DIAGNOSTIC TEST IN SCIENCE VI B.

Chocolate milk
C. Flat pop
Direction: Read each question carefully. Select the D. Orange juice with pulp
best answer and write it on your answer sheet.
8. What happens when you try to make a solution
1. Mixtures can be classified into 2 types, of salt and oil?
homogeneous and heterogenous. They are A. It becomes a homogeneous solution, the salt
different because dissolves into the oil
A. Heterogenous has 2 substances. Homogenous B. It becomes a heterogeneous mixture, the salt
has 3 or more substances doesn't dissolve into the oil
B. Homogeneous looks the same throughout, with C. The oil can only dissolve a little bit of salt
heterogenous you can see the different parts
C. Heterogeneous looks the same throughout, with 9. To separate a solution of black pepper and salt..
homogeneous you can see the different parts A. Add water to collect the pepper
D. They are the same, just different names B. Pick out the pepper from salt by hand
C. Add water, filter out the pepper, boil off the water
2. Another name for homogeneous is to get salt
A. Solution D. Add water, filter out the salt, boil off the water to
B. Solvent get the pepper
C. Solute
D. Saline 10. If a drink container tells you to "SHAKE WELL"
before drinking, the mixture in the container is most
3. To separate a mixture of sand and iron it is likely a:
easiest to use A. Solution
A. Floating B. Suspension
B. Picking them out C. Colloid
C. A magnet D. Alloy
D. Filter with filter paper
11. Which part is not involved in the systemic
4. Solutions are made of at least 2 parts called circulation of the blood?
A. Solution and solute a.Lungs
B. Solute and solvent b.Heart
C. Solvent and saline c.Aorta
D. Solution and solvent d.Veins

