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FIRST PERIODICAL TEST
SCIENCE AND HEALTH IV

Name: ______________________School: ______________Grade and Section: _________Date:________

I. DIRECTIONS : Read the sentences carefully. Choose and write letter of the correct
answer on your answer sheet.
1. What is inside the bone?
A. bone marrow
B. tendon
C. cartilage
D. minerals
2. What are joints?
A. They are irregular bones of the body.
B. They are the cartilage and ligaments that connect the bones to the other parts of the body.
C. They connect the bones and allow them to move in various ways.
D. They support the body.
3. Which part of the skeletal holds you upright?
A. skull
B. backbone
C. ribs
D. foot bone
4. What is the structure of the skeletal system?
A. All the bones of the body, their connecting cartilages and ligament make up the body’s skeletal system.
B. The skeletal system is made up of the intestine and other intestinal organs.
C. The structure of the skeletal system consists of the testes and ovary.
D. The structure of the skeletal system consists of the heart and lungs.
5. The end of the bones in the joints is protected by smooth, slippery _____ which serves
as cushion.
A. ribs
B. spinal cord
C. cartilage
D. tendon
6. Why do we say that the skeletal system is the framework of the body?
A. Because the skeletal system manages the brain of the human body
B. Because the bones that make up the human skeletal system support the softer parts of the body and give its general shape
C. Because the skeletal system provides the food of the body
D. Because the skeletal system provides oxygen for the body
7. What do you call the white, cordlike bonds that hold the bones and joints, which help the bones move up?
A. pelvic bones
B. ligaments
C. bone marrow
D. tendon
8. If you move your arm in circular motion you will notice that the bone at the end of the arm bone can turn in any direction. What do you call this joint?
A. ball and socket joint
B. hinge joint
C. pivot joint
D. gliding joint
9. Why can you bend, straighten, or rotate parts of your body?
A. Because of the presence of the skull
B. Because of the presence of the ribs
C. Because of the joints
D. Because of the cartilage


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10. Because of the skeletal system, the body can move about ______and in number of ways.
A. freely
B. in whirling motion
C. with difficulty
D. up and down
11. Why should food be digested?
A. Food needs to be digested so that it can be transported through the bloodstream and be used by the cells that make up the body.
B. There is a need for food to be digested so the brain can think well.
C. Food should be digested to enable the heart to beat.
D. Food should be digested so that bones can move.
12. What chemicals in the digestive system change food to simpler substances?
A. saliva
B. enzymes
C. juices
D. blood
13. Which of these connects a muscle to a bone?
A. cartilage
B. ligament
C. tendon
D. fluid
14. One of a pair of muscles gets longer. What does this show?
A. This muscle relaxed.
B. This muscle contracts.
C. This muscle is tired.
D. This muscle is strong.
15. Why do involuntary muscles keep on moving all the time?
A. They are very smooth.
B. They are very rough.
C. They are fibrous
D. They are tough.
16. Animals develop from fertilized egg cells called?
A. egg yolk
B. zygote
C. egg cell
D. sperm cell
17. Other animals lay their fertilized eggs and the eggs hatch to produce young ones. Identify from the following the animals hatched from eggs.
A. fish, insects and birds
B. goats, pig and cows
C. dogs, cats, and horses
D. bats, crocodiles, and monkeys
18. How do animals and plants grow in number?
A. through digestion
B. through respiration
C. through reproduction
D. through metamorphosis
19. Which of the following is a characteristic of all living things?
A. Living things have the same parts.
B. Living things have the same kind of food.
C. Living things reproduce their own kind.
D. Living things reproduce the same day.
20. There are two basic ways in which sperms and eggs are brought together. There are internal fertilization which is ______ and the external fertilization.
A. The eggs and sperms are both released into the surroundings.
B. The eggs are hatched.
C. The eggs are retained inside the reproductive organ of the mother.
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21. Which of these animals look like its parents animal when it is born?
A. bird
B. butterfly
C. cockroaches
D. goat
22. Sexual reproduction of animals depends on fertilization which is _____.
A. the process of mixing fertilizer on soil
B. the union of sperm coming from the father and an egg coming from the mother to produce an offspring
C. the process of digesting off spring
D. the process of life cycle
23. Some of these animals carry the fertilized egg inside their body and have their young ones
born alive. Which of these animals were born baby animals?
A. chicks
B. tadpoles
C. piglets
D. crocodile
24. What happen during fertilization?
A. a sperm unites with an egg
B. a sperm matures
C. a sperm disappears
D. a sperm becomes an egg
25. Which shows the correct order in the life cycle of a mosquito?
A. egg – larva – pupa – adult
B. egg – pupa – larva – adult
C. egg – larva – adult – pupa
D. larva – pupa – egg – adult
26. A boy twisted his foot while running. He felt a sudden pain and saw that his foot was
beginning to swell. What kind of injury did he have?
A. fracture
B. scoliosis
C. dislocation
D. sprain
27. Why is splint used as first aid for a fractured bone?
A. to cure the bone from being moved
B. to prevent the bone from being moved
C. to prevent the bone from bleeding
D. to prevent the muscle from being detached from the bone
28. One of a pair of muscles gets longer. What does this show?
A. This muscle relaxes.
B. This muscle contracts.
C. This muscle is tired.
D. This muscle is strong.
29. Which of these activities show that muscles and bones work together?
A. beating of the heart
B. movement of the stomach
C. bending of the arms
D. swallowing of food
30. While swimming, Martham suddenly felt a sharp pain in his leg. He found out that he could not move it. What injury is this?
A. strain
B. muscle cramp
C. torn muscle
D. muscle bruise
31. In which part of the body is food bitten, broken, and chewed into pieces?
A. stomach
B. small intestine
C. teeth
D. saliva



