Department of Education

Region VIII
Division of Southern Leyte
District of Malitbog
ABGAO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1ST Quarter Test

SCIENCE 5

Name:__________________________________________________________ Date: _________

Score: ________

Identify the materials if it is useful or harmful. Write your answer in the space provided.
1. broken glass _________________
2. woods _________________
3. barbeque sticks _________________
4. muriatic acid _________________
5. clothes _________________
Find the meaning of the phrases from column A to column B, write only the letters on the space provided.
Column A Column B

a. biodegradability
6. ability to bend without breaking
b. brittleness
7. ability to let heat and electricity to pass through
c. combustibility
8. ability to burn
d. conductivity
9. ability to be stretched and return to its original shape
e. ductility
10. ability to resist pressure that may cause deformation
f. elasticity
11. ability to catch fire easily
g. flammability
12. ability to be drawn into thin wires
h. volume
13. ability to break easily
i. hardness
14. ability to be decomposed by microorganisms
j. malleability
15. ability to hammered into thin sheets
k. flexibility
Read the sentences and identify what strategy of waste management it is all about.
(Reducing, Reusing, Recycling, Recovering and Repairing)
16. Fixing broken things so that they can be used again.___________
17. Producing a new product out of discarded materials.___________
18. Using less of a certain material and using alternatives.___________
19. Finding another purpose of materials that have already been used.____________
20. Making the most out of the waste by generating energy from it._____________
21. ability to hammered into thin sheets
Identify the change in the material being described in the following situation. Write A - if it is change in
shape; B - if it is change in size; and C – if it is change in phase/state
22. ___ The lumber is cut into three equal parts.
23. ___Water is placed in a bottle.
24. ___Grinding of meat.
25. ___Pound a teaspoon of peanuts.
26. ___Ice removed from freezer then melted.

Match the original materials with its product after the change. Choose your answer in the box.
26. burned wood
a. vinegar
27. leftover food for a week
b. rust
28. coconut water in a bottle left for a week
c. sugar & oxygen
29. wet iron nails
d. spoiled food
30. photosynthesis in plants
e. spoiled food
f. charcoal
Read and underline the sign when materials undergo change in each of the following situation below.
31. Ate Tata is a banana cue vendor. One time, she asked her daughter to help her peel the banana. It
took them an hour to finish the task. She found out that all the peeled banana on the plastic tray turned into
brown.
32. Father found a dead rat inside the stock room. The decomposed body of the rat produced unpleasant
odor. He disposed it by burying the remains into the soil.
33. Yaya Meling left the glass of bottle of milk on the table. The next morning she found out that there were
bubbles formed.
34.Eumee went to Baguio for a vacation. She forgot to place her plants outside the garden. When she
came back the plants were wilted.
35.Leftover soup was placed on a container for two days on the table. Bubbles formed because it is already
spoiled.

Read the sentences and choose your answer inside the box, write only the letters on the space provider.

____36. Higher global temperature that causes rain extreme weather

condition due to burning fuels from power plants. a. acid rain
____37. Rain water containing very high acid ozone layer caused by
gaseous chemical wastes from industries and b. air pollution
combine with the air.
____38. Water is contaminated due to waste products directly c. depletion of the ozone layer
disposed to the bodies water by some factories and the
trashes thrown by people. d. global warming
____39. Destruction of the ozone layer due to chlorofluorocarbons
present in materials like styrofoam, plastic, propellant for spray e. land pollution
cans.
____40. Air is contaminated due to smoke released by different f. water pollution
vehicles and fumes emitted by power plants and factories.

Read the sentences and identify what kind of waste disposal it is, choose your answer inside the, write only
the letters on the space provider.

___ 41. Daniella is living near Bantok River. Early in the morning, she
disposes their garbage into the river without thinking the effects it may bring
to them and to the environment.
___ 42. Mrs. Rizo is working in Municipal Environment Natural Resources
Office in their town. At home, she has labeled trash cans for plastic, paper, A. by burning
and other biodegradable wastes. She also supervises her children and B. by segregating
neighbor. C. by dumping anywhere
___ 43. One of the projects of School Pupil Government is the installation of D. by throwing waste into
container for empty plastic bottles near the school canteen. Pupils are the body of water
disciplined in throwing the empty bottles into
container.
___ 44. After being hit by a passenger jeepney, Bingo, Kent pet dog died.
Kent immediately dumped the remains of the dead animal into the
dugged land at their backyard.
___ 45. Julius, a buko vendor places the buko shells in a sack. He brings
these at home and tries to arrange them in a way that it will be exposed to
sunlight. He has been doing this since he knew that the dried buko shell still
be used for cooking?
 Department of Education
Region VIII
Division of Southern Leyte
District of Malitbog
ABGAO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1ST Quarter Test

