Science
Science
Four options follow each question lettered A to D. Find the correct option for each
question.
1. The process by which gas changes b) milk
to liquid is known as c) muddy water
a) condensation d) sugar solution
b) evaporation
c) melting 8. Which of the following is not a
d) boiling characteristic of all living things?
a) respiration
2. Which of the following structures b) growth
contain cellulose? c) feeding
a) chloroplast d) transpiration
b) cell wall
c) cell membrane 9. Protozoans are classified as ...
d) mitochondrion a) multicellular prokaryotes
b) multicellular eukaryotes
3. Which of the following organisms c) unicellular prokaryotes
helps to improve soil fertility? d) unicellular eukaryotes
a) hookworms
b) roundworms 10. The chemical substance that can be
c) earthworms used to test for protein in a food
d) threadworms substance is
a) Benedict’s solution
4. A substance made up of the same b) Fehling’s solution
kinds of atoms is called c) Iodine solution
a) molecule d) Million’s reagent
b) ion
c) isotope 11. A disease that typically infects
d) element children is
a) malaria
5. Which of the following causes b) measles
ringworm? c) gonorrhea
a) bacteria d) herpes
b) fungi
c) viruses 12. The housefly is an agent for the
d) protozoa spread of
a) malaria
6. An example of a legume is b) measles
a) millet c) cholera
b) plantain d) tuberculosis
c) maize
d) groundnut 13. An object at rest may have
7. Which of the following mixtures is a) momentum
a colloid? b) velocity
a) salt solution c) potential energy
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d) kinetic energy 21. The chemical formula for calcium
hydroxide is
14. A solar cell produces electrical a) Ca(OH)2
energy from b) CaOH
a) heat c) Ca(OH)3
b) light d) Ca2OH
c) sound
d) electromagnets 22. Most machines waste energy
because of
15. Power is defined as the a) old age
a) ability to do work. b) force
b) amount of energy. c) too much effort
c) rate of doing work d) friction
d) rate of distance covered
23. An example of a third-class lever is
16. What work is done by a machine a) wheelbarrow
whose load is 100N and moves b) sugar tong
through a distance of 2m in 10s? c) crowbar
a) 50J d) scissors
b) 2000J
c) 200J 24. Animals cannot survive without
d) 400J food and
a) vitamins
17. Which of the following practises b) carbohydrates
encourages soil erosion? c) protein
a) planting cover crops d) water
b) mulching 25. The two main types of animal feed
c) bush burning are
d) crop rotation a) fodder and concentrate
18. Which farming system deals b) concentrate and hay
growing of two or more crops in a c) fodder and forage
definite cycle? d) forage and pellets
a) pastoral farming 26. The energy stored in fuel is
b) mixed farming a) chemical energy
c) crop rotation b) electrical energy
d) land rotation c) nuclear energy
19. Which of the following crops is d) heat energy
planted at stake? 27. An athlete of mass 500kg runs at a
a) Sweet pepper velocity of 2m/s. calculate the
b) Lettuce energy of the athlete.
c) Maize a) 1000J
d) Garden eggs b) 100J
20. The largest planet in the solar c) 10000J
system is d) 2000J
a) uranus
b) jupiter 28. A female sheep is called
c) neptune a) doe
d) mars b) hen
c) ewe
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d) doe 35. Digestion of starch in humans
29. The hottest planet in our solar starts in the
system is a) stomach
a) earth b) ileum
b) mars c) mouth
c) mercury d) gullet
d) venus 36. The heat of the sun reaches the
30. An object is placed 24m in front of earth through
a plane mirror. This distance a) conduction
between the object and the image is b) convection
a) 12m c) both conduction and
b) 24m radiation
c) 48m d) radiation
d) 30m 37. Which of the following is not
31. Waste removal services collect renewable?
rubbish and take it to a) solar energy
a) be recycled b) natural gas
b) a dump c) geothermal
c) a landfill site d) biomass
d) be burned 38. The valency of Iron is
32. The attracting power of magnets is a) 4 or 5
greatest at the b) 3 or 4
a) edges c) 1 or 2
b) centre d) 2 or 3
c) poles 39. Which of these soil is best for
d) sides growing crops?
33. The valency of magnesium in the a) clay soil
compound MgO is b) sandy soil
a) 1 c) sandy clay soil
b) 2 d) loamy soil
c) 1 40. The type of teeth used for tearing
d) 2 flesh is the
34. Oil paint stains can be removed by a) molar
using b) canine
a) petrol c) incisor
b) grease d) premolar
c) alcohol
d) turpentine
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SECTION B
TEST OF PRACTICALS
PART 1
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b) Study the diagram below and answer the following questions.
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d)State two ways by which tooth decay may be prevented.
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µ) carbohydrate α) protein β) fats and oils
4. a.i) A current of 12A passes through a resistor of resistance 15ohms.Calculate the potential
difference across the resistor.
ii) Draw the following electrical symbols,
a) variable resistor b) battery c) switch d) solenoid
ii) What is a colloid?
c) Write two similarities between animal and plant cell.
d) Classify the following under first, second and third class levers;
Sugar tong, bottle opener, paper cutter, claw hammer, wheel barrow, fishing rod.