Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO DEL NORTE
TIN 000-863-958-712
Tel. No. (084) 216-6742; Telefax (084) 216-6506

DIVISION UNIFIED TEST IN SCIENCE GRADE 6

Third Quarterly Examination
S.Y. 2019 – 2020

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ____________________

School: ________________________________________ Score: ___________________

Directions: Read and analyze each item carefully then, BLACKEN the circle of the
appropriate answer. You have one hour to complete the test. Good luck kids.

1. It is a push or pull that starts, stops, or changes the direction of an object.

force friction gravity kinetic

2. It is the force of attraction between all masses in the universe.

air resistance gravity motion static

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

Friction makes an object slide. Force is needed to stop an object.
Gravity pushes an object upward. An object in motion will remain in motion.

4. The gravity between two objects decreases as the distance between them _______________.
greater higher increases lesser

5. When two forces are acting on an object and are NOT equal in size, we say the forces are _________.
equal same balanced unbalanced

6. When a force is applied to an object and the object moves you have done ___________
force gravity motion work

7. The force that opposes motion between two surfaces sticking together.
friction gravity motion static

8. What would happen if the team on the left were able to produce a bigger pulling force than the team
on the right?

No movement will happen. Right team will be pulled to the left.

Left team will be pulled to the right. Both team are able to pull with each other.

9. Every particle in the universe attracts every other particle with a force that is proportional to the product
of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. What law is this?
Law of Gravity Newton’s Law of Force
Law of Motion Law of Universal Gravitation

10. Infer what will happen to the speed of the hammer and feather when dropped on Earth at the same
time if the air is removed?
If the air is removed, the air resistance will appear.
The light objects will fall faster when dropped on Earth.
. The hammer will fall faster than the feather when dropped at the same time.
The hammer and the feather will fall at the same speed when dropped on Earth.

11. Which of these is NOT a correct statement?

There is no gravitational pull on the moon.
Gravitational pull is less on the moon than on Earth.
There is greater gravitational pull on Jupiter than on Earth.
Gravitational pull is less on top of the Mount Everest than at sea level.
12. The group do their homework at home. They hung stones of the same kind in a spring balance. The
spring scale is pulled downward and readings are recorded.
Stones Distance Pulled Spring Scale Reading
1 2 cm 4N
2 3 cm 6N
3 4 cm 8N
If the spring is pulled 7 cm, what would be the spring scale reading?

10 N 12 N 14 N 16 N

13. The following are the good effects of friction EXCEPT FOR ONE?
Stops or immobilizes objects including cars, trucks and humans from sliding down a slope.
Allows humans to walk - pushing off from the back foot and not falling over
Friction causes wear and tear on surfaces that slide on one another
Allows objects to remain where they are

14. It is the process of changing energy from one form to another and this is happening all the time, both in
the world and within people.
Energy Restoration Energy Conversion
Energy Transformation Energy Electrification

15. Energy that travels as waves and can move through empty space in the
form of electromagnetic radiation, includes visible light. Also referred to
as light energy and solar energy.
Electrical Radiant
Mechanical Thermal

For items 16 – 18, study the graph at the right.

16. Which sources of energy does the world mostly produced?

electrical solar 6%
Sound Electrical
light sound 11%

Light
17. Which energy is mostly utilized worldwide? Solar 16% 67%
electrical solar
light sound

18. How many percent of the world energy production by source are the sound and solar?
27% 17% 83% 73%

19. What law stated that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be transferred or transformed
from one form to another
Law of Motion Law of Conservation of Energy
Newton’s Law of Force Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation

20. The following are potential energy EXCEPT FOR ONE?

a ball rolling on the ground boulder on a hill
a ball held above the ground stretched slingshot

21. Your father lifts a 40-kilogram cannonball onto a shelf 3.0 meters from the floor but the ball slips off and
roll headed toward your toes. How can you transform its kinetic energy to potential energy?
lift your toes kick the ball
stop the ball using your toes throw the ball

22. Which type of energy uses magma or hot dry rocks to generate electricity?
Hydroelectric Geothermal Nuclear Solar

23. Looking at the illustration. What happens when you change the material through which the sound
travels? Material Speed of Sound
The materials were varied. Rubber 60 m/s
The speed is not the same. Lead 1210 m/s
The materials were the same. Gold 3240 m/s
The speed of sound stays the same. Glass 4540 m/s
 For items 24 – 25, study the figure at the right.

24. The figure shows a vibrating simple pendulum. O is the point of suspension.
When the center of gravity of the bob is vertically below the point of suspension,
In what position is the pendulum?
extreme position rest position
wholly position moving position

25. As the bob moves from the extreme position to the mean position, its potential energy goes on
________ while the kinetic energy goes on ________. But, the sum of the two energies is constant. At
the mean position, the whole of the potential energy is converted into kinetic energy.
decreasing ; increasing tougher ; weakened
increasing ; decreasing weakened ; stronger

For items 26 – 28, refer the table presented.

