Science

3
rd
Trimestral Exam

Identification.

_________________1. a gentle wind.
_________________2. the varying degree of hotness or coldness is called____.
_________________3. a condition of weather at a place over a period of years.
_________________4. a heavy downpour or rain for a short period of time in a small area.
_________________5. a little stronger air movement.
_________________6. an instrument that tells the direction of the wind.
_________________7. characterized by heavy rain and a very strong wind.
_________________8. when the sun heat cause the water to change into water vapor or gas,
it is called ___________.
_________________9. it measures the air pressure.
_________________10. a condition of atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
_________________11.it can indicate the direction and speed of the wind.
_________________12. an instrument that measures the amount of rain fall
_________________13. a mass of condensed water vapor in the sky.
_________________14. it measures the amount of water vapor or humidity in the air.
_________________15. a cloud that is close to the ground. When it is thick it is hard to see
the surroundings.
_________________16. is any moisture that falls from the air to the ground. In the
Philippines the major form of this is rain.
_________________17. A strong, fast, moving wind. It rotates upward. When it is very
strong, it can destroy huts, crops and light structure.
_________________18. a cycle when water vapor is cooled, it changes to drops of water. this
drops became larger and heavier, they cannot float in the sky
_________________19. the rain clouds.
_________________20. the highest clouds.
_________________21. measures the force or speed of the air.
_________________22. a low clouds.
_________________23. process of producing artificial rain.
_________________24. temperature is measured by _____.
_________________25. big heaps of white fluffy clouds are called _____. It also indicates
fair weather.
Multiple choice: Encircle your correct answer.

1. PAGASA stands for____.
a. Philippine Atmospheric Geology and Astronomy Services Administration
b. Philippine Atmosphere Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
c. Philippine Atmospheric Geology and Astronomical Services Administration
d. Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
2. When carbon dioxide in air traps heat and allows energy from the sun to enter/absorb and hold, it
formed a heat blanket around the earth. It is called_______.
a. Red House Effect c. House Effect
b. Green House Effect d. Earth Effect

3. Anything that has mass and volume and occupies space is called.
a. weight c. gravity
b. matter d. molecules
4. The weight of an object is the ______.
a. size and mass of an object
b. pull of gravity on the object
c. space occupied by the object
5. All objects are made up of _______.
a. energy
b. molecules
c. particles
6. Some solids dissolve quickly in water. Which of these solids does not dissolves in water?
a. salt
b. rice
c. sugar
7. Some solids quickly change to gas without passing through the liquid state. Which of the following are
examples of this.
a. ice and sugar
b. naphthalene balls and dry ice
c. salt and margarine
8. It is the amount/substance of matter that an object contains. It is not affected by gravity.
a. weight c. matter
b. mass d. volume
9. It involves change in form or appearance.
a. Physical change
b. Chemical Change
c. Property of matter
10. When water and oil are mixed in a container, the oil stays on the surface, this shows
that _________________.
a. Oil is lighter than water.
b. water is lighter than oil
c. oil always stays on the surface
11. Which of these liquids evaporates quickly?
a. paint
b. butter
c. alcohol
12. Which of these sentences is not true?
a. Water is a form of liquid
b. Water has weight
c. Water is solid
13. Which changes to liquid when heated?
a. ice
b. water
c. oil
14. An example of Physical change is _______, while _______shows chemical change.
a. rusting of iron; cooking food
b. sugar melts; fruit ripens
c. digesting food; rusting of iron

15. the space occupied by matter or the size of an object is called.
a. weight c. gravity
b. matter d. volume
16. Three phases of matter .
A: density, volume and weight
B: solid, liquid, and gas
C: water, metal and gases
17. The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a gas.
A: Freezing point
B: Melting point
C: Evaporation point
D: Condensation point
18. The temperature at which a substance changes from a liquid to a solid
A: Freezing point
B: Melting point
C: Evaporation point
D: Condensation point
Tell whether each is a solid, liquid, or gas.
1. milk - ________________________ 2. cookie - _________________________
3. oxygen - _____________________ 4. fish - ___________________________
5. pencil - ______________________ 6. maple syrup - _____________________
7. shampoo - ____________________ 8. carbon dioxide - ___________________
9. ice cube - ____________________ 9. paint - ___________________________
10. oil - ________________________ 10. salt - ___________________________
11. water vapor - _________________ 12. gasoline - _______________________
13. helium - _____________________ 14. sand - _________________________

Complete each sentence with the word solid, liquid, or gas.
A ____________________________ has a definite shape. It does not take the shape of its
container. It also has a definite volume because it can be measured.
A ____________________________ does not have a definite shape. It takes the shape of its
container. It does have a definite volume because it can be measured.
A ____________________________ does not have a definite shape. It sometimes takes the shape of
its container and sometimes flies freely around you. These particles are not connected to each other and
takes up whatever space is available.
Identify the PHYSICAL CHANGES
Write
CO-condensation
H-heating
F-freezing
S-sublimation
E-evaporation

