SCIENCE 6 SUMMATIVE TEST

2ND QUARTER

Name: _____________________________________________ Section: __________________

I. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the blank.
______1. It provides the structural framework of the body and protects internal organs such as heart, lungs and brain.
a. skeletal system b. muscular system c. heart
d. bones skeleton is composed of the shoulder, pelvic girdle, backbone, skull, and rib cage.
______2. Which of the following bones protects the lungs?
a. clavicle b. ribs c. scapula d. sternum
______3. Which is not a function of the skeletal system?
a. It controls movement and balance of the body. b. It serves as the framework of the body.
c. It protects the internal organ of the body. d. It gives support to the body.
______4. In which part does digestion begin?
a. esophagus b. mouth c. anus d. intestine
______5. Which of the following statements best describes the skin?
a. the largest sense organ b. receives information about your environment
c. protects your body in any way d. all of the above
______6. Which one of the following is NOT a primary function of the integumentary system?
a. protection b. secretion c. reproduction d. sensation
______7. Which is affected when a person suffers from first degree burns?
a. epidermis b. excoriation c. dermis d. subcutaneous layer
______8. Where is food finally digested and absorbed?
a. small intestine b. esophagus c. large intestine d. mouth
______9. Which shows the correct order of food travelling through the digestive system after it is swallowed?
a. stomach, esophagus, large intestine, small intestine b. small intestine, large intestine, esophagus, stomach
c. esophagus, stomach, large intestine, small intestine d. esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine
______10. Which of the following statements best describes the function of the digestive system?
a. It releases acids and mixes food. b. It aids in absorption of nutrients from food.
c. It carries food from stomach to the intestine.
d. It breaks down food so that the body can absorb food nutrients.
______11. All given set of animals are classified in one vertebrate group, which is NOT?
I. gecko, snake, crocodile, iguana II. dolphin, cat, horse, sheep
III. ostrich, bat, penguin, duck IV. toad, newt, salamander, frog
A. I B. II C. III D. IV
______12. Goats, cats, dogs, and rabbits are mammals have characteristics that differ from other vertebrates. Which of
the following features does not describe a mammal?
A. Mammals have mammary glands. B. Mammals have scales and feathers.
C. Mammals have fur or hair. D. Mammals are warm-blooded animals.
______13. In what way do amphibians differ from reptiles?
A. Amphibians have backbones. B. Amphibians can live both on land and in water.
C. Amphibians can crawl. D. Amphibians are oviparous.
______14. Ostriches are classified as birds but cannot fly. Why?
A. They have thick feathers. B. They have heavy weight.
C. They are afraid of heights. D. They prefer to be in land.
______15. Some animals were taken from their natural habitat by hunters or people and were being sold in pet shops.
Which of these will you do in order to minimize these activities that endanger different species of animals?
A. Help the hunters to find a pet shop to sell their catch. C. Buy the animal being sold to be your pet.
B. Report illegal activity to a Forest Ranger or authority. D. Take care of the animal for a while and then sold it.
______16. The largest group of invertebrates is the arthropod group. What do all arthropods have in common?
A. They live on land and have an exoskeleton. B. They can fly and have jointed legs.
C. They have segmented bodies and jointed legs. D. They have skeleton and segmented bodies.
______17. Why do some mollusks have shells?
A. So they can live both on land and water. B. To make it easier to find food.
C. This as a reason why mollusks have shell. D. To protect their soft bodies.
______ 18. All of the following are hollow-bodied animals except
A. corals B. oyster C. jellyfish D. sea anemones
______19. All invertebrates are animals that
A. have hard shells B. have no backbone C. have hollow bodies D. live in the ocean
______20. Which of these groups of animals belong to echinoderms?
A. bees, butterfly and mantis B. sand dollar, starfish and sea urchins
C. earthworm, leeches and tapeworm D. spider, ticks and scorpion
______21. To what subgroup of arthropods do invertebrates with four pairs of legs belong?
A. echinoderms B. crustaceans C. arachnids D. insect
______22. They are characterized as marine animals with spiny endoskeleton. They have water vascular system, tube
feet and radial symmetry as adult. Which group of invertebrates is being described?
A. mollusks B. echinoderms C. cnidarians D. annelids
______23. They have no tissue, no organ, and most have no symmetry.
A. sponges B. echinoderms C. cnidarians D. annelids
______24. Which group of invertebrates is divided into segments with a ringed appearance?
A. sponges B. echinoderms C. cnidarians D. annelids
______25. Animals such as vertebrates and invertebrates have economic importance. They are sources of food,
medicine and scientific investigations. How will you show that you care and protect these animals in their environment?
A. We don’t need to strictly implement wildlife regulations. B. We must have them lived in our houses.
C. We have to establish reserve wildlife refuge areas where birds and animals may breed without being killed by
man. D. Hunting activities must be practiced
______26. Which group of organisms can be found in the mangrove ecosystem?
A. mussels, fish, corals B. worm, rat, fish
C. butterfly, snake, bird D. mangrove trees, fiddler crab, fish
______27. What are the things needed by plants to make their own food?
A. water, chemicals and oxygen B. oxygen and carbon dioxide
C. oxygen and chemicals D. carbon dioxide, soil and sunlight
______28. Which of the following describes a canopy of the rainforest?
A. composed of trees that are 130 to 180 feet tall
B. about 59 feet and consists of trunk of canopy, shrubs, small plants and trees
C. consists mostly of fungi, insects, worms and litter from taller trees
D. has slender trees from a dense platform of vegetation with 60 to 129 feet.
______29. What kind of interaction is shown when one organism kills another organism for food?
A. mutualism B. commensalism C. parasitism D. predation
______30. It is an environment where both living and non-living things exist and interact with one another.
A. ecology B. ecosystem C. community D. population
______31. One example of competition in tropical rainforest is when the shrubs and trees are growing together in one
area. What do they compete for?
A. sunlight and soil nutrients. B. oxygen and carbon dioxide.
C. chemicals and oxygen. D. water and chemicals.
______32. ___________________results from the interconnected food chains.
A. consumer B. producer C. food web D. biotic component
______33. Why is the relationship between the corals and the algae in the coral reefs considered mutualistic?
A. The corals benefit in the interaction and not the algae.
B. The corals receive oxygen from algae, the algae get protection from corals.
C. The corals receive oxygen from algae while the algae are harmed.
D. The corals and algae live together without harming each other.
______34. What kind of interaction is shown when animals like crabs and mollusks help break down plant litter in a
mangrove ecosystem through grazing?
A. competition B. commensalism C. parasitism D. mutualism
______35. Why is producer important in an ecosystem?
A. It is the source of food to the consumers. B. It is an organism that eats plants.
C. It breaks down organism into smaller particles. D. It is a series of feeding relationship.

II. Complete the sentences in the paragraph. Write your answers on the blank.
The ______________ is a part of the integumentary system which covers almost the entire body. Another part of it is
the ______ which is an accessory that is made up of layers of dead keratinocytes. Another accessory of the
integumentary system is the _____________ which is found at the end of the fingers and toes. The exocrine glands has 2
parts, these are the ___________ glands and the _______________ which produces the sweat and sebum respectively.

III. Match Column A with Column B. Write your answers on the blank.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
____41. Hair shaft A. The thickest layer of the skin
____42. Cuticle B. Produces the sebum or oily C. substance
____43. Dermis D. Seen above the scalp
____44. Nail Matrix E. Protects the nails from bacteria
____45. Sebaceous Gland F. The area where nails start to grow
IV. Write the correct classification of vertebrates as illustrated.