SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE VI

SECOND GRADING PERIOD

NAME_________________________________ GRADE SIX-_______ DATE__________

SCORE: _____

No. of Items: 20 (# 1)
Mrs. Marichel R. Digma

I. Read the questions carefully. Choose and shade the circle of your
answer.
1. Which of the following does NOT contribute to the disruption of
oxygen-carbon dioxide cycle?
O a. Continuous cutting down of trees.
O b. Burning of fossil fuels on motor vehicles.
O c. Use of dynamite in fishing.
O d. Planting of trees.
2. Why is the use of sodium cyanide harmful?
O a. It destroys coral reefs.
O b. It results in global warming.
O c. It causes soil erosion.
O d. It produces pollutants such as carbon monoxide.
3. Why does the government prohibit dumping of chemical and industrial
wastes in our bodies of water?
O a. because bodies of water are already polluted
O b. because marine life is sensitive to sunlight
O c. because it increases dissolved oxygen in water
O d. because the wastes dumped in the water cause pollution
4. What problems may NOT occur due to a growing population?
O a. Shortage of food
O b. shortage of water
O c. shortage of space
O d. Satisfaction of basic needs
5. Which of the following statements do you agree with?
O a. Population in a place remains constant.
O b. population constantly changes due to birth and death.
O c. Population growth does not affect basic needs.
O d. Population growth can’t be slowed down.
6. Which of the following is the correct definition of population?
O a. Population is the kind of organisms living in a place.
O b. Population is the rate of increase and decrease of organisms living
in a place.
O c. Population is the living condition of organisms in a place.
O d. Population is the number of particular group of organisms living in
a specific place.
 7. Which of the following statements is true about overpopulation and its
effect on the environment?
O a. As the population grows, more garbage is produced.
O b. As population grows, more motor vehicles will emit poisonous
exhaust gas.
O c. As population decreases, cholera, dysentery, and tuberculosis will
spread.
O d. Both a and b
8. Why is overcrowding considered a danger?
O a. It encourages the spread of contagious diseases.
O b. It destroys our natural resources.
O c. It depletes our food reserves.
O d. All of the above
II. Which of the following situations will most likely happen especially in
overcrowded communities along the banks of the Pasig River? Check the
items.

_____9.Population problems will arise.

_____10.Diseases may spread easily.
_____11.Surroundings may become dirty.
_____12.There will be enough space for everyone.
_____13.The river became the dumpsite of garbage.
_____14.Food shortage may lead to a malnourished community.
_____15.Health habits of the people will be improved.
III. Match Column A with the answers found in Column B.
COLUMN A
COLUMN B
____16.Needed by a rapidly a. ozone layer
Growing population
____17.Absorbs rainwater b. ecological
balance
____18.It exists when population c. roots of
plants
In a place is stable
____19.Earth’s shield against harmful d. cutting of
trees
____20.Hastens weathering and e. basic
necessities
Erosion f.
nutrients
IV. Fill up the table.
Harmful Human acivities Effects of these activities