SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY- QUESTION AND MODEL ANSWER PRIMARY SCHOOL SYLLABUS

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

QUESTION AND MODEL ANSWER

S. C. Nsikita

COMPILED BY: SIR STEPHEN NSIKITA-MALUNDANI LEA-MACHINGA

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1. The function of the white blood cells in the B. Changing of liquid to gas
body is to: C. Changing of gas to solid.
A. Transport oxygen D. Changing of gas to liquid.
B. Helps in clotting blood 7. Which part of digestive system stores food
C. Fight against germs for a short period?
D. Transport food. A. Lungs C. small intestines
Study the food chain below and answer the B. Rectum D. stomach.
question that follows. 8. Which of the following is an example of a
sedentary worker?
A. Farmer C. doctor
B. Carpenter D. welder
2. What happen to the frogs if all the snakes Figure 2 below is an electrical symbol.
disappeared? Use it to answer questions 9 and 10.
A. They would feed on grass.
B. They would multiply
C. They would disappear
D. They would not find food. 9. Identify the electrical symbol.
3. The most effective way of controlling A. Cell C. fuse
HIV/AIDs among youth is B. Switch D. wire.
A. Using condoms 10.Which of the following is the function of
B. Abstinence this component in an electric circuit?
C. Being faithful to the partner A. Prevent flow of two much current.
D. Not sharing cuttings. B. Give light
Use figure 1 below to answer the questions 4 C. Used for switching on and
and 5 off
D. Conduct electric current.
11.Where in the body does the absorption of
water take place?
A. In the large intestines
B. In the small intestines
C. In the stomach
4. Through which hole does the water coming D. In the gullet.
out reach the shortest distance. 12.Name the parasite that cause malaria.
A. A C. C A. Trypanosome C. mosquito
B. B D. D. B. Plasmodium D. bacteria
5. Give a reason to the answer given above. 13.Which of the following is the function of
A. Because light travels in a straight hair in the nose.
line. A. For decoration
B. for hearing
B. Because there is low
C. For smelling
pressure at the top.
D. To trap dust.
C. Because there is high pressure at the
14.The following are processes of laundering
bottom.
except
D. Because there is no pressure at D.
A. Mending C. ironing
6. What is meant by ‘Sublimation’?
B. Blowing D. soaking
A. Changing of solid to gas
15.Why are petals brightly coloured?
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A. To beautify flowers 4. Produce large
B. To attract insects for amount of pollen
accidental pollination. A. 1 and 3 C. 2 and 3
C. For fast growth of the plant. B. 1 and 4 D. 2 and 4
D. To accommodate other plants 25.Why should starch be added to cotton
16.Name the classroom technology that can be garments in laundering?
improvised. A. To improve stiffnesss
A. Text books C. ruler B. To maintain size
B. Personal computer D. sickle. C. To improve colour
17.Which of the following fruit and seeds D. To maintain shape
dispersed by water. 26.Which of the following food nutrients when
A. Tecoma C. African daisy included in the diet for children can prevent
B. Coconut D. Guava kwashiorkor?
18.A tiny hole in a seed through which water A. Vitamins C. Carbohydrates
and air enter the seed is called. B. Proteins D. Minerals
A. Embryo C. micropyle 27.Blood should be screened before
B. Hilum D. cotyledon transfusion inorder to
19.Testes are used to produce A. Kill parasite
B. Cool it
A. Vaginal fluid C. Oily liquids
C. Prevent anaemia
B. Mucus D. sperm
D. Supply correct blood
20.Which organ in the body stores excess food
28.Which of the following plants has creeping
A. Liver C. Stomach
stems?
B. Lung D. Kidney
A. Beans C. Cow peas
21.Which of the following is an indirect source
B. Maize D. Sweet potatoes
of light?
Figure 3 is a diagram showing a ray of light
A. Star C. Fire
reflected by a plane mirror. Use it to answer
B. Moon D. Bulb question 29 and 30.
22.Which of the following preservation
technologies removes water from the food?
A. Canning C. Bottling
B. Salting D. Freezing
23.Which of the following in ‘not the effect of
poor nutrition on the nation?
A. Decreased risk of illness
B. High mortality rate among children 29.What is the name of the ray marked M
C. Low standard of living A. Refracted ray
D. Strain on the country’s economy B. Reflected ray
24.Which of the following statement are true C. Incident ray
about insect pollinated flowers? D. Emergent ray
1. Flowers are usually 30.Find angle marked Z if angle marked Y is
small 500
2. Anthers are held A. 900 C. 200
firmly B. 800 D. 400
3. Have bright
coloured petals

