FIRST EDITION- 2019

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 PAPER ONE
INTEGRATED SCIENCE DIAGRAM TEST

1. a) Define the term digestion

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b) Name parts marked with letters

i) C ____________________________
ii) E _______________________________
c) What class of food is digested in part marked B?
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2. Below is a diagram of a tooth use it to answer questions that follow

a) Name parts marked

i) X ________________________________
ii) ii) Y ________________________________
b) State the importance of parts marked
i) W________________________________________________
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ii) Z__________________________________________________
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3. Use the diagram below of an egg and answer the questions that follow

a) Name parts marked

i) A ________________________________
ii) ii) B ________________________________
b) Why is an egg shell porous?
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c) Which part of an egg acts as a source of proteins for the embryo?
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4. Below is a diagram of a root

a) Name the above root system

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b) Name part marked J
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c) State the importance of part marked with letter J
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d) Name the part of a root that protect it when growing
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5. Use the diagram below of a fish to answer questions that follow

a) Name parts marked

i) W ________________________________
ii) ii) X _______________________________
b) State the function of part marked Z
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c) State the importance of scales on a fish
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6. The diagram below shows a mushroom, use it to answer questions that
follow

a) Name parts marked with letters

i) S _________________________________
ii) ii) V _______________________________

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 b) State the function of parts marked T
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c) Under what group of organisms does a mushroom belong?
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7. The diagram below shows a worm, use it to answer questions that follow

a) Name parts marked G and I

i) G_______________________________
ii) I ___________________________________
b) State the function of part marked H
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c) Name the worm drawn above
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8. Below is a diagram of a thermometer, use it to answer questions that
follow.
a) Name parts marked X and Z
i) X___________________
ii) Z___________________
b) State the function of part
marked Y
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c) Why does a health worker shake a clinical thermometer before using it?
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9. Below is the alimentary canal of a bird, use it to answer questions that

follow

a) Name parts marked B and C

i) B ___________________ii) C ________________________
b) State the importance of parts marked B and D
i) B_______________________________________________
ii) D________________________________________________
10. The diagram below shows the percentage of air in the atmosphere

a) What is air?
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b) Name the components of air marked
with letters A and C
i) A____________________

ii) C ___________________

c) Name any one process that uses gas marked by letter D

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11. The diagram below shows the changes of states of matter, use it to
answer the questions that follow.

a) Name the state of matter marked with letter A

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b) Name the processes marked with letters X and Y
i) X _____________________ii) Y ______________________
c) State any one importance of process marked Z
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12. Below is a diagram of a maize grain, use it to answer the questions that
follow

a) Why is a maize grain called a fruit?

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b) Name parts marked with letters L and O
i) L ______________________ii) O______________________
c) State the importance of part marked with letter M
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13. The diagram below shows a vacuum flask, use it to answer the questions
that follow.

a) Name part marked X

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b) How do the parts below prevent heat loss in a vacuum flask
i) W
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ii) Y _________________________________________________
c) State the function of part marked Z.
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14. Below is an experiment about soil.

a) What is the experiment about?

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b) Name soil sample marked X and Y
i) X _______________________ii) Y_____________________
c) State the importance of soil sample Z
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15. The diagram below shows the respiratory system of humans, use it to
answer questions that follow.

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 a) Name parts labeled by letters B and C
i) B _____________________ii) C _______________________
b) State the importance of part marked A
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c) Name any one immunisable disease of the above system
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PAPER TWO
SECTION A
1. Name any one state of matter.
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2. Give any one example of a warm blooded animal.

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3. Identify any one exotic breed of rabbits.

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4. Why should people keep their bodies clean?

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5. Of what importance are reptiles to people?

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6. How is a dicotyledonous seed different from a monocotyledonous seed apart from

difference in germination?
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7. The diagram below is about air;

What does the diagram above illustrate about air?

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8. In which one way is water from an unclean source dangerous to people?

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9. Which disease attacks bones and muscles in people?

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10.Name any one block in Food Path.

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11.How does sound travel through solids?

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12.The diagram below shows a bird’s foot.

Name the type of bird with the foot shown above.

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13.Give any one example of a bird with such a foot.

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14.In the space below, draw a compound fracture.

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15.How can an individual participate in promotion if Primary Health Care?
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16.Give the function of the gas given out by plants during photosynthesis to man.
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17.Give any one way in which bacteria is useful to farmers.

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18.How is pouring oil on soil dangerous to living organisms in the soil?

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19.Why is loam soil the best soil for growing crops?

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20.State any one effect of excessive diarrhea to a child.

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21.What causes tooth decay?

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22.Give any one importance of feathers to man.

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23.State any one structural difference between a cock and a hen.

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24.State the difference between mass and weight of an object.
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25.What is rehydration?
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26.Why do we boil drinking water?
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27.Identify any one example of an immunisable disease caused by a virus.
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28.Name the enzyme that digests fats in the body.
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29.Mention any one drug that is commonly abused in your community.
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30.Give any one example of amphibians.
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31.How is germination similar to sweating?
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32.State one way you can identify a poisonous snake.
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33.Convert 400C to 0F

34.Where does digestion of food end in man?

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35.Mention one substance that exists in all the three states of matter.
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36.What causes trachoma?
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37.Mention any one natural source of heat.
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38.Mention any one product got from sheep.
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39. Give one reason why worker bees are unable to reproduce.
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40.How do birds reproduce?
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SECTION B
41.a) What are poultry vices?
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b) Mention one example of poultry vices.
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c) Identify any one system of rearing poultry in Uganda.
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d) Give one reason why farmers should keep farm records.
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42.a) Mention any two advantages of breast feeding.
i) ___________________________________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________________________________
b) Give one reason why breast milk is regarded as the best food for babies.
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c) At what age should a mother wean her baby?
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43. Use the diagram below of an egg to answer questions that follow.

a) Name parts marked:

B: _____________________________ C: ______________________________________
b) Why is part marked A porous?
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c) Name the food value obtained from eating eggs.
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44.a) What is mulching?
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b) State two advantages of mulching.
i) _______________________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________________
c) Mention one example of materials that can be used to mulch gardens.
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45.a) What is immunity?
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b) Mention two ways of acquiring immunity.
i) ______________________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________________
c) Identify the component of blood responsible for immunity.
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46.a) Mention any two characteristics of birds.
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 i) ___________________________________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________________________________
b) Identify any two groups of birds.
i) _______________________________________________________________________
ii) ______________________________________________________________________
47.a) What causes malaria?
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b) State three ways of preventing the spread of malaria in your home.

i) _______________________________________________________________________

ii) _____________________________________________________________________

iii) ___________________________________________________________________

48. The diagrams below show types of soils.

a) Identify the types of soil with the particles shown in

A: _____________________________ B: ______________________________________

C: ______________________________

b) Give one way soil is formed.

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49.a) What is food preservation?
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b) List down two methods of preserving food.

i) _______________________________________________________________________

ii) ______________________________________________________________________

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 c) Why should food be preserved?
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50.a) Define the term vertebrates.
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b) Why is a bat called a mammal?
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c) Give any two groups of animals that are warm blooded.

i) ______________________________________________________________________

ii) ______________________________________________________________________

51. Match the vectors correctly to the diseases they spread.

Vectors Diseases
Blackfly Rabies
Housefly Malaria
Infected dog River blindness
Anopheles mosquito Dysentery
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52. The diagram below shows a method of finding volume.

a) Identify the method of finding volume shown above.

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b) Name the containers marked A and B.

A: ________________________________ B: __________________________________

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 c) What is the volume of the stone (Y)

53.a) Write ORS in full.

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b) Give any two substances used to make ORS.

i) _________________________________ ii) _____________________________

c) Mention one mineral salt lost by the body during dehydration.

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54.a) Explain the term soil erosion.

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b) Mention one type of soil erosion.

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c) Give any two methods of controlling soil erosion.

i) _______________________________________________________________________

ii) ______________________________________________________________________

55.a) State the role if the following bees in a hive.

i) Drones :
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ii) Worker bees:
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iii) Queen bee:
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b) Give one reason why a hive should have a queen excluder.
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 PAPER THREE
SECTION A (4O MARKS)

1. Give any one example of a Healthy life style.

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2. How does bush burning lead to soil erosion?
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3. How are chlamydia germs dangerous to humans?
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4. Mention one crop that stores food in the swollen underground stem.
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5. In which one way are bacteria useful to people?
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The diagram below shows a process in plants. Use it to answer questions 6 and 7

6. Name the process above.

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7. Why does the polythene bag used in the above diagram swell?
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8. Why do people urinate less during hot days than cold days?
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9. Why is top soil good for crop growing?
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10. How is eating Iron – rich foods important to a P.7 pupil?
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11. Name one organism that feeds saprophytically.
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12. Which component of air is used in fire extinguishers?
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13. What scientific name is given to the larvae stage of a butterfly?
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14. Identify any one block in a town food path.
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15. Use an arrow on the diagrams below to show cross pollination

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16. Apart from a skin, name one other excretory organ.
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17. Cite one way in which reflection is applied in our daily life.
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18. Name any one method of demagnetizing magnets.
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19. Identify one way through which a thermos flask controls heat loss.
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20. Why are mothers encouraged to breast feed their new born babies exclusively
for the first six months?
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21. How can farmers prevent their bees from swarming?
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22. State any one way through which contagious diseases are spread.
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23. Why is it important to maintain good posture when eating food?
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24. How are farm records important to farmers?

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25. Of what importance are earth worms in soil formation?
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26. A part from breast feeding, name one natural method of child spaceing.
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27. State the use of the property of air below to a P.7 candidate.
water

Glass

Card board

Air pressure
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28. Give any one example of a product derived from goats.
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29. How does slashing tall grass near our homes control malaria?
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30. Which element of PHC is promoted when a pregnant woman visits a hospital for
antenatal care?
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31. State one way in which a spider is similar to a housefly.
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32. Benjamin crushed ginger and Calvin smelt it in the next room. Name the
process that enabled Calvin to smell the ginger.
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33. Convert 300C to OF.

34. How is a moth able to pollinate flowers at night?

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35. Which type of energy is possessed by a box placed on a table?
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36. Name one viral disease that attacks cassava.
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37. The diagram below shows part of the human ear.

How useful is it to people?

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38. How can a mother ensure food security for her home.
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39. Which type of soil has the highest capillarity?
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40. State one body organ important in regulation of body temperature
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SECTION B (60 MARKS)

41. a) Name one energy resource people get from plants.
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b) State any two ways of caring for plants as energy resources.
i)__________________________________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest one practical way to conserving trees as energy resources.
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42. Pretty who weighs 90kg sat 3m on a see saw to balance with Hannah who
weighs 54kg.
a) Draw a sketch to show the positions of the two girls (2marks)

b) How far is Pretty from Hannah? (2marks)

43. a) Why should each parent own a child health card

i) __________________________________________________________________________

ii)__________________________________________________ ________________________
b) Name two viral Immunizable diseases
i)_______________________________________________ ___________________________
ii)_______________________________________________ ___________________________
43. a) Cite one use of soil to man.
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42 Suggest one disadvantage of artificial fertilizers.
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43 Apart from artificial fertilizers, state any other two ways of improving soil fertility.

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ii)___________________________________________________________________
44. The diagram below shows a thumb piano. Use it to answer questions
that follow.

K R

a) Name the type of musical instrument shown above.

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b) Of the two metal plates K and R, which one produces the highest pitch?
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c) Give a reason to support your answer in (b) above

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45. a) State the main role of each of the following bees in a hive.
i) Drones_______________________________________________________________
ii) Worker bees __________________________________________________________
b) Why does a bee harvester need a bee veil?
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c) Name one example of a modern bee hive.
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46. a) How is burning similar to rusting?
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b) Give any one example of each of the following changes.
i)biological changes _______________________________________________________
ii)physical changes ________________________________________________________

c) Name the physical process that takes place when a gas changes directly into a
solid. _________________________________________________________________________

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47. a) State the gestation period of a sow.
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b) List down two common breeds of pigs kept in Uganda.
i)_________________________________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________________________________
c) Why is a pig sty made slanting?
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48. The diagram below shows a charcoal stove. Use it to answer questions that
follow.

State the roles of holes on the diagram labeled;

i)K_________________________________________________________________________

ii)P_________________________________________________________________________
a) Name one form of energy produced when a charcoal stove is in use.
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b) How is a charcoal stove dangerous to the environment?
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49. a) Why do pregnant women need proteins in their diet?
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b) Why should breast feeding mothers take a lot of fluids?
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c) Suggest one major nutrient a diet of an elderly must contain.
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c) Explain the meaning of the term weaning.

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50. Match the components of blood in list A with their functions in list B

Blood components Functions

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 Transport oxygen
Blood platelets Blood clotting
White blood cells
Body defence
Red blood cells

i) Blood platelets ______________________________________________________

ii) White blood cells ____________________________________________________
iii) Red blood cells______________________________________________________

b) Name any one disease of the circulatory system

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51. a) How do short plants benefit from tall trees around them?
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b) Give any two methods weak plants use to climb other plants.

i)_________________________________________________________ ______________

ii)_______________________________________________________________________

c) Suggest one method of harvesting wood.

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52. a) In a sentence, give the meaning of sanitation?

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b)Give any two principles of Primary Health Care.

i)_________________________________________________________ ______________
ii)_______________________________________________________________________

c) Give any one disease spread to people through poor refuse disposal.

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53. a) What is meant by plant propagation?
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b) Apart from an onion, which other plant is propagated by planting its bulb?
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 c) Name the methods of propagating the following plants.

i)Pineapples____________________________________________________________

ii)White yams____________________________________________________________
54. The diagram below is part of the alimentary canal. Use it to answer
questions that follow.

S Y

a) Name part Y. _________________________________________________________

b) State the function of part labeled S.
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c) Name one food component that enhances proper functioning of the above
system.
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d) State one disease that attacks part labeled P.
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PAPER FOUR
SECTION A
1. What is electricity?
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2. Name the electricity obtained from flowing water.
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3. Identify any one source of direct current electricity.
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4. Name the electrolyte used in a wet cell.
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5. State any one advantage of secondary cells over primary cells.
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6. Name the non-metallic conductor found in the dry cell.
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7. If a torch has two dry cells, calculate the total voltage it uses.

8. State one difference between conductors and insulators.

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9. Why is distilled water not good for drinking?
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10.What are energy resources?
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11.Show the flow if current in the circuit below.

12.How is the work of a fuse different from that of a switch?

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13.What energy change takes place in an electric bulb when in use?
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14.Why is the filament of an electric bulb coiled?
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15.Define a circuit.
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16.Mention any one electrical appliance.
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17.State one importance of electricity.
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18.Give one advantage of using electricity.
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19.How is static electricity different from current electricity?
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20.Name one static electricity in nature.
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21.How does a lightning conductor help to prevent lightning?
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22.Identify any one danger of lightning.
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23.What is magnetism?
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24.Define magnetic material.
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25.Mention one way solar energy can be obtained in the environment.
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26.Give one way the sun is used as an energy source.
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27.Mention any one example of a removable energy source.
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28.Why is the earth called a magnet?
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29.State the main cause of short circuits.
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30.What is a magnet?
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31.Mention any one example of a natural fiber.
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32.Name any one animal used for ploughing.
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33.What is the source of energy for plants to make starch?
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34.How is heat energy important in rain formation?
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35.What is a short circuit?
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36.How can the strength of a magnet be increased?
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37.Mention one property of magnets.
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38.Mention any one example of electrical conductors.
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39.What is magnetism?
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40.Mention one way man uses coal as an energy resource.
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SECTION B
41.a) What are energy resources?
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b) Mention two energy resources from plants.

c) Suggest any one use of wood to our daily life.

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42.a) What is wood conservation?
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b) Identify any two ways of conserving wood.

d) State any advantage of an energy saving stove.

