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SCIENCE - 6
Achievement Test (Review)

Name: __________________________________ Date: _________________ Score: ______

Read each item carefully. Choose the best answer. Write the letter of your answer in the space before
each number.

____ 1. Which deals with the study of earthquake?

a. Meteorology b. Oceanography c. Seismology d. Volcanology

____ 2. Which measures the magnitude of an earthquake?

a. Rossi-Forel Scale c. Richter Scale

b. Mercalli Scale d. All of the above

____ 3. What is one way of classifying volcanoes?

a. according to their location

b. according to frequency of eruptions
c. according to the plate boundaries formed
d. none of these

____ 4. What distinguishes vertebrates from invertebrates?

a. presence of spinal cord c. presence of vertebral column

b. absence of the spinal cord d. both a and c

____ 5. Which animals have keratinized epidermal scales?

a. Amphibians b. Birds c. Mammals d. Reptiles

____ 6. Which contains the sperm cells of a flowering plant?

a. ovule b. pollen grain c. megaspores d. megasporangia

____ 7. What relationship exists between a tree frog and a tree?

a. Commensalism b. Competition c. Parasitism d. Predation

____ 8. How are you going to compute force?

a. add the mass and acceleration c. subtract the mass from acceleration
b. multiply the mass and acceleration d. none of these

____ 9. Who is the proponent of the Law of Universal Gravitation?

a. Aristotle c. Galileo Galilei

b. Sir Isaac Newton d. Albert Einstein

____ 10. Which can be separated by decantation?

a. salt water b. muddy water c. sugar solution d. water and sand

____ 11. The integumentary system prevents water loss through the ___________.

a. action of blood vessels

 b. keratinization of epidermal cells
c. presence of nerve receptors that detect stimuli
d. removal of water, salts, and other metabolic products

____ 12. Which bone is NOT correctly paired to the organ/s it protects?

a. skull – brain
b. vertebral column – spinal cord
c. rib cage – stomach, liver, intestine
d. pelvic bone – urinary bladder, internal reproductive organs

____ 13. Which is the correct pathway of the air we breathe in?

a. nose – esophagus – bronchi – lungs

b. nose – larynx – pharynx – bronchi – lungs
c. nose – pharynx – trachea – lungs – larynx – bronchi
d. nose – pharynx – larynx – trachea – bronchi – lungs

____ 14. How do dendrites function in the neurons?

a. They contain the cytoplasm and nucleus.

b. They carry nerve impulses toward the axon.
c. They carry nerve impulses toward the cell body.
d. They carry nerve impulses away from the cell body.

____ 15. Our stomach can partially digest food because of the ___________.

a. presence of an acidic substance

b. presence of an alkaline substance
c. presence of a substance known as acetic acid
d. presence of a substance with a pH greater than 7

____ 16. Which of the following describes a homogeneous mixture?

a. It has a single phase.

b. It has two or more phases.
c. It does not have a uniform composition.
d. It has particles that are not evenly distributed.

____ 17. When soil is added to water, a _________ is produced.

a. homogeneous compound c. homogeneous mixture

b. heterogeneous compound d. heterogeneous mixture

____ 18. Which exhibits the Tyndall effect?

a. coarse mixture b. colloid c. solution d. suspension

____ 19. Which mixture can be opaque or translucent?

a. alcohol b. muddy water c. salt water d. sugar solution

____ 20. Which is best to retrieve tiny iron nails mixed with sand?

a. decantation b. distillation c. filtration d. magnetic separation