Third Periodical Test in Science 5
Third Periodical Test in Science 5
Third Periodical Test in Science 5
6,7,8,9,10
S5FE-IVg-h-7 Infer the pattern in the changes in the 15 31,32,33,34,35
appearance of the Moon 36,37,38,39,40
TOTAL 50
Prepared by:
RIEZEL V. FUEGO
Teacher I
I.Directions. Read and understand each question carefully. Choose and write the letter of the
correct answer on your answer sheet.
______ 1. What do you call the breaking down of rocks into fragments?
A. Erosion C. Flooding
B. Run off D. Weathering
______ 2. What is a type of weathering that involves change in the composition of rocks?
A. chemical C. both chemical and mechanical
B. mechanical D. none of the above
______ 3. What do you call the process by which humans extract stones from the
mountains for construction purpose?
A. digging C. quarrying
B. flattering D. weathering
______ 5. What do you call an open-pit mine where rocks can be extracted?
A. landfill C. reservoir
B. quarry D. open-field
______6.If you see a new moon today, when will you probably see another new moon again?
A. after 3 days B. after 4 weeks C. after 4 months D. after 2 months
______7. Which statement about the moon is correct?
A. The moon does not rotate nor revolve.
B. The moon revolves only around the sun.
C. The moon rotates around the earth at the same time revolves on its axis.
D. The moon revolves around the earth at the same time rotates on the axis.
_______8. What causes the phases of the moon to change each night?
A. The season of the year determines the phase of the Moon.
B. The closer the Moon is to Earth, the more light the Moon reflects.
C. The Moon changes its actual shape throughout the course of the month.
D. The alignment between the Earth, Moon, and Sun determines the amount of
light reflected by the Moon.
_______9. What do you see in the sky when the moon is aligned with the sun with its lighted
side facing the Earth?
A. full moon B. new moon C. quarter moon D. half moon
______10. During the new moon phase, we cannot see the moon at all. Why?
A. The dark part is behind us.
B. The lighted part is away from us.
C. The moon revolves around the sun.
D. The moon revolves around the Earth.
II. Read and understand each situation carefully. Identify each situation if it shows an example
of mechanical or chemical weathering. Write M for mechanical weathering and C for
chemical weathering. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.
III.Directions. Reach each sentence carefully. Identify the agent or cause of erosion for each
situation. Choose your answer from the box below. Write your answer on your
paper.
__________16. It carries away more rocks and soil than all other agents.
__________18. Plants are exposed to intensive grazing of animals making the soil bare.
__________19-20. What two agents or natural forces that causes different rock formations?
__________21. One of the most powerful natural force that washes away the topsoil in
agricultural land.
__________22. Large ice formations that move slowly and form valleys and shape
mountains through erosion.
__________23. Farmers tend to clear and burn a patch of forest area. They cultivate the
area until such time that the soil is no longer good for planting.
__________24. Forest or brush have been carelessly cut or burned on sloping land, the rain
sweeps down the slope in a sheet and gradually washes away the soil.
__________25. A powerful natural force that causes significant erosion in dry areas. It
usually picks dust and sand particles from the land surface and carries them to a
large distance before settling.
IV. Directions: Read each sentences. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is
not. Write your answer on the space provided before each item.
V..Directions. Directions. Read each sentence carefully. Match the item in Column B with its
definition in Column A. Choose and write the letter of the correct answer on the
space provided before each number.
Columnn A Column B
______34. It refers to the apparent changes of the moon’s shape. D. Full moon
E. New moon
______35. The period it takes for the moon to complete one cycle.
F. Last quarter
______36. The phase seen when the moon is between the Sun and
G. Waxing Gibbous
Earth
H. Waning Gibbous
______37. The phase when the entire lighted portion of the moon is
I. Waxing Crescent
seen in the sky.
J. Phases of the
______38. The phase when the moon appears in a semi circular in moon
form and is seen after a new moon.
______39. The phase when most of the lighted portion of the moon is
______ 40.The phase when most of the lightest portion of the moon is seen
44.____________ 45.______________
VII. Directions: Read each phrases. Fill in the missing word to complete the thought of the
paragraph. Choose the answer from the box below and write the correct answer on
the space provided on each item.
Score:__________________________________________ Score:__________________________________________