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43.a) Identify the energy changes that take place in the following.
i) Water heater:
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ii) Electric bulb:
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iii) Generator:
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iv) Motor:
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44.a) Define a fuel.
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b) Mention any two examples of wood fuel.

c) Identify any one example of a fossil fuel.

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45.Match items in A with those in B.

A B
Thermal energy Wind
Nuclear energy Sun
Wind power Coal
Solar energy Uranium

i) Thermal energy:
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ii) Nuclear energy:
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iii) Wind power:
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iv) Solar energy:
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46.a) Name the container used for making biogas.
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 b) List down any two materials used in the production of biogas.

c) Name the gas produced in a biogas digester.

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47.a) Mention any two methods of making magnets.

b) Give any two properties of magnets.

48.

a) Identify the method of making magnets shown above.

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b) Name pole marked with letter X.
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c) What happens to the pins at P when the circuit is open?
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d) Give any one way a magnet can lose its magnetism.
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49.Use the following components to draw a simple electric circuit.
i) Bulb ii) Conductor iii) Dry cell

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50.a) Identify any two uses of electricity.

b) Give two advantages of using electricity.

51.

a) Name the property of magnetism drawn above.

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b) Name pole marked with letter X.
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c) Give any one example of a natural magnet.
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d) Identify any one appliance that uses magnets.
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52.a) Suggest any two importance of solar energy in the environment.

b) Why is a solar panel painted with black?

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c) Name the type of energy possessed by flowing water.
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53.a) Give two ways man uses energy resources from wind.

b) Identify any one way wind is important to plants.

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c) State the importance of oxygen during seed germination.
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54. The diagram below shows a certain experiment. Use it to answer questions that follow.

a) What is the experiment about?

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b) What do the following represent in nature?
i) Kettle____________________________________________________________
ii) Heat: _________________________________________________________
55.In four brief sentences, describe an experiment to show that soil contains water.
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 PAPER FIVE
SECTION A:
1. Name one item used for sweeping.
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2. Mention any one member of a nuclear family.
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3. Apart from use of chemicals, give any other way of controlling pests in a
garden
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The diagram below shows parts of a flower.

4. Show with an arrow and letter P the part of the flower which attracts
pollinators?

5. State any one importance of transpiration to plants.

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6. How important is nitrogen to legumes?
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7. Apart from the eggs, mention any other dormant stage in the life cycle of
a butterfly.
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8. What are the standard units for measuring mass?
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9. Give any one way of keeping the body clean.
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10. How do mulches help to control the growth of weeds in a garden?
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11. Give any one example of an annual crop.
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12. The diagram below shows a garden tool.

State the use of the garden tool above to farmers.

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13. Mention one exotic breed of goats that provides people with
mohair.
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14. Give any one way an apiarists can control the swarming of bees.
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15. Apart from killing germs, how else is hydrochloric acid important in
the stomach?
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16. Why can’t a spider be trapped by its own cobweb?
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17. Give any one way AIDS can be spread from one person to another.
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18. Mention any one play material made from banana fibres.
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19. Write P.H.C in full.
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20. The diagram shows a root system.

Mention the type of root system shown in the diagram above.

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21. How is the heart of a bird different from that of a reptile?
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22. State any one danger of plastics in the environment.
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23. Write down any one danger of plants.
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24. What does it mean to classify animals?
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25. State any one sign of a compound fracture.
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26. What type of change is the boiling of an egg?
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27. Why does a plant die when salty water has been poured on its
roots?
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28. Mention the source of papyrus used in making mats
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29. How do birds keep their feathers clean and smooth?
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30. State any one importance of the sun to the environment.
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31. Mention the food value obtained from eating honey.
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32. In which season do farmers irrigate their crops?
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33. What germ causes haemophilus influenza b?
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34. How does keeping fish in a pond help to control malaria in a home?
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The diagram below shows two containers with hot water.

35. Which of the two containers has more heat?

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36. Give a reason for your answer in 35 above.
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37. Give any one importance of rain to crops.
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38. Mention any one group of people considered to be vulnerable.
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39. Which property of air enables a person to suck soda with a straw?
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40. How is culling different from vaccination?
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SECTION B
41. (a) Name any one communicable disease caused by a fungus.
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(b) State the body organ affected by the disease mentioned above
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(c) Give two ways of preventing the spread of the disease mentioned
in 41(b) above.
(i) _______________________________________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________________________________

42. (a) What is seed dormancy?

__________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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(b) Give any two factors that may cause seed dormancy.
(i) _______________________________________________________________
(ii) _______________________________________________________________
(c) How important is water during seed germination?
________________________________________________________________
43. In the table below, part A shows body organs in the body. Part B
shows functions of organs in their wrong order.
A: ORGAN B: FUNCTION
a. Liver Balances the level of water in the body
b. Kidney Stores irons
c. Heart Excretes carbon dioxide
d. Lungs Pumps blood in the body
Select from the table the correct function and write in the space provided
below.
a. Liver: ____________________________________________________________
b. Kidney: __________________________________________________________
c. Heart: ___________________________________________________________
d. Lungs: ___________________________________________________________
44. The diagram below shows an insect. Use it to answer question 44.

(a) Name part marked X

_______________________________________________________________
(b) State the function of part Z to an insect.
_______________________________________________________________
(c) Which part of an insect balances it when flying?
_______________________________________________________________
(d) Give any one characteristic of insects.

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_______________________________________________________________
45. (a) Apart from cassava and beet roots, give two other examples
of root tubers.
i. ________________________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________________________
(b) Mention any one viral disease of cassava.
________________________________________________________________
(c) Give any one way cassava is harvested.
________________________________________________________________
46. The diagrams below show types of teeth. Use them to answer the
following questions.

(a) Name the types of tooth marked S and T

S _____________________________________________________________
T _____________________________________________________________
(b) State the functions of the tooth marked S and T
S______________________________________________________________
T______________________________________________________________
47. (a) What causes ear canker?
__________________________________________________________
(b) Apart from ear canker, mention two other diseases of rabbits.
i. _______________________________________________________
ii. _______________________________________________________
(c) Name any one exotic breed of rabbits kept in Uganda.
_________________________________________________________
48. (a) What do we call the act of suckling milk from the breasts?
________________________________________________________________

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(b) State two advantages of a baby suckling milk from its mother’s
breasts.
i. ________________________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________________________
(c) Give any one disadvantage of a baby suckling milk from its
mother’s breasts.
________________________________________________________________
49. (a) What is photosynthesis?
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
(b) Mention two raw materials needed by plants during Photosynthesis.
i. __________________________________________________________
ii. __________________________________________________________
(c) Give any one way in which plants use starch made during
photosynthesis.
________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a thermos flask. Use it to answer question 50.

50. (a) Name parts labeled B and D

i. B: _______________________________________________________
ii. D: _______________________________________________________
(b) Mention any one material from which part C is made.
________________________________________________________________
(c) Why is part A made out of an insulator?
________________________________________________________________

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51. (a) Give any two way vectors spread germs that cause diseases.
(i) ________________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________________
(b) Mention any two diseases whose germs are spread by vectors.
(i) ________________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________________
52. Vertebrates are animals with a backbone.
Mention four classes of vertebrates.
i. ___________________________________________________________________
ii. ___________________________________________________________________
iii. ___________________________________________________________________
iv. ___________________________________________________________________
53. (a) Give two ways soil loses its fertility
(i) ________________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________________
(b) Mention two ways of preventing soil from losing its fertility.
i. ________________________________________________________________
ii. ________________________________________________________________
54. (a) Name any one place where bacteria are found.
_______________________________________________________________
(b) Give two ways in which bacteria are useful in the environment.
i. _________________________________________________________________
ii. _________________________________________________________________
(c) What name is given to the substances that kill/prevent the growth of
bacteria?
___________________________________________________________________
55. Below are poorly arranged steps of separating a mixture of sand
and salt. Arrange them correctly.
a. Stir until all the salt dissolves
b. Boil the salt solution to dryness

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 c. Put the mixture in a container and add water.
d. Filter the mixture.

Correct steps.
a. ________________________________________________________________
b. ________________________________________________________________
c. ________________________________________________________________
d. ________________________________________________________________

PAPER SIX
SECTION A
1. Give any one common root vegetable used in the preparation of sauce at
home.
_________________________________________________________
2. How is the work of a switch different from that of a fuse in an electric
circuit?
_________________________________________________________
3. Sanitation is the general cleanliness of an area. State any one material /
item used in keeping the environment clean.
_________________________________________________________
Maria’s parents put a potted plant in their sitting room as shown below

4. What attracted the plant towards the window?

_________________________________________________________
5. State any one way in which people can use cow dung and animal urine at
home.
_________________________________________________________

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6. How is a guitar as a musical instrument different from the xylophones?

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________
7. Name any one problem of poor feeding that is common in many rich families
in the city / urban areas.
_________________________________________________________
8. Apart from tree planting, identify any one income generating project at
home.
_________________________________________________________
9. How are houseflies dangerous to the sense of sight?
_________________________________________________________
The sign post below was found in a school compound

10. What does the message on the sign post encourage people in the school
community to do?
_________________________________________________________
11. The water hyacinth is a weed that is dangerous on our lakes. State any one
danger of this weed.
_________________________________________________________
12. How is comparing of prices a good factor to consider before spending money
on any goods or services?
_________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a property of Air.

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13. Which of the balloons has more matter?
_________________________________________________________
14. Give any one advantage of lightning in the environment.
_________________________________________________________
15. In the space provided below, draw a blood cell that is affected by
Malaria parasites.

16. Identify any one perennial crop in Uganda.

_________________________________________________________
17. There are four types of teeth in human beings. Name the two types which
have a similar function.
i)________________________________________________________
ii)_______________________________________________________
The diagram below is of a cylindrical tank

18. How many litres of water can fill the above tank to the brim?

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19. Identify the fungi that help local people in our community in the brewing of
alcohol from sugar and water.
_________________________________________________________
20. State any one economic importance of insects such as mosquitoes,
houseflies, cockroaches and tsetse flies.
_________________________________________________________
21. State any one thing that can go wrong if we do not keep our bodies clean.
_________________________________________________________

The diagram below shows the path of a soccer ball as it travels from
Mess to Neymar Jr.

22. Which force is represented by the arrows?

_________________________________________________________
23. State any one effect of deforestation to wild birds and animals.
_________________________________________________________
24. Name the instrument that you would best use to measure the volume of a
liquid.
_________________________________________________________
25. In the space provided below, draw a seed dispersed by wind

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26. Give any one function of the stomach in humans.
_________________________________________________________
27. What is hibernation?

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

28. There are several pests that attack and destroy root crops in our garden.
State any one method of controlling such pests.
_________________________________________________________
29. State any one property of water
_________________________________________________________
When a glass with cold water with ice was put on a table, water droplets
were seen on the outside of the glass.

30. Which process causes the water droplets on the outside of the glass?
_________________________________________________________
31. Give any one common use of shadows to people and other animals.
_________________________________________________________
32. In which state of matter is ghee at room temperature?
_________________________________________________________
The diagram below is of a bean seed.

33. Name the part marked X.

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34. State the type of weather that people usually manage by wearing gumboots.
_________________________________________________________
35. A safety pin is one common item found in a first aid box. Give any one use of
this item when giving first aid.
_________________________________________________________
36. Identify the group of birds that commonly keep our environment clean and
free from rotting carcasses.
_________________________________________________________
37. Identify any one life skill that may guard you against drug abuse in a
boarding school.

_________________________________________________________

38. State any one difference between a frog and a toad.

_________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________

39. Give any one condition that influences the rate of transpiration in plants.

_________________________________________________________

40. Name the raw material from which local salt can be made.
_________________________________________________________

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

41. a) Give any two ways in which you can be involved in keeping the school
environment clean.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
b) Explain any one way school children can put to good use polythene bags
that have been picked from the school compound.
______________________________________________________
c) Why is it important for the sports teacher to plant grass in patched
areas on the field or play ground?
______________________________________________________
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42. a) What is the cause of the following immunizable diseases?
i) Hepatitis B
_________________________________________________
ii) Haemophilus Influenza b.
_________________________________________________

b) Name the major body organ that is affected by Hepatitis B.

____________________________________________________

c) Which vaccine is given to babies to protect them against Haemophilus

influenza b?

_____________________________________________________

43. There are several processes through which we prepare clean and safe
water for drinking and washing.
a) Name any two of these processes.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
b) Identify any one common water impurity.
_____________________________________________________
c) Why is it important for one to sort clothes before washing them?
_____________________________________________________
44. a) Give any one example of each of the following:-
i) antisocial behaviour
_________________________________________________
ii) sexual deviations
_________________________________________________
b) Give any two community and health problems among young people today.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________

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45. The diagram below shows a tool we use to keep ourselves clean

a) How is the tool above used in keeping ourselves clean?

_____________________________________________________

b) In the absence of the above, what else can you use for the same task?
_____________________________________________________
c) State any two possible dangers of using the above tool at school.
i) ___________________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________________
46. a) A girl used a plastic comb to make her long hair. Name the electricity
she is likely to produce in the process.

_____________________________________________________

b) Name the installation in schools that is used to prevent the electricity

in (a) above from killing students.
_____________________________________________________
c) Give any two ways in which electricity can be used to solve everyday
problems.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
47. The diagram below shows a modern garden tool.

a) Name it _________________________________________

b) Give any two uses of the above tool on a farm.

i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
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 c) State any one advantage of the above compared to the other local
tools.
_____________________________________________________
48. a) State any one similarity between coal and petroleum as energy
resources.
_____________________________________________________
b) Give any one use of each of the above energy resources to people.
i) Petroleum________________________________________
ii) Coal_____________________________________________
c) Write down one use of biogas at home.
_____________________________________________________
49. a) State any two disadvantages of air.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
b) Why is it important for a family to harvest water?
_____________________________________________________
c) Mention any one danger of rain on soil
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
50. a) Give any two domestic animals that neither give us milk nor meat.
i)________________________________________________________

ii) _______________________________________________________
b) State any one importance of keeping any of the animals you have given
in (a) above.
_________________________________________________________
c) Name one wild hoofed animal with an even number of toes.
_________________________________________________________

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51. Rods made of different materials were fixed into a trough with hot
water. The rods has wax on them and the arrows show the extent to
which wax melts.

a) Which of the rods is the best conductor of heat?

____________________________________________________
b) Which rod is the lowest conductor of heat?
_____________________________________________________
c) What does the above experiment show?
_____________________________________________________
d) How do people in your community use conduction of heat to solve their
day to day problems?
_____________________________________________________
52. Some people in Uganda keep rabbits to get income and meat.
a) Give any two ways in which the farmers can keep these rabbits healthy

i)____________________________________________________

ii)___________________________________________________

b) Why do farmers keep records about their rabbits on the farm?

i)____________________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________________

c) How can you care for any of the groups of people you have given in (b)

above?

i)____________________________________________________

ii)___________________________________________________

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 53. a) Identify any one suitable lifestyle / good health practice done by
individuals in your community.
_____________________________________________________
b) Name any two groups of people with special needs in your community.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
c) How can you care for any of the groups of people you have given in (b)
above?

_____________________________________________________
54. The illustration below shows a food chain

Grass Caterpillar hen cat

a) Which of the above living things is both a predator and a prey?

_____________________________________________________

b) What do the arrows represent in the illustration above?

_____________________________________________________

c) What general name is given to the caterpillar, hen and the cat in the

illustration above?

____________________________________________________

d) Why is grass said to be a producer?

