Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region V
School Division of Sorsogon
Castilla West District
MILUYA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Miluya, Castilla, Sorsogon
3RD Periodical Test in Science VI

NAME: _______________________________________ DATE:______________

SCORE:___________
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which surface will produce the least amount of friction?
A. fuzzy soccer field C. gravel running track
B. smooth glass tabletop D. grassy soccer field
2. Which of the following does not involve any friction?
A. a bicycle rolling down a hill
B. a baseball player sliding into second base
C. a diver falling through the air to a pool
D. all of the above experience friction
3. Why is it easy to slip when there is water on a smooth floor?
A. The water is a lubricant and reduces the friction between your feet and the floor.
B. The friction between your feet and the floor changes from kinetic to static friction.
C. The water increases the friction between your feet and the floor.
D. The friction between your feet and the floor changes from sliding
4. Which of the following is not a type of friction?
A. fluid B. rolling C. static D. wind
5. What are you going to put in a surface to reduce the friction on it?
A. stone B. piece of cloth C. lubricant D. none of the above
6. If you run down the sidewalk and stop quickly, you can stop because of the _______________ between your shoes
and the cement.
A. gravity B. Friction C. motion D. Shoes
7. Which of the followings helps in reducing friction?
A. lubricants, rollers, wheels and bearings C. gravel, sand, soil
B. cloth, clay, rubber D. pebbles, rocks, mud
8. The ball rolled on the grassy surface of the park and suddenly stop. How does friction affect the motion of the ball?
A. Friction slows down the rolling of the ball and prevents the ball to move farther.
B. Friction opposes the direction of the ball to change its direction.
C. Friction decreases the time of the ball to take farther distance.
D. Friction affects the ability of the ball to take more rolling.
9. What force pulls a guava down to the floor?
A. Energy B. gravity C. friction D. Speed
10. How will you decrease friction on your floors?
A. Scrub the floor C. Apply floor wax
B. Vacuum the floor D. Wipe with water and soap.
11. Why does a car travel faster in going down than in going up?
A. it is moving against gravity
B. it is being pushed by the wind
C. force is needed to stop an object
D. it is being pulled by the weight of the car
12. Where would a 1-kilogram object be heaviest?
A . on the moon C. on Earth
B. in space D. between the moon and the earth
13. Which of the following materials produce light?
A. Oven toaster C. Electric fan
B. Television D. Washing machine
14. Which of the following show that the electrical energy transformed into heat energy?
A. light candle B. glue gun C. flashlight D. telephone
15. What energy transformation is present in microwave oven?
A. electric energy to chemical energy
B. electric energy to nuclear energy
C. electrical energy to mechanical energy
D. electrical energy to heat energy
16. Which energy transformation occurs in electric iron?
A. heat to light energy C. light to heat energy
B. heat to electric energy D. electric to heat energy
17. Which form of energy that travels through empty space and radiates in all directions?
A. Sound energy C. Light energy
B. Mechanical energy D. Chemical energy
18. A television converts electrical energy into _________.
1. Light 2. Sound 3. Heat 4. Chemical
A. 1 and 2 only B. 2 and 3 only
B. 1, 2, and 3 only D. all of the above
19. The energy conversion below describes the energy conversion in a ________________.
Electrical energy Sound energy + heat energy
A. radio B. lamp C. toaster D. television
20. When is sound produced?
A. Molecules collide C. Particular particles
B. Substance evaporates D. Bodies vibrate
21. What energy transformation is shown when a candle is lighted?
A. light to chemical C. chemical to heat
B. chemical to light D. light to heat
22. Food that we eat has stored energy and this energy is used in doing our work every day. What energy
transformation has taken place in this situation?
A. from radiant to chemical C. from chemical to radiant
B. from chemical to mechanical D. from radiant to mechanical
23. Your mother is using a washing machine every time she washes your blankets. What energy transformation is
shown in the use of washing machine?
A. electrical to mechanical C. electrical to wind
B. chemical to mechanical D. electrical to sound
24. A big boy and a small boy try to place themselves on a wooden plank with a stone as the fulcrum. Where should
the stone placed?
A. Nearer the big boy C. Nearer the small boy
B. Halfway between them D. Anywhere between them
25. Why are teeth examples of wedges?
A. They can lift objects with less force.
B. They can pull down objects with less force
C. They can cut objects
D. They have fulcrum, force arms and work arms.
26. Which of the following has a sharp edge?
A. Knife B. Seesaw C. Stairs D. Spoon
27. Which of the following is a characteristic of lever?
A. Has a thick base
B. Has a sharp edge
C. Has fulcrum, load and effort.
D. None of the above

