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SCIENCE 9 INDIVIDUAL QUIZ
EASY (1 points)
1. A substance that cannot be broken down into a simpler form by ordinary chemical means is called a(n) .
a. Element c. mixture
b. Compound d. isotope
2. A compass bearing of 165 degrees describe a .
a. North-westerly direction c. South-westerly direction
b. South-easterly direction d. North-easterly direction
3. The smallest unit of an element that has all the basic properties of the element is called a(n) .
a. Electron c. nucleus
b. Atom d. isotope
4. Plants create their own food by absorbing and processing sunlight. The ability to produce your own food source is
a metabolic process known as what?
a. Heterotrophy c. homotrophy
b. Autotrophy d. ditrophy
5. Sea breezes occur during the and the produce winds moving .
a. Night/out over the water c. Day/out over the water
b. Night/ in over the land d. Day/in over the land
6. Which of the following is an element?
a. Ruby c. sapphire
b. Topaz d. diamond
7. A group of cells that work together to perform a function is called a what?
a. Cell system c. tissue
b. Organ system d. organism
8. A vector A is added to a vector B. under what conditions does the resultant vector A + B have greatest magnitude?
a. When A and B are parallel and in the same direction
b. When A and B are parallel and in the opposite direction
c. When A and B are perpendicular
d. The magnitude of A=B does not depend on the directions of A and B
9. Two carts have the same masses m and 2m. they move on an airtrack (ignore friction). You push each cart with the
same force for the same length of time. Compared to the momentum of the heavy cart (mass 2m) the momentum
of the light cart (mass m) is .
a. Four times c. equal to
b. Twice d. one half
10. Red blood corpuscles are formed in the .
a. Liver c. kidneys
b. Bone marrow d. heart

AVERAGE (2 points)
1. Oxygen and carbon dioxide are gases that cycle out in the ecosystem. Which of the following gases is important to
photosynthesis?
a. Ozone gas c. oxygen
b. Water vapor d. carbon dioxide
2. Plants are considered as food makers. In which of the following cell organelles does photosynthesis occur?
a. Ribosome c. chloroplast
b. Chlorophyll d. mitochondrion
3. Which of the following substances when dissolve in water will conduct electricity/
a. Glucose c. gasoline
b. Oil d. monosodium glutamate
4. Why can metals be hammered without breaking?
a. They are ductile c. They are malleable
b. They are not brittle d. Their particles are strong
 5. Sugarcane juice is used in making table sugar which is extracted from the stem of the plant. Trace the path of
sugar molecules found in the stem from where they are produced.
a. Root----- stem c. flowers ----- leaf ----- stem
b. Leaf ----- stem d. roots ----- leaf ------ stem
6. Plants make food by absorbing water and carbon dioxide. Which of the following substances is the origin of
oxygen released as gas by green plants during photosynthesis?
a. Water c. carbon dioxide
b. Sugar d. ribulose-1, 5-biphosphate
7. What kind of bond will result when two identical non-metallic atoms combine?
a. Ionic bond c. polar covalent bond
b. Metallic bond d. nonpolar covalent bond
8. Which of the following shows that an atom is stable?
a. Having 2 valence electron c. having 6 valence electrons
b. Having 4 valence electrons d. having 8 valence electrons
9. Oxygen is essential in cellular respiration. What is the role of oxygen in the electron transport chain?
a. It provides a high energy proton c. it serves as the final acceptor
b. It releases an electron d. it forms water
10. Which of the following units is used in expressing the amount of substance in terms of the number of particles?
a. Liter c. mole
b. Gram d. Celsius

DIFFICULT (3 points)
1. The light-dependent reaction of photosynthesis must come first before the light-independent reaction because
its products are important to the fixation of carbon dioxide. Which of the following is/are the products of the
light-dependent reaction?
a. ADP only c. ATP only
b. NADPH only d. NADPH and ATP
2. All organisms get energy from the food to perform different life processes. This is done in the cells by breaking
sugar molecules into chemical energy. Which of the following cell organelles is associated with the production of
chemical energy?
a. Chloroplasts c. endoplasmic reticulum
b. Mitochondrion d. nucleus
3. Which of the following materials are cycled out by the chloroplast and mitochondrion?
a. Carbon dioxide, water, oxygen, and ATP
b. Carbon dioxide, water, sugar, and oxygen
c. Sugar, water, oxygen and ATP
d. Sugar, water, sunlight, and oxygen
4. When cells break down food into chemical energy it undergoes three major process, glycolysis, Krebs Cycle and
electron transports. Which of these processes provides the most number of ATP molecules?
a. Glycolysis c. Electron transport chain
b. Krebs cycle d. no idea
5. Oxygen is essential in cellular respiration. What is the role of oxygen in the electron transport chain?
a. It provides a high energy proton.
b. It releases an electron
c. It serves as the final acceptor.
d. It forms water