Republic of the Philippines

Department of
Region IV A – CALABARZON
Education
Schools Division Office of Laguna

TWO-DIMENSIONAL TABLE OF
SPECIFICATION SECOND PERIODICAL
TEST IN SCIENCE 6 S.Y.2023-2024

JASMIN M. CAÑETE
TEACHER LEARNING AREA Science
ROWENA A. GAGALANG
GRADE 6 Quarter: Second
COGNITIVE PROCESS
Test Item Placement
DIMENSION
Duration (Hours)

No. of Questions
Learning Competencies

METACOGNITIVE
Understanding

PROCEDURAL
CONCEPTUAL
Remembering

Evaluating
Analyzing

FACTUAL
Applying

Creating
%

The learners should be able to…

2,5,
Explain how the organs of 1,3,4,
4 4 4 11,17, 8,13,
1 each organ system work 12 30% 15 2 3 1 10,14,
19-21, 18
together 40, 43
44
Explain how the different
2 organ systems work 5 13% 7 7,9 6,12,15, 16,22
1 2 2 1 1
together.
Determine the
distinguishing 23-25,
3 characteristics of 10 25% 12 3 2 1 1 1 37, 42 38
41, 45
vertebrates and
invertebrates.
Dscuss the interactions
among living things and 26-28, 36, 39, 47-
34 non-living things in tropical 8 20% 10 6 1 1 1 1
46, 49 50 48
rainforests, coral reefs
and mangrove swamps
Explain the need to
protect and conserve 30,
29. 31,
5 tropical rainforests, coral 5 12% 6 2 2 2 1 32-33,
34
reefs and mangrove 35
swamps
TOTAL 40 100 50 15 10 10 7 5 3

Prepared:

JASMIN M. CAÑETE ROWENA A. GAGALANG

Master Teacher II Master Teacher I

Validated:

CONCEPCION I. AQUINO MERCEDITA L. QUINTOS

Master Teacher II Master Teacher II
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
Education
DIVISION OF LAGUNA

SECOND PERIODIC TEST IN

SCIENCE 6 S.Y. 2023-2024

ANSWER KEY:

1. D 18. D 35. A
2. A 19. C 36. C
3. D 20. D 37. D
4. B 21. C 38. D
5. C 22. C 39. C
6. D 23. C 40. D
7. C 24. A 41. C
8. B 25. C 42. D
9. C 26. D 43. C
10. D 27. C 44. C
11. A 28. B 45. D
12. A 29. C 46. B
13. C 30. D 47. C
14. B 31. D 48. C
15. B 32. A 49. C
16. B 33. C 50. C
17. C 34. D
 SECOND PERIODIC TEST IN SCIENCE 6
S.Y. 2023-2024

Multiple Choice: Read each question carefully, then write the letter of the correct answer on
your answer sheet.

1. What protects the brain from getting injured?

A. femur c. ribs
B. fibula d. skull

2. The following are the functions of the skeletal system, EXCEPT

A. It carries oxygen, and nutrients to cells, and removes waste.
B. It gives shape to the body.
C. It protects the internal organs of the body.
D. It serves as the framework of the body.

3. What are the two body systems that would most likely be used by a person bending her
leg at the knee?
A. circulatory and skeletal C. respiratory and integumentary
B. muscular and digestive D. skeletal and muscular

4. What is the top layer of the skin that provides the first barrier of protection against foreign
substances entering the body?
A. dermis C. sebaceous gland
B. epidermis D. sweat gland

5. Which of the following is NOT a function of our skin?

A. cooling the body by sweating C. moving our bones
B. keeping germs out of the body D. sensing temperature (hot and cold)

6. Yoshela usually makes a point of going for a morning stroll in her yard as the sun rises. What
helps her skin feel heat and pressure?
A. blood cells C. muscles
B. bones D. nerves

