Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III-Central Luzon
Schools Division of Bulacan
DISTRICT OF DOŇA REMEDIOS TRINIDAD
Pulong Sampaloc, Dona Remedios Trinidad

SCIENCE QUIZ BEE QUESTIONNAIRE FOR GRADE 5

EASY

1. What do we call the change in matter that results in the formation of new
chemical substance?
A. Physical Change
B. Chemical Change
C. Mechanical Change
D. Technical Change

Answer: B
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 36

2. What is the male external organ covered with foreskin that may be
removed through circumcision?
A. Testes
B. Scrotum
C. Semen
D. Penis

Answer: D
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 41

3. What takes place when sexcells from two parent animals unite to form a
new animal?
A. Sexual Reproduction
B. Asexual Reproduction
C. Self-Pollination
D. Vegetative Propagation
 Answer: A
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 61

4. Which of the following is NOT a state of matter?

a. solid c. liquid
b. gas d. mass

ANSWER: D
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 2, K-12 (1st qtr.)

5. What part of the female reproductive system produces egg?

a. oviduct c. ovary
b. uterus d. vagina

ANSWER: C
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 45, K-12 (2nd qtr.)

6. Burning a match is an example of a _____________.

a. chemical change c. physical property
b. physical change d. chemical property

ANSWER: A
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 23, K-12 (1st qtr.)

7. Which phase of menstrual cycle release the mature egg into the fallopian
tube?

a. menstruation phase

b. follicular phase

c. ovulation phase

d. luteal phase

ANSWER: c

REFERENCE: Science 5 Learners Material Quarter 2 p. 15

8. It is the scalar measurement of a length or interval between two points

and is measured by considering the complete path that a body takes to get
from one point to another.

a. distance

b. time

c. motion
 d. speed

ANSWER: a

REFERENCE: Science 5 Learners Material Quarter 3 p. 6

9. Which reproductive parts of a male butterfly that carries sperm from the
vas deferens and secretions from the accessory gland to the aedeagus?

a. testes

b. vas deferens

c. accessory glands

d. ejaculatory duct

ANSWER: d

REFERENCE: Science 5 Learners Material Quarter 2 p. 28

10.In an mrf, collected garbage is segre6gated in order to recover

recyclables and biodegradable materials that can be used as
compost ingredients. What does mrf stand for?

A. Materials recovery facility c. Matter recycling facility

B. Marine recovery facility d. Machine repair facility

Reference: science beyond borders p. 12)

11.the characteristic of a matter that can be readily observed without

changing its composition is known as _________________.
A. Chemical property c. Ecological property

B. Physical property d. Social property

Reference: science beyond borders p. 19)

12.________________ takes place when a sperm cell unites with the

egg cell.

A. Sexual reproduction c. Sex cells

B. Gamete d. Fertilization
Reference: SCIENCE BEYOND BORDERS P. 61)
13.Which of the following is not an egg-laying animal?
a. Frog c. chicken
b. Snake d. monkey

Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.68

Answer: D

14.Which of the following is an example of flower?

a. Gumamela c. narra
b. Oregano d. kataka-taka
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.79
Answer: A

15.What do you call the source of energy for the whole ecosystem?
a. Water b. sun c. fire d. air

Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.95

Answer: B

16.Which are breaking down the dead organisms and their wastes?
a. Consumers c. herbivores
b. Decomposers d. producers

Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.95

Answer: D

17.What is the standard unit used for distance or length?

a. Meter c. ruler
b. meterstick d. tape measure

Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.113

Answer: A

18.what do you call the animals that dig deeper that causes rock into
pieces?
a. Borrowing animals c. brewing animals
b. Burrowing animals d. browing animals

Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.156

Answer: B

19.What is the meaning of ITCZ?

a. Intertropical converted zone
b. Intartropival converging zone
c. Intertropical convergence zone
d. Intertropival converted zone
 Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.175
Answer: C

20.What do you call a cyclone formed over tropics?

a. Tropics c. tropical cyclone
b. Cyclonic d. convection
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.176
Answer: C

21.How many are the phases of the moon?

a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 8
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.193
Answer: B

22. Which is an example of natural satellite?

a. Earth c. moon
b. Meteor d. sun
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.201
Answer: C

23. What female sex hormone is released by the ovaries?

a. progesterone
b. testosterone
c. estrogen
d. both a and c
Answer: D
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 45
24. Reproduction in animals is best described as the:
a. process of breaking down food into smaller units
b. process of producing its own kind
c. process of incubating eggs to help them hatch
d. changes that happen to an animal as it grows
Answer: B
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 60-65
25. What causes the changing salinity of water in estuaries?
a. the kinds of rocks found in the estuary
b. the continuous flow of fresh and saltwater
c. the hotness and coldness of water
 d. the amount of sunlight
Answer: D
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 84-86

