Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region IV-A (CALABARZON)
DIVISION OF BATANGAS CITY

THIRD PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE AND HEALTH V

Directions: Read each item carefully. On your answer sheet, blacken the circle that
corresponds to the letter of your answer.

1. A big rock is on the hill, will it continue to be on that hill? Why?

A. Yes, because it should be there.
B. Yes, because it doesn’t have energy.
C. No, because it has potential energy and kinetic energy.
D. No, because an outside force like wind might make rock move or change its
position.
2. A boy is trying to make the wall move by pushing it. But no matter how he tries, it does
not move. Why? Because ____________.
A. it is a concrete wall.
B. the boy is too small.
C. it has a big amount of potential energy.
D. the wall exerts an equal force that the boy exerts on it.
3. What is the acceleration of a 3500 kg truck if a force of 4000 N is used to make it start
moving forward?
A. 0.875 m/sec2 C. 8.75 m/sec2
B. .0875 m/sec2 D. 87.5 m/sec2
4. A newspaper boy riding his bicycle has an initial position of 5 m in 5 sec. He was able to
reach Mr. De Guzman’s house, which is 25 m North in 20 sec. what is the average
velocity of the newspaper boy?
A. 1.33 m/sec North C. 1.44 m/sec North
B. 1.55 m/sec North D. 1.66 m/sec North
5. An athlete travelled a distance of 100 m, from the starting point up to the finish line in 35
seconds. What is the speed of the athlete?
A. 1.86 m/sec B. 2.86 m/sec C. 3.86 m/sec D. 4 m/sec
6. If a car at the stop light speeds up to 60 m/s in 10 seconds, what is its average
acceleration?
A. 5 m/sec2 C. 7 m/sec2
B. 6 m/sec2 D. 8 m/sec2
7. Which measuring tool should a man building a house use in measuring the steel bar for
the post?
A. weighing scale C. measuring tape
B. tape measure D. ruler
8. A foreman will build a bridge to connect Pallocan andKumintang. He needs 500 m of steel
bars to span the width of the river. How many kilometers will the bridge be?
 A. 500 km B. 50 km C. 5 km D. 0.5 km
9. What is 3800 mm indecameters?
A. 0.38 dm B. 3.8 dm C. 38 dm D. 380 dm
10. During “BER” months, we experience s thermal index of around 80 ºF. What is it in
Celsius reading?
A. 2.667 ºC B. 26.67 ºC C. 266.7 ºC D. 2667 ºC
11. Last May 9, 2015, Batangas City experienceda heat index of 39 ºC that resulted to wilting
of crops and the death of some animals. What is the thermal index in Fahrenheit?
A. 102.2 ºF B. 1.022 ºF C. 10.22 ºF D. 1022 ºF
12. What is the freezing point of water in Fahrenheit?
A. 0 ºF B. 32 ºF C. 40 ºF D. 100 ºF
13. Two tools that are used to find volume of an object are the _________.
A. ruler and graduated cylinder
B. triple beam balance and ruler
C. graduated cylinder and petri dish
D. test tube and graduated cylinder
14. Why does a pencil appear broken when you put it in a glass of water, as shown in the
picture?

A. Light is refracted as it leaves the water.

B. Light is refracted as it passes the water surface.
C. The amount of light changes as it passes from the water to the air.
D. The direction of the light changes as it passes from the water to the air.
15. Liza lit flashlight in a dark room. She observed that it traveled in a straight line even if she
put a glass along its path. What might explain this?
A. Light waves don’t travel in a straight line.
B. Light waves travel in a straight line because sound waves travel in a straight line.
C. If there is nothing to interfere with light waves, they should travel in a straight line.
D. Light waves will always travel in a straight line, even if they could come into
contactwith another object.
16. When you look at the mirror, what is happening to the light? It is ___________.
A. being refracted C. being reflected
B. being absorbed D. increasing in wavelengths
17. When you put a glass of hot water inside a freezer it will cool and turn into ice. How does
this happen?
A. Heat leaves the liquid as it freezes, through convection.
B. Heat moves from the fridge to the glass, through conduction.
C. Heat stays inside the fridge as it freezes, through conduction.
D. Heat leaves the fridges as the water freezes, through radiation.
18. How does heat transfer to the butter on a frying pan?
A. Conduction B. Convection C. Creation D. Radiation
19. The light from the sun reaches the Earth for about 8 minutes after sunrise. By what
process does heat energy travel from the sun to Earth?
A. Heat travels through the wind.
B. Heat is radiated through space.
C. Convection of heat through air currents.
D. Heat is conducted through air molecules.
20. What makes a hot air balloon rise? The particles of air in the balloon __________.
A. increase in size and make the balloon lighter than air.
B. decrease in size and make the balloon lighter than air.
C. are farther apart and make the balloon lighter than air.
D. are closer together and make the balloon lighter than air.
21. Your mother washes your clothes, she hangs them on a clothesline under the sun to dry it
up faster. How does this happen?
A. Heat leaves the clothes as it dries, through radiation.
B. Heat moves from the clothes, through conduction.
C. Heat stays in the clothes, through conduction.
D. Heat leaves the clothes, through heat transfer.
22. During summer, Tina wears light colored clothes more than dark colored ones. Why?
Because _________
A. lightcolored clothes absorb much light.
B. lightcolored clothes reflect all the light.
C. darkcolored clothes absorbs some light.
D. darkcolored clothes reflect all the light waves.
23. What happens to light when it passes through a translucent material such as waxed
paper? Most of the light ________.
A. passes through.
B. is reflected in a straight line.
C. is not allowed to pass through.
D. is absorbed and very little is reflected.
24. Tiny drops of water can refract colors, that is why you see rainbow in the sky when in rain
and at the same time the sun shines brightly. It reveals the seven colors of the spectrum.
What are the seven colors of the spectrum?
A. ROYGVIB B. ROYGBIV C. ROYVGIBd. ROIGVYB
25. Which is TRUE about frequency and velocity of wavelength?
A. Frequency is constant for all wavelengths.
B. As frequency increases, wavelength increases.
C. As frequency increases, wavelength decreases.
D. Frequency and wavelength are independent of each other.
26. When you leave two different containers, one is white and the other is black, under the
sun, they become warm. Why do materials become warm? Material ______.
 A. absorbs light C. reflects light
B. refracts light D. transmits light
27. What does the illustration show?

