EXAMINATION NO:

MONJOLE COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL

2021/2021PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE MOCK EXAMS
PRIMARY SCIENCE
(100 MARKS)
SUBJECT NO: P163
TIME ALLOWED: 2 hours
08:30 – 10:30 am

Name of Candidate: _________________________________

(Surname first)
Name of School: _________________________________

Instructions Question Tick if 41 – 51 Do not write in these

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1. This paper contains 7 pages please
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check 11 – 20
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2. This paper has section A which
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consists of 40 Multiple choice and 42
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section B with 11 structured questions
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3. Answer all question 45
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4. Please make sure you have written your
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name and examination number and 48

school name on the question paper in 49

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SECTION A: AGRICULTURE
1. Why is mulching important in soil conservation A. Crop record
A. It helps to cover the plants B. Labour record
B. It speeds up the growth of plants C. Expenditure record
C. It helps to conserve moisture D. Field operations record
D. Cassava and bananas 9. Which system of agro – forestry involves planting
2. Which of the following crops can be propagated by trees and shrubs along the boundaries of arable crops?
cuttings? A. Fodder bank
A. Bananas and sweet potatoes B. Asley cropping
B. Irish potatoes carrots C. Live fence
C. Cassava and sweet potatoes D. Improved fallow
D. Cassava and bananas Figure 2 is a farm machinery. Use it to answer questions
3. A fish farmer noted that there was large amount of un 11 and 12.
eaten food in her pond. Why is this dangerous?
A. It causes parasites to multiply
B. It makes the pond to produce bad smell 10. What name is given to the farm machinery?
C. It attracts fish predators A. Plough
D. It results in lack of oxygen B. Disk plough
Figure 1 below shows one of the feeding habits of goats. C. Ridger
Use it to answer questions 4 and 5 D. Mouldboard
11. What activity is being done in figure 2 above?
A. Spraying
B. Maintaining
C. Ploughing
D. Ridging
4. The feeding habit shown above is 12. Pruning is important in fruit tree because;
A. Grazing A. It improves quality and yield of fruits
B. Browsing B. It improves taste
C. Skirting C. It encourages death weeds in the orchard
D. Drenching D. Fruits become sour
5. The following are importance of goats except 13. Why is sun drying important in fish?
A. Source of beef A. Improve quality of fish
B. Source of manure B. To share the fish easily
C. Source of raw materials C. Help to reduce taste
D. Source of income D. Help to prevent fish from rotting
6. Which of the following statement best defines the 14. Which of the following is the disadvantage of battery
term soil structure? cage “cage”?
A. It is arrangement of the soil particles to form A. It requires less labour
different shapes B. It is expensive to buy the wire cage
B. It is the coarseness and fineness of the soil C. It is easy to collect eggs
C. It is the vertical section through the soil showing D. High production of meat, eggs and manure
horizontal layer 15. Which of the following are examples of indigenous
D. It is the removal of top soil by the action of water trees?
and wind A. Chitimbe and blue gum
7. Which of the following weeds is common in a maize B. India and pine
field? C. Cyprus and pine
A. Kalisoga D. Msangu and tsanya
B. Blackjack 16. The following are problems of farm business except;
C. Star grass A. What to produce
D. Witch weed B. Which to sell
8. Which of the following record is a physical record? C. How much to produce
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D. Where to produce 26. Which of the following is the fluid releases by the gall
17. Which of the following feeds are examples of bladder?
concentrates? A. Pancreatic juice
A. Maize bran and cotton seed cake B. Urine
B. Maize meal and sorghum stalks C. Bile
C. Meat meal and green grass D. Gastric juice
D. Elephant grass and maize stalks Figure below is a diagram of a machine. Use it to
18. The loss of water from soil and water into the answer questions 27 and 28
atmosphere in form of vapour is called?
A. Transpiration
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Evaporation
19. Which of the following crop belong to agronomy?
A. Blue gum 27. Name the parts labelled A and C
B. Goats A. Fulcrum and effort
C. Groundnuts B. Effort load
D. Oranges C. Load and fulcrum
20. Why is vegetative cover important in crop production? D. Effort and scissors
A. It provides firewood 28. Where is the fulcrum located in class one levers?
B. It reduces pests A. After load and effort
C. It provides timber B. At the load
D. It conserves soil C. At wedge
D. Between the load and effort
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 29. The following are characteristics of mammals, except
21. The term “Variable” in the scientific investigation A. Lay eggs
means? B. Breast feeding
A. Predicting the solution to problem C. They give birth
B. Collecting information D. Reduce milk
C. Things that can change Study the figure below and use it to answer questions
D. Writing a report of an investigation that follow;
22. Mention 2 effects of drug and substance abuse on the
brain
A. Mental disorder and intoxication
B. Poisoning and regular exercises
C. Eating good meals and injury 30. Name the part labelled Y
D. Death and stomachache A. Micropyle
23. These are sense organs except B. Seed coat
A. Skin and nose C. Hilum
B. Eye and nose D. Radical
C. Tongue and skin 31. Which of the following is responsible for the removal
D. Ear and leg of carbon dioxide in the body?
24. Which of the following is the problem of the tongue? A. Lungs
A. Cold and flue B. Skin
B. Sores C. Kidney
C. Nausea D. Liver
D. Vomiting 32. What name is given to animals that eat plants only?
25. Which of the following are uses of sound? A. Carnivores
A. For community B. Herbivores
B. Change direction of objects C. Omnivores
C. Show the height of objects D. Invertebrates
D. For travelling 33. The heart pumps blood to lungs through ______