1.liquid to gas=________
2.gas to liquid=________
3.liquid to solid=________
4.solid to gas=________
5.liquid to solid/liquid to gas=________


Write
CO-condensation
H-heating
F-freezing
S-sublimation
E-evaporation
1.boiling water=________
2.water dew in the morning
3.alcohol on your palm
4.morning dew=________
5.napthaline balls to gas=________
6.gasoline on a running car=________
7.car freshener=________
8.moth balls to gas=________
Make a Bar Graph:






















Make a Line Graph:






















DAY
TEMPERATURE
M 25
T 28
W 30
TH 34
F 31
S 24
S 26
DAY
TEMPERATURE
M 27
T 28
W 30
TH 34
F 31
S 24
S 26
Match the description in Column A with the items on Column B. Write only the letter of your
answer on the line before each number.

Column A Column B

____1. Absorbs all colors a. Opaque materials
____2. Produce shadows b. Leaves of plants
____3. Reflects lights c. White colors
____4. Source of light d. black
____5. Reflect green lights e. transparent materials
____6. Reflects all colors f. mirror
____7. Pure water g. translucent materials
h. fire
Column A Column B

____8. Heat from the sun is felt on the earth a. water becomes ice
____9. Heat is removed from water b. 45C
____10. An instrument that measures temperature c. radiation
____11. Temperature of boiling water d. conduction
____12. Heat is transferred from a frying pan to e. 38C
the scrambled egg. f. thermometer
____13. Temperature of human body with fever g. 100C

Choose the option to answer each question or complete each statement.

____1. It is our main source of light and heat.
a. electricity
b. moon
c. sun
____2. Our great grandparents used this object to light their homes at night.
a. flashlight
b. fluorescent lamp
c. oil lamp
____3. Campers gather around this source of light at night.
a. bonfire
b. oil lamp
c. torch
____4. It has chemicals which makes bulbs produce light energy.
a. battery
b. flashbulb
c. incandescent bulb
____5. It changes electricity into heat energy.
a. gas stove
b. wood stove
c. electric stove
____6. It changes chemical energy to heat energy to cook our food.
a. gas stove
b. electric stove
c. microwave
____7. This kind of object allows some light to pass through.
a. opaque object
b. transparent object
c. translucent object
____ 8. This kind of object blocks light.
a. opaque object
b. translucent object
c. transparent object
____9. This is an example of a translucent object.
a. wood
b. hot coffee
c. frosted glass
____10. Which statement is true?
a. Light is always absorbed.
b. Light travels in a straight line.
c. Light passes through all kinds of objects.
____11. Which shows the bad effect of sunlight?
a. dries cloths
b. help plants grow
c. burns skins
____12. Which of these will scatter the color of light?
a. object
b. raindrop
c. rainbow
____13. How can we produce fire without a match?
a. rub two sticks together
b. rub our palms together
c. rub a stone with our hand
____14. Why do objects expand?
a. heat is applied.
b. Heat is removed.
c. they are cooked.
____15. Why do people wear sunglasses when they travel during hot weather?
a. everybody wears sunglasses.
b. they want to look glamorous
c. they need to protect their eyes.
____16. A hooting sound is to a/an ________as a squeaky sound is to a/an ______.
a. bird, mouse
b. owl, mouse
c. frog, mouse

____17. Pitch is the same as the loudness of a sound.
a. True
b. False
____18. Sounds are produced when objects _________.
a. move
b. vibrate
c. are reflected
____19. Which of these animals can hear more sounds better?
a. dog
b. eagle
c. rabbit
____20. Which of these makes a high-pitches sound?
a. drum beats
b. galloping horses
c. an ambulance siren
____21. Which among these voices produces the highest pitch?
a. alto
b. bass
c. soprano
____22. What do people do so they can hear better?
a. cover their ears
b. Ask the other person to shout
c. Cup their hands around the ear
____23. Which of the following may cause damage to our hearing?
a. speaking softly
b. blowing the nose gently
c. setting the radio at full volume
____24. In what medium does sound travel the slowest
a. gas
b. liquid
c. solid
____25. Which is the best conductor of sound?
a. gas
b. liquid
c. solid
____26. The Philippine lies east of the ______.
a. Celebes Sea
b. Pacific Ocean
c. South China Sea
____27. The smallest body of water that is surrounded by land is the _____.
a. bay
b. lake
c. pond


