SUMMATIVE TEST IN SCIENCE 6

NAME: _______________________________________ GRADE VI- ______ JULY 8, 2009

SCORE _________
I. Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Why does the heart have to pump blood?
a. to provide the necessary force for the blood to move from the lower to the upper
part of the body
b. to collect all the waste materials from the body cells
c. to exchange the necessary nutrients
d. both a and b
2. Which part of the circulatory system carries the nutrients and removes from the body
cells?
a. arteries b. blood c. capillaries d. heart
3. Which of the following is the function of the circulatory system?
a. to distribute body cells
b. to protect the body from heat and foreign bodies
c. to distribute oxygen and nutrients to body cells and collect their wastes
d. to repair body cells
4. How will you describe the heart?
a. It is an inflexible organ. c. It works like a pump.
b. It is a hollow muscular organ. d. Both b and c
5. What will happen to the heart if it was made of bony tissues?
a. It will easily break. c. It will not be able to squeeze blood.
b. It will pump more blood d. It will not move.
. Why is the heart important?
a. It checks the flow of blood. c. It makes the blood move throughout the body.
b. It stops the flow of blood. d. It occupies the chest cavity.
!. Why is the blood important to the body?
a. It gives color to our skin. c. It carries away carbon dioxide and other
wastes from the body.
b. It carries oxygen and nutrients to different cells of the body. d. Both b and c
". Why are platelets important to the body?
a. They carry oxygen to all parts of the body. c. They make the blood clot to stop
continuous bleeding
b. They give the blood its color red. d. They surround the germs and
weaken them.
#. Why do you $%& lose so much blood when you get cut?
a. Blood flows through them.
b. Blood vessels carry blood away and back to the heart.
c. They allow blood and other substances that go with blood to flow through them.
d. Blood contains substances needed to clot the blood.
1'. Why are veins important in blood circulation?
a. They carry blood with oxygen away from the heart.
b. They carry blood with carbon dioxide towards the heart.
c. They make the blood clot.
d. The make the blood redder.
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II. Matching Type: Match the words in column A with those in column B. Write the
letter of the correct answer.
COLUMN A COLUMN B
(((((((((( 11.)nemia a. inflammation of the heart characteri*ed
by high fever that
(((((((((( 12.+eu,emia wea,ens the muscles and valves of the
heart
(((((((((( 13.Hypertension b. irregular heartbeat
((((((((((14.-alpitation c. cancer of the blood
((((((((( 15..heumatic /ever d. an iron deficiency disease
e. blood pressure suddenly shoots up
f. arteries thic,ens due to deposit of
fat and cholesterol
III. Fill-in the lan!s. Write the correct eing descrie in each sentence.
1. ((((((((((((((((((( is ,nown as 0soldiers of the body1 because they fight harmful
microorganisms that
enter our body.
1!. &he blood is also ,nown as the ((((((((((((((((((((((((.
1". &he heart ,eeps the blood moving in the body. 2t acts as a (((((((((((((((((((((((((((.
1#. &he solid parts of the blood are the red blood cells3 the white blood cells and the
(((((((((((((((.
2'. ((((((((((((((((((( are the passageways of the blood throughout the body.
&he blood is the red fluid which is composed of 21. (((((((((((( and 22.((((((((((((
parts.
23. ((((((((((((((is the li4uid part of the blood.
24. ((((((((((((((carries blood away fro the heart.
25. (((((((((((((((allows the essential e5change of wastes3 gases3 salts3 and nutrients from
the arteries to
the veins.