Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF _
_____________ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

IN SCIENCE 5

Name: __________________________________________________________ Score: _________

Grade Level/Section: ____________________________________ Date: ____________________
Directions: Read the following questions carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write your
answer before each number.

1. Which among the following is NOT a harmful substance or material?

A. leaking car batteries
B. insecticides and pesticides
C. expired medicines
D. a slice of pizza and cheese
2. When do we consider that a material is useful?
A. If it has served its use and purpose.
B. When it was put in a corner and waited for its disposal.
C. If it is in a place where people can see clearly.
D. When it gives a person a reason to be happy.
3. Kurt Justine will be cleaning his toilet bowl. What is the best material he can use to clean it?
A. pouring soft drinks on it
B. pouring detergent power on it
C. using water and hand soap to clean it
D. using bleach, muriatic acid and water
4. Which among the following is a corrosive material/substance?
A. Coconut oil
B. Gasoline
C. Matchstick
D. Muriatic acid
5. Which of the following is an example of a poisonous substance?
A. Gasoline
B. Glyceride
C. Kerosene
D. Pesticide
6. Which among the sets of materials/substances is classified as flammable materials?
A. Gasoline, Kerosene, Alcohol
B. Soft drinks, Fruit juice, Water
C. Baby oil, Coconut oil, Cooking oil
D. Muriatic acid, Sulfuric acid, Phosphoric acid
7. What will happen if materials are not handled properly or are not used according to its purpose?
A. people will be happy
B. it will remain the same
C. nothing will surely happen
D. accidents and pollution may occur
8. What is the best way for you to dispose empty batteries at home?
A. Bury them in your backyard 6 meters deep.
B. Throw them away in the river so that it will be washed up.
C. Put them in the trash together with biodegradable materials.
D. Return them to the stores where used batteries are recycled
9. Your mother bought a cough syrup from the pharmacy. You noticed that the medicine is expired
already. What are you going to tell her?
A. continue to take medicine.
B. do not take the cough syrup.
C. mix it with new medicine.
D. scold the pharmacist for giving expired medicine.
10. Mang Jonas is a farmer. He used commercial pesticides in controlling pests in his rice field.
Where can he store this poisonous product?
A. at the kitchen sink
B. under the table
C. on top of the dining table
D. in a closed and secured cabinet
11. Your best friend gave you chocolates as birthday presents. You were very excited to share it with
your younger sister who loves chocolates but when you read the label, you noticed a food allergen
warning. Some of these contain peanuts. What will you do?
A. Choose the ones without peanuts and give it to her.
B. I will still give her the chocolates and ignore the effects.
C. He will not be given any chocolate because he has an allergy.
D. I will go to the grocery store and buy candies for my brother.
12. Why is it important to dispose properly empty pesticide bottles and corrosive substances?
A. So that we can be happy, strong and healthy.
B. To lessen our garbage and recycle these materials.
C. To make our surroundings clean, green and beautiful.
D. So that no poisoning, accident and pollution will happen.
13. How can you contribute in promoting consumer welfare?
A. Using only the products labeled only with Halal.
B. By telling people to buy only expensive products.
C. By buying imported products from other countries.
D. Using social media to promote reading labels all the time.
14. Which of these changes show a chemical change?
A. tearing a piece of paper
B. molding a little clay
C. burning of candle
D. melting of ice
15. Which of the following shows physical change?
A. ripening of fruits
B. tearing a piece of paper
C. rusting of iron
D. spoilage of food
16. When you let a candle sit under the sun for a few minutes, it will melt. What is in the sun that
makes the candle melt?
A. heat
B. road
C. smoke
D. water
17. What change takes place when water starts to boil?
A. Water changes from solid to gas.
B. Water changes from gas to liquid.
C. Water changes from gas to plasma.
D. Water changes from liquid to gas.
18. Heidi loves ice cream, she bought another one for her friend Rose Ann. After a few minutes, the
ice cream starts to melt. Which of the following is the best explanation for this?
A. The temperature outside is higher.
B. The temperature outside is lower.
C. There is no difference in temperature.
D. The ice cream melts because of her saliva.
19. Which of the following is an example of chemical change where heat is applied?
A. Burning of wood C. Chopping of vegetables
B. Freezing of water D. Sharpening a pencil
20. The following materials undergo chemical change. Which of these changes in matter has a good
effect on the environment?
A. burning of plastic
B. exposing alcohol to heat or fire
C. composting biodegradable waste
D. combustion of gasoline in the car’s engine
21. Cutting of trees has its advantages and uses to the people. Which of the following is a bad effect
of this activity?
A. More paper is produced.
B. It may result to flooding.
C. It increases in furniture making.
D. It may result in house construction.
22. Your mother has celebrated her birthday yesterday, there were many empty plastic bottles of soft
drinks left. What is the best way you can do with these empty plastic bottles in order to protect the
environment?
A. Burn them in your backyard.
B. Put them in your garbage bin.
C. Throw the empty plastic bottles in the river.
D. Make the empty plastic bottles as flower vases.
23. In the absence of oxygen in lighting a candle, what will likely occur?
A. it will flare
B. the candle will burn
C. the candle will melt
D. the fire will be extinguished
24. During hot days, leftover food may likely spoil if it is left on the table. What should you do to
prolong the life of leftover food?
A. store it in the oven
B. store it in the refrigerator
C. put it in its original container
D. cover it and let it sit on the table
25. Why is burning of tires strictly prohibited by the government?
A. Burning the tires can release smoke and toxins that enter the air which contributes to the
greenhouse effect.
B. Old tires has no longer any use so it is burned to reduce waste in the landfill
C. The government needs these tires for future use to reduce the amount of money to be
spent.
D. When an old tire is burned it cannot be sold anymore, thus it cannot give profit to the
government.
