FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE IV

Name: ________________________________________________________ Score: ____________

Grade/Section: _______________________________ Date: _____________

Directions: Choose the letter of your answer and write it on the space provided before each number.

___ 1. Which activity is NOT BENEFICIAL to one’s environment?

A. Vanjo kicks the garbage he saw in the street.
B. Vangie prepares trash cans to put their waste.
C. Valerie uses the decaying materials as fertilizer to her plants.
D. Vic recycles the plastic cups and makes an improvised anemometer.

___ 2. Who among the following children shows proper waste disposal that useful to the environment?
A. Jane burns her crumpled paper.
B. Jay throws empty cans in their backyard.
C. Joy throws the dried leaves under the trees.
D. Jack throws his banana peelings in their front yard.

___ 3. Basya will have a birthday party on Sunday. What is the best preparation she can do that will beneficial to the
environment? \
A. Pack the food in styrofoam.
B. Prepare plates that can be washed after use.
C. Use straws in drinking beverages.
D. Use disposable plates

___ 4. It is a change in material that is beneficial to one’s environment.

A. Burning wastes.
B. Cleaning the playground.
C. Emitting smoke from factories.
D. Belching smoke from vehicles.

___ 5. Which of the following activities is useful to the environment?

A. Throwing garbage in the sea.
B. Using net with small holes in fishing.
C. Selling old newspapers in the junk shop.
D. Burning old slipper made of rubber to start a fire.

___ 6. Who among them DOES NOT SHOW good practice at home?
A. Aling Sita uses small can as water dipper.
B. Mang Bruno cuts down trees using his chainsaw.
C. Aling Inday uses plastic bottles as her flower vase.
D. Mang Undo uses old cloth as diaper for their baby.

___ 7. The following changes in the materials are useful to the environment, EXCEPT ONE.
A. Using pesticides in killing insects.
B. Using old wrapper in wrapping gifts.
C. Using eco bag when buying groceries.
D. Using both sides of bond paper when writing.

___ 8. Identify the change in the materials which is useful to the environment. Wildren and Nino get bamboos to
______________.
A. burn
B. play with it
C. make “kalakat”
D. throw in the river

____ 9. All of the activities are beneficial to the surroundings EXCEPT

A. Josef his new pad paper as scratch.

B. Kristine fixed the flip flop of her slipper in order to use it again
C. Kennah prefers to buy shampoo in tubes rather than in sachets.
D. Eman makes a toy car made of wood instead of buying new one.

____ 10. Which statement is correct about the useful effects of materials to the environment?
A. The old tire becomes useful if you recycle.
B. The empty cans can be useful if you throw it.
C. The decayed materials are harmful if you put it in the compost pit.
D. The vegetable peelings become harmful if they are made into fertilizers.

Directions: Read and write the correct letter of the answer on the following questions.

_____11. Every start of the school year, the teacher will distribute the books to the learners. She advised the pupils to
cover the book in order for it not to be destroyed easily. What will the kids be using in order to preserve the book?

A. Plastic cover B. Manila paper C. Pattern paper D. Newspaper

_____12. The floor is wet and there are plenty of kids playing and running around. As a responsible pupil, what will
you do first to avoid accident?

A. Never mind it. C. Cover it with a manila paper.

B. Cover it with sack. D. Tap it with a dry rug.

_____13. The juice spilt on the table while you are eating. What will you use to dry it?

A. Wipe with wet tissue. C. Wipe with your dress.

B. Wipe with your hands. D. Wipe with a clean rug.
_____14. Remy wants to buy juice before entering the school. What do you think will the vendor use in order to sell
fruit juice to Remy?

A. Glass B. Cup C. Cellophane D. Mug

_____15. What will probably happen if you put a paper boat in the water?

A. It will sink immediately. C. It will be crumpled but still float.

B. It will float in the water D. It will never float.

Write the letter of the best answer on the space provided for.

_______ 16. In your activity, which of the following solid materials will settle at the bottom of the container when mixed
with liquid materials?

A. creamer B .flour C. Sand D. Sugar

_______ 17. The children mixed the following pair of materials in their Science class. Which of the following pair of
materials can still be distinguished from their original state after mixing them?

A. flour and creamer

B. instant coffee and flour
C. Monosodium Glutamate (Vetsin) and white sugar
D. rice grains and rock salt

________ 18. What is a mixture?

A. It is the result of combining two or more materials.
B. It is formed by putting two materials near each other.
C. It refers to the change on the shape of the material.
D. It is about the changes of the material when put together.

________ 19. Carl wanted to have a homogeneous mixture of solid materials. Which of the following pair of materials
he should combine to attain his goal?

A. corn starch and cream C. mongo seeds and pebbles

B. corn grits and sand D. rice grains and sand

_________ 20. Richel was assigned to mix flour and baby powder. What kind of mixture will be formed in this activity?

A. Homogeneous mixture C. matter mixture

B. Heterogeneous mixture D. resulting mixture

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

_______21. There are different ways of changing the characteristics of solid materials without changing its
composition. Which of the following is NOT a way of changing the property of a piece of paper?

