Tukuran West District

Tukuran Central Elementary School

DAT/ Test Questions

GRADE 4- SCIENCE

1. Which of the following materials will sink when placed in water?

A. plastic and rubber C. stone, marble

B. leaves, twigs D. paper, log

2. What property is common to rubber band, glass and plastic?

A. They are poisonous. C. They are all soft.
B. They all absorb water. D. They do not absorb water.

3. Janna cooked one round layer of biko. She divided the biko into 15 slices. What change/s
did the biko undergo after cutting? Change in______.
A. taste and odor C. size and color
B. size and shape D. shape and taste

4. Ana placed a bar of chocolate under the heat of the sun. What will happen to the
chocolate?
A. change in color C. Change in taste
B. Change in shape D. no change happens

5. Which of the following materials is harmful to the environment?

A. organic fertilizer C. synthetic pesticides
D. recyclable bags D. natural food color

6. How does skull function in the skeletal system?

A. protects the heart and lungs C. cushions the intestines
B. protects the brain D. supports the body weight
7. Which of the following statements is TRUE about how the heart works with the digestive
system?
a. intestines absorb the blood which the body use for energy
b. heart pumps blood which contains nutrients from the digested food
c. heart pumps the food and delivers to the cells in the body
d. digestive system pumps blood from the nutrients digested by the heart

8. Why is the snake is covered with dry scales?

a. It helps them to swim c. It helps them to make beautiful
b. It allows fast evaporation d. It prevents water loss from its body

9. What animal adaptation does chameleons use to avoid their predator?

a. mimicry b. camouflage c. body odor d. hibernation

Prepared by: MARY SEAL C. PEJO

10. Which situation shows show competition among organisms?
a. there is only one goat for ten tigers
b. too much fish in the aquarium
c. there are five plants in one flower pot
d. there are 3 water lilies and two fish in the aquarium

11. The following situations are the effects of force applied in changing the size, EXCEPT
one.
A. throwing the paperclip C. cutting a paper
B. sharpening a pencil D. pulling a garter

12. how does heat transfer from one medium to another?

A. hot to cold C. cold to hot
B. side to side D. from top to bottom

13. When you put a pencil to a glass half-filled with water, the pencil seemed to bend.
Why is this so?
A. light is refracted making the pencil look bent
B. water bends the pencil
C. light is reflected back so you see the bent pencil
D. water makes light travel in curve path

14. When two magnets attract, they _______________.

A. pull together B. change color C. break D. push apart

15. When the same poles of magnets whether North or South are put together, they
will______.
A. attract C. remain in current position
B. repel D. not move

16. Which of the following correctly describes sand and loam soil?
A. Sand is coarse and loose while loam soil contains humus
B. Sand sticky when wet while clay has the finest texture
C. Sand is coarse and loose while loam is a mixture of sand and clay
D. Sand contains humus while loam is sticky when wet

17. Mang Jose prepared his fishing net. He observed dark clouds in the sky and the sky is
overcast. What is the best thing that he should do?
A. Go to the sea to get more fish.
B. Hurry and go on fishing.
C. Call other fishermen to go on fishing.
D. Keep the nets and do not go on fishing.

Prepared by: MARY SEAL C. PEJO

18. What is the role of the sun in the water cycle?
A. It heats the water for evaporation.
B. It is needed for condensation process.
C. It turns water into clouds.
D. It turns cools water vapor and turns it to rain.

19. Without the sun, what would most likely happen to the earth?
A. The earth will be dark and cold
B. the earth will be lifeless
C. the earth will be flooded
D. Both A and B

20. Which of the following situations show the beneficial effects of sun to people?
A. withering of rice plant due to sun’s heat
B. hot temperature causing heat stroke
C. drying of palay and corn after harvest
D. drying of ponds and rivers

Prepared by: MARY SEAL C. PEJO