CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND GUIDANCE CENTER

3RD QUARTERLY EXAMINATION

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SCIENCE 4
NAME:_____________________________________________________________ DATE:__________
A. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read each statement carefully and write the letter of the correct answer on the
blank.
_______1. Paulo has a big exercise ball made of soft plastic. What could happen to the ball when he sits on it?

a. The ball will change its speed.

b. The ball will change its direction.
c. The ball will change its shape.
d. The ball will remain the same.
_______2. What do you call the points in a magnet where the magnetic field lines begin and end?

a. Iron filings
b. Magnetic poles
c. Ferromagnetic
d. Attraction
_______3. What happens when two like poles of a magnet face each other?

a. Magnetic interaction
b. Attraction
c. Magnetite
d. Repulsion
_______4. It makes an object move when it is applied.

a. force
b. heat
c. motion
d. movement
_______5. The speed of an object will increase if _______ amount of force is applied on it.

a. no
b. less
c. greater
d. the same
_______6. The unit for measuring force was named after him.

a. Isaac Newton
b. Jimmy Newton
c. Thomas Edison
d. Albert Einstein
_______7. The force exerted by a magnet is called __________.

a. electromagnet
b. magnetic field
c. magnetism
d. poles
_______8. The area of a magnet where there is magnetic force is called ____________.
a. Magnetic area
b. Magnetic field
c. Electric magnet
d. Electric field
_______9. Which characteristic of light energy makes it different from sound energy?

a. It travels through waves.

b. It travels through a vacuum.
c. It travels in a straight line.
d. All of the above except letter A.
______10. How does heat travel without any medium?

a. Radiation
b. Convection
c. Reflection
d. Conduction
_______11. What property of light allows it to be bent when it passes from one material to another?

a. Reflection
b. Diffraction
c. Refraction
d. Dispersion
_______12. Which of these materials is a good reflector?

a. Plastic
b. Rubber
c. Mirror
d. Wood
_______13. It is a reflected sound when you are in an enclosed area.

a. drums
b. echo
c. loud sound
d. soft sound
_______14. The spoon in a glass of water looks broken because of ____________.

a. echo
b. heat transfer
c. reflection
d. refraction
_______15. The vibration of objects produces ___________.

a. heat
b. light
c. reflection
d. sound
_______16. To reduce the strain on your back, what should you do when you have to lift a heavy object?

a. Transfer the weight of the load to your arm muscles.

b. Bend at the knees.
c. Stop so you can easily lift the load?
d. Transfer the load to your foot.
_______17. Absorption happens when the sound produced is ___________.

a. less
b. loud
c. more
d. none
______18. How does the heat of the sun reach us?

a. By evaporation
b. By conduction
c. By convection
d. By radiation
______19. We say that light is __________ when it is able to pass through materials.

a. Blocked
b. Reflected
c. Energized
d. Transmitted
______20. What affects the speed of sound as it travels?

a. Person receiving it
b. Loudness of the sound
c. The nature of material
d. The origin of the sound

_______21.Complete the analogy. Loam soil: gardening; clay soil: _______

a. Cement making
b. Construction of bridges
c. Farming
d. Pottery

_______22. What is a mixture of weathered rock and variety of living and dead life form called?

a. Minerals
b. Clay
c. Soil
d. Erosion

_______23. Why is soil important?

a. Soil is formed from rocks.

b. Plants grow on it.
c. It is a basic need of humans.
d. All animals live here.

_______24. The scientist who studies soil is called ____________.

a. Zoologist
b. Meteorologist
c. Pedologist
d. Botanist

_______25. The following are types of soil EXCEPT

a. Loam
b. Clay
c. Silt
d. Cement

B. Tell whether the following objects are heat conductors or heat insulators. Write HC if heat conductor
and HI if heat insulator.

___________1. kettle
___________2. book
___________3. pillow
___________4. Metal spoon
___________5. cloth
___________6. paper
___________7. mirror
___________8. flat iron
___________9. tissue
___________10. cooking pan

C. Answer the following questions.

1. Why should you not look directly at the sun?
__________________________________________________________

2. Why is it bad for children to play with matches and fire?

__________________________________________________________

3. After sitting around a bonfire, is it safe to leave some embers in the fire?
_________________________________________________________
4. Why is it not safe to overload electric outlets?
_________________________________________________________

5. What may happen if you are too exposed in using computer or gadgets everyday?
_________________________________________________________

D. Identify the type of heat transfer that happened in each situation.

_____________1. The surface of a car parked in an open area becomes hot.

_____________2. The spoon placed in a cup filled with hot water becomes hot.
_____________3. Sunbathing during summer.
_____________4. Water boiling in a pan.
_____________5. Turning on the air conditioner makes the room colder.
_____________6. Heat transfers in Emmanuel’s hands as he holds a hot cup of water.
_____________7. Skyler reheats her food using a microwave.
_____________8. Heat leaves the coffee mug as the currents of steam and air rise.
_____________9. Lia burned her hand as she accidentally spilled the boiling water.
_____________10. Hot air rises that caused a balloon to go up while cold air replaces hot air being released.

E. Fill in the blanks with the correct word to make the sentence complete.
1. The highness and lowness of sound is called __________________.
2. The sound which bounces back as it strikes a surface is ________________.
3. The medium where sound travels slowest is ________________.
4. _____________ of a sound is the number of vibrations per second produced by the source.
5. in cold air, the speed of sound slightly ______________.
6. Heat is transferred from a warmer object to a __________ object.
7. Hot water has high temperature while cold water has _________ temperature.
8. When heat rises, temperature _____________.
9. Sound is produced by _____________.
10. ___________ materials allow almost all light to pass through.