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31.AIDS stands for acquired immune A. Melting C. Freezing
deficiency syndrome. What does the term B. Condensation D. Evaporation
syndrome means? 37.How would the change of stage marked K
A. Loss of protection be useful to people?
B. Disease got from other people A. Drying clothes
C. A group symptoms B. Beer brewing
D. Disease caused by virus C. Preservation of food
32.What is the function of calcium in the D. Rainfall formation
human body? 38.Which of the following is the function of
A. To promote tooth growth hairs and mucus in nostrils.
B. To prevent tooth decay A. Sneezing
C. To remove decaying foods between B. protecting nose
teeth C. Smelling
D. To strengthen the teeth D. trap dust & germs
33.What is the function of veins in ‘the human 39.Rickets can be prevented by eating foods
body? They carry blood rich in
A. With oxygen to all parts of the body A. Vitamin D C. Iodine
B. Without oxygen from all B. Vitamin C D. Vitamin A
parts of the body 40.Which of the following is the characteristic
C. Without oxygen to all parts of the body of seed dispersed by animals?
D. With oxygen from all parts of the body A. They have pods
34.Which of the following mixtures can be B. They have hook-like features
separated by filtration? C. They are light
A. Water and sand D. They are denser than water
B. Water and flour 41.The following are examples of laundry
C. Sugar and salt materials except:
D. Petrol and diesel A. bathtub C. soap
35.When sweat on the skin evaporates, the B. bleaches D. water
body cools down because sweat Figure 5 below is a diagram of the eye. Use it
A. Cools down on the skin to answer questions 42 and 43.
B. Enters the body after cooling
C. Carries heat away from the
body
D. Leaves salt on the skin
Figure 4 is a diagram showing change of
states of matter. Use it to answer questions
36 and 37. 42.The part labelled E is called _____
A. Eyelid C. eye lashes
Liquid B. Eye brow D. iris
43.What is the function of the part labelled G
J K A. To control the size of the pupil
B. To allow more light to get in.
C. To protect the eye from dust
Solid and other particles.
D. To decorate the eye.
36.What process is represented by the J
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44.Which of the following is an example of 53.Keeping the shape and size of things is
ball and-socket joint? called
A. Hip C. elbow A. turgidity C. freezer
B. Joints of the neck D. knee B. solid D. sublimation
45.The process whereby green plants make 54.The force of attraction between a rubber
their own food because of light is called pen and small pieces of paper is called
________ A. Gravitation force
A. Photography C. photosynthesis B. Frictional force
B. hypothesis D. pollination C. Attractive force
46.Which of the following is not an example D. Electrostatic force
of direct sources of light? 55.Which of the following stains could be
A. moon C. stars removed by using paraffin?
B. neon worms D. fire flies A. Chewing gum C. Fruit
47.The leaves allow air and water to pass in B. Tar D. Egg
and out of the plant through small openings 56.Which of the following is not the
called composition of blood?
A. Alveoli C. Lamina A. plasma C. veins
B. Petiole D. stomata B. platelets D. red blood cells
48.The following are examples of arthropods 57.Name the blood vessel that carry blood
except: away from the heart
A. Grasshopper C. crab A. veins C. capillaries
B. Octopus D. insects B. valves D. arteries
49.A sudden change of direction of light as it 58.Which of the following stages is the first
moves from one medium to a different stage in scientific investigation?
medium is called _______ A. making prediction
A. reflection C. reflaction B. knowing the problem
B. reflector D. refraction C. making conclusion
50.Which of the following is an example of D. carrying out investigation
mineral fibres? 59.The function of red blood cells in the body
A. asbestos C. silk is to;
B. acetate D. rayon A. transport oxygen
51.A method used to separate liquid mixtures B. fight germs
with components of different boiling points C. dissolve food nutrients
is called ____________ D. help in blood clotting
A. Distillation C. filtration Study figure 6 below and use it to answer
questions 60 to 62.
B. Evaporation D. sieving
52.When you throw a stone upwards, it returns
to the ground. Which of the following
forces causes the stone to return to the
ground?
A. Frictional force
B. electric force 60.What do the part B represents in the
C. Electrostatic force breathing system of a human being?
D. gravitational force A. nostrils C. trachea
B. lungs D. diaphragm
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61.What is the function of part A in the human B. major nutrients the food
circulatory system? contains
A. where gases exchange C. combination of several food dishes
B. air increases through it D. separation of food nutrients
C. air enters through it 69.Which of the following is the good source
D. air expands through it of carbohydrates?
