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TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
First Periodical Test in SCIENCE 6
2022-2023

ITEM PLACEMENT
EASY AVERAGE DIFFICULT No. of
COMPETENCY CODE
Remember / Understand/ Apply/ Analyze / Evaluate / Create / Items
Knowledge Comprehension Application Analysis Synthesize Evaluation
Describe the appearance and uses of 1-10 21-25 15
homogeneous and heterogenous mixtures
Describe techniques in separating 11-20 36-40 26-35 41-50 35
mixtures such as decantation,
evaporation, filtering, sieving and using
magnet
TOTAL NUMBER OF ITEMS 20 10 10 10 50
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DIVISION OF _________
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FIRST PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 6
2022-2023

Pangalan:____________________________________Baitang: ________________Score:_____
Direction: Answer the following questions and write the letter of the correct answer in your paper.

1. What are the ingredients used in preparing a cold Choco treat?

A. choco powder, cold water, sugar and powdered milk
B. choco powder, hot water, powdered milk, and sugar
C. choco powder, powdered milk, juice and water
D. powdered milk, sugar, tea and water

2. What are the solid materials present in the mixture?

A. choco powder, powdered milk and sugar
B. choco powder, powdered milk and water
C. powdered milk only
D. sugar and water

3. Which is the liquid material used in the mixture?

A. choco powder B. powdered milk C. cold water D. sugar

4. What happened to the ingredients after mixing them in the container?

A. All ingredients mixed thoroughly in cold water.
B. All ingredients floated in hot water.
C. The coffee separated in cold water.
D. The milk floated in hot water.

5. What type of mixture did you produce in this activity?

A. heterogeneous mixture B. homogeneous mixture
C. liquid mixture D. solid mixture

6. Which of the following materials can be dissolved?

A. Stone B. leaf C. salt D. cloth

7. If you are going to mix hot water and coffee powder what will happen?
A. The coffee powder will not dissolve in water.
B. The coffee powder will dissolve in water thoroughly.
C. The coffee powder will dissolve in water partially.
D. None of the above

8. This is formed when one substance is dissolved in another substance.

A. solute B. solution C. sols D. aerosol

9. Which of the following materials is a solvent?

A. flour B. water C.. sugar D. both a and b

10. It dissolves more substances than any other?

A. sugar B. salt C. water D. pebble

11. What method is used to separate solid impurities from water using filter in the faucets?
A. sieving B. magnetism C. filtering D. distillation

12. Which material will you use if you’re going to make coffee out of grind coffee for your visitors?
A. filter paper B. colander C. mesh wire D. strainer

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13. This kind of technique in separating mixtures is used in separating fine sand from rocks in the mixtures of sand
and gravel.
A. picking B. sieving C. filtering D. evaporation

14. Divine wants to separate mixtures of cornstarch from small stones that she will be using in making maja blanca.
What kind of material will she use to separate it?
A. filter cloth B. towel C. filter paper D. strainer with small holes

15. What separating technique will you use if you want to separate mongo seeds which mixed up with salt?
A. filtering B. picking C. sieving D. magnetism

16. What method is used to obtain salt from sea water?

A. decantation B. sedimentation C. evaporation D. filtering

17. Which of the following examples undergo evaporation process?

A. a pail of water under the heat of the sun
B. brushing your teeth after meal
C. ironing clothes every weekend
D. listening to the radio

18. It is the main factor that causes evaporation process in separating mixtures.
A. water B. heat C. smoke D. light

19. Princess accidentally spill a glass of water in the salt container and she is thinking with of a solution on how she’s
going to recover salt from water. What will Princess do to return the salt to its original phase?
A. She will wrap it with newspaper tightly
B. She will throw it away in the waste can
C. She will hide it in a dark corner
D. She will boil the solution

20. While boiling water in a kettle, Gwayne noticed that there are smoke coming from the spout of a kettle. He asked
his mother, “Why did the smoke rise upward”? What do you think will be the mother’s answer?
A. because the water reached its cooling point
B. because the water reached its boiling point
C. because the water is heated and became water vapor
D. because the water is freezing

Directions: Write Fact if the statement is true and Bluff if it’s not.

_____________21. Bronze is a combination of copper and tin.

_____________22. Seawater is a homogeneous mixture.
_____________23. Cement is a liquid homogeneous mixture.
_____________24. Blood is a liquid homogeneous mixture.
_____________25. Air is a mixture of gases.

Direction: Write P if the mixture can be separated by picking out, E if by evaporation, F by filtration, D by
decantation, and M by magnet.

__________ 26. Fruit salad __________ 27. Mixture of water and salt
__________ 28. Coconut milk __________ 29. Seawater
__________ 30. Water and sand __________ 31. Sand and Nail
__________ 32. Rice grain and stone __________ 33. Water and sugar
__________ 34. Baking powder and water __________ 35. Pebbles, mongo seeds, and rice grain

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Direction: Complete the statements below by choosing the correct answers from the given choices in the
box. Write it on the blank.

magnetism separation metals non-metals

magnets iron fillings

I learned that (36) ____________________ is a technique used to separate (37)

_________________ from (38) _________________. Metals are attracted to the (39) ________________
while non-metals are not. Mixture of (40) ______________ and talc powder can be separated by
magnetism.

Direction: From the short information that you have read about suspension, answer the following
questions.

41. What is a suspension?

42-43. Give two examples of suspension?

44-46. Give three uses of suspension.

47-48. What is the appearance of suspension when two materials were mixed? 2 pts.

49-50. Where can particles usually be seen when two materials were combined in a suspension?2 pts.

ANSWER KEY FOR SCIENCE 6

No. Answer No. Answer

1 A 20 C

2 A 21 FACT

3 C 22 FACT

4 A 23 BLUFF

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 5 B 24 FACT

6 C 25 FACT

7 B 26 P

8 B 27 E

9 B 28 F

10 C 29 E

11 C 30 D

12 A 31 M

13 B 32 P

14 D 33 F

15 A 34 F

16 C 35 P
MAGNET
17 A
36 ISM
18 B 37 METALS
NON-
19 D
38 METALS
MAGNET
39 S
IRON
40 FILINGS
Suspensi
on is a
kind of
mixture
in which
the solid
particles
are
spread
through
out the
liquid
without
dissolvin
41 g it.
Answer
may
vary.( oil
and
water;
flour and
42 water)
43 Suspens
sion are

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 used in
food,
medicine
and
beverag
es

44 cloudy

45 bottom

46

47
48
49

50

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