____28. Which of these makes the soil in the woods fertile?
a. heavy rains
b. overflowing rivers
c. decaying plants and animals
____29. Volcanic soil is fertile because of the ______.
a. decayed plants and animals
b. minerals in the molten rocks
c. hot mud coming from the crater
____30. What can be used for building purposes?
a. sand
b. gravel
c. both a and b
____31. Which of these helps prevent soil erosion?
a. crop rotation
b. cover cropping
c. regular harvesting
____32. The presence of too many chemicals in the soil and in water will _________.
a. reduce the yield of the harvest
b. slow down the growth of plants
c. both a and b
____33. Watering the plants with the use of a can or a dipper instead of a garden hose during
summer is recommended because _______.
a. it is cheaper
b. it saves water
c. it is easier to hold
____34. Soil is composed of _______.
a. small bits of broken rocks
b. decayed plants and animals
c. both a and b
____35. What makes the hot water and steam in geyser shoot up in the air?
a. a pull of gravity
b. rocks pushing up water
c. extreme heat and pressure deep in the earth
____36. What is a cheap and easy way to enrich or fertilize the soil in the garden?
a. Lessen the numbers of plants.
b. Put cut vegetable or other plant parts and fish entrails (gills and intestines) in open
pits and cover them with moist soil.
c. both a and b
____37. It is not safe to get drinking water from open wells and streams or rivers because of
the presence of ________.
a. small pieces of broken glass and metals
b. bacteria and other organisms that cause diseases
c. both a and b


____38. To make drinking water really safe during the rainy season, it should be _____.
a. filtered
b. boiled for about 20 minutes
c. left standing or kept in a water container for a long time
____39. Which of these practices will help conserve water?
a. turning off faucets tightly
b. watering plants with a garden hose
c. leaving dripping faucets unattended
____40. Which are renewable resources?
a. animals
b. plants
c. both a and b
____41. The sun is very important to people because it aids in ________.
a. heating our food
b. food-making in plants
c. drying up the oceans and rivers
____42. The sun is actually made up of ________.
a. millions of stars
b. a falling hot rock
c. hot, glowing gases
____43. Sun spots are _______.
a. spots in the sun
b. glowing gases from the sun
c. dark areas on the suns surface
____44. Which is true of the suns rotation? It rotates _______.
a. fastest at the poles
b. fastest at the equator
c. slowest at the equator
____ 45. It takes the earth _________ to make one complete rotation.
a. 1 day
b. 1 month
c. 365 days
____46. The moon is not seen from the earth during _______.
a. full moon
b. new moon
c. first quarter
____47.The moon takes _____to make one revolution around the earth.
a. 1 day
b. 28 days
c. 365 days
____48. The telescope that is used to study the suns corona and prominence is the ____.
a. coronagraph
b. radio telescope
c. sundial

____49. The moon is Earths _______.
a. meteor
b. satellite
c. twin
____50. There is life on the moon
a. Yes
b. No
c. Sometimes
____51. What are Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin known for? They _____.
a. discovered the moon
b. were the first to land on the moon
c. were the first men who landed on Mercury
____52. The sun seems to rise in the east and set in the west because _____.
a. the sun moves at great speed
b. the sun has fixed place in outer space
c. Earth spins or rotates on its axis in a counterclockwise direction.
____53. When the earth rotates from the dark side toward the lighted side, _____ occurs.
a. day
b. eclipse
c. night
____54. We see a bright round disk during a ____ moon.
a. full
b. half
c. new
____55. A galaxy is composed of ____.
a. a group of stars
b. a group of planets
c. a group of meteors
Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
_____1. Curtains are good conductors of sound.
_____2. Some animals can hear better than people.
_____3. The pitch of the first note of the first line in the song Joy to the World is higher
than the last note.
_____4. Sound travels faster in air than in water.
_____5. The sound of a bird singing is noise.
_____6. Sound can be heard on the moon.
What do we do to each object to make it produce sound?



1. gong _____
2. flute _____
3. rattle _____
4. drum _____
5. guitar _____
pluck hit beat
blow shake
Match the description in Column A with the items on Column B. Write only the letter of your
answer on the line before each number.

Column A Column B

____1. the ability to do work a. air
____2. the bending of light b. echo
____3. bouncing of sound c. energy
____4. a push or pull d. force
____5. it makes work easier and faster e. machine
____6. needed by living things to breathe f. prism
____7. It separates light into different colors g. reflection
____8. formed when light cannot pass through h. refraction
an object i. shadow
____9. Allows light to pass through j. sound
____10. it is produced when things vibrate. k. translucent
____11. materials that allow little light l. transparent
to pass through m. friction
____12. the bouncing of light when it n. malleability
strikes an object o. brittleness
____13. a great English physicist and p. strength
mathematician who proved q. elasticity
that light is composed of several colors. r. hardness
____14. a force that opposes motion. s. luminous sources
____15. heat travels through liquid or gas t. non-luminous objects
____16. to break easily when enough force is applied u. pitch
____17. It returns to its original shape v. lever
after an applied force is removed w. screw
____18. that can make some solid so thin x. inclined plane
without breaking y. convection
____19. to resist being stretched z. Sir Isaac Newton
____20. to resist breaking
when stretched, twisted or bend
____21. produce their own light
____22. do not produce light but they become
visible because they reflect light
____23. highness and lowness of sound
____24. a mechanical fastening device consisting
essentially of an inclined plane.
____25. a slanted surface like a ramp.
____26. a rigid bar or plank with a central point




