Biology Grade 9 Quiz Paper
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Name: _________________________ Grade: 9 Date: __________
Subject: Biology Quiz # 1 Total Marks:_____/15
Instruction:
*Read the question carefully and attempt all.
*Read your paper thoroughly before submission.
Section A
I. Encircle the correct answer: (Marks 3.5)
1. Compared to a vein, an artery has
A. a thinner wall.
B. a wall with more elastic tissue.
C. a wider lumen.
D. valves.
2. What is the equation for aerobic respiration?
A. carbon dioxide + water → glucose + oxygen + energy
B. carbon dioxide + water → alcohol + oxygen + energy
C. oxygen + glucose→ carbon dioxide + alcohol + energy
D. oxygen + glucose→ water + carbon dioxide + energy
3. Which sequence shows the shortest route taken by blood travelling from a leg to an
arm in the human body?
A. leg → heart → lungs → heart → arm
B. leg → heart → lungs → kidney → arm
C. leg → kidney → heart → lungs → arm
D. leg → lungs → heart → alimentary canal → arm
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4. Which substance is produced in both aerobic respiration in humans and anaerobic
respiration in yeast?
A. carbon dioxide
B. ethanol
C. lactic acid
D. water
5. Why is the circulatory system of mammals described as a double circulation?
A. Blood flows firstly through arteries and then through veins.
B. Blood flows through the heart twice on one complete circuit of the body.
C. In the heart, blood flows firstly through atria and then through ventricles.
D. The atria and the ventricles contract alternately.
6. Which substance builds up in a muscle as a result of anaerobic respiration?
A. carbon dioxide
B. ethanol
C. lactic acid
D. oxygen
7. Which statements about arteries are correct?
1-All arteries carry oxygenated blood.
2-Arteries carry blood at high pressure.
3-All arteries carry blood away from the heart
A. 1 and 2 only
B. 1 and 3 only
C. 2 and 3 only
D. 1, 2 and 3
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Section B
Label the following : [ ¼ x 5= 1.25 Marks]
The diagram shows a section through the human heart.
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3
Name of the part
1.
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Section C
Answer all of the following questions in detail as per the marks allocated [Marks:_]
1. What is the function of valves? And mention the names of valves in the heart?
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2. Give an example for anaerobic respiration in animals, and write the equation.
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3. Give two examples of energy consuming processes in living organisms that needs cellular
respiration for energy production?
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4. Describe how lymphocytes and phagocytes protect the body against the spread of disease
causing organisms?
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5. Mention the main possible causes for coronary heart diseases
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