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Answer all the questions in your answer booklet.
Credit wilt be given for clarity of expression and orderly presenraüon of material.

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Answer all o/Question I

(a) The diagrams below are illustrations of the male and female reproductive systems
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(rÐ Nametwo co$rmon infectious diseases that aftectbofhthe male
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(å) The diagrams below are illustrations of,dif,ferent devices used in the farm.
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diagram to demonstrate forward biasing of a (p-njunction) diode and

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the light emitting diode.

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the lightemitting diode when the circuit is closed.

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' I..',, 10 gof iodated saltwas added to 150 ml ofwater in a beaker. The mixture
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ü. Vegetable oil was added to a quantity of water in a corked flask a¡d
shaken vigorously then allowed to stand for some time.
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State what will be observed in each of the ¿ctivities I, II and III.

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State one difference between what is observed in I and III.
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2- (a) (D What is the importance of a fuse in an electrical appliance?
(ü) State two household appliances that have fuse.

[4 marks]
(å) (Ð What is teenage pregnancy?
(iÐ State two causes of teenage pregnancy

[4 marks]

(c) State three precautions against hazards.

[3 marks]
(d) (Ð Statetwo practices that destroy water bodies.
(ü) Give two methods of conserving water bodies
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3. (a) (Ð What is aerobic respiration?

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(Ð Which crop is infected by the Swollen Shoot disease?

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(b) State three physical properties of a soil.
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(c) (Ð Define the term power.
(ü) If a machine hauls a packing case of mass 50 kg up a building that
is l0 m high in 30 s,.calculate the power of the machine.
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(d) state four areas where technolory is used for the benelu of hr¡n ns
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(a) St¿te three ways in which mulching restores soil resources. [3 marks]

(ó) (Ð Name the two elements that combine to form ammonia gas.
{ü) Write a balanced chemical equatipn forthe formation of ammonia from
the elernents named in (i). [3 rnarks]

(c) The following information is on the feeding habits of,some organisrns

(Ð msn feeds on grasscutter;
(ü) toad feeds on grasshopper;
(iü) snake feeds on toad;
(iv) goat tèeds on grass;
(v) man feeds on hawk;
(vÐ grasshopper feeds on grass;
(viù tra,wk feeds on snake;
(vüi) grasscutter feeds on grass.

Use all the information given abov.e to construct afood web.

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{d) (Ð 'What is a galøcy?

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(äi) Explain briefly the term millqt way.

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(ü) State the physical quantity that one of the units named in (i) rneasures
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Each qwstion is followed by four options lettered A, to D. Find the correct option
for each
'Question and shade ln peneil on your tmswer sheet the space which bears the same
letter as the
option you have chosen. Give only one answer fo each questian. An example is given below.

Which of the following substances is not an element?

A. Aluminium
B. Ammonia
C. Oxygen
D. Sodium

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A. land selection.
B. seed planting.
C. pests and diseases control.
D. harvesting and processing.

3 How many atoms are present inlJ,.rOr?

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4 The element used in the manufacturing of electronic components is
A. fluorine.
B. sodium.
C. silicon.
D. r neon.
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5 Anemometer is an instrument for measuring
A. winddirection.
B. rainfallamount.
C. relativehumidity.
D. wind speed.

6 Artificial satellites can be used for

I. communication.
il. oil and gas exploration.
ru. meteorological studies.

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B IIonly
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7 , The brightest of all the planets is

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C. muddylands.
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11 Steam changes to liquid by a process called

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B. condensation.
C. evaporation
D boiling.

t2. When a ray of light travels from:a-dense medium into a denser medium, it
A. bends away from the norfral.
B. is perpendicular to the incident ray.
C. is parallel to the incident ray.
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A. Sulphur and water

B. Vegetable oil and kerosene
C. Vy'ater and sodiurn chloride
D. Water and vegetable oil

t4 The following effects are as a result of soil erosion except

A. increase in bushfires.
B. weakening of supportof buildings.
C. loss of important minerals to plants.
D. weakening supportof plants.

15 lWhich ofthe following body shapes facilitates

movement in a fluid?
A. Rectangular
B. Spherical
C. Triangular
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C:. sodiunn sulphate.
D. amrnonia.

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makè the leaf soft.
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A. gravel.
B. elayeysoil.
C. loamysoil.
D. sandysoil.

29 The image formed by a plane mirror is always

A. magnified"
B. virtual.
C. inverted.
D. real.

30. The current in a resistor is 3 A. If the resistance of the resistor is 4 ohms, determine the potential
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D. Presence ôf pest
34. One benefit of tçchnologto industrialization is
4,. reductioninskillful,labour.
B. increase in cost of production.
C. provisionofmaohinery.
D. e,lrvironmentalpollution.

35. A herbal mixture has a volume of 200 m3 and a mass of 10"000 kg. Determine the
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A. 800 kg m-3
B. 200 kg m-3
C. 50 kg m-3
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36" The practice of reducing the number of seedlings per stand for better growth is known as
A. fillingin.
B. earthing up.
C. thinningout.
D. pricking-out.

37 The fanning system that makes the most effective use of land is lì

.4.. mixedfarming.
B. crop rcrtation.
C" mixedcropping.
D. land rotation

38. which of the following statements distinguishes arteries from veins?

A. Arteries have valves while veins do not have valves.
B. Arteries transport blood to the heart while veins carry blood away from the heart.
c. Arteries carr5" deoxygenated blood while veins carry oxygenated blood.
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