7. In which part of the body where the digestion starts?

A. intestine C. stomach
B. mouth D. throat

8. Which shows the correct order of the digestive process?

A. chewing, digestion in the small intestine, digestion in the stomach, waste elimination
B. chewing, digestion in the stomach, digestion in the small intestine, waste elimination
C. digestion in the small intestine, chewing, digestion in the stomach, waste elimination
D. digestion in the stomach, digestion in the small intestine, chewing, waste elimination

9. Where is the digestion of food completed?

A. large intestine C. small intestine
B. mouth D. stomach

10. What organ system is made up of organs that help us to breathe?

A. circulatory C. nervous
B. digestive D. respiratory
.
11. What do you call the tiny air sacs in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
takes place?
A. alveoli C. pharynx
B. bronchioles D. trachea

12. Why is the respiratory system very important to the body?

A. It consists of body parts that help the body receive oxygen.
B. It enables carbon dioxide to get into the body.
C. It enables the blood to circulate in your body.
D. It helps distribute carbon dioxide to the blood.

13. When you exhale, how does the diaphragm behave as you breathe in?
A. contracts C. relaxes
B. expand D. sinks

14. Which of the following are parts of the circulatory system?

A. brain, spinal column, nerves C. kidney, gall bladder, ureters
B. heart, blood, blood vessels D. nose, larynx, pharynx

15. Which of the following tells the function of the heart in the circulatory system?
A. The red fluid that flows inside the blood vessels.
B. The organ that pumps blood to the different parts of the body.
C. The organ that receives and relays messages
D. The tubes through which the blood flows.

16. How does circulation take place? Trace the flow of blood from the heart to the different parts of the body.

A. right atrium left ventricle lungs left atrium

right ventricle body cells

B. right atrium right ventricle lungs left atrium

left ventricle body cells

C. right atrium left atrium lungs left ventricle

left atrium body cells

D. right ventricle right atrium lungs left ventricle

left atrium body cells

17. What are the smallest blood vessels that connect arteries and veins and help to exchange
oxygen, nutrients, and waste between your blood and tissues?
A. arteries C. capillaries
B. aorta D. veins

18. Jayson accidentally touched the casserole filled with macaroni soup. He Automatically
moved his hand away from it when he felt the hot sensation. What part of his nervous
system worked?
A. cerebellum C. medulla
B. cerebrum D. spinal cord

19. Which part of the nervous system connects the brain and the spinal cord to all parts of the
body?
A. autonomic nervous system C. peripheral nervous system
B. central nervous system D. somatic nervous system
20. Why is the spinal cord an important part of the nervous system?
A. digests food C. regulates body temperature
B. pumps blood D. transmits nerve signals

21. Which body system coordinates all of the systems by controlling every activity that takes place?
A. circulatory system C. nervous system
B. digestive system D. respiratory system

22. In a blindfold, you were asked to guess the object. What do you think is the
path of the message received from touching the ball?

A. brain → nerves → spinal cord → sense organ

B. nerves → brain → sense organ → spinal cord
C. sense organ → nerves → spinal cord → brain
D. spinal cord → sense organ → brain → nerves

23. What is the common characteristic of vertebrate animals? All vertebrate animals
.
A. are covered with feathers C. have backbones
B. can live both in land and water D. have mammary glands

24. What are the distinct characteristics of reptiles?

I. dry scaly skin

II.has gills and fins
III. lay eggs with shell
IV. warm-blooded animals

A. I and III B. II and III C. II and IV D. I and IV

25. Goats, cats, dogs, and rabbits are mammals with characteristics that differ from other
vertebrates. Which of the following features does NOT describe a mammal?
Mammals have .
A. fur or hair C. scales and feathers
B. mammary glands D. warm-blooded animals
26. Which of the following destroys the balance of an ecosystem?
A. planting more trees C. disruption of the nutrient cycle
B. recycling materials D. conservation of natural resources

