Division Science Quiz

Grade III
S.Y 2014-2015

Easy Round Grade III

1. What sense organ used to feel the things around us?

A. eyes B. eyes and nose C. nose D. skin

Answer: D skin

Tagalog:

1. Anong parte ng katawan ang ginagamit upang madama ang ating kapaligiran.
A. Mata B. Mata at Ilong C. Ilong D. Balat

Sagot: D balat

Competency:

Explain how the sense organs make us aware of the things around us.

Reference: Science Health for Grade 3

Average Grade III

1. When light passes through a certain object and a shadow is formed, what property of light is
clearly shown?

A. Light travels in a curve line

B. Light travels in any direction
C. Light travels in a straight line
D. Light travels in the opposite direction

Answer: C Light travels in a straight line

Competency: Show evidences that light travels in a straight line

Reference: Growing with Science and Health

Tagalog:

1. Kung ang liwanag ay dumadaan sa isang bagay ang shadow ay mabubuo, anong property ng
liwanag ang maliwanag na ipinakikita.

A. Ang liwanag ay naglalakbay sa baku-bakung linya

B. Ang liwanag ay naglalakbay sa ibat-ibang direksyon
C. Ang liwanag ay naglalakbay sa diretsong linya
D. Ang liwanag ay naglalakbay sa magkasalungat na direksyon

Sagot: C Ang liwanag ay naglalakbay sa diretsong linya

Difficult Grade III

1. Write on your board the correct arrangement of layers of soil.

Answer:

Topsoil
Subsoil
Bedrock

Reference: Growing with Science and Health

Competency: Identify the different layers of soil.

Clicher Grade III

1. When you look at an object in a swimming pool it seems that that object on the pool is closer
to you. What property of light is exhibit by that observation.

Answer: Refraction of light

Reference: Growing with Science and Health

Competency: Show evidences that light bends when it travels from one material to another at an
angle.

Tagalog:

Kapag tinignan mo ang bagay sa swimming pool para bang ang bagay ay malapit sa iyo. Anong
property ng liwanag ang ipinakikita ng inyong obserbasyon.

Sagot: Refraction of Light

 Division Science Quiz
Grade V
S.Y 2014-2015

EASY Grade V

1. When is solar energy transformed into chemical energy?

A. When it is trapped and stored by the animals.

B. When it is trapped and stored by the earth.

C. When it is trapped and stored by plants.

D. When it is trapped and stored by both plants and animals.

Answer: D Reference: Discovering Science V pp. 249-250

By Bonifacio V. Navarette Jr. et.al

Competency: Define operationally the process of photosynthesis

AVERAGE Grade V

Where should the smaller child be seated when riding on a seesaw?

A. at the middle of the board C. near the fulcrum

B. at the end of the board D. nearer the fulcrum

Answer: B
Reference: Exploring And Protecting Our World V pp. 219-220
Carmelita C. Coronel et.al

Competency: Explain how lever change the direction of a force.

DIFFICULT Grade V

If a person cannot get air into his system, CPR is applied as a first aid treatment. What is CPR?

Answer: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

Reference: Exploring And Protecting Our World V pp. 38-39

Carmelita C. Coronel et.al

Competency: Describe the mechanism of breathing by using a lung model.

CLINCHER Grade V

What kind of tropism is present when plants respond to touch?

Answer: Thigmotropism

Reference: Discovering Science V pp. 235-236

By Bonifacio V. Navarette Jr. et.al

Competency: Infer how some plants adapt to certain environmental

conditions in order to survive

EASY Grade VI

When a vehicle suddenly stops, you are thrown forward. What property of matter is shown?

A. Density B. Impermeability C. Inertia D. Porosity

Answer: C

Reference:

Into The Future: Science And Health 6 pp. 186-188

Danilo S. Gutierrez et.al

Competency: Infer that acceleration is caused by an applied force.

AVERAGE Grade VI

Two potatoes of equal mass were boiled, one in Baguio and one in Manila. Where will the
potato cook faster and why?

A. In Baguio, the higher the altitude the higher the temperature.

 B. In Baguio, the higher the altitude the lower the temperature.

C. In Manila, the lower the altitude the higher the temperature.

D. In Manila, the higher the altitude the lower the temperature.

Answer: C

Reference:

Into The Future: Science And Health 6 pp. 219-220

Danilo S. Gutierrez et.al

Competency: Describe how altitude affects the climate of the place.

DIFFICULT Grade VI

This is the largest telescope in space to date. It is reflecting telescope with a main mirror 2.4 m.
in diameter and was named after its discoverer.