26. Which of the following weather disturbance has the strongest wind
near the center

a. depression
b. storm
c. monsoon
d. typhoon

Answer : D. typhoon
Reference : Science in Quarter 4 p.48
AVERAGE

1. The following plants can grow from cuttings except ____________.

a. Rose c. gumamela
b. Sugar cane d. lotus
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.79
Answer: D

2. Which of the following is the huge ecosystem?

a. Earth b. ocean c. forest d. continent
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.95
Answer: A

3. Which is the other term for producers?

a. Autotrophs c.habitats
b. Green plants d. photosynthesis
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.105
Answer: A

4. It refers to the volume or sound pressure produced by the vibrations

of objects.
a. Pitch c. quality
b. Loudness d. sound
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.127
Answer: B

5. How does a crane can lift heavy objects?

a. Through conductor c. through electromagnet
b. Through electricity d. through magnet only
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.149
Answer: C

6. This is the effect of blasting of rocks and soil particles.

a. Digging b. flood c. soil erosion d. tsunami
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.160
Answer: C
 7. The process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces is called
_________________.
a. Constructing c. mining
b. Sedimenting d. weathering
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.173
Answer: D

8. What do you call the rising of the warm air and sinking of the cold air?
a. Convergence c. convertion
b. Convection d. conservation
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.190
Answer: B
9. These are assumptions without scientific bases.
a. Superstitious belief c. traditions
b. Super power d. transitions

Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.201

Answer: A

10. What is the name of the largest known star with a diameter of
1, 975, 000, 000 kilometers?
a. Sun c. VY Canis Major
b. Ursa Minor d. Vega
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.203
Answer: C

11. What do we call plants that are tolerant to salt-water such as

mangroves?
A. Coral Reefs
B. Marshes
C. Algae
D. Halophytes

Answer: D
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 91

12. What do we call the change in position of an object with respect to a

reference point?
A. Distance
B. Motion
C. Meter
D. Measurement

Answer: B
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 109

13. What is being referred to when light strikes a black surface, is

absorbed by the surface and nothing is reflected?
A. Reflection
 B. Absorption
C. Transmission
D. Refraction

Answer: B
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 120

14. Which structure is considered the male reproductive part of a flowering

plant?
a. sepal c. stamen
b. petal d. ovary

ANSWER: C
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 73, K-12 (2nd qtr.)

15. It is a device which open and closes a circuit.

a. switch c. dry cell
b. fuse d. metal

ANSWER: A
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 140, K-12 (3rd qtr.)

16. The process involved in the breaking of rock boulders into pieces
a. deposition c. sedimentation
b. erosion d. weathering

ANSWER: D
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 154, K-12 (4th qtr.)

17. Estuaries and ____________ serve as habitat for many animals like
birds and fishes.

a. ecosystem

b. intertidal zones

c. biotic

d. water

ANSWER: b

REFERENCE: Science 5 Learners Material Quarter 2 p. 81

18. When the moon is in between quarter moon and the full moon , the
moon is called ___________.

a. new moon

b. full moon
 c. crescent

d. gibbous

ANSWER: d

REFERENCE: Science Beyond Borders V p. 193

19. Plants found in salt marshes are sea grasses and other plants that are
tolerant of salt water . Salt tolerant plants are called _____________.

a. mud flats

b. rocky shore

c. halophytes

d. salt marsh

ANSWER: c

REFERENCE: Science Beyond Borders V p. 91

20. These are the areas of estuaries which part of the subtidal zone
where biodiversity is rich.

Coral reefs

Reference: science beyond borders p.91 )

21. These are animals and humans that eat both plants and
animals.

Omnivores

Reference: science beyond borders p. 95)

22. It is a fixed place or an object used to determine the position of

an object

Reference point

Reference: science beyond borders p.109)

23. A series of organisms that feed on each other.

 a. food web
b. food chain
c. consumers
d. carnivores
Answer: B
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 96
24. The __________ is the world standard for measurement.
a. time on distance
b. meter stick
c. metric system
d. measurement
Answer: C
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 113
25. It is materials that allow electricity and heat to flow freely.
a. metals
b. conductors
c. coppers
d. insulators
Answer: B
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 136
DIFFICULT
1. The following are the 3 ways of asexual reproduction except
________________.
a. Cutting c. grafting
b. Drawing d. layering
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.82
Answer: B

2. What causes the changing salinity of water in estuaries?

a. Amount of sunlight
b. Hotness and coldness of water
c. Continuous flow of fresh and saltwater
d. Kinds of rocks found in the estuary
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.86
Answer: C

3. What is the purpose of trees in lessening soil erosion?

a. Green color c.producer
b. Shelter d. windbreak
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.168
Answer: D

4. It is the uppermost layer of the forest that acts like an umbrella.

a. Forest floor c. forest fire
b. Forest canopy d. forest mosses
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.170
Answer: B

5. These are poisonous eroded from mining sites. What are these?
a. Miners c. mining sites
b. Mining equipment d. mine tailings
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.173
Answer: D

