Summative Test in SCIENCE 5

S.Y 2023-2024
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1.What is motion?
A. It is a movement not caused by force.
B. It has no relationship between force and objects.
C. It does not change its position as caused by force.
D. It is a change of an object’s position caused by force.
2.Which of the following demonstrates motion?
A. boy jogging in place C. dog barking at the garage
B. boy sitting on the chair D. girl running towards his father
3.Which of the following shows motion?
A. a baby crying in the crib C. a man riding a jeepney from office to his house
B. a pencil placed in a tin can D. a man crossing the street along the pedestrian lane
4.Which does NOT demonstrate motion?
A. pencil on the table C. ballerina dancing on stage
B. ball rolling on the floor D. mother walking on the street
5.What do you call a place used for comparison to determine if something is in motion?
A. velocity B. a constant C. a position D. point of reference
6.One day, Arnold woke up late in the morning. What must he do to arrive in school on time?
A. do nothing B. walk to school C. run to school D. go back to sleep
7.Which is used in measuring distance?
A. meterstick B. ruler C. tape measure D. all of the above
8.What is the best tool in measuring the distance from your classroom to the principal’s office?
A. meterstick B. ruler C. tape measure D. speedometer
9.Why do we need to use the metric system of measurement?
A. It is used by many scientists. C. It is necessary to describe movement.
B. It is important to describe motion. D. It is the standard unit of measurement.
10.Why do we need to use tools for measuring length or distance?
A. to have an accurate data
B. to be familiar with the use of each tools
C. to have misunderstanding and confusion among people
D. to have experience using tools like ruler, meterstick, tape measure, etc.
11.How can a biker travel a great distance in a specified time?
A. Pedal faster to increase the speed of the bike.
B. Pedal slowly to decrease the speed of the bike.
C. Increase the distance it will cover in the same time allotment.
D. Pedal faster to increase the time it will take to cover a distance.
12..Which is the reference point of a boy leaving home for school?
A. Canteen B. classroom C. home D. school ground
13.If Sarah finished a 200-meter race in 20 seconds, what was her speed?
A. 0.01 m/s B. 10 m/s C. 400 m/s D. 4000 m/s
14.A car travels 120 kilometers in 3 hours. What is its average speed?
A. 40 km/h B. 43 km/h C. 60 km/h D. 120 km/h
15.What do you call the materials that allow electricity and heat to flow freely through them?
A. circuit B. conductors C. electromagnet D. Insulators
16.The following materials are good conductors of heat and electricity EXCEPT one. Which one is it?
A. barbecue sticks B. iron nails C. metallic paper clips D. thumbtacks
17.Why is electrical wiring usually made from copper?
A.It is shiny. B.It is strong. C.It is not magnetic D.It conducts electricity.
18.Why is copper widely used for electrical materials?
A. It is made of metal and aluminum.
B. It allows electricity to flow through them.
 C. It is ductile and good conductor of electricity.
D. It does not allow heat and electricity to flow through them.
19.Which of the following materials does NOT allow the flow of electricity?
A. pins B. scissors C. thumbtacks D. tissue
20.Which group of materials are good conductors of electricity?
A. glass, paper, rubber C. plastic, steel, wood
B. gold, nails, pins D.brass, cotton, pots
21.What happens to light as it hits a shiny surface?
A. It reflects B.It refracts C.It transmits D.It is absorbed
22.What color is seen when an object absorbed all the colors and reflected none?
A. black B. blue C. white D. yellow
23.Which is an example of an opaque material?
A. clear plastic B. wooden door C. white curtain D.frosted window
24.What materials below have transparent, translucent and opaque characteristics?
A. shirt, tin can, tire C. black board, dust pan, metal plate
B. book, hair, hollow block D. plastic cellophane, colored glass, wood
25.What material allows some light to pass through?
A. colored B. opaque C. translucent D. transparent
26’What is the highness and lowness of sound?
A. loudness B. note C. pitch D. quality
27.What happens to our ears when exposed to loud sounds for a long period of time?
A. They grow bigger. C. They are damaged
B. They become itchy. D. They produce some discharges.
28.Which of the following is a pleasant sound?
A. loud music B.horn honking C. melody in a piano D. hard beating on the drums
29.Why is it good to hear the sound of a chirping bird than the sound of a barking dog?
A. The sound of a barking dog is irritating. C. The sound of a barking dog is pleasant to ears.
B. The sound of a chirping bird is irritating. D. The sound of a chirping bird is pleasant to ears.
30.Which of the following is considered as an unpleasant sound?
A. melody of a piano C. music playing over the radio
B. hard beating of drums D. gentle voice of a mother singing lullaby
31..What do you call the complete path that allows free flow of electricity?
A. battery B. circuit C. electricity D. magnet
32.Which of the following pictures DOES NOT show a design of parallel circuit?
A. C.
B. D.
33.Which electrical circuit consists of more than one pathway?
A. closed B. open C. parallel D. series
34.What kind of circuit connection shown in the picture?

A. closed B. open C. parallel D. series

35..In a series circuit, what happens when one bulb burns out?
A. The other bulb will explode. C. The other bulb will continue to light.
B. The other bulb will still function. D. The other bulb will not function anymore.
36.What device is produced when a coil of wire is winded around an iron nail?
A. battery B. circuit C. electromagnet D. magnet
37.How are magnets and electricity similar?
A. They both repel metallic objects. C. They both harm metallic objects.
B. They both attract metallic objects. D. They both destroy metallic objects.
38.Why can a piece of iron and a coil of wire connected to a dry cell be able to magnetize an object made of iron?
A. It can produce radiation. C. It can produce electric current.
B. It can produce sound wave. D. It can produce electromagnetic force
39.Which makes the force of an electromagnet stronger?
A. small iron nail B. bigger iron nail C. less coils of wire D. more coils of wire
40.What happens when you disconnect an electromagnet from a battery?
A. It will explode. C. It will stop attracting metals.
B. It will continue from attracting non-metals. D. Nothing will happen.