62.What would happen if food particles A. rice C. mpiru
entered part marked A B. meat D. mangoes
A. choking C. strangulation 70.Where does exchange of gases in the lungs
B. smothering D. suffocation take place?
63.Why do elderly meals contain a lot of A. trachea C. epiglottis
minerals and vitamins? B. wind pipe D. air sacs
A. to protect the body from diseases 71.Lack of iodine causes
B. to repair warn out tissues A. marasmus C. goitre
C. to help in digestion B. anaemia D. rickets
D. to build up the body 72.Which of the following are the resources
64.Which part of the body stores excess food? used for making crayons locally?
A. lungs C. kidney
A. candle wax and reeds
B. stomach D. liver
B. stones and reeds
65.Which of the following is an advantage of a C. candle wax and buckets
traditional kitchen over modern ones? D. reeds and water
A. expensive to construct 73.Why is fermentation done in cassava
B. easy and cheap to construct processing?
C. has working surfaces A. to make margarine
D. has enough space B. to remove toxic acid
66.One way of improving the traditional C. to make bread
kitchen is D. to make thobwa
A. storing a lot of items in it 74.Which of the following will help to prevent
B. constructing it near a pit latrine rickets?
C. serving food in the kitchen
A. Vitamin D and calcium
D. constructing a mud stove
B. Vitamin B and iron
with more than one cooking C. Vitamin A and iron
centre D. Vitamin C and calcium
67.Primary processing of food involves 75. Where does fertilization take place in
A. turning basic processed foods into human beings?
new products A. Uterus
B. turning unfinished products B. Fallopian tube
C. changing raw ingredients C. Cervix
for sale, consumption, or D. Vagina
making them ready for 76.Which of the following are the advantages
cooking of a traditional kitchen over a modern
kitchen
D. making jam from fruits
1. It has a working surface
68.Nutritional value of food refers to 2. Easy to maintain
A. major nutrients in the food contains
3. Cheap to construct
4. It has limited space
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A. 1 and 2 83.One example of invertebrate animal is:
B. 1 and 4 A. Dog
C. 2 and 3 B. Snake
D. 3 and 4 C. Man
77.In HIV and AIDS what does the letter D D. Snail
mean? 84.Which of the following vessels carries
A. Protection blood to the liver
B. Signs A. Herpetic artery
C. Lack of B. Pulmonary artery
D. Get from C. Herpetic vein
Figure 6 below is a diagram showing D. Pulmonary vein
changes of state of matter. Use it to answer 85.Animal with jointed legs are known as:
question 78 and 79. A. Molluses
B. Annelida
Solid P Liquid Y C. Nematodes
D. Arthropods
Figure 7 below is a diagram showing
78.What process is presented by letter P? method of family planning use it to answer
A. Melting questions 86 and 87.
B. Freezing Fallon tube
C. Condensation cut and tied
D. Evaporation
79.How could the change of state of matters
labelled Y be useful to human beings
A. Drying clothes
B. Brewing beer
C. Forming rain Q
D. Preserving food
80.Which of the following technologies are not
used for sending and receiving message?
A. Cellphone and computers 86.What is the name of this method in family
B. Radio and cellphones planning?
C. Computer and fax machine A. Norplant
D. Winnower and catapult B. Tubal ligation
81.What method of cooking food would C. Spermicides
require preheating the oven? D. Vasectomy
A. Roasting 87.What name is given to the part marked Q?
B. Steaming A. Oviduct
C. Boiling B. Ovary
D. Baking C. Vagina
82.Which method would be used to separate a D. Uterus
mixture of salt and water? 88.Which of the following factors affect the
A. Filtration speed at which a substance dissolved?
B. Evaporation 1. Size of particles
C. Hand picking 2. Temperature of the solvent
D. Winnowing 3. Size of container
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4. Rate of stirring D. Water from all the holes
A. 1, 2 and 3 would flow constantly
B. 1, 2 and 4 93.The following statement are true about
C. 1, 3 and 4 insect pollinated flowers expect
D. 2, 3 and 4 A. Flowers are usually small
89.Which of the following can prevent the B. Anthers are held firmly
spread of cholera? C. Have bright coloured petals
A. Eating balanced diet D. Produce small amount of pollen
B. Washing hands before eating
94.Which of the following foods provide the
C. Draining stagnant water body with energy?
D. Keeping patients in well A. Fish
ventilated room B. Beans
90.Which stage of mosquito is easier to control C. Honey
its breading? D. Pumpkin leaves
A. Adult 95.What name is given to the animals that eat
B. Larvae other animals?
C. Pupa A. Omnivores
D. Egg B. Carnivores
Figure 9 is a diagram of experiments in C. Herbivores
which leaners poured water in a tin which D. Invertebrates
had holes as positioned. Use it to answer 96.Which of the following is a method of
questions 91 and 92. cooking food?
A. Frying
B. Cooking nsima
01 C. Dissolving
02
D. Distillation
Figure 10 shows technologies that can be
03 made locally at home. Use it to answer
questions 97 and 98.
04

