Name: _____________________________________________ Score: ____________________

A. Directions: Determine which of the activities below is desirable or harmful.Write D if

desirable or H if harmful.
_______1. Placing the biodegradable wastes in the compost pit
_______2. Smelling the fumes exhausted by cars
_______3. Throwing banana peelings anywhere
_______4. Covering the textbook with acetate
_______5. Burning plastic bottles
B. Directions: Put a check (✓) mark if the statement is correct, an (X) mark if not.
_______1. Halal certified food can be consumed by Muslims.
_______2. Keep pesticides in areas away from children’s reach.
_______3. All household materials are useful.
_______4. Muriatic acid can be labeled as corrosive and poisonous.
_______5. Recyclable materials such as empty water bottles are harmful.

C.Directions: Draw a happy face (😊 ) if the material is useful and sad face ( ☹) if it is not.
_______1. candy wrappers made into bag
_______2. a broken glass thrown in the backyard
_______3. disinfectant bottles thrown everywhere
_______4. a box made into a bookshelf
_______5. leftover food from restaurants turned into fertilizers
_______6. used syringes and needles placed beside children’s toys
_______7. a broken container turned into a decorative plant holder
_______8. used car tires turned into park benches
_______9. old colorful magazines made into paper baskets
_______10.empty bottles of paint thrown into the garbage bin for burning
D. Directions: Study the pictures below and match the common product labels to
its corresponding product. Write the letter of the correct answer.
Products Label
II. A. Directions: Write True if the statement is correct, and write False if it is incorrect.
_______1. Consumers must read product labels when buying grocery items.
_______2. Place fertilizers in containers and label them as poisonous.
_______Throw away anywhere the plastic bottles after using them.
_______4. Labels are not important in classifying materials as to useful or harmful.
_______5. Food allergen warnings are helpful especially for those who have allergies.
B. Directions: Complete the paragraph using the words in the box.

1. ________________

2._________________

3. ________________

4._________________

5.________________

C. Directions: Write a checkmark (✓) if the material is useful and write a cross mark (X) if it is
harmful.
_______1. Used empty bottles made into a flower vase
_______2. Fruit and vegetable peelings converted into fertilizers
_______3. Expired medicine stored in the cabinet
_______4. Old newspapers used to pack things in the store
_______5. Scattered broken glass found inside the classroom
D. Read each situation below and choose the best answer. Write the letter only.
_______1. Your aunt gave you chocolates as birthday presents. You were very excited to
share it with your younger brother who loves chocolates, but when you read
the label, you noticed that some have food allergen warning. Some of these
contain peanuts, which can cause allergy to your brother. What will you do?
A. I will still give him the chocolates and ignore the effects.
B. I will choose the one without peanuts and give it to him.
C. He will not be given any chocolate because he has an allergy.
D. I will go to the grocery store and buy candies for my brother
_______2. Father came home from work. Upon entering the gate, he disinfects his hands
by using 70% alcohol. However, Mother was carrying a lighted candle and
about to approach Father. What is the best thing to do?
A. Mother may bring a kerosene lamp instead of a candle.
B. Let her continue to approach Father with a lighted candle.
C. Tell Mother to put out the flame before going to the gate.
D. Bring more bottles of alcohol for Father.
_______3. Your best friend bought a cough syrup from the pharmacy. You noticed that
the medicine is expired already. What are you going to say to her?
A. Continue to take medicine.
B. Do not take the cough syrup.
 C. Mix it with new medicine.
D. Scold the pharmacist for giving expired medicine.
_______4. Mang Lito is a farmer. He used commercial pesticides in controlling pests in
his rice field. Where can he store this poisonous product?
A. at the kitchen sink
B. on top of the dining table
C. in a closed and secured cabinet
D. under the table
_______5. Your Muslim friend visited your home. After some time, you decided to
prepare food for lunch. What food products are you going to serve?
A. meat products
B. any available food
C. Halal certified food
D. dairy products

E. Directions: Identify the changes that took place in the following activitieswhen there is an
application of heat and with the presence or absence of oxygen.
A B
1. Boiling of water A. breakdown of materials due to bacteria
2. Cooking rice and fungus
3. Darkening of eggplant B. temperature changes to 100 degrees
4. Fish kill Celsius
5. Decaying garbage C. color changes observed commonly among vegetables and
fruits
D. water gets absorb into the grain, and
heat softens the starch then alters its
texture when cooked
E. occurs when there is lack of oxygen in
the ponds or bodies of water