A. absorption C. reflection
B. refraction D. diffusion
28. Which of the following is an example of heat conduction?
A. An air vent from a furnace sending hot air into the house.
B. A metal cup heating up when hot water is poured into it.
C. The sun melting the ice formed on a frosty lawn.
D. Cool air sinking to the ground on a cold night.
29. Which is the best activity to help keep a home cool in the summer?
A. Open the refrigerator often.
B. Open the windows during the day.
C. Close the shades where the sun is shining.
D. Turn off the television, radios and computers.
30. What happens to the light particles when light hits an uneven surface?
A. They are reflected in a straight line.
B. They are scattered in many directions.
C. They are absorbed by the surface.
D. They pass through the surface.
31. How is the Earth’s magnetic field similar to that of a magnet?
A. It has North and South poles.
B. It is hundreds of miles long.
C. It is made in Earth’s core.
D. It is shaped like a horseshoe.
32. What must happen for an electromagnet to have a magnetic field?
A. It must be heated.
B. It has to be touching another magnet.
C. It must be connected to an electrical source.
D. It must be lined up with Earth’s magnetic field.
33. A bar magnet is divided in two pieces. Which of the following statements is true about the
force between the broken pieces if they face each other with a small separation?
A. There is an electric attractive force between the broken pieces.
B. There is a magnetic repulsive force between the broken pieces.
C. There is a magnetic attractive force between the broken pieces.
D. There is no force between the broken pieces since they are demagnetized.
34. How is static electricity produced?
A. by rubbing two objects C. by holding two objects
B. by touching two objects D. by hitting two objects
35. When a comb is rubbed on a piece of wool or cloth, which of the following happens?
 A. The comb becomes negatively charged. C. The comb produces sparks.
B. The circuit has no switch. D. The circuit is open.
36. In which of the following will an electric current flow?
A. open circuit C. short circuit
B. closed circuit D, close-open circuit
37. What produces electricity in a flashlight?
A. physical change in the dry cell C. chemical change in the dry cell
B. chemical change in the light bulb D. physical change in the wire
38. Which is an example of flowing electricity?
A. static electricity C. current electricity
B. complete circuit D. short circuit
39. Which connection has only one path?
A. series connection C. closed circuit
B. parallel circuit D. open circuit
40. In an electric circuit with 3 bulbs connected, in which connection will the other two bulbs
light even if one bulb was removed?
A. parallel connection C. closed connection
B. series connection D. open circuit
41. Which of the following becomes a magnet when there is a flow of electricity in a coil of
wire?
A. circuit breaker C. generator
B. motor D. electromagnet

42. In what way can we make the electromagnet stronger?

A. Lessen the number of coils C. Use smaller nails
B. Increase the number of coils. D. Use smaller wire.
43. Which of the following best characterizes electrical insulators?
A. charges on the surface don't move
B. electric charges move freely
C. high tensile strength
D. low specific heat
44. You saw your brother being electrocuted by a live wire. Which of these material should
you use remove the live wire on your brother?
A. copper wire C. rubber
B. wood D. plastic

45. Which of these materials can make the circuit light up?
A. nail C. coin
B. wood [Link]

46. Which is a safety device which opens and closes the circuit?
 A. fuse C. generator
B. switch D. transformer
47. Which device transforms mechanical energy to electrical energy and is being used during
brownouts?
A. fuse C. generator
B. switch D. . transform
48. Which of these bulbs will light up?

49. Analyze the table below and answer the questions below.
Source Coils of wire Pin attracted
AA 6 2
D 6 8

What do you infer with the table? As the ___________.

A. number of coil increases the number of pin increases.
B. number of coil decreases the number of pins attracted decreases.
C. source increases the number of pins attracted increases.
D. source decreases the number of pins attracted decreases.
50. Which electromagnet will attract the most number of nails?

Approved by:

SACORO R. COMIA, Ph. D.

Chief, Curriculum Implementation Division