___________________________________________________

55. Respiration is necessary for human life

a) Name any one end product and by-product of respiration
i) end-product
____________________________________________________
ii) by-product
____________________________________________________
b) State any one campaign you would participate in to keep other people’s
respiratory systems in good working conditions.
____________________________________________________

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 c) Identify one disorder of the respiratory system.
_____________________________________________________
PAPER SEVEN
SECTION A
1. Name the sense organ responsible for smelling.
__________________________________________________________________________
2. Which liquid metal is used in a clinical thermometer?
__________________________________________________________________________
3. Name the hardest part of a tooth.
__________________________________________________________________________
4. Identify any one type of cattle.
__________________________________________________________________________
5. Mention one solute used in the making of ORS.
__________________________________________________________________________
6. Besides the elderly, give another vulnerable group of people.
__________________________________________________________________________
7. Name the breathing organs for mammals.
__________________________________________________________________________
8. Why is a snail regarded as a vector?
__________________________________________________________________________
9. Writ down one activity done at school to promote sanitation.
__________________________________________________________________________

Below is a diagram of an egg. Use it to answer questions 10 and 11.

10.Why is the part marked S porous?

__________________________________________________________________________
11.State the function of the part marked R.
__________________________________________________________________________
12.How useful are carbohydrates in our bodies?
__________________________________________________________________________

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13.Which general name is given to goats obtained by mating local breeds with exotic?
__________________________________________________________________________
14.Name any one example of a non-renewable resource.
__________________________________________________________________________
15.Which type of change is formed when metals rust?
__________________________________________________________________________
16.Suggest one way in which drugs are misused.
__________________________________________________________________________
17.How do bacteria reproduce?
__________________________________________________________________________
18.Which type of cloud is a clear sign of rainfall?
__________________________________________________________________________
19.State any one sign of dehydration.
__________________________________________________________________________
20.Why do we use soap when bathing?
__________________________________________________________________________
21.Which type of chicken is kept for meat production?
________________________________________________________________________

Below is a diagram if a fish. Use it to answer questions 22 and 23.

22.Name part marked B.

__________________________________________________________________________
23.How useful is part A to a fish?
__________________________________________________________________________
24.Name the virus that causes AIDS.
__________________________________________________________________________
25.Why is clay soil best for pottery?
__________________________________________________________________________
26.Give any one example of a natural fertilizer.
__________________________________________________________________________

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27.Which structures on a granary prevent rats from entering it?
__________________________________________________________________________
28.Name the type of energy possessed by a moving car.
__________________________________________________________________________
29.Name the part of the skeleton that covers the lungs.
__________________________________________________________________________
30.Suggest one way in which people can maintain the proper working of the brain.
__________________________________________________________________________
31.How useful is blubber to a sea mammal?
__________________________________________________________________________
32.Which part of a mushroom produces and stores spores?
__________________________________________________________________________
33.Give any one characteristic of insects.
__________________________________________________________________________
34.Identify any one method of making alcohol.
__________________________________________________________________________
35.Why do some objects sink in water?
__________________________________________________________________________

36.Name structures marked B.

__________________________________________________________________________
37.How are the structures marked N useful to the soil?
__________________________________________________________________________
38.Give any one example of an amphibian.
__________________________________________________________________________
39.What happens to metals when heated?
__________________________________________________________________________
40.State any one example of a fossil fuel in the environment.
__________________________________________________________________________

SECTION B
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41.a) Differentiate between poultry and poultry keeping.
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention one type of poultry.
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest two importance of keeping poultry.

42.a) Which component of air is useful for seed germination?

__________________________________________________________________________
b) Apart from the above component, name one other condition necessary for germination.
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Name the type of germination in which cotyledons come out of the ground.
__________________________________________________________________________
43.a) Which characteristic is common to all vertebrates?
__________________________________________________________________________
b) In which way is the brain of vertebrates protected.
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Mention any two classes of vertebrates.

44.
a) Name part marked Z.
________________________________________________________________________
b) State the major process that takes place in part Y.
_______________________________________________________________________
c) Why is part X made up of cartilage rings?
________________________________________________________________________

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 d) Name any one disease that affects the above system.
________________________________________________________________________
45.a) Why are birds regarded as warm blooded animals?
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Which organs do birds use for breathing?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) How are eggs of birds fertilized?
__________________________________________________________________________
d) State any one importance of feathers to birds.
__________________________________________________________________________
46.a) Which blood vessel carries blood away from the heart?
__________________________________________________________________________
b) How useful are valves contained in the heart?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Name the blood cell responsible for transporting of oxygen around the body.
__________________________________________________________________________
d) Which disease of the circulatory system is caused by a plasmodium germ?
__________________________________________________________________________
47.a) Give two types of resources in the environment.

b) Write any one of the 5Rs in resource management.

__________________________________________________________________________
c) State any one importance of bacteria to man.
__________________________________________________________________________
48.a) Name the sterile female bee in the hive.
_________________________________________________________________________
b) Which term describes the keeping of bees?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) How are bees useful to farmers?
__________________________________________________________________________
d) How do bees protect themselves from enemies?
__________________________________________________________________________

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49.
a) Which source of fuel is used in the above illustration?
_______________________________________________________________________
b) Name the process taking place at:
i) M: ____________________________________
ii) N: ____________________________________
50.a) In which way do reptiles move?
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Give one example of a limbless reptile.
__________________________________________________________________________
c) How does a tortoise protect itself from enemies?
__________________________________________________________________________
d) In which way do chameleons help in the control of malaria?
__________________________________________________________________________
51.Match the following garden tools with their functions.

Garden tool function

Wheelbarrow Loading rubbish

Tape measure Digging in stony areas

Forked hoe Spacing crops

Garden fork Carrying harvested crops

i) Wheel barrow: __________________________________

ii) Tape measure: __________________________________

iii) Forked hoe: __________________________________

iv) Garden fork: __________________________________

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52.a) Mention any one exotic breed of cattle kept for milk production.
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Define insemination.
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
c) State any two advantages of artificial insemination.

53.Below is a diagram of a flower. Use it to answer questions that follow.

a) Name part marked N.

________________________________________________________________________
b) Why is part M brightly coloured?
________________________________________________________________________
c) What happens to part K after fertilization?
________________________________________________________________________
d) How useful are sepals to a flower?
________________________________________________________________________
54.a) State the basic unit for measuring mass.
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Which force pulls down objects towards the earth?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest any two states of matter.

55.a) Give any one way in which people use tobacco.

__________________________________________________________________________
b) State one reason why people smoke.
__________________________________________________________________________
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 c) Name one poisonous drug contained in tobacco.
__________________________________________________________________________
d) Mention one disease caused by smoking.
__________________________________________________________________________

PAPER EIGHT
SECTION A (40 MARKS)
1. Name any one material used to clean our teeth.
_________________________________________________________
2. Mention any one raw material used by plants to make food.
_________________________________________________________
3. How are eagles adapted to their mode of feeding?
_________________________________________________________
4. Why are perches put in a poultry house?
_________________________________________________________
5. Which excretory product is removed from the body by the kidneys?
_________________________________________________________
6. State any one characteristic common to all insects.
_________________________________________________________
7. Give the meaning of pitch as used in sound energy.
_________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a garden tool.

8. How is the above tool useful to a farmer?

_________________________________________________________
9. How are bees dangerous to people?
_________________________________________________________

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 10. Which type of soil is sticky, heavy and has high capillarity?
_________________________________________________________
11. State any one function of blood in the body.
_________________________________________________________
12. A block has a mass of 100g and volume of 25cm 3. Find its density.

13. What type of weather supports farmers to plant their crops?

_________________________________________________________
14. Why are people encouraged to smoke their pit latrines?
_________________________________________________________
15. The diagram below shows a beam of light falling on a lens. Complete it
correctly

16. Give one reason people give for drinking alcohol.

_________________________________________________________
17. Name any one vaccine given to babies at 10 weeks.
_________________________________________________________
18. State one way food gets contaminated.
_________________________________________________________
19. Identify any one enzyme found in pancreatic juice.
_________________________________________________________
20. State one importance of a school garden to a P.7 pupil.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
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21. Name any one energy change that takes place when an electric bulb is turned
on.
_________________________________________________________
22. Give any one drug of dependence.
_________________________________________________________
23. How are polythene bags dangerous in a garden?
_________________________________________________________
24. In the space below, draw the fibrous root system

25. State one way of controlling tape worm infestations for P.4 pupils.
_________________________________________________________
26. Cite one example of a floating object.
_________________________________________________________
27. Why is a fern able to make its food?
_________________________________________________________
28. Name any one example of a crop that stores food in its aerial stem.
_________________________________________________________
29. The diagram below shows a tooth.

How important is the above tooth to people?

_________________________________________________________
30. Which method of grazing animals is common to farmers in urban areas?
_________________________________________________________
31. State one way of caring for plants in our compounds.
_________________________________________________________
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32. State one disadvantage of using electricity in lighting our school.
_________________________________________________________
33. State one way bacteria is useful to people.
_________________________________________________________
34. Why is the trachea covered with rings of cartilage?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
35. Identify one blood disorder common among children in Uganda today.
_________________________________________________________
36. Give any one salt lost during dehydration.
_________________________________________________________
37. What type of change is pigmentation?
_________________________________________________________
38. Name one method of making water clean for home use.
_________________________________________________________
39. Identify any one vector that spreads diseases by biting.
_________________________________________________________
40. Why is turpid sponging encouraged among children with fever?
_________________________________________________________

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

41. a) Why do farmers keep Saanen goats.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
b) How do crop farmers benefit from rearing goats?
_____________________________________________________
c) What is shearing as used in sheep rearing?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
d) State one importance of docking sheep
_____________________________________________________

42. The diagram below shows a VIP latrine. Use it to answer questions
that follow

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 a) Name parts M and N
i) M________________ ii) N____________________
b) Why is the hole of a VIP latrine not covered?
___________________________________________________

c) How can we care for the above facility at school?

_____________________________________________________
43. a) What are Energy Resources?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
b) Name two examples of Energy Resources in the environment.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
c) Which type of fuel is got from plants?
_____________________________________________________
44. a) State any two uses of food in the body.
i)___________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
b) Identify one food source of Vitamin A.
_____________________________________________________
c) Which deficiency disease is caused due to lack of iron in the body?
_____________________________________________________
45. a) State any two advantages of breast feeding to babies.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
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 b) Why should breast feeding mothers take a lot of fluids?
_____________________________________________________
c) When may a baby be prohibited from breast feeding?
_____________________________________________________
46. a) What is Menstruation?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
b) Name any two primary sex change in girls.
i) __________________________________________________
ii) __________________________________________________
c) How can a young girl maintain good personal hygiene during
Menstruation?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
47. The diagram below shows a method of making magnets. Use it to
answer questions that follow:

a) Name the method shown above.

_____________________________________________________
b) Name pole Z.___________________________________________
c) How are magnets useful to people?
_____________________________________________________
d) State one way magnets lose their magnetism.
_____________________________________________________
48. a) What is PHC?
_____________________________________________________
b) Which element of PHC is promoted by the following activities.
i) eating a balanced diet.
_____________________________________________________
ii) sweeping the compound
_____________________________________________________
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 iii) giving a baby polio vaccine
_____________________________________________________
49. a) What is crop rotation?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
b) State two importance of crop rotation.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
c) Why do farmers include legumes in the crop rotation cycle?
_____________________________________________________
50. a) Identify one example of machines that are grouped under
i) first class of levers.
____________________________________________________
ii) third class of levers
____________________________________________________
iii) wedges
____________________________________________________
b) Identify one way pulleys are useful on a construction site.

_____________________________________________________

51. The diagram below shows a lifecycle of a mosquito. Use it to answer

questions that follow

a) Name the stages A and C.

i) A _______________________
ii) B _______________________
b) What scientific name is given to stage B?
_____________________________________________________
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 c)
How is the practice of pouring oil on stagnant water important while
controlling mosquitoes?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
52. a) Identify the major characteristic of mammals.
_____________________________________________________
b) Name one example of an egg laying mammal.
_____________________________________________________
c) How are mammals different from reptiles?
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________

53. The list below is of different organisms in the environment. Use

them to answer questions below

MAIZE SUN LION BACTERIA MONKEY

a) Arrange the above list as a food Chain.

____________________________________________________
b) State the role of the sun in a food Chain.
____________________________________________________
c) Name the primary consumer in the above list.
_____________________________________________________
d) How is a bacterium useful in a food Chain?
_____________________________________________________
54. a) Name two process involved during distillation of alcohol.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
b) Give any one use of alcohol to people.
_____________________________________________________
c) How is alcoholism dangerous to people?
_____________________________________________________

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 55. The diagram below is of the heart. Use it to answer the questions
below.
P

X
Y
a) Name the blood vessels labeled P and Q.
i)P________________________ ii)Q_____________________
b) Why is part X thicker than Part Y?
_____________________________________________________
c) Name one activity done to promote proper functioning of the above
organ.

PAPER NINE
SECTION A
1. Name the gas that is necessary for germination to take place.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
2. How is overgrazing dangerous to the environment?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Name the type of manure which is obtained from animal wastes
___________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Why are mushrooms unable to make their own food like other plants?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
5. What is the importance of boiling water for drinking?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
6. Why do some plants shed their leaves during the dry season?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________

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 Use the diagram below to answer question 7

7. Name the amphibian that lays the type of eggs above

__________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Name the element of P.H.C that helps us to control population growth.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
9. What is the danger of not having a latrine at home?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
10. What is the immediate result of severe diarrhoea to a child?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
11. Name the immunisable disease that causes paralysis of limbs.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
12. Apart from chicken, mention any other farm animal that is affected by
coccidiosis.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
13. What do we call animals that feed on grass only?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
14. When air is blown in a balloon it enlarges. What property of air does this
demonstrate?
__________________________________________
Use the diagram below to answer question 15.

15. Identify the method used to find the volume of the stone
___________________________________________________________________________________________
16. Why is a spider an arachnid?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
17. Mention any one characteristic of birds of prey.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
18. How is a bat different from all other mammals?
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19. How does volume of sound differ from pitch of sound?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
20. How is the ileum adapted to its function?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
21. Apart from birds, name the other group of warm blooded vertebrates.
__________________________________________________________________________________________
22.Of what importance is chlorophyll during photosynthesis?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
23.How are incisor teeth adapted to their function of cutting food?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
24. Identify the part of a cassava plant that stores food for the plant.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
25. Apart from having humus, why else is loam soil the best soil for growing
crops?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
26.Which part of an insect has the same function as the human ear?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
27.Give any one sign of snuffles disease in rabbits.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
28. Apart from getting eggs and meat, give any other major reason why
farmers keep goats.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
29. Name any one fungal disease of the skin.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
30. Which immunisable disease has similar signs like AIDS
___________________________________________________________________________________________
31. State the importance of bacteria in a latrine.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
32. How does mono cropping lead to loss of soil fertility?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
33. Why is curing important to root crops such as cassava?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
34. Which of the two is denser; cold water or hot water?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
35. Which type of heat transfer makes currents?
___________________________________________________________________________________________

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36. What does it mean for a rodent to gnaw?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
37. Insectivores and bats are nocturnals. What does this mean?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
38. Name any one example of a biological change in plants
________________________________________________________________________________________
39. Identify any one material bees collect from flowering plants.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
40. Identify any one process by which soil is formed.
___________________________________________________________________________________________

SECTION B
41a) What is matter?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
b) Write down any two properties of matter
___________________________________________________________________________________________
c) In which state of matter does heat travel fastest?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
42a Apart from use of herbicides (chemical), state two ways of weed control i n a garden.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
b) Give any one disadvantage of using herbicides (chemicals) in controlling weeds
___________________________________________________________________________________________
c) Name the farming practice done to replant seedlings that never germinated or
died out.
___________________________________________________________________________________________
42. Study the diagram below and use it to answer the questions that follow

a) Identify the type of soil marked

i) x : __________________________________________
ii) Y : __________________________________________
b) State one use of soil marked Z to people
_____________________________________________________________________________________
c) What does the experiment above show?
_____________________________________________________________________________________

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43a) How is the process of photosynthesis beneficial to humans?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
b) Name any one raw material used by plants during photosynthesis
___________________________________________________________________________________________
c) Mention one useful product that plants get from photosynthesis
___________________________________________________________________________________________
d) Name any one part of a plant where the product named in number (c) above is stored
__________________________________________________________________________________________
44a) What is mulching?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
b) State the main reason why farmers mulch their gardens in the dry season
___________________________________________________________________________________________
c) How does mulching help to control the growth of weeds in a garden
___________________________________________________________________________________________
d) State any one disadvantage of mulching
___________________________________________________________________________________________
45a) Identify any one breed of goats kept in Uganda
___________________________________________________________________________________________
b) Give any one example of exotic breed of goats kept for milk
___________________________________________________________________________________________
c) Which disease of goats is spread when goats are grazed in mud areas
___________________________________________________________________________________________
d) Apart from not grazing the goats in mud areas, how else can the disease
mentioned above be controlled in goats?
___________________________________________________________________________________________
46 The diagram below shows a fungus. Use it to answer questions that follow

a) Name parts marked

i) A _______________________

ii) C ________________________

b) State the importance of part marked B to the above organism

___________________________________________________________________________________________
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 c) Apart from the above fungus, name any other example of fungi

___________________________________________________________________________________________
47a) What is breast feeding?

___________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two advantages of breast feeding to a mother

(i) ______________________________________________________
(ii)
_________________________________________________________________________________
c) Apart from the mother being away, state any one condition that can lead to bottle
feeding in babies.