Answer: Hubble Space Telescope

 Reference:

Into The Future: Science And Health 6 pp. 242-244

Danilo S. Gutierrez et.al

Competency: Describe instruments and procedure used by astronomers.

Clincher Grade VI

Jackson placed newly hatched chicks in a closed bamboo pen. Suggest a lamp to be used and
give the reason .

Answer: An incandescent lamp because it gives off more heat.

Reference:
 Into The Future: Science And Health 6 pp. 169-171
Danilo S. Gutierrez et.al

Competency: Observe that heat is always produced when energy transformation

occurs.

To follow po grade 4. Thanks mam

NATURE AND ENVIRONMENT
ECOSYSTEM:
The network of interactions that link together the living and non-living parts of anenvironment.
POPULATION:
The totality of a closely related number of individual organisms that belong to the samespecies and
live in the same geographical area and interact with each other through sexual (or asexual for bacteria)
reproduction.
MIGRATION:

When living organisms move from one biome to another. It can also describe geographicpopulation
shifts within nations and across borders.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES:

upplies of biological organisms that can be replaced after harvestingby regrowth or reproduction of
the removed species! such as seafood or timber.
NON-RENEWABLE:

omething that cannot be replaced once it is used or that may take manyhundreds of years to be
replaced.
FOSSIL FUELS:

"uel formed over millions of years from compression of the decayed remains of livingmatter.#oal! oil!
and natural gas are fossil fuels.
EQUILIBRIUM:
$ condition where structures or systems are in complete balance. $ state of rest
orbalance! in which all opposing forces are e%ual.
LIFE CYCLE:
$ll the stages in the life of a plant or animal organism! between life and death.
CONSUMPTION:

The amount of resources or energy used by a household.

CONSERVATION:

&reserving and carefully managing natural resources so that they can be used bypresent and future
generations. We conserve resourcesby using them more ef'ciently! with minimumwaste.
BIODEGRADABLE:

aterial that is able to bebroken down or decomposed by natural processes intosimpler compounds.
atural processes include exposureto sun! water! and air.
FOOD CHAIN:

FOOD WEB:

$ network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

TROPHIC LEVEL:
$ feeding level within a food web.
HERBIVORES:

$n animal that eats only plants.

DETRIVORE:

$n organism that feeds on large bits of dead and decaying plant and animal
matter. "orexample! earthworms! dung beetles! and wolverines are detrivores.
CARNIVORE:

$ consumer that eats other animals. "or example! wolves and orca are carnivores.
DECOMPOSER:

$n organism that breaks down (decomposes) dead or waste materials! such asrotting
wood! dead animals! or animal waste and returns important nutrients to the environment.
CONSUMER:

$n organism! such as an animal! that must obtain its food by eating other organisms
inits environment* can be a herbivore! carnivore! or omnivore.
SCAVENGER
$ny animal that preys on food predators have killed! or food recently discarded.
PRODUCER:

$n organism that creates its own food rather than eating other organisms to obtain
food*forexample! a plant.
PREY:
$n organism that is hunted by a predator.
PREDATOR:

$n organism that hunts another living thing for food.

OMNIVORE:
$n animal that eats both plants and animals.
NICHE:
The way that an organism 'ts into an ecosystem! in terms of where it lives! how it obtains itsfood! and
how it interacts with other organisms.
BIOMES:

+arge regions of ,arth where temperature and precipitation are distinct and certain types ofplants and
animals are found.
HABITAT:

The place where an animal or a plant naturally lives or grows and that provides it witheverything it
needs to grow.
ESTUARY:
The region where a river ows into the ocean and fresh river water mixes with saltwater.
LOCAL ENVIRONMENT:
$ll the in uences and conditions in which organisms live! including theactual place!

circumstances! soil! water! air! and climate that surround and affect plants and animals in a

particular area! and which determine their form and survival.

ADAPTATION:

The physical characteristic! or behaviour trait that helps an organism survive in its localenvironment.
SUCCESSION:

$ fundamental concept in ecology that refers to the more or less predictable andorderly
changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community.
BIOMASS:

$n ecology term for the total mass of living organisms in a certain area.
CELL:

$ microscopic structure that is the basic unit of all living things. rganisms can be made
of aslittle as one cell (some types of bacteria) or as many as several trillion cells (human beings).
PHOTOSYNTHESIS:

$ process in green plants and some bacteria during which light energy isabsorbed by
chlorophyll-containing molecules and converted to chemical energy (the light reaction).

