SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 5
First Quarter – Week 3
Directions: Read each question carefully. Answer based on your understanding of heat and
its effect on states of matter.
Part I – Multiple Choice (10 items)
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What is the term for the process where a solid turns into a liquid when heat is applied?
A. Freezing
B. Melting
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
2. Which of the following best describes condensation?
A. Liquid turns to gas
B. Gas turns to liquid
C. Solid turns to gas
D. Liquid turns to solid
3. Which state of matter has a definite shape and volume?
A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Plasma
4. When you heat a solid, what usually happens to its particles?
A. They stay still
B. They cool down
C. They vibrate faster and move apart
D. They disappear
5. What is the state of matter of steam from a boiling kettle?
A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Plasma
6. What happens to water when continuously heated after boiling?
A. It turns back to solid
B. It evaporates and becomes gas
C. It freezes
D. It condenses
7. What tool is used to measure temperature?
A. Thermometer
B. Barometer
C. Ruler
D. Beaker
8. Which process changes gas to a liquid?
A. Evaporation
B. Freezing
C. Condensation
D. Sublimation
9. When a candle melts, what kind of change occurs?
A. Chemical
B. Physical
C. Permanent
D. Natural
10. In which state of matter are the particles farthest apart?
A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Plasma
Part II – True or False (10 items)
Directions: Write TRUE if the statement is correct, and FALSE if it is not.
11. Heat is a form of energy.
12. Solid has no definite shape and no definite volume.
13. Sublimation is the process where solid turns directly to gas.
14. When cooled, gas changes into liquid.
15. Boiling is a process that involves heat and changes solid to gas.
16. Water freezes at 0°C.
17. Condensation is the reverse of evaporation.
18. The molecules in gas are tightly packed.
19. Melting requires removing heat from a substance.
20. Heat causes molecules to move faster.
Part III – Identification (10 items)
Directions: Write the correct term being described.
21. A tool used to measure temperature.
22. A change of matter from solid to liquid.
23. The state of matter with no definite shape but has definite volume.
24. Change from gas to liquid.
25. Change from liquid to gas.
26. State of matter where particles are tightly packed together.
27. Heat causes these to move faster.
28. A change from solid to gas without becoming liquid.
29. The effect of heat on a candle.
30. The energy responsible for state changes.
Part IV – Short Answer (1 item)
Directions: Answer in 2–3 sentences.
31. Describe what happens when you heat a block of ice until it turns into steam. Include the
changes in state and the role of heat.
Key to Correction / Answer Key
1. B
2. B
3. A
4. C
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. B
10. C
11. TRUE
12. FALSE
13. TRUE
14. TRUE
15. FALSE
16. TRUE
17. TRUE
18. FALSE
19. FALSE
20. TRUE
21. Thermometer
22. Melting
23. Liquid
24. Condensation
25. Evaporation
26. Solid
27. Molecules
28. Sublimation
29. Melting
30. Heat
