Diagnostic / Pre Test in Science Grade 4

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DIAGNOSTIC TEST
SCIENCE IV
Name: ________________________________ Date: _________________ Score: ___________
I. Choose the correct answer. Copy the letter of the correct answers your answer paper.
1. Which of the following materials float in water?
a. big stone b. metal spoon c. empty plastic bottle d. crystal glass
2. Your mother asked you give her medicine for fever. What is your going to do first?
a. Read the label of the medicine. c. Get the medicine and give it right away to your mother.
b. Get a glass of water and the medicine d. Taste the medicine before giving it to your mother.
3. If you are exposed to garbage, what kind of illness would you probably get?
a. heart failure b. asthma c. goiter d. nosebleed
4. Which of the following materials have the ability to sink in water?
a. metal spoon b. wood c. plastic sheet d. twigs
5. How should non decaying waste be disposed?
a. by composting b. reusing c. by recycling d. both b and c
6. What might happen if when flour is mixed with cold water?
a. The flour will dissolve completely in water. b. The flour will dissolve partially in water.
c. The flour will not dissolve in water at all. d. The flour will not settle at the bottom of the water.
7. What will happen to alcohol and water when mixed?
a. Alcohol and water will mix completely. b. Alcohol and water will mix partially.
c. Alcohol and water will not mix together. d. Alcohol and water will form two layers.
8. Which of the following changes in the materials is useful to the environment?
a. Throwing garbage in the canal. b. Throwing hospital wastes into the river.
c. Using detergents in washing clothes in the air. d. Using paper bags when shopping.
9.Which is the command center of the body?
a. blood b. heart c. brain d. stomach
10. It allows to bend your knees.
a. femur b. joints c. muscles d. tendons
11. What do you need most when you are tires?
a. water b. exercise c. air d. rest
12. Which ailment is developed in response to prolonged exposure to tobacco smoke?
a. heart cancer b. lung cancer c. bone cancer d. colon cancer
13. Which of the following animals are found on water habitat?
a. tadpole, grasshopper, hawk b. dolphin, carabao, hawk
c. horse, goat, money d. fish, squid, crab
14. How does ostrich protect itself to enemies?
a. it runs fast b. it flies c. it hides itself under the shell d. it has horns for fighting
15. Why can eagles can live in high places? Because of their __________
a. claws b. eyes c. feathers d. wings
16. Mang Tino lives along the seashore. He is planning to put up a business. Which of the following may
he do?
a. piggery b. poultry c. fishery d. cattle raising
17. Last week my friend received a birthday gift from his father. It is a big mouthed clear jar with a plant
floating on it. What do you think is the plant inside the jar?
a. orchids b. waterlily c. rosal d. onion
18. Which of the following is an example of a terrestrial plant?
a. talahib b. duckweeds c. algae d. sea lettuce
19. Bulbs are underground leaves that store food. Which of the following plants grow from bulbs?
a. onions b. potato c. radish d. ginger

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20. Which of the following is not needed by plants?
a. soil b. water c. sunlight d. plastic
21. What is the young plant found inside the seed?
a. cotyledon b. seed coat c. embryo d. none
22. The third stage in complete metamorphosis is called __________.
a. pupa b. egg c. adult d. none
23. What is the study of the interaction of living things with one another and with its environment?
a. community b. ecology c. ecosystem d. population
24. Which of the following organism has a harmful interaction?
a. a snake and a rat b. orchids and a trunk of a tree
c. a birds nest and a tree d. butterflies and flowers
25. The greater the mass of an object, the greater is the force needed to _____ the object.
a. move b. stop c. roll d. push
26. A force that sets an object into motion is called __________
a. balanced b. moving c. unbalanced d. pushing
27. What cause an object to move?
a. weight b. gravity c. force d. magnets
28. What is the direction of heat transfer?
a. from hot to cold b. from cold to hot c. from bottom to top d. from side to side
29. How do sound travels through air?
a. very fast b. very slowly c. in jumping motion d. fast in random manner
30. Which of the following is good to use when we go out on a sunny day.
a. umbrella b. sunglasses c. sunblock d. all of these
31. What do we call the Scientist that study about soil?
a. Meteorologist b. Geologist c. Pedologist
32. Which of the soil is good in making pots?
a. clay b. loam c. sand
33. Why is soil called a renewable resource? Because it __________
a. will not last long b. available for use anytime
c. can be recycled d. needs to be conserved
34. Which of the following variables are varied for change? In the experiment?
a. Responding b. Controlled c. Manipulated d. Constant
35. What instrument measures the speed of the wind?
a. barometer b. thermometer c. anemometer?
36. When the wind is blowing gently, what weather do we have?
a. fine b. stormy c. rainy
37. The sky is dark, you hear thunder. Your father requested you to help him harvest the rice. What should
you do?
a. let him stop harvesting b. help him to finish the harvest fast
c. let father do the harvesting alone
38. Which give enough heat and light in order to live?
a. sun b. hydro power plant c. electricity d. generator
39. When does evaporation take place?
a. when water is cooled b. when water is heated
c. when water is frozen d. when water is filtered
40. How do animals and humans release or give off water particles? Through….
a. transpiration b. respiration c. condensation d. precipitation