/uring the process! carbon dioxide is reduced and combined with other chemical elements to provide
theorganic intermediates that form plant biomass (the dark reaction). 0reen plants release molecular
oxygen(12)! which they derive from water during the light reaction.
CHLOROPHYLL:

$ green pigment found in chloroplasts that gives plants green colour. It capturessunlight
used for photosynthesis.
CHLOROPLAST:
$ plant cell structure containing chlorophyll! found in all green plant
INVERTEBRATE:
$n animal that does not have a backbone or spinal column. ,xamples ofinvertebrates
include insects! worms! and crabs.
AMPHIBIAN:

$ class of vertebrates that is born in water and lives both in water and on
land. $mphibians begin life in water with gills* later! they develop lungs and legs so they
can walk on land asadults. ,xamples include frogs! toads! and salamanders.
COLOURATION:

$n adaptation of an organism3s colour to help it survive in its environment. imicryand

camou age are examples of colouration.
CAMOUFLAGE:

The colouring of an animal that allows it to blend into its environment to survivebetter.
MIMICRY:

,volving to appear similar to another successful species or to the environment in order todupe
predators into avoiding the mimic! or dupe prey into approaching the mimic.
CONDENSATION:

When a substance changes state from a gas to a li%uid.

SUBLIME:

occurs when a substance changes directly from a solid to a gas without becoming li%uid.
OXYGEN:

$ colourless! odourless! tasteless gas that is the most plentiful element in the ,arth4s
crust. Itwas discovered in 5662 by wedish chemist #arl Wilhelm cheele.
FREEZING POINT:

The temperature at which a li%uid becomes a solid. Increased pressure usuallyraises the free7ing
point.
ABSOLUTE ZERO:

The lowest theoretical temperature where all the molecular activities cease tocontinue. The absolute
temperature is 189 -26:.5;<#
OZONE:

$ triatomic molecule consisting of three oxygen atoms. 0round-level o7one is an air

pollutantwith harmful effects on the respiratory systems of animals. n the other hand! o7one in the
upperatmosphere protects living organisms by preventing damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the
,arth4ssurface.
ACID RAIN:

=ainfall with a greater acidity than normal.

GREENHOUSE EFFECT:

$n increase in temperature caused when the atmosphere absorbsincoming solar radiation

but blocks outgoing thermal radiation* carbon dioxide is the ma>or factor.
GREENHOUSE GASES:

$tmospheric gases or vapours that absorb outgoing infrared energy emittedfrom the ,arth
naturally or as a result of human activities. 0reenhouse gases are components of theatmosphere that
contribute to the 0reenhouse effect.
SUSTAINABILITY:
The ability of ecosystems to bear the impact of the human population over a longperiod of time!
through the replacement of resources and the recycling of waste
Grade 3 science quiz bee