6. Who discovered 88 known constellations?

a. Ancient philosophers c. ancient European
b. Ancient Egyptians d. ancient Greeks
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.209
 Answer: D

7. In what particular category does a star measure its brightness?

a. Apparent diameter c. apparent size
b. Apparent magnitude d. apparent distance
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.213
Answer: B

8. An imaginary belt or path in the heavens that includes the pattern of

planets.
a. Asterisms c. star
b. Constellation d. zodiac
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.210
Answer: D

9. It aggravate the effects of soil erosion in the environment.

a. Human activities c. vegetation
b. Natural calamities d. weathering
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.164
Answer: A

10. How does electricity flows into appliances?

a. There must be an electricity and magnet
b. There must be an electricity and conductors
c. There must be an electricity and battery
d. There must be an electricity and complete path for the electricity to
flow
Reference: Science Beyond Borders p.140
Answer: D

11. What effect does the different amount of light reflected on the moon
from the sun as it revolves around the Earth?
A. Changes in Tides
B. Good harvest in crops.
C. Different phases of the moon.
D. Superstitious Beliefs.

Answer: C
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 193

12. What is the process by which humans extract stones from the
mountains for construction purposes?
A. Sedimentation
B. Weathering
C. Burrowing
D. Quarrying
 Answer: D
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 160

13. What do we call the prevailing warm and humid winds that blows from
the Southwest?
A. Northeast Monsoon
B. Southwest Monsoon
C. Low Pressure Area
D. Tropical Depression

Answer: B
Reference: Science: Beyond Borders page 190

14. Why is it important to protect the estuaries and intertidal environment?

a. It provides places for habitat of valuable species of plants and animals.
b. It attracts tourists.
c. It gives people work to do.
d. It is a mandate to give importance from the town mayor.

ANSWER: A
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 85, K-12 (2nd qtr.)

15. Materials that can allow electric current to pass through are considered
as_______.
a. conductors c. circuit
b. insulators d. electromagnet

ANSWER: A
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 135, K-12 (3rd qtr.)

16. 3. If Storm Signal No. 4 is raised, the speed of the wind is at least:
a. 85 kph c. 120 kph
b. 100 kph d. 186 kph

ANSWER: D
Ref: Grade 5 Science LM, page 182, K-12 (4th qtr.)

17. Give 5 ways to control soil erosion.

a. contour plowing, strip cropping, terracing, crop rotation, rip rapping

b. contour plowing, strip cropping, terracing, natural vegetation, wind

c. contour plowing, strip cropping, terracing, natural vegetation,

canopy

d. contour plowing, strip cropping, terracing, natural vegetation,soil

and rocks
 ANSWER: a

REFERENCE: Science Beyond Borders V p. 169

18. Both intertidal zones and estuaries provide habitats for many
organisms. These habitats have a lot of abiotic factors that affect the
organisms. What are these factors?

a. waves, salinity, temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of water

b. waves, salinity, temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of salt

c. waves, salinity, temperature, amount of sunlight, types of soil

d. waves, salinity, temperature, amount of sunlight, types of rocks

ANSWER: c

REFERENCE: Science Beyond Borders V p. 86

19. What are the 4 main phases of menstrual cycle?

a. menstrual phase, follicular phase, ovulation phase, luteal phase

b. menstrual phase, follicular phase, ovulation phase, menopause

c. menstrual phase, follicular phase, ovulation phase, reproduction

phase

d. menstrual phase, follicular phase, ovulation phase, uterus phase

ANSWER: a

REFERENCE: Science 5 Learners Material Quarter 2 p. 11-12

20.Enumerate some hygenic practices for boys when undergoing

puberty.

- Always wash your external reproductive organ with mild

soap and water when taking a bath.
- Do not borrow underwear from anybody
- Always change your underwear daily or as often as needed.
- Always wear clean underwear.
- Consult a doctor when you have problems with your
reproductive organs.

Reference: science beyond borders p. 56)

 21.Explain the role of producers in the food chain.

- Producers make their own food by converting the energy

from the sun into chemical energy.they provide energy and
nutrients to other ogranisms.

Reference: science beyond borders p. 95)

22.Enumerate some changes that girls undergo

- Breasts start to grow bigger

- Hips become rounded and wider
- Pubic hair starts to appear
- Reproductive organs develop
- Growth spurts
- Girls starts having menstrual flow

Reference: science beyond borders p. 51)

23. It is an important process that helps shape the Earth’s surface.
a. Mechanical Weathering
b. Weathering
c. Chemical Weathering
d. both a and b
Answer: B
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 155-156
24. It is a way of controlling soil erosion by building ripraps or chunks of
stones or rock arranged on the edge of a slope.
a. terracing
b. strip cropping
c. riprapping
d. contour plowing
Answer: C
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 169
25. It is the relationship between biotic and abiotic factors.
a. community
b. ecosystem
c. nature
d. intertidal zone
Answer: B
Reference: Science Beyond Borders; pg. 84