Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III-CENTRAL LUZON
Schools Division of Cabanatuan City
District IV
LAZARO FRANCISCO INTEGRATED SCHOOL

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE VI

Read and understand the sentences and questions. Choose the correct answer by shading the corresponding letter
of the correct answer on your answer sheets:

1. Which of the following mixtures is heterogeneous?

a. vegetable salad with dressing c. 3 in 1 coffee dissolved in hot water
b. salt and sugar dissolved in water d. powdered detergent in a pail of water
2. Mix orange juice powder to water is what kind of mixture?
a. Heterogeneous mixture b. Homogenous mixture c. Insoluble mixture d. Mixture
3. How are mixture formed if sugar dissolve in water?
a. Dissolution b. Liquid c. Solid d. Solution
4. Biko, nilupak and buko salad is an example of what kind of mixture?
a. Heterogeneous b. Homogenous c. Liquid d. Solid
5. It is the combination of two or more substances that are not chemically combined, and a new substance was formed.
What do you mean by this?
a. It is solid b. It is liquid c. It is gas d. It is mixture
6. From what mixture do oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen came from?
a. Gas in gas b. Gas in liquid c. Liquid in liquid d. Solid in liquid
7. Which of the following is an example of homogeneous mixture?
a. cough syrup b. milk drink c. oil in water d. salt in water
8. If you wanted to show an example of heterogeneous mixture to you little sister, which of the following would it be?
a. salt mixed with sugar c. flour mixed with baking powder
b. salt mixed with pepper corns d. detergent powder mixed with sugar
9. Colloids are heterogeneous mixture that seem homogeneous because the solute particles in them can be evenly
distributed by stirring and shaking. Which of the following groups of mixtures are examples of colloids?
a. gelatin, blood, cloud c. gravel and water, muddy water, sandy water
b. dust in the air, fog, smog d. salt solution, powdered juice and water, sugar solution
10. Which of these colloids are used in ceramics?
a. aerosol b. clay c. paint d. soap
11. There are five kinds of solution. Gas in liquid is one of it; which of the given examples is one of the solutions?
a. Air and water b. Cola or Soft drink c. Oxygen and salt d. Rocks and solvent
12. Homogeneous mixture has the same properties. It means that the substances mixed thoroughly and after stirring,
it appeared as one substance. You can no longer distinguish one component from the other. What is the other term for
homogenous mixture?
a. dissolution b. solute c. solution d. solvent
13. A sugar solution is prepared by adding dissolving sugar in water. Sugar solution consists of two components, namely,
sugar and water. Which is solute?
a. Components b. solution c. sugar d. water
14. In the water and sugar solution, which is the solvent?
a. sugar b. water c. both d. none
15. Which of the following is IMMISCIBLE in water?
a. ketchup b. oil c. soy sauce d. vinegar
16. Not all substance can be dissolved in water. What do you call the substances that can be dissolved in water?
a. dissolution b. insoluble c. soluble d. solution
17. Your little brother played with the cooking oil and water in the kitchen. How will you know which is pure cooking
oil?
a. Oil is miscible in water c. Oil stays at the bottom of the container while water stay at top
b. Oil does not mix with water d. You will never know which is pure and which is mixed with water
18. How do the solute particles in a suspension behave after mixing with solvent?
a. all particles appeared clearly c. settle at the bottom
b. It doesn’t dissolved in solvent d. A and B
19. Which of the following is a heterogeneous cloudy mixture in which solute-like particles settle out of a solvent- like
phase sometime after their introduction.
a. colloid b. mixture c. solution d. suspension
20. What kind of mixture is suspension?
a. Gas in gas b. Heterogeneous c. Homogenous d. Solid in solid
21. Which mixture is not included to suspension?
 a. Oil and vinegar b. Sand and water c. Flour and water d. Fruit juice and water
22. A mixture with particles evenly scattered in a dispersed medium without settling down. It is called as special kind of
mixture because its tiny particles can’t be seen by naked eye. What kind of mixture is this?
a. Colloids b. Homogeneous mixture c. Solution d. Suspension
23. Which of the following is the best description of colloids?
a. Clear, pure substance c. Sticky, creamy substance
b. Dark, black substance d. Clear, flawless substance
24. Which colloid has both protective and decorative function?
a. Creams b. Ink c. Insecticide Spray d. paint
25. Cooking rice is one of the common tasks done at home. Which of the following techniques is used when washing the
rice before cooking it?
a. Decantation b. evaporation c. filtration d. sieving
26. Which of the following solutions can be separated through decantation?
a. Oil in water b. Salt in water c. Rice with husks d. Pebbles and rocks
27. Which of the following can be separated through decantation?
a. Iron fillings and sand b. Muddy water c. Powered juice d. Salt in water
28. Seawater is our main source of salt that we use for cooking. How do we separate rock salt from seawater?
a. by decanting it c. by pouring the water off
