PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE 5

QUARTER 3
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Directions: Read the following questions or situations. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is a metric unit of measurement?

a. feet b. inch c. meter d. yard
2. Which is NOT a unit of speed?
a. Kph b. mps c. miles/hour d. second/meter
3. Which of the following is used in measuring length?
a. pencil b. stick c. string d. ruler
4. Which unit is preferably used to measure the distance between two cities?
a. meters b. kilometers c. centimeters d. miles
5. Materials that can allow electric current to pass through are considered as_______.
a. conductors c. circuit
b. b. insulators d. electromagnet
6. It is a device which open and closes a circuit.
a. switch b. fuse c. dry cell d. metal
7. What color is seen when an object absorbed all the colors and reflected none?
a. black b. yellow c. white d. gree
8.Which light can be seen by our eyes?
a. infrared b. microwave c. radio d. visible
9. What kind of light coming from the sun and may cause skin cancer?
a. x-ray b. ultraviolet c. infrared d. microwave
10. Which of the following is an insulator?
a. pins b. scissors c. thumbtacks d. rubber
11. Which circuit consists of more than one pathway for electricity?
a. closed b. opened c. parallel d. series
12. What material is produced when a coil of wire is wind around an iron nail?
a. Battery b. circuit c. electromagnet d. magnet
13. Which does not affect the magnetism of an electromagnet?
a. magnet c. number of the batteries
b. number of coils d. size of the nail
14. Which makes the force of an electromagnet stronger?
a. bigger iron nail c. more bar magnets
b. less coils of wire d. less battery
15. What happens when you disconnect an electromagnet from a battery?
a. It will explode
b. It will stop from attracting metals
c. It will continue from attracting non-metals
d. Nothing will happen
16. How may centimeters are there in 10 kilometers?
a. 1 000 b. 10 000 c. 1 000 000 d. 10 000 00
17. Which is the reference point of a boy leaving home for school?
a. canteen c. school ground
b. home d. classroom
18. It can attract iron or steel because of electricity.
a. bar magnet c. horse shoe magnet
b. electro - magnet d. permanent magnet
 19. Which color reflects all of the visible colors?
a. white b. black c. red d. green
20. What refers to the complete path that allows free flow of electricity?
a. battery b. circuit c. electricity d. magnet
21. Which group is composed of insulators only?
a. aluminium foil, iron nail, rubber c. glass, plastic, rubber
b. brass, gold, silver d. leather, iron nail, pins
22. How is a force of a dry cell measured?
a. When the circuit is not complete. c. When there is lightning.
b. When the circuit is complete. d. When there is too much heat.
23. What happens when you connect several bulbs in a series?
a. Lessen the resistance but can connect to several bulbs
b. Electricity flows but low voltage
c. It increases the resistance and this can connect several bulbs on a low
voltage bulb on a high voltage line.
d. None of these.
24. You are going to make a plan for a house, what kind of electrical connections will
you use?
a. a series connection c. megawatt connection
b. circuit connection d. parallel connection
25. After washing the plate you turned on the light, suddenly your hand trembled, why?
a. You have an electric shock. c. There was a brown out.
b. You saw something scary. d. You are so glad that time.
26. Why do a closed circuit makes the bulb light up?
a. because the path of electricity is complete
b. because it allows battery to flow
c. because it allows the air to flow
d. None of the following
27. Which of these breaks a circuit as a safety measures?
a. wire b. fuse c. bulb d. transformer
28. Which of the following is a safety device that is put in a circuit to connect
the parts of the circuit?
a. bulb b. copper wire c. dry cell d. switch
29. Which colour of shirt is best worn during summer?
a. gray b. maroon c. yellow d. blue

30. Which color absorbs most heat?

a. black b. white c. violet d. orange
31. A strong typhoon visited our country trees, small houses and electrical post were destroyed, why
should you avoid stepping on the broken wires?
a. You may get hurt. c. Brown out may occur.
b. You may get electrocuted. d. A and B are correct.
32. How can we conserve electricity?
a. Leave the radio on the whole day. c. Switch on the light while you are sleeping.
b. Turn off the light when it is not used. d. Iron clothes every day.
33. What is the bad effect of a short circuit?
a. brown out b. loses protons c. gains electrons d. loses electrons
34. Which connection can make the bulb light?
35. When a wedge is inserted under an object what can it do?
a. It pushes the object. c. It cuts the object.
b. It pulls the object. d. It lifts the object.

36. Why do we need to use the metric system of measurement?

a. because it is easier to understand each other’s data
b. because it is used by many scientist
c. because it is necessary to describe movement
d. because it is important to describe motion
37. A car travelled 30 kilometers for 2 hours, what is its speed in m/s?
a. 30.0 m/s b. 15.5 m/s c. 8.3 m/s d. 4.2 m/s
38. Which of the following measures the amount of electricity used in home
or building in a period of time?
a. electric meter c. galvanometer
b. gas meter d. wind vane
39. Which will you use to close the gap between the ends of the wires to make the bulb light?

a. iron nail
b. plastic straw
c. rubber band
gap
d. tooth pick

40. What do you call the pressure that is needed to push the current through the wire?
a. voltage b. watts c. fuse d. circuit
41. A jeepney travels 120 kilometers in 3 hours, what is its average speed?
a. 40 km/h b. 42 km/h c. 60 km/h d. 120 km/h
42. Which of the following is a flowing electricity?
a. current electricity c. static electricity
b. frictional electricity d. none of the above
43. What kind of light is emitted by mobile phones?
a. microwave b. blue light c. television d. x - ray
44. Why does the bulb light?
a. Electricity is inside the bulb.
b. Electricity flows in a complete circuit.
c. Electricity jumps from the dry cell to the bulb.
d. Electricity is changed into chemical energy.
45. A flash light holds three batteries. How should the batteries be placed to make the flash light work?

46. Other than switches, the following are causes of gaps or breaks in an open circuit. Which one is
NOT?
a. new and good conditioned batteries
b. mispositioned batteries
c. drained batteries
d. rusty batteries
 47. What takes place when light is transmitted back when it hits an object?
a. absorption b. transmission c. refraction d. reflection
48. How much light is transmitted through a frosted window?
a. all b. some c. twice d. none
49. Why is a short circuit dangerous?
a. It has a high voltage.
b. The sudden rush of current creates too much heat that can cause fire.
c. It has its own loop.
d. Electricity does not cause fire.

50. An electromagnet is surrounded by a coil of wire through which an electric current passes through.
Which electromagnet can attract more pins?