5. What else can I do to make the salt in my soup 12. In which blood vessels does the blood transfer
dissolve faster? food substances and oxygen to the cells, and
A. Add a lot of table salt remove carbon dioxide and other wastes?
B. Stir a.In the viens
C. Add heat b.In the arteries
D. Let it sit c.In the venules
d.In the capillaries
6. Which of the following are homogeneous
mixtures? 13. Which part of the human circulatory system
A. Water brings blood to all parts of the body?
B. Rocky road ice cream a.Viens
C. Shampoo b.Venules
D. Oatmeal c.Arteries
d.Superior vena cava
7. Which of the following are mechanical mixtures?
A. Chocolate bar with almonds 14.What is the circulatory system?
a. The body's breathing system
b. The body's system of nerves
c. The body's food-processing system
d. The body's blood-transporting system
15.Which of the following part circulatory system?
I.mouth,esophagus,stomach,intestine
II.artery,vein,heart,capillary
III.kidney,ureter,bladder,urethra
IV.brain,spinal cord,nerves
a.I b.II c.III d. IV
16.What happens to the windpipe, or trachea,
before it reaches the lungs?
a. It branches in two directions.
b. It branches in three directions.
c. It vibrates and creates sounds.
d. It closes up so that no oxygen can escape.
17.What is the respiratory system?
a. The body's breathing system
b. The body's system of nerves
c. The body's food-processing system
d. The body's blood-transporting system
18.What happens during breathing?
a.The chest rises, the diaphragm curves
upward, air rushes out. The chest moves
downward, the diaphragm flattens, air rushes
in.
b.The chest rises, the diaphragm curves
upward, air rushes in. the chest moves
downward, the diaphragm flattens, air rushes
out.
c.The chest rises, the diaphragm flattens, air
rushes out. The chest moves downward, the
diaphragm curves upward, air rushes in.
d.The chest rises, the diaphragm flattens, air
rushes in. the chest moves downward,
diaphragm curves upward, air rushes out.
19. Anything that moves quickly towards our face
may cause our eyes to blink.Which function of the
nervous system does this behavior refer to?
a.simple stimulus c.learned responses
b.reflex reactions d.short-term memory
20.In what way does the nervous system function
as a two- way communication system in the body?
a.The brain receives messages through sensory
nerves
and sends out messages through motor nerves.
b.It has brain that consists of two hemispheres: the
left and the right hemisphere.
c.The spinal cord contains bodies of nerve cells
where messages to the brain pass through.
21.Which part of the brain controls reflex actions
such as eye blinking?
a.Cerebrum
b.Cerebellum
c.Temporal Lobe
d.Medulla Oblongata/Brain Stem
22. Which of the following factors caused the
refrigerator to move fast?
a.The increased force exerted by the floor on the
refrigerator
b. The increased force exerted on the refrigerator.
c. the decreased weight of the refrigerator.
d.The decreased weight of the refrigerator.
d. The decreased force of gravity.
23. Which of the following best illustrates Newton’s
third law of motion: “Every action has an equal and
opposite reaction.”
a.A boy lines up blocks in a row.
b.A boy throws a ball as hard as he can.
c.A boy pushes a toy car and watches it roll.
d.A boy and his brother run into each other, and
both fall down.
24. A ball was dropped from three different heights
on the same wooden floor. Below is the result of the
experiment.
Trials Drop Bounce
height(cm) height(cm)
1 105 90
2 95 80
3 80 60
Which of the following factors affected the bounced
height of the ball?
a.Surface of the the floor
b.Weight and size of the ball
c.The manner the ball is dropped
d.Height at which the ball is dropped
 A. The two sheets of paper will reach the ground at
25. A stone is thrown upward.Its speed the same time.
decreases,stops and the stone falls B. Air resistance will make the spread paper to drop
downward.What force is acting on it? slowly.
a.Inertia b.Friction c.Gravityd.Air C. The spread paper will drop first.
9. What form of energy is found in running water? D. Both paper will be blown away by the wind.
a.Electrical
b.Chemical 31. What causes a rubber ball that rolls on a
c.Mechanical smooth floor to slow down and then stop?
d.Geothermal A. A force that started the ball rolling does not act
on the ball anymore.
26. A ball increases speed as it rolls down a hill. B. The wax and dirt that are collected on the ball
Why? make the ball stick to the floor.
a. Because of the pull of the Earth on the ball C. The friction between the ball and the floor
b.Because friction decreases as the ball moves prevents the ball to continue rolling.
down the hill D. The force that made the ball roll is not large
c.Because the mass of the ball doubles as it moves enough to make the ball continue to roll.
down the hill.
d. Because the ball losses kinetic energy as it goes 32. Which is the most distinct characteristics of
down the hill. Planet Jupiter?
a.It has a large spot.
27.A running motorcycle has more chance to slip b.It has a colorful ring.
on a wet road than on a dry road. c.It is the largest planet.
This happens because there is less________ d.It is the smallest planet.
a.heat released by the engine. 4. Which are distinct characteristics of Earth?
b.gravity that pulls the motorcycle.
c.friction between the tires and the road. 33. Which of the following factors greatly affect the
d.energy exerted by the driver on the motorcycle. climate of a place?
I. temperature
28.Why is it easier to push a cart barefooted than II. humidity
wearing a shoes in a cemented road?What caused III. rainfall
the difference? IV. cloudiness
a.Friction is greater between the wheels of the cart A. I and II C. I and IV
and the shoes. B. II and III D. I, II, II
b.Surface of the floor is smooth
c.Mass of the wheelbarrow and the load 34. People and other living things live here. They
d.Friction between the bare feet and the ground is build their houses, buildings and even do most of
greater than with shoes. their activities on this part of earth. Which is it?
A. crust
29.Every object and particle in the universe attracts b. core
e very other particle and object in the universe. c. mantle
What is this force called? D. Guttenberg discontinuity
A. centripetal force
B. centrifugal force 35. The elements___________________ are
C. gravitational attraction found in the core.
D. motional force
A. iron and nickel B. oxygen and
30.Two sheets of paper of the same size and mass air C.
are dropped at the same time from a height of two magnesium and iron D.magnesium and nickel
meters. What is likely to happen?
For Items 36 and 37, study the table on some
characteristic of four planets.
Characteristics of planets
Planet Moon Ring Ave.
Surface
temperature
(degee C)
Mercury Absent Absent 124.5 C
Mars Present Absent -68.5 C
Earth Present Absent -15 C
Saturn Present Present -178 C

36.Which Characteristics distinguish Mercury

from the other three planets?
I.Absence of moon
II.Presence of ring
III.Highest surface temperature

a.I and III

b.II and III
c.I and II
d.III only
37.From the table, which characteristic/s
distinguish/es Saturn from the other three
planets?
I.Absence of moon
II.Presence of ring
III.Lowest surface temperature
a.I only
b.I and II
c.II only
d.II and III

For item 38-40, identify each layer of the

earth. Write the correct on your paper.

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