F. Directions: Read the questions carefully. Explain how changes in matter affect the
environment. Write the letter of the best answer.
_______1. The following materials undergo a physical change. Which of the changes
in matter has a bad effect on the environment?
A. freezing of meat to preserve it in a long period of time
B. using spray paint in tin cans to cover the rust
C. cutting of the fabric to be made into clothes
D.evaporation of rainwater
_______2. The following materials undergo chemical change. Which of these
changes in matter has a good effect on the environment?
A. burning of plastic
B. composting of biodegradable wastes
C. exposing alcohol to direct heat or fire
D.combustion of gasoline in the car’s engine
_______3. Cutting of trees has its advantages and uses to the people. Which of the
following is a bad effect of this activity?
A. Cutting of trees may result in house construction.
B. Cutting of trees may result in paper production.
C. Cutting of trees may result in furniture making.
D. Cutting of trees may result in flooding.
_______4. The following activities can be done to pieces of wood, which of these can
cause harm to the environment?
A. burning pieces of wood to be made as charcoal
B. shaping pieces of wood to be made into a chair
C. using pieces of wood to be made as furniture
D. forming pieces of wood as junior fence
_______5. Your father has celebrated his birthday yesterday; there were many empty
plastic bottles of soft drinks left. What is the best way you can do with these
empty plastic bottles to protect the environment?
A. throw the empty plastic bottles into the seashore
B. make the empty plastic bottles as flower vases
C. dump the empty plastic bottles in the landfill
 D. burn the empty plastic bottles
III. A.Directions: Based on the given physical and chemical properties of matter, identify
which property is being described. Choose your answer from the words in
the box.

_______________1. Ability to break easily

_______________2. Ability to decompose by microorganism
_______________3. Ability to let the heat and electricity to pass through
_______________4. Ability to be stretched and return to its original shape
_______________5. Ability to resist pressure that may cause deformation
B.Directions: The following are activities done on objects where heat is applied.
Draw a star if it shows physical change or a half moon if it shows chemical change.
_________1. Heating a handful of sugar
_________2. Boiling of water
_________3. Burning of paper
_________4. Drying of clothes
__________5. Grilling pork
__________6.Frying egg __________11.Drying of wet clothes
__________7.Boiling water __________12. Heating of white sugar
__________ 8.Burning of paper __________13.Melting of ice cream
__________ 9.Grilling chicken __________14.Drying fishes under the sun
__________ 10.Melting chocolate __________15.Drying wet palay under the sun

C.Directions: Read the following sentences carefully. Write True if the situation shows
how matter changes when applied with heat. Write False if not.
__________1. Melting ice cube, boiling water, and drying clothes are examples of
physical changes.
__________2. Physical and chemical changes are results when heat is applied to matter.
__________3. A vanilla ice cream melts when taken out from a refrigerator for a long time.
__________Charcoal burning on the grill is an example of chemical change.
__________5. When heat is applied to matter or a material, nothing happens.

D. Directions: Read the following questions carefully then write the letter of the correct
answer.
__________1. Which of the following is an example of chemical change when heat is applied?
A. Burning of wood
B. Drying of clothes
C. Freezing of water
D. Sharpening a pencil
__________2. Which is TRUE about chemical change?
A. A new product is formed.
B. Chemicals change as a result of physical change.
C. The product can be changed to its original form.
D. A chemical change is more important than any other process.
__________3. What happens when a piece of paper is burned inside a tin can?
A. A new material is formed.
B. There are no changes.
C. Both physical and chemical changes happen.
D. It turns to ashes, and after a few minutes, it returns to its original form.
__________4. What happens to the ice cube and butter after heat is applied?
A. They melt, physical change happens.
B. They melt, chemical change happens.
C. Nothing happens to the materials.
D. All the materials dissolve in the air.
__________5. What process is applied in the melting of ice cream, drying of wet clothes, and
cooking of vegetables that result in physical and chemical change?
A. Boiling
B. Drying
C. Freezing
D. Heating
E. Directions: Identify which among the following activities shows Physical Change or
Chemical Change when applied with heat. Write PC for Physical Change and CC for Chemical
Change.
__________1. Melting of candle __________ 4. Cooking Rice
__________2. Burning of wood __________5. Frying Egg
__________3. Boiling of water

F. Directions: Identify which bad effect to the environment results from the following
changes in matter. Choose the letter of the best answer.
A. Air pollution C. Soil Pollution
B. Deforestation D. Water Pollution
__________1. illegal logging of trees
__________2. burning of wood
__________3. using plant insecticide sprays
__________4. dumping rusted tin cans in the sea
__________5. making forest areas into a residential lot

