Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
Upper Sepaka Integrated School

1st QUARTER EXAM IN SCIENCE V

Name: ____________________________________________ Score: _________

Grade&Section: ________________
I. Directions: Read and understand each sentence then ENCIRCLE the letter of your answer.
1. Materials are serve to be useful when they serve their what?
a. purpose b. activity c. properties d. presence
2. An example of a gas is:
a. a rock b. a pencil c. milk d. carbon dioxide (CO2)
3. Some materials may also bring hazards. What materials can bring hazard to human?
a. broken glass b. empty container c. candy wrapper d. empty bottle
4. Most of the useful materials can be?
a. reused and repair b. reused and recycled c. harmed d. repair
5. Which TWO properties best describe the eggs?
a. soft b. bendable c. smooth d. breakable
6. Which human activity causes the most harmful change in the natural environment?
a. Riding a bicycle. c. Using a solar energy.
b. Swimming in the beach. d. Cutting down trees in the forest.
7. Many materials and substances are _________ at home and in school
a. useful b. harmful c. change d. purpose
8. Which actively will greatly contribute to climate change?
a. Planting trees c. Burning of trash
b. Conserving energy d. Recycling materials
9. Some useful materials can be __________, for example an empty container can be used as
a house decor.
a. destroy b. throw c. repair d. reused
10. A natural way of destroying the ozone layer of the atmosphere due to chlorofluorocarbons .
a. Acid rain c. Depletion of the ozone layer
b. Global warming d. Pollution
11. This is the condition of air that is contaminated brought by smoke and fumes emitted by
vehicles, power plants and factories.
a. Water pollution c. Pollution
b. Land pollution d. Air pollution
12. A pupil reaches one hand into a bag filled with smooth objects. The pupil feels the objects
but does not look into the bag. Which property of the objects can the pupil most likely identify?
a. ability to conduct electricity c. color
b. ability to reflect light d. shape
13. Empty bottles of paint thrown into the garbage bin for burning, it is good to us?
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Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
Upper Sepaka Integrated School

a. Yes, because it is good in our health

b. Yes, because it can help to lessen the garbage.
c. No, it can cause bad effect to human only
d. No, because it can cause bad effect to human, environment and others
14. Candy wrappers made into bag? It is Useful or not?
a. Yes it is useful for home decoration
b. Not, because it’s just a waste of time
c. Not, it is harmful to everyone
15. Which is an example of physical change?
a. freezes to ice c. Naphthalene balls turn to vapour
b. Wood turns to alcohol d. Both a and b
16.It is the change of matter in form only not in composition
a. Physical change c. Chemical change
b. Environmental change d. None of the above
17. Physical change happens when materials undergo a change in ...
a. size b. shape c. phase d. all of them
18. Burning a match is an example of a _____________.
a. chemical change b. physical property c. physical change d. chemical property
19. What happens as liquid water becomes ice?
a. It does not change states. b. It changes from a liquid to a solid.
c. It changes from a solid to a gas. d. It changes from a gas to a solid.
20. An example of a chemical change is
a. an old car rusting c. throwing a rock
b. cutting a piece of paper d. crushing a can
II.Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is wrong.
________21. Burying trash can reduce household waste.
________22. Leftover food can be thrown into the garbage cans.
________23. Grass clippings and food scraps can be recycled by composting.
________24. Decomposable waste can be buried in the soil and change to compost.
________25. Empty boxes and cardboards can be reused as storage files and organizers
of materials at home.
________26. Old jeans were donated to the victims of the typhoon.
________27. Jason placed and carried his groceries in old plastic grocery bags.
________28. Margarette used empty plastic bottles as flowerpots.
________29. There are strategies that can be used in handling waste materials found in our
home and community such as the 6 R’s Technique.
________30. Repair is finding another way for materials that have already been used such
as using old but usable shoes
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Department of Education
Region XII
Division of South Cotabato
Upper Sepaka Integrated School

III.Directions: Study the pictures and classify what waste management practice is shown. Write
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repair, or Recover. Afterward, answer the follow-up questions.

31._________ 33. _________

32._________ 34. _________

35.__________

IV.Explanation (5pts)

Why is the 5Rs in waste management important?