32. In which part of the body is food completely digested?
A. stomach
B. large intestine
C. esophagus
D. small intestine
33. What happens to undigested food?
A. They are passed out of the body as wastes.
B. They are stored in the liver.
C. They are absorbed in the blood.
D. They are stored in the pancreas.
34. What helps digest the fats in food?
A. saliva
B. bile
C. pancreatic juice
D. blood
35. In which stage of its life cycle is an insect at rest?
A. egg
B. pupa
C. larva
D. adult
36. When a tadpole grows into a frog, it losses its gills. What replaces the gills?
A. tail
B. lungs
C. fins
D. tongue
37. Which adult insect will a nymph become?
A. housefly
B. butterfly
C. cockroach
D. moth
38. In what way are maggots useful?
A. They help decayed matter become part of the soil.
B. They eat decayed fruits.
C. They give off fertile waste.
D. They eat other insects.
39. What would you infer when you see tiny white dots on a rotten fruit?
A. They are the eggs of a cockroach.
B. They are the eggs of a butterfly.
C. They are the eggs of a mosquito.
D. They are the eggs of a fly.


II . DIRECTIONS : Arrange the path of food as it moves in the digestive system.
Write the numbers 1 – 5 on your answer sheet.
______40. small intestine
______41. stomach
______42. mouth
______43. large intestine
______44. esophagus

III. ANALOGY:

45. heart is to ribs as brain is to _________
46. spinal cord is to backbone as eye is to ________
47. mosquito is to malaria as ________ is to diarrhea
48. caterpillar is to butterfly as _______is to fly
49. constipation is to hard, dry feces as _____ is to decayed tooth
50. fracture is to broken bone as ______ is damaged ligaments
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Science and Health 4
First Periodical Test

Table of Specification


LEARNING OBJECTIVES

TEST PLACEMENT
TOTAL
%

Identify some bones that make up the skeletal system

Demonstrate how the skeletal system enables us to move

Identify the bones that protect the internal organs

Identifies the function of the mouth

Trace the path of food in the digestive system

Explains what happens to food in the small intestine

Explains what happens to undigested food

Identify common ailments of the digestive system

Identify injuries and diseases that can harm the skeletal and muscular systems

Demonstrates first aid treatment for sprain and simple fractures

Explain why food has to be digested

Illustrates how muscles are connected to the bones

Describes the function of the muscular system

Differentiates voluntary muscles from involuntary muscles

Explains/Demonstrates how muscles cause body movements

Cites simple body activities that show the coordinated functions of the skeletal and muscular systems

Identify animals hatched from eggs

Identify animals that are born alive as baby animals

Describe the life cycle of some animals

Describes the changes in animals as they developed and grow

Identify some animals that are carriers of diseases, sources of infection allergy and injury

Identifies ways in which animals are useful and harmful to people



TOTAL





1 – 7

8 - 10

45 – 46

31

40 – 44

32 – 34

33

50

26, 30, 47


27

11 – 12

13

14

15

28

29


16 – 17

18 – 22

23 – 25, 35, 36

37, 48

49


38 – 39




50
7

3

2

1

5

2

1

1

3


1

2

1

1

1

1

1


2

5

5

2

1


2




50


14%

6%

4%

2%

10%

4%

2%

2%

6%


2%

4%

2%

2%

2%

2%

2%


4%

10%

10%

4%

2%


4%




100%

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