SUMMATIVE TEST in SCIENCE

NAME: _____________________________________________________ SCORE: _______________________

GRADE & SECTION: _________________________________________ DATE: _________________________

A. MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read the questions carefully. Write the letter of your answer on a separate paper.

1. Which is the best way to store harmful materials at home?

A. In a used, but clean jar
B. In the original container but safe place.
C. In a replacement container with an airtight lid.
D. All of these

2. Your Muslim friend visited your home. After some time, you decided to prepare food for lunch. What
food products are you going to serve?
A. any available food
B. dairy products
C. Halal certified food
D. meat products

3. Janna bought a cough syrup from the pharmacy. You noticed that the medicine is expired already.
What are you going to say to her?
A. Continue to take medicine.
B. Do not take the cough syrup.
C. Mix it with new medicine.
D. Scold the pharmacist for giving expired medicine.
4. How are body soap, shampoo and conditioner which are considered useful materials be of a
disadvantage to us?
A. Its chemical content can cause skin irritation.
B. Its chemical content enables us to clean our body.
C. Its chemical content may result to poisoning when ingested.
D. Its chemical content ensure safety while using it.

Study the table below for question no. 5.

A B C
sugar detergent shampoo
vinegar muriatic acid body soap
fish sauce floor wax baby powder
cooking oil disinfectant lotion
tomato sauce bleaching solution cologne
5. Which group of household materials should be used with care because of its toxicity?
A. Materials in group A only
B. Materials in group A and B
C. Materials in group B only
D. Materials in group C only
6. Your mother gave you chocolates as Christmas presents. You love sharing your food with your
younger sister who loves chocolates, but when you read the label, you noticed that some have food
allergen warning. Some of these contain peanuts, which can cause allergy to your sister. What will you
do?
A. She will not be given any chocolate because she has an allergy.
B. I will choose the one without peanuts and give it to her.
C. I will still give her the chocolates and ignore the effects.
D. I will go to the grocery store and buy candies for my sister.

7. Mang Kardo is a farmer. He used commercial pesticides in controlling pests in his rice field. Where
can he store this poisonous product?
A. at the kitchen sink
B. in a closed and secured cabinet
C. on top of the dining table
D. under the table

8. Muriatic acid has many commercial and home uses including household cleaning, pickling of steel
and leather processing. What is the possible disadvantage of using this material?
A. It can make your skin smoother.
B. It can cause skin disease.
C. It can remove pigments in the skin.
D. It can result to burning of skin.

9. Kuya Noel came home from work. Upon entering the gate, he disinfects his hands by using 70%
alcohol. However, Mother was carrying a lighted candle and about to approach him. What is the best
thing to do?
A. Bring more bottles of alcohol for Kuya Noel.
B. Let her continue to approach Kuya Noel with a lighted candle.
C. Mother may bring a kerosene lamp instead of a candle.
D. Tell Mother to put out the flame before going to the gate.

10. Insecticides is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces to prevent insects from
landing or climbing on that surface. The following are the harmful effects of using insecticides in human
and environment except one. Which one is it?

I. It may cause potential toxicity in the environment.

II. It can cause skin irritation, redness and burning sensation.
III. It prevents insect-borne diseases.
IV. It can cause chronic poisoning.

A. I only B. II only C. III only D. IV only

11. What material is needed to create fire for cooking but may create a disaster when we used without
care and supervision?
A. Acetone
B. Alcohol
C. Gas
D. Nitrogen

