Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region V (Bicol)
Golden Wisdom Proverbial School, Inc.
Zone 7 Gabon, Polangui, Albay
April Assessment in
Science V
NAME: ______________________________ Date: ____________
Teacher: Lorena F. Dioquino- Science Teacher______________
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
I. Directions: Read each question carefully and encircle the letter of the
correct answer.
1. What do you call the process when rocks and soil particles are carried away to
another place?
a. Erosions b. deposition c. landscaping d. weathering
2. Which human activity contributes to soil erosion?
a. Deforestation c. Construction of dikes
b. planting trees d. Building rice terraces
3. Landslides commonly occur during rainy season. How can trees prevent soil
erosion?
a. They bear fruits c. Their leaves and branches absorb
water
b. They make the soil rich d. Their roots absorb water and hold the soil
4. Soil can easily be eroded with this kind of landform.
a. Plain b. v alley c. plateau d. mountain
5. The primary cause/agent of soil erosion on Earth is ________.
a. Wind b. water c. humans d. animals
6. What do you call the rows or bushes of trees that act as barriers to prevent wind
from blowing across an area of land?
a. Slopes b. contours c. windbreak d. vegetation barrier
7. Which of the following does NOT help control soil erosion?
a. Riprapping b. deforestation c. crop rotation d. contour
plowing
8. It is a method of preventing soil erosion where different crops are planted in
alternative strips of land.
a. Terracing b. crop rotation c. strips cropping d. contour
plowing
9. How do humans aggravate soil erosion?
a. By planting c. by building houses and roads
b. By hunting animals in the forest d. by indiscriminate cutting of
trees.
10. Which of the statement below is true?
a. Plants grow well in subsoil
b. Soil erosion does not affect plants
c. Moving animals contribute in soil erosion
d. The steeper the slope of the land, the lesser soil particles are carried away by
erosion.
II. Direction: Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.
Write your answer on the blank provided.
_________1. Weathering is the process where rocks at the Earth’s surface were broken
down into smaller pieces.
_________2. Physical weathering is also called chemical weathering.
_________3. Weathering turns soil into rocks.
_________4. Water, wind, temperature, animals, and humans cause weathering.
_________5. Chemical weathering is breaking down of rocks that involves change in
composition of the rocks.
_________6. A slope is a flat surface of land.
_________7. Flood can cause soil erosion
_________8. Farming, cutting of trees, and building of roads do not contribute to soil
erosion.
_________9. Sediments are materials transported due to soil erosion.
________10. Some animals weather rocks by scraping them as they feed.
III. Arrange the jumbled letters to form the word that is being described in
each statement. Write the correct answer on the blank provided.
( LOIS NSOERIO ) 1. Movement and transport of rocks and soil by diffent agents.
___________.
(SELOP) 2. It is an inclined surface of a land. ___________________
( NEDUS ) 3. Loose sediments formed by the wind. _____________________.
( SAGENT ) 4. Factors which cause erosion. _________________
( EMEDSINTS ) 5. Soil and other materials which are moved by erosion.
_________________
( GNIRETHAEW) 6. The breaking of rocks into fragments. ________________
( OPRC TATIORNO ) 7. Refers to planting crops in a different spot each year.
_______________
( RUTNAAL GEVETIONTA)8. Allowing plants and trees to grow naturally without human
interference.________________
(ARRETCNIG) 9. Planting on terraces or steps built on the slopes of mountains.
___________
(PIR PARS) 10. Chunks of stones or rocks arranged on the edge of a slope.
_____________
IV. A. Direction: List down the ways to control soil erosion
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4.
5.
B. ESSAY: Is it very important to prevent soil erosion? Why? (5 Points)
PARENTS’ SIGNATURE
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