PRE- TEST IN SCIENCE 5

Name: ______________________________________________________ Date:___________________

Grade and Section: ____________________________________________ Teacher: ________________

Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

___1. In what part of the house can you usually find these materials?

a. in the bathroom c. in the kitchen

b. In the bedroom d. in the living room

____2. Observe the pictures below, what materials are they made of?

a. Wood c. paper
b. plastic d. fiber

____3. How will you classify the household materials above?

a. according to their color c. according to their shape
b.according to their hardness d. according to their use

____4.Which solid material does not belong to the group?

a.Gold bracelet b. iron nail c .plastic spoon d. silver ring
____5.Metal is a substance. Why is it used for making machines?
a.Metal has many colors c. Metal is strong
b. Metal is shiny d. Metal is transparent
___6.Gold can be shaped into rings. What property does gold have?
a. brittleness c.hardness
b. elasticity d. malleability
___7.Rubber bands can be used to secure things tightly because they can be
stretched and can go back to their original shape. What property do rubber bands have?
c. elasticity c.softness
d. hardness d. strength
___8. Which of the following is the ability of the material to easily decompose?
a. Biodegradability c. Flammability
b. Combustibility d. Reactivity
___9. Which will catch fire easily?
a. Cloth b. Paper c. Wood d. Vegetable peelings
___10. Which material below has the property of being ductile?

a. b. c. d.

towel rubber bands Copper wire Paper clip

____11. Niña is fond of cleaning the toilet. What is the best way she can use to clean it?
A. Using soap detergent and water. C.Pouring baking soda.
B. Using muriatic acid. D. Pouring soft drinks on it.
____12. Aling Jessica is fond of buying air freshener. Which will be good for the environment and best
alternative to use?
A. peelings of calamansi C. mothballs
B. cologne D. detergent powder
____13. Chemical substances like fertilizers when not properly handled will ________.
a. Help plants grow c. Make the soil more fertile
b. Make the soil less fertile d. Pollute the soils
____14. Warning symbols is used to indicate that a material is harmful. Which of them
symbolizes that a material is poisonous?
 a. b. c. d.

____15.Why are metal useful?

a. They are hard and can be made into different shapes.
b. They can produce good sounds.
c. They can be broken easily
d. They can be thrown away easily.
____16. Which is not a harmful substance or material?
a. slice of pizza c. insecticides
b. chlorine d. old batteries
____17.When does a material considered useful?
a. If it has served its uses.
b. If it was put in a corner and wait for disposal
c. If it was located in a place seen by people
d. If it gives a person a reason to be happy
____18. Study the pictures below that show different activities. Which of them shows
harmful effects of materials?

a. c.

b. d.

_____19. Which of the following activities showed chemical change due to application of heat?
A. pancake making C. straightening of hair
B. cutting of wood D. rusting of nail
_____20. Which of the following results physical change in an object?
a. Burning a piece of paper.
b. Chewing a piece of bread
c. Cutting of wood into smaller pieces
d. Mixing paint with a thinner
_____21. What type of change does a material undergo if only the appearance changes and no
new material were formed?
a. Atmospheric change c. Chemical change
b. Biological change d. Physical change
_____22. Aling Maring burns leaves early in the morning in their backyard. Which of the
following is an indication that new material was formed when heat is applied on it?
A. ash B. fire C. heat D. smoke
_____23. Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?
a. Cutting a broken glass c. Cutting a piece of wood
b. cutting a paper into one-fourth d. Rusting of a steel wool
____24. When the matchstick burned, what will happen?
a. there was change in color, smell and substance. c. No change at all
b. It remains the same d. None of above
____25. Rusting chain is an example of _________________ change.
a. Physical c. Chemical
b. biological d. Atmospheric

