Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO
SCHOOLS DISTRICT OF LAMBUNAO WEST CLUSTER 1
LORLINA SOLINAP NAVARRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3rd Quarter
PERIODICAL TEST (SCIENCE- VI)
I. Read and analyze each item carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to your
answer and write it in your test notebook.
_____1. It is defined as a push or pull that starts, stops or changes the direction of a
moving object.
A. Motion B. Force C. Energy D. Food
_____2. It is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces sticking or touching
together.
A. Gravity B. Electrical C. Friction D. Magnetic
_____3. Which has the greatest frictional force among these surfaces?
A. Polished floor B. Tiled floor C. Wet floor D. Sandy floor
_____4. Friction is a force that opposes motion. It acts in the direction of a moving object.
A. same B. opposite C. upward D. downward
_____5. Which of the following statements best describes friction?
A. It is a force that occurs when surfaces touch each other.
B. It is a force that occurs in smooth surfaces.
C. It is a force that occurs between solids and liquids.
D. It is a force that occurs only on rough surfaces.
_____6. When an object rolls over a surface is produced.
A. Fluid friction B. Rolling friction C. Sliding friction D. Static friction
_____7. Which of the following statement is true about rolling friction?
A. It is produced when an object is at rest.
B. It is produced when an object is moving in water
C. It is produced when an object is rolled in a surface.
D. It is produced when an object rub against each other.
_____8. Which is an example of an object that can produce rolling friction when rolls over a
surface?
A. Ball B. Cabinet C. Shoe box D. Table
_____9. Riding a bicycle and using of wheelbarrow (kariton) are examples of .
A. Fluid friction B. Rolling friction C. Sliding friction D. Static friction
_____10. Which of the following shows an example of rolling friction?
A. A kite flying. C. A soccer ball rolling on the ground.
B. A paper boat floating. D. A picture frame on the table.
_____11. What is sliding friction?
A. It occurs between two surfaces that come in contact with each other.
B. It occurs in stationary objects or objects at rest.
C. It occurs between moving objects and a liquid or between an object moving in the air.
D. It opposes the motion of the wheel turning along a surface.
_____12. What type of friction occurs when there is more force needed to travel an object
in a surface than rolling Friction?
A. Static Friction C. Sliding Friction
B. Fluid Friction D. Air friction
_____13. The following statements are examples of sliding friction EXCEPT ONE. Which is
it?
A. A block being slid across the floor C. A glass being pushed across the table
B. Jeans on your legs when putting it on D. When a train goes around
_____14. Which type of friction opposes the sliding of objects over a surface?
A. Static Friction C. Fluid Friction
B. Sliding Friction D. Rolling Friction
_____15. Mucus produced by snails, help them move along the ground. How does the
mucus help snails move?
A. Mucus is cold. C. Mucus reduces friction.
B. Mucus leaves a trail. D. Mucus makes the snail lighter.
_____16. Which of the following statements does NOT tell about the effects of gravitational
force on objects?
A. The more distant the body from the earth, the lesser is the gravitational force of
attraction.
B. Gravitational force pushes the objects upward.
C. Gravitational force is greater when the objects are closer together.
D. The farther you are from earth, the lesser your weight.
_____17. Why is it difficult for us to go up in a mountain than go down?
A. We are moving against gravity.
B. We are pulled by the wind.
C. We are moving towards gravity.
D. None of the above
_____18. Which of these will have the strongest gravitational pull on Earth?
A. a baby C. a drinking glass
B. a half sack of rice D. an elephant
_____19. Without air resistance, all objects fall at the same rate.
A. True B. False C. Maybe D. Neither True or False
_____20. The gravity between two objects increases as the distance between them ___.
A. decreases B. increases C. neutralizes D.
stabilizes
II. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers on your test notebook.
_____21. When an object is at rest or not moving, the energy it possess is________.
A. Chemical energy C. Potential energy
B. Kinetic energy D. Thermal energy
_____22. A rolling ball possesses ______.
A. Chemical energy C. Potential energy
B. Kinetic energy D. Thermal energy
_____23. Chemical energy is important because______
A. Because it can make our work easier.
B. Because it can make our life complicated.
C. Because it can sustain life.
D. All of the choices.
_____24. The following are uses of mechanical energy except_____.
A. It can make our work easier.
B. It generates electricity.
C. It is use to locate exact locations.
D. It makes our work faster.
_____25. Which of the following is a source of chemical energy?
A. Pencil B. Chalk C. Bicycle D. Firewood
III. A. Read and analyse each item carefully. Choose the letter that corresponds to
your answer.
_____26. Which is not a type of simple machine?
A. Spring B. Screw C. Pulley D. Wedge
_____27. What type of simple machine is found on the floor of a bathtub?
A. Screw B. Inclined plane C. Wedge D. Pulley
_____28. Which of these is an example of a wedge?
A. Skateboard B. Broom C. Stairs D. Butter Knife
_____29. Which is an example of someone using a simple machine to do work?
A. A boy runs across a football field
B. A banker counts money
C. A mother pushes a stroller up a ramp into a building
D. A girl eats a sandwich
_____30. Jan is using a screwdriver to insert a screw. The screwdriver is being used as
A. A pulley B. A screw C. A lever D. A wheel and ax
B. Read and analyze the sentences below. Choose your answer from the word
choices in the box.
Pulleys Fans
Engines
Clotheslines Cranes
31. ___________can use pulley systems in order to make it easier to pull clothes towards
the user.
32. ___________can be used to place bird-feeders high in trees or on poles, and then to
pull them down when they need to be refilled or removed.
33. ___________is a type of pulley that is used in construction.
34. ___________utilize a pulley system in order to work.
35. ___________with chains are utilizing a pulley system in order to be turned on.
describe energy and its types: (S6FE-IIId-f-
33.33% 5 1-5
potential or kinetic 2);
1. identify characteristics and
uses of pulley
2. describe the characteristics S6FE-IIId-f-
63.33% 10 6-15
and uses of pulley 2
3. value the importance of each
characteristics and uses of pulley
Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION VI – WESTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOILO
Percenta No. of Item
Objectives CODE
ge Items Placement
describe what is friction or (S6FE-IIIa- 75% 15 1-15
frictional force c-1)
a. describe gravity and how it (S6FE-IIIa- 25% 5 16-20
works c-1)
SCHOOLS DISTRICT OF LAMBUNAO WEST CLUSTER 1
LORLINA SOLINAP NAVARRA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3rd Quarter
PERIODICAL TEST (SCIENCE- VI)