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A. Venacava B. Vibrating sound
B. Aorta C. Reflected sound
C. Pulmonary artery D. Loud sound
D. Pulmonary vein Study the diagram in figure below and answer the
34. What is obesity? questions that follow
A. It is the state of becoming excessively fat
B. It is the state of becoming excessively sick
C. It is the state of becoming excessively thin
D. It is the state of becoming excessively ill
35. Which of the following membranes protect the unborn 39. Name the part labeled P
baby? A. Midrib
A. Ammonic membrane B. Apex
B. Cervical membrane C. Leaf blade
C. Synovial membrane D. Lamina
D. Uterus membrane 40. Describe the function of stomata in leaves
36. Why are rollers used in inclined planes? A. To allow sunlight to enter the flowers
A. To increase friction B. To manufacture food for the plant
B. To stop the object from moving C. Allow soil nutrients to get absorbed by the roots
C. To obtain a higher mechanical advantage D. To allow water and air pass in and out of the plant
D. To make the object move very slowly
37. The separation of liquid mixtures with components of
different boiling points is called?
A. Filtration
B. Evaporation 41. Which letter represents a cell
C. Decanting A. X
D. Distillation B. Z
38. Define echo C. W
A. High pitched sound D. Y

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

AGRICULTURE
42. a) Give any two activities carried out during land preparation
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b) List down any two factors to consider when choosing a site for a fish pond
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c) Explain the following terms;
i. Quarantine ________________________________________________________________________________
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ii. Transplanting ______________________________________________________________________________
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d) What term is used to describe the act of putting live fish in a pond?
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43. a) Arrange the following crops into food crops and cash crops; Cotton, Cassava, Sunflower, Maize
Food crops Cash crops

(4 Marks)
b) List down any two characteristics of exotic trees
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c) Explain any one way in which trees reduce soil erosion
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Table 1 shows an example of physical farm record. Use it to answer question 44.
CROP PLOT HECTARE YIELD (Kg/ha)
Cassava 1 1 2500
Maize 2 1 20000
Sweet potatoes 3 1 25000

44. a) Identify the physical farm record shown above

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b) Which crop had the highest yield
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c) Calculate the amount of money the farmer obtained if maize was sold at K40.00 per kilogram

(4 Marks)
45. a) Mention any one breed of rabbits
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b) Apart from coccidiosis add any one disease of rabbits
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c) Explain the term irrigation
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d) Why is irrigation important? Give two reasons
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46. a) Define fish farming
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b) What are two characteristics of fish species suitable for fish farming?
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c) Why is it important to improve soil fertility? Give any one reason
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d) List down any two activities that are involved in agroforestry management
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

47. a) Define the term ‘stain”
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b) Write down any two examples of mineral stain
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c) State any one property of the following
I. Sound ___________________________________________________________________________ (1 Mark)
II. Light ____________________________________________________________________________ (1 Mark)
d) Describe the use of the following technologies
(i) Projector ________________________________________________________________________ (1 Mark)

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(ii) Periscope _______________________________________________________________________ (1 Mark)
Figure 7 below is a diagram of invertebrate. Use it to answer question 48.

48. a) To which group of invertebrates does the animal belong?

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b) Apart from the animal above. Mention any other two invertebrates which belong to the group that you mentioned in
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c) What are the two disadvantages of the invertebrates
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49. a) What is digestion?
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b) Provide one function of each of the following parts of the human digestive system
i. Colon ___________________________________________________________________________ (1 Mark)
ii. Gall bladder ______________________________________________________________________ (1 Mark)
c) Explain the difference between the following terms solute and solvent
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50. a) List down any two main processes in Laundry
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b) Give any two types of fabrics in which bleaches are used?
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Figure below shows a diagram of a technology. Use it to answer question 51

51. a) Name the technology shown above

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b) Explain the use of the technology
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c) Provide any one disadvantages of the technology above
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52. a) Explain any two effects of food taboos and beliefs
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b) Describe any two good eating habits
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c) Give any one example of the food nutrients
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END OF QUESTION PAPER!!

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