Immaculate Conception Parochial School

272 Gen. Luna St. Concepcion Malabon City

FIRST QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

SCIENCE 6

A.Y. 2020-2021

Name: _________________________________ Score: _____________

Grade 6 – Section: _________________________ Date: _______________
Prepared by: Ms. Jullina S. David

I. Multiple Choices: Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer in each
item.

1. What science process skill involves using your five senses to describe what is seen,
heard, felt, smelled and tasted?

a. Classifying c. Observing
b. Inferring d. Predicting

2. What science process skill is an explanation of observation?

a. Classifying c. Observing
b. Inferring d. Predicting

3. What science process skill involves categorizing or grouping things together?

a. Classifying c. Observing
b. Inferring d. Predicting

4. What process skill involves testing under controlled conditions?

a. Collecting information c. Formulating hypothesis

b. Communicating d. Interpreting data

5. What process skill involves forecasting what will happen in the future?

a. Classifying c. Observing
b. Inferring d. Predicting

6. During a travel trip, you see a signage “Baguio 500 m ahead”. What does the
statement indicate?

a. Inference c. Observation
b. Measurement d. Prediction

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7. What science process skill involves quantitatively using numbers and standardized
measuring tools as the reference unit?

a. Classifying c. Measuring
b. Inferring d. Predicting

8. What science process skill involves receiving, spreading and sharing of information
of ideas?

a. Communicating c. Measuring
b. Classifying d. Inferring

9. What science process skill involves describing a variable based on observations and
measurements?

a. Defining operationally c. Formulating hypothesis

b. Experimenting d. Interpreting data

10. What science process skill means organizing data and drawing conclusions from it?

a. Defining operationally c. Formulating hypothesis

b. Experimenting d. Interpreting data

11. Which of the following scientific attitudes is evident when one is willing to wait for
the result of the experiment or investigation even if it takes a long time?

a. Curiosity c. Open-mindedness
b. Objectivity d. Patience

12. Which of the following scientific attitudes should you possess in recording and
presenting the data and result of your experiment or investigation?

a. Curiosity c. Honesty
b. Determination d. Objectivity

13. Ella is conducting an experiment for her Science class, although the experiment will
take a long time and a lot of her classmates are discouraging her because they thought
that the experiment is too hard for her, she still took the risk and continued on her
work. Later on upon finishing her experiment, she received excellent results! What
scientific attitude has she shown?

a. Determination c. Objectivity
b. Honesty d. Acceptance of failure

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14. In Trina’s experiment she initially thought that a plant grows in any conditions but
upon completing the experiment, she found out that a plant needs certain factors like
sunlight, water, temperatures etc. to grow healthy. She then changed her outlook
about plants when she published her work. What scientific attitude or value has she
shown?

a. Determination c. Objectivity
b. Honesty d. Acceptance of failure

15. Which of the following scientific attitudes is evident when one does not include
personal feelings in drawing observations and making conclusions?

a. Curiosity c. Honesty
b. Determination d. Objectivity

16. What is the simplest type of pure substance?

a. Alloy c. Compound
b. Colloid d. Element

17. Which of the following is a mixture?

a. Nitrogen gas c. Seawater

b. Salt d. Sugar

18. Which of the following is the same?

a. A colloid and a suspension

b. A substance and a mixture
c. A heterogeneous mixture and a colloid
d. A homogeneous mixture and a solution

19. Which of the following is NOT an example of colloids?

a. Aerosol c. Bronze metal

b. Marshmallow d. Milk

20. Which is the part of a solution that is being dissolved and is usually present in smaller
amounts?

a. Solvent c. Colloid
b. Solute d. Alloy

21. Which of the following is an example of heterogeneous mixture?

a. Salt and water c. Fruit salad

b. Mineral water d. Vinegar

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II. True or False: Choose true if the statement is correct and false if not.

22. Science process skills may be classified as basic and integrated.

23. In the study of nature, scientists follow a logical order of steps called the scientific
method and exhibits attitudes and values.
24. Basic science process skills include observing, classifying, measuring, inferring,
predicting and defining operationally.
25. In doing scientific research, scientists usually jump into conclusions after identifying
the problem.
26. A hypothesis expresses a prediction about what you think is the right answer to the
question.

III. Matching Type: Match the items in column A to its correct answer in column B.

Column A Column B

Decantation
27. Method used in separating sand and gravel
Sieving
28. Separating process of solid from the liquid
Chromatography
29. Process of separating solid from liquid and
gas using a filter Filtration

Distillation
30. Process by which a chemical is converted
from a liquid solution into a solid crystalline Magnetic Separation
state.
Sedimentation
31. Process used to separate materials that are
Crystallization
less or nonmagnetic

32. Method used in separating coloured substances

into pigments

33. Method for separating two liquids with different

boiling points.

34. Separation process in which two immiscible liquids

are separated by pouring out the clear upper
layer of liquid

IV. Essay

35.-36. How can you differentiate and distinguish an element from compounds?
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37.-38. How do mixtures and pure substances differ?

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39.-40. Why is it necessary to separate certain types of mixtures?
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GOOD LUCK and GOD BLESS!