91.Through which hole does the water come

out reach shortest distance?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 1 Figure 10
92.What would be the effect of pouring more 97.Which of the following is the use of the
water into a tin until it is filled? figure above?
A. Water from all the holes reach a longer A. Cooking food
distance than before B. Drawing water
B. Water from all the holes would reach C. Washing clothes
the same distance as before D. Pounding cereals
C. Water from all the holes would reach
the same distance 98.Give one negative effect of the technology
above
A. It serves environment
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B. It beautifies the area 105. Why should blood be screened before
C. It helps people to grind their grains transfusion?
D. It encourages deforestation A. To kill parasites
99.Which of the following organs regulate the B. To cool it
amount of food transported by blood C. To supply correct blood
A. Lungs D. To prevent anaemia
B. Heart 106. Which muscle is responsible for causing
C. Liver the arm to bend?
D. Kidney A. Biceps
100. Which of the following is a way through B. Ligaments
which a fish moves? C. Tendons
A. Swimming D. Triceps
B. Walking 107. The following are the properties of light
C. Bending except
D. Moving A. Travels in a straight line
Figure 11 is a diagram showing changes B. Can be absorbed
of state of matter. Use it to answer C. Can be refracted
questions 101 and 102. D. Spread in all directions
108. What could be the problem of fishing
nets as a technology used in communities?
Figure 11 A. Requires animals e.g. cattle
B. It is too slow for processing
101. What process is represented by letter P C. Can be too expensive
A. Freezing D. Has limited capacity
B. Melting 109. Why should starch be added to cotton
C. Condensation garments in laundering?
D. Evaporation A. To maintain shape
102. How could the change of state of matter B. To improve stiffness
labeled Y used to human beings? C. To maintain size
A. Forming rain D. To improve colour
B. Drying clothes 110. Which of the following statement are
C. Preserving food true about insect pollinated flowers?
D. Brewing beer i. Flowers are usually small
103. A substance in which other substance ii. Anthers are held firmly
dissolves is called iii. Have bright coloured petals
A. Solute iv. Produce large amounts of pollen
B. Solution A. ii and iii
C. Suspension B. i and iv
D. Solvent C. ii and iv
104. Which of the following parts of a D. i and iii
computer is used to enter information into
111. How the unborn baby does gets food
the processor?
substances from mother’s blood in the
A. Cursor
placenta?
B. Monitor
C. Mouse A. By means of diffusion
B. By blood securation
D. Keyboard
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C. By digestive system
D. By fertilization
112. The following is an example of
Arthropods except
A. Crabs
B. Spiders
C. Millipedes
D. Amoeba
113. Which of the following are examples of 118. Name the family planning method
shown above?
parts of human breathing system?
A. Spermicides
A. Aorta and veins
B. Inter uterine device
B. Tranchea and wind pipe
C. Norplant
C. Alveoli and tranchea
D. Diaphragm
