THIRD QUARTERLY TEST IN SCIENCE VI

NAME: ______________________________________________________________________________ SCORE:

_____1. It is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces sticking or touching together.
A. Gravity B. Electrical C. Friction D. Magnetic
_____2. Which has the greatest frictional force among these surfaces?
A. Polished floor B. Tiled floor C. Wet floor D. Sandy floor
_____3. Which of the following statements best describes friction?
A. It is a force that occurs when surfaces touch each other.
B. It is a force that occurs in smooth surfaces.
C. It is a force that occurs between solids and liquids.
D. It is a force that occurs only on rough surfaces.
_____4. Which of the following statement is true about rolling friction?
A. It is produced when an object is at rest.
B. It is produced when an object is moving in water
C. It is produced when an object is rolled in a surface.
D. It is produced when an object rub against each other.
_____5. Which is an example of an object that can produce rolling friction when rolls over a surface?
A. Ball B. Cabinet C. Shoe box D. Table
_____6. Riding a bicycle and using of wheelbarrow (kariton) are examples of ______________.
A. Fluid friction B. Rolling friction C. Sliding friction D. Static friction
_____7. Which of the following shows an example of rolling friction?
A. A kite flying. C. A soccer ball rolling on the ground.
B. A paper boat floating. D. A picture frame on the table.
_____8. What is sliding friction?
A. It occurs between two surfaces that meet each other.
B. It occurs in stationary objects or objects at rest.
C. It occurs between moving objects and a liquid or between an object moving in the air.
D. It opposes the motion of the wheel turning along a surface.
_____9. The following statements are examples of sliding friction EXCEPT ONE. Which is it?
A. A block being slid across the floor C. A glass being pushed across the table
B. Jeans on your legs when putting it on D. When a train goes around
_____10. 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
_____11. 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
_____12. Without air resistance, all objects fall at the same rate.
A. True B. False C. Maybe D. Neither True or False
_____13. The gravity between two objects increases as the distance between them ___.
A. decreases B. increases C. neutralizes D. stabilizes
____14. Which of the following is a source of chemical energy?
A. Pencil B. Chalk C. Bicycle D. Firewood
_____15. A form of energy that is produced by hitting two objects together or vibrating objects.
A. Heat B. Light C. Sound D. Electricity
_____16. It is an energy that is transported and produced by vibrations of exceedingly small particles in
matter through electromagnetic waves.
A. Heat B. Light C. Sound D. Electricity
______17. It is an energy transferred from bodies of higher temperature to the bodies of lower
temperature.
A. Heat B. Light C. Sound D. Electricity
_______18. An energy that formed when electrons move from one atom to another.
A. Heat B. Light C. Sound D. Electricity
19. These are small particles that spin around the center of the atom.What is it? _____________________
20. These are particles in the center of an atom that hold a positive charge . What is it?
________________________
II. Infer how friction and gravity affects movements of different objects. Read and answer
the questions below. BOX your chosen letter.
1. Which of the following statements about friction is TRUE?
A. Friction opposes motion of objects.
B. Friction occurs between non-rubbing surfaces.
C. Friction causes moving objects to move faster.
D. Friction acts in a direction similar to the direction of an object’s motion.
2. Will it be easier for a person to push a table on a carpeted floor than on tiled floor?
A. No, because the carpeted floor is rough, so friction is lesser.
B. No, because the carpeted floor is rough, so friction is greater.
C. Yes, because the carpeted floor is smooth, so friction is lesser.
D. Yes, because the carpeted floor is smooth, so friction is greater.
3. When can we say that friction on a floor is greater?
A. If the floor is wet.
B. If the floor is tiled.
C. If the floor is rough.
D. If the floor is smooth.
4. Which force causes a rolling ball to stop after a few seconds?
A. friction B. gravity C. magnetic D. motion
5. Why is difficult to move heavy objects on a rough surface?
A. rough surface is slippery
B. there is no friction on a rough surface
C. there is lesser friction on a rough surface
D. there is greater friction on a rough surface
6. When you are travelling along a road, how does the wet road affect friction?
A. It increases friction.
B. It decreases friction.
C. It maintains friction.
D. It increases and decreases friction.
7. Which of the following forces causes objects to slowdown and eventually stop?
A. air resistance B. friction C. gravity D. magnetic
8. What is the direction of friction between a moving object and a surface?
A. toward the direction of object’s motion
B. similar to the direction of object’s motion
C. opposite to the direction of object’s motion
D. perpendicular to the direction of object’s motion
9. Which activity below needs least friction?
A. skating B. writing C. climbing D. grinding
10.Which activity is a way of reducing friction?
A. applying lubricant
B. using rubber shoes
C. putting spikes on tires
D. removing wheels on heavy cabinets
11. Why does a ball thrown into the air tend to fall back to the ground?
A. Gravity causes the ball to fall.
B. The air pulls the ball to the ground.
C. Acceleration causes the ball to move faster.
D. The mass of the ball causes the ball to drop.
12. In order to jump, what force do we need to overcome?
A. friction B. gravity C. mass D. wind
13. Which will happen if a ball is thrown upward?
A. The ball remains in the air.
B. The ball moves in a curve path.
C. The ball will go back to the ground.
D. The ball continues to move upward.
14. Imagine the Earth lost its gravity. What will happen to objects on it?
A. All objects will float in the air.
B. All objects will fall on the ground.
C. Everything will just stay in place.
D. Only the lighter objects will float in the air.
15. Gravity affects all objects in the universe.
A. true B. false C. maybe D. it depends
16. Energy transformation also occurs in some objects that we use in our home. During brown out, when
you lighted a lamp or candle, into what transformation of energy occurs?
a. Chemical energy transforms to light energy
b. Energy changes in the burning of a candle as chemical energy converted to heat and light
energy.
 c. Lighted candle transforms to chemical energy during brown out
d. Chemical energy transforms to light and heat energy
17. When you plugged a television in an electric outlet and switch on the power button, automatically
the electric energy is turned to _________.
A. the electric energy turned to light energy
B. the electric energy turned to light, sound and heat energy
C. the electric energy turned to light and sound energy
D. the electric energy turned to heat and sound energy
18. One Saturday morning, you and your friend walked along the street when you saw a deliveryman, he
couldn’t lift a big and heavy balikbayan packages down from the delivery truck. What would be the best
way you can suggest to make the balikbayan packages easy to take down from the truck and bring it
near to the door step of the client?
A. Use a wooden ramp
B. Use pulley, smoothen wooden ramp and a handy or dolly cart
C. Use pulley, and a wooden ramp
D. Use smoothen wooden ramp

III. Read the following items carefully and write what KIND OF SIMPLE MACHINE are they.
Choices: INCLINED PLANE, WEDGE, SCREW, PULLEY, WHEEL AND AXLE or LEVER.

_______________________1. A double inclined plane that is sharpened to an end. It can be used to cut and
lift
objects.
_______________________2. This is used to wrap a cylinder. Also used to secure an object in place by
twisting or
spinning.
_______________________3. A flat supporting surface tilted with one end higher than the other.
_______________________4. It is used to lift loads, apply forces and transmit power.
_______________________5. This is the assembly formed by two discs of different diameters so that they
can
rotate together around the same axis.
_______________________6. It is composed of a straight or bent rigid bar that is free to turn in a known as
fulcrum.

IV. Match the form of energy in column A with the examples in column B. Write the letters
only.