Choose and shade the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.

1. All organisms need several resources (such as food, water, protection ) to live. Which of the following best explains the
relationship between organisms and the areas in which they live?
a. different kinds of organisms or plants need the same food and resources.
b. different kinds of plants living in the same area need different food and resources.
c. plants have specific features/structures that allow them to use the various resources where they live.
d. animals change their features so they can use the various resources where they live.
2. Which organism in the food chain is a producer?

grassgrasshopperfishhawk
a. fish

b. grass

c. hawk

For item 3, study the diagram below.

Sun
plants

d. grasshopper
mosquito larvae

turtles

dragonfly larvae

fish

beetles

Pelicans
3. If all of the fish are removed from this food web, which animal populations will most likely decrease first?
a. turtles
b. pelicans
c. mosquito larvae
d. dragonfly larvae
For item 4, refer to the chart listing the observations about the feeding interrelationships among the following
organisms:
RICE, GRASSHOPPER, FROG, HAWK, SNAKE
Rice is eaten by grasshoppers.
Grasshoppers are eaten by frogs, snakes, and hawk.
Frogs are eaten by snakes.
Snakes are eaten by hawks.
4. Which diagram represents these feeding relationships ?
a.

RICE

GRASSHOPPERS

HAWKS

SNAKES

b.

HAWKS

FROGS

FROGS

SNAKES

GRASSHOPPERS
RICE

c. .

HAWKS
GRASSHOPPERS

HAWKS
SNAKES

d.
RICE

FROGS

RICE
SNAKES

FROGS

GRASSHOPPERS

5. Which gas in the air would increase if a large number of trees were cut down?

a. carbon dioxide
b. nitrogen
c. oxygen
d. water vapor
6. Jonalyn is a member of the program, Oplan Linis sa Ilog Pasig. In what way can she show her commitment to the
program?
a. dumping wastes at the Ilog Pasig
b. Promoting Ilog Pasig as a dumping center mitigate
c. Join programs that alleviate the worst condition of the Ilog Pasig
d. Join activities in lined with the restoration of the Ilog Pasig
7. Why should we conserve our forest?
a. Forests prevent flood.
b. Forests give us lumber.
c. forest are home of wild animals
d. all of the above
8. When is man an enemy of the forest?
a. When he cuts down trees
b. When he plants young trees
c. When he gets lumber in the forest
d. When he does mountain climbing
9. What do you call the organisms that can manufacture their own food?
a. carnivores
b. consumers
c. decomposers
d. producers
10. The lion kills the deer before eating it. What do you call the lion in this relationship?
a. prey
b. predator
c. parasite
d. producers
11. Which is the primary consumer in the food chain: corn
rat
snake eagle?
a. rat
b. corn
c. eagle
d. snake
12. Many farm and forestlands are converted into housing areas. If more lands are used for residential purposes, how would
this affect the environment?
a. Reduced habitat of wild plants and animals
b. Improved health and sanitation
c. Decreased garbage problems
d. More production of food
13. Which of the following is a destructive activity of human beings?
a. tree planting
b. muro-ami fishing
c. burying biodegradable waste
d. 3Rs
14. How do animals help plants?
a. Animals supply plants with food.
b. Animals give off oxygen needed by plants.
c. Animals give off nitrogen needed by plants.
d. Animals give off carbon dioxide needed by plants.
15. Which words refer to the transfer of food from plants to a series of consumers?
a. food web
b. food chain
c. food series
d. food pyramid
16. Which organism below can start a food chain?
a. cow
b. man
c. worm
d. rice plant
17. When a man eats both plants and animals, what do you call the man?
a. carnivore
b. herbivore
c. omnivore
d. producer
18. Why are plants called the worlds food manufacturer?
a. because they are green
b. because they live longer
a. because they are eaten by animals
d. because they can produce their own food
19. Which of the following breaks down dead bodies of plants and animals?
a. consumer
b. decomposer
c. producer
d. predator
20. What do you call the relationship of a group of animals fighting with each other to satisfy their needs?
a. commensalism b. competition
c. mutualism
d. predation
21. Plants give off oxygen for animals to breathe and animals give off carbon dioxide needed by plants in manufacturing its
own food. What relationship exists between plants and animals?
a. commensalism b. competition
c. mutualism
d. predation
22. There are different relationships between and among organisms in an ecosystem. Which of the following shows a
relationship where one is benefited while the other organism is neither benefited nor harmed?
a. orchids and trunk of a tree
b. man and hookworm
c. clowfish and sea anemone
d. bird and crocodile
23-24. Study the illustration carefully then answer the questions that follow:

1.

2.

3.

23. Which is the correct order in the food chain?

a. 3 2 1 4 5
b. 3 5 4 2 1
c. 3 2 4 5 1
24. What is the correct order of the frog in the food chain?
a. 1st-order consumer
b. 2nd-order consumer

4.

5.

c. 3 1 5 2 4
c. 3rd-order consumer

d. 4th-order consumer

25-28. Study the illustration below then answer the questions that follow.

25. Which organism is not a herbivore?

a. grasshopper
b. raccoon
c. mouse
d. hawk
26. Which organism is a predator of the grasshopper?
a. wolf
b. mouse
c. snake
d. raccoon
27. Which of the following would be a prey and a predatory at the same time?
a. hawk
b. wolf
c. snake
d. grasshopper
28. If the number of grasshopper increases in number in a food chain, which animals will also increase?
a. mouse and snake
b. toad and mouse
c. raccoon and wolf
d. wolf, mouse and raccoon
29. Which of the following illustrations shows oxygen, carbon dioxide cycle?
a.

b.

c.

d.

30. Why do you think kaingin system a bad practice?

a. It pollutes rivers and seas.
b. It pollutes mountains and forests.
c. It deprives hunters of many wild animals
d. It clears the land of trees which prevents flood.
31. To help in increasing peoples awareness on the effects of population, one must ______________.
a. population campaign
b. population commission
c. population education
d. population migration
32. Ela is a grade 6 pupil, she is much concerned in maintaining a healthful surroundings. Ela is _____________________.
a. participating in tree planting
b. throwing away plastics into rivers
c. burying non-biodegradable materials
d. dumping biodegradable materials in a nearby canal
33. The population of Barangay Masagana doubled in two years. What effect could this have on water supply?
a. Water supply will be doubled.
b. Water supply will be lessened.
c. There would be more supply of water.
d. There would be no change in water supply.
34. How can we improve water supply?
a. by buying bottled water
b. by contaminating water
c. by conserving water
d. by buying water purifier
35. What happens when there is rapid population growth?
a. More jobs become available.
b. There will be more pollution-free vehicles.
c. Dumping of industrial wastes becomes less.
d. Waste disposal system becomes a problem
*36-40. Construct a food web using the following: (use the space provided in your answer sheet)
plant

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bird

rat

snake frog

man

cow

grasshopper

2nd Periodical Test

Science 6
ANSWER SHEET
Name:
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Table of Specification
Science 6
Second Grading Period
Objectives
Explain the
interrelationships between
and among the components
of an ecosystem
Identify and describe the
interrelationships among
living organisms in an
ecosystem food chain, food
web, food nutrient cycle,
oxygen-carbon cycle)
Classify consumers as to the
order in the food chain
Identify the kind of
interrelationships among
living organisms
Identify human activities
that disrupt/sustain the
cycles in an ecosystem
Infer how certain events and
activities disturb the
interrelationship in an
ecosystem
Prepared by:
Abegail H. Laquiao

REMEMBERING

UNDERST
ANDING

1,2

14,17

5,9,15,16,19

10,18

11

APPLYING

ANALYZING

EVALUATING

CREATING

29

3,4

36-40

25,26,27,28

12,32

23,24

20
7

21,22

35

33

6,8,13

30

31,34