D. Alveoli and arteries
114. Which of the following diseases is 119. Which method can be used to separate a
mixture of salt and water?
caused by lack of vitamin A?
A. Filtration
A. Anaemia
B. Hand picking
B. Goitre
C. Winnowing
C. Syphilis
D. Evaporation
D. Night blindness
Study the figure 12 below; and use it to
115. What term is given when one predicts or
answer question 103
guesses the answer to a question?
A. Variable
B. Investigation
C. Hypothesis
120. What will happen to the magnets shown
above?
D. Conclusion
A. They will repel
116. Which of the following is the function
B. They will attract each other
of veins?
A. Blood vessels which carries blood away C. Nothing will happen
from the heart D. North and south poles
B. Blood vessels which pump blood 121. Which of the following are the main
categories of methods of cooking?
C. Blood vessels which carry
A. Baking and boiling
blood to the heart B. Moist and dry
D. Pulmonary veins and artery C. Steaming and stewing
117. Which of the following are types of D. Frying and moist
vegetarian?
122. Which of the following are examples of
A. Lacto and strict
ball and socket joint?
B. Cheese and yoghurt
C. Lacto and animals A. Shoulder and hip
B. Movable and immovable
D. Strict and religion
C. Wrist and skull
Study the figure 12 below; and use it to
D. Shoulder and biceps
answer question 118
123. What name is given to the liquid created
after the process of distillation?
A. Filtrate
B. Distillate

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C. Sieving 129. The symbol shown above
D. Condenser represent_____
124. Which of the following are technologies A. Bulb
for conserving the environment? B. Fuse
i. Solar driers ii. Biogas iii. A frame iv. C. Switch
Paper recycling D. Parallel
A. i and ii 130. A substance that dissolves in another
B. ii and iv substance is called________________
C. iv and i A. Solute
D. all of the above B. Solvent
125. Which of the following fruits is C. Mixture
dispersed by wind? D. Solution
A. Black jack Study figure 14 below and answer question
B. Tridax 131
C. Coconut
D. Boehevia
126. Where does exchange of gases occur in
lungs?
A. Air sack
B. Pleural sack
C. Trachea
D. Gullet 131. What type of climbing stem is shown in
127. Which of the following is a negative the figure above?
effect of improving the quality of products? A. Stem twines
A. Help to build confidence B. Stem with tendrils
B. Look attractive C. Climbing stem using tendrils
C. Products become expensive D. Banana suckers
D. Clay pot and decorated mortar 132. Which of the following is an example of
128. Why does a pregnant woman need a lot a manual worker?
of calcium and phosphorus? A. Farmer
A. Formation of new tissues B. Teacher
B. Development of bones and C. Doctor
cartilages D. Engineer
C. Formation of red blood cells 133. When a bottle of perfume is brought
D. Milk eggs and dry fish into a room and opened, the perfume is
Study figure13 below and answer the smelt at any point in the room. This shows
questions that follow that gases?
A. has small particles
B. increase in volume
C. flow in all directions
D. cannot be compressed

134. (a) What do you understand by the term scientific investigation?

