CABATUAN EAST DISTRICT

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE 6

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION

TOTAL NO. OF INSTRUCTION

SUBJECT SCIENCE 43
DAYS

GRADE LEVEL 6 TOTAL NO. OF ITEMS 50

TEST ITEM PLACEMENT

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LEARNING

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EVALUATING
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Actual Total

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COMPETENCIES Weigh
Instructio No. of
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Explain how the organs
of each organ system
10 23% 11 1-11
1 work together. S6LT-IIa-
b-1

2 Explain how the different 12-

organ systems work 10 23% 11
22
together. S6LT-IIc-d-2

Determine the
Distinguishing
3 Characteristics of
8 19% 10 23-32
Vertebrates and
Invertebrates. S6MT-IIe-
f-3

Distinguish how spore-

bearing and cone-
4 8 19% 10 33-41 42
bearing plants reproduce
S6Mt-IIg-h-4

5 Discuss the interactions 7 16% 8 48- 43-

among living and non- 50 47
living things in tropical
and explain the need to
protect and conserve
rainforests, coral reefs
 and mangrove swamps.
S6LT-IIi-j-5

19 11 3 12 5 0

TOTAL 43 100% 50 30 15 5

Prepared by:

MIGUEL A. BUCCAT JR.

Teacher III

Contributors: MELANY D. BELGICA BABYLYN L CORPUZ

Master Teacher II Teacher III, LPES

Quality Assured by: Recommending Approval:

MELANY D. BELGICA MARISSA J. FIESTA

Master Teacher II Principal I

Approved:
BELINDA R. MATIAS, EdD
Principal II
Principal In-charge
 Republic of the Philippines
Department of Education
Region II-CAGAYAN VALLEY
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE OF ISABELA
CABATUAN EAST DISTRICT

SECOND PERIODICAL TEST

SCIENCE 6

Name: Score:

Directions: Read each item carefully. Then, choose the letter of the
correct answer. Write your answers on the space before the number.

_____1. Which of the statements correctly describe the general functions of Skeletal
system?

I. It gives shape to the body

II. It serves as framework of the body
III. It protects the internal organs of the body
IV. It converts energy, which enables the body to move

A. I, II, IV B. I, II, III C. II, III, IV D. I, III, IV

_____2. It was Verna’s birthday party, she invited all of her classmates. During the game,
Justine wants to get toys in the pabitin “. Which muscles help Justine to reach the prize?
I. arm muscle III. leg muscle
II. facial muscle IV. heart muscle

A. I and II B. II and III C. I and III D. I, II, and III

_____3. Every morning, Jilliane joins zumba and jogs around in the park. After her
activities, she sweats a lot. Why do you think so? Because of the _____
A. contraction of muscles in the dermis B. relaxation of the muscles in the dermis
C. regulation of the body temperature D. excessive movement of the body

_____4. Which could be the functions of the muscular system?

I. It gives shape in our body

II. It allows us to move
III. It supports and makes our skeleton in the hands and other body parts steady.
IV. It provides the structural framework for the body

A. I and II B. II and III C. I, II and III D. I, II, III and IV

_____5. Gina is ready for the school. She eats her breakfast at 6:00 o’clock in the morning
and prepare herself for lunch. It takes her stomach 3-7 hours to be emptied. What is the
best time for her to take her lunch? She will take her lunch at ______
A. 11:30 o’clock in the morning C. 12:30 o’clock in the afternoon
B. 12:00 o’clock noon D. 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon

_____6. How does digestion occur?

A. mouth ---- esophagus ---- stomach ---- small intestine ---- large intestine ---- rectum and
anus
B. mouth ---- stomach ---- esophagus ---- small intestine ----- large intestine ----- anus and
rectum
C. esophagus ---- mouth ---- large intestine ---- small intestine ---- anus and rectum
D. esophagus ----mouth----- small intestine ---- esophagus ---- anus and rectum ---- large
intestine

_____7. Why is it important to promote healthful habit for our organs? To _____
A. have a happy personality B. make our organs function properly
C. avoid death D. keep our body away from diseases

_____8. How does the body use the energy released in its cells?
A. To rest the body B. To lower body temperature
C. For making oxygen D. For muscles to move

_____9. When you exhale, how does the diaphragm behave as you breath in?
A. relaxes C. sinks
B. contracts D. expands

_____10. Which of the following happens to air during the process of breathing?
A. air moves from area of higher pressure to an area of lesser pressure
B. air moves up and down
C. air gets warm
D. air gives off oxygen

_____11. When a small blood vessel in your hand is cut open, which plays an active
defense against possible diseases?
A. plasma C. red blood cells
B. platelets D. white blood cells

_____12. Rico touched something very hot. He moved his hand away from the object when
he felt the hot sensation, why? The _______
A. blood moves faster to his hand
B. nerve endings are very sensitive
C. message travels fast to his hand
D. message to and from the brain moves fast through the nerves

_____13. Striking the tendon on your knee stimulates a sensory neuron in your lower leg
that causes your knee to jerk. Why?
A. The sensory neuron transmits the nerve impulse to the neuron in the spinal cord.
B. The nerve impulse travels directly to the brain. without passing the spinal cord.
C. Motor neurons extending to the leg muscles transmit the nerve impulse
D. Nerves in the legs are functioning properly.

