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THIRD QUARTERLY EXAMINATION IN SCIENCE VI

Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number.

____ 1. Which of the following helps in reducing friction?

A. cloth, clay, rubber C. pebbles, rocks, mud
B. gravel, sand, soil D. lubricants, rollers, wheels, and bearings

_____2. A boy is playing with a skateboard. In which surface will it travel the fastest?
A. the carpet C. the rough floor
B. the polished floor D. sandy ground

_____3. Which of the following is true about friction?

I. Friction is not present in a smooth surface
II. Friction slows down a moving object
III. Smooth surface has more friction
IV. Objects move slowly on a rough surface
A. I, II B. II, III C. I, III D. I, II, IV

_____4. You rolled a marble on a very smooth surface. Without friction, what might happen to the
marble?
A. It will stop immediately.
B. It will maintain its speed and suddenly stop.
C. It will move either to the right or left side and stop.
D. It will continuously move until it strikes another object.

_____5. Two balls were rolled at the same time on different surfaces with same force. Ball A rolls
slowly on a rough surface and then eventually stopped while Ball B rolls on a smooth surface
rolled faster until it reached another object then slowly stopped. What do the statements
imply?
A. The balls have same speed even if the surface differ.
B. Smooth surfaces produce less friction than rough surfaces.
C. Smooth surfaces produce more friction than rough surfaces.
D. The surface of an object has no effect on the movement of object.

_____6, You have noticed that your door hinges create a squeaky sound and hard to open. After
applying some lubricants on it, the squeaky sound disappeared and made it easy to be opened.
How do lubricants affect friction?
A. Lubricants decrease friction and causes objects to move faster.
B. Lubricants has no effect on the movement of objects.
C. Lubricants increase friction and causes objects to move faster.
D. Lubricants slows down the movement of objects.

_____ 7. Why is it easy to slip when there is water on a smooth surface?

A. The friction between your feet and the floor has no effect on your movement.
B. The friction between your feet and the floor is increased by the water.
C. The water increases the friction between your feet and the floor.
D. The water is a lubricant and reduces the friction between your feet and the floor.

_____8. When you rolled your rubber ball on the grassy surface of the ground, it suddenly stops. How
does friction affect the motion of the ball?
A. Friction affects the ability of the ball to take more rolling.
B. Friction decreases the time of the ball to take farther distance.
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C. Friction opposes the direction of the ball to change its direction.
D. Friction slows down the rolling of the ball and prevents the ball to move farther.

____ 9. A boy who weighs 35 kilos jumps higher than another boy who weighs 50 kilograms. How
does gravity affect the jumps?
A. The heavier the object, the lesser gravity.
B. The lighter the object, the lesser gravity.
C. The stronger the gravity, the higher the jump.
D. Gravity does not affect how high one can jump.

____ 10. A car travels faster when going down than in going up? Why?
A. Gravity pulls the car.
B. It is being pushed by the wind.
C. It is being pulled by the weight of the car.
D. It is moving against gravity.

____11. A metal ball and a sheet of paper are dropped at the same time from the same height. What
will happen when there is no air resistance?
A. The metal ball will land first.
B. The metal ball will float slowly through the air.
C. The metal ball and the paper will land at the same time.
D. The paper will land earlier than the metal ball.

_____12. A car and a truck are climbing the slope of a hill. Which of the two vehicles will reach the
top faster? Why?
A. The car because it has smaller engine than the truck.
B. The truck because it has bigger fuel tank than the car.
C. The car because it is smaller and lighter than the truck and has lesser gravity.
D. The truck because it is bigger and heavier than the car and has more gravity.

_____13. Your kite flies up in the air and when the wind stops blowing, it goes down. Why?
A. Gravity pulls the kite down.
B. The wind pulls the kite down to the ground
C. There is no air around, so the kite goes down.
D. The force of gravity flies the kite up and moves it down.

_____14. Why is it difficult to climb up the mountain rather than to go down the mountain?
A. You go with gravity. C. You move upward.
B. You are against gravity. D. You move downward

______15. Which example shows chemical to heat to mechanical to light energy transformation?
A. In using doorbells and buzzers to call the attention of people inside the house.
B. When we burn a sheet of paper, energy is given off which we see as a flame.
C. When we use our flat iron to make our school uniform presentable.
D. When heat is released from fuel and boils the water to make steam, it turns the turbine
which turns the generator to produce electricity.