___________________________________________________________________________________________
48a) Give two ways arachnids are different from insects

b) Apart from spiders, mention two other examples of arachnids

49a) What are vertebrates?

b) State any one characteristic of vertebrates

c) Apart from birds and mammals, mention two other classed of vertebrates

50a) Define the following as applied in measurement

i) Mass
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
ii) Weight
___________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

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 b) A block of wood has a mass of 24g and volume of 6cc. Find its density

c) Why does a stone thrown up fall back on the ground?

51a) Name any one material that can be used as litter in a deep litter house

_____________________________________________________________
b) Give any two importance of putting litter in a poultry house

c) How is old litter useful to a farmer who grows crops?

52 The diagram below shows changes in States of matter. Use it to answer the
questions that follow

a) Name the state of matter marked A

_____________________________________________________________
b) Name the process marked
i) B ____________________________
ii) C ____________________________

c) How does heat travel through solids?

_____________________________________________________________
53a) What are root tubers?

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 b) Apart from cassava and sweet potatoes, name one other example of a root tuber
_____________________________________________________________
c) Name any one disease that attack cassava plants in a garden
_____________________________________________________________
d) How can the above disease be controlled in a garden?
_____________________________________________________________
54) Study the animals in the table below and answer the questions that follow

R S T

Bats Tilapia Newts

Sheep Nile perch Salamander

Bush baby Silver cyprinids Toads

a) Give any one characteristic common to all animals in R, S and T.

_____________________________________________________________
b) State the difference between animals in R and T in their mode of reproduction
_____________________________________________________________
c) To which group of cold blooded vertebrates do animals in S belong?
_____________________________________________________________
d) Which type of fertilization do animals in R undergo?
_____________________________________________________________
55a) Name the part of the digestive system that produces gastric juice

_____________________________________________________________
b) Give a reason why absorption of food takes place in the ileum
___________________________________________________________________________________________
________
c) Mention any two diseases of the digestive system.

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 PAPER TEN
SECTION A
1. Name any one non-living component of soil.
__________________________________________________________
2. Give any one reason why farmers apply manure in their gardens.
__________________________________________________________
3. State any one cause of soil erosion.
__________________________________________________________
Below is a diagram of a stem tuber, use it to answer question 4 and 5

4. Name the above stem tuber.

__________________________________________________________
5. How important is the eye bud to a stem tuber.
__________________________________________________________
6. What are the Standard units for measuring mass?
__________________________________________________________
7. Give any one way a person can acquire immunity.
__________________________________________________________
8. In which state of matter are molecules very closely packed together?
__________________________________________________________
9. Why is water called a universal solvent?
__________________________________________________________
10. What do we call the state of change from gases to liquids?
__________________________________________________________
11. Name the type of energy possessed by a body in motion.
__________________________________________________________
12. Why is a handle of a flat iron made up of plastic?
__________________________________________________________
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13. Define the term temperature.
__________________________________________________________
14. How do bacteria reproduce?
__________________________________________________________
15. State any one importance of keeping records on a farm.
__________________________________________________________
16. Why are people encouraged to drink plenty of water during the dry
weather?
__________________________________________________________
17. Give any one reason why a goat is called a vertebrate.
__________________________________________________________
18. Give any one way of caring for our skins.
__________________________________________________________
19. Identify any one way a farmer can care for his pregnant sheep.
__________________________________________________________
20. State any one advantage of breastfeeding to a baby.
__________________________________________________________
21. Which deficiency disease does one get when she or he lacks Vitamin A in the
body?
__________________________________________________________
22. How do tapeworms enter our bodies?
__________________________________________________________
23. Why is malaria called a communicable disease?
__________________________________________________________
24. Give any one advantage of castrating male animals on a farm.
__________________________________________________________
25. Give any one advantage for giving First Aid to a person with a fractured leg.
__________________________________________________________
26. Why is clay soil the best for making pots?
__________________________________________________________
27. State any one importance of bacteria to the environment.
__________________________________________________________
28. Air is a mixture of gases. Name the gas with the largest percentage in the
atmosphere.
__________________________________________________________
29. How are houseflies able to spread germs from one place to another?
__________________________________________________________
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30. Give any one characteristic of vertebrates apart from having a backbone.
__________________________________________________________
31. Give the main reason why farmers mulch their gardens.
__________________________________________________________
32. What type of fertilization do birds undergo?
__________________________________________________________
33. Name the body organ responsible for gaseous exchange.
__________________________________________________________
34. Name the vector responsible for the transmission of river blindness.
__________________________________________________________
35. Give any one exotic breed of goats kept in Uganda.
__________________________________________________________
36. State any one way used to apply manure in a garden.
__________________________________________________________
37. How can you separate a mixture of salt and sand?
__________________________________________________________
38. Give a reason why we should keep our classrooms clean.
__________________________________________________________
39. Name the garden tool below.

__________________________________________
40. Name the vaccine given by giving drops in the mouth.
__________________________________________________________
SECTION B
41. a) What are root tubers?
__________________________________________________________
b) Give any one example of root tubers.
________________________________________________________
c) State any one disease of root tubers.
________________________________________________________
d) How can the disease named in (c) above be controlled in root corps?
________________________________________________________
42. a) Name any one type of chicken.
__________________________________________________________

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 b) Give any one exotic breed of chicken.
________________________________________________________
c) Why are perches important in a poultry house?
________________________________________________________
d) Name any one disease that affects poultry.
________________________________________________________
43. a) Name any one substance collected from flowers by bees.
__________________________________________________________
b) Which type of bees are commonly seen around flowers?
______________________________________________________
c) State the importance of a queen excluder in a modern beehive.
______________________________________________________
d) Why are worker bees called sterile bees?
______________________________________________________

44. Below is a method used to find volume of irregular shaped objects. Use
it to answer question 44.
a) Name the above method
__________________________________
b) Name containers marked
X: _______________________________
Y: _______________________________
c) What is the volume of the stone in container Y

45. a) Name the digestive juice produced in the stomach.

__________________________________________________________
b) Why are we advised to chew food properly before swallowing?
________________________________________________________
c) Name any two diseases of the digestive system?

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46. a) Give any one example of the following.
i) Chemical change:
____________________________________________________
ii) Physical change
____________________________________________________
b) How is burning similar to rusting?
________________________________________________________
c) Give any one way of managing biological changes in humans.
________________________________________________________
47. Below is a diagram of a maize grain. Use it to answer questions that
follow. a) Name parts marked S.
__________________________________

b) State the function of part marked P to a

maize grain.
____________________________________
c) Why is a maize grain called a ____________________________________
fruit?
__________________________________________________________
d) Use an arrow with letter R to show in the above diagram the part that grows
into a root system.
48. a) State any one effect of heat on matter.
__________________________________________________________
b) Name any one source of heat energy.
________________________________________________________
c) How does heat travel through the following:
i) Solids: _________________________________________________
ii) Liquids:________________________________________________
49. a) What is primary health care?
___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
b) Identify any two elements of P.H.C ?

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 c) How can a primary six girl promote P.H.C at home?
______________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
50. The diagram below shows a mushroom. Use it to answer questions that
follow. a) Name parts marked with letters
A: _______________ C: ________________
b) How important is part marked B to a mushroom?
__________________________________________
__________________________________________

c) State any one importance of fungi to man.

________________________________________________________
51. a) Name any two exotic breeds of rabbits reared in Uganda.

b) Why should a hutch of a rabbit be built above the ground?

________________________________________________________
c) Name any one disease of rabbits that also affects poultry.
________________________________________________________
52. a) What is personal hygiene?
___________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
b) Why is it dangerous to put on very tight underpants/knickers?
________________________________________________________
c) State any one importance of maintaining personal hygiene.
________________________________________________________
d) Name any one disease one is most likely to get if he or she does not
maintain proper hygiene.
________________________________________________________
53. a) Give any two characteristics of mammals.

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 Use the animals below to answer questions (b) and (c)
A B C D

Lion Apes Rats Bats

Cheetah Man Squirrels

Leopard Gorilla moles

b) Identify the group of mammals in List C.

________________________________________________________
c) How are mammals in List D different from all the other lists?
________________________________________________________

54. Below is a diagram of a thermometer. Use it to answer question 54.

a) Name the above thermometer.

________________________________________________________
b) State the function of part marked Y.
________________________________________________________
c) Name any one liquid metal used in the thermometer above.
_______________________________________________________
d) Why should the above equipment be cleaned before using it on another person?
________________________________________________________
55. a) Give any two characteristics of fish.

b) Why does a fish die when removed from water?

________________________________________________________
c) State the importance of a lateral line to a fish.
________________________________________________________

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 PAPER ELEVEN
SECTION A
1. Name one vector which is involved in the spread of faecal diseases.
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Why are farmers encouraged to clean the habitats of their domestic animals?
___________________________________________________________________________
3. How are blood capillaries important in the human body?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. State any one way of controlling tapeworm infestations in humans.
___________________________________________________________________________
5. How important are valves in the veins?
___________________________________________________________________________
Study the diagram and use it to answer questions 6 and 7

6. Name the garden tool shown in the diagram above.

___________________________________________________________________________
7. How is the garden tool drawn above useful to a farmer?
___________________________________________________________________________
8. Which type of energy is possessed by a bat in flight?
___________________________________________________________________________
9. Give a reason why people prefer using mercury to alcohol in thermometers.
___________________________________________________________________________
10. How do deciduous plants reduce the rate of transpiration?
___________________________________________________________________________
11. Why is rabbit grouped under mammals?
___________________________________________________________________________
12. Apart from sugar, name any other substance used to make oral rehydration solution.
___________________________________________________________________________
13. Mention one farming practice used by crop farmers to maintain soil fertility.
___________________________________________________________________________
Below is diagram of a bird is beak use it to answer questions 14 and 15

14. Name the type of food eaten by the bird.

______________________________________________________________________
15. How is the above bird adapted to its mode of feeding?

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16. State any one way in which a latrine is useful in a home.
___________________________________________________________________________
17. Name the component of blood which is destroyed by HIV.
___________________________________________________________________________
18. Mention any one raw material needed by plants to make starch.

_____________________________________________________________________________
19. What name is given to the liquid part of blood?
___________________________________________________________________________
20. State one difference between a mosquito and spider.
___________________________________________________________________________
21. Why is a child with diarrhea most likely to become dehydrated?
___________________________________________________________________________
22. How does smoking help to preserve food?
___________________________________________________________________________
23. Apart from seeds, how else are onions propagated?
___________________________________________________________________________
24. Name the digestive juice produced by the walls of the stomach.
___________________________________________________________________________
25. How can poultry farmers control cannibalism on their farms.
___________________________________________________________________________
26. State any one factor that affects the rate of evaporation.
___________________________________________________________________________
27. Why are gaps left between railway lines?
___________________________________________________________________________
28. How is the larva stage of houseflies useful to people.
___________________________________________________________________________
29. State one sanitary activity that children can do to keep the school compound clean.
___________________________________________________________________________
Study the diagram below of a bean seed and use it to answers that follow.

30. Name part marked with letter k.

___________________________________________________________________________
31. How is part marked y useful to the seed during germination?
___________________________________________________________________________
32. State the danger of leaching of mineral sail to plants.
___________________________________________________________________________
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33. Give one physical process that helps in rain formation.
___________________________________________________________________________
34. In which way are termites dangerous to crop farmers?
___________________________________________________________________________
35. Which part of the human ear helps to balance the body?
___________________________________________________________________________
36. Apart from having humus, state any other reasons why loam soil is good in crop growing.
___________________________________________________________________________
37. Which element of wealth is needed for the preservation of harvested seeds and grains?
___________________________________________________________________________

38. How is blood carried by the pulmonary vein different from that carried by the pulmonary
artery?
___________________________________________________________________________
39. State the importance of mucus on the walls of the stomach.
___________________________________________________________________________
40. Apart from curing diseases, mention any other characteristic of essential drugs.
___________________________________________________________________________
SECTION B
41. (a) Apart from amphibians state any other two groups of cold blooded vertebrates.
(i) ____________________________ (ii) ___________________________
b) Why are bodies of a fish and birds streamlined?
___________________________________________________________________________
c) How is the reproduction of fish similar to that of birds?
___________________________________________________________________________
42. (a) In one sentence, explain the term pollination.
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention two types of pollination.
(i)
_______________________________________________________________________
(ii)
_______________________________________________________________________
c) Which type of pollination is most likely to occur in the flower drawn below?

43. (a) Which form energy is produced after vibrations?

___________________________________________________________________________

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 The diagram below show three drum, use them to answer questions (b) and (c)

(b) Which of the drums will produce sound of the highest pitch?
___________________________________________________________________________
(c) Give a reason for your answer.
_____________________________________________________________________
(d) Apart from size of the surface, state any other factor that affects pitch of sound.
_____________________________________________________________________
44. (a) What is transpiration?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
(b) Mention any two factors that affect the rate of transportation.
(i) ____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
45. (a) What term is given to the keeping of food free for a long time without going bad?

___________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two modern ways of preserving meat.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
c) Why are people encouraged to preserve their foods?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
46. The diagram below shows a fish .use it to answer question that follow.

a) Name part marked with letters

A ______________________ B ______________________________
b) Which part does a fish use to protect gills from damage?
__________________________________________________________________________
(c) How do fish help in control of deficiency diseases?
___________________________________________________________________________

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47. (a) Write any two duties of a worker bee in a hive.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
(b) Give any one reason why bees swarm
___________________________________________________________________________
(c) How can farmers prevent their bees from swarming?
___________________________________________________________________________
48(a) What term is given to plants which do not flower?
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Apart from spores, give any other way the above plant reproduce.
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Mention two examples of plants which reproduce by spores.
(i) _________________________ (ii) ________________________________
48. (a) Give the meaning of each of the following terms
(i) Drug abuse
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
(ii) Drug misuse
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
b) State any one effect of drug dependence to an individual.
___________________________________________________________________________
(c) How can you help your friend who smokes tobacco to stop the habit?
___________________________________________________________________________
50(a) Give the meaning of term immunity.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) State two ways in which a child can acquire immunity.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
c) Give one way in which a person’s body immunity can be boosted.
___________________________________________________________________________
51. The diagram below shows part of the digestive system in human .use it to answer the
questions that follow

a) Name the part marked

P ___________________________ T _____________________
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 b) Give the digestive juice produced to part marked R
_____________________________________________________________________
c) How can you maintain the proper working of the system shown in the diagram?
_____________________________________________________________________
52. (a) Write one method of making alcohol
__________________________________________________________________________
b) State any two dangers of alcohol to an individual
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
c) Mention any one weather instrument which uses alcohol to function
___________________________________________________________________________
53. (a) Mention any two characteristics of physical changes.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
b) Give any two examples of chemical changes.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) ____________________________________________________________________
54. (a) What is weaning as applied to babies?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two advantages of breast feeding to a baby
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(i) _____________________________________________________________________

d) State any one disadvantage of breast feeding to a mother.

