Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region ___
Schools Division of ___________
_____________ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 4

QUARTER 3

Name: ____________________________________ Date: __________________

Teacher: __________________________________ Section: _______________

Direction: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. What causes objects to move?

A. Force B. gravity C. time D. weight

2. An instrument used to measure force is .

A. ruler B. spring balance C. thermometer D. wind vane

3. Who was the scientist who first makes the study of force?
A. Albert Einstein B. Aristotle C. Marie Curie D. Sir Isaac Newton

4. A marble that is standing will move when ________.

A. touch by a person
B. there is a strong wind
C. bumped by another marble
D. force is applied on the marble

5. How can you change the position of a table?

A. push it B. look at it C. sit on it D. leave it alone

6. Which among the following object will require a greater force to move?
A. refrigerator B. television C. study table D. wooden chair

7. Which among the objects below require lesser force to move?

A. blackboard eraser B. book C. notebook D. pencil

8. What can force change in a moving object?

 A. Color B. direction C. phase D. smell

9. Its force can change the direction of moving objects.

A. lightning B. noise C. rain D. wind

10. Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A. A force is a push and a pull.
B. A force can stop a moving object.
C. A force cannot change the speed of a moving object.
D. A force can change the direction of a moving object.

11. Which of the following object can be picked up by a magnet?

A. a gold ring B. a handkerchief C. a rubber eraser D. plastic ballpen

12. One end of a magnet was placed near the end of another. They repelled each other.
The poles were probably .
A. north and south B. north and north C. iron nail D. very weak

13. They are used to transmit signals as the telegraph, telephone, radio and television.
A. electromagnet B. dry cell C. wet cell D. electrical wire

14. I want to make my electromagnet stronger. I can increase one of the following:
A. The distance between loops
B. The amount of electrical current
C. The number of objects to be picked up
D. The distance between the magnet and the objects to be picked up

15. Which of the following is used to make an electromagnet?

A. a coil B. a nail C. a piece of rubber D. wood

16. Which of the material is attracted to the magnet?

A. plastic ruler B. ponytail C. paper clip D. rubber band

17. The transfer of heat in solid materials is called _________.

A. convection B. insulator C. conduction D. radiation

18. A heat transfer across an empty space or vacuum is called ___________.

A. conduction B. convection C. radiation D. conductor

19. A heat that travels through air and water is called ____________.
A. conductor B. radiation C. convection D. conduction

20. It serves as good conductor.

A. wood B. plastic C. metal D. water

21. When a sound wave travels from one place to another, what is transported?
 A. air B. density C. energy D. water

22. A back-and-forth movement that produces sound is called.

A. air B. molecules C. particles D. vibration

23. Which of the following scenarios would result in sound being produced?
A. taking a nap B. sharpening your pencil
C. looking out a window D. thinking about your homework

24. Why is sound able to travel faster through a solid than a gas?
A. Gas molecules move slowly.
B. Solid molecules move slowly.
C. Gas molecules are packed tightly.
D. Solid molecules are packed tightly.

25. How sound and light similar?

A. Both can travel out from a definite source.
B. Both can be transformed into heat energy.
C. Sound and light are made up of vibrations.
D. Sound and light waves can curve around solid objects.

26. In which medium can light travels quickly?

A. Air B. Fog
C. Glass D. Water

27. When is light refracted?

A. When it is transmitted
B. When it passes through another medium to another
C. When it passes through the same medium
D. All of these

28. It happens when light passes from one medium to another.

A. It is scattered B. It is transmitted
C. It bends or refracted D. It bounces back or reflected

29. How do light travels when it passes through a single medium?

A. It does not travel B. It travels in a broken line
C. It travels in a straight-line D. It travels in a curve line

30. Which of the following statement is correct about light?

A. Light travels in a crooked line.
B. Light travels in a straight line when it passes through a single medium.
C. Light strikes a thick cardboard bends and find another way to pass through it.
D. Light could not be blocked and they could pass through all types of materials.

31. What will most likely happen if the light used by big buses or other modes of transportation
 was placed on the sides of the vehicle instead of being placed in the front?
A. Their light is focused on the board.
B. They can see clearly during the night.
C. They might bump with the other vehicle.
D. They can see the objects on the sides of the road.

32. Which determines why objects sound differently?

A. pitch B. intensity C. quality D. all of these

33. An echo is a sound wave that has been .

A. absorbed B. scattered C. refracted D. reflected

34. Which of the following is not a feature of a sound wave?

A. frequency B. volume C. pitch D. width

35. A high, squeaky sound is described by which of the following?

A. low-frequency B. high pitch C. low-volume D. high
amplitude

36. What makes sounds happen?

A. waves B. vibrations C. frequency D. amplitude

37.Why will sound create echo in an empty gym?

A. sound has nowhere to go
B. there are only hard surfaces so sound only reflects
C. sound travels in waves
D. sound is unpredictable
38. When we made the cups and strings, what did the sound waves travel through?
A. the floor B. the string C. the cup D. the air

39.When you made the cone and spoke into it your voice was rephrased
A. higher B. slower C. louder D. had an accent

40.What is frequency?
A. amount of time it takes a wave to travel
B. how much pitch a wave has.
C. number of wavelengths that occur in a period of time
D. how large the amplitude of a wave is.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region ___
Schools Division of ___________
_____________ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 4
QUARTER 3

TOTAL NO. OF
SUBJECT SCIENCE INSTRUCTION 40
DAYS
TOTAL NO. OF
GRADE LEVEL 4 40
ITEMS

TEST ITEM PLACEMENT

REMEMBERING

G
UNDERSTANDIN

APPLYING

ANALYZING

EVALUATING

CREATING
Actual Total
LEARNING COMPETENCIES Weight
Instructi No. of
(Include Codes if Available) (%)
on (Days) Items

Difficult
Easy Average
MELC
60% 30% 10%

Explain the effects of force when

applied to an object 1,2,3, 6,7
1 10 25% 10 4 5
8,9 10
S4FE - IIIa - 1
Characterize magnetic force 11,12
2 5 12.5% 5 ,13,1 14
S4FE - IIId - e - 3 5
Describe how light, sound and 17,18
heat travel ,19,2 24,
3 10 25% 10 16 23
0,21, 25
S4FE -IIIf - g - 4 22

Investigate properties and 15 32,33 26,

4 15 37% 28,34, 38 31
characteristics of light and sound ,35,3 27,
 29,
6, 39,40 30,
S4FE - IIIh - 5
37
TOTAL 40 100% 40 19 5 2 10 3 1

Key ans:

1. A

2. B

3. D

4. D

5. A

6. A

7. D

8. B

9. D

10. C

11. A

12. A

13. A

14. A

15. A

16. C

17. C

18. C

19. C

20. C

21. C

22. D
23. B

24. D

25. A

26. A

27. B

28. A

29. D

30. B

31. A

32. D

33. D

34. D

35. B

36. B

37. B

38. B

39. A

40. A