 A scientific investigation is a process in which one designs and carries
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b. Learners observed that bees were flying around the flowers. Their teacher asked them to carry out
a scientific investigation to find out why bees visit flowers?

i. Name the problem to be investigated.

 Why do bees flying around the flowers
ii. State the second and third steps the learners would use when conducting the investigation.
 Second step: -making a prediction
 Third step: -planning the investigation
c. How can one separate the following mixture
 Water and paraffin: decanting
 Salt and water: Evaporation
 Sand and metal objects: Magnetism
135. Figure 15 shows a setup of an experiment to find out one of the necessary conditions for
seed germination. Use it to answer questions that follow

Figure 15
i. What condition for seed germination is being investigated?
 air
ii. Why was boiled water used?
 To remove air
iii. Why was oil added in bottle B?
 To prevent air from entering the bottle
136. Classify the following plants into “flowering” and “non – flowering” plants.
Beans, mangoes, fungi, tomatoes, and ferns.
Flowering plants non – flowering plants
 Beans fungi
 mangoes ferns
 tomatoes
137. State any two advantages of a parallel circuit.
 The components can be controlled separately
 Each component uses the total voltage from the source
138. Explain any one danger of light energy to people.
 death
a. Explain the difference between “erect” and “underground stem”
 Erect stems stand upright.
 Underground stems grow under the ground.
b. Give two examples of leaf arrangements
 Alternate

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 Spiral
 Whorled
 opposite
139. Give any two cultural practices that can lead to the spread of HIV and AIDS.
 Chimwana mayi
 Wife inheritance
 Kusasa fumbi
Figure 16 shows a lever machine. Use it to answer the question 140.

140. a. Name the machine above

 Crowbar
b. What name is given to point X
 Fulcrum
c. Why is the machine important?
 Helps to lift objects
141. a. Give any one function of each of the following input devices of a computers
 Key board- is used to enter information into the processor.
 Mouse- It is moved around and controls an arrow that is known as a
cursor which appears on the computer screen
d. State any two disadvantages of information technology
 increased unemployment rate in some sectors due to reduced demand
for human labour
 exposure to health risks
 the high cost of advanced technologies
142. (a). Explain any one effect of food taboos on pregnant women
 It can cause health problems e.g Malnutrition
(b). Classify the following foods into proteins and carbohydrates: beans, rice, caterpillars and bread
 Proteins –beans, caterpillars
 Carbohydrates – Bread, Rice
143. (a). Mention two types of vegetarians
 lacto- vegeterians and strict vegeterians
(b). Give any two reasons why some people become vegetarians
 Religion
 Health
 Animal welfare
 Taste
 Allergy

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Figure 17 is a diagram of simple machines. Use it to answer question 144

144. a. Name the simple machines labeled X and Y

 X- screw
 Y- wedge
b. Define the term “Machine”
 A machine is anything that makes work easily
c. Give any four examples of simple machines
 inclined plane, lever, pulleys, wedge, screw and wheel and axle

145. (a). Explain any one factor that affect the solubility of kitchen salt
 Size of particles – small particles of substances dissolve faster than
large ones of the same substance because small particles provide large
surface area to the water
(b). Give any two examples of natural fibre
 Plant fibres – cotton and linen
 Animal fibres – wool, silk and leather
 Mineral fibres – fiberglass, aluminum and asbestos
146. (a). Name any two types of joints
 Inclined plane
 Lever
 Pulley
 Wedge
 Screw
 Wheel and axle
(b). State any two effects of drug and substance abuse
 Mental disorders
 Poisoning
 Suffocation
 Intoxication
 Damage of nerve cells and brain cells
 Injury
 Depression
 Death
147. a. State any one example of protozoa
 amoeba, trypanosome, plasmodium
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b. Classify the following animals as being vertebrates or invertebrates; snail, chicken, dog and arts
 Vertebrates: Chicken, dog,
 Invertebrates: snail, arts
148. a. State any one way of producing sound energy.
 beating, scratching, plucking and blowing objects
b. Mention one way of cleaning the kitchen
 sweeping around the kitchen area, mopping the kitchen
c. List any two causes of common accident
 poisonous gases
 cut from a sharp object
 plastic bag put over the head
Figure 18 below is a diagram showing a longitudinal section of the human heart