_____14. How does sensory neuron work? Sensory neuron ______

A. carries signal from the central nervous system to the outer parts of the body
B. carries signals from the outer parts of the body to the central nervous system
C. connects various neurons within the brain and the spinal cord
D. delivers messages from the brain to the senses

_____15. What is the usual path of message received by the body from the environment?
A. brain → nerves → spinal cord → sense organ
B. sense organ → nerves → spinal cord → brain
C. spinal cord → sense organ → brain → nerves
D. nerves → sense organ → brain → spinal cord
_____16. Rearrange the following lists to show how the order of events in the nervous
system helps to initiate movement:
I -Message received at muscle fibers
II-Muscle contracts
III-Brain decides action
IV-Body or limb performs action
V-Message or impulse sent through nervous system
A. I, II, III, IV and V B. II, V, I, III and IV C. I, III, IV and II . D. II, I,
V, III and IV

_____17. How does the skin regulate the body temperature?

A. By retaining water B. By producing vitamin C
C. By increasing sweat production D. By regulating fat content in the skin

_____18. Which is the correct path that a nerve impulse will follow in a reflex arc?
A. Motor neuron—interneuron—sensory neuron
B. Interneuron—motor neuron---sensory neuron
C. Motor neuron—sensory neuron—interneuron
D. Sensory neuron—interneuron—motor neuron

_____19. How does the integumentary system work with the nervous system?
A. Integumentary system help the nervous system to produce blood
B. The skin protects the nerves
C. Nerves embedded in the skin are responsible for sensing the outside world
D. Nervous system help the skin to maintain its color

_____20. What happened to skin when a person gets cold or frightened?

A. Goose bumps develop B. Your skin produces too much sweat
C. The nerve cells are frozen D. The skin is contracted

_____21. The skin is one of the first defense mechanisms in your immune system, why?
A. Tiny glands in the skin secrete oils that increase the function of the skin to protect
against microorganism.
B. The skin regulates the blood temperature
C. Tiny glands in the skin secrete water that increase the function of the skin to protect
against microorganism
D. The skin secret hormones to protect the immune system

_____22. Which of the following is the correct flow of the blood from the different parts of
the body back to the heart?
1. When the heart contracts, the right lower ventricle will pump the blood into the lungs,
where the carbon dioxide is exchanged for oxygen.
2. After the exchange, the blood containing fresh oxygen flows into the left upper atrium.
3. When the heart contracts, the left lower ventricle will force the blood out to the body
through a network of arteries.
4. Oxygen-rich blood flows from the left upper atrium into the left lower ventricle
5. The heart receives oxygen-deficient blood from the body into the right upper atrium

A. 2,1,4,3,5 B. 1,3,2,5,4 C. 5,1,2,4,3 D.

5,1,4,3,2

_____23. Study the diagram below. Which groups of animals have both on land and water?
 ?

A. Amphibians B. Fishes C. Mammals D. Reptiles

_____24. Which tells about the distinct characteristics of reptiles?

I. It has legs for crawling II. are warm blooded animals
III. has gills and fins IV. dry scaly skins
A. I and III B. II and IV C. II, and III D. I and IV

_____25. How are the following animals grouped?

bat dolphin
whale penguin
A. Fishes B. Amphibians C. Mammals D. Reptiles

_____26. Below is a list of groups of animals. Which one will best fill in the blank?
Kiwi Crocodile Newt
Ostrich Snake Toad
peacock ? Salamander
A. Chicken B. Iguana C. seahorse D. bat

_____27. Why are some worms harmful? They _______

A. grow very long
B. make children grow healthy
C. eat dead plants and animals
D. take nutrients from the bodies of other organisms

_____28. How do sponges get their food?

A. food is absorbed by suckers
B. They have big mouth to engulf food
C. Tentacles push the food into their bodies
D. The pores serve as entry and exit of food animals

_____29. How will you describe mollusks?

I. They have soft bodies and may be covered with hard shells
II. They are stationary
III. They are aquatic animals
IV. They live in bodies of other animals

A. I and II B. II and III C. I and IV D. I and III

_____30. Animals acquire food in different ways. Which one tells how the cnidarians get
their food?
A. Stinging cells on the tentacles capture prey
B. Food and water flow through the small opening
C. They have hooks and suckers on their heads
D. They live inside the bodies of other organisms

