CALOOCAN NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE

CALOOCAN CITY

DIAGNOSTIC TEST
SCIENCE 5
NAME: ______________________________________________________ SECTION: ________________________ SCORE: __________________________
Directions: Read the questions carefully.
C. absence of oxygen
Encircle the letter of the best answer.
D. presence of oxygen
1. The use of alcohol and other disinfecting
agents is in demand. Which is being 6. A peeled apple was left on the table. After
prevented by these substances? sometime it changes it color. Which best
A. the spread of agents of diseases explains the change in color?
B. the contamination of food A. The oxygen in the air did
C. the spoilage of food not influence the change.
D. all of the above B. The apple just change its
color naturally.
2. Metal spoon are conductors. When C. The oxygen in the air reacted with the
would the use of metal spoon be substance in the apple
harmful? D. The oxygen charged the particles of
A. Scooping a sauce apple.
B. Stirring a hot liquid
C. Transferring a liquid 7. What useful product can be created
D. Poking an electrical outlet from old glossy magazines?
A. apron C. pen holder
3. The label of substance A indicates “keep B. plates D. rugs
out of reach of children” while
substance B has no markings of that 8. What can be done with the water used
sort. What conclusion can you make in rinsing clothes?
about the two substances? A. for cleaning the house
A. Substance B is harmful B. for washing rags
while substance A is not C. for flushing the toilet
harmful D. all of the above
B. Substance B is harmful
while substance A is not 9. Your neighbor is about to throw tin cans
harmful into the garbage bin. Which among the
C. Both are harmful 5 Rs of waste management can you
D. Both are not harmful suggest to your neighbor?

4. Which would not need the presence of I. Reduse

oxygen? II. Reuse
A. burning of charcoal III. Recover
B. cutting of papers IV. Recycle
C. making a bon fire V. Repair
D. rusting of nails
A. II & IV C. I & III
5. A butter placed in a hot pan melted. B. II & V D. III & IV
What caused the change in its state?
A. application of heat
B. absence of heat

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10. How can your family best contribute in C. 29th of the month
decreasing the number of plastic garbage D. 30th of the month
being produce in the community?

I. Mother to bring eco bag when going

to the market
II. Father to use reusable
food container for his packed
lunch
III. Sister to use the back portion of
the paper
IV. I am only a child I could not help

A. I and II C. I, II, III

B. II and III D. I, II, III, IV

11. Which statement best describes the

function of the ovary?
A. childbirth passage
B. nurture the embryo
C. produced egg cells
D. passage way of egg cells

12. Below is a picture showing the 28 day

regular menstrual cycle. If a girl had her
menstruation on the 2nd day of the
month, when would be her next
menstruation?

Source: Wikimedia commons

A. 27th of the month

B. 28th of the month
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13. Below is the life cycle of a
butterfly. Arrange the stages of its
development.

Source: https://www.pinclipart.com/pindetail/wJmoRh_figure-shows-the-life-cycle-of-a-butterfly/

A. Stage W, Stage Y, Stage X, Stage Z

B. Stage Y, Stage X, Stage W, Stage Z
C. Stage X, Stage Z, Stage Y, Stage W
D. Stage Z, Stage W, Stage X, Stage Y

14. The table below shows

reproductive characteristics of
selected organisms. Which
organism is probably a frog?

Organism A Organism B Organism C Organism D

Sexual Sexual Asexual Sexual and

Asexual

Internal External Internal Internal or

Fertilization Fertilization Fertilization External
Fertilization

Born alive Laid as egg Laid as egg Born alive or

Laid as egg

A. Organism A
B. Organism B
C. Organism C
D. Organism D

15. Which is the male part of the flower?

A. stamen
B. pistil
C. sepal
D. petals

16. Plants can reproduce sexually and

asexually. Which plant and their means
of asexual reproduction is properly
paired?
A. bermuda grass: corm
B. potato: tuber
C. gabi: rhizome
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17. Which of the following is NOT a
characteristic of gymnosperm?
A. needle like leaves
B. seeds inside a cones
C. produces flowers
D. perrenial woody plants
18. Which is true in the mode of
reproduction of ferns and mosses?
A. Both can reproduce asexually
through spore formation.
B. Moss can reproduce sexually only.
C. Fern can reproduce asexually only.
D. All are true
19. Which ecosystem is formed when
freshwater and saltwater meet?
A. sea
B. river
C. lake
D. estruaries
20. Why is there a need to protect and
conserve estuaries and intertidal zones?
There is a need to protect these ecosystems
because they serve as
I. nursery of aquatic plants
and animals
II. source of food for other animals
III. protection of the entire nation
A. I only C. I & II
B. II only D. II & III
21. Carlo’s house is 100 meters away
from yours. What is being describe?
A. length
B. speed
C. motion
D. distance
22. Suppose your house is 20 meters
away from the school. What is your
speed in walking if it took you 10
minutes to reach your school?
A. 2 m/s
B. 2 km/h
C. 20 m/s
D. 200 m/s
23. Which set of materials are good
conductors of heat and electricity?
A. wooden ruler, leather bag, wood
B. plastic spoon & straw, garden hose
C. metal spoon, aluminum, pencil lead
D. pad paper, yarn, bond paper
24. Cookware sets are made of metals
because they are good conductors of heat
and electricity. Which best explains why
metals are good conductors of heat and
. electricity?
A. The molecules of metals are compact
and with free electrons
B. The molecules of metals are not
compact and without free electrons
C. The arrangement of molecules does not
contribute to its capacity to conduct heat
and electricity
D. All of the above
25. Which is correctly paired?
A. absorbent: bends light
B. opaque: blocks almost all light
C. transparent: allows some light to
pass through
D. tranlucent: allows all light to pass
through
26. Why black or dark colored shirt is not
advisable to be worn during hot summer
days?
A. black absorbs light
B. black transmit light
C. black refracts light
D. black reflects light
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27. Which will complete the simple circuit set 31. Which contributes to the mechanical
up? weathering of rocks?
? A. acid rain
B. oxidation
C. roots of plants
A. load https://mammothmemory.net/physics/electricity/simple•electrical•circuits/simple• D. salt water intrusion
B. pathway
electrical•circuits.html