Choose the right answer.
_______________1. An inclined plane that wraps around a shaft
_______________2. A stiff rod that rotates around a pivot point
_______________3. Made of two inclined planes put together
_______________4. Uses grooved wheels and a rope, belt or chain
_______________5. A modification of a pulley
_______________6. A straight slanted surface.

Lever Wedge Pulley
Inclined Plane Screw Wheel and Axle

Write P in the blank if the object has potential energy and K if it has kinetic energy

_____1. rolling ball
_____2. ball string
_____3. diving board
_____4. moving marble
_____5. lava flowing down a mountain side
_____6. pendulum
_____7. cart
_____8. running boy
_____9. swinging baseball bat
_____10. parked car

Push or Pull.
_____1. squeezing a sponge
_____2. keys on the piano to make a sound
_____3. pick up a shopping bag
_____4. drag along a toy car by a string
_____5. picking flowers in the garden
_____6. getting out of the car
_____7. getting in the car
_____8. closing the cabinet door
_____9. opening a letter
_____10. putting the dirty clothes in a laundry basket










Solve for the volume. Write the correct measuring units.
A. Volume of a regular Solid
4 cm



3 cm

2 cm

1. What is the length?__________
2. What is the height?__________
3. What is the width?___________
4. What is the numerical statement?____________________________
5. What is the volume? ____________________________________

B. Volume of Irregular Solid

Water in the graduated cylinder reads after the marble was dropped 125 ml. But the
initial volume was 75 ml. Find the volume of the marble?

1. initial volume - _________________
2. final volume - __________________
3. Write the numerical statement - ___________________________________
4. What is the volume? _____________________________________________

Matching Type: Write the letter of the correct answer.


















a. globe s. terracing
b. crust t. Milky Way Galaxy
c. continents u. corona
d. mountain v. prominences
e. Mt. Everest w. Erosion
f. volcano x. soil
g. crater y. clay
h. lava z. sand
i. hill aa. Loam
j. plateau bb. Humus
k. plain cc. Gravel
l. Rice Granary of the Philippines dd. Renewable Resources
m. valley ee. nonrenewable resources
n. island ff. strip cropping
o. archipelago gg. contour farming
p. delta hh. cover cropping
q. isthmus ii. stubble mulching
r. peninsula jj. quartz
_____1. top solid layer of the earth
_____2. a group of island like the Philippines and Japan.
_____3. the highest landform
_____4. a flat wide lowland. A wide flat land
_____5. an opening of the volcano
_____6. The Central Plain of Luzon is known as _____.
_____7. the process by which top soil is washed away
_____8. different plants are planted in alternating rows of land.
_____9. a kind of soil which is made from bits of rocks.
_____10. a small model of the earth
_____11. a mountain with an opening which lava and fiery rocks are thrown out
during an eruption.
_____12. a big family of stars in which the solar system belongs.
_____13. an elevated land with a broad and flat top. a high, wide , flat land.
_____14. A landform that is completely surrounded by water.
_____15. a land formation at the mouth of a river.
_____16. the outermost layer of the suns atmosphere
_____17. a landform that is much lower than a mountain
_____18. it is made up of very fine rock particles. a soil that is sticky when wet and
hard when dry.
_____19.it is easily replaced after being consumed
_____20. the largest land masses
_____21. a rich soil material formed from decayed plants and animals
_____22. it takes million of years to be replaced
_____23. a farming method where wide steps are made around the slopes of the hills.
_____24. a method of farming where the furrows follow the shape of the field.
_____25. a method of preventing soil erosion in which the uncut part of the plants are left on
the ground.
_____26. The highest mountain in the world
_____27. A lowland between two mountains or hills.
It is also a flat land but surrounded by high lands.
_____28. a farming method where fields are planted with low growing crops to protect the soil
from being washed away by wind and rain.
_____29. a fertile soil which consists of clay, sand and decayed matter.
_____30. a small grains of rocks
_____31. a mixture of pebbles and small rocks usually used for construction purposes.
it is also found along river banks or other bodies of water.
_____32. a thin layer of loose materials found on the surface of the earth
_____33. a hot glowing gas from the edge of the sun which shoots into space.
_____34. molten rocks
_____35. a piece of land with one narrow strip connected to the mainland and the other sides
bordered by water.
_____36. a narrow strip of land joining two large land masses.