_____31. Four Animals were identified by one pet lover as vertebrate. Which of the
animals is he referring to?
A. sheep B. lion C. dog D. tiger
_____32. Your uncle is a veterinarian and you asked him to help you on your assignment
about vertebrates. These are the statements he said to you: an animal with backbone,
live in water and move through swimming. What animal is he referring to?
A. snail B. catfish C. snake D. starfish

_____33. Cypress and gingkoes are conifers. What do conifers use in order to reproduce?
A. seeds B. cones C. spores D. cells

_____34. What characteristics do mosses and ferns have in common?

A. They produce cones B. They produce spores
C. They are flowering plants D. They are non-flowering plants

_____35. What characteristic describes a non-flowering plant like fern and makes it
different from flowering plant like gumamela? They are having_____
A. dark green leaves B. naked cones
C. edible roots D. spores

_____36. Why are seeds of conifers called “naked seeds”? The seeds are____
A. not enclosed within fruits B. enclosed within fruits
C. within fruits D. from cones.

_____37. In what way are ferns and mosses alike?

A. They are flower-bearing B. They are spore-bearing
C. They have vascular bundles D. They have roots, stems and leaves

_____38. Which of the following are cone-bearing plants?

I. II. III. IV.

Pine Mahogany Fern Moss
A. I B. I & II C. II, III & IV D. III & IV
.
_____39. Plants undergo process of reproduction. Which is the first step in the fertilization
process of plants?
A. Pollination B. The growth of fruit
C. A tube grows to the pistil D. The sperm joins with the egg

_____40. Which part contains a material that a conifer uses to reproduce?

A. Bulbs B. Flowers C. Cones D. Needles

_____41. Seed plants have special structures on them where male and female cells join
together through a process called _________.
Fertilization C. embryo
cone-bearing D. pollination

_____42. Which statement proves that pine trees are gymnosperms while mango trees are
angiosperms? Pine trees _______; mango trees __________.
A. grow tall; grow short.
B. have needle-like leaves; have round leaves.
C. grow in cold climate; grow in tropical climate.
D. cone-bearing plants; flower-bearing plants.

_____43. How will you describe a tropical rainforest?

A. warm temperature B. cold temperature
C. rare variety of reptiles or none at all D. frozen ground

_____44. How do forests help in maintaining global climate?

A. Plants soak up large amounts of rainfall
B. Plants provide a habitat for plants and animals.
C. Plants provide materials for constructions and other needs of people.
D. Plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen during photosynthesis.

_____45. Coral reefs are beneficial to marine life. In what way does it show in the following
instances?
I. provide rich sources of marine food
II. protect the coastal areas from strong waves
III. provide passage for strong currents to coastal areas
IV. serve as a breeding ground of fishes and other forms of marine life
A. I and II B. II and III C. I and IV D. III and IV

_____46. Why are corals very important to marine life?

A. They are the habitat of some marine animals.
B. They make the oceans and seas look blue.
C. They filter and purify the water.
D. They make the seawater salty.

_____47. What is needed for the ecosystem to support the greatest variety of organisms
over the longest period of time?
A. Variety of organism B. Wide variety of animals
C. wide variety of bacteria D. Wide variety of minerals

_____48. You heard about a plan to convert the nearby mangrove swamp to commercial
area. Your neighbor agrees with the plan because they believed that the mangrove
swamp has no economic value. After researching you want to discuss the issue with your
neighbor. Which statement could be possibly conveyed to your neighbor to not agree with
the plan?
A. Mangrove swamps filter pollutants from water.
B. Mangrove swamps are beautiful ecosystems.
C. Mangroves swamps provide shelter for animals.
D. Mangrove swamps protect the coastal community from waves and provide food and
business for people.

_____49. The fishermen in the barangay use dynamites in order to have a big catch. If this
practice continues, what do you think will happen to the marine resources?
A. Fishes will multiply fast. B. Marine life will increase.
C. Marine life will decrease. D. The coral will multiply
_____50. Coral reefs are important to man and other marine organisms How can we help
protect them?
A. collect corals B. clean coral reefs
C. prevent dynamite fishing D. throw oil into waterways

Prepared by:

MIGUEL A. BUCCAT JR.

Teacher III

Contributors: MELANY D. BELGICA BABYLYN L CORPUZ

 Master Teacher II Teacher III, LPES

Quality Assured by: Recommending Approval:

MELANY D. BELGICA MARISSA J. FIESTA

Master Teacher II Principal I

Approved:
BELINDA R. MATIAS, EdD
Principal II
Principal In-charge

Answers Key:

1. b
2. c
3. a
4. c
5. b
6. a
7. b
8. c
9. a
10. a
11. d
12. b
13. a
14. b
15. b
16. d
17. c
18. d
19. c
20. a
21. a
22. c
23. a
24. d
25. c
26. b
27. d
28. d
29. d
30. a
31. c
32. b
33. b
34. b
35. d
36. d
37. b
38. a
39. a
40. c
41. a
42. d
43. a
44. d
45. c
46. a
47. a
48. d
49. c
50. c