acting at each end
a. Frictional b. Applied c. Tension d. Normal e. none of these
______5. What is the difference between an object’s speed and velocity?
a. Speed includes direction as well as the rate of travel.
b. Velocity includes time during which travel occurred.
c. Velocity includes the direction of travel whereas speed does not.
d. There is no difference
e. Both A and B
______6. Which of the following correctly states Newton’s third law of motion? Forces occurs in matched pairs that are
a. equal in magnitude and equal in direction.
b. opposite in magnitude and equal in direction.
c. equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
d. opposite in magnitude and opposite in direction.
e. None of the above
______7. How does an astronaut’s mass while orbiting in space shuttle compare with his mass while standing on the
earth’s surface?
a. The mass is the same in both places.
b. The astronaut’s mass is less when he is in orbit.
c. The astronaut has no mass in orbit since he is weightless.
d. Not enough information was given to answer the question.
e. None of the above.
______8. Which of the following indicate that an object has been subjected to an unbalanced force?
I. speeds up II. Slows down III. Changes direction
a. I and III only b. I and II only c. II and III only d. I, II, and III e. none of these
______9. Which of Newton’s laws of motion states that objects at rest tends to stay at rest and objects in motion tends to
stay in motion unless acted upon by an unbalanced force?
a. First Law of motion c. Second Law of Motion
b. Third Law of Motion d. Law of Momentum e. none of these
______10. According to Newton’s Second Law of Motion, force equals to _____________.
a. mass plus acceleration c. mass subtract acceleration
b. mass divided by acceleration d. mass times acceleration e. none of these
______11. When a teacher stands at the front of the class, the force of gravity pulls her toward the ground. The ground
pushes back with an equal and opposite force. This is an example of which of Newton’s Laws of Motion?
a. First Law of motion c. Second Law of Motion
b. Third Law of Motion d. Law of Momentum e. none of these
______12. In which of the following scenarios is work being done, according to the physics definition?
a. Joe solves a “work” calculation in his head.
b. Shauna places her chair onto the desk after the afternoon announcements.
c. Garrett holds a barbell over his head in weightlifting class.
 d. Paige carries a reference book across the classroom.
e. All of the above
______13. How is work calculated?
a. work = force x power c. work = power x distance
b. work = force x distance d. work = distance x force e. none of these
______14. What two things must happen in order for work to be done?
a. Force must not be applied and an object must move through a distance
b. Force must be applied and an object must not move through a distance
c. Force must be applied and an object must move through a distance
d. Both A and B
e. None of the above

II.A. Distinguish the following examples. Choose your answer inside the box.

A. First Law of Motion B. Second Law of Motion C. Third Law of Motion

______15. When the horse pulls a cart, the cart pulls back the horse.
______16. If you kick a football hard, it will go a long way
______17. Tightening of seat belts in a car when it stops quickly
______18. Bouncing of ball
______19. In a plane taking off you feel pushed back into your seat

B. Below are pictures that show four examples of how forces are used. Explain the forces interacting in each
drawing and indicate which examples illustrate the usefulness of friction.

20. 21.

Book on the table running on the ground

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22. 23.

Opening a bottle catching a ball

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C. Connect the following illustration if work is done or no work done. Write work or not work.

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III. A. Solve the following problem. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
________26. A car starts from a stoplight and is travelling with a velocity of 10 m/s East in 20 seconds. What is the
acceleration of the car?
a. 0.5 m/s2 b. 1.5 m/s2 c. 2.5 m/s2 d. 3.5 m/s2 e. none of these
________27. What is the speed of a jet plane that travels 528 meters in 4 seconds?
a. 122 m/s b. 142 m/s c. 112 m/s d. 132 m/s e. none of these
________28. What is the velocity of a car that traveled a total of 75km North in 1.5 hours?
a. 105 km/hr N b. 25 km/hr N c. 50 km/hr N d. 75 km/hr N e. none of these

B. Compute the following given problem. Show your solution.

29. A 20 kg bike accelerates at 10 m/s2. What was the force?

30. An object with a mass of 5 kg has a force of 20 Newtons applied to it. What is the resulting acceleration of the object?

31. An object accelerates 2 m/s2 when a force of 20 newtons is applied to it. What is the mass of the object?

C. Solve for work.

32. A force of 500 newtons was necessary to push a car 4 meters. How much work was done?

IV. A. Solve the following problem.

33. Mr. Raissen has a mass of 88 kg. 34. Buzz has a mass of 70 kg.
What is Mr. Raissen’s weight on Earth? What is his weights on the Earth (in Newtons)?