____26. Which of these is an example of chemical change in material?

a. wood turn into charcoal
b. ice turn to water
____27. What evidence shows a chemical change?
a. formation of precipitate
b. formation of gas or smoke
c. matches in a box
d. crumpled paper on the table
c. formation of new substance
d. all of the above
____28.Which of the following will produce rust when it is wet?
a. A nail b. A glass c. a rubber band d. a plastic spoon
____29. What is one bad effect of chemical change to food?
a. The food might not be cooked.
b. The food might get less tasteful.
c. The food might get softer.
d. The food might be spoiled.
____30.In what ways does burning fuel affect the atmosphere?
a. It increases oxygen in the air.
b. It makes air pure.
c. It releases harmful chemicals in the air
d. It reduces carbon dioxide in the air.
_____31.A cup of soup is on the table. You observed that it has bubbles and a foul smell. What
would you infer?
a. The soup is newly cooked. c. The soup is spoiled.
b. The soup is sour d. The soup is tasty
_____32. It is a part of the air that surrounds us. It is used by the body to continue life.
It also has effects on different materials.
a. Carbon b. Helium c. Nitrogen d. Oxygen
_____33. People and animals use oxygen in respiration. As oxygen is inhaled, some materials
inside the body combine with it and undergoes_____________
a chemical reaction that gives off carbon dioxide, water and energy.
b. harmful substances to mixed with the air.
c. physical change to all the matter around it.
d.social changes to those living organism on the environment.
_____34. Matter could be changed chemically due to _________
a. Application of change c. cold resistance
b. Application of heat d. oxygen
_____35. What happens to trash after the garbage truck picks it up?
a. It goes to a river or a resource recovery facility
b. It goes to a landfill or a resource recovery facility
c. It goes to a landfill or in the river
d. It goes to the air
_____36.What is the proper way of disposing dry leaves, and vegetable peelings/
a. Throw on rivers banks. c. burn in backyards.
b. Put in a compost pit. d.Let children play on it.
_____37. Which describes a landfill?
a. A place where animals live and look for food.
b. An area where vendors displayed their materials to sell
c. Dumping sites where waste materials are covered with layers of soil to avoid
pollute the land.
d. An open area where biodegradable materials were put.
_____38. How can you properly dispose garbage that easily decomposes?
a. burn them c. recycle them
b. bury them d. throw them anywhere
_____39. Which of these garbage materials do not decompose?
a. falling leaves c. Plastics, glass, bottles left-over
b. Fruit peelings and food d. Used cooking oil

_____40. Which of the following is bad for the environment?

a. Littering b. Recycling c. Reducing d. Reusing
_____41. Plastic bottles, cups and bottle cups __________.
a. Can be made into a beautiful lantern product c. Both a and b
b. Can be used as recycled materials d. Cannot be recycled

_____42. Which of the following is recyclable material?

a. aluminum c. glass
b. cardboard d. all of the above
_____43. Which of these local materials can be recycled?
a. juice wrappers c. plastic bags
b. paper towels d. tissues
____44. Which of the following cannot be recycled?
a. paper c. organic waste
b. glass d. all of the above can be recycled
____45. Why it is important to recycle waste materials?
a. to improve the community
b. to make something new latest
c. to conserve raw materials and reduce the need to consume other
precious resources
____46. What does it mean to reduce?
a. Use something over and over again.
b. Use less of something, creating smaller amounts of waste.
c. Make something into something new.
d. Make something ugly into something beautiful
____47. Which of the following represents the three Rs?
a. Reduce - Reuse – Recycle b. Reduce - Rearrange - Recycle
c. Reduce - Respect – Recycle d. Reduce - Reconsider Respect
____48. In her class, Mrs. Padua told his students to reuse paper instead of throwing it in the
bin. How will they do it?
a. Give it to your classmate.
b. Make an origami.
c. Never mind the advice of your teacher.
d Use it as a scratch paper in computing mathematical equation.
____49. Mario is cleaning his room. He found lots of plastic bags. What do will he do with it?
A. Burned the plastic bag.
C. Throw them along with the other trash
B. Keep them for future use.
D. Bury it
____50. Dr. Gregorio De Chavez gave vaccines to pet dogs at Barangay Pooc Santa Rosa, Laguna
Which is the proper way to dispose the used syringe?
A. Burn them.
B. Throw those in a trash can.
C. Put it in an empty bottle of mineral water; label it with toxic material before
disposing.
D. Dispose it in an open field at the backyard

Prepared by:

NEIL E. DUGAY
T-III
Noted:

MARYGIL C. JOSON, PhD

ESP-I