X
Z

149. a. Name the part labelled X

 pulmonary artery
b. State the function of the part labelled Z
 takes blood away from the heart to the rest of the parts of the body
c. Explain the effect on a human being if the heart stopped pumping blood
 the person will die.
150. Table below shows how a leaner classified food items
Protective food Energy giving food Body building food
Potatoes and bonongwe Pawpaw, mice Grasshopper

a. Name any one food item which was wrongly classified

 Mice
b. Classify the food item correctly
 Protective: bonongwe, potatoes
 Energy given: pawpaw
 Body building: Grasshopper, mice

151. Study the figure 7 below and answer questions that follow

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K

L
M

a. Name the parts labelled K, L and M

 K: petals L: anther M: sepals
b. What is the function of the part labelled K?
 Attracts pollination agents such as birds and insects
c. Name the substance produced from part labelled L
 Pollen grain
152. a. Name any two invertebrates that undergo incomplete metamorphosis
 grasshoppers, bugs, termites and cockroaches
b.. List any one method of family planning
 Contraceptive pill - Diaphragm
 Vasectomy - Natural Method
 Condom - Intra-uterine device
 Spermicides - Norplant
 Tubal ligation
c.. Name the two types of fabric in which bleaches are used
 Natural fabric and synthetic fibres
153. (a). Define the term Energy.
 Energy is the ability to do work.
(b). Copy the table below and fill in the uses of energy.
TYPE OF USES OF ENERGY
ENERGY
(i). Sound  For communication
 For entertainment
 For giving warning signals
 For telling time
 For mating in animals
 For determining the depth of water bodies or distance
between two places
 For showing happiness
 For expressing sorrow

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(ii). Light  helping in seeing
 for security: light helps to keep enemies away
 for photosynthesis
 egg production
 production of electricity
 plant growth and flowering
 photography/video/filming
 production of Vitamin D in the body
(c). Give any one danger of light energy
 it can cause accidents and death
154. (a).Describe two effects of premarital sex.
 Unplanned pregnancies
 Contracting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
 Early marriages
 Poor performance at school
 Dropping out of school
(b). Explain any two functions of roots.
 The roots hold the plant in the soil.
 Roots take in water and mineral salts from the soil which is conducted
to the leaves through the stem
(c). Why leaves are important to a plant.
 The roots hold the plant in the soil. Roots take in water and mineral
salts from the soil which is conducted to the leaves through the stem
Figure 19 is a diagram showing a family planning method. Use it to answer questions that
follow

155. (a). Name the family planning method marked K.

 Diaphragm in position
(b). Explain how does the family planning method mentioned above help to prevent
pregnancy.

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 It prevents sperms from entering the uterus
(c). State two signs and symptoms of pregnancy in human being.
 Menstruation stops to occur
 Morning sickness
 Increase in body weight
 Enlargement of breasts and abdomen
156. (a). Which group of vertebrate does a dog belongs.
 Mammals
(b). State two ways in which the animal mentioned above protects itself from enemies.
 Biting
 Running away
(c). Explain any two effects of drug and substance abuse on the brain.
 Mental disorders
 Poisoning
 Suffocation
 Intoxication
 Damage of nerve cells and brain cells
 Death
157. (a). Mention two types of vegetarians
 lacto- vegeterians and strict vegeterians
(b). Define the term variables.
 A variable is anything that can change.
(c). List down any one type of toy
 Wooden toys
 Paper toys
 rubber toys
158. (a). Give two materials which can be used to make improvised chalkboard ruler.
 Saw, adzes
(b). State two characteristics of mammals.
 Having mammary glands (breasts)
 Hair or fur on the body
 resence of external ears with a soft flap called the pinna
 Bearing live young ones

(c). Why some animals are called vertebrates.

