Miriams Academy of Valenzuela Inc.

Mabolo, Valenzuela City

2
nd
Monthly Test in Science and Health 4

Name:_______________________________Score:______________Rating:__________
I Read each sentence carefully. Choose and write the letter of the correct answer on the blank.

__________1. Why does water taste set when you mix sugar with it?
a. The particles of sugar are spread evenly in the water.
b. The particles of sugar and the particles of water are the same.
c. The particles of sugar and the particles off water become a new substance.
d. The particles of water change into particles of sugar.
__________2. After a rain, why does the water in the potholes on the road look brownish?
a. Particles of soil mix with the rainwater.
b. Particles of soil are suspended in the water.
c. Rainwater contains germs.
d. Particles of soil settled at the bottom.
__________3. You want sugar to dissolve faster in water. Which of the following will you do?
a. Watch the sugar as it dissolves.
b. Drop the sugar quickly into the water.
c. Stir the water with a spoon
d. Drop the sugar slowly into the water.
__________4. Why do housewives use detergent in washing clothes?
a. It helps conserve water.
b. It brightens the color of clothes.
c. It strengthens the fiber of the clothes.
d. It can dissolve dirt faster.
__________5. Why is water called the universal solvent?
a. It is easily available.
b. It has strong chemicals.
c. It can dissolves different materials.
d. It has force.
__________6. When does air become polluted?
a. When some from burning fuels mmix with the air.
b. When there are many trees around.
c. When the wind blows.
d. When it rains.
__________7. What will happen it a person eats shellfish such as tahong which is contaminated
by ed tide organism?
a. The person will be red-faced.
b. The person will get poisoned.
c. The person will develop a good appetite.
d. The person will develop rashes.
__________8. In what way do plants help clean the air?
a. Plants produce oxygen.
b. Plants take in carbon dioxide.
c. Plants destroy chemicals.
d. Plants gather dust on their leaves.
___________9. Why are plastic substances bad for the environment?
a. They cost much and very few people can buy them.
b. Many people are using them.
c. They are thrown into rivers.
d. They do not decay but remain in their original form.





___________10. Which of the following objects has potential energy?
a. Rollin ball b. a strong wind c. a stretched rubber band d. a rotating pinwheel
___________12. Which of these situations show that work us being done?
a. A boy hitting a ball c. a bat lying on the ground
b. A boy standing on top of a staircase d. a boy sitting on a bench
___________13. What causes he wear and tear of your bicycle tires?
a. Conduction b. combustion c. friction d. convection
___________14. Which of these materials is easiest to burn?
a. Paper b. iron c. wood d. glass
___________15. While frying fish, you need to reduce the flame from the burning wood. Which
of the following will you do?
a. Blow air on the flame. c. Add kerosene to the flame.
b. Remove some of the firewood d. Pour water over the flame.
___________16. What is the ability to do work or to make something move?
a. Energy b. muscle c. light d. matter
____________17. Which of the following has kinetic energy?
a. A ball on the table c. a rock on top of the mountain
b. A nail in the wood d. a falling stone
____________18. A basketball player shoots the ball. The moving ball has____.
a. Potential energy b. light energy c. heat energy d.
kinetic energy
____________19. When is potential energy changed into kinetic energy?
a. When it is at rest. C. when it is put to work
b. When it changes its form d. when it makes sounds
____________20. The bicycles parked in a playground and waiting for riders have____________.
a. Heat energy b. light energy c. kinetic energy d. potential
energy

II Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Choose your answer in the box.





1. When you put together a cupful of peanut and cupful of corn, you form a
_________________.

2. Sugar dissolves in water. In this solution, sugar is ___________and water
is_______________.

3. In mixture, you can separate iron filings from a cup of flour by using a
____________________.

4. You can separate mongo seeds from a cupful of sugar by using a ___________________.

5. Water is considered a _____________because people, plants, and animals depend so much
on it.

6. Acetone can dissolve dried nail polish. Which is the solvent__________?
Solute?__________

7. Turpentine can dissolve dried paint. Which is the solvent__________?
Solute?_____________

III Write T f the statement is correct and F if the statement is wrong.
___________1. Water is a universal solvent.
___________2. All liquids can dissolve solids.
___________3. Some solvents can dissolve some solutes faster than the others.
__________ 4. Some solutes spread evenly when mixed with solvent.
___________5. Coffee does not dissolve in hot water.
magnet solute acetone solvent strainer nail polish dried paint
turpentine mixture universal solvent
___________6. Plants grow well in mounts of garbage.
___________7. Improper handling of household substances and other chemicals can cause
pollution.
___________8. Harmful gases from motor vehicles cause pollution.
___________9. Plants and animals are not affected by pollution.
__________10. Smoke from lighted cigarette causes air pollution.


Miriams Academy of Valenzuela Inc.
Mabolo, Valenzuela City

2
nd
Monthly Test in Science and Health 5

Name:_______________________________Score:______________Rating:__________
I Choose and write the letter of the correct answer in the blank.
__________1. What produces electricity in a flashlight?