26. Spoilage of food makes it poisonous, you cannot eat it anymore, or else you will be poisoned.
What is the best way to make spoiled food useful to the environment?
A. Throw it in your garbage
B. Feed the spoiled food to your pets
C. Used the spoiled food for composting
D. Give the spoiled food to your neighbors
27. What is the proper way of disposing dry leaves and vegetable and fruit peelings?
A. burn it in the backyard
B. throw it in the garbage
C. put them in the compost pit
D. let them rot in the garbage
28. Which of these garbage materials do not decompose?
A. fallen leaves, fruit peeling
B. plastics and glass bottles
C. vegetable peelings, spoiled food
D. used paper and paper boxes
29. What are the 5 components of the 5R’s?
A. reduce, reuse, recycle, redirect, reselect
B. reuse, reduce, repair, redo, rebury
C. reduce, reuse, recycle, repair, recover
D. reuse, recycle, redirect, recover, reselect
30. Which of the following material can be recycled?
A. Used oil and grease
B. Glass and plastic bottles
C. Discarded food and fruits
D. Rotting trees and leaves
31. Which of the following situation involves recycling?
A. Jun wipes oil to his tool to prevent rusting.
B. Jay collects plastic bottles and turn them into plastic flowers.
C. Jenny used gain the plastic bags from yesterday’s shopping.
D. James always brings plastic tumbles instead of buying bottled water
32. Which of the following concepts below expresses the method of reducing waste?
A. Use something just once.
B. Make something into something new
C. Make something ugly into something beautiful
D. Use less of something, creating a lesser amount of waste
33. In her class, Mrs. Julia Sigaya told her students to reuse paper instead of throwing it in the bin.
How will they do it?
A. Throw the used paper in the garbage.
B. Make an origami from the used paper.
C. Use the paper as scratch paper for solving math problems.
D. Never mind the advice of the teacher, just do as you please.
34. What could be the worst environmental effect if we do not manage our waste?
A. It may lead to plant and animal death.
B. It could lead to spending more money.
C. It could provide less income for the family.
D. It can make our house clean, green and beautiful.
35. While walking home from school, Jayronn collected empty aluminum cans along the road. What
could he do to use these cans?
A. Just let the cans stored in the sack nearby.
B. Store them and sell them when time comes.
C. Crush them and throw them away in the garbage.
D. Create plant pots for growing vegetable seedlings.
36. What can be done to old and malfunctioning cellphones so that it may not cause environmental
pollution?
A. Crush them and bury them in the backyard.
B. Burn them and let the parts melt and exhaust black smoke.
C. Throw them away to the garbage and let them go into landfills.
D. Recover them and put them in junkshops and processing plants.
37. Why is it important to recycle waste materials?
A. To make us rich and powerful.
B. It makes our surroundings dirty and polluted.
C. It makes us famous and well known to the whole country.
D. To conserve raw materials and reduce the use of precious resources.
38. How can you help in managing your waste at home?
A. By practicing the 5R’s and making use of every resources wisely
B. Using plastic bags instead of “Eco bags” in going to grocery stores
C. By promoting the uses of high-end products imported from other countries
D. Buying supplies that are not needed and letting them rot in the cabinets
39. What is the first step in designing a recyclable product?
A. Creating
B. Implementing
C. Packaging
D. Planning
40. Which of the following can be made from juice pouch and drinking straw?
A. flower pot
B. mat and rag
C. food container
D. plastic eco-woven bag
41. Which of the following is the characteristics shown in recycling materials?
A. thrift and frugal
B. loving and caring
C. friendly and industrious
D. creativity and resourcefulness
42. Where can be the best place to recycle waste materials that can be used in creating new products?
A. Church
B. Home
C. Market
D. School
43. What can be made from colored magazines to help make beautify your home?
A. mats and rags
B. origami flowers and swans
C. flower vase and flower pots
D. food container and organizers
44. Which materials can be used to make a beautiful curtain?
A. cloth trimmings, old clothes and jeans
B. sea shells, coral bits and recycled crystals
C. plastic bags, garbage bags and cellophane
D. colored magazines, newspapers and used paper
45. Mhelbert noticed that most of his classmates drink softdrinks in plastic bottles during recess.
What product can he make from plastic bottles?
A. hanging flower lantern
B. plastic bags and pouch
C. stitched mats and rags
D. origami flowers and swans
46. In promoting your finished recycled product. What must be done to sell it to your chosen buyers?
A. Sell your finish product to your sister who does not want it.
B. Let your product sit at the store and just wait for anyone to see it.
C. Call your friends and tell them to buy your product at the least price where you have no
profit
D. Use social media platform like Facebook Online and promote your product with good
packaging and caption.
47. What should you do to the packaging of your product so that it will attract buyers?
A. Make the packaging plain
B. Give it a name that everyone cannot read or recognize
C. Make it expensive and grand with high cost of materials
D. Do it simple but colorful, clean and appealing to the eyes
48. Nathalie was asked to promote a recycled product on Facebook. What can she do to make this
happen?
A. Take a picture of the product and post it on Facebook
B. Post a picture of the product without any captions to make it simple.
C. Send a picture of the product to all her friends and force them to promote the product.
D. Take a picture of the product and post it with the best captions that will catch everyone’s
attention.
 49. How can recycling local materials and making them into new products help in waste
management.
A. It can make the environment dirty and have a foul odor
B. Creates new products but hardly no one is interested to buy
C. It lessens the waste and it can become a good source of income
D. It will do nothing since it is only using a small part of the daily waste
50. Why is creativity needed in designing a product out of local recyclable materials?
A. Because this characteristic is necessary to make one a star and famous
B. It is not always needed because we can always make a product without it
C. It makes one ambitious enough to think that a product can be made from waste materials.
D. Because it makes one unique and able to think of new ways to make beautiful products
out of recycled materials.