Constantino Family uses different appliances every day. They recorded the number of kilowatt-hours
they used in a week. Study the table below to collect information to solve the problems.

Appliances kWh Total Use kWh per week

Television .40 per hour 8 hours a day 22.4
Aircon 6 per day 7 days 42
Desktop Computer 5 per hour 3 hours a day 105
Washing Machine 55 per load 5 loads 275

26. Which appliances uses the most energy in a week?

aircon desktop computer television washing machine

27. Which appliances uses the least energy in a week?

aircon desktop computer television washing machine

28. How could Constantino Family use fewer kilowatt-hours a week?

They must plan on how many hours a day they will use the appliances to lessen the usage.
Throw away the washing machine because it has the most energy used.
Schedule the use of the appliances by the members of the family.
Do not use the said appliances so that they have nothing to worry.

29. Inclined plane is a flat supporting surface tilted at an angle, with one end higher than the other, used as
an aid for raising or lowering a load. What best describe of an inclined plane?

30. In a human leg, the leg muscles in the lower leg pull on the leg and the foot. The result of this pull is
that the lower body is raised up on its toes. In this example, the fulcrum is at the toes. What system of
lever is formed?
first class second class third class no type of lever

31. Which of the following is the advantages of using pulley?

A pulley uses leverage to displace the pressure of an object, making said object easier to lift.
Allows you to apply force in any direction, not just the one in which the force is to be applied.
You will have to pull the rope a long distance to move the load a relatively short distance.
The pulley has to be securely anchored to support the mass being acted on.

32. A lever has five parts. What part on which a lever rests or
is supported and on which it pivots?
effort load
fulcrum resistance arm
33. Pulley is a wheel used to transmit power by means of a band, belt, cord, rope, or chain passing over its
rim. Which is not a pulley?

34. If you need to put 100 N of work into a machine to get 15 N of work out, what is the mechanical
efficiency of this machine?
10% 100% 15% 115%

35. A machine has an efficiency of 80%. If you need to get a work output of 500 N, how much work must
you put in it?
6.25 N 15% 16% 580%

36. If a machine has a mechanical advantage of 10, how much force is required to overcome a resistance
force of 250?
10 N 25 N 250 N 260 N

37. If the weight being lifted weighs 100 lbs., how much force must be used to lift it with the use of
simple machine?
10 lbs. 50 lbs. 100 lbs. 200 lbs.

38. There are three phases of machine’s lifecycle. Which ONE is not?
invention performance engineering power recycle

39. Look at the image of the pulley. If bucket A has a mass of 5 kg, which of the following statements is
true about the minimum effort force required to lift the bucket if friction is ignored?

0 kg of effort to lift the bucket

2.5 kg of effort to lift the bucket
5 kg of effort to lift the bucket
10 kg of effort to lift the bucket

40. The following are the general responsibilities of designers and manufacturers
in using machine EXCEPT for one.
Machinery should be designed to be inherently safe so that hazards are eliminated.
Manufacturers should ensure that the machinery they produce fulfils the safety
requirements of applicable laws and regulations.
Ensure that the relevant certification, markings or documentation are available in
accordance with national law and practice.
Machine should be taken for granted because it has no life it can’t feel anything.
 Republic of the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region XI
DIVISION OF DAVAO DEL NORTE
TIN 000-863-958-712
Tel. No. (084) 216-6742; Telefax (084) 216-6506

DIVISION UNIFIED TEST IN SCIENCE GRADE 6

Third Quarterly Examination
S.Y. 2019 – 2020

TABLE OF SPECIFICATIONS
WITH ANSWER KEY

EASY AVERAGE DIFFICULT

ANSWER KEY
Understanding
Remembering
COMPETENCIES

Evaluating
Analyzing
Applying
ITEM

Creating
Gravitation and Frictional Forces
1 1
Infer how friction and gravity affect movements 2 2
of different objects (S6FEIIIa-c-1) 3 3
4 3
5 4
6 4
7 1
8 3
9 4
10 4
11 2
12 3
13 3
Energy 14 2
15 3
Demonstrate how sound, heat, light and 16 2
electricity can be transformed (S6FEIIId-f-2) 17 2
18 1
19 3
20 1
21 2
22 2
23 2
24 1
25 3
26 4
27 3
28 1
Manipulate simple machines to describe their 29 1
characteristics and uses (S6FEIIIg-i-3) 30 3
31 2
32 2
33 4
34 3
35 1
36 2
Demonstrate the practical and safe uses of 37 2
simple machines (S6FEIIIc-j-) 38 3
39 3
40 4