12. Technology do most of our work. It can be in a form of communication, transportation, and a lot
more. What does this statement prove? Technology is____________.
A. changing
B. harmful
C. useful
D. wasteful
13. How would you protect yourself from harmful effects of matter?
A. Don’t read the manual before using.
B. Know the proper use of the material.
C. Never mind the precautions.
D. Use it even without the supervision of adult.
14. Which of the following is an example of chemical change when heat is applied?
A. Burning of wood
B. Drying of clothes
C. Freezing of water
D. Melting ice cream
15. How is rust being formed?
A. reaction of iron to heat
B. reaction of iron to oxygen
C. reaction of iron to force
D. reaction of iron to gravity
16. What happens when a piece of paper is burned inside a tin can?
A. A new material is formed.
B. There are no changes.
C. Both physical and chemical changes happen.
D. It turns to ashes, and after a few minutes, it returns to its original form.
17. What happens to the ice cube and butter after heat is applied?
A. They melt, physical change happens.
B. They melt, chemical change happens.
C. Nothing happens to the materials.
D. All the materials dissolve in the air.
18. Which situation involves change due to the presence of oxygen?
A. burning a paper
B. melting of ice cream
C. digesting food
D. melting the sugar
19. Many families use wood as fuel in cooking food. What is the bad effect on the environment of this
activity?
A. deforestation
B. air pollution
C. land pollution
D. water pollution

20. After the family reunion, some of the leftover food smelled bad and changed in color. What
happen to the food?
A. The food got soft.
B. The food was fresh.
C. The food got less.
D. The food was spoiled.

21. Aling Maria is a banana cue vendor. One time, she asked her daughter to help her peel the banana.
It took them an hour to finish the task. She found out that all the peeled banana on the plastic tray
turned brown. What chemical change took place?
A. Oxidation
B. Combustion
C. Rusting
D. Sublimation
22. A group of children wants to show that materials undergo chemical change when exposed to
oxygen. Which of the following activity will you suggest?
A. Placing a piece of metal by the window for a week.
B. Coating empty cans of milk with black paint.
C. Covering a lighted candle with a glass jar.
D. Soaking eggplant cubes in water.
24. The absence of oxygen can cause physical and chemical changes in materials. What can you do
to keep the crunchiness of a fish cracker?
A. Soak it in water.
B. Keep it refrigerated.
C. Put it in a container with ice.
D. Keep it in a clean plastic bag and tie it tightly.
25. When water is boiled, you will observe that steam slowly rises into air. What change took place in
the water?
A. Combustion
B. Rusting
C. Evaporation
D. Condensation
26. The following are effects in the environment by the changes in matter. Which of these has a good
effect on the environment?
A. air pollution
B. composting
C. deforestation
D. water pollution
27. The following activities cause a change in matter. Which of these has a bad effect on the
environment?
A. slicing fruits
B. sewing clothes
C. peeling vegetables
D. breaking empty bottles of liquor
28. You like sandwiches but you ran out of spread. What will you do if you want to melt cheese?
A. Put it in the refrigerator.
B. Heat the cheese in a pan.
C. Cut the cheese into cubes.
D. Dip it in a water.
29. Some chocolate easily melts in your hands. Why does it happen?
A. Sweets easily melts.
B. Heat makes the chocolate sweeter.
C. The warmth of our hands causes that change.
D. Dark chocolates melt faster than the other type of chocolates.
30. Which natural phenomenon best illustrates a chemical change brought by heat?
A. Drying of ground after it rained.
B. Formation of clouds after water evaporated.
C. Occurrence of forest fire during hot, dry weather.
D. Melting of ice after the winter season ends.
31. Which materials cannot be reused?
A. aluminum cans
B. paint
C. paper
D. woods
32. Your mother decided to buy shampoo in a big plastic container instead of buying shampoo in
sachets. What 5R’s technique did she apply?
A. Recycling/ Recycle
B. Reducing/ Reduce
C. Recovering/ Recover
D. Repairing/ Repair

33. What 5R’s technique do you usually practice when you fix or restore broken toys and other worn-
out materials at home instead of throwing it away immediately?

A. Recycle
B. Repair
C. Reuse
D. Recover

34. Which of the following situations involves recycling?

A. Sean made a string notebook out of the unused pages of his old spiral notebook.
B. Denise would always place oil on the gears of her bicycle to prevent rusting.
C. Kent collected biodegradable waste materials then made a compost.
D. Kean made a bag out of his old worn-out pants.

35. You have a lot of small dresses in your cabinet. You have noticed that your playmate wears old
clothes. Is it right to share the clothes that you are not using to her?
A. Yes, instead of storing the dresses, they will become useful to her.
B. No, they are given by my parents.
C. Yes, because she is my friend.
D. No, I will burn them.