___________________________________________________________________________
55. Which term is used to describe the frequent passing of water stool?
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two signs of dehydrated child
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
(c) What first aid can you give to your friend who is dehydrated?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

PAPER TWELVE
1. Why is vapour in the atmosphere considered as matter?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. Mention any one possible cause of dehydration in children.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. Of what importance are ventilators in a living house?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Why do most cattle keepers prefer rearing Friesians to other types of dairy breeds of cattle?
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 ___________________________________________________________________________
5. What happens to the pollen grains when they land on the stigma of a flower?
___________________________________________________________________________
6. Identify the type of tooth illustrated below

___________________________________________________________________________
7. Mention any one characteristic that makes a cat to be regarded as a carnivorous mammal.
___________________________________________________________________________
8. How does a fish depend on the swim bladders?
___________________________________________________________________________
9. What method of heat transfer enables water in a saucepan to boil when put on fire?
___________________________________________________________________________
10. Briefly explain how humus is formed.
___________________________________________________________________________
11. How do railway line constructors prevent bending of rails during railway construction?
___________________________________________________________________________
12. Give one characteristic that makes enzymes to be easily destroyed by heat.
___________________________________________________________________________

Use the diagram below to answer questions 13 and 14.

13. To which group of simple machine does the tool above belong?
___________________________________________________________________________
14. By the help of an arrow, show the direction of effort.
15. Which blood vessel distributes oxygenated blood to all body parts?
___________________________________________________________________________
16. Why do images in a pinhole camera appear upside down on the screen?
___________________________________________________________________________
17. Apart from excretion, write any other importance of sweating to the human body.
___________________________________________________________________________
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18. How does smoking lead to lung cancer?
___________________________________________________________________________
19. Placenta plays an important role during the development of the baby in the womb. How useful is the
placenta to the baby?
___________________________________________________________________________
20. Identify the effect of too much diarrhea and vomiting to a person.
___________________________________________________________________________
21. Which kind of injury of the muscular and skeletal system is caused by over stretched muscles?
___________________________________________________________________________
Below is a foot of a bird

22. Which type of foot is shown above?

___________________________________________________________________________
23. To which group of birds does the above foot belong?
___________________________________________________________________________
24. State the usefulness of part X to birds with such a foot.
___________________________________________________________________________
25. Which body organ in humans has the same function as the feelers of a grass hopper?
___________________________________________________________________________
26. Why are drops of water seen around a bottle which has been removed from a fridge?
___________________________________________________________________________
27. State the importance of root hairs to a bean plant.
___________________________________________________________________________
28. Explain a reason why electric wires appear loose on a hot day between poles.
___________________________________________________________________________
29. On the diagram below, show how magnetic lines of force flow.

N S

30. Where does fertilization in she-goats take place?

___________________________________________________________________________
31. Identify any one factor to consider when selecting a suitable site.
___________________________________________________________________________
32. Identify any one urinary tract infections that can easily lead to contraction of HIV/ AIDS.
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 ___________________________________________________________________________
33. How is dusting of stores using chemical important during storage of grains?
___________________________________________________________________________
34. State the food deficiency prevented by eating fish.
___________________________________________________________________________
35. Mention the type of manure got from rabbitary project.
___________________________________________________________________________
36. How is the small intestine adapted to its role of food absorption?
___________________________________________________________________________
37. Suggest any one characteristic of seeds dispersed by animals.
___________________________________________________________________________
38. Why do amphibians lay many eggs?
___________________________________________________________________________
39. Name the non-metallic material that is used in making the positive terminal of a dry cell.
___________________________________________________________________________
40. Write down any one non-flowering spore producing plants.
___________________________________________________________________________

SECTION B
41. a) How are monotremes different from other mammals?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) What name is given to animals that are active at night and sleep during day?
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Give any two groups of vertebrates besides mammals.
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________________________

42. a) Name the static electricity in nature.

___________________________________________________________________________
b) What force helps the above type of electricity to take place?
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Give one way in which the electricity in (a) above is a disadvantage in the environment.
___________________________________________________________________________
d) How is the electricity above helpful to a crop farmer?
___________________________________________________________________________

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43. Study the diagram below and answer questions that follow

a) Name the machine show above. _______________________________________________

b) What method of hatching eggs uses the machine above?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Give one advantage of using the above machine in hatching of eggs.
__________________________________________________________________________
d) Give a reason why the machine above is not commonly used in rural areas.
__________________________________________________________________________
44. a) How is a charcoal obtained?
___________________________________________________________________________
b) During the processing of charcoal, state the reason why each of the following is carried out;
i) covering the wood with grass.
___________________________________________________________________________

ii) covering the wood and grass with soft/ moist soil.
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Mention one material recommended for stopping charcoal from burning during it’s harvest.
___________________________________________________________________________
45. a) What are resources?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Identify any two energy resource found in our environment.
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________________________
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 c) Why should non-renewable resources be used sparingly?
___________________________________________________________________________
46. Use the diagram below to answer questions that follow

a) Name part marked Z.____________________________________________________

b) Why part is marked z coiled?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) State the energy changes that occur in the bulb when the circuit is complete.
__________________________________________________________________________
d) Give the function of part marked Y.
__________________________________________________________________________
47. a) What is temperature?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) How does increase in temperature affect plants?
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Give one reason why mercury is used in thermometers.
___________________________________________________________________________
d) Convert 770F to Celsius scale.

48. The diagram below shows parts of the lungs. Use it to answer questions that follow.

a) Identify the structure drawn.

__________________________________________________________________________
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 b) By what process does gaseous exchange take place in the structure above?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Name the gas marked X. ______________________________________________________
d) Identify any one disease that attacks the respiratory system.
__________________________________________________________________________
49. a) Describe the term active smoking.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Give one reason why people smoke.
___________________________________________________________________________
c) State one difference between drug abuse and drug misuse.
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
d) Identify any one non-infectious disease caused by smoking.
___________________________________________________________________________
50. a) Write VIP in full as used in sanitation.
___________________________________________________________________________
b) State the function of the following parts on a VIP latrine;
i) Vent pipe
___________________________________________________________________________
ii) Screen
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest one way of reducing bad smell in an ordinary pit latrine.
___________________________________________________________________________
51. a) Complete the diagram below

b) Calculate the angle of incidence (2marks)

c) State the law of reflection of light.

___________________________________________________________________________
52. a) Describe the following terms as used in sound energy.
i) Pitch
___________________________________________________________________________
ii) Volume
___________________________________________________________________________
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 b) Give any one method of storing sound energy
___________________________________________________________________________
c) How can stored sound be reproduced?
___________________________________________________________________________
53. Match the following excretory organs with their excretory products
Excretory organs Excretory products
Liver water vapour
Skin excess sugar
Kidneys lactic acid
Lungs urine

a) Liver ______________________________________________________________
b) Skin ______________________________________________________________
c) Kidneys ______________________________________________________________
d) Lungs ______________________________________________________________
54. a) Describe the term milking.
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Identify one way of obtaining clean milk during milking process.
___________________________________________________________________________
c) State the importance of a strip cup during milking process
___________________________________________________________________________
d) Give any one method of preserving milk.
___________________________________________________________________________
55. Study the list or organisms below;
caterpillar, hen , cabbage, eagle
a) Which of the above organism is;
i) primary consumer ____________________________________________________
ii) tertiary consumer ____________________________________________________
b) Name the source of energy needed by the producer to make its own food.
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Using the above organisms, construct a food chain.

PAPER THIRTEEN
SECTION A
1. Name any one play material made from banana fibres.
_______________________________________________________________________
2. State any one effect of alcoholism to a community.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Why are babies grouped under vulnerable groups of people?
_______________________________________________________________________
4. The diagram below shows a tool used at home.
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 Name part marked B
______________________________________________________________________
5. State what would happen if a clinical thermometer is sterilized by boiling.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. How are foliage leaves useful to an onion?
_______________________________________________________________________
7. Write one way you would reduce egg eating on a poultry farm.
_______________________________________________________________________
8. State any one danger of silting to aquatic animals.
_______________________________________________________________________
9. Draw a diagram to show that air has weight.

10. Why is it a good practice to wear shoes especially when walking outside the house?
_______________________________________________________________________
11. Which disease of the eyes is spread by a housefly?
_______________________________________________________________________
12. State any one characteristic of physical changes.
_______________________________________________________________________
13. How does over-grazing affect the soil?
_______________________________________________________________________
14. Which water borne disease affects the liver resulting to liver cancer?
_______________________________________________________________________
A boy put water and oil in a container as shown below.

15. Name the liquid marked Y in the diagram.

_______________________________________________________________________
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16. How is millet and sorghum propagated?
_______________________________________________________________________
17. Give any one difference between a toad and a frog.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
18. Mention any one factor you would consider before selecting a site for house.
_______________________________________________________________________
19. How are children in a family protected against any deficiency disease?
_______________________________________________________________________
20. Give one function of the human kidney.
_______________________________________________________________________
21. Name the garden tool drawn in the diagram below.

______________________________________________________________________
22. State any one use of the above garden tool to a farmer.
_______________________________________________________________________
23. Write PIASCY in full.
_______________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
24. Write any characteristics of essential drugs.
_______________________________________________________________________
25. Give any one way babies acquire natural immunity.
_______________________________________________________________________
26. Identify anyone danger of sharing your handkerchief with another person.
_______________________________________________________________________
27. Why are schools encouraged to have a school garden?
_______________________________________________________________________
28. How does malaria affect the circulatory system?
_______________________________________________________________________
29. Name the type of pollination illustrated below.

_______________________________________________________
30. Give any one example of a stem tuber.
_______________________________________________________________________
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31. Give any one example of a crustacean.
_______________________________________________________________________
32. How can a crop farmer reduce overcrowding of plants in a garden?
_______________________________________________________________________
33. Which type of energy is possessed by water at 100°C?
_______________________________________________________________________
34. How does the cork on a vacuum flask help to prevent heat gain or loss?
_______________________________________________________________________
35. The diagram is a common legume store found in rural areas of Uganda.

Name the legume store above.

_______________________________________________________________________
36. As a farmer, how would you protect your metallic tools from getting rusty?
_______________________________________________________________________
37. Write any one message that may be said to children during a health parade.
_______________________________________________________________________
38. How has the government of Uganda helped in the control of tuberculosis?
_______________________________________________________________________
39. To which group of musical instruments does the instrument drawn below belong?

________________________________________________________________________
40. How is the use of natural fertilizers friendly to the environment?
_______________________________________________________________________

SECTION B
41. A farmer kept one goat and one rabbit in different houses. He used to put different types
of food in their houses. He recorded the number of times they ate each food as shown
below.

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 Animal Sweet Cassava Sorghum Grass Maize Banana
potatoes leaves leaves leaves leaves
Rabbit 4 2 0 2 2 2
Goat 3 1 1 3 3 2

(a) What was the most favourable food for the;

(i) Rabbit___________________________________________________________
(ii) Goat____________________________________________________________
(b) What was the least favourable food for the rabbit?
_______________________________________________________________________
(c) If the farmer was to use only one type of food, which one would be the most favourable
for both the goat and the rabbit?
_______________________________________________________________________
42. (a) Apart from carbon dioxide , name any two parts of air.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(b) Give any two uses of carbon dioxide to people.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
43. A P.6 class at Summit prima ry school collected water from a well. They first boiled it
before carrying out the experiment below.

(a) Identify the method that was being used to clean the water.
. ___________________________________________________________________
(b) What scientific name is given to the substances labeled T and K?
T__________________________________________________________________
K__________________________________________________________________
(c) Why would you encourage any child in P.6 who is thirsty to drink the water labeled K?
______________________________________________________________________
44. (a) Give the element of P.H.C responsible for;
(i) Controlling of over population __________________________________________
(ii) Controlling of bad body odour __________________________________________
(iii) Controlling killer diseases among children _________________________________
(b) Write one activity you can do to promote PHC in school.

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45. The diagram below shows a bird’s head. Use it to answer question 45.

(a) What kind of food is eaten by the bird in the diagram?

_______________________________________________________________________
(b) To which group of birds does it belong?
_______________________________________________________________________
(c) Name anyone bird that has a beak like the one drawn above.
_______________________________________________________________________
(d) State any one danger of the bird you have named in (c) above to people.
______________________________________________________________________
46. (a) Which first aid is administered by applying cold water on the affected part?
___________________________________________________________________
(b) Give the use of the following in first aid management.
(i) Cotton _______________________________________________________
(ii) Bandage_____________________________________________________

C) What first aid can you give to a young child who has swallowed rat poison?
_______________________ _________________________________________________
47. The diagram below shows structure of a blood vessel. Use it to answer
questions that follow.

(a) Name the type of blood vessel drawn above.

______________________________________________________________________
(b) Give a reason why blood carried by the above blood vessel flows at a low pressure.
______________________________________________________________________
(c) Give the importance of structures marked W in the blood vessel above.
_______________________________________________________________________
(c) Using arrows ( ) show the direction of the flow of blood in the blood vessel above.

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48. Match the items in list A with those in list B correctly.
Chameleon external fertilization
Kangaroo camouflages for defence
Whale pouch for carrying young ones
Tilapia layer of fats (blubber)
(i) Chameleon ______________________________________________________
(ii) Kangaroo ______________________________________________________
(iii) Whale ______________________________________________________
(iv)Tilapia ______________________________________________________
49. (a) What is near drowning?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
(b)State any one cause of near drowning.
______________________________________________________________
(c) Which first aid is given to a near drowned victim who has been removed from water?
________________________________________________________________________
(d) How does the use of a life jacket while travelling on water help to prevent near drowning?
________________________________________________________________________
50. a) Where does absorption of alcohol take place in the human digestive system?
________________________________________________________________________
(b) Give one reason why Vitamins and mineral salts are not digested in any part of the
digestive system.
________________________________________________________________________
1. Give two adaptations of the ileum that enables it to absorb digested food.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
51. a) Identify any one insect that contaminates our food.
________________________________________________________________________
b) Write any one example of a disease spread through contaminated food.
________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest any two ways you would prevent contamination of food by the vector named in
(b) above.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
52. (a) Apart from paddock grazing, give any two systems of grazing cattle.
(i) _____________________________________________________________________
(ii) _____________________________________________________________________
(b) How does paddock grazing help to reduce tick borne diseases on a farm?
________________________________________________________________________
(c) Give one disadvantage of paddock system of grazing cattle.
________________________________________________________________________

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53. a) Why do people feel hotter when dressed in black on hot days than when dres sed in
white?
_______________________________________________________________________
b) Name any two sources of heat used for cooking food at home.
(i) ____________________________________________________________________
(ii) ____________________________________________________________________
c) Identify any one food value that provides heat to the body.
________________________________________________________________________
54. The diagram below is of an insect. Use it to answer question 54.

O
Q
Ovipositor

a) Name part marked O and P.

O ________________________________Q__________________________________
b) How is part marked P useful to an insect?
________________________________________________________________________
c) Why do you think the insect in the diagram is a female?
________________________________________________________________________
55. The diagram below shows a thermometer. Use it to answer question 55.

(a) What name is given to the thermometer above?