B. Evaluate the given picture below about force.

35.
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First Quarter Long Quiz One in PHYSICAL SCIENCE

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ______________ Score:
Section: ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ______________
General Instruction: 1. Read and understand each direction.
2. Write your answer on the space provided in each number.
3. Avoid ERASURES.

I. A. Identify what is being described by the following statements. Write the letters that correspond to the correct
answers.
______1. What were the first elements formed after the Big bang?
a. Gold and Iron c. Lithium and Boron
b. Hydrogen and Helium d. Carbon and Nitrogen e. none of these
______2. Who is the famous scientist discovered that the universe is expanding?
a. Michael faraday b. Edwin Hubble c. George Gamow d. Hans Bethe e. none of these
______3. Which one of the following does the big Bang theory imply?
a. The universe was created 1 million years ago.
b. The universe is very noisy.
c. The universe will end in a big explosion.
d. The universe started with a big explosion.
e. All of the above
______4. He is the first person to propose the theory of the expansion of the universe.
a. George Lemaitre b. Fred Hoyle c. Albert Einstein d. Ralph Alpher e. none of these
______5. Which of the following was not part of Dalton’s theory of the atom?
a. Atoms of the same elements have the same mass and atoms of different elements have different masses.
b. All elements are composed of atoms.
c. Compounds contain atoms of more than one element
d. All atoms have the same number of protons, electrons, and neutrons.
e. None of the above
______6. Which of the following best fits Thomson’s model of the atom?
a. plum Pudding c. Chocolate cake
b. Homer Simpson d. Can of Diet Pepsi e. none of these
______7. The Bohr Model of the atom says that electrons:
a. Electrons exist at different energy levels in orbit around the nucleus
b. Electrons can move between energy levels when they gain or lose energy
c. Move at a very high velocity around the nucleus
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above
______8. What discovery was accounted for in Rutherford’s model of the atom?
a. neutrons c. electrons
b. northwest passage d. a positively charged nucleus e. none of these
______9. Which of the following can be determined by knowing the atomic number of an atom?
a. The number of molecules of that atom in a given volume
b. The number of protons
c. The number of electrons
d. The number of protons and the number of electrons
e. None of the above
______10. Which of the following can be determined by knowing the mass number of an atom?
a. The number of protons
b. The number of neutrons
c. The number of protons plus the number of neutron
d. The number of protons and the number of electrons
e. None of the above
______11. How are neutrons different from protons and electrons?
a. They are more massive than protons and electrons
b. They have no electrical charge
c. They are less massive than protons and electrons
 d. Protons and electrons exist in atomic nuclei; neutrons orbit the nucleus in a “cloud”
e. All of the above
______12. What are electrons?
a. Positively charged particles c. Negatively charged particles
b. Neutrally charged particles d. Uncharged particles e. none of these
______13. If water does not dissolve nail polish, then which statement is true?
a. Water is polar and nail polish is polar
b. Water is polar and nail polish is non polar
c. Water is non polar and nail polish is non polar
d. Water is polar and nail polish is ionic
d. None of the above
______14. It is a bond where atoms share valence electrons.
a. ionic b. covalent c. metallic d. all of these e. none of these
______15. Which of the following is true about ionic bonding?
a. it is mostly formed between electrons on the left side of the periodic table
b. Lithium Flouride is formed by ionic bonding
c. Electrons are donated from one element to another
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
______16. Which is true about an atom that has 6 of 8 electrons in its outer shell?
a. It will want to give up 2 electrons
b. It will want to gain 2 electrons
c. It will want to give up 6 electrons
d. It will want to gain 6 electrons
e. it is considered stable and will not react with other elements

II. A. Describe the following nucleosynthesis on how elements are formed.

17. Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
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18. Stellar Nucleosynthesis
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19. Supernova Nucleosynthesis
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B. Match the information in column A, with the key discoverer in column B.

