Department of Education

Region VI – Western Visayas

Division of Capiz
District of Jamindan
Camp Jamindan Elementary School
First Periodical Test in Science VI

I. Direction: Write the letter of the correct answer on the blank.

________ 1. Which of the following mixture is heterogeneous?

a. salt and sugar dissolved in water. c. three-in-one (3-in-1) dissolved in
hot water.
b. powdered detergent in a pact of d. vegetable salad with dressing
water.
________ 2. Your mother prepared pinakbet for lunch. How will you describe its
ingredients?
a. It is homogeneous mixture because it was evenly distributed.
b. It is heterogeneous mixture because its components are visible.
c. It is heterogeneous mixture because of its uniformity.
d. It is a homogeneous mixture because it is not uniform.
________ 3. A vinegar mixed with soy sauce is a homogeneous mixture, because
_________.
a. You can easily identify its components.
b. You can only see the dark color of the soy sauce.
c. The mixture appears one or is uniform.
d. The mixture did not mix well.
________ 4. Which of the following is a homogeneous mixture?
I. Salt dissolved with water.
II. Blood
III. Clothes in the basin.
IV. Books in the shelves.

a. I and III c. II and IV

b. I and IV d. I and II
________ 5. Liam prepares a mixture of salad mixed with mayonnaise, carrots,
cucumber, lettuce and cheese. What type of mixture Liam’s salad? Why do
you think so?
________________________________________________________________________

II. Complete the statement below by choosing the correct answer from the given
choices in the box. Write the complete paragraph.

solvent solute soluble insoluble greater smaller

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 A (6) __________________ is a substance used to dissolve a (7) ___________________.
It is of the (8) _______________ amount. While a (9) ____________________ is a
substance that is being dissolved. It is of the (10) _________________. There are
substances that are being dissolved in a given solvent. It is called (11)
_______________ while the materials that can’t be dissolved is called (12)
_________________.

III. Identify the factors affecting the solubility of the following materials. Choose your
answer inside the box and write it on the blank before each number.

Temperature Size of the solute

Nature of solute Amount of solvent
Manner of stirring

______________________ 13. It tells about whether the solvent is in solid, liquid, or

gas form.
______________________ 14. It depends on who fast or slow mixture was stirred.
______________________ 15. It tells whether the solute is hard or soft, powder or
whose piece.
______________________ 16. It tells how hot or cold in the solvent mixed in a
mixture.
______________________ 17. 17. It tells how much solvent is mixed in a mixture.

________ 18. What type of mixture is a solution?

a. heterogeneous c. immiscible
b. homogeneous d. miscible.
________ 19. Which of the following is not the characteristic of a solution?
a. It is a uniform mixture. c. It is a stable over time.
b. It will scatter a beam of light. d. The solute and solvent cannot be
distinguished by the naked eye.
________ 20. What is the substance that is being dissolved in a solution?
a. solute c. solvent
b. mixture d. concentration
________ 21. What is the substance that dissolves the other substance in a solution?
a. solute c. solvent
b. mixture d. concentration
________ 22. In a salt-water solution, what substance is considered the solvent?
a. salt b. water
________ 23. Which of these will not form a solution?
a. preparing a syrup. c. ice and water.
b. preparing a cup of coffee. d. stirring a sugar in water.
________ 24. Which of the following is an example of a colloid?
a. mayonnaise. c. cooking oil.
b. soft drinks. d. bubbles in water.
________ 25. What phenomenon occurred when dispersed colloid particles scatter

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 light?
a. Tyndall effect. c. Shaft effect.
b. Miscible. d. Immiscible.
________ 26. How would you differentiate a colloid mixture from a solution?
a. The colloid particles are larger.
b. The colloid particles are smaller.
c. A colloid has a positive charge.
d. A colloid has a negative charge.

IV. On the blank, write Yes if the statement is correct. Write No if it is wrong.

________ 27. Suspensions can be used in processing medicines, beverages, and food.
________ 28. The appearance of suspension is clear and uniform in color.
________ 29. Mixture of the leaves in hot water is an example of suspension.
________ 30. Suspension appears cloudy.
________ 31. Suspension is a kind of mixture where particles and evenly distributed
and invisible.

V. Choose and write either Sieving or Filtering on the blank.

________ 32. Seeds from flour.

________ 33. Water from the faucet.
________ 34. Sand and water.
________ 35. Milk from grated coconut.
________ 36. Monggo from baking powder.

VI. Write () before the number if the technique used is evaporation and (x) if not.

________ 37. water cycle.

________ 38. using cellphone.
________ 39. boiling water.
________ 40. drying hair using a hair dryer.
________ 41. boiling camote.

VII. True or False: Write True if it can be separated by decantation. Write False if it is
not.

________ 42. gasoline in water.

________ 43. spaghetti.
________ 44. sinigang with floating fat.
________ 45. ice cream.
________ 46. vegetable salad.

VIII. Write () if the mixture can be separated using magnet. Write (x) if it is not.

________ 47. oil and water.

________ 48. stable wire and tissue paper.
________ 49. thumb tacks and bits of paper.
________ 50. pin and sand.
________ 51. flower and paper clips.

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 Good Luck!

Prepared by:
Milalyn V. Villa
Master Teacher - II

Department of Edukasyon
Region VI – Western Visayas

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 Division of Capiz
First Periodical Test in Science VI
Table of Specifications

Objectives Item No. No. of Items

Mixtures and their Characteristics/Describing Mixtures 1-5 5

Differentiating a Solute from a Solvent 6-12 7
Factors Affecting Solubility 13-17 5
Solutions and Its Characteristics 18-23 5
Colloids and Its Characteristics 24-26 3
Suspensions and Its Characteristics 27-31 5
Separating Mixtures Through Filtering and Sieving 32-36 5
Separating Mixture Through Evaporation 37-41 5
Separating Mixture Through Decantation 42-46 5
Separating Mixture Through Magnetism 47-50 4