THIRD PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE IV

Name: __________________________________________________

Grade: ________________________________________ Score: _______________

Choose and write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
____ 1. Which among the following object will require a greater force to move?
a. Refrigerator c. monoblock chair
b. Study table d. television
____ 2. Which among the objects below require lesser force to move?
a. Book c. pencil
b. Notebook d. blackboard eraser
____ 3. Which of the following objects will move more easily when a force is applied to it?
a. Plastic dining table c. small refrigerator
b. Empty steel cabinet d. small wooden dining table
____ 4. If a boy will have to kick one object, which one from the list below will move the
farthest upon kicking?
a. Shut put ball c. golf ball
b. Pingpong ball d. tennis ball
____ 5. Which among the objects will move faster upon the application of a force?
a. Marble c. pebble
b. Pingpong ball d. beach ball
____ 6. A marble that is standing still will move when __________.
a. Bumped by another marble
b. There is a strong wind
c. Touch by a person
d. A force is applied on the marble.
____ 7. What causes objects to move?
a. Weight c. force
b. Gravity d. magnets
____ 8. A force that sets an object into motion is called ______________.
a. Balanced c. unbalanced
b. Moving d. pushing
____ 9. The greater the mass of an object, the greater is the force needed to ________
the object.
a. Move c. roll
b. Stop d. push
____ 10. Why do you need to use force in moving a ball up a ramp?
a. To move the ball away from the ramp
b. To add force to the ball
c. To let the ball roll on the ramp
d. To allow the ball stay on the ramp

Put a check (/) if the material attracted by magnet and cross (x) if not attracted by
magnet.
____ 11. Tin can
____ 12. Can opener
____ 13. Pencil
____ 14. Nail
____ 15. Paper clip
Modified TRUE or FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Write FALSE if the
statement is wrong.
______ 16. All magnets have two north poles
______ 17. If you break a magnet into two pieces, you will have two magnets with the
same poles.
______ 18. The pulling or pushing force is strongest at the north pole.
______ 19. Most objects with iron are attracted to magnets.
______ 20. Magnet can repel an object made of paper.

Choose and write the letter of your answer on the space provided before the number.
____ 21. What is the direction of heat transfer?
a. From hot to cold c. from cold to hot
b. From bottom to top d. from side to side
____ 22. How is heat transferred in solid materials?
a. Through convection c. through conduction
b. Through radiation d. through vacuum
____ 23. How is heat transfer in liquid (water)?
a. Through convection c. through conduction
b. Through radiation d. through vacuum
____ 24. What happens to a liquid when heated?
a. It remains the same. c. It increases in temperature.
b. It increases in volume. d. It increases in water level.
____ 25. What may happen to a margarine when it is continuously exposed to heat?
a. It may become heavier. c. It may expand.
b. It may decrease in volume. d. It may melt.
____ 26. Why do we need to use a pot holder when we are removing hot casseroles or
any hot cooking wares out of the stoves?
a. The handles of the cooking wares may become hot due to conduction
of heat from the bottom to the handles.
b. We use pot holders so that we will not get burned or hurt.
c. This serves as our protection from the heat.
d. All of the above
____ 27. When is the best time for us to dry our clothes outdoors?
a. Sunny day c. rainy day
b. Cloudy day d. windy day
____ 28. When we exposed half of the nail outside on a sunny day, then we cover the
other half with cartoon, what will be your observation?
a. The shaded part of the nail will get heated because the heat from the
exposed part will transferred to the shaded part.
b. The shaded part of the nail will not get heated because it covered by
the cartoon.
____ 29. What do you call the heat transferred through gases?
a. Through convection c. through conduction
b. Through radiation d. through vacuum
____ 30. Staying too long under sunlight may damage out skin due to the radiation.
What must we do to protect our skin from being hurt by the heat of the sun?
a. Use sunblock cream when you go out swimming.
b. Use protective gears like sunglasses.
c. Use hat and umbrellas when going out under the heat of the sun.
d. All of the above.

Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not correct.

_______ 31. Light travels in a straight line when it passes through a single medium.
_______ 32. The light that strikes a thick cardboard bends and find another way to pass
through it.
_______ 33. Light rays could not be blocked and they could pass through all types of
materials since they travel on a straight line.
_______ 34. A laser is a narrow but powerful beam of light capable of travelling for
distance on a straight line.
_______ 35. With the three holes aligned, the light was able to pass through it.
_______ 36. When one of the cardboards was not aligned, the light was still able to
pass through it.
_______ 37. When we blocked the light with a thick cardboard, the light was not able to
pass through the cardboard.
_______ 38. The sound travels faster in solids than in air.
_______ 39. The sound travels very slowly through air.
_______ 40. The nature of material affects the speed of sound as it travels.
 Barugo I District
STA. ROSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Third Periodical Test in Science IV

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
Percent No. of
CONTENT Item Placement
% Items

1. Explain the effects of force applied to an object 25% 10 1 – 10

2. Describe the force exerted by magnets 25% 10 11 – 20

3. Describe how light, sound and heat travel 25% 10 21 – 30

4. Investigate properties and characteristics of light

25% 10 31 – 40
and sound

Total 100 40

Prepared by:

CARMEN O. CAGOYONG
Teacher