______16. Our electrical appliances transform electrical energy into other forms. When you use a
bread toaster, electrical energy is changed to _____ and _____.
A. heat and chemical C. light and heat
B. heat and electrical D. light and chemical

_____17. If a sheet of paper is burned, what energy is given off which we see as a flame?
A. electrical energy C. light energy
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B. heat energy D. sound energy

_____18. Which energy transformation occurs in an electric iron?

A. heat to light C. heat to electricity
B. light to heat D. electricity to heat

_____ 19. When we rub two pieces of wood together, it can produce heat and later turn into another
form of energy. What energy transformation happened?
A. light to heat energy C. heat to light energy
B. heat to sound energy D. heat to electrical energy

_____20. A lighted candle uses chemical energy which produces light energy, and at the
same time it can produce what kind of energy?

A. chemical B. electricity C. heat D. sound

_____ 21. After using your appliances for few minutes, the electrical energy is transformed into what
kind of energy?
A. heat energy C. mechanical
B. light energy D. sound energy

_____22. What energy transformation takes place when we turn on the television which uses
electrical energy?
A. electrical to sound C. electrical to heat and chemical
B. electrical to heat and sound D. electrical to light, sound, and heat

_____23. We can hear the voice of the person whom we call through our cellphones because the
speaker of the phone on the other end changes electrical/electromagnetic waves back into
what form of energy?
A. electrical energy C. light energy
B. heat energy D. sound energy

_____24. The boy and girl scouts went camping at Camp John Hay. They gathered dried twigs and
branches of trees which they burned for their bonfire to keep their bodies warm throughout the
night, what energy transformation took place?
A. chemical energy to heat energy
B. chemical energy to mechanical energy
C. electrical energy to heat energy
D. heat energy to sound energy

_____25. The food that we eat has stored energy which is used in doing our work every day. What
energy transformation has taken place in this situation?
A. chemical to heat energy
B. chemical to heat to sound energy
C. chemical to heat to electrical energy
D. chemical to mechanical to heat energy

_____26. Mother uses a washing machine in washing your blankets. What energy transformation is
shown in the use of washing machine?
A. electrical to mechanical C. chemical to mechanical
B. electrical to wind D. electrical to chemical

____27. What transformation of energy happens when the boiling water in the kettle whistles?
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A. electrical to heat energy B. mechanical to sound
B. heat to sound energy D. sound to heat energy
_____28. Energy can be converted from one form to another. Which of the following represents the
energy transformation when a match is struck?
A. chemical energy-light energy+ heat energy
B. kinetic energy-heat energy+ light energy
C. kinetic energy - light energy +heat energy
D. potential energy- kinetic energy+ sound energy

_____29. Loading and unloading big objects in ships or trucks is made easy when workers use it
because of its sloping and flat surface. What simple machine is used?
A. Inclined plane B. pulley C. shovel D. Wheelbarrow

_____30. Father wants to dig a hole in the backyard to plant pine tree seedlings. What simple
machine will he use?
A. jack screw C. shovel
B. pulley D. Wheelbarrow

_____31. A construction worker who works on the fifth floor is ready to apply the paint on the walls.
What simple machine will he use to bring his painting materials on the fifth floor?
A. jack screw C. shovel
B. pulley D. Wheelbarrow

_____32. Along the way, father had a flat tire. He must change it right away. What simple machine
will he use?
A. inclined plane C. shovel
B. jack screw D. Wheelbarrow

_____33. The carpenter wants to remove the nails out from the wood they used for scaffolding. What
simple machine is appropriate for the activity?
A. hammer C. shovel
B. pulley D. Wheelbarrow

_____34. What will you use to transfer a heavy load to a higher place?
A. inclined plane and pulley C. screw and wedge
B. lever and wedge D. screw and wheel & axle

_____35. The following objects use wheel and axle except one. Which is it?
A. knife B. pushcart C. washing machine D windmill.

_____36. Which is an example of someone using a wedge to do work?

A. A banker counts money
B. A boy runs across a football field
C. A girl eating her sandwich
D. A mother pushes a stroller up a ramp into a building

_____37. In the early years, people fetch water from deep wells. What simple machine was used for
raising water buckets from wells?
A. Pulley C. Wedge
B. Screw D. Wheel and Axle
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_____38. Why are teeth examples of wedges?

A. They can cut objects
B. They can lift objects with less force.
C. They can pull down objects with less force
D. They have fulcrum, force arms and work arms.

_____39. Which simple machine retains or holds things together like in hanging your photo frames on
the wall?
A. Lever B. Pulley C. Screw D. Wedge

_____40. This simple machine is used in a variety of ways to lift loads, apply forces, and to transmit
power. An example is when you want to move a big rock using a crowbar.
A. Lever B. Pulley C. Screw D. Wedge