Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Cordillera Administrative Region
Division of Mountain Province

Pre-Assessment
Science 5
SY: 2022-2023

Direction: Select the letter of the correct answer and write on your answer sheet.
Read carefully the statement in each item.

1. Miss Myrna is a Kindergarten teacher. She used a tie wire to shape the
different letters of the alphabet in order to show to her pupils. What
property the tire wire possessed?
A. elasticity
B. flexibility
C. hardness
D. malleability
2. Why are most pots made of metal like aluminum and stainless steel?
A. Metals are shinny
B. Metals are expensive
C. Metals can be found every where
D. Metals are good conductors of heat
3. Which property is evident when crown caps or tanzan can be
hammered into sheets to make a doormat or improvised tambourine.
A. brittleness
B. elasticity
C. malleability
D. thermal conductivity
4. Muriatic acid, zonrox, chlorine are substances used in cleaning or stain
remover. When will these become harmful?
A. helps disinfect at home
B. use it without proper guidance
C. Keep it properly to a secure place 
 D. Use it with precautionary measures

5. What are you going to do with chemical substances that are left over
from using products such as insecticides, detergent, hair spray and
chlorine?
A. Water it into the plants
B.  Throw into the bodies of water 
C.  Leave it anywhere at home
D.  Dispose it properly where it is not reachable by children
6. Paper undergo changes because of the application of heat. What
happened to it after it is burned? The paper
becomes________________________________.
A. light and thin
B. hard
C. ashes
D. soft
7. Study the chart below.
Materials Appearance before it is Changes in Matter After
heated it was heated
butter hard The butter turned into
liquid.
ice cube hard The ice cube turned into liquid.
What condition helped in melting the ice cube faster?
A. temperature
B. stirring
C. hammering
D. freezing
8. One part of the female reproductive organ serves as a pathway of the
ova when it travels from the ovary to the uterus. Which one is it?
A. ovary
B. fallopian tube
C. uterus
D. cervix
9. It is the neck of the uterus that opens to the vagina and is the
passageway for menstrual flow. Which one is it?
A. ovary
B. fallopian tube
 C. uterus
D. cervix

10. At which stage of the uterine cycle does the menstrual phase occur?
A. days 1-5
B. days 1-4
C. days 7-9
D. days 14-28
11. Which of the following symptoms indicate that a woman is about to
ovulate?
A. decrease in basal body temperature
B. increase in basal body temperature
C. flattening cervical mucous
D. fattening of the body
12.Dog is an example of viviparous, why?
A. Because dog lays eggs
B. Because its embryo hatches from egg
C. Because its embryo develops inside the egg laid by the female
D. Because its embryo develops inside the female body until it is
born alive
13. Some fish undergo external fertilization of sex cells, how?
A. By releasing their sex cells in the air
B. By releasing their sex cells in the soil
C. By releasing their sex cells in the water
D. By releasing their sex cells to each other
14. What is the change in form and in appearance of animals from eggs to
adults?
A. Fertilization
B. Metamorphosis
C. Ovulation
D. Reproduction
15. If egg cell is fertilized inside the body of the female, it is called _________.
A. External fertilization
B. Internal fertilization
C. Ovulation
D. Reproduction
16. Butterflies, mosquitoes, and frogs are ___________ animals.
A. adult
B. oviparous
C. viviparous
D. zygote
17.This is the oval shaped part of a flower that contains pollen and is usually
on the filament. Which one is it?
A. anther
B. sepal
C. stamen
D. stigma
18. What is the function of the stamen?
A. Produce pollen for pollinators
B. Collect and germinate pollen
C. Hold and mature eggs
D. Provide support for the anther
19. What are organisms which break down the dead organisms?
A. consumers
B. decomposers
C. producers
D. organism
20. What causes objects to move?
a) Earth
b) force
c) point of reference
d) tools
21. What is the best reason why the most appropriate circuit for homes is
the parallel circuit?
A. Current drawn is less
B. It is brighter.
C. Total resistance is less than the least resistance
D. Each light and electrical device has its own path of electricity that
even if you turn off one of them, the others will still function.
22. Materials that are nonconductors or do not allow heat and
electricity to pass through them are called insulators. Which one is it?
A. rubber
 B. paper
C. wood
D. oil

23. It is the process by which rocks are broken down into small pieces.
A. oxidation
B. chemical weathering
C. mechanical weathering
D. weathering
24. What kind of magnet is an electromagnet?
A. permanent
B. temporary
C. semi-permanent
D. permanent and temporary
25. Which of these increase the strength of electromagnets?
A. Turning the current off
B. Increasing the number of loops
C. Decreasing the number of loops of wire around the iron core
D. Increasing the iron
26.Why is plant cover such as grass important?
A. It grows easily.
B. It holds soil in place.
C. It makes the place green.
D. You don’t need to plant it
27. Some animals like rabbits and moles dig up soil for shelter or to find
food. How does this activity contribute to the breaking of rocks?
A. The digging or burrowing of animals breaks the rocks into smaller
pieces
B. The food that these animals bring underground causes the breaking of
rocks.
C. Small rocks that will be exposed to sunlight will be broken into smaller
pieces
 D. Animals will enjoy staying in the dug holes and cause the rising of
temperature inside that will breaking of rock into smaller pieces
28.Which of the following practices involve the planting of crops on terraces
or steps built on the slope of a mountainside?
A. Contour Plowing
B. Crop rotation
C. Rip Rapping
D. Terracing

29. Which diagram below BEST represents the position of the Sun, the Moon,
and Earth when there is a full moon?

30. Miko watched the Moon from her bedroom window for one week. She
noticed that, at first, it was round and fully lit. At the end of the week, the
Moon was lit on the left side and looked like it had been cut in half. What
apparent shapes or phase of the moon is it?
A. new moon
B. full moon
C. Last quarter
D. First quarter

Answer Key Science 5

1. A 26. B
2. D 27. C
3. C 28. D
4. B 29. B
5. D 30. C
6. C 31. B
7. A 32. C
8. B 33. B
9. D 34. B
10. D 35. A
11. B
12. D
13. D
14. B
15. B
16. B
17. B
18. C
19. B
20. B
21. D
22. C
23. D
24. A
25. C