Department of Education

Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR
San Juan District
SAN JUAN SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODIC TEST IN SCIENCE V

Name: ___________________________________________Date:___________________
Grade and Section: ____________________________ Score:___________________

Directions:Read the statement carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on you
paper.

___1. In what part of the house can you usually find these materials?

A. in the kitchen
B. In the bedroom
C. in the bathroom
D. in the living room
____2. Observe the pictures below, what materials are they made of?

A. fiber
B. wood
C. plastic
D. paper
____3. How will you classify the household materials above?
A. according to their use
B. according to their color
C. according to their shape
D. daccording to their hardness
____4.Which solid material does not belong to the group?
A. silver ring
B. iron nail
C. plastic spoon
D. Gold bracelet
____5.Metal is a substance. Why is it used for making machines?
A. Metal is shiny
B. b.Metal is strong
C. Metal is transparent
D. Metal has many colors
___6.Gold can be shaped into rings. What property does gold have?
A. elasticity
B. chardnes
C. brittleness
D. malleability
___7.Rubber bands can be used to secure things tightly because they can be
stretched and can go back to their original shape. What property do rubber bands have?
A. softness
B. strength
C. hardness
D. elasticity

___8. Which of the following is the ability of the material to easily decompose?
A. Reactivity
B. Flammability
C. Combustibility
D. Biodegradability
___9. Why is a piece of paper easily catch fire?
A. Because it is white and smooth.
B. Because it can be decomposed by nature.
C. Because of its texture and and being fibrous.
D. Because it has the ability to ignite fire and combustible.
___10. Which material below has the property of being ductile?

A.

towel

rubber bands

C.

Copper wire

D.

Paper clip

____11. Niña is fond of cleaning the toilet. What is the best way she can use to clean it?
A. Using muriatic acid.
B. Pouring baking soda.
C. Pouring soft drinks on it.
D. Using soap detergent and water.

____12. Aling Jessica is fond of buying air freshener. Which will be good for the environment
and best alternative to use?
A. cologne
B. mothballs
C. detergent powder
 D. peelings of calamansi

____13. Chemical substances like fertilizers when not properly handled will ________.
A. Pollute the soils
B. Help plants grow
C. Make the soil less fertile
D. Make the soil more fertile
____14. Warning symbols is used to indicate that a material is harmful. Which of them
symbolizes that a material is poisonous?

A.

B.

C.

____15. Why are metal useful?

A. They can be broken easily
B. They can be thrown away easily
C. They can produce good sounds.
D. They are hard and can be made into different shapes.
____16. Which is not a harmful substance or material?
A. chlorine
B. insecticides
C. old batteries
D. a slice of pizza
____17.When do we consider a material to be useful?
A. If it has served its uses.
B. If it gives a person a reason to be happy.
C. f it was located in a place seen by people.
D. If it was put in a corner and wait for disposal.

____18.Study the pictures below that show different activities. Which of them shows harmful
effects of materials?

A. .
 B.

C.

D.

_____19. Which of the following activities showed chemical change due to application of heat?
A. rusting of nail
B. cutting of wood
C. pancake making
D. straightening of hair
_____20. Which of the following results physical change in an object?
A. Burning a piece of paper.
B. Chewing a piece of bread
C. Mixing paint with a thinner
D. Cutting of wood into smaller pieces
_____21. What type of change does a material undergo if only the appearance changes and no
new material were formed?
A. Physical change
B. Biological change
C. Chemical change
D. Atmospheric change
_____22. Aling Maring burns leaves early in the morning in their backyard. Which of the
following is an indication that new material was formed when heat is applied on it?
A. ash
B. fire
C. heat
D. smoke
_____23. Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?
A. Rusting of a steel wool
B. Cutting a broken glass
C. Cutting a piece of wood
D. cutting a paper into one-fourth
____24. When the matchstick burned, what will happen?
A. No change at all.
B. It remains the same
C. there was change in color, smell and substance
D. None of above
____25. Why is rusting chain an example of chemical change?
 A. Because it gives a beautiful image after.
B. Because the characteristic of the chain doesn’t change
C. Because a chain is part of the environment where we live..
D. Because rust is weak powdery substance produce during chemical change.