A. cutting the paper C. burning the paper

B. folding the paper D. crumpling the paper

_____22. Why solid matter has definite shape and volume, but gas does not?
A. Molecules of solid are softer than the molecules of gas.
B. Molecules of solid are closer than the molecules of gas.
C. Molecules of solid are farther than the molecules of gas.
D. Molecules of solid are smaller than the molecules of gas.

_____23. Not all solid materials are bendable. Which among the materials can be bent and hold its shape without
breaking?

A. wire B. glass C. pencil D. ceramics

_____24. At school, your teacher asks you to do the bending activity in your Physical Education subject. How do you
describe the change that happened to your body? There is a change in _______

A. feelings C. mental ability

B. behavior D. physical appearance

____25. Mike presses down his hands on the play dough. As he pressed, he was able to form different toys. What
happened to it when it was pressed?

A. The play dough melted.

B. The play dough changed its color.
C. The play dough changed its shape.
D. The play dough bounced back to its original shape.

_____26.In a science class activity, you were asked to empty the balloon filled with air by pressing it between your two
hands. What changes happened to the balloon after pressing it? The balloon ______________________________.
.
A. changed its size and shape
B. rebounded like a rubber ball
C. stretched like a rubber band
D. was formed into new material

_____27. Gerry needs a tin sheet for his toy car. He flattened a piece of empty tin can by hammering it. What change
that happened in the property of the material when it was hammered?

A. It changed its color.

B. It changed its shape.
C. Nothing has changed.
D. New material was created.

_____28. The following statements tell about the changes in solid materials when hammering was applied EXCEPT:

A. Solid materials were pulverized.

B. Solid materials turned into thin sheets.
C. Solid materials formed new substance.
D. Solid materials moved to different shape.

_____29. Liza cuts a piece of bond paper into one half for her foldable making. What changes happened in the
property of bond paper when it was cut?

A. New material was formed

B. Discoloration of the material.
C. Physical appearance changed
D. Texture of the material changed.

______30. Which of the given materials will change its size and shape when cut, using simple pair of scissors?

A. steel and wire C. pin and paper clip

B. metal and iron D. paper and cardboard

Multiple Choice: Read each items carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank provided.

______ 31. The following changes in the materials are harmful to the environment EXCEPT?
A. Dumping garbage anywhere
B. Burning of falling leaves in the backyard
C. Making of flower pots from waste plastics
D. Burning of plastic materials

______ 32. Which of the following will be a harmful effect to the environment?

A. Throwing garbage in the river

B. Used tire and plastic containers in gardening
C. Burning of rubber and plastic
D. Smoke from vehicle

______ 33. What will be the harmful effect if people keep on cutting down trees?

A. It causes soil erosion.

B. It lessens the global warming.
C. It cannot lose animals’ natural home.

______34.There are harmful effects of the changes in the materials to the environment. Which of the following is NOT
a harmful effect?

A. Air Pollution C. Soil Pollution

B. Reforestation D. Water Pollution

_____ 35. Why should we practice proper disposal of garbage and harmful chemical?

A. To avoid pollution on air, land and water.

B. To spread diseases among human and animals.
C. To give pests a breeding place.
D. To make our surroundings contaminated.

______36. Which of the following does not cause air pollution?

A. Dumping of materials (plastics, chemical and empty bottles) in vacant lot.

B. Using detergents to wash clothes in the river.
C. Planting of fruit trees and vegetable in the garden.
D. Harmful smoke from cars, cigarettes and factories

______37. What will you do to help maintain the proper segregation of waste in your school?

A. Repair the old stuff like arm chairs or table which can still be use
B. Pick up trash you have found in school place in the correct trash bin.
C. Tell your classmates to listen to your teacher at all times.
D. Maintain the cleanliness of the school surrounding.

______38. The following situations are useful in the environment except.

A. Millions of tires and plastics thrown away each year in the landfill.
B. Take a reusable bag made out of cloth to buy goods in grocery stores
C. Using of plastic container to store leftover food.
D. Using eco-friendly glass, utensils and plates in a fast-food chain.

______39. Why it is important to conserve and preserve the resources of our Mother Earth?

A. We need to prevent its harmful effects in our environment.

B. We might experience a great danger in the future.
C. We only have a very limited resources which enable us to survive.
D. We have to stop and minimize the pollution.

______40. How will you become a responsible citizen in your home, barangay and to your community?

A. Dispose waste materials into the rivers and vacant lot.

B. Burn the plastics, leaves and rubber made materials.
C. Never mind the changes that occur in the environment.
D. Practice the 5R’s and be an active advocate for environmental activities (clean-up drive, tree planting and etc.)