SCIENCE 6: SUMMATIVE TEST

QUARTER 1- MELC 1/2

MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each question carefully. Shade the letter of the best answer in your
answer sheet.

1. Which type of mixture is formed when one D. amount of mixture

substance is dissolved in another substance?
A. colloid C. solution
B. solid D. suspension

2. Which type of mixture exhibits both

properties of liquid and solid? Its particles do not
settle but remain dispersed throughout the
medium.

A. colloid C. solution
B. solid D. suspension

3. Carlo mixed soy sauce and vinegar

and created a mixture that has a uniform
appearance all throughout. He also noticed
that the components are not recognizable
and are evenly mixed. Which type of
mixture was he able to create?

A. heterogeneous
B. homogeneous
C. solid in liquid
D. s olid in gas

4. Aling Maria cooked pinakbet for

dinner. Her daughter noticed that the
mixture has components that do not blend
all throughout and is consist of visibly
different substances or phases. Which type
of mixture is pinakbet?

A. heterogeneous
B. homogeneous
C. solid in liquid
D. solid in gas

5. A gram of salt can be dissolved in

100ml of water. What factor affect the
solubility?
A. amount of solute
B. temperature of solvent
C. size of solute
D. manner of stirring

6. What is needed to make a solution?

This is the substance that gets dissolved.
A. solvent C. matter
B. solute D. suspension

7. Which of the following does NOT affect

the solubility of solid solutes?
A. volume of solvent
B. temperature
C. stirring
 8. A greater amount of sugar will dissolve in
warm water than in cold water. What is the
factor affecting the solubility?
A. temperature of solvent
B. amount of solute
C. nature of solute
D. manner of stirring

9. What type of mixture is salt water?

A. colloid
B. heterogeneous
C. solution
D. suspension

10. What can you infer when you try to mix

salt and oil?
A. The oil and the salt mix well together.
B. The salt can dissolve a little bit of the oil.
C. The salt sinks into the bottom of
the mixture.
D. The oil instantly dissolves the salt in
the mixture.

11. This method is a technique used in

separating a less dense substance from a
denser one.
A. evaporation C. decantation
B. picking D. all of the above

12. Which one of the following techniques

would best be used to separate pancit canton
noodles and hot water?
A. filtration C. distillation
B. decanting D. chromatography

13. Your mother asked you to cook dried fish for

lunch and you accidentally mixed the oil with
water. What method will you use to separate the
mixture?
A. decantation C. evaporation
B. magnetism D. filtering

14.How can decantation method be useful

to everyday life?
A. it helps us to become more productive
B. it gives us satisfaction to our everyday living
C. it just an ordinary technique
D. it helps us to make our everyday living
more efficient and easier

15. What method is used to obtain salt from

sea water?
A. filtering C. decantation
B. evaporation D. sedimentation
16. Which of the following examples 23. A student is asked to design a method to
undergo evaporation process? separate a mixture of sand and pebbles.
A. a pail of water under the heat of the sun What is the best technique to be used?
B. brushing your teeth after meal
C. ironing clothes every weekend A. magnetic sorting C. decantation
D. listening to the radio B. hand sorting D. sieving
17. Lester had noticed that the amount of water in a 24. Your mother wants to make some hotcakes. But
container with a plant becomes less as the days goes she finds some impurities and coarse
by. What do you think is the reason of the decreasing materials in the flour particles. What should you do to
amount of water in a container? remove separate the materials?
A. winnowing C. hand picking
A. Some insects sipped the water. B. filtration D. sieving
B. Water in the container was not changed.
C. Water evaporated because of heat. 25. What do you call a separation technique where
D. The plant has a stem. the components of a solid-solid mixture have different
sizes?
18. While boiling water in a kettle, Gwayne noticed A. hand picking
that there is a smoke coming from the spout of a
B. sieving
kettle. She asked her mother, why did the smoke rise
C. filtration
upward? What do you think will be the mother’s
answer? It is - - - D. magnetic separation

A. because the water reached its boiling point 26. Four mixtures are given below:
B. because the water reached its cooling point (i) sand and gravel
C. because the water is heated and became water (ii) rice and pebbles
vapor. (iii) cornflakes and flour
D. because the water is freezing (iv) kidney beans and green beans

19. It is a mixture that involves using a strainer or a Which of these can be separated by the method of
big screen to separate the components of solid sieving?
mixtures. A. (i) and (ii)
A. evaporation C. filtration B. (ii) and (iii)
B. sieving D. magnetism C. (i) and (iii)
D. (iii) and (iv)
20. What do you think will happen if the workers will
not sieve the sand and gravel before mixing the 27. Which of the following objects can be separated
cement to make hollow blocks? by using a magnet?
A. chalk powder C. rubber
A. The owner of the building will save money for B. paper D. hair pin
materials.
B. The mixture will produce strong filling for hollow 28. The following mixture of materials can be
blocks. separated by a magnet, EXCEPT:
C. The mixture will produce weak filling for hollow A. flour and paper clips
blocks. B. water and flour
D. The mixture is fit to make a fine finish for the walls. C. pins and sand
D. talc powder and needle
21.In a coffee machine, the ground coffee is
separated from the coffee solution. Which of 29. How will you separate mixture of staple wire and
the following will be used in this situation? chalk powder?
A. by decantation
A. evaporating dish C. sandpaper B. by winnowing
B. filter paper D. sifter C. by using a magnet
D. by evaporation
22. Which of the statements best describes the
filtration of muddy water? 30. Mrs. Ruiz’s needle was mixed with bits of paper.
How will she separate the needle safely from the bits
A. Water passes while mud is retained on filter paper. of paper?
B. The water and mud passes through filter paper. A. by decantation
C. Water is retained on filter paper. B. by winnowing
D. Mud is retained on filter paper. C. by using a magnet
D. by evaporation
 G6 ST Q1 Answer Key
OBJECTIVE 1 OBJECTIVE 2 OBJECTIVE 3 OBJECTIVE 4 OBJECTIVE 5 OBJECTIVE 6

1. C 6. A 11. C 15. B 19. B 23. D 27. D

2. D 7. D 12. B 16. A 20.C 24. D 28. B
3. B 8. A 13. A 17. C 21. B 25. B 29. C
4. A 9. C 14. D 18. C 22. A 26. C 30. C
5. A 10. C
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
Talomo A District

SCIENCE 6: SUMMATIVE TEST

QUARTER 1- MELC 1 & 2

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Learning Competency Item ITEM PLACEMENT UNDER EACH COGNITIVE DOMAIN Number
and Objectives Number Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating of Items

1. Describe the 1-10 1,2 3,4 5,6 7,8 9 10 10

appearance and uses of
homogeneous and
heterogenous mixtures
2. Describe techniques 11-14 11,13 12 14 4
in separating mixtures-
decantation
3. Describe techniques 15-18 15 16 17,18 4
in separating mixtures -
evaporation
4. Describe techniques 19-22 21 19,20 22 4
in separating mixtures -
filtering
5. Describe techniques 23-26 25 24 23 4
in separating mixtures -
sieving
6. Describe techniques 27-30 26 27,28 29 30 4
in separating mixtures -
using magnet
TOTAL 30

Prepared by:
CINDY MARY S. RUIZ
San Lorenzo ES