Column A Column B
20. Discovery of electrons and the plum pudding model A. Niel Bohr
21. Discovery of the nucleus B. Ancient Greek and Dalton
22. Atoms as the building block of matter C. J.J. Thomson
D. Rutherford

C. Complete the table without your periodic table.

Symbol Atomic Number Mass Number Number of Number of Number of

Protons Electrons Neutrons
23. Na 11 12
24. K 39 19
25. I 53 127

D. Distinguish the following.

26. Ionic and Covalent Bond
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27. Polar and Nonpolar bond

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III. A. Construct a model of the atom based on the models of different scientists.
29. Rutherford’s model 30. Bohr’s model

B. Determine the number of protons, neutrons and electrons for each element and then draw a diagram for each.

31. 32.
7 # of proton ________
10 # of proton ________
N # of neutron
# of electron
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Ne # of neutron
# of electron
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Nitrogen Neon
14.007 20.180

C. Show the following equations after the formation of 12C + 4He 16O + y.
33. 34.

D. Draw the Lewis Electron Dot Structure.

35. 36.

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IV. A. 37-38. Based on the different models of the atom, create your own model. Label them.

B. 39. Assess how the concept of atomic number lead to the synthesis
of new elements.
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C. 40. Show the bonding when Sodium and Flourine atoms come in contact with one another.
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First Quarter Long Quiz One in SCIENCE TEN

Name: ______________________________________________ Date: ______________ Score:
Section: ____________________________________ Parent’s Signature: ______________
General Instruction: 1. Read and understand each direction.
2. Write your answer on the space provided in each number.
3. Avoid ERASURES.

I. A. Identify what is being described by the following statements. Write the letters that correspond to the correct
answers.
______1. It is the super gigantic continent that existed 200 million years ago according to Wegener.
a. Pangaea b. Lithosphere c. tectonic plate d. plate boundaries e. none of these
_______2. It is a place where two plates meet; a break in Earth’s crust.
a. plate b. fault c. fold d. crack e. none of these
_______3. Earthquakes and volcanoes are most likely found in which locations?
a. at plate boundaries c. in the middle of continents
b. in oceans d. in the middle of plates e. none of these
_______4. Why are earthquakes generally more destructive than volcanoes?
a. they are caused by plate motions
b. earthquakes are always accompanied by tsunamis
c. the area affected by an earthquake is larger
d. they only occur in populated areas
e. All of the above
_______5. What is the primary cause of volcanoes and earthquakes?
a. crustal plate movements c. higher than usual tides
b. Earth’s gravitational force d. solar magnetic storms e. none of these
_______6. This kind of volcano alternates between explosive and non-explosive eruptions, it has a wide base, and are
very common around the “Ring of Fire”.
a. shield b. crater c. composite d. cinder e. none of these
_______7. It is a fault in which the hanging wall moves up relative to the footwall as a result of compression.
a. normal b. reverse c. strike-slip d. focus e. none of these
_______8. This earthquake type happens when the shifting of Earth’s plates is driven by the sudden release of energy
within some limited region of the rocks of Earth.
a. collapse b. explosion c. tectonic d. volcanic e. none of these
_______9. On what continent is the Atlas mountain range found?
a. Asia b. South America c. Africa d. North America e. none of these
_______10. Cinder cone volcanoes are _____________.
a. Large, steep volcanoes created by explosive eruptions that alternate with more gentle flows of lava.
b. Created by gentle flowing lava eruptions that build a shallow cone around the vent.
c. Created by repeated explosive eruptions that pile up cinders around the vent.
d. Created by random explosive or fountain eruptions, mostly at divergent boundaries.

I.B. Define the following terms

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II. A. Answer the following questions.

15-16. Describe the location of active volcanoes and the location of majority of earthquake around the world.
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17-18. How will you relate the distribution of mountain ranges with the distribution of earthquake epicenter and
volcanoes?
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19. What is Ring of Fire?

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II. B. Give at least three effects of earthquake.

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21. ___________________________________________
22. ___________________________________________

II.C. Encircle the mountain/volcano that does not belong to the group and explain why?
23. Mount Everest Mt. Fuji Mt. St. Helens Mount Kilimanjaro
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24. Mauna Loa Mount Karthala Taal Volcano
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25. Mt. Mayon Mount Fuji Mauna Loa Mt. St. Helens
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III. A. Assess the following mountain ranges. Choose your answer inside the box.

Andes Himalayas Alps Rocky Mountains Appalachians

______________26. It is the longest mountain chain in the world.

______________27. It is the major mountain range in Western North America.
______________28. It is the highest mountain range in the world.
______________29. It is the highest mountain system in Europe.

III.B. Examine the given map below. Describe the distribution of earthquake epicenter.

30-32

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IV.A. 33-34. Create a slogan about the planet Earth.

B. 35. Give a possible things that will happen when a magnitude VI of earthquake occurs in the Philippines.
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