Second Periodical Test

SCIENCE 3
Name: ___________________________________ Grade/Level :________________
Teacher: _______________________________ ____Date: ______________________
I.
KNOWLEDGE: 15%
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer.
____ 1. The illustration below is a sense organ for:
a. tasting
b. smelling
c. seeing
d. touching
_____2. Which sense organ is used by the girl in the picture below?
a.
b.
c.
d.
____ 3.

nose
eyes
ears
skin
Which of the following is the proper way of caring for our eyes?

____ 4. Part of the eye that is like the screen where the image of object seen is focused.
a. pupil
b. retina
c. iris
d. cornea
____ 5. The outside part of the ear where the girls earring is pierced.

a. pinna
b. ear canal
c. eardrum
d. hammer
____ 6. It is a nerve that sends message from ears to brain.
a. auditory nerve
b. eardrum
c. pinna
d. ear canal
_____7. Fishes breathe in water using their ____________.
a. tail
b. fins
c. scales
d. gills
_____8. It is the part of the frog use for catching flies and other insects.
a. mouth
b. long sticky tongue
c. bill
d. strong hind legs
_____9. Which of the following pairs of animals use their bigger hind legs for jumping?

a.

b.

c.

d.

_____10. Study the picture below. Which part of the plant absorbs water and minerals from
the soil?.
a. flower
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b. stem
c. leaves
d. roots
_____11. It is the passing on of some characteristics of parents to their children .
a. heredity
b. growth
c. development
d. health
_____12. Which animal hatches from an egg?

a.

b.

c.

d.

_____13. Which animal is born alive by its mother?

a.

b.

c.

d.

_____14. Rollys mother is a good singer, his father can sing well also. Rolly can sing too
because he inherits the singing voice of his:
a. mother
b. father
c. friends
d. parents
_____15. What does an animal need as shown in the picture below?

a. food to eat
b. air to breathe
c. space to live
d. water to drink
_____16. Which of the following is not a basic need of animals?
a. air
b. clothing
c. food
d. water
II.
UNDERSTANDING: 30%
_____17. Trace the path of the taste of food after it enters the mouth. Choose the part
which should be on the second path.
Food in
mouth
a. Epidermis

Nerve
endings

_______

b. Taste buds

c. Villi

Brain (tells the

taste of the food)

d. Nostril

_____18. What happens when the temperature is hot?

a. The capillaries contract and limit the blood flow.
b. The capillaries in the skin enlarge so that more blood flows to the surface.
c. The muscle contracts.
d. The hairs become erect to prevent too much air from reaching the skin.
_____ 19. Who among these children exercise caution in handling animals.
a. Angel, who uses gloves in handling animal manure.
b. Bobby, who handles animals manure with his bare hands.
c. Casey, who teases her pet dog.
d. Darren, who squeezes small birds.
_____ 20. Like animals, plants are also important to humans. Which of the following uses
of plants do you think is the most important?
a. Plants can be used as decorations.
b. Other plants can be used as fibers for clothing.
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c. Plant parts can be source of food for man.

d. Plant parts can be made as furnitures at home.
_____ 21. You have noticed that the flowering plants in your garden are drying up. What
will you do?.
a. Remove the leaves
c. Cut the stems
b. Water them
d. Cover them with plastic
_____ 22. Why is it advisable to use gloves in gardening or handling plants.
a. Because some plants with thorns can be harmful.
b. Because plants differ in color, size and texture.
c. Because plants are dirty.
d. None of the above
_____23. Most of the characteristics or traits that parents pass on to their children are
physical in nature. Physical characteristics include:
a. Solving Mathematics problems, drawing, painting and singing.
b. Getting along well with other people.
c. Body built, color of the eyes and texture of the skin.
d. Being wealthy or well to-do.
____24. Other characteristics that children get from their parents are mental in nature.
These include:
a. Solving Mathematics problems, drawing painting and singing.
b. Getting along well with other people.
c. Body built, color of the eyes and texture of the skin.
d. None of the above.
_____25. Based on the illustration below, how does a puppy develop into a dog?
a. It comes out of the body of its mother.
b. It comes out from a young water animal.
c. It is born alive by its mother.
d. It is hatched from its mothers egg.

_____26. What is the effect of too much sunlight in plants?

a. The leaves of the plants become wilted.
c. The plants grow healthy.
b. The plants grow taller.
d. The plants feel hot.
_____27. What will happen if there is less food and there are many animals in the habitat?
a. The animals will fight for food.
c. The animals will be healthy.
b. Many animals will get sick.
d. Many animals will stay in the place.
III.PROCESS: 25%
_____ 28. Which of the following is the correct path of sound as it enters the pinna?
a. Pinna
ear canal
eardrum
3 small bones
b. Pinna
3 small bones
ear canal
eardrum
c. Eardrum
3 small bones
pinna
earcanal
d. Ear canal
pinna
3 small bones
eardrum
_____ 29. Which is not a proper way of caring for our ears?

a.

b.

c.

d.

