SCIENCE DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Ms Darlin Martinez Third grade

1. A mineral is a natural crystalline solid formed from geological processes. Which is not an example of a mineral?
 a diamond
 wood
 gold
 salt
2. Grouping or organizing objects into categories based on their characteristics is called:
 classifying them.
 comparing them.
 contrasting them.
3. Some soils hold water better than others. The difference is caused by:
 the heaviness of the grains of soil.
 the size of the grains of soil.
 the size of the spaces between the grains of soil.
 the temperature of the water as it enters the soil.
4. Recycling refers to:
 burning trash completely
 burying trash in a landfill
 reducing the amount of waste left over from using a product
 reusing a resource to make something new
5. Which of the following usually is not a way to conserve water during a water shortage?
 taking a shower instead of a bath
 fixing leaky faucets
 turning off the water while brushing your teeth
 waiting until you have enough dishes to fill the dishwasher before running it
6. Which of the following is an example of matter?
 atoms of the element carbon
 a block of wood
 your house
 All of the above are examples of matter. Matter is anything that takes up space.
7. Grass appears green because:
 It absorbs green light.
 It reflects green light back to your eyes.
 It reflects red light back to your eyes.

8. A simple machine:

7
  increases the amount of work required to perform a task.
 decreases the amount of work required to perform a task.
 requires the same amount of work to complete a task but is automated so that it does the work for you.
 reduces the force or effort required to do a task or changes the direction of force used to perform a task.

9. A solar eclipse occurs when:

 the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
 the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth.
 the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon.
 Venus is between the Sun and the Earth.

10. A plant is an example of a producer. Producers are living organisms that:

 make their own food
 break down dead organisms for food eat other organisms for food
 eat other organisms for food

8
 SCIENCE DIAGNOSTIC TEST
TH
9 GRADE Ms Darlin Johanna Martinez
Instruction: Circle the correct answer.
Use the following information to answer question 1.

Dairy farmers have bred dairy cattle over many generations in order to increase the volume
of milk that each cow can produce.

1. This process is called

A. natural selection
B. discrete variation
C. artificial selection
D. continuous variation

Use the following information to answer question 2.

A female cat with white fur and a male cat with black fur produce three black kittens.

2. White fur colour is in cats

The statement above is completed by the information in row

Row
A. Dominant black
B. Dominant grey
C. Recessive Black
D. Recessive White

Use the following information to answer question 3.

9
3. If the population of the predator species is reduced due to an illness, then the population of
its prey species will likely

A. decrease because competition will increase

B. increase because competition will decrease
C. decrease because predation will increase
D. increase because predation will decrease

Use the following information to answer question 4.

Sara takes cuttings from her red geranium plants every year and uses them to produce more
geranium plants for the following year.

4. Which of the following statements most likely describes one advantage of Sara’s
gardening practice?

A. The plants produced would be a variety of colours.

B. If conditions changed, most of the plants would survive.
C. It would take a short period of time to reproduce many plants.
D. There would be genetic variation among the individual plants.

5.-The melting of ice is considered a

A. chemical change, because a new substance is formed

B. physical change, because a new substance is formed
C. chemical change, because the process is reversible
D. physical change, because the process is reversible

Use the following information to answer question 6.

6.-Which of the following titles is appropriate for the diagram above?

E. “One Atom of Water”

F. “Three Atoms of Water”
G. “One Molecule of Water”
H. “Three Molecules of Water”
10
 Use the following information to answer question 7.

Numbered Patterns in the Periodic Table

7.-Identify the row that correctly describes the patterns in the periodic table above.

Row I II III IV
A. A family A period Non-metals Metals
B. A family A period Metals Non-metals
C. A period A family Metals Non-metals
D. A period A family Non-metals Metals

11
12
13