Second Quarter Examination

SCIENCE and HEALTH Grade V

Direction: Choose and write the letter of the best answer.
1. Which organism is not an herbivore?
a. cow c. grasshopper
b. hawk d. mouse
2. When a man eats both plants and animals, what do you call the man?
a. producer c. omnivore
b. Carnivore d. herbivore
3. Flies, mosquitoes and bees use their ____ to suck and sip nectar of plants.
a. hooked beaks c. sharp beaks
b. tiny tubes d. tusks
4. Which of the following have sticky tongues which they use to catch insects.
a. ducks c. birds
b. cats d. toads
5. Animals that feed on meat have ____________________.
a. sharp teeth c. flat teeth
b. sticky tongue d. pointed bill
6. Which of the following has strong jaws and triangular teeth which bite into a prey?
a. sharks c. dogs
b. turtles d. cats
7. Which of these animals swallows its prey whole?
a. lions c. snakes
b. giraffes d. tigers
8. Which of these animals has flat molars for chewing?
a. cat c. snake
b. goat d. frog
9. Which of the following catch food with their tongues and swallow the food?
a. donkeys c. pelicans
b. foxes d. toads
10. How do cows, horses and carabaos eat their food?
a. tear the food c. sip the food
b. swallow the food d. grind the food
11. Which of these sip liquids with their long tubes?
a. lizards c. herons
b. mosquitoes d. fish
12. How do chickens use their hard beaks?
a. grinding food c. picking and cracking
b. tearing insects d. holding the food
13. Which animals hide themselves inside their hard shells when they sense danger?
a. elephants c. snails
b. crabs d. skunk
14. Which animals emit poison to protect themselves?
a. ants c. spider
b. termites d. squids
15. How do grasshoppers and snakes protect themselves from their enemies?
a. blending color with surroundings
b. hiding
c. sleeping
d. spraying foul-smelling liquid
16. Which of the following do not belong to the group?
a. coelenterates c. reptiles
b. mammals d. amphibians
17. How do vertebrates differ from invertebrates?
a. They have spines
b. They are soft-bodied animals
c. They have spiny skin
d. They have no spines
18. What verbrate lives in water when young and on land in their adult life?
a. mammals c. reptiles
b. fish d. amphibians


19. To which group of vertebrates does a lizard belong?
a. amphibians c. mammals
b. fish d. reptiles
20. Which of the following is warm blooded?
a. crocodile c. earthworm
b. frog d. sparrow
21. Which of the following do not belong to the group?
a. octopus c. grasshopper
b. woodpecker d. shrimps
22. What characteristics do sea urchins, sea stars, and brittle stars have in common?
a. They are sessile c. They have spiny skin
b. They have smooth skin d. They are tubelike in shape
23. Which group of invertebrates have outside skeleton, segmented bodies and jointed legs?
a. arthropods c. mollusk
b. echinoderms d. worms
24. Sea anemone is an example of __________.
a. echinoderms c. arthropods
b. coelenterates d. mollusks
25. What is the only mollusks that lives on land?
a. octopus c. clam
b. oyster d. snail
26. Which of the following birds is endemic to our country?
a. hawk c. monkey-eating eagle
b. parrot d. dove
27. How do people contribute to the destruction of coral reefs?
a. through gathering corals
b. through muro-ami fishing
c. through cyanide fishing
d. all of these
28. Which of these Philippine animals is in danger of becoming extinct?
a. tarsier c. wild boar
b. ricebird d. monitor lizard
29. The following are ways of protecting wildlife except one. Which one is it?
a. Return a lost animal to the forest.
b. Buying talking birds and keeping them as pets.
c. Do not cut down trees.
d. Avoid hunting and capturing wildlife.
30. Why are coral reefs important?
a. They are homes and breeding places of fish.
b. They are rich sources of building materials.
c. They are beautiful and can be used for decoration.
d. They can be sold for a profit.
31. Which part of plants serves as the food factory?
a. stems c. leaves
b. roots d. trunks
32. Which factor provides energy in the process of photosynthesis?
a. chlorophyll c. sunlight
b. water d. air
33. What are the raw materials used by plants to make food?
a. water and carbon dioxide c. water and sunlight
b. water and sugar d. water and oxygen
34. The best place to grow plants to keep them healthy is one where there is plenty of
__________________.
a. chlorophyll and carbon dioxide
b. water and carbon dioxide
c. oxygen and water
d. sunlight and air
35. Without the ___________ energy, plants cannot perform photosynthesis.
a. sound energy c. water energy
b. light energy d. energy of the wind
36. When water passes through the thin walls of the roothairs, the process is called _________________.
a. osmosis c. transpiration
b. capillarity d. photosynthesis

37. Not all water that goes into the leaves is used by plants. Some evaporates because of the heat of the sun
through the process of _____________.
a. capillarity c. osmosis
b. transpiration d. photosynthesis
38. Photosynthesis is not possible when the plant has no green pigment called ______________.
a. calcium c. chlorophyll
b. nutrient d. fats
39. When air gets into the leaves through the __________ only the carbon dioxide is used by the leaves.
a. roots c. tiny tubes
b. stems d. stomata
40. Water rises from the roots to the leaves where food making takes place through the process of
________________.
a. transpiration c. osmosis
b. capillarity d. photosynthesis
41. Angiosperms refer to ________________ plants which means that the seed is inside a container.
a. flowering plants c. spore bearing plants
b. Seed-bearing plants d.cone-bearing plants
42. How are ferns adapted to life in the forest?
a. They reproduce by spores
b. They grow on tall trees
c. Most of them grow very tall
d. They grow close to the banks of streams where sunlight can reach them.
43. How do we classify plants that do not have true roots, stems or leaves and live in wet habitats.
a. vascular c. tracheophytes
b. nonvascular d. seed-bearing
44. Camia, mayana and bandera espaola are flowering plants. They can be classified as
______________.
a. shrubs c. vines
b. trees d. herbs
45. What is common among gumamela, mango and squash plants?
a. They are shrubs. c. They are all trees.
b. They are all vines. d. They all bear flowers.
46. Which of the following is a cone-bearing plant?
a. ferns c. chayote
b. avocado d. firs
47. How can we assure the survival of our plants?
a. By preserving the trees and other plants
b. By over harvesting orchids and medicinal plants from the forest
c. By burning portions of our forest
d. By cutting down young trees.
48. Which of these is an endangered kind of plant?
a. orchid c. nagasa wood
b. anahaw d. century plant
49. How do plants protect themselves from their enemies?
a. They have protective structures.
b. Some have bad odor .
c. Some of them have thorns.
d. All of these
50. Plants that have soft, flexible and hollow stems with a large leaf surface are known as ________________.
a. mesophytes c. hydrophytes
b. xerophytes d. saprophytes



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