THIRD QUARTERLY TEST IN SCIENCE 6

Name: ____________________________________
Grade: ________________ Score: _____

Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the letter of the best answer. In your science activity
notebook, write the letter that corresponds to your answer.

1. What force occurs when one object rubs against another object?
A. Buoyant C. Gravity B. Friction D. Magnetic
2. Which picture shows a static type of friction?

3. Which surface provides LEAST friction?

A. Tiled floor C. Sandy road B. Grass land D. Wood floor
4. How are we going to stop a moving vehicle?
A. Release the brake pedal to increase friction.
B. Look at the brake pedal to increase friction.
C. Press the brake pedal to increase friction.
D. Do nothing to increase the friction.
5. Which bike will run faster?

A. Mountain bike because it has no brake.

B. Mountain bike because it is heavy and durable.
C. Road bike because it has wide tire and lots of grips
D. Road bike because it has light weight, small thin tires and more aerodynamic.
6. Which of these will have the strongest gravitational pull-on Earth?
A. a baby C. a drinking glass
B. a half sack of rice D. an elephant
7. Why is it difficult for us to go up in a mountain than go down?
A. We are moving against gravity. B. We are pulled by the wind.
C. We are moving towards gravity. D. None of the above
8. When an object is at rest or not moving, the energy it possess is________.
A. Chemical energy C. Potential energy
B. Kinetic energy D. Thermal energy
9. A rolling ball possesses ______.
A. Chemical energy C. Potential energy
B. Kinetic energy D. Thermal energy
10. Chemical energy is important because______
A. Because it can make our work easier. C. Because it can sustain life.
B. Because it can make our life complicated. D. All the choices.
11. The following are uses of mechanical energy except_____.
A. It can make our work easier.
B. It generates electricity.
C. It is used to locate exact locations.
D. It makes our work faster.

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12. Which of the following sentences describes sound energy?
A. It is an energy produced by vibrating bodies or objects.
B. It is a form of energy possessed by moving object.
C. It’s a form of energy produced by moving electrons.
D. It’s a form of energy present in everybody due to the motion of molecules.
13. Which of the following sentences describes light energy?
A. It is an energy stored in plants.
B. It is a form of energy possessed by moving object.
C. It’s a form of energy produced by moving electrons.
D. It’s a form energy travel through space.
14. Which of the following sentences does NOT describe heat energy?
A. It’s a form of energy present in everybody due to the motion of molecules.
B. It’s a form of energy produced by moving electrons.
C. It is an energy an object has because of the movement of its molecules.
D. Is keeps the surrounding warm.
15. It is an energy produced by moving electrons.
A. electrical B. chemical C. sound D. Heat
16. Energy transformation or energy conversion is the process of _____________ .
A. Changing of energy from one form to another.
B. Changing of energy to heat energy alone.
C. Changing of energy to thermal energy alone.
D. Changing of energy into different sizes.
17. Energy transformation also occurs in some objects that we use. When you lighted a candle, the chemical
energy of the candle is changed into_____________.
A. light and heat energy C. nuclear energy
B. mechanical energy Sound energy
18. Energy transformation starts when ____________energy strikes the earth’s surface of which some of this
energy is transformed by photosynthesis into chemical energy stored in the carbohydrate molecules of the plant.
A. heat energy C. mechanical energy
B. radiant energy D. sound energy
19. When you switched on a flashlight, the chemical energy stored in batteries is converted into_____________.
A. chemical energy C. mechanical energy
B. light energy D. sound energy
20. Anie’s family bought a new electric stove. The stovetop had several large circles on it. When Anie’s father
turned on the stove, the circles glowed with a red color. What can you infer about these circles?
A. The circles gave off both heat and light.
B. The circles gave off only light.
C. The circles gave off light but not heat.
21. What energy transformation occurs when you rub your hands together?
A. Chemical energy to Heat energy
B. Heat energy to Mechanical energy
C. Mechanical energy to Chemical energy
D. Mechanical energy to Heat energy
22. Transformation of energy occurs when __________.
A. energy is wasted B. energy is created.
C. there is electricity D. energy is transformed from one form to another.
23. Which shows transformation of energy in a television?

24. When you light the wood to burn, what kind of energy transformation occurs?
A. transformation through heat B. transformation through light
C. transformation through work D. transformation through vacuum

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25. What is the proper sequence for transformation of energy of a car?

26. Which is true about the Law of Conservation of Energy?

A. Energy can be created.
B. Energy can be destroyed.
C. Energy can repeat itself and created.
D. Energy cannot be created nor destroy, it can only be transformed from one form to
another.
Directions: Choose the type of simple machine that is appropriate for each task.
27. Raising the flag up the pole
A. Pulley B. Screw C. Wheel and axle D. None of these
28. Changing flat tire.
A. Pulley B. Screw C. Inclined plane D. Wheel and axle
29. Beating fifty eggs in baking a bread.
A. Pulley B. Screw C. Wheel and axle D. Both A and B
30. Getting water from a ground well
A. Pulley B. Screw C. Wheel and axle D. None of these
31. Bringing heavy metals to the third floor of the house being constructed.
A. Pulley B. Screw C. Wedge D. Wheel and axle
32. What kind of simple machine has a sharp edge and helps spread or cut something?
A. lever B. pulley C. wedge D. inclined plane
33. The staircase is an example of what simple machine?
A. lever B. pulley C. wedge D. inclined plane
34. What type of simple machine multiplies effort force using a straight or curved rigid bar that is free to turn
about a fixed point?
A. lever B. pulley C. screw D. Wedge
35. Wheelchair ramps allow people in wheelchairs to get over obstacles without much effort, what type of simple
machine are these ramps?
A. inclined plane B. wedge C. screw D. lever
36. Why are simple machines important to people?
A. They can create products easily.
B. They can cause damage to the environment.
C. They can produce energy and movement to create work.
D. They can transform and transfer energy, multiply speed and force, and make work faster and easier.
37. A can opener is a combination of which simple machines?
A. inclined plane and wedge B. lever and wedge
C. wedge and pulley D. lever and pulley
38. The following are examples of wedge EXCEPT __________.
A. cutter B. nail C. saw D. Stairs
39. Which part of the tong is the fulcrum?

40. What simple machine is shown in the picture?

A. first class lever B. second class lever

C. third class lever D. fourth class level
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