1ST PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 3

I. Multiple Choices. Read each question carefully. Encircle the letter of the correct
answer.

1. What process skill involves in using the five senses to gather information from the
surroundings.

a. Classifying b. Inferring c. Observing

2. This is an explanation based on what you observed.

a. Classifying b. Inferring c. Measuring

3. This describes the length, mass, and volume of objects.

a. Classifying b. Comparing c. Measuring

4. A science process skill that involves using Venn diagram to show how things the same ot
not.

a. Classifying b. Comparing and Contrasting c. Measuring

5. This process skill means grouping or sorting things according to their characteristics.

a. Classifying b. Comparing and Contrasting c. Measuring

6. Which of the following statements is NOT an observation?

a. Karen is brown-skinned. c. She is sad because she lost.

b. Green mangoes are sour.

7. Which of the following is a unit of mass?

a. Kilogram b. centimeter c. liter

8. The boy has on a blue jacket because it is cold outside.

a. Classifying b. Inferring c. Observing

9. Which of the following observations are gathered using the sense of taste?

a. The wood is hard, long, and brown.

b. The rock is hard and rough.

c. The fried chicken is hot and crispy.

10. Diane’s Science teacher asked her to show the similarities and differences between a
mango and a watermelon. Which of the following process skills does his teacher want to
develop in Diane?

a. Measuring b. Comparing and Contrasting c. Inferring

11. What is matter?

a. It is anything that has mass and occupies space.

b. It is a process skill.
 c. It is a living thing.

12. What are the two properties of matter?

a. Volume and Weight b. Volume and Mass c. Volume and Electricity

13. What are the phases of matter?

a. Solid, Liquid, Gas b. Volume and Mass c. Weight, Length, Volume

14. Which phase of matter that has definite shape and definite volume?

a. Solid b. Liquid c. Gas

15. Which phase of matter that has definite volume but do not have definite shape?

a. Solid b. Liquid c. Gas

16. Which phase of matter that has no definite volume and takes the shape of its
container?

a. Solid b. Liquid c. Gas

17. Which of the following is a property of liquid?

a. It easily flows. b. It is brittle. c. It can be compressed.

18. Which of the following is a solid?

a. Steam b. Ice c. Salt water

19. An object changes state from liquid to solid after being put in the cold temperature.

a. Melting b. Evaporation c. Freezing/Solidification

20. Which of the following is a liquid?

a. Steam b. Salt water c. Ice

21. What state of matter that can spread out to fill the space?

a. Solid b. Liquid c. Gas

22. It is the amount of space that matter takes up.

a. Mass b. Volume c. Matter

23. Mrs. Santos leaves her bowl of ice cream on the table outside during a hot summer day.
What will happen to it?

a. The ice cream will change from solid to liquid.

b. The ice cream will change from gas to solid.

c. The ice cream will change from liquid to sold.

24. Which of the following is a gas?

a. Steam b. Ice c. Tears

25. Matter is made up of tiny particles called ______.

a. Elements b. atoms c. baterias

26. What process is solid changing to gas?

 a. Solidification b. Sublimation c. Condensation

27. What process is liquid changing to gas?

a. Solidification b. Evaporation c. Condensation

28. When a gas turns into liquid it is called______.

a. Condensation b. Evaporation c. Sublimation

29. When a glass of cold water is left on the table, droplets of water will soon appear on
the side of the glass.

a. Condensation b. Evaporation c Sublimation

30. Which of the following is not an example of physical change?

a. Burning b. Cutting c. Bending

31. What phase change happens when a liquid condenses?

a. solid-liquid b. solid-gas c. liquid-gas

32. Which of the following shows the proper handling of a sharp knife?

a. Hold it upside-down. c. Ask an adult if you need to use it.

b. Swish it around.

33. Which of the following is an example of a chemical change in material?

a. Melting of ice b. burning of plastics c. boiling of water

34. What happens to the composition of material undergoing physical change?

a. Its composition changes.

b. Its composition stays the same.

c. Its composition is burned out.

35. Which of the following is an example of a chemical change?

a. Burning wood b. bending a paper clip c. sawing wood