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GRADING PERIODICAL EXAMINATIONS
SCIENCE AND HEALTH 4

NAME: ________________________________________________ SCORE: ________
SECTION: ______________________________________________


Read each question very carefully.
Shade/ blacken the circle before the letter of your answer.

1. ______ is a process of separating mixture with the use of winnow.
OA. Sieving OB. Winnowing OC. Heating OD. Filtration

2. ______ is a kind of mixture in which mixed substances can still be identified and easily separated.
OA. Coarse OB. Suspension OC. Colloid OD. Solutions

3. Solutes are ______ by nature.
OA. Liquid OB. Solids OC. Gas OD. Both solid and gas

4. Which the following is not a mixture?
OA. Fruit Salad OC. Sea Water
OB. Sugar Syrup OD. Pure Water

5. What protects the seed from harm and injury?
OA. Cotyledon OC. Radicle
OB. Testa OD. Micropyl

6. Which of these will be good soil for growing young plant?
OA. Gravel OB. Clay OC. Sand OD. Loam

7. Oscar planted some santol seeds. After some days, he saw a tine stem beginning to grow in one of the
seeds. What is happening to the seed?
OA. The seed was getting fertilized. OC. The seed was germinating.
OB. The seed was wilting. OD. The seed was making its own food.

8. How are onions reproduced?
OA. As Bulbs OB. As Tubers OC. By Layering OD. From Rhizomes

9. Aling Celly cuts some mature stems from the santan plant. She puts them in the water for some days to
develop roots. What do you call this method of asexual reproduction?
OA. Budding OB. Cutting OC. Marcotting OD. Layering

10. Through what process are pollen grains from the anther to the stigma of the flower?
OA. Reproduction OB. Pollination OC. Germination OD. Evaporation

11. Dina noticed some yellow powdery substances on the stamen of the flower. What are these?
OA. Filament OB. Egg cells OC. Pollen Grains OD. Ovules

12. Why are flowers important to plants?
OA. They are colourful and fragrant.
OB. The transfer pollen grains from the anther to the stigma.
OC. After pollenation, flowers develop into fruits and seeds.
OD. They reproduced through asexual reproduction.

13. What is the reproductive organ of the plant?
OA. Leaf OB. Flower OC. Petal OD. Sepal

14. ______ is the male reproductive organ of the flower.
OA. Stamen OB. Pistil OC. Ovaries OD. Filament


15. Brian mixed some cornstarch into a glass of water. Which of these can be his observation about the
solution?
OA. Cornstarch dissolves instantly.
OB. Cornstarch makes the solution cloudy.
OC. Cornstarch floats on the top of the water.
OD. Cornstarch spreads evenly into the water.

16. Why is water a universal solvent?
OA. It is abundant.
OB. It dissolves many substances.
OC. With water, plants get their nutrients from the soil.
OD. All of the above.

17. What happens when sugar is stirred in water?
OA. The sugar dissolves. OC. The sugar evaporates.
OB. The sugar condenses. OD. The sugar solidifies.

18. Dana noticed that some of the leaves of her plants were yellowish. What should she do to make them
healthy?
OA. Put the plants outside where ther is sunlight.
OB. Spray some fertilizers on the plants.
OC. Loosen the soil around the plants.
OD. Water the plants once a week.

19. What is th undeveloped young plant in the sees called?
OA. Embryo OB. Cotyledon OC. Testa OD. Hilum

20. How are seeds with hook-like structures scattered?
OA. By Wind OC. By Sticking to clothing
OB. By Water OD. By Insects

21. A Katakataka plant is an example of plant that reproduced asexually through ______________.
OA. Leaves OB. Roots OC. Stems OD. None of the above

22. You noticed some plants growing on a rooftop. Nobody planted them there. What could have brought
the seeds to germinate it?
OA. The wind blew the seeds to the rooftop.
OB. A flying bird might have excreted its waste on the roof.
OC. A boy might have thrown some seeds on the roof.
OD. All of the above.

23. Which is the solvent in calamansi juice?
OA. Calamansi OB. Sugar OC. Water OD. None od the above

24. Which of these substances can be a solvent?
OA. Salt OB. Oil OC. Sugar OD. Vinegar

25. What are solvent?
OA. They are the dissolved substances in a solution.
OB. The substance that dissolves other substances in a solution.
OC. It is a mixture.
OD. None of the above.

26. Why artificial propagation like grafting is a good method?
OA. It produces a new plant.
OB. It improves the quality f the new plant.
OC. It is asexual reproduction.
OD. It produces a new plant from its part.

27. A ___________ is a piece of a mature stem from a mother plant and insert to a young plant.
OA. Cutting OB. Layering OC. Grafting OD. Marcotting

28. It is a kind of mixture in which solid particles settles at the bottom when left undisturbed for some time.
OA. Solution OB. Suspension OC. Colloid OD. Coarse

29. It is a kind of mixture in which particles become semi-solid and hard neither to identify nor to be
separated.
OA. Solution OB. Suspension OC. Colloid OD. Coarse

30. Nina wanted to propagate their old guava tree and want it to bear fruits soon. So she selected a healthy
branch. She removed the bark of the branch, wrapped it with coconut husk and waited for a month for it
to grow roots until such time it will be transferred to a good soil. What method of artificial propagation
did Nina use?
OA. Marcotting OB. Grafting OC. Budding OD. Cutting

31. Which of the following has an underground stem that produces suckers that can grow into a new plant?
OA. Ginger OB. Potato OC. Bermuda grass OD. Banana

32. Why runners do grew into a new plant?
OA. Their stems are surrounded with fleshy leaves.
OB. Their nodes produce new plant.
OC. Their leaves produce new plant.
OD. Their horizontal stems grow along the surface of the ground.

33. Which of these plants is not grown from seeds?
OA. Potato OB. Tamarind OC. Tomato OD. Beans

34. Darryl saw butterflies, dragon flies and bees flitting from one flower to another. Which part of the
flower attracts them?
OA. Pollen grains OB. Sepal OC. Corolla OD. Pistil

35. Ginger, potato, camote and ube are enlarged roots of these plants. What do you call them?
OA. Tubers OB. Bulbs OC. Scions OD. Stocks

36. How do you know a seed is germinating?
OA. The seed dries up. OC. A tiny root and stem appears.
OB. The petal and sepals fall off. OD. The cotyledon dries up.

37. Which of the following is not a pollutant?
OA. Decaying plants OC. Chemical detergents
OB. Industrial waste OD. Oxygen

38. What do you call the gases that are produced by vehicles and factories that make the air dirty?
OA. Land pollutants OC. Smog
OB. Dust OD. Red tide

39. Mang Juan wants to keep the rivers and springs in their communities clean. What must he do?
OA. Encourage swimming in private pools not in rivers and spring.
OB. Avoid dumping garbage into rivers and springs.
OC. Campaign for more water lilies in rivers and springs.
OD. Put chemical substances in the rivers to make them clean.

40. Naty removes and separates the paper, cans and bottles from her garbage. Which is the best way to
dispose them?
OA. Throw them away in the canal
OB. Bury those in compost pit
OC. Reuse and recycle
OD. Burn them immediately

Good luck and God bless you always!!!

Teacher Yheng Alar