Second Periodical Test in Science and Health 6

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I.

Choose the letter of the corret answer.

1. What is the process of cutting down the trees that make up the forest, and usually never
replacing these trees?
a. deforestation
c. reforestation
b. forest ecology
d. soil fertilization
2. Which causes nutrients in the topsoil to be removed?
a. soil digging
c. soil fertilization
b. soil erosion
d. deforestation
3. Which causes land pollution?
a. insecticides
c. pesticides
b. organic materials
d. insecticides and pesticides
4. This is a certain organism that helps indicate whether air pollution has gone very bad.
a. lichens
c. butterfly
b. mosquitoes
d. frogs
5. It means reduced space, less privacy and massive waste.
a. immigration
c. population
b. overcrowding
d. pollution
6. Which problem is likely to occur if the population of a community grows very fast?
a. Clean and sanitary surroundings.
c. High standard of living for every
family.
b. Shortage of food, water and space.
d. More space for every family to build
a house.
7. It refers to the condition or state in which the ecological processes in a certain community is
going an smoothly, thus keeping that community alive.
a. balanced diet
c. equilibrium
b. balance of nature
d. ecosystem
8. They return important chemical elements of dead plants and animals back into the
environment.
a. decomposers
c. preys
b. predators
d. producers
9. This causes the imbalance of nature.
a. cleaning the surroundings
c. recycling
b. dumping of garbage
d. segregation of waste
10. This element is crucial to life because it is a component of proteins and nuclic acids.
a. carbon
c. oxygen
b. nitrogen
d. water
11. It is composed of individual organisms.
a. overpopulation
c. right population
b. population
d. ecology
12. He was a German naturalist who invented the word ecology in 1896.
a. Albert Einstein
c. Galileo Galilei
c. Ernest Heackel
d. Isaac Newton
13. This is a means of checking and counterchecking the population in a biotic community.
a. population
c. prey
b. predation
d. producers
14. Which common materials at home will you use to kill harmful insects like mosquitoes?
a. insecticides
c. soap
b. synthetic
d. pesticides
15. Aling Marta bought three kilos of galunggong in the market. She wanted to preserve one kilo.
What household material can she use to preserve the fish?
a. salt
c. sugar
b. vinegar
d. water
16. Mang Carlo bought a new iron gate what common household material can he use to prevent
it from rusting?
a. cooking oil
c. pesticides
b. additive
d. paints
17. Which of the following products is NOT derived from the forest?
a. dye
c. rubber
b. paint
d. corals
18. How does a forest prevent flash flood in the plains?

a. Forest absorbs excess rainwater.

b. Forest makes the environment drier or humid
c. Forest prevents frequent occurrence of rain.
d. Forest sheilds rain from falling.
19. Why are forests good for the environment?
a. Forest absorbs excess amount of carbon dioxide in the air.
b. Forest makes the environment cool.
c. Forest disrupt the ecological balance.
d. Both a and b
20. Why is deforestation harmful to animals?
a. It destroys their natural habitat.
b. It provides them more protection from their enemies.
c. It enables them to multiply rapidly.
d. It gives them more space to move about.
21. Which of the following is NOT an effect of deforestation?
a. It reduces his water supply
c. It causes floods to low lying areas.
b. It changes his lifestyle.
d. It improves the quality of the topsoil.
22. Why is the use of sodium cyanide harmful?
a. It destroys coral reefs.
c. It results in global warming.
b. It causes soil erosion.
d. It produces pollutants such as
carbon monoxide.
23. Why does government prohibit dumping of chemical and industrial wastes in our bodies of
water?
a. because bodies of water are already polluted
b. because marine life is sensitive to sunlight
c. because it increases dissolved oxygen in water
d. because the waste dumped in the water cause pollution
24. What problems may not occur due to a growing population?
a. shortage of food
c. shortage of space
b. shortage of water
d. satisfaction of basic needs
25. Why is overcrowding considered a danger?
a. It encourages the spread of contagious diseases.
b. It destroys our natural resources.
c. It deplets our food reserves.
d. All of the above.
26. Which of the following is a food additive?
a. soduim chloride
c. bleach
b. ammonia
d. turpentine
27. Why is citric acid added to juice drink preparations?
a. to make the juice drink last longer
c. to provide sour taste
b. to provide red color
d. to dissolve the solids
28. Why is pesticides used by farmers?
a. to destroy plant pests
c. to kill harmful weeds
b. to increase crops yield
d. both a and b
29. Why are thinner and turpentine added to paints?
a. to make paints easy to spread on surface c. to remove molds in paints
b. to give color to paints
d. to hold pigment particles together
30. How can white clothes be made whiter?
a. by heating
c. by bleaching
b. by vulcanizing
d. by ironing
31. Why is detergent in toothpaste beneficial to man?
a. It reduces the formation of plaque.
c. It prevents dental carriers.
b. It makes food sweeter.
d. Both a and c
32. Why is acid rain harmful?
a. Because it can contaminate water supply and corrode some materials.
b. Because it can bring lots of rain.
c. Because it can make the surrounding hot.
d. Because it can bring about drought.
33. What may occur as a result of the release of so much gaseous?
a. global cooling
c. eutrophication
b. global warming
d. flooding
34. What material causes the destruction of the ozone layer?
a. chlorofluorocarbon
c. manganese oxide
b. hydrochloric acid
d. carbon dioxide
35. Why should one wash his hands thoroughly after using insecticides?
a. To remove traces of poison.
c. To transfer harmful effect of
insecticides to water.

b. To avoid plant contamination.

d. Both a and b

36. What should you do to avoid taking poisonous material by mistake?

a. Separate poisonous substances from food items.
b. Label poisonous substances properly.
c. Reread labels of materials or products before taking them.
d. All of the above.
37. Which is an example of a biodegradable material?
a. plastic cup
c. wood
b. tin can
d. cement
38. How should non - biodegradable wastes be disposed?
a. by composting
c. by reusing
b. by recycling
d. both b and c
39. Which of the following are products of recycling garbage?
a. biogas
c. sawdust
b. organic fertilizers
d. both a and b
40. Wastes should be segregated into __________ groups.
a. colored and white
c. biodegradable and non biodegradable
b. hot and cold
d. small and big
41. Which are formed from hot, molten materials inside the Earth?
a. igneous rocks
c. sedimentary rocks
b. metamorphic rocks
d. none of these
42. What is the liquid material inside the Earth?
a. calcite
c. magma
b. lava
d. both b and c
43. How are sedimentary rocks formed?
a. They are formed from magma.
b. They are formed when igneous and metamorphic rocks are combined.
c. They are formed through fossils.
d. All of these
44. These refers to the physical breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces.
a. decomposition
c. rocks formation
b. disintegration
d. weathering
45. This is the gradual change in composition of particles due to different chemicals reaction.
a. decomposition
c. rocks formation
b. disintegration
d. weathering
46. The energy stored by plants during photosynthesis is a kind of ___________ energy.
a. electrical
c. chemical
b. mechanical
d. potential
47. Who is the scientist who formulated the Laws of Motion?
a. Johannes Kepler
c. Galileo Galilei
b. Isaac Newton
d. William Harvey
48. What device is used to lower down food and medicines to places that are difficult to reach
because of the effect of natural calamities?
a. airplane
c. pendulum
b. parachute
d. clock
49. In specifying the acceleration of an object, we need to know its amount and ___________.
a. speed
c. distance of travel
b. time of travel
d. direction
50. Who developed the mineral hardness scale?
a. Johannes Kepler
c. Frederich Mohs
b. Isaac Newton
d. William Harvey

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Prepared by:
Kristine Montao Espanta
Science Teacher