 They have a back bone
159. a. Name two main types of kitchens?
 i. modern kitchen ii. Traditional kitchen
b. Give two strengths of a traditional kitchen?
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 cheap to construct
 easy to maintain
a. Mention one common disease of children under the age of five?
 Cuts, suffocation
b. State two effects of common diseases of children?
 suppression of growth and developments
 death
Study figure 20 below and answer the questions that follow

160. a. Name the parts labelled A and B?

 A=pulmonary artery
 B=tendons
b. Give one function of the B?
 prevents flaps of valves turning inside out
c. Explain what happens to blood when it is circulating throughout the body?
 There is excretion of waste products
 Diffusion of digested food particles around the intenstines from where
they are transported to the liver
161. a. Name two examples of animal stains?
 egg, milk, blood and perspiration
b. Explain the similarities between baking and roasting food?
 They are both dry methods of cooking food
 The flavour of the food is attractive
Use the figure 21 below to answer the questions that follow

162. a. In which container will the mixture dissolve faster?

 B

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b. Give a reason for your answer
 the particles are small in size
c. State two effects of destroying the environment?
 Desertification
 Global warming
 Soil erosion
 Outbreak of diseases
 Low agricultural output leading to famine
163. a. Name one material used when making a solar heater?
 Black paint and charcoal paste
 1 cup of glue
 A knife
 2 cardboard boxes, one slightly bigger than the other
b. Explain two reasons why a parallel circuit is better than a series circuit?
 the components can be controlled separately
 each component uses the total voltage from the source
164. a. Give two functions of a skeleton?
 Giving support to the body
 Protecting some delicate parts of the body such as heart, lungs, brain
and the spinal cord
 Assisting in locomotion
 Giving shape to the body
b. Why is family planning important? Give two reasons
 it helps to improve the well-being of families
 women can protect themselves from unplanned pregnancies which
can help reduce the number of maternal deaths
 it helps to save the lives of children because parents can properly take
care of them
c. Mention two groups of invertebrates?
 Protozoa, worms, molluscs and arthropods
165. a. Give any two agents of pollination(MANEB 2017)
 bees, butterflies, birds, wind and water.
b. state any two characteristics of wind pollinated flowers.
 Flowers are usually small
 Anthers hang loosely so that pollen can be blown away easily
 Large quantities of light pollen grains are produced
166. a. Give any two ways of caring for a baby
 Immunization against diseases
 Following good feeding habit
 Adequate sleep
 Diagnosis and treatment of infections
b. Explain any two factors to consider when planning meals for old people
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 an adequate supply of calcium and vitamins is needed for healthy
bones and to prevent infections
 iron is needed as elderly people may suffer from anaemia.
 Meals should contain more fruits, vegetables and less fat.
 Meals should be served attractively
167. a. give any one function of leaves in plants
 make plant food from water and carbon dioxide using sunlight in a
process called photosynthesis.
b. construct a food chain for the following living things: birds, green grass, people and grasshopper
 green grass grasshopper Birds People
168. a. figure 22 below is a diagram of the human ear. use it to answer questions that follow
R P

(i). Name the parts labelled P and R

 P= ear lobe (pinna)
 R=ear canal (auditory canal)
(ii). What is the function of the part labelled P
 directs sound into the ear canal
b.. state any two ways of caring for the ear.
 Avoiding loud sounds
 using a wet cloth to clean the outer ear
 Avoiding using sharp objects to poke the ear
169. Explain how each of the following indigenous technologies could be improved.
 An arrow: by using a piece of bamboo fitted with feathers at the tail for
stability when it is released
 A pestle: by carving the middle part for easy grip and handling
170. a. Define the following terms
 (i). Invalid: are people who are ill.
 (ii). Vegetarians: are people who do not eat meat, or animal products
b. State two reasons why people become vegetarians
 Religion
 Health
 Animal welfare
 Taste
 allergy

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