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Under what group of perching birds does the bird with such beak belong?
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9. Why does blood go to the lungs before circulating to all parts of the body?
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10. What name is given to the first set of teeth a child develops?
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11. Why are interior walls of cinema lined with thick curtains and soft board to control
echo?
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12. Give any one reason why we need to cook food.
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13. What is a resource?
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14. In the air one breathes in, there is 0.03% carbon dioxide. Why does it rise to 4%
when one is breathing out?
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15. Why is the dry season considered the best for harvesting crops?
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The diagram below shows a structure used by farmers. Use it to answer
questions 16 and 17.
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18. Name one living component of the environment.
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19. Why would you classify a housefly as an invertebrate?
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The diagram below shows an experiment that was carried out in class.
24. Name the type of succulent fruits that can develop from such a flower.
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27. Why is it considered a bad practise to use toothpicks in order to clean the teeth?
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28. Name one apparatus that can be used to separate mixtures.
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29. Identify any one dairy product.
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Why is cohesion force considered greater in solids?
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31. Name one body organ that is responsible for balancing the body.
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32. Mention one way the spread of HIV can be controlled in a community.
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33. Give one reason why medical workers advise us to have enough rest and sleep.
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34. Sarah is a 30 year old mother with 8 children. Her first born of 9 years and the last
one is 1 year. Name the element of PHC Sarah neglected.
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35. Why does a bed bag produce a bad smell when touched?
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36. Which body tissue is affected by sprains?
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37. Write down any one example of an anti-social behaviour.
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38. What is soil profile?
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39. Suggest any one way you can control soil erosion in a school compound.
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40. Mention any one way how natural changes can affect the environment.
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Section B
41(a) What is immunisation?
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(b) Give any one reason why we need to take children for immunisation.
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(c) Name any one disease that can be immunised against at the age of 12 years.
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What role do the school children play in the immunisation programme?
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42. The diagram below shows a musical instrument. Use it to answer the
questions that
follow.
(a) Which bar will produce the highest pitch of sound when hit?
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(b) Give a reason to support your answer in (a) above.
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(c) How is part marked W important to the musical instrument?
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(d) Under what group of musical instrument is the instrument above?
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43(a) What are amphibians?
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(b) Apart from a frog, give one other example of an amphibian.
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(c) In the space below, draw the spawn of a frog.
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47(a) Name any one breed of rabbits.
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(b) Give one reason why some farmers prefer keeping rabbits to cattle.
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(c) Why is the hutch (house of rabbit) always raised from the ground?
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(d) Name one disease that can affect both rabbits and chicken.
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48. The diagram below shows part
of a flowering plant. Use it to
answer the questions that follow.
(b) Mention two ways through which people introduce tobacco into their bodies.
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(c) Who is a passive smoker?
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50(a) Name any one type of birds kept for a purpose.
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Identify the commonest method of keeping poultry birds in rural areas.
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(c) Give a reason why it is commonly used.
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(d) State one way a farmer can control vices on his farm.
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51(a) What is insemination?
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(b) Identify one advantage of natural insemination.
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(c) Where does fertilisation take place in the reproductive part of a cow?
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(d) State one reason for steaming up of cattle.
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52(a) Why are we advised to chew food properly before swallowing?
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(b) Where in the alimentary canal does the digestion of fats start?
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(c) Name the digestive juice found in the stomach.
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(d) Why is it that there is no digestion in the colon?
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53(a) What is soil exhaustion?
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(d) How do mushrooms feed?
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