Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III-Central Luzon
Schools Division Of Bulacan
PINAMBARAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

THIRD SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 5

FIRST RATING PERIOD
SCIENCE 5
S.Y. 2020-2021
Name: _________________________________________________Score:_________________

Grade & Section: __________________________________________Date:__________________

I. Directions: Read and answer the questions carefully. These focus on explaining how changes in matter
affect the environment. Write the letter of the best answer.
1. The following activities cause a change in matter. Which of these has a bad effect on the environment?
A. slicing fruits
B. sewing clothes
C. peeling vegetables
D. breaking empty bottles of liquor
2. The following are effects in the environment by the changes in matter. Which of these has a good effect
on the environment?
A. air pollution
B. composting
C. deforestation
D. water pollution
3. Many families use wood as fuel in cooking food. What is the bad effect on the environment of this
activity?
A. deforestation
B. air pollution
C. land pollution
D. water pollution
4. The following activities can be done to candy wrappers. Which of these can help protect and save the
environment?
A. throw garbage into the river
B. scatter candy wrappers in the backyard
C. cut out candy wrappers to make pillows
D. burn candy wrappers because these are biodegradable wastes
5. Water pollution is one of the bad effects in the environment by the changes in matter. Which of the
following can minimize bad effects in the bodies of water?
A. oil spills from a cargo ship
B. bringing trash bins when having a picnic in the beach
C. throwing detergents and other chemicals in the river
D. using bath soap and shampoo in swimming at the beach
6. Your mother is a dressmaker. At home, you have plenty of strips of cloth. To avoid bad effect on the
environment, what is the best way to do with these strips of cloth?
A. Make the strips of cloth as charcoal.
B. Keep these strips of cloth in the bodega
C. Make these strips of cloth as rags.
D. Throw these strips of cloth to the landfill.
7. Typhoon Ursula caused landslide and flood. Which of the following should we do to avoid these things
to happen again?
A. Make forest into residential areas.
B. Throw garbage anywhere you want.
C. Plant more trees in our surroundings.
D. Cut more trees to build more things at home.
8. Tin cans with rust are being recycled by putting spray paint. Why does this activity cause harm to the
environment?
A. Spray paints are expensive.
B. Spray paints can prevent the spread of rust.
C. Spray paints are sometimes unavailable in the market.
D. Spray paints have a poisonous chemical that makes the air polluted.
9. When land is dumped with garbage, the land becomes polluted. The polluted land will serve as the
breeding places for pests that carry germs, hence dangerous to human health. As a child, you can do the
following activities to avoid this problem, except one.
A. Make a compost for all decaying materials.
B. Recycle and reuse non-biodegradable waste materials.
C. Throw all waste materials in one area in your backyard.
D. Segregate waste materials into biodegradable and non-biodegradable.
10. Gas when exposed to heat can produce smokes. These smokes can release chemicals that contribute
to global warming. As a Grade Five Learner, which of the following should you do to lessen the production
of smokes in our environment?
A. Burn dry leaves.
B. Use charcoal in cooking.
C. Use a lamp with gas in studying at night
D. Walk only to places with near distance instead of riding in a vehicle.
11. If you have a garden in your backyard, which of the following materials cannot be used as fertilizers
for your plants?
A. manure from cow C. rice husk
B. dried leaves D. candy wrappers
12. Pedro used few big boxes to plant tomatoes instead of many small pots. What technique did he apply?
A. Recycling
B. Reducing
C. Reusing
D. Repairing
13. Why are we encouraged to apply 5 R’s technique?
A. it will make us rich.
B. it will lessen the volume of garbage produced daily.
C. It will not need to buy more trash bins.
D. It will make our house more beautiful.
14. Your Father is so eager to fix your house after it was destroyed by a strong typhoon, what waste
management did he apply?
A. Recycle B. Repair C. Reduce D. Reuse
15. One good characteristic of being a responsible consumer is to refrain from buying new materials when
you still have supplies, what waste management is being practiced?
A. Reuse B. Repair C. Recover D. Reduce
16. Which of the following statements shows a person practice recovering materials to help save the
environment?
A. Carol bought good vegetables only enough for her one-day meal.
B. Instead of throwing away all the soft drink cans he bought, Dennis used them as pots for his plants.
C. Denise, instead of buying a new bag for the upcoming school days, washed and fixed held old one.
D. Mr. Cruz collected the chicken manure in his poultry farm and gave it to a shop that can convert
biodegradable material to LPG.
17. Because he/she cannot go out of the house, Sarah decided to make her time more productive. She
made a figurine from the empty seashells they have out from their yesterday’s lunch. What technique did
she apply?
A. Recycling C. Reducing
B. Repairing D. Recovering
18. Which of the following situations involves recycling?
A. Sean Beda made a string notebook out of the unused pages of his old spiral notebook.
B. Arianne Denise would always place oil on the gears of her bicycle to prevent rusting.
C. Kent Denzel collected biodegradable waste materials then made a compost.
D. CJ Kean made a bag out of his old worn-out pants.

19. Which of the following is the best substitute for plastic cellophane if you want to go to the grocery
store?
A. Newspaper bags C. Banana leaves
B. Big cans D. Cloth bags

20. Ana, a 15 year-old girl, gave her old dresses to her younger neighbor. What is she doing?
A. Recycling B. Reducing C. Reusing D. Recovering

II.Directions: Answer the following question: (5points)

As a grade five pupil ,how can you help in managing our waste?
Key to Correction
1.D
2.B
3.B
4.C
5.B
6.C
7.C
8.D
9.C
10.D
11.D
12.B
13.B
14.B
15.D
16.D
17.A
18.D
19.D
20.C