______________________________________________________________
(b) Give the function of part marked with letter R.
______________________________________________________________
(c) Name the liquid commonly used in the above thermometer.
______________________________________________________________
(d) How does a doctor sterilize the above thermometer after use?
______________________________________________________________

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 PAPER FOURTEEN
SECTION A
1. What do we call the plants that can be harvested year after year?
____________________________________________________________________
2. Write ECOSAN in full.
____________________________________________________________________
3. Give any one way of managing wastes in the environment.
____________________________________________________________________
4. Which immunisable disease in children is fought using the BCG vaccine?
____________________________________________________________________

5. What is the use of the above tool to crop farmers?

____________________________________________________________________
6. Which property of air enables one to drink (suck) soda using a straw?
____________________________________________________________________
7. Give one structural difference between arteries and veins.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
8. State the importance of the sun during rain formation.
____________________________________________________________________
9. How can a P.6 pupil prevent himself/herself from getting infected with HIV/AIDS?
____________________________________________________________________
10. How important is oxygen during seed germination?
____________________________________________________________________
11. How does mulching help to prevent the growth of weeds in a garden?
____________________________________________________________________
12. How does castration of bulls prevent inbreeding on a cattle farm?
____________________________________________________________________
13. Apart from spores, how else do non flowering plants reproduce?
____________________________________________________________________
14. Name any one reptile that gives birth like mammals.
____________________________________________________________________
15. Name the weather instrument that measures the amount of rainfall received in an area .
____________________________________________________________________
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16. State any one way of saving electricity at home.
____________________________________________________________________
17. How does refrigeration help to preserve food like fish?
____________________________________________________________________
18. Apart from filtering blood, state one other function of the kidneys in the body.
____________________________________________________________________
19. Give any one reason why drugs should be prescribed.
____________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a plant. Use it to answer question 20.

20. Which letter shows the structure used by the plant to take in water?
____________________________________________________________________
21. Why are fire extinguishers painted with bright colours?
____________________________________________________________________
22. State any one importance of reflected sound to bats.
____________________________________________________________________
23. State any one sign of diphtheria in children.
____________________________________________________________________
24. Why are electric wires fixed loose at the poles?
____________________________________________________________________
25. State any one danger of having too much wax in the ear.
____________________________________________________________________
26. Name any one breed of goats kept for milk production.
____________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a boy washing hands. Use it to answer the questions that
follow.

27. Name the hand washing tool the boy in the diagram above is using.
____________________________________________________________________
28. Which crop pest spreads cassava mosaic?
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29. How are the molar teeth adapted to their function?
____________________________________________________________________
30. By what process do materials move out of the blood capillaries?
____________________________________________________________________
31. State any one danger of leaving babies in basins full of water.
____________________________________________________________________
32. Apart from centrifuging, state any other method of harvesting honey.
____________________________________________________________________
33. Name the type of poultry feeds given to off layers.
____________________________________________________________________
34. Name the type of energy possessed by a moving object.
____________________________________________________________________
35. Name the deficiency disease the person is suffering from.

____________________________________________________________________
36. Why does digestion of carbohydrates stop when food reaches the stomach?
____________________________________________________________________
37. State any one condition that may lead to bottle feeding in babies.
____________________________________________________________________
38. Name the water borne disease that affects bones.
____________________________________________________________________
39. State any one effect of alcohol to an individual.
____________________________________________________________________
40. Why should the arm of a burnt person be put in cold water?
____________________________________________________________________
SECTION B
41. (a) In one sentence, give the meaning of plant propagation.
________________________________________________________________
(b) How are the following plants propagated?
(i) Banana _________________________________________________________
(ii) Cassava _________________________________________________________
(c) Name any one plant that produces fibre.
________________________________________________________________

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42. (a) Give any two reasons why animals move from one place to another.
(i) ________________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________________
(b) How do the following animals move?
(i) Reptiles _________________________________________________________
(ii) Amphibians ___________________________________________________
43. (a) List down any one food stuff that can be preserved by smoking.
__________________________________________________________________________________
(b) How do the following help to preserve food?
i) Pasteurization.
_______________________________________________________________
ii) Sun drying.
_______________________________________________________________
(c) Give one importance of preserving food.
________________________________________________________________
44. (a) Why is oral rehydration solution the best treatment for diarrhoea?
________________________________________________________________
(b) Name any one solute used in making oral rehydration solution.
________________________________________________________________
(c) State any one mineral salt replaced in the body during taking of oral rehydration
solution.
__________________________________________________________________________________
(d) How is dehydration different from rehydration?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
The diagram below is of a musical instrument. Use it to answer the questions that
follow.

(a) Name the musical instrument above.

________________________________________________________________
(b) How does the instrument above produce sound?
________________________________________________________________
(c) Identify the bar which will produce the lowest pitch.
________________________________________________________________
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 (d) To which group of musical instruments does it belong?
________________________________________________________________
45. (a) State the role of the human heart.
________________________________________________________________
(b) Name the blood component that transports oxygen to all body parts.
________________________________________________________________
(c) Give any two ways in which you can increase the amount of blood in your body?
(i) ________________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________________
46. (a) Write any one disease that result from active smoking.
________________________________________________________________
(b) Give any one reason why people smoke.
________________________________________________________________
(c) State any one life skill that can safe guard you against smoking.
________________________________________________________________
(d) How is active smoking different from passive smoking?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
The diagram below is of a charcoal box. Use it to answer the question that follow.

47. (a) State the function of parts X and Y

i) X. ______________________________________________________________
ii) Y. ______________________________________________________________
(b) Why is part marked W not made up of iron?
___________________________________________________________________
(c) By what process does heat travel through part Z?
______________________________________________________________________________________
48. (a) What is immunity?
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
(b) Apart from protection against disease germs, state any other function of immunity
to the body.
________________________________________________________________
(c) Name the vaccine given against Tetanus to babies?
________________________________________________________________
(d) How is the administration of polio vaccine different from that of BCG vaccine?
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______________________________________________________________
49. The diagram below is of the reproductive system of a woman.

e) Name the parts marked by letter A and C.

(i) A ______________________________________________________________
(ii) C ______________________________________________________________
f) Give the function of part marked with letter A.
________________________________________________________________
g) Identify any one sexually transmitted disease that attacks the system above.
________________________________________________________________
50. (a) How do hookworms enter our bodies?
________________________________________________________________
(b) State one danger of hookworms to people.
_______________________________________________________________
(c) Write down two health habits that can help people to avoid worm infestation.
(i) ________________________________________________________________
(ii) ________________________________________________________________
51. (a) What is fainting?
________________________________________________________________
b) What causes fainting?
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
c) State any one condition that may lead to fainting.
________________________________________________________________
d) Why are the legs of a person who has fainted, raised above the head?
________________________________________________________________
52. Match the following diseases in A to B correctly.
A B
Yellow fever amoeba
Malaria trypanosomes
Sleeping sickness virus
Dysentery plasmodium
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 (a) Yellow fever ______________________________________________
(b) Malaria ______________________________________________
(c) Sleeping sickness ______________________________________________
(d) Dysentery ______________________________________________

The diagram below shows an experiment carried out on a plant. Use it to answer
question 54.

53. (a) What was the experiment about?

______________________________________________________________
(b) What is the purpose of the polythene paper in the experiment above?
______________________________________________________________
(c) Give any two factors that affect the rate of the above process.
(i) ______________________________________________________________
(ii) ______________________________________________________________
54. The diagram shows organisms in the environment. Use them to answer
questions that follow.

Q P R

a) In which group of vertebrates is animal P classified?

_____________________________________________________________________
b) How is animal Q different from the other animals in their mode of reproduction?
_____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
c) State one similarity between animal P and animal R.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
b) Name the animal fibre got from animal Q.
_____________________________________________________________________
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SECTION A (40 MARKS)
1. Give one example of a legume.
_______________________________________________________
2. What is the use of a trowel to a crop farmer?
_______________________________________________________
3. Give one reason why a spider is not an insect.
_______________________________________________________
4. How is a worker bee able to carry pollen on its body?
_______________________________________________________
5. What does a mushroom use to reproduce?
_______________________________________________________
6. What is the danger of not brushing your teeth regularly?
_______________________________________________________
7. Why is copper called a good conductor?
_______________________________________________________
8. How is chlorophyll important in the process of photosynthesis?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
The diagram shows a food of a bird. Use it to answer questions 9 and
10.

9. Name an example of a bird with this foot.

_______________________________________________________
10. How useful is the structure of this foot to the bird?
_______________________________________________________
11. How does a vacuum prevent heat loss in a flask?
_______________________________________________________
12. What do we call a condition when a person cannot see objects that are far
from him?
_______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

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The diagram shows a type of a pulley system.

13. How does it help to make work easy?

_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
14. Which substance in the ear prevents dust from entering the organ?
_______________________________________________________
15. Apart from charcoal and timber, name one practice that is a danger to
trees.
_______________________________________________________
16. How does a poultry farmer stop cannibalism among his birds?
_______________________________________________________
17. Give an example of a stem tuber.
_______________________________________________________
18. How is the reproduction of a housefly different from that of a
grasshopper?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
19. Which type of plants have a parallel leaf venation?
_______________________________________________________
20. What is the use of synovial fluid in a joint?
_______________________________________________________
21. Which organ in the body allows exchange of gases in blood?
_______________________________________________________
22. What is the use of a urinary bladder?
_______________________________________________________
23. What is the use of ORS to a sick child?
_______________________________________________________
24. Why does a piece of stone sink in water?
_______________________________________________________
25. Which immunisable disease paralyses limbs of human beings?
_______________________________________________________
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26. What causes evaporation in a water cycle?
_______________________________________________________
27. Which activity of sanitation will reduce the spread of malaria in a
community? ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
28. What is the danger of water snails to human beings?
_______________________________________________________
29. What is the use of prop roots on a maize plant?
_______________________________________________________
30. What type of change needs heat to take place?
_______________________________________________________
31. Give one reason why a mother must breastfeed her baby?
_______________________________________________________
32. How is a bat able to avoid hitting a rock at night?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
33. Which practice of cultivation reduces soil erosion in hilly areas?
_______________________________________________________
34. What is passive smoking? ____________________________________
_______________________________________________________
35. Why should garden tools be kept in a dry place?
_______________________________________________________
36. Why is human skin called an excretory organ?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
37. Which part of a living house allows carbondioxide out?
_______________________________________________________
38. What is the use of a nostril to a fish?
_______________________________________________________
39. Which blood vessels have valves?
_______________________________________________________
40. How would the seed below be dispersed?
______________________________________________
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 SECTION B (60 MARKS)
41. The diagram shows part of a germinating seed. Use it to answer the
questions that follow.

(a) Name the parts:

i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) What is the function of part Y?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) Name one condition that would make a seed fail to germinate.
_______________________________________________________
42. Name the weather instrument in A with what they do in B.
(A) Instrument (B) Function
Windsock atmospheric pressure
Rain gauge strength of wind
Sixth’s thermometer temperature
Barometer how much it has rained

(i) Windsock: _____________________________________________

(ii) Rain gauge: ____________________________________________
(iii) Sixth’s thermometer: ___________________________________
(iv) Barometer: ___________________________________________
43. (a) Give the causes of these conditions in human body.
(i) Kwashiorkor: ___________________________________________
(ii) anaemia: ______________________________________________
(b) Apart from refrigeration, give two other ways of conserving fish.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
44. The diagram shows a method of magnetization. Study it and answer the
questions.

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 (a) What is the method called?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) What would happen if point X of the nail is put at pole S?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) Name one activity that would make a magnet lose its magnetism.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(d) Which part of a radio uses a permanent magnet?
_______________________________________________________
45. (a) What are energy resources?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) What is the major source of energy on earth?
_______________________________________________________
(c) Give two ways by which water can act as a resource.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
46. (a) Name the two types of pollination in flowering plants.
i) ____________________________________________________ __
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) What s the use of each of the following during pollination?
(i) anthers: ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) stigma: _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
47. The diagram shows a boy using a metallic bar to raise a bag of coffee.
Use it to answer the questions.

(a) Which type of machine is he using?

_______________________________________________________
(b) What can he do to lift the sack more easily?

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_____________________________________________________
(c) Name the force that slows movement in moving parts of a machine.
_______________________________________________________
(d) How is the force in (c) useful in our daily life?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
48. The diagram shows a ray of light on a smooth shiny surface Z. Use it to
answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name part X and W.

(i) X: ___________________________________________________
(ii) W: __________________________________________________
(b) Name an instrument where the above principle is used.
_______________________________________________________
(c) Use letter “T” to show the angle of reflection.
49. (a) What is First Aid? ______________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(b) Give two reasons why an injured person may need first aid.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) How is a splint useful to a person with fractured lower leg?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
50. (a) What is teenage pregnancy? _______________________________
_______________________________________________________
(b) Apart from failure to have safe delivery, give two other dangers of
teenage pregnancy.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) How can a school prevent teenage pregnancies?
_______________________________________________________
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51. (a) How are the following important to a cattle farmer?
(i) Castration: ____________________________________________
(ii) Deworming; ___________________________________________
(b) Give two systems used in grazing cattle.
i) _____________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
52. (a) Give two ways of making water safe for drinking.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Write any two ways by which water can become impure.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
53. The diagram shows a simple electric circuit. use it to answer the questions.

(a) Name the part T and R.

(i) T: ___________________________________________________
(ii) R: ________________________________________________
(b) If Q is closed, give one reason why R would not light.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) How is S useful in the above circuit?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
54. Below is part of the human alimentary canal. Study it to answer the
questions.

(a) Give the name and function of part R.

(i) Name: ________________________________________________
(ii) Function: _____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
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 (b) Where does food go after P?
_______________________________________________________
(c) Give one way of preventing constipation.
_______________________________________________________
55. The government of Uganda has stopped the use and manufacture of
polythene bag.
(a) Give two reasons why this was done.
i) _____________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Apart from controlling the spread of crop pests, give two other uses of
mulching a garden.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________

PAPER SIXTEEN
SECTION A
1. Mention any one plant material we use to clean our bodies.
_______________________________________________________________________
2. State the function of red blood cells in the human body.
_______________________________________________________________________
3. Give one reason why crop farmers are advised to carry out thinning for their crops.
_______________________________________________________________________
4. Mention any one human activity which leaves soil bare.
_______________________________________________________________________
5. Apart from making food, mention one other importance of leaves to plants.
_______________________________________________________________________
6. Write one effect of alcoholism to an individual.
_______________________________________________________________________
7. In which way does a hyena benefit from being near a lion in its environment?
_______________________________________________________________________
8. Why is the skin referred to as a sense organ?
_______________________________________________________________________

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9. Give one importance of biological changes to living things.
_______________________________________________________________________
10. State one way water is used as an energy resource in the environment.
________________________________________________________________________
11. Why is it not advisable to serve food using dirty hands?
________________________________________________________________________
12. Give one cause of anti-social behavior among young children
________________________________________________________________________
13. Apart from evaporation, mention one other physical process which helps in rain
formation.
________________________________________________________________________
14. In which way is clay soil useful to brick makers?
________________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a simple machine. Use it to answer question 15.