b. by using a magnet d. by evaporating the water
29. Evaporation is a way of separating a liquid from a solid. How do we describe evaporation as a process?
a. A method where mixture is poured into another container.
b. A method where solution is heated, and the solute is collected.
c. A process where the solution passes through a filter to separate two components.
d. A process of separating the components of a mixture where the solution is heated until all the liquid components
evaporate, leaving the solid residues.
30. You mother is cooking adobo. You noticed that she put lots of water in the pan but when it was fully cooked, only few
water remains. What happened to the water in the pan?
a. It evaporated. c. It was absorbed by the meat.
b. Mother scooped it out. d. It boiled and overflowed from the pan.
31. What is the process by which water changes from a liquid to gas or vapor?
a. Decantation b. Evaporation c. Filtration d. Mixture
32. Mixtures are separated through different ways. Which of the following techniques is best used to separate soil from
water?
a. decantation b. distillation c. evaporation d. filtration
33. Your mother prepared calamansi juice, she made sure that all the seeds are separated from the juice. From the given
situation, how can you describe filtration as a technique used in separating mixtures?
a. It is a technique used to mix substance.
b. It is a technique used to separate any substances.
c. It is a technique used to separate solid to solid mixture.
d. It is a technique used to separate insoluble solids from liquid in a liquid-solid mixture.
34. Filtration removes the impurities in a mixture using a filter paper or a piece of cloth. Which mixture will require the
use of filtration method?
a. water and oil c. sorting different seeds
b. sand and pebbles d. separating calamansi extract from its seeds
35. To separate rocks into different sized particles for road building and other construction projects, which method is
applicable?
a. Drying b. Picking c. Sieving d. Sifting
36. To separate the palay and pebbles, which process or separating of mixture is applicable?
a. Picking b. Sieving c. Sifting d. Winnowing
37. What material is used to separate smaller particle size of flour for baking, leaving larger particles of flour in it.
a. Filter paper b. funnel c. magnet d. sifter
38. Which of the following can be separated through sieving?
a. Tea b. Rust in water c. Gravel and sand d. Rock salt and iodized salt
39. Magnets are used to separate dry mixtures like salt and iron filings, which substance will be left behind when we use
magnet to separate salt from iron filings?
a. iron filing b. salt c. water d. both water and salt
40.Magnets pull other objects made of magnetic materials towards them. What do you call the force use in magnets?
a. Limited force b. Magnetism c. Magnetic field d. Magnetic force
41.This is a process of separating mixture which magnetically susceptible material is attracted from a mixture using a
magnetic force. What kind of separating mixture is this?
a. Filter b. Magnetism c. Sieving d. Sifting
42. Which of the following is attracted to magnet?
a. ash b. metal nails c. plastic spoon d. rubber band
43. Separating mixtures can be done through different ways. Which of the following mixtures is best to be separated
through hand picking?
a. nails and pins c. salt and mongo seeds
b. oil and vinegar d. yellow and green mangoes
44. Your mother asked you to cook rice for dinner. You observe the small stones in the rice grains. Which of the
following methods will you use to separate the few small stones from the grains of rice easily?
a. decantation b. filtration c. handpicking d. winnowing
45. During summer season, children love to spend their time swimming in the pool. We cannot avoid impurities like
leaves to mix with the water in the pool. Which of the following technique is best used in removing the leaves from the
swimming pool?
a. decantation b. distillation c. evaporation d. filtration
46. Your brother accidentally mixed the iron filings and salt. Which of the following ways will he do to recover the iron
filings from the mixture?
a. He will use evaporation c. He will filter the mixture.
b. He will use decantation. d. He will use a magnet to get the iron filings.
47. The different methods of separating mixtures are very helpful in our daily lives. Which of the following methods use a
sieve to separate the finer materials from the bigger components of the mixture?
a. decantation b. distillation c. evaporation d. sieving
48.What is winnowing?
a. Picking of small particles to larger
b. Is used to separate smaller solid particles from larger solid particles.
c. It is the process of freeing (grain) from the lighter particles of chaff, dirt, etc.
d. B and C
49. Which is the process of separating solid substances from a liquid using a filter paper or any cloths that can be used as a
filtering medium?
a. Filtration b. Picking c. Sieving d. Sifting
50. Which statement/s describe the process of separating mixture through funnel?
a. Separating funnel is used in separating immiscible liquids.
b. Immiscible liquids can be separated using the separating funnel
c. Liquids that do not dissolve very well in each other can be separated through funnel.
d. A, B, and C