28. What form of energy is produced by burning an object?

A. Sound energy C. Heat energy
B. Mechanical energy D. Chemical energy
29. Which of the following is an example of force?
A. Push and Pull
B. Television
C. Rubber shoes
D. Paper and Pen
30. What is the importance of friction?
A. to make work easier and faster
B. to make it slow a moving object
 C. to damage body posture
D. to lift light object
31. What forms of energy is stored in the leaves of plants?
a. heat energy c. chemical energy
b. light energy d. mechanical energy
32. It is the force between two bodies which are in contact with each other?
A. gravity B. friction C. energy D. mass
33. Which of the following is an example of increasing friction?
A. fuzzy soccer field C. gravel running track
B. smooth glass tabletop D. grassy soccer field
34. Where is the gravitational force directed as you stand on the floor?
A. upward C. backward
B. forward D. downward
35. It has a sharp edge and used for cutting and slicing.
A. Wedge B. Inclined Plane C. Lever D. screw

Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct or FALSE if otherwise.

______36. Fish and other aquatic animals will grow abundantly when there is thermal pollution.
______37. Insecticides and preservatives should be put separately in the cabinet.
______38. Nuclear energy has beneficial and harmful effects.
______39. Sound travel fastest in gas than in solid.
______40. Heat of the earth, wind and flowing water can be transformed to electrical energy.
______41. The most useful form of radiant energy is light energy.
______42. Motion takes place when the forces acting on an object are balanced.
______43. The molecules in solid exhibits surface tension.
______44. Silica is the most abundant element on earth.
______45.Speed of sound is faster than speed of light.
______46. Radiation is the by product of mechanical energy.
______47. Ultrasonic sounds are heard by dolphins, bats and dogs but not by man.
______48. Chlorofluorocarbons cause the thinning of the ozone layer.
______49. Most plastics dumped into rivers do not decay because there are no microbes that can
use them as food.
______50. Taste or smell unknown materials before using them.
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V
School Division of Sorsogon
Castilla West District
MILUYA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Miluya, Castilla, Sorsogon
RD
3 Periodical Test in Science VI
Objectives No. of No. of Item Placement
Items Percent
 Infer how friction and gravity affect movements of
1,2.3,4,5,6,7,8,9.10,11,
different objects.
14 28% 12,32, 34,
S6FE-IIIa-c-1

Demonstrate how sound, heat, light and electricity 13, 14, 15, 16,17, 18, 19, 20, 21,
can be transformed. 22, 23, 28, 31, 36, 37,
23 46% 38,39,40,41,42,
S6FE-IIIc-f-2
43,44,45

Manipulate simple machines to describe their

characteristics and uses. 24, 25, 26, 27, 33,
10 20%
46,47,48,49,50
S6FE-IIIg-i-3

Demonstrate the practical and safe uses of simple

machines 3 6% 29, 30, 35
S6FE-IIIj-4

Total 50 100%

Prepared by: Checked by:

RULINA D. GUIJOVA MARY JANE S. BADOLES

Science Teacher School Science Coordinator

Approved:

ROBERTO O. NAELGAS
MT-I/TIC