15. To which group of simple machine does the one shown above belong?
________________________________________________________________________
16. Give a reason why pit latrines should be constructed at least 30 metres from a water
source.
________________________________________________________________________
17. Write one difference between an earthworm and a rat in their structure.
__________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
The diagram blow shows an excretory organ. Use it to answer question 18

Q P

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18. Give the difference between the blood carried by blood vessels labeled P and Q.
__________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
19. How are pineapples, bananas and sisal propagated?
________________________________________________________________________
20. Okello is a hunter in a village. Give one way he can keep his meat for long without
rotting.
________________________________________________________________________
21. State the importance of sorting seeds before planting.
________________________________________________________________________
22. Mention one activity in which decanting is used at home.
________________________________________________________________________
23. How are birds like ducks adapted to swimming in water?
________________________________________________________________________
24. Give any one way farmers can care for bees in apiary?
________________________________________________________________________
25. What happens to the volume of a liquid when frozen?
________________________________________________________________________
26. State any one physical characteristic which separates an adolescent boy from an
adolescent girl.
________________________________________________________________________
27. In which way are bacteria important in soil formation?
________________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows an example of a long bone in the human body. Use it to answer
questions 28 and 29. N

28. State the part of the human body where the above bone is found.
________________________________________________________________________
29. Give the difference between the joint found at M and the one found at N.
________________________________________________________________________
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30. Mention any one activity school children can carry out to promote immunization
services to the community.
________________________________________________________________________
31. Write any one natural factor which makes people to lack water in an area.
________________________________________________________________________
32. Which property of air enables us to drink soda using a straw?
________________________________________________________________________
33. Give one way of caring for an in-calf on a cattle farm.
________________________________________________________________________
34. State one way pedestrians can cause accidents on the road.
________________________________________________________________________
35. Mention one way termites benefit from the soil.
________________________________________________________________________
36. Write one method of preventing the easy spread of skin infection like ringworm
and leprosy.
________________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a dry cell. Use it to answer questions 37 and 38
+

-
37. Using letter P, show the non-metallic conductor of electricity in the diagram
above.
38. Name the form of energy stored by the cell shown in the diagram above.
________________________________________________________________________
39. Mention any one activity children can carry out to keep the floor of the house
clean._____________________________________________________________________
40. Give any one characteristic of wind pollinated flowers.
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41. Give a reason why an iron nail can be attracted by a magnet.
i)__________________________________________________________________
ii)_________________________________________________________________
b) Write any two importances of magnets in our daily life.
i)__________________________________________________________________
ii)_________________________________________________________________
c) State one way of protecting magnets against demagnetization.
___________________________________________________________________
42. In which state of matter is each of the following substances?
i) ash______________________________________________________________
ii) vapour__________________________________________________________
b) Which form of energy changes water to vapour?
___________________________________________________________________
c) Name the product got from burning wood in a limited supply of oxygen.
_________________________________________________________________
43. State two parts of the human ear which are not involved in hearing.
i)__________________________________________________________________
ii)_________________________________________________________________
c) Apart from ears, mention any one other organ vertebrates used for detecting
sound in their surroundings.
___________________________________________________________________
d) Why is it not advisable to clean the ears using sharp materials?
___________________________________________________________________
44. The diagram shows organisms in the environment. Study it carefully and answer
questions that follow.

Q P R

a) In which group of vertebrates is animal P classified?

________________________________________________________________________
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b) How is animal Q different from the other animals in their mode of reproduction?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
c) State one similarity between animal P and animal R.
__________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
e) Name the animal fibre got from animalQ.
________________________________________________________________________

45. State the function of each of the following in a simple electric circuit.
i) Conductor
________________________________________________________________________
ii) Voltmeter
_______________________________________________________________________
b)Name the electric device which carries out the following:
i)Changes electric energy into heat and light.
________________________________________________________________________
ii)Converts electric energy into mechanical energy.
________________________________________________________________________
c) Why should medical drugs be well prescribed before they are given to patients?
________________________________________________________________________
46. Give any two characteristics of essential drugs.
i) __________________________________________________________________
ii) ___________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any one example of an essential drug used to reduce pain.
______________________________________________________________________
c) Why should medical drugs be well prescribed before they are given to patients?
______________________________________________________________________

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 47. Study the diagram below carefully and answer the questions that follow.

a) What would happen to structures X during hot weather if the gaps were not left?
_______________________________________________________________________
_
b) Give a reason for your answer in (a) above.
_______________________________________________________________________
c) Why are structures marked X made of metal?
______________________________________________________________________
d) State the importance of looking right, left and right again before crossing the railway
line.
_______________________________________________________________________
48. Mention the programme which teaches pupils about HIV/ AIDS in schools.
_______________________________________________________________________
b) Write any two messages passed on to the pupils during the programme
mentioned in (a) above.
i)_____________________________________________________________________
ii)______________________________________________________________________
c) Why does the above programme encourage pupils to abstain from sex?
______________________________________________________________________
49. a)Explainwhat happens to each of the following when we breathe out.
i) The ribs____________________________________________________________
ii) The diaphragm______________________________________________________
b) Name the fluid which reduces friction between the lungs and the ribcage.
______________________________________________________________________
c) Give a reason why it is advisable to breathe through the nose.
_______________________________________________________________________
50. What term describes a condition when food is not properly digested in the body?
______________________________________________________________________
b) Give any two causes of the condition named in (a) above.
i) ________________________________________________________________
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c) Write one way of preventing the condition named in (a) above.
______________________________________________________________________
51. The diagram below shows two boys playing on a see-saw. Study it carefully and
answer the questions that follow. JOHN (40kg)

JUMA(80kg)

2m M

a) In which class of levers is the machine above classified?

_______________________________________________________________________
b) Name point marked M.
_______________________________________________________________________
c) How far is John from Juma? (2marks)
_______________________________________________________________________
52. A cow was found with the following signs
 Sores in the mouth and hooves
 Difficult in moving
 Frequent salivation
a) State the disease the cow is likely to be suffering from.
__________________________________________________________________
b) What causes the disease mentioned in (a) above?
__________________________________________________________________
c) Give two ways a farmer can prevent the cow from spreading the infection to
other animals on the farm.
i)_________________________________________________________________
ii)________________________________________________________________
53. Name the garden tool which helps a crop farmer to transplant seedlings.
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 b) Give two reasons why transplanting is carried out in the evening.
i)______________________________________________________________________
ii)______________________________________________________________________
c) Mention one activity that can be carried out to care for seedlings after
transplanting.
______________________________________________________________________
54. The diagram below shows a rain bow.

a) Complete it by naming the missing colours

ii

i)____________________________________________________________________

ii)____________________________________________________________________

b) Name any two primary colours.

i)______________________________________________________________________

ii)_____________________________________________________________________

55. Name the set of teeth found in babies.

______________________________________________________________________
b)Which type of teeth is missing in the set of teeth mentioned in (a) above?
______________________________________________________________________
c) Give a reason why babies should be given soft food.
______________________________________________________________________
d) State one way mothers can promote the strong growth of teeth in their children.
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Questions 1 to 49 carry one mark each

1. Name the human body organ which enables the learners to remember what is
taught by the teachers.
_______________________________________________________
2. What component of air is used in extinguishing fire?
_______________________________________________________
3. Why should fruits be washed before they are eaten?
_______________________________________________________
4. Give one human activity that has led to the destruction of wetlands.
_______________________________________________________
5. How does a fish help in controlling the spread of malaria?
_______________________________________________________
6. State any one practice on a school garden that helps to improve soil
fertility. ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
7. What force enables a match-stick to light when it is struck at the side of
its box?
_______________________________________________________
8. Give any one way in which an Umbilical cord is important to developing foetus
in the uterus.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
9. Apart from hearing, give any one other function of the human ear.
_______________________________________________________
Below is a scavenger bird. Use it to answer the question that follow.

10. What is the importance of the above bird in promoting the health in the
community? ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
11. How is the function of the pulmonary artery different from that of other
arteries?

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_____________________________________________________
12. State the compass direction in which a freely suspended magnet will rest.
_______________________________________________________
13. Why does a stone sink when it is placed in a bucket full of water?
_______________________________________________________
14. Patrick can only read his notes when the book is a distance not more than
one meter from his eyes. What advice can you give him?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
15. Give any one way grasshoppers are important to people.
_______________________________________________________
16. When it is said that Isaac is anaemic. What mineral is he lacking in his
blood?
_______________________________________________________
17. How can the School Health Committee tell whether a child is already
immunized against measles without referring tot the Child-Health Card?
_______________________________________________________
18. Give one way in which plants benefit from animals.
_______________________________________________________
19. Why are minerals grouped under non renewable resources?
_______________________________________________________
20. State any one use of a skeleton to a monkey.
_______________________________________________________
21. State any one way of avoiding tooth decay.
_______________________________________________________
22. What is the use of an anemometer to the weather station?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
23. What type of family has the following people: Husband, Wife, Son and
Niece?
_______________________________________________________
24. In the diagram below, indicate using an arrow the direction of the flow of
electricity.

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25. State one reason why loam soil is good for plants.
_______________________________________________________
26. Give any one reason why people should test their blood for HIV/AIDS.
_______________________________________________________
27. What is the use of a dust bin at a school?
_______________________________________________________
28. Explain why light is seen before sound is heard during lightening on a rainy
day? ___________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
29. What does the part labeled P become after fertilization in the flower shown
below?
_______________________________________________________

30. Apart from the type of soil, name one other factor to consider when
constructing a house.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
31. Mention one of the services of Public health Care (PHC).
_______________________________________________________
32. Give one difference between a pit latrine and a VIP latrine.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
33. Why do electricity wires hanging on electric poles sometimes appear loose
and at other times?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
34. Give any one way a farmer can improve on the local breeds of cattle.
_______________________________________________________
35. How is the reproduction of a duck- billed platypus different from other
mammals?
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_____________________________________________________
36. Why is it dangerous to stay near someone who is smoking?
_______________________________________________________
37. State any one physical change which occurs in female adolescents but not in
male? _________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
38. Sanita keeps her left over food well covered. Why does it go bad after some
time? ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
39. State any one way in which echoes are useful to bats.
_______________________________________________________
40. Give one reason why mercury is used in thermometers instead of water.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
SECTION B
Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each.
41. (a) Give any two uses of water in our homes.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) State any one way water can be contaminated.
_______________________________________________________
(c) Give any one way water can be made safe for drinking.
_______________________________________________________
42. The diagram below shows a method of making a magnet. Study it and
use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the method of making a magnet shown in the diagram above.
_______________________________________________________
(b) What pole will the part marked A become?
_______________________________________________________

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 (c) What would you do to dry cells in order to increase the strength of the
magnet?
_______________________________________________________
(d) State any importance of magnets to people.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
43. (a) Give one reason why a frog is able to live on land and in water
comfortably.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Give one difference between a frog and a toad.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) State any one importance of frogs to people.
_______________________________________________________
(d) How does a frog protect its eggs laid in water from being eaten by its
enemies? ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
44. Some diseases can be treated without the use of drugs.
(a) Give one example of such a disease.
_______________________________________________________
(b) How would you treat the disease you have named in (a) above?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) Give one reason why drugs should be prescribed by health workers
before they are used by sick people.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(d) Name any one essential drug.
_______________________________________________________
45. Match items of group A with those of B.
List A List B
Heart carbondioxide
Kidney sensory organ
Skin circulation of blood
Lung urine
i) Heart: ___________________________________________
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 ii) Kidney: ___________________________________________
iii) Skin: ___________________________________________
iv) Lung: ___________________________________________

46. The diagram below shows an onion study and use it to answer the
questions that follow.

(a) Name the part labeled K?

_______________________________________________________
(b) What is the function of part labeled P?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(c) What type of root system does the above onion have?
_______________________________________________________
(d) How is the above plant propagated?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
47. (a) Give any three artificial methods of family planning.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
iii) _____________________________________________________
(b) State any one advantage of family planning to parents.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
48. (a) Apart from reducing the effort force needed to do work, give any other
two advantages of using machines.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Name any two types of machines.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
49. A boy of P.7 fell down from a mango tree on a school compound and broke his
thigh bone.
(a) Name the injury which the boy got?
_______________________________________________________
(b) State any two ways in which the boy can be given First aid.
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 i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) What is the importance of giving First aid to a boy?
_______________________________________________________
50. (a) Give any two reasons why people should be stopped from using polythene
bags.
i) _____________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Name two steps should the government take to make sure that people
totally stop using polythene bags.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
51. In the diagram below water in a kettle is being heated and at the same
time water is being collected.

(a) Name the substance marked Z.

_______________________________________________________
(b) By what process is water being collected in a container formed?
_______________________________________________________
(c) What form of energy has led to the formation of the substance marked
Z?
_______________________________________________________
(d) After sometime of heating, there will be no more water in the kettle.
What will have happened to the water?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
52. (a) Lightning can destroy buildings, give any other two dangers of lightening.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Give any other two ways in which people can protect themselves from
dangers of lighting.
i) ______________________________________________________
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 ii) _____________________________________________________

53.The graph below shows the number of eggs laid daily on Bbosa’s poultry
farm. Study it carefully and answer the questions that follow.

(a) On which day was the highest production of eggs recorded?

_______________________________________________________
(b) How many eggs were laid on Tuesday?
_______________________________________________________
(c) If an egg costs shs.300, how much money was collected from the eggs
laid on Friday?
_______________________________________________________
(d) Suggest one problem which could have caused the low production of eggs
on Thursday.
_______________________________________________________
(a) State any one advantage of breast feeding to the:
(i) Mother: ______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Baby: ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(b) Give one disadvantage of bottle feeding to the baby.
_______________________________________________________
(c) What name is given to a meal containing all the food values in their right
amounts?
_______________________________________________________
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54. State any three importance of physical exercises to school children.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
iii) _____________________________________________________
(b) State any one danger of strong physical exercises to nursery children.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
55. The diagram below shows an object Y placed in front of a plane mirror
M. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Draw on the diagram above the image of the object P.

(b) Give any two characteristics of images formed in such mirrors mentioned
above.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) State any one use of side mirrors to motorists.
_______________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

PAPER EIGHTEEN
SECTION A(40 MARKS)
1. Name any one non flowering plant.
_________________________________________________________
2. How is the immunization programme important to people in Uganda?
_________________________________________________________
3. Identify any one way of controlling water borne diseases.
_________________________________________________________
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4. Name any one food stuff that is pounded or ground before cooking.
_________________________________________________________
5. State any one difference between a dove and a rat.
_________________________________________________________
6. Give an example of a water impurity.
_________________________________________________________
7. Mention any one reason why children eat food.
_________________________________________________________
Study the diagram of a fruit below and answer questions 8 and 9

8. Use letter K to indicate the plumule on the above fruit.

_________________________________________________________
9. Why is the above grain called a fruit?
_________________________________________________________
10. What advice would you give to a mother whose child is suffering from
kwashiorkor?
_________________________________________________________
11. Identify any tick-borne cattle disease.
_________________________________________________________
12. Why should a P.7 pupil brush his/ her teeth after every meal?
_________________________________________________________
13. Identify the best family planning method which controls STDs among
married couples.
_________________________________________________________
14. Besides killing germs, how else is hydrochloric acid important in the
stomach?
_________________________________________________________
15. Why are bee keepers advised to put be hives in quiet places?
_________________________________________________________
16. Suggest one way of controlling burns and scalds in a kitchen.
_________________________________________________________
17. Give the meaning of refraction of light.
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18. State one importance of proper chewing of food before swallowing.
_________________________________________________________
19. Cite out one way of increasing the volume of blood in the body.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
20. Besides being vertebrates, how else are birds similar to mammals?
_________________________________________________________
21. List any one solute used in the preparation of ORS.
_________________________________________________________
22. Why isn’t a toadstool able to make its own food?
_________________________________________________________
23. Suggest any one way of controlling mosquitoes at the larva stage.
_________________________________________________________
24. How are splints useful to a casualty?
_________________________________________________________
25. Outline one way of controlling constipation among children.
_________________________________________________________
26. In one sentence, give the meaning of an apiary.
_________________________________________________________
27. How do crops on a mixed farm benefit from livestock?
_________________________________________________________
28. In the space below, draw a compound trifoliate leaf.

29. Why should babies be breastfed for the first six months of their life?
_________________________________________________________
30. Give one difference between a spider and a cockroach.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
31. Name any one incandescent object.
_________________________________________________________
32. State one way how machines simplify work.
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33. Why can’t a pen write on a paper smeared with oil?
_________________________________________________________
Study the diagram below and answer questions 34 and 35.