G. Directions: Choose and write the letter of the correct answer in your answer sheet.
__________1. The presence or absence of oxygen in the materials may result in __________.
A. the burning of the materials
B. the melting of the materials
C. the change in the materials
D. no change in the materials
__________2. Iron, nails, cans, and other metals with iron when exposed to moisture may
develop ___ .
A. dust
B. rust
C. heat
D. fuel
__________3. The inner part of the potatoes and apples change in color because of .
A. water in it
B. chemicals in it
C. exposure to heat
D. exposure to oxygen
__________4. The following activities cause a change in matter. Which of these has a bad
effect on the environment?
A. slicing fruits
B. sewing clothes
C. peeling vegetables
D. breaking empty bottles of liquor
__________5. The following are effects in the environment by the changes in matter.
Which of these has a good effect on the environment?
A. air pollution
B. composting
C. deforestation
D. water pollution
__________6. Many families use wood as fuel in cooking food. What is the bad effect on
the environment of this activity?
A. deforestation
B. air pollution
C. land pollution
D.water pollution

H. Directions: Write the letter of the best correct answer.

__________6.Why are some wastes in other places left uncollected?
A. The landfills have a lot of space for the wastes.
B. The collected waste products are fewer everyday.
C. The landfills cannot accommodate all the wastes.
D. The collected waste products are burned everyday.
__________7.What will happen to uncollected waste?
A. It can produce waste.
B. It can cause pollution.
 C. It can produce plastic.
D. It can cause garbage.
__________8.Why is it important to use the 5Rs technique?
A. It can harm living things.
B. It can produce more waste.
C. It can pollute the environment.
D. It can lessen the wastes every day.
__________9.What is the main reason for practicing the 5Rs?
A. To solve or prevent environmental problems
B. To worsen the environmental problems
C. To throw the garbage everywhere
D. To pile more trash in the landfill
__________10.What are the components of 5Rs techniques?
A. Reducing, Remaking, Recycling, Recovering, Refilling
B. Reselling, Reducing, Remaking, Recovering, Repairing
C. Reducing, Reusing, Recycling, Recovering, Repairing
I. Reusing, Reselling, Refilling, Recovering, Repairing
Directions: Write USEFUL if the material serves a particular purpose or HARMFUL if it brings
damage to us or the environment.
__________1. Empty bottles
__________2. Fruit peelings
__________3. Broken glass
__________4. Emptied candy wrappers
__________5. Expired medicines
J. Directions: Put a check mark (✓) if the statement shows an application of the 5Rs
or a wrong mark (X) if otherwise.
__________1. Renee has started to compost her food scraps and leaves/yard trimmings. When
they all break down into soil, she’ll use them for her garden.
__________2. Serena has grown older, so her mother decided to donate her used clothes to the
victims of the typhoon in Samar.
__________3. The Grade 5 pupils are fond of throwing paper garbage in the trash can.
__________4. Tenten is collecting used empty plastic bottles for his Science project. He plans
to make a lantern out of these bottles.
__________5. My older sister kept on throwing away used cooking oil.
IV.A. Directions: Identify the proper technique to minimize waste in each situation
below. Choose your answer from the list of 5R’s in the word below.

__________ 1. Danny uses glue to reattach the sole of his shoes.

__________2. Lanie decides to give her small dresses to her cousin.
__________3. The Grade 5 class uses grass clippings for composting.
__________4. Eliza refuses to buy a new bag because she has three unused new bags.
__________5. Mrs. Flores leads a group of women to make flowers out of candy wrappers
and used plastics.
B. Directions: Write AGREE if the statement is a correct and desirable practice and
DISAGREE if not.
____________________1. Put your leftover food together with other trash.
____________________2. Burn the old tires and broken plastic toys at the backyard.
____________________Segregate glass wastes from plastic, papers, and rubbers.
____________________4. Bury dry leaves and rotten fruits and vegetables under the soil.
____________________5. Use the empty mayonnaise jar as candy jars or food storage jars.

C. Directions: Choose the correct answer in each situation on waste management.

__________1. Pedro used few big boxes to plant tomatoes instead of many small pots. What
5Rs technique did he apply?
A. Recycling
B. Reducing
C. Reusing
D. Repairing
__________2. Which of the following situations involves recycling?
A. Sean Beda made a string notebook out of the unused pages of his old spiral
notebook.
B. Arianne Denise would always place oil on the gears of her bicycle to prevent
rusting.
C. Kent Denzel collected biodegradable waste materials then made a compost.
D. CJ Kean made a bag out of his old worn-out pants.
__________3. Who among the learners did not show the importance of practicing 5 Rs?
I. Jack is using a new plastic bottle for his drinking water every day.
II. John is repairing the worn shoes by applying an adhesive.
III. Ana is using her sisters’ old bag in going to school.
IV. Seth is making a wallet from plastic wrappers.
A. Seth B. John C. Jack D. Ana
__________4. Why are we encouraged to apply 5 R’s technique?
A. It will make us rich.
B. It will make our house more beautiful.
C. It will not need to buy more trash bins.
D. It will lessen the volume of garbage produced daily.
__________5. Which of the following is NOT a possible consequence or bad effect of not
practicing 5Rs?
A. Disease
B. Clean Household
C. Death of Animals
D. Low Water Quality