FIRST PERIODICAL TEST
SCIENCE 5
NAME: _______________________________________________________________________________SCORE: __________________
[Link]: Read and understand the questions carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Farmers used chemical fertilizer to increase their harvest. What is the harmful effect of this when it is
overused?
A. It attracts insects. C. It losses the fertility of the soil.
B. It gives abundant harvest. D. It gives more income to the farmer.
2. Chemicals such as muriatic acid, insecticides and hair sprays are hazardous. What are you going to do if
you see these materials at home?
A. Give it to your siblings. C. Leave it anywhere in the house.
B. Throw into the bodies of water. D. Keep these away from the children.
3. Cooking pans are made of metals because metals __________.
A. absorb less heat C. are shiny and durable
[Link] more heat D. do not stick easily on the food
4. Why are oil spills from ships and barge hazardous to sea animals?
A. It can cause fire. C. It can cause heavy rains.
B. It can cause heat wave. D. It can poison the sea animals.
5. What happens to plastic waste when left in the environment?
I. It breaks into little pieces.
II. It is biodegradable, so it decays.
III. It is non-biodegradable, so it does not decay.
I only B. I, and II C. III only D. I and III
6. The following are useful materials, except one.
A. recycled tire C. toothbrush
B. spoiled foods D. empty cans
7. Niña is fond of cleaning the toilet. What is the best way she can use to clean it?
A. Using soap detergent and water. [Link] baking soda.
B. Using muriatic acid. D. Pouring soft drinks on it.
8. Aling Jessica is fond of buying air freshener. Which will be good for the environment and best alternative
to use?
A. peelings of calamansi C. mothballs
B. cologne D. detergent powder
9. Chemical substances like fertilizers when not properly handled will ________.
a. Help plants grow c. Make the soil more fertile
b. Make the soil less fertile d. Pollute the soils
10. Warning symbols is used to indicate that a material is harmful. Which of them
symbolizes that a material is poisonous?
11. Which is not a harmful substance or material?
a. a slice of pizza c. insecticides
b. chlorine d. old batteries
12. When do we consider a material to be useful?
a. If it has served its uses.
b. If it was put in a corner and wait for disposal.
c. If it was located in a place seen by people.
d. If it gives a person a reason to be happy
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13. Study the pictures below that show different activities. Which of them shows
harmful effects of materials?
a. C.
14. . In what part of the house can you usually find these materials?
15. Observe the pictures below, what materials are they made of?
16. Which solid material does not belong to the group?
A .Gold bracelet B. iron nail C .plastic spoon D. silver ring
17. How will you classify the household materials above?
A. according to their color C. according to their shape
B. according to their hardness D. according to their use
II. Read and answer each question carefully. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
18. It is an odorless and colorless gas found in the atmosphere.
A. Carbon dioxide C. nitrogen
B. oxygen D. sodium
19. Are found in cells of the apple, and when these are exposed to oxygen in the air, for example through
slicing, the oxygen causes reaction.
A. vitamin A C. Phenols and the enzyme phenolase
B. Glucose D. nitrogen
20. Are special proteins which can speed up chemical reactions and act as biological catalysts. They can
cause fruit to ripen and over-ripen, which gives the fruit a brown color.
A. carbon C. oxygen
B. nitrogen D. enzymes
21. What is the most common cause of fish kill or fish die-off?
A. lack of oxygen C. abundance of coral reefs
B. presence of oxygen D. presence of marine sanctuary
22. What happens to the iron when exposed to air?
A. becomes rusty C. becomes melted
B. becomes shiny D. becomes another metal
23. What are the three things needed for combustion to occur?
A. heat, fuel, water C. heat, fuel, nitrogen
B. heat, fuel, oxygen D. heat, fuel, hydrogen
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24. What type of change does a material undergo if only the appearance changes and no new material were
formed?
A. Atmospheric change C. Chemical change
B. Biological change D. Physical change
25. Why does an apple change its color when cut?
A. Oxygen present in the air reacts with the chemicals present in the fleshy part of the fruit.
B. Nitrogen present in the air reacts with the chemicals present in the fleshy part of the fruit.
C. Hydrogen present in the air reacts with the chemicals present in the fleshy part of the fruit.
D. Carbon dioxide present in the air reacts with the chemicals present in the fleshy part of the fruit.
26. Why does a candle flame goes off when it is covered with a glass jar?
A. Water is absent when the lighted candle is covered.
B. Water is present when the lighted candle is covered.
C. Oxygen gas is absent when the lighted candle is covered.
D. Oxygen gas is present when the lighted candle is covered
27. What is the most common cause of fish kill or fish die-off?
A. lack of oxygen C. abundance of coral reefs
[Link] of oxygen D. presence of marine sanctuary
28. What happens to the iron when exposed to air?
[Link] rusty C. becomes melted
[Link] shiny D. becomes another metal
29. What are the three things needed for combustion to occur?
A. heat, fuel, water C. heat, fuel, nitrogen
B. heat, fuel, oxygen D. heat, fuel, hydrogen
Complete the sentences below:
30. When a candle is heated, it __________
31. A heated candle changes from solid to __________.
32. When cooled, the melted candle becomes __________ again.
33. Melted candles undergo a __________change, since it can be
brought back to its original form.
34. We can say that some materials became solid when cooled and some materials became liquid when
__________.
WORD POOL
solid melts physical chemical
liquid heated cooled
III. Direction. Encircle the letter of your correct answer.
35. It means to create a new product using a material that has served its purpose.
A. repair C. recycle
B. reuse D. reduce
36. ________________ converts waste materials into a new product with lesser quality.
A. downcycling C. reduce
B. recover D. repair
37. A way to make a higher quality material from its original value.
A. recycle C. reduce
B. recover D. upcycling
38. Uses the same material again for the same or different purpose.
A. recycle C. reuse
B. recover D. upcycling
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Directions: Write √if the statement shows the correct practice of disposing materials andХ if it is not a good
practice.
______39. Discarded tin cans should be buried in the ground.
______40. Dried leaves should be burned.
______41. Recyclable materials can be sold to junk shops.
______42. Kitchen wastes such as fruit peelings and others can be thrown in the compost pit.
______43. After eating candies, the wrappers should be kept inside the bag for recycling.
Directions:Choose the letter of the best answer.
Science activity notebook.
____ [Link] of the following is best in waste water management?
A. Reuse C. recycle
B. Reduce D. reuse, reduce and recycle
____ 45. How can we conserve water?
A. Use it in watering plants C. Recycle it.
B. Place it in a container D. Drink it.
____ [Link] can the rice water or “kinilis”be used as plant fertilizer?
A. It kills plant pests. C. It is used as artificial fertilizer.
[Link] has harmful chemicals. D. It contains nutrients to make plants grow healthy.
____ 47. Which of the following activities shows recycling of liquid materials?
A. Buying drinking water in bottles C. Flushing toilet bowl with used water
[Link] vinegar from coconut water D. Using less water when taking a bath
____ 48. How can we recycle the “water” which is used in cleaning fish?
[Link] cooking liquid C. as plant fertilizer
[Link] drinking water [Link] cleaning liquid
49-50. Explain: As a pupil, how you can help minimize wastes in school? ( 2 points)
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