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Department of Education
Region III
Division of Mabalacat City
Northville 16 Elementary School

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 3

Level of Behavior, Item

No. Format, Number, & Placement
% of
Instructio of of Items and Dimension of
MELC Ite KD
nal Time Item Knowledge
ms
s
R U Ap An E C

Classifying objects and materials as solid, liquid and gas

based on some observable characteristics (S3MT-lc-d-2).
a. Objects and Materials Around I I
Us and their Properties #31 #1,
,32 2,3
10 25% F ,33 ,4,
,34 5
,35

II #
b. Solid Objects or Materials and 36,
their Characteristics 37,
12.5 38,
F
% 39,
5
40

V
c. Liquid Objects or Materials #21
and their 3 7.5 ,22
F
Characteristics % ,23

d. Gaseous Objects or Materials V#

and their Characteristics 5% F 24,
2
25

Describing the changes in materials based on the effects

of temperature, (S3MT-lh-j-4).

a. Changes from Solid to Liquid I

12.5 #6,
5 F
% 7,8
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,9,
10,

I
b. Changes from Liquid to Solid #11
,12
12.5 ,13
5 F
% ,14
,15
,

I#1
6,1
c. Changes from Liquid to Gas 12.5 7,1
5 F 8,1
%
9,2
0

V#
26,
d. Changes from Solid to Gas 12.5 27,
5 F
% 28,
29,
30
100
Total 40 30 10 0 0 0 0
%

1 point 1 point 1 point

Scoring each each each
item item item

Total Number of Points 40 0 0

Legend:
Knowledge Dimensions:Factual (F), Conceptual (C), Procedural (P), Metacognitive (M)
Cognitive Behaviors: Remembering (R), Understanding (U), Applying (AP), Analyzing (An),
Evaluating (E), and Creating (C)
Test Formats: I. Multiple Choice, II. Matching Type, III. Constructed Response, IV. Essay, V. True or
False
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Prepared by:

JOVEN V. TIAMZON
Focal Person

Verified and Reviewed:

NICOLAS D. SICAT
School SCIENCE Leader
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Department of Education
Region III
Division of Mabalacat City
Northville 16 Elementary School

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE 3

NAME: ___________________________________________________ SCORE: _______________________

TEACHER: _________________________________________________ DATE: _______________________

I Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on the line provided
before each number.

_____ 1. Helen walks every day to school. One afternoon, when she was on her way back to their
house, it rained very hard. “Aha! It is good that I brought with me my umbrella”, she said. The rain
is an example of _____.
a. solid b. liquid c. gas d. solid and gas

_____ 2. A ripe mango is yellow. Which characteristic of solid determines the underlined word?
a. size b. shape c. color d. texture

_____3. Which of the following materials is gas?

a. smoke b. water c. alcohol d. paper

_____ 4. Which of the following is NOT true?

a. Solid has weight and occupies space.
b. Liquid flows and takes the shape of the containers.
c. Gas is everywhere and it has weight and it occupies space.
d. Liquid and gas have no weight but occupy space.

_____ 5. Which of the following statement is true?

a. Solid objects and materials can be classified as to color, size, shape and texture.
b. Gas cannot fill the shape of the container.
c. Liquid flows and has no weight.
d. Solid, liquid and gas can be classified according to shape and odor only.

_____6. The process of changing solid into liquid is called ______.

a. decreasing c. increasing
b. heating d. melting

_____ 7. There are some solids that can be changed into liquids by simply exposing them to
__________.
a. Cold air c. sunlight
b. Moonlight d. moisture

_____ 8. The following materials can be changed into liquid except__________.

a. Ice cream c. ice cubes
b. Margarine d. sugar
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_____ 9. Which of the following materials melts when heated?

a. Milk powder c. white sugar
b. Salt d. wax

_____ 10. What is the other word for melting?

a. Cooling c. Heating
b. changing d. liquefaction

_____ 11. The process of changing liquid into solid is called ______.
a. decreasing c. increasing
b. freezing d. cooling

_____ 12. There are some liquids that can be changed into solids by simply exposing them to
__________ temperature.
a. cold c. warm
b. medium d. average

_____ 13. The following materials can be changed into solid except__________.
a. ice cubes c. melted cheese
b. oil d. water

_____ 14. Which of the following materials hardened when placed in a freezer?
a. chocolate c. orange juice
b. butter d. water

_____ 15. What is the other word for freezing?

a. cooling c. solidification
b. melting d. heating

_____ 16. You play with your friends and you sweat too much. What form of matter is sweat?
a. gas b. liquid c. solid d. solid and gas

_____ 17. After playing, your sweat dried out eventually after a few minutes. It became_________.
a. Solid b. liquid c. gas d. liquid and gas

_____ 18. Your mother is cooking your favorite soup. What happens to the soup if it keeps boiling
after 30 minutes?
a. decrease b. increase c. remains the same d. cooled

_____ 19. What do you call to the water that has turned into gas during evaporation?
a. air b. ice c. water vapor d. gas

_____20. What do you call to the process of changing liquid to gas?

a. evaporation b. melting c. solidifying d. condensation
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II Direction: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.

_____21. Solid has no definite shape and weight.

_____22. A solid can be described through its shape, color, size and texture.
_____23. Liquid has the ability to flow.
_____24. Gas occupies the space of the container.
_____25. Liquid and gas take the shape of the container.
_____26. When ice is cooled, it melts.
_____27. Sugar becomes liquid when heated.
_____28. Crayon will still be solid when heated.
_____29. Candles will melt when lighted.
_____30. When you hold an ice cube, it will melt in your hands.

Direction: Write S if the object is solid and L if the object is liquid and G if it is gas.

_____31. Sweet juice

_____32. An empty glass

_____33. A kilo of nail

_____34. Creamy milk

_____35. Air in the balloon

III Direction: Connect the solid in Column A with its opposite size in Column B.

Column A Column B
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36.

37.

38.

39.

40.