27. Which causes deforestation?

A. reforestation C. illegal logging
B. contour farming D. habitat restoration

28. What do you call the organisms that eat producers and other organisms?
A. carnivore C. a consumer
B. herbivore D. a decomposer

29. Which animal is not found in the mangrove ecosystem?

A. alligator C. chicken
B. crocodile D. snakes
30. What makes up an ecosystem?
A. biotic components of the environment
B. abiotic components of the environment
C. the energy flow components of an environment
D. the living organisms and the abiotic component of the environment

31. Which of the following destroys the marine ecosystem?

A. fishponds C. dynamite fishing
B. reclamation D. constructing man-made sanctuaries

32. What is the role of crustaceans like crabs in the mangrove ecosystem?
A. They attach themselves to the roots of mangroves.
B. They help break down leaf litter through grazing
C. They serve as food for other animals
D. They find food in the mud.

33. What is NOT the benefit of coral reefs?

A. provide rich sources of marine food
B. protect the coastal areas from strong waves
C. provide passage for strong currents to coastal areas
D. serves as a breeding ground for fishers and other forms of marine life

34. Why are coral reefs important?

A. They are tourist attractions.
B. They make the water shallow.
C. They are colorful rocklike deposits under water.
D. They serve as the habitat, hatchery, and nursery of different marine animals.

35. What are the producers in the coral reef ecosystem?

A. algae C. mangrove
B. corals D. small fish

36. Which structure of non-vascular plants is similar to the root structure of vascular plants?
A. gametophytes C. rhizoids
B. sporophyte D. mucilage

37. Which of the following groups of animals are invertebrates?

A. dog, hen, horse C. bird, turtle, snake
B. lizard, frog, fish D. spider, crab, scorpion

38. How many pairs of jointed appendages do spiders have?

A. 3 C. 5
B. 4 D. 8

39. One pet lover identified four Animals as vertebrates. Which of the animals is
he referring to?
A. sheep C. dog
B. lion D. tiger

40. Where does final digestion occur?

A. mouth C. stomach
B. large intestines D. small intestines
41. What characteristics do mango and papaya have in common?
A. They produce cones.
B. They produce spores.
C. They are flowering plants
D. They are non-flowering plants.
42. Which of the following best describes mammals?
A. They give birth to live babies.
B. They breathe with their lings.
C. They have fur and body covering.
D. They have mammary glands to feed their young.
43. Why is the bone marrow important to the body?
A. It stores a lot of fat.
B. It makes the bone strong.
C. It produces red blood cells
D. It produces new bone cells.
44. What happens to the skin when a person gets cold or frightened?
A. Goose bumps develop c. The nerve cells are frozen
B. Your skin produces too much sweat d. The skin is contracted
45. Why are some worms harmful? They
A. grow very long
B. make children grow healthy
C. eat dead plants and animals
D. take nutrients from the bodies of other organisms
46. In coral reef ecosystem, clown fishes, and sea anemones live together. Which type of
relationship is shown?
A. commensalism C. parasitism
B. mutualism D. predation
47. Coral reefs are beneficial to marine life. In what way does it show in the following instances?
I. provide rich sources of marine food
II.protect the coastal areas from strong waves
III. provide passage for strong currents to coastal areas
IV. serves as a breeding ground of fishes and other forms of marine life
A. I and II B. II and III C. I and IV D. III and IV
48. Coral reefs are important to man and other marine organisms. How can we help protect them?
A. collect corals C. prevent dynamite fishing
B. clean coral reefs D. throw oil into waterways
49. Mangrove swamps are one of the important components of the ecosystem. Where are they
usually found?
A. along arctic coastlines C. along temperate coastlines
B. along rocky coastlines D. long tropical and subtropical coastlines
50. The fishermen in the barangay use dynamites in order to have a big catch. If this practice
continues, what do you think will happen to the marine resources?
A. Fishes will multiply fast.
B. Marine life will increase.
C. Marine life will decrease.
D. The coral will multiply.