SCIENCE 5

ANSWER KEY

1. harmful
2. useful
3. harmful
4. harmful
5. useful
6. repairing
7. recycling
8. reducing
9. reusing
10. recovering
11. k
12. d
13. c
14. f
15. i
16. g
17. e
18. b
19. a
20. j
21. B
22. A
23. B
24. B
25. C
26. f
27. e/d
28. a
29. b
30. c
31. turned into borwn
32. produced unpleasant
33. odor
34. the plants were wilted
35. bubbles formed
36. d
37. a
38. f
39. c
40. b
41. d
42. b
43. b
44. c
45. a
1. Empty cans, bottles, boots and scratched paper are examples of wastes material. Your mother told you
to segregate it. Which of these materials would you place to a biodegradable waste bin?
 A. empty cans C. empty bottles
B. boots D. scratched paper
2. In his class, Mr. Lumbres asked his students to differentiate biodegradable from non-biodegradable
materials. If you were to answer the question asked by Mr. Lumbers, what will be your answer?
A. Biodegradable materials decayed while non - biodegradable do not.
B. Non-biodegradable materials decayed while biodegradable do not.
C. Both biodegradable materials and non - biodegradable can be recycled.
D. Biodegradable materials are composed of empty bottles, plastics and cans while non - biodegradable
materials are composed of dried leaves, left-over foods and the like.
3. Some materials which are normally useful become harmful when not properly disposed. Examples are
those which are made of plastic and rubber. What will you do to lessen its volume?
A. Make clothes made of plastics
B. Burned it.
C. Just pile it up.
D. Make a trash bin out of it.
4. Materials made of paper are harmless but they become sources of carbon dioxide when burned. How
will you dispose your used paper?
A. Put it in the box for recycling.
B. Throw it outside the room.
C. Burned it.
D. Put it inside your bag and use for cooking.
5. The following materials are examples of biodegradable waste, EXCEPT:
A. woods C. aluminum cans
B. used paper D. dried twigs

Read each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. When iron rusts, it produces a material that is ___________.
A. Hard B. Strong C. Weak D. Light
2. Which of the following is a product of combining iron and oxygen?
A. Wood B. Nail C. Diamond D. Rust
3.Which of the following situation shows that materials change in composition?
A. Freezing of ice B. rusting of a steel wool
C. Cutting a piece of wood D. melting ice cream under the sun
4. In which condition will rust occur?
A. Near the shore
B. C. away from the shore
C. Under the heat of the sun
D. in a cool dry place
5. Which is true about change in materials when burned?
A. A new material is formed.
B. The product can be restored to its original form.
C. The new product becomes smooth and shiny.
D. The new material is lost.

1. Leziel used to bring cooked rice for her lunch in school. Which do you think is the safest container to
store it?
A. Wrapped it with aluminum foil
B. Wrapped it with banana leaf
C. Put it inside a plastic bag
2. Aling Jessica is fond of buying air freshener. Which will be good for the environment and best alternative
to use?
A. peelings of calamansi
B. Cologne
C. mothballs
3. Dr. Gregorio De Chavez gave vaccines to pet dogs at Barangay Berinayan; Laurel, Batangas. Which is
the proper way to dispose the used syringe?
A. Burn them.
B. Throw them in a trash can.
C. Put it in an empty bottle of mineral water, label it with toxic material before
disposing.
4. Niña is fond of cleaning the toilet. What should she use to clean it?
A. Use soap detergent and water.
B. Use muriatic acid.
C. Use baking soda.
5. Mario is cleaning his room. He found lots of plastic bags. What will he do with these?
A. Burned the plastic bag.
B. Keep them for future use.
C. Keep them under the bed.

1.Your classmate throws a candy wrapper outside the room. What will you do?
a. Talk to him not to throw anywhere.
b. Tell it to your teacher.
c. Never mind him.
2. There are many used plastic-bottles in your community. You have learned that these must be disposed
properly. What will you do?
a. Collect them then burn.
b. Collect them then sell to junkshop.
c. Ask the barangay official to clean the mess.
3. Dried leaves, twigs and paper which are normally useful become harmful when not properly disposed.
What will you do to lessen its volume?
a. Recycle it.
b. Make a compost pit in a backyard.
c. Burn it
5. The most effective way to lessen the problem in waste disposal is______.
a. burn it
b. have a dump site
c. segregation

Department of Education
Region VIII
 Division of Southern Leyte
District of Malitbog
ABGAO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

1st Quarter Test

SCIENCE V

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

Item
Objectives # of Items
Placement
1. Use the properties of materials whether they are useful or harmful. 15 1-15
2. Recognize the importance of recycle, reduce, reuse, recover and
5 16-20
repair in waste management.
3. Investigate changes that happen in materials under the following
conditions:
15 21-35
3.1. Presence or lack of oxygen,
3.2. Application of heat.
4. Design a product out of local, recyclable solid and/or liquid materials
10 36-45
in making useful products.
TOTAL 45 45