Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of San Jose City

Unified Learning Assessment Tool in

Science 4
Quarter 2 Week: 3 & 4
Name: _________________________ Score:___________________
Section:________________________ Date: ___________________
I. Content Standard (25 pts.)
A. Direction: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on
the blank provided.
_____ 1. Which group of animals is found on water?
a. tadpole, grasshopper, bee c. horse, goat, monkey
b. dolphin, carabao, hawk d. fish, squid, crab
_____ 2. How are frogs, snakes, and grasshoppers protected from their prey?
a. They “play dead”.
b. They blend color with their environment.
c. They mimic the shape, smell, and sound of their prey.
d. They secrete a poisonous substance
_____ 3. Birds and fowls differ in beaks and bills. Why?
a. due to birth c. depending on the food they eat
b. depending on their size d. depending on their feathers
_____ 4. The ______ prevents the fast evaporation of water from the snake’s body.
a. scales b. shell c. beak d. dry scales
_____ 5. How does an ostrich protect itself from enemies?
a. It runs fast. c. It flies.
b. It hides itself under the shell. d. It has horns for fighting
_____ 6. If shrimp and lobsters are covered with outside skeleton or
exoskeleton, clams and mussels’ body were covered with________.
a. tail b. wings c. shells d. scales
_____ 7. It is the specialized structure that helps succulent plants respond to and
survive in a dry soil for a long period of time.
a. It has sticky stem c. It has fine hair
b. It has sharp pointed leaves d. It has thick fleshy stem
_____ 8. Jerome wants to plant something in the pond. What plant should he
choose?
a. banana b. water hyacinth c. papaya d. orchids
_____ 9. Juan caught an organism in the shore. It was covered with a shell and
walks with muscular foot and use its valves to get food. What is it?
a. octopus b. fish c. clam d. shrimp
_____10. What characteristics make the water hyacinth float on water?
a. light weight of the plant c. spreading, feathery root system
b. bulbous system filled with air d. light rounded waxy leaves
 B. TRUE OR FALSE (15pts.) Read each sentence carefully. Write TRUE if it is
correct and FALSE if not.
_______________1. Terrestrial animals are the animals that live mostly on land.
_______________2. Adaptation is the body structure or behaviour of animals to
survive in its habitat.
_______________3. Land animals breathe through their gills.
_______________4. Lizards, frogs, and chameleons use their sticky tongue to get
food.
_______________5. Animals with big flat teeth are meat eaters.
_______________6. If animals are removed from their natural habitat they will die.
_______________7. Mimicry is the protective coloration in animals which allows
them to blend with their surroundings.
_______________8. Eagles live in high places because of their wings.
_______________9. All birds can fly high.
______________10. Plants that grow on plants are called macrophytes.
______________11. Butterflies feed on nectar using their sucking tubes called
proboscis.
______________12. The waxy stem and leaves of the plant is the protective
structure that prevents damage of the inner part of plant.
______________13. Some plants such as cacti and other plants in the desert can
grow in dry soil for a long period of time because of its thorn.
______________14. Benedick Jerome went in his friend’s garden. This garden was
full of flowering plants. He wonders why rose and bougainvillea
plants were not planted inside the fence. The plant has its
protective covering called sharp leaves blades.
______________15. Water lily floats because of its flat and broad leaves.

II. Performance Standard (15 pts.)

POSTER MAKING (short coupon bond)
Direction: As a Grade 4 learner, what can you do to support the advocacy on
protecting the plants and animals in the environment? Design poster that
show/spread Environmental Awareness. Construct a short tagline under your
drawing. Refer to the rubric below as your guide.
RUBRIC
Criteria 15-13 12-10 9-7 4-6 1-3
Content Shows clear Shows clear Shows little Hardly shows Did not
and good and fair understanding an understan
understanding understanding of the concept understanding d the
of concept. of concept. of concept. concept.
Creativity Quality of Quality of work Quality of Quality of work Quality of
work is is fair, used work is poor, is very poor, work is not
competent, fair used little used almost no evident.
used some imagination. imagination. imagination.
imagination.