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1st Summative Test in Science b. walking on wet floors
c. holding a piece of paper
d. using breaks when stopping
Direction: Infer how friction and gravity affects
movement of differ object by analyzing the following
8. Which has the greatest amount of friction?
questions correctly. Encircle the letter of the correct
a. wet floor
answer.
b. tiled floor
c. polished floor
1. Why do cars slow down when it rains?
d. sandy floor
a. Cars slow down because the person is afraid to
drive.
9. Why do ballet dancers prefer polished floor?
b. Cars slow down because the road is wet so
a. to move slowly
there is more friction.
b. to stop moving
c. Cars slow down because the road is wet so
c. to glide smoothly
there is less friction.
d. to fall on the ground
d. Cars slow down because the person driving
cannot see the road.
10. A boy is playing with a toy car. In which surface will
it travel faster?
2. Which is NOT a way of reducing friction?
a. rough surface
a. applying lubricant
b. carpeted floor
b. putting spikes on tires
c. grassy surface
c. making the floor smooth
d. polished floor
d. putting grease on bicycle gears
11. Will it be easy for Bento to push the table on a
3. Why did Nestor put rollers on the cabinets?
carpeted floor?
a. for him to apply more force
a. No, because the carpeted floor is rough so
b. for him to move the cabinet with ease
friction is greater.
c. for him to stop the movement of the cabinet
b. No, because the carpeted floor is rough so
d. for him to slow down the movement of the
friction is lesser.
cabinet
c. Yes, because the carpeted floor is smooth so
friction is greater.
4. Why do badminton players use rubber shoes while
d. Yes, because the carpeted floor is smooth so
playing?
friction is lesser.
a. for them to glide faster since the badminton
court is slippery
12. When can we say that friction has increased?
b. for them to move faster since the badminton
a. if the floor is wet
court is slippery
b. if the floor is smooth
c. for them to slide since the badminton court is
c. if the floor is rough
slippery
d. if the floor is tiled
d. for them to move properly since the badminton
court is slippery
13. What causes a rolling ball to stop?
a. gravity
5. Which of the following situations shows that friction
b. friction
is increased?
c. magnetic
a. Ana uses rubber shoes while jogging.
d. motion
b. James puts rollers on heavy cabinets.
c. Naldo puts grease on his bicycle gears.
14. Why is it difficult to move heavy objects on a rough
d. Belle puts floor wax to make the floor smooth.
surface?
a. because there is no friction on a rough surface
6. In which of the following situations would friction
b. because there is lesser friction on a rough
pose a problem?
surface
a. striking a match
c. because there is greater friction on a rough
b. walking on a slippery floor
surface
c. holding a pen in your hands
d. because there is greater friction on a smooth
d. rubbing your hands to warm them
surface

7. Which of the following shows that friction is harmful?

15. When you are driving a car, does wet road 23. Friction is produced when two surfaces
increases or decreases friction? each other?
a. it increases friction a. aligned
b. it decreases friction b. touch
c. it remains the same c. do not touch
d. it increases and decreases d. all of the above

16. What force causes objects to fall on the ground? 24. What can friction do to a glass of water on a table?
a. friction a. it moves the glass
b. gravity b. it allows the glass to slide
c. magnetic c. it prevents the glass to slide
d. air resistance d. it has no effect on the glass

17. Gravity between two objects is always directed 25. Observe the diagram, what force does B represent?
__________. a. motion
a. toward each other b. gravity A
b. away from each other c. friction
B
c. perpendicular to each other d. magnetic
d. sideways

18. In which heavenly body does the object when

dropped at the same height, will hit the ground first?
a. Earth 26. What is the direction of the frictional force that acts
b. moon on the stroller in the diagram below?
c. Jupiter N
d. all of them will hit the ground at the same time
a. North
19. Three 1-kg stones are thrown upward at the same b. South W E
height in different places, moon, earth, and Jupiter. c. East
In which place will the stone hit the ground first? d. West
a. moon S
b. Earth 27. What makes the car slow down or stop?
c. Jupiter a. friction
d. all stones will hit the ground at the same time. b. gravity
c. magnetic
20. Which action opposes gravity? d. motion
a. dropping a stone into a pond
b. hammering a nail into a wooden plank 28. Which of the following statements is true?
c. lifting a box from the floor and placed on top of a. Friction makes objects move.
the table b. Friction stops moving objects.
d. skating downhill c. Friction has no effect on moving objects.
d. Friction allows moving object to continue
21. What force opposes the motion of objects? moving.
a. friction
b. gravity 29. Which of the statements describe friction?
c. motion a. Friction opposes motion.
d. force b. Friction does not oppose motion.
c. Friction moves along with the object.
22. Is friction present when a person pushes a cabinet? d. Friction pulls objects downward.
a. Yes, because the bottom surface of the cabinet
does not touch the floor. 30. What force is present when two objects rub against
b. Yes, because the bottom surface of the cabinet each other?
touches the floor. a. friction
c. No, because the bottom surface of the cabinet b. gravity
has nothing to do with the floor. c. magnetic
d. No, because the bottom surface of the cabinet is d. motion
only rubbing against the floor.