C. source 32. An old stone statue has discoloration and

D. control
28. Arrange the steps in creating a simple
circuit.
I. Connect one end of the 1st wire to the
positive (+) terminal of the battery and the
other end to the bulb
II. Cut 2 pieces of copper wire
III. Connect one end of the 2 nd wire to
the negative (-) terminal of the battery and
the other end to the bulb.
A. I, II, III
B. II, I, III
29. What will happen to the amount of light
if we increase the number of batteries in a
circuit?
A. It will become brighter
B. It will become dimmer
C. No change will happen
D. Not applicable
30. You created an electromagnet using a
nail, copper wire, and a battery as shown in
the picture below. What should be done to
increase the number of objects it can
magnetized?
Source: Wikimedia Coomons
some portion worn off. Which best explains
the situation?
I. Iron in the stone combines with
oxygen forming rust
II. Stone absorbs water making it weak
III. Acid rain that fall on the stones
A. I only C. I, II, III
B. II and III D. II and III
33. After a storm, portions of marikina were
covered with mud. What agent of soil erosion
C. III, II, I might have caused this?
D. I, III, II A. Animals
B. plants
C. water
D. wind
34. How does soil erosion affects the living
things and the environment?
I. It changes the lanscape of the place
II. It maintains the nutrient of the soil
III. It cause pollution in bodies of water
A. I only C. I, II, III
B. II and III D. II and III
35. PAGASA reported that an intense
circular storm that originates over warm
tropical oceans will enter the Philippine Area
of responsibility. The maximum sustained

I. Increase the number of coil of copper

winds of up to 60 km per hour is expected.
wire
What type of tropical cyclone is being
II. Increase the number of battery
referred to?
III. Increase the number of nails
A. Super typhoon
B. Tropical depression
A. I only
C. Tropical storm
B. II only
D. Typhoon
C. I, II, III
D. I & II

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36. The table below shows data on some 40. Cassiopeia is a constellation that is seen
strongest typhoon in the Philippines. What all throughout the year. What type of
can you conclude from the data? constellation is Cassiopeia?
A. Circumpolar
Yolanda Ulysses
B. Northern
14 M people affected 5 184 824
4.1 M people displaced 20 854 evacuated C. Seasonal
6 000 people killed 101 died 85 injured D. Southern
1 800 missing 10 missing
33 M coconuts trees 7 318 946 822 damage to
damaged agriculture 41.Mother collected plastic galloons of water and
1.1 M houses damaged 5 305 houses damaged made colorful plant pots out them. Which R in waste
Source: worldvision.org & ndrrmc.gov.ph management is shown?
A. Reuse
I. Typhoon can destroy property B. Reduce
II. Typhoon can restore ecosystem C. Recycle
III. Typhoon can damage plants and crops D. Recover
IV. Typhoon can kill people and animals
42.Which reproductive organ produces releases egg or
A. I and II C. I, II, III ovum?
B. II and IV D. I, III, IV A. Ovary
B. Testis
C. Epididymis
37. What phase of the moon is represented D. Fallopian Tube
by the picture?
A. first quarter 43. Which of the following is NOT a part of the male
B. last quarter reproductive system?
C. waning crescent A. cervix
D. waxing crescent Source: wikimedia commons
B. testes
C. scrotum
38. Your relatives live in the coastal area and D. seminal vesicle
and gathering shellfishes in the intertidal
zone as additional source of living. When is 44. The process of creating an offspring that involves
the union of male and female sex cells is called_______ .
the best time to do this?
A. binary fission
A. new moon
B. Sexual Reproduction
B. first quarter
C. full moon C. Asexual Reproduction
D. last quarter D. Internal Fertilization

45.Which of the following make up the female

39. A group of stars that form a specific
reproductive system of a flower?
pattern.
A. Petals, sepals and stem
A. constellation
B. Anther, filament and stamen.
B. galaxy
C. Stigma, Style and ovary
C. nebula
D. Stamen, receptacle and receptacle
D. zodiac

46. Partly enclosed coastal area at the mouth of the

river where its freshwater mixes with salty sea water.
A. Estuary
B. Open Sea
C. Euphotic Zone
D. Intertidal Zone

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47. Which of the following grows rapidly on estuaries
by absorbing the rich nutrient from the water?
A. Crab
B. Oyster
C. Seahorse
D, Phytoplanktons

48. Which of the following materials at home are NOT

conductors of heat and electricity?
A. Metal Spoon
B. Curtain Rod
C. Copper Wire
D. Pillow Cases

49. What is the characteristic of glass window at home

that allows light to pass through?
A. Elasticity
B. Conductivity
C. Transparency
D. Flexibility

50. Which of the following colors absorbs the most

heat?
A. White
B. Black
C. Orange
D. Brown

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