____26. Which of these is an example of chemical change in material?

A. ice turn to water
B. matches in a box
C. wood turn into charcoal
D. crumpled paper on the table
____27. What evidence shows a chemical change?
A. formation of precipitate
B. formation of gas or smoke
C. formation of new substance
D. all of the above
____28.Which of the following will produce rust when it is wet?
A. A nail
B. A glass
C. A rubber band
D. Aplastic spoon
____29. What is one bad effect of chemical change to food?
A. The food might get softer.
B. The food might be spoiled.
C. The food might not be cooked.
D. The food might get less tasteful.
____30.In what ways does burning fuel affect the atmosphere?
A. It makes air pure.
B. It increases oxygen in the air.
C. It reduces carbon dioxide in the air.
D. It releases harmful chemicals in the air

_____31.A cup of soup is on the table. You observed that it has bubbles and a foul smell. What
would you infer?
A. The soup is sour
B. The soup is tasty
C. The soup is spoiled.
D. The soup is newly cooked.

_____32. What could be the part of the air that surrounds us, used by the body to continue life
and it has affect on the different materials?
A. Helium
B. Carbon
C. Oxygen
D. Nitrogen
_____33. People and animals use oxygen in respiration. As oxygen is inhaled, some materials
inside the body combine with it and undergoes_____________
A. a harmful substances to mixed with the air.
B. physical change to all the matter around it.
C. social changes to those living organism on the environment.
D. chemical reaction that gives off carbon dioxide, water and energy.

_____34. Matter could be changed chemically due to _________

oxygen
A. cold resistance
B. Application of heat
 C. Application of change
_____35. What happens to trash after the garbage truck picks it up?
A. It goes to the air
B. It goes to a landfill or in the river
C. It goes to a river or a resource recovery facility
D. It goes to a landfill or a resource recovery facility
_____36.What is the proper way of disposing dry leaves, and vegetable peelings?
A. burn in backyards
B. Throw on rivers bank
C. Put in a compost pit.
D. Let children play on it.
_____37. Which describes a landfill?
A. A place where animals live and look for food.
B. An open area where biodegradable materials were put.
C. An area where vendors displayed their materials to sell
D. Dumping sites where waste materials are covered with layers of soil to avoid pollute the
land.
_____38. How can you properly dispose garbage that easily decomposes?
A. burn them
B. bury them
C. recycle them
D. throw them anywhere
_____39. Which of these garbage materials do not decompose?
A. falling leaves
B. Used cooking oil
C. Fruit peelings and food
D. Plastics, glass, bottles left-over
_____40. Which of the following is bad for the environment?
A. Littering
B. Recycling
C. Reducing
D. Reusing
_____41. Plastic bottles, cups and bottle cups __________.
A. Cannot be recycled
B. Can be used as recycled materials
C. Can be made into a beautiful lantern product
D. Both b and c

_____42. Which of the following is recyclable material?

A. glass
B. aluminum
C. cardboard
D. all of the above
_____43. Which of these local materials can be recycled?
A. tissues
B. plastic bags
C. paper towels
D. juice wrappers
____44. Which of the following cannot be recycled?
A. glass
B. paper
C. organic waste
D. all of the above can be recycled

____45. Why it is important to recycle waste materials?

A. to improve the community
 B. to make something new latest
C. to conserve raw materials and reduce the need to consume other precious resources
D. all of the above
____46. Which of the following concepts below expresses the method of reducing waste?
A. Use something over and over again.
B. Make something into something new.
C. Make something ugly into something beautiful.
D. Use less of something, creating smaller amounts of waste.
____47. Which of the following represents the three Rs?
A. Reduce - Reuse – Recycle
B. Reduce - Rearrange - Recycle
C. Reduce - Respect – Recycle
D. Reduce - Reconsider Respect
____48. In her class, Mrs. Padua told her students to reuse paper instead of throwing it in the bin.
How will they do it?
A. Make an origami.
B. Give it to your classmate.
C. Never mind the advice of your teacher.
D. Use it as a scratch paper in computing mathematical equation.

____49. Mario is cleaning his room. He found lots of plastic bags. What will he do with it?
A. Bury it
B. Burned the plastic bag.
C. Keep them for future use.
D. Throw them along with the other trash

____50. Dr. Gregorio De Chavez gave vaccines to pet dogs at Barangay Pooc Santa
Rosa ,Laguna Which is the proper way to dispose the used syringe?

A. Burn them.
B. Throw those in a trash can.
C. Dispose it in an open field at the backyard
D. Put it in an empty bottle of mineral water; label it with toxic material before disposing.

Prepared by:

SHERYL M. PADAYAO
Teacher III

Checked by:

GALLY ROSE S. SOLIVEN

Master Teacher II

Noted:

JOCELYN D. TUGAS
School Principal II