THIRD PERIODICAL EXAMINATION

SCIENCE GRADE 5
NAME: ____________________________________________________
GRADE & SECTION: ______________________________________

SCORE: _____________
DATE: _______________

I. True or False: Write True if the statement is correct; otherwise, write

False. Do not guess. Twenty-five percent of your wrong answers will be
deducted from the number of your correct answers.
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A physical change produces another product such as gas.

Atoms are the building blocks of matter.
Changing the size or shape of a wood is a chemical change.
Chemical change may involve production of heat and light.
Chemical changes are easy to reverse.
Combining oxygen and hydrogen to make water is a physical

change.
7. Evaporation occurs when liquid water changes into gas.
8. Evolution of gas, color change and production of heat are signs
of chemical change.
9. Heat energy is either absorbed or produced in a chemical
change.
10. If a substance changes from liquid to gas without any
differences in the composition, a chemical change is observed.
11. In a chemical change, atoms rearrange forming new
substances.
12. Motion, pressure and change in temperature bring about
physical changes.
13. Phase change is a result of loss or gain of heat.
14. Phase changes are physical changes.
15. Sublimation occurs when ice cream melts.

II. Identification
A. Identify if each of the following undergoes a physical or a chemical change.
Write Physical Change or Chemical Change on the space provided.
16. cutting a paper
17. crushing soda can
18. digesting food
19. dynamite explosion
20. lightning a match
21. mixing a bowl of cereal and milk
22. mixing baking soda and vinegar
23. roasting marshmallow
24. rusting of iron nail
25. slicing a cake
B. Identify what kind of machine is each of the following. Choose your answer
from the box below.

Inclined plane
Wheel and axle

Lever
Screw
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27.
28.
29.
30.

Pulley

Wedge

ice pick
ladder
needle
pliers
shovel

III. Multiple Choices: On the space provided before each number, write the
letter of the correct answer corresponding to the question.
31. Which produces static electricity?
A. current
B. dry cell
C. friction
D. wet cell
32. Four bulbs are wired in series. How many paths of current are there?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
33. When does an object become positively charged?
A. when it gains electrons
B. when it loses electrons
C. when its protons are lost
D. when the protons attract electrons
34. What is the total voltage of a circuit with six cells of 1.5 volts connected in
parallel?
A. 1.5 volts
B. 4.5 volts
C. 6 volts
D. 9 volts
35. How are the dry cells arranged in a flashlight?
A. negative
B. parallel
C. positive
D. series
36. What simple machine does a tricycle have?
A. fixed pulley
B. inclined plane
C. wheel and axle
D. movable pulley

37. Josh uses a nail cutter to cut his fingernails. Which two simple machines
make up the nail cutter?
A. gear and lever
B. inclined plane and lever
C. lever and pulley
D. wedge and lever
38. The laborers at a construction site need to move sacks of cement from the
ground level to the sixth level. Which one of these would be most useful to
them?
A. ladder
B. pulley
C. ramp
D. wheelbarrow
39. By what unit is force measured?
A. gram
B. joule
C. meter
D. newton
40. What type of lever is the bottle opener?
A. first-class lever
B. second-class lever
C. third-class lever
D. cannot be determined
41. Which refers to a pivot joint where a rigid bar is free to move?
A. axle
B. effort
C. fulcrum
D. resistance
42. Which of the following applies when a flag is raised?
A. direction changes
B. force increases
C. resistance increases
D. speed changes
43. Which of the following is NOT a screw?
A. jack
B. lid of a jar
C. pencil sharpener
D. swivel chair
44. Which inclined plane would you use for easier work?
A.

B.

C.

D.

45. To lift an object, which lever will exert the least amount of force?

A.

B.

C.

D.
IV. Drawing and Labeling the Parts
46-50. Draw an atom. Label the nucleus and the three subatomic particles. (5
points)

51-55. Draw a parallel circuit. Label the essential parts. (5 points)

56-60. Using the standard symbols, draw a series circuit. Provide a legend or a
key for the standard symbols. (5 points)