Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF PAMPANGA
POST-TEST IN SCIENCE 3
S.Y. 2021-2022
Name: ________________________________________ Score: _______________
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the answers on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following describes a mixture?
A. a chemically combined substance.
B. components that are elements combined
C. two or more substances that cannot be separated.
D. physical combination of two or more substances in which identities are retained.
2. What happens to the substance in a mixture?
A. They retain their properties.
B. They change in appearance.
C. They change their properties.
D. They change in color and taste.
4. Pebbles, sugar and salt were placed in the water. You observed that only salt and sugar dissolved.What does this show?
A. All solid materials dissolve in water.
B. Some solid materials occupy space.
C. All solid materials do not dissolve in water.
D. Some solid materials do not dissolve in water.
5. What can you infer when you try to make a solution of salt and oil?
A. The salt can dissolve a little bit of oil.
B. The oil can dissolve a little bit of salt.
C. It becomes a homogenous solution, the salt dissolves into the oil.
D. It becomes a heterogenous mixture, the salt doesn’t dissolve into the oil.
6. What is the property of a suspension that is different from a solution or a colloid?
A. Suspensions are colorless.
B. A suspension is always clear
C. The particles of a suspension reflect light.
D. If left to rest, the particles of a suspension will settle at the bottom.
7. Jonathan wants to separate stones, insects and other unwanted materials in his mixture of grains and corn. What technique of
separating mixture is appropriate?
A. Filtration
B. Handpicking
C. Magnetism
D. Winnowing
8. Which of the following shows the separation technique for decanting?
A. B. C. D.
9. The diagram shows the apparatus for separating soil and water. What are the labelled parts?
A
B
A. A=distillate B= filtrate
B. A= filtrate B= residue
C. A= residue B= filtrate
D. A= residue B= distillate
10. How can you separate a mixture of sand and iron filings?
A. Use filter paper to catch the sand.
B. Use a strainer to trap the iron filings.
C. Use a magnet to attract the iron filings.
D. Use tweezers to pick out the iron filings.
11. Four mixtures are given below.
I. potato wafers and biscuits III. Salt and water
II. sand and water IV. Black bean and water
Which of these can be separated by the process of evaporation?
A. II only
B. III only
C. I and II
D. III and IV
12. Which of the following statements BEST describes sifting or sieving?
A. Sifting/Sieving uses a hand which allows smaller particles to pass through and leaving the larger particles as residue on the screen.
B. Sifting/Sieving uses a screen material which allows smaller particles to pass through and leaving the larger particles as residue on
the screen.
C. Sifting/Sieving uses a screen material which allows larger particles to pass through and leaving the smaller particles as residue on
the screen.
D. None of the above.
13. When do we use evaporation to separate components?
A. a solid-liquid mixture when solid particles are dissolved.
B. a solid-solid mixture when one of the components sublime.
C. a liquid-liquid mixture when solid particles can be seen in the mixture.
D. a liquid-liquid mixture when one of the liquids has a lower boiling point.
14. Which of the following groups of organs are the main parts of the digestive system?
A. mouth, esophagus, lungs
B. mouth, stomach, liver, large intestine
C. esophagus, tongue, pancreas, small intestine.
D. mouth, esophagus, stomach. Small intestine, large intestine.
15. Why can the brain receive messages from all parts of the body?
A. The brain is very powerful.
B. There are nerve cells in all parts of the body.
C. The brain is in the uppermost part of the body.
D. The organs of the body are connected to one another.
16. What important activity takes place in the lungs?
A. Food is digested.
B. Liquid waste is filtered from the blood.
C. The trachea is exchanged for the larynx.
D. Oxygen is exchanged for carbon dioxide.
17. What two gases are exchanged between the respiratory system and the circulatory system?
A. oxygen and nitrogen
B. hydrogen and nitrogen
C. oxygen and carbon dioxide
D. carbon dioxide and hydrogen.
18. Which two systems are working together?
Muscles raise the hair on the arms and legs to retain heat.
A. Muscular and skeletal
B. Muscular and digestive
C. Muscular and respiratory
D. Muscular and integumentary
19. What two body systems are most useful in getting nutrients from food you eat to your brain?
A. Nervous and Digestive
B. Nervous and Circulatory
C. Circulatory and Digestive
D. Muscular and Integumentary
20. Which three systems of the human body function together to move and control body parts?
A. muscular, skeletal, nervous
B. skeletal, respiratory, digestive
C. circulatory, digestive, muscular
D. nervous, circulatory, respiratory
21. What are the distinguishing characteristics of a vertebrate?
A. It has a backbone.
B. It can move about.
C. It has a mouth and feet.
D. It eats smaller animals.
22. What do all vertebrates have in common?
A. They live on land.
B. They all have legs.
C. They are all warm blooded.
D. They all have a hard internal skeleton or backbone.
23. What is an invertebrate?
A. A mammal
B. They are birds.
C. An animal with backbone.
D. An animal without backbone.
24. Which group of invertebrates does a clam belong to?
A. Fish
B. Mollusk
C. Sponge
D. Echinoderm.
25. All living and nonliving things in an ecosystem interact for ___________________ .
A. Growth
B. Increase
C. Interference
D. Survival
26. What might happen if a tropical rainforest receives little rain for a long period of time?
A. Flood might occur.
B. There will be fresh air to breathe.
C. There will be an increase in population of both plants and animals.
D. The area will be very dried up and lots of crops that need lots of water will die.
27. What is friction?
A. force that pushes or pulls.
B. force needed to move something.
C. energy when something is pushed.
D. force that one exerts on another when rubbed together.
28. What increases friction?
A. more speed
B. rough surfaces
C. smooth surfaces
D. more surface area
29. Which force is acting on falling leaves?
A. Gravity
B. Friction
C. Falling Force
D. Pushing Force
30. Imagine you travel to another planet. What will change as you walk around the surface of the planet; your mass or your weight?
A. Mass
B. Weight
C. Weight and mass
D. Neither
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04)08*24 38*04 16*27
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04)05*36 11*31 36*35
05)20*40 22*31 29*33
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