______30. Mary is suffering from irritation of her skin. Where should Mary go?
a. Dentist
b. Doctor
c. Teacher d. Priest
______ 31. The pupils clearly hear the sound produced by a drum, which part of the ear
collects the sound?
a. Ear canal
b. Eardrum
c. Pinna
d. Hammer
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______ 32. What happens to the eardrum when the sound reaches it?
a. The eardrum vibrates.
b. The eardrum sends message to the brain.
c. The eardrum detects the vibration.
d. The eardrum tells the sound we hear.
______33. Animals are important to humans.. In what ways can you prove its
importance?.
I. Animals provides us food to eat.
II. Pet dogs keep us safe from strangers.
III. Babies play with pets.
IV. Stray dogs and cats are everywhere.
a. I only
b. I and II
.c. II only
d. I, II and III
_____ 34. Which of the following statement is true in comparing living things with nonliving things.
a. Living things grow tall. Non-living things do not.
b. Both living things and non-living things grow.
c. Both living things and non-living things die.
d. None of the above.
_____ 35. Why do man, plants and animals are considered as living things?
a. Because they grow big and tall.
b. Because they have life span.
c. Because they grow old and die.
d. All of these
_____36. Why do plants die when they do not get enough sunlight?
a. They cannot see.
c. They cannot breathe.
b. They cannot make food.
d. They do not like darkness.
_____37. Danny saw two caterpillars crawling on the stem of the plant . The next day, the
two caterpillars were still there but most of the leaves disappeared. What need is shown
about the caterpillars?
a. food
b. air
c. shelter
d. space
For item 38, study the families below:

Family 1.
Family 2
Jamie
_____38. To which family does Jaime possibly belong and why?
a. Family 1, because he looks like the father.
b. Family 1, because his hair is straight like all the members of the family.
c. Family 2, because he looks like the daughter of the family.
d. Family 2, because his hair is not curly that he might have inherited from his
grandparents.
_____39. Rocky is left-handed like his father, why?
a. Children grow to what they like.
b. Children grow to be like their parents.
c. Children grow to be like their godfather.
d. Children grow to be like their classmates.
_____40. All of these are basic needs of plants in order to grow except:
a. Right kind of soil.
c. Enough amount of sunlight.
b. Right amount of water.
d. More plant fertilizer.
_____41. What will happen to the ecosystem if theres too much heat from the sun?
a. More living organisms will live.
c. The life cycle will be destroyed.
b. Living things will become stronger.
d. The life cycle will continue.
_____42. Why do animals need water?
a. They need water to balance body temperature and to perform normal body
processes.
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b. They need water to play.

c. They need water in order to make food.
d. None of the above.
_____43. Why do we people need air?
a. So that we can be fat.
c. So that we can breathe in order to live.
b. So that we can fly.
d. All of the above.
_____44. Clean air is needed by living things, what happens if the air is not clean?
I. Animals cannot breathe well.
II. People become sick often.
III.Plants become healthy.
a. I only
b. I and II
c. II and III
d. I, II and III
DRAWING
45. What will happen if you plant mongo seeds in soil? Water the seeds. Draw your
prediction after 1 month in the box below.

ANSWER KEY
1. b

16. b

31. c

2. c

17.b

32.a

3. c

18.a

33.b

4. b

19.a

34.a

5. a

20.c

35.d

6. a

21.b

36.b

7. d

22.a

37.a

8. b

23.c

38.a

9. a

24.a

39.b

10.d

25.c

40.b

11.a

26.a

41.c

12.b

27.a

42.a

13.c

28.a

43.c

14.d

29.b

44.b

15.a

30.b

45. Drawing

TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
SECOND PERIODIC TEST
SCIENCE 3

SKILLS

Number
of Items

Knowledge

Items
Placement

ASSESSMENT
Understanding

Process

1. Identify the sense organs of

the human body.
2. Identify the proper ways of
caring of our eyes.
3. Identify the parts of the
eye.
4. Identify the parts and
functions of ears.
5. Identify the proper ways of
caring of our ears.
6. Identify the parts and
functions of our tongue.
7. Identify the parts and
functions of our skin.
8. Identify the parts and
functions of animals.
9. Classify animals according
to body parts and use.
10.State the importance of
animals to humans.
11.Describe ways of proper
handling of animals.
12.Describe the parts of
different kinds of plants.
13.State the importance of
plants to humans.
14.Describe ways of caring and
proper handling of plants.
15.Compare living things with
non-living things.
16.State the meaning of
heredity.
17.Infers that some animals
hatches from an egg.
18.Infer that some animals and
plants produce animals and
plants of the same kind.
19.Identify characteristics
passed on to offspring from
parents.
20.Identify the basic needs
of humans, animals and
plants.
21.Identify some factors that
affect the ecosystem.

TOTAL

1 and 2

4
5, 6
28,30, 31
29
17
18 and 30

7 and 8

33
19

10

20

21 and 22

34 and 35

11

12

10

45

16

12

13, 25,45

14,23,24
38,39
15,16,26,2
7
36,37,40
42,43,44

41

17

45