Article Index

1. Which type of soil has rough and large particles?

2. In which state of matter does heart travel slowest?

3. To which class of levers does a wheelbarrow belong?

4. Apart from labour, give one other requirement for starting a livestock farm.

5. What kind of accident requires the use of splints in giving the first Aid?

6. Give any one exotic breed of sheep kept for wool production.

7. Which sexually transmitted disease can cause blindness in babies?|

8. Name the human body organ that uses light energy for it to function.

9. State one way which echo can be reduced in a hall.

10. The diagram below shows a piece of metal dipped In a jug containing hot water. Use it to answer the question that follows.

How does part A become hot yet it is not in the hot water?

11. Give any one disadvantage of harvesting honey using fire.

12. How is the BCG vaccine different from the polio vaccine in the way they are given to children?

13. Give one reason why washing of hands after visiting a latrine is a good practice.

14. Which process in plants has a similar function as sweating in humans?

15. Apart from taking wrong dose, give one other way in which drugs are miused.

16. Which condition in babies is shown by sunken soft spot on the head?

17. Give one way in which plats benefit from animals for photosynthesis.

18. How is sun-drying helpful in the preservation of food crops?

19. Why is water grouped under renewable resources?

20. Which mineral helps in the formation of red blood cells in the human body?

21. Apart from melting, state any one other physical change that takes place in the presence of heat.

22. Name any one disease of rabbits that affects poultry birds.

23. Name the method of making a magnet shown in the diagram below.

24. In which method of making water clean do you first allow the impurities to settle at the bottom of the container?

25. Why does a coin thrown in a basin full of water appear to be nearer to the surface?

26. How is the reproduction In whales different from that of fish?

27. Why is it important for government to collect information on human health?

28. State any one piece of advice you would give to a person who suffers from indigestion.

29. The diagram below shows how electricity is produced. Use it to answer the question that follows.

what source of energy is used to produce the electricity?

30. Why does paraffin settle on top when mixed with water?

31. Give any one way in which bacteria are useful to crop farmers.

32. Mention the group of birds to which a crested crane belongs.

33. Which disease is spread to humans by rats?

34. How is the function of pulmonary vein different from that of other veins?

35. Which property of air enables you to drink soda using a straw?

36. Why do plane mirrors produce regular reflection of light?

37. What name is given to a meal containing all the food values in their right amounts?

38. State one way in which married couple can avoid HIV/AIDS among themselves.

39. Give one way in which the use of solar energy is good to our environment.

40. Apart from the number of body parts, state one other difference between Arachnids and insects.


SECTION B

41. (a) Name two poisonous substances found in tobacco.

(b) state any two effects of cigarette smoking by pregnant women to their unborn babies.

42. In the diagram below, Q, R and S show the stages of germination of a seed. Study and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the part marked X.

(b) How is the part marked X useful to the seedling at stage R?

(c) Why is the part marked X useless at stage S?

(d) What type of germination is shown by the seed?

43. The table below shows joints and their position in the human body. Study and complete it correctly.

 

joints position in the body

pivot

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suture joint

 

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shoulder

knee

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44. (a) State any two agents of soil erosion.

(b) Give two ways in which soil erosion can be controlled in hilly areas.

45. (a) what type of change takes place when an iron tool rusts?

(b) Give two conditions necessary for rusting to take place on an iron tool.

(c ) State any one effect of rusting on iron tools.

46. (a) Apart from egg eating, name nay one other vice in poultry.

(b) Give any one cause of egg eating in poultry

(c) State any two ways of preventing the egg eating vice in poultry.

47. The diagram below shows a kerosene lamp. study and use it to answer the questions that follow.



(a) Name the art marked with letter Z.

(b) Why is the part marked R made of glass?

(c) Give the importance of the parts marked X and Y when the lamp is in use.

48. (a) Name the group of crops that are harvested year after year.

(b) Give any two examples of crops that belong to the group you have named in (a) above.

(c) State one way in which the above crops are harvested.

49. The table below shows a group of animals in A with their respiratory organs in B.

A B
Tilapia                   moist skin                        
mosquito lungs
frog gills
dog spiracles

write against each animal below, its respiratory organ from B.

(i) Tilapia

(ii) Mosquito

(iii) Frog

(iv) Dog

50. (a) In the human reproductive system, state where each of the following processes take place

(i) Implantation

(ii) Production of sperms

(iii) Production of female hormones

(b) Give any one use of the placenta to the foetus during pregnancy.

51. The diagram below shows a system of grazing cattle.
study it and use to answer the question that follow.

 

(a) Name the system of grazing cattle shown in the diagram above.

(b) Besides restricting the animals, give two other advantages of this system of grazing cattle.

(c) State any one disadvantage of system of grazing cattle shown in the diagram.

52. (a) Give two ways in which Primary Health Care (PHC) is an important programme in the community.

(b) State any two roles of a school health committee.

53. (a) What name is given to the practice of growing crops and trees together on the same piece of land?

(b) State two ways in which crops benefit from trees when they are grown together.

(c) Give one proper method of harvesting trees in the practice named in (a) above.

54. Study the diagram of an electric circuit below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the parts marked K and N.

(b) State the energy change that takes place at L when M is closed.

(c) Give any one form of energy produced at K when M is closed.

55. The table below shows classification of plants.

study it carefully and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the group of plants shown by the following letters.
(i) A………………………………………………………………..
(ii) B ……………………………………………………………………
(iii) C…………………………………………………………………….
(b) Give any one plant that belongs to the box labeled D

 


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