1. 1.  Easy Round
2. 2. 1. Which of the following is a sense organ? A. tongue B. hair C. bone D. foot
3. 3. Answer : A
4. 4. 2. The sun is an example of which of the following? A. star B. comet C. planet D. galaxy
5. 5. Answer : A
6. 6. 3. Skunks spray a strong-smelling liquid to _________. A. attract prey B. get rid of wastes
C. defend themselves D. help nearby plants grow
7. 7. Answer: C
8. 8. 4. It sends messages to the brain to tell us about the sounds we hear? A. Retina B. Optic
nerve C. Olfactory nerve D. Auditory nerve
9. 9. Answer: C
10. 10. 5. Nena is suffering from protein deficiency. Which of the following should she have in
her diet? A. Rice B. Bean C. Carrot D. lettuce
11. 11. Answer: B
12. 12. 6. Raissa will transfer the bowl of food to another place. Her action shows ______. A.
Force B. Inertia C. Motion D. Pressure
13. 13. Answer: C
14. 14. 7. It is where the white part of the eye becomes bloodshot or sore. A. Cataracts B.
Glaucoma C. Strabismus D. Conjunctivitis
15. 15. Answer: D
16. 16. 7. Which of the following have different texture? A. Hollow blocks B. Plastic cover C.
Satin cloth D. Glass
17. 17. Answer: A
18. 18. 8. Jake’s cats eat food from a can. The cats come running into the kitchen when they
hear the electric can opener. Now, each time Jake’s mother opens a can of corn, the cats
come running. This is an example of — A. learned behavior B. correct behavior C. migration
D. instinct
19. 19. Answer: A
20. 20. A. 10ml B. 7ml C. 5ml D. 3ml
21. 21. Answer: C
22. 22.  Average Round
23. 23. 1. Anna repeatedly taps the side of a drinking water with a spoon while being filled with
water. What will happen to the pitch of the sound as water level goes up? A. becomes
higher. C. remains unchanged B. becomes lower. D. alternately increases
24. 24. Answer : B
25. 25. 2. Which layer in the diagram contains the most organic material? A. Layer A C. Layer C
B. Layer B D. Layer D
26. 26. Answer : A
27. 27. 3. Smoked glass and wax papers are materials that allow some light to pass through but
scatter in different direction. A. Opaque B. Transparent C. Translucent D. neither A nor B
28. 28. Answer : A
29. 29. 4. A bottle of water was put inside the freezer overnight. The next day it becomes ice.
What change happened? A. solid to liquid B. liquid to solid C. liquid to gas D. solid to gas
30. 30. Answer : B
31. 31. 5. Which of these describes water in a solid state? A. Hail during a storm B. Vapour
rising in the sky C. Rain falling from the cloud D. Waves crashing on the seashore
32. 32. Answer : A
33. 33. 6. Why do most hotel rooms have carpets soft furniture and draperies? A. to absorb the
sounds. B. to reflect sounds in one direction. C. to destroy the sound. D. to reflect sounds in
several directions.
34. 34. Answer : A
35. 35. 7. When light pass through a certain objects and a shadow was formed, what property of
light is clearly shown? A. Light travels in the opposite direction. B. Light travels in straight
line. C. Light travels in any direction. D. Light travels in a curve line.
36. 36. Answer : B
37. 37. 8. Mother cooks fried chicken in the kitchen while Archie is outside the house playing
with his friends. What sense organ did he use to know what mother is cooking? A.Eyes B.
Nose C. Ears D.Tongue
38. 38. Answer : B
39. 39. 9. Which lists the correct order of changes that happen to a plant in spring? A. Buds
form, flowers open, fruits grow B. Flowers die, fruits grow, buds form C. Seeds drop, flowers
open, buds form D. Seeds drop, flowers die, fruits grow
40. 40. Answer : A
41. 41. 10. How will you describe the weather for the week based on the illustration below? 300C
320C 340C 360C The weather is : A. getting hotter day by day. C. very cold everyday. B.
getting cooler day by day. D. very hot everyday.
42. 42. Answer : D
43. 43.  Difficult Round
44. 44. 1. It is the general condition of the body and mind. It means soundness of the boy and
mind or freedom from diseases or ailment. a. Calmness b. Health c. Mildness d.
Temperature
45. 45. Answer : B
46. 46. 2. Why do grade III pupils have difficult time finding grasshoppers among the plants and
grasses? A. The moved faster in the ground to be recognized. B. They escaped from their
enemies by pretending. C. They used their keen sense of hearing to sense danger. D. They
have colors similar to their background.
47. 47. Answer : D
48. 48. 3. Each of the three magnets shown has been dipped into the substance below it. Which
of the substances could be coffee? A. A only C. C only B. B only D. A and B only
49. 49. Answer : C
50. 50. 4. It is a non-renewable substance known as “black gold” Write down your answer…..
51. 51. Answer : Oil
52. 52. 5. Sunlight is white light. White light is a mixture of many colors. What is formed when
white light passes through some transparent materials? Write down your answer……
53. 53. Answer : Rainbow
54. 54. 6. Which belong to the shrub group of plants? A. acacia, coconut, molave B. ampalaya,
grapes, squash C. santan, rose, gumamela D. waterlily, kangkong, cabbage
55. 55. Answer : C
56. 56. 7. What is PAGASA? A. Philippine Astronomical Geophysical Atmospheric Service
Association B. Philippine Astronomical Geothermal Atmospheric Service Association C.
Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical Astronomical Service Association D. Philippine
Austronaut Geophysical Atmospheric Science Association
57. 57. Answer : C
58. 58. 8. When too much water has condensed, clouds get heavy and water falls as rain. This is
called ____________.
59. 59. Answer : Precipitation
60. 60. 9.
61. 61. Answer : Weathering
62. 62. 10. __________ is a big storm that forms over the Atlantic Ocean.
63. 63. Answer : Hurricane
64. 64.  Clincher Round
65. 65. 1. The method where plants use seeds, stems, leaves to produce other plants is called
____________.
66. 66. Answer : Plant Propagation
67. 67. 2. What are the units of measurements on a thermometer called?
68. 68. Answer : Degrees
69. 69. 3. When notebook paper is folded to make an airplane , what physical property of the
paper changes?
70. 70. Answer : Shape
71. 71. 4. What do you call the air around the Earth?
72. 72. Answer : Atmosphere
73. 73. 5. What kind of energy is needed to run a refrigerator?
74. 74. Answer : Electricity