REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION VII – CENTRAL VISAYAS
SIBULAN CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THIRD PERIODICAL TEST IN SCIENCE VI
NAME: __________________________________________________ SCORE: __________
I. Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of these is a push or push that starts, stops or changes the direction of an object?
a. Force b. friction c. gravity d. energy
2. Which of the following is True?
a. Force is needed to stop an object. c. Gravity pushes an object upward.
b. An object in motion will remain in motion. d. Friction makes an object slide.
3. Which force is the force that acts between two magnets?
a. electrical force b. magnetic force c. nuclear force d. gravitational force
4. Which of these is the force that holds the particles in the nucleus together?
a. gravitational force b. electrical force c. nuclear force d. magnetic force
5. Which of these will feel the biggest gravitational pull on earth?
a. A 1000-Kg elephant c. A 100-Kg boxer
b. A 100-g mouse d. A 10-Kg bicycle
6. If the moon is closer to earth, what would happen to the force between them?
a. get smaller b. Disappear c. get bigger d. stay
7. A baseball bat and a sheet of paper are the same dropped at the same time from the same height.
What will occur if there is no air resistance?
a. The baseball and the paper will land at the same time.
b. The baseball will float slowly through the air.
c. The paper will float slowly through the air.
d. The baseball will land first.
8. Which of these is a force that opposes motion between two surfaces sticking or touching together?
a. friction b. magnetic c. gravity d. nuclear
9. A boy sits on a grassy slope. What force stops him sliding down?
a. friction b. magnetic c. gravity d. weight
10. Which of these is the friction between a solid object as it moves through a liquid or a gas.
a. fluid friction b. rolling friction c. static friction d. sliding friction
11. What kind of energy does lightning possess?
a. mechanical energy b. chemical energy c. electrical energy d. radiant energy
12. Which of the following does a burning candle possess?
a. electrical energy b. nuclear energy c. sound energy d. chemical energy
13. What kind of energy is used to disinfect our beddings?
a. radiant energy b. electrical energy c. nuclear energy d. mechanical energy
14. Why does the splitting of atoms generate electricity?
a. because it releases some peculiar characteristics
b. because it has tremendous amounts of energy
c. because it can produce sound
d. because it can produce light
15. Which diagram shows energy transformation in a moving LRT?
a. chemical energy mechanical energy
b. electrical energy mechanical energy
c. electrical energy radiant energy
d. nuclear energy chemical energy
16. How do we know that the transfer of heat energy occurred between two objects?
a. when cold object gets warmer while in direct contact with a hot object
b. when cold object gets warmer while in direct contact with a cold object
c. when two hot objects are In direct contact with each other
d. when two cold objects are rubbed against with each other
17. What is always produced during energy transformation?
a. light b. heat c. sound d. electricity
18. Which shows that energy is being transformed?
a. a swimming pendulum c. a ream of paper inside a box
b. a candle resting on a table top d. a glass inside a cabinet
19. How is radiant energy used in medicine?
a. Radiant energy is used to dry clothes.
b. Radiant energy is used to preserved fruits.
c. Radiant energy is used to destroy abnormal cells in the body.
d. Radiant energy is used to disinfect beddings.
20. What kind of energy is used to bake bread?
a. light b. sound c. heat d. mechanical
21. What energy is present in a moving objects?
a. chemical energy b. kinetic energy c. nuclear energy d. potential energy
22. Which of the following is not an example of kinetic energy being converted to potential energy?
a. releasing of an arrow c. pulling a plow on rice field
b. light to heat d. a basketball player jumping for a rebound
23. Which energy transformation occurs to in an electric iron?
a. heat to light b. light to heat c. heat to electricity d. electricity to heat
24. Which type of energy uses magma or hot dry rocks to generate electricity?
a. hydroelectric b. geothermal c. nuclear d. solar
25. Which of the following is not the use of sound energy?
a. Sound is used to map the ocean floor.
b. Sound helps track earthquakes.
c. Sound is used to generate electricity.
d. Sound is used to see internal organs.
26. Which of the following shows that chemical energy is changed to mechanical energy?
a. lighting a candle c. switching on of a flashlight
b. using sunlight to dry up clothes d. an athlete run after drinking water
27. Which is a compound machine?
a. bicycle b. magnet c. solar panel d. transistor radio
28. A stone is dropped from a cliff. How does the energy of the stone change as it falls from the cliff to
the ground below?
a. potential to kinetic c. kinetic to mechanical
b. chemical to mechanical d. kinetic to potential
29. What simple machine is shown in the picture?
a. first-class lever b. second-class lover c. third-class lover d. a pulley system
30. What is the mechanical advantage of lever if the effort force is 20 N and the resistance force is 50 N?
a. 2 b. 2.5 c. 3 d. 3.5
31. If you need to put 15 N of work into a machine to get 10 N of work out, what is the mechanical
efficiency of his machine?
a. 66.50% b. 66.55% c. 66.60% d. 66.67%
32. In a human leg, the leg muscles in the lower leg pull on the leg and the foot. The result of this pull is
that the lower body is raised up on its toes. In this example, the fulcrum’s at the toes. What system of
lever is formed?
a. first class b. second class c. third class d. no type of lever
33.Which best describes the energy transformation in the picture below?
A. Light energy is being transformed to heat energy
B. Mechanical energy is being transformed into electrical energy
C. Electrical energy is being transformed into heat energy and mechanical energy
D. Electrical energy is being transformed into heat energy and mechanical energy
34. Which situation does not show the transformation of potential energy to kinetic energy?
a. The archer puts an arrow into a bow then releases it.
b. During a baseball game, a good outfield caught a flying ball.
c. Huge boulder stared rolling down during an earthquake.
d. A bowling player slowly throws a ball down the lane.
II. Read each item carefully. Answer what is asked in each number.
1. Which simple machine would make it easiest to move a heavy object from the ground to the
third floor of a house? Explain why.