“As a teacher, my dream is your dream and my success is your success”

Eduardo F. Magsino Jr

Prepared by:

Eduardo F. Magsino Jr.

Teacher 1

Checked by:

Marita R. Aguilar
Teacher III/ Key Teacher

Approved by:

Jesus V. Bergado
Principal IV
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF __________________
_____________ DISTRICT
_____________ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

IN SCIENCE 5

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

COGNITIVE PROCESS DIMENSIONS

Understanding
Remembering
No. No.

Evaluating
% of

Analyzing
Applying

Creating
COMPETENCIES of of
Items
Days Items

Use the properties of

materials whether they are 8, 7, 9,
10 26% 13 3,4,5,6 1,2 12 13
useful or harmful 10 11
materials. (S5MT-Ia-b-1)

Investigate changes that

happen in materials under
14,15,17,
the following conditions: 22, 21,2
10 26% 13 18, 16,20 25 26
1. presence or lack of 24 3
19
oxygen 2. appliation of
heat (S5MT-Ic-d-2)

Recognize the imortance of

33,
recycle, reduce, reuse, 17,28,29,
10 24% 12 31,32 35,3 34 37,38
recover and repair in waste 30
6
management.
Design a product out of
local, recyclable solid
and/or liquid materials in 39,40,42, 46,4
10 24% 12 41,45 49 50
making useful products. 43,44 7,48,
(S5MT-Ih-i-4)

TOTAL 40 100% 50 18 8 10 7 5 2

Prepared by:

Eduardo F. Magsino Jr.

Teacher 1

Checked by:

Marita R. Aguilar
Teacher III/ Key Teacher

Approved by:

Jesus V. Bergado
Principal IV
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF __________________
_____________ DISTRICT
_____________ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FIRST PERIODICAL TEST

IN SCIENCE 5

ANSWER KEY:

1. D 26. C
2. A 27. C
3. D 28. B
4. D 29. C
5. D 30. B
6. A 31. B
7. D 32. D
8. D 33. C
9. B 34. A
10. D 35. D
11. A 36. D
12. D 37. D
13. D 38. A
14. C 39. D
15. B 40. D
16. A 41. D
17. D 42. B
18. A 43. B
19. A 44. B
20. C 45. A
21. B 46. D
22. D 47. D
23. D 48. D
24. B 49. C
25. A 50. D