34. Who of the two boys is heavier?

_________________________________________________________
35. What should Juma do to lift Tom up?
_________________________________________________________
36. To which body system does the skin belong?
_________________________________________________________
37. State one way of caring for the human ear.
_________________________________________________________
38. Why is it dangerous to break blisters casualties with second degree burns?
_________________________________________________________
39. Cite one disease of the circulatory system.
_________________________________________________________
40. Name one example of a wedge in machines.
_________________________________________________________
SECTION B (60 MARKS)
41. a) In one sentence give the meaning of weather.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
b) State any two weather conditions.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
c) Which instrument is used to measure wind speed?
_____________________________________________________
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42. a) Give the meaning of the term food security.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
b) State any two ways of improving food security of a community.
i)___________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________
c) State one danger of food insecurity in a community.
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
43. Below is part of the human skeleton, use it to answer the following
questions

a) Name the bones M and O

i) M _________________________
ii) O _________________________
b) What type of bone is marked with letter M?
___________________________________________________

c) How is joint N different from the joint at L?

_____________________________________________________
44. a) State any two ways how vectors spread diseases.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
b) Cite out ant two diseases which are not spread by vectors.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
45. a) State the main reason why farmers keep Friesian cattle.
_____________________________________________________
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 b) Identify any other breed of cattle kept for the reason given in “a”
above.
_____________________________________________________
c) How are the following tools useful on a cattle farm?
i) strip cup
_____________________________________________________
ii)lactometer
____________________________________________________
46. a) State any one activity at home where filtration is carried out.
_____________________________________________________
b) Why is distilled water not good for drinking?
_____________________________________________________
c) Give two activities that can be done to make dirty water safe for
drinking.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
47. Study the diagram below of finding volume

d) When is the above method used to measure volume?

_____________________________________________________
e) State the role of the string in the above process.
_____________________________________________________
f) Calculate the density of the stone (2marks)

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48. a) State the role of the following parts of the female reproductive
system.
i) Ovary
_____________________________________________________
ii) Cervix
_____________________________________________________
d) Name any disease of the reproductive system which leads to insanity
___________________________________________________
e) State any one way of caring for the reproductive system.
_____________________________________________________
49. a) What is meant by the term PHC?
_____________________________________________________
b) Identify any two elements of PHC respected at school.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
c) Outline any one principle of PHC.
_____________________________________________________
50. Study the diagram of the kidney below

a) Name parts marked C and D

i) C _____________________ ii) D_______________________
b) Give one difference between blood carried in vessels marked A and B
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 ____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
c) List any one disease of the kidney.
_____________________________________________________

51. a) In one sentence, give the meaning of drug prescription.

____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
b) Which component of a drug prescription protects patients from taking
wrong drugs?
_____________________________________________________
c) How should a mother prevent drug poisoning in a home?
_____________________________________________________
d) What is drug misuse?
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
52. a) State any one economic importance of sound energy.
_____________________________________________________
b) How does a guitar produce sound?
_____________________________________________________
c) Give any one method of storing sound.
_____________________________________________________
d) State one importance of an ear to a deaf person.
_____________________________________________________
53. Study the type of reflection below

a) Complete the diagram by drawing the missing ray.

b) Name the light ray you have drawn
_____________________________________________________
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 c) What type of reflection is shown in the diagram?
____________________________________________________
d) Find the size of the angle of incidence

___________________________________________________
54. a) What is oral health?
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
c) Name any two tools that can be used to promote oral health.
i)____________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________
c) Why is opening bottles using one’s teeth a bad practice?
_____________________________________________________
55. Match the following forms of electricity with their sources
List A List B
Thermal electricity The sun
Hydro electricity Fossil fuels
Geothermal electricity First flowing water
Solar electricity Steam from hot rocks

i) Thermal electricity ____________________________

ii) Hydro electricity ____________________________
iii) Geothermal electricity ____________________________
iv) Solar electricity ____________________________

PAPER NINETEEN
SECTION A
1. Which substance exists in all the three states of matter?
_______________________________________________________
2. Name the sensory organ that helps a person to detect changes in
temperature.
_______________________________________________________
3. In which way does the cutting of trees (deforestation) cause soil erosion?

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_____________________________________________________
4. Give one reason as to why pests and diseases are referred to as Blocks in
food path.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
5. State any one way of proper disposal of rubbish in home.
_______________________________________________________
6. How is the propagation of sweet potatoes different from that of irish
potatoes?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
7. How does the study of weather help a farmer?
_______________________________________________________
8. Apart from tasting, give any other role of the tongue during digestion.
_______________________________________________________
9. Which component of soil is used by plants to make their own food?
_______________________________________________________
Use the diagram of a human tooth below and answer the questions that
follow.

10. How useful is the type of tooth above?

_________________________________________________________
11. Identify any one way in which trees are able to reduce air pollution in the
environment.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
12. Why do most plants in desert areas have thorns?
_______________________________________________________
13. Name any one by product of respiration process.
_______________________________________________________
14. Which structures enable the trachea to remain open all the time?
_______________________________________________________
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 What does the experiment above prove?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
16. Why is the re-cycling an important process in the conservation of resource?
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
17. How is sun important in the process of rain cycle?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
18. State the compass direction in which a freely suspended magnet will rest.
_______________________________________________________
19. How does the human body cool itself in a hot day?
_______________________________________________________
20. What health danger comes as a result of someone not completing his medical
dose? ____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
21. Name the type of mosquito that spread elephantiasis to humans.
_______________________________________________________
22. Why are ventilators put at a higher level above windows and doors in a
house? _________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
23. State one reason why a crop farmer should include beans in his crop
rotation? ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
24. Give one major reason as to why one should wash his hands with soap after
visiting a latrine. __________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
25. What do arachnids use for breathing?
_______________________________________________________
26. How does leaching reduce soil fertility?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
27. Name the type of blood cell which is affected by malaria parasites in the
body.
_______________________________________________________
28. Give one use of water absorbed by seeds during germination.
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_____________________________________________________
29. Why is it important for married couple to be treated together if they have
got syphilis? _________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
30. How useful is frictional force to a P.7 candidate during his examinations?
_______________________________________________________
31. Name any one type of cattle kept by farmers in Uganda.
_______________________________________________________
32. Which disease is characterized by a sunken soft spot on a baby’s head
(fontanelle)?
_______________________________________________________
33. Name the final digested food products from eating proteins to the body.
_______________________________________________________
34. Give one reason as to why water is not advisable to put out petrol fire.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Study the diagram of a flower and use it to answer the question about
it.

35. What is the use of the part marked “M” to a flower?

_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
36. Give one reason as to why filtrated water is not necessarily safe for
drinking? ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
37. How useful is a stretcher when giving first aid?
_______________________________________________________
38. State any one characteristic of fruits and seeds dispersed by animals.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
39. Give any one reason as to why sugarcane is not considered as a stem tuber
yet is stores food in its stem.

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_____________________________________________________

40. Name any one diarrheal disease.

_______________________________________________________
SECTION B
41. (a) Give any one way in which Primary Health Care (PHC) is important to the
community.
_______________________________________________________
(b) State the element of PHC which is promoted by each of the following
activities.
(i) Cleaning water sources:
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Eating a balanced diet meal:
_______________________________________________________
42. Use the diagram below of a simple circuit to answer questions that
follow.

(a) How is the function of the part marked M similar to that of R?

_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Name the form of energy produced at part marked T when the circuit is
completed.
_______________________________________________________
(c) Calculate the voltage used in the circuit above. (2mks)

43. (a) Give the difference between reflection and refraction.

_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Identify any two characteristics of image formed by plane mirrors.
i) ______________________________________________________
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(c) How is reflection of light useful in our daily life?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
44. (a) What is respiration?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) How are air sacs (Alveoli) adapted for gaseous exchange?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) Give any one respiration disease caused by bacteria.
_______________________________________________________
(d) State any one way how one can maintain his respiratory system in good
working condition. _________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
45. (a) What is immunity?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Study and complete the immunization table below.
Disease Vaccine Immunization site
Polio Polio vaccine i)
Tuberculosis BCG ii)
Diphtheria iii) Left upper thigh

46. An irregular object was lowered into an overflow can A containing water.
The water it displaced was collected in container B as shown.

(a) What is the volume of the irregular object above?

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 (b) Calculate the density of the irregular object if its mass is 90g. (2mks)

(c) Name container marked P.

_______________________________________________________
47. (a) Which type of change takes place when an iron rusts?
_______________________________________________________
(b) Give two conditions necessary for rusting to take place on an iron tool.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) State any one effect of rusting on iron tools.
_______________________________________________________
48. (a) What is environmental degradation?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Identify any two natural causes of environmental degradation.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) Give any one human activity that cause environmental degradation.
_______________________________________________________
49. In the diagram below W,X and Y show the stages of germination of a
seed. Study and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the part marked Q.

_____________________________________________________
(b) How is part marked Q useful to the seedling at the stage marked X?
_______________________________________________________
(c) Why is the part marked Q useless at stage Y?
_______________________________________________________
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 (d) Which type of germination is shown by the above seeds?
_______________________________________________________
50. (a) Differentiate between poultry and poultry keeping.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Name any two vices in poultry which can be controlled by debeaking.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) Give any one disease that attacks poultry.
_______________________________________________________
51. (a) What is the standard unit for measuring force?
_______________________________________________________
(b) A man weighs 60kg. He sits 1.5metres from the fulcrum (pivot) of a see-
saw. How far from the fulcrum will a boy whose weight is 30kg, sit in order
to balance up with the man in the see-saw. (3mks)

52. (a) What is the importance of a school garden to school children?

______________________________________________________
(b) Identify two factors to consider when choosing an area for a school
garden.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) Name any one framing practice that can be done in a school garden.
_______________________________________________________
53. (a) What is swarming? ______________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(b) Give two reasons as to why people keep bees.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) State any one way how bees can be dangerous to human beings.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

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54. (a) What is the difference between transparent and translucent objects?
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
(b) Give any one example of opaque object.
_______________________________________________________
(c) Name the type of lens used to correct long sightedness.
_______________________________________________________
(d) Which part of the eye has the same function as film in the lens camera?
_______________________________________________________
55. (a) Give the difference between a predator and a scavenger.
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
(b) In which way are scavengers useful in the environment?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) Name any two examples of scavenger birds.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________

PAPER TWENTY
SECTION A
1. Besides the tooth brushes and tooth paste, name one item used to clean human
teeth.
____________________________________________________________________________
2. Why is carbondioxide used in fire extinguishers?
____________________________________________________________________________
3. State any one example of an animal vector.
____________________________________________________________________________
4. Suggest any one importance of soil to a rat.
____________________________________________________________________________
5. How are Chlamydia germs dangerous to people?
____________________________________________________________________________
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7. In which one way do crops benefit from trees in agro forestry?
____________________________________________________________________________
8. Why do people urinate frequently on cold days than on hot days?
____________________________________________________________________________
The diagram below is of property of air. Use it to answer questions 9 and 10.

Card board
9. Why didn’t the cardboard paper fall immediately?
____________________________________________________________________________

10. Suggest any one application of the above property of air.

____________________________________________________________________________
11. What causes the noise produced by a class door when opening and closing it?

____________________________________________________________________________
12. Fish, reptiles and birds have backbones and lay eggs. Name any other characteristic
that is common to all of them.
____________________________________________________________________________
13. What happens to water when it cools below O 0cntigrade?
____________________________________________________________________________
14. Give any one sign which shows that a cow is suffering from mastitis.
____________________________________________________________________________
15. Why do house flies lay eggs in decaying matter like faeces?
____________________________________________________________________________
16. Mention any function of the kidney apart from blood filtration.
____________________________________________________________________________
17. Identify one blood vessel which carries blood away from the heart.
____________________________________________________________________________
18. How does heat promote personal hygiene?
____________________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows a magnet. Use it to answer questions 19 and 20.

19. Name the pole marked with letter B.

____________________________________________________________________________
20. Write down the property of magnets in the above diagram.
____________________________________________________________________________
21. Apart from leaving cooked food uncovered, how else can cooked food be
contaminated?
____________________________________________________________________________
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22. What is a strain?
____________________________________________________________________________

23. State the role o yeast in the production of alcohol.

____________________________________________________________________________
24. Give any one use of essential drugs t o humans.
____________________________________________________________________________
25. Kazooba touched a kettle full of water and found it to be hot. Which body sense
enabled him to tell that the kettle was hot?
____________________________________________________________________________

26. Outline the deficient vitamin in the diet of a girl who can’t see clearly when it is
getting dark.
____________________________________________________________________________
27. How does painting prevent rusting of painted iron materials?
____________________________________________________________________________
28. Give any one danger of a dirty body to an individual.
____________________________________________________________________________
29. Suggest any one way of controlling weeds in a garden.
____________________________________________________________________________
30. Emerson crushed garlic and Edinson in the next room could smell the garlic. Whet
process enabled the smell of garlic to reach Edinson in the next room?
____________________________________________________________________________
31. Why are we encouraged to drink boiled water?
____________________________________________________________________________
The diagram below shows an invertebrate

32. To which group of invertebrates does this animal belong?

____________________________________________________________________________
33. What is the function of part N?
____________________________________________________________________________
34. Write any one example of a food taboo in Mukono.
____________________________________________________________________________
35. Name the disease that deforms the red blood cells.
____________________________________________________________________________
36. Give any one use of ventilators on a house.
____________________________________________________________________________
37. State the role of a drone being a bee hive.
____________________________________________________________________________
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38. Identify the best way of controlling ecto parasites in cattle.
____________________________________________________________________________
39. Where in the digestive system does absorption of alcohol take place?
____________________________________________________________________________
40. List any one example of a saprophyte.
____________________________________________________________________________

SECTION B
41. a)How is each of the following crops harvested?
i)cassava___________________________________________________________________
ii)tomatoes_________________________________________________________________
b) Suggest any two reasons why farmers weed their gardens.
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii___________________________________________________________________________
42. a) Define each of the following terms
i) Drug abuse __________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
ii) Drug prescription _____________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
b) State two reasons why drugs should be prescribed by health workers before
use.
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii___________________________________________________________________________
43. The diagram below is of a pit latrine. Study it and answer the following questions
Q

a)Name part marked Q.__________________________________________________________

b)State the function of part marked P.
__________________________________________________________________________________
c) The arrow marked R shows movement of air inside the pit of the latrine. By what
process does air move into and out of the pit of the latrine above?
__________________________________________________________________________________
d) Why is it not advisable to use disinfectants very often while cleaning the pit latrine?
__________________________________________________________________________________

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44. a) The skin is an excretory body organ in humans. Name one excretory product the
skin releases.
__________________________________________________________________________________
b) Beside excretion, state any other two ways in which the skin is important to the
human body.
__________________________________________________________________________________
c)Give any one viral infection that affects the human skin.
__________________________________________________________________________________
45. a) Give any two ways through which diseases are spread in cattle.
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________________________
b) Which cattle disease shows the following signs and symptoms. High
temperature, lameness, blisters on tongue and hooves?
___________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest one way of controlling the spread of the above named disease.
________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
46. The diagram below is of a machine. Use it to answer the following questions

10M
5M
Load

a) Name the machine above.

_____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
b)What distance does the load and effort move through
i) load

____________________________________________________________________________
ii) Effort

____________________________________________________________________________
c)How can you use less than 50kgF to pull the above load?

___________________________________________________________________________
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47. a) What is first aid?
____________________________________________________________________________
b) Why would it be dangerous for an eleven year old boy to remove an adult who
is near drowning in water?
____________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest one thing the boy in “b” should do to save the adult from drowning?
____________________________________________________________________________
d)Give one reason why we give first aid.
____________________________________________________________________________
48. a) Name one practice which increase the spread of bilhazia.
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Which vector is important in the spread of bilharzias?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Give two ways of preventing the spread of bilharzia.
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________________________________

49. Match the items in List A to those in list B correctly as used at a weather station
A B
wind vane amount of rain
barometer speed of wind
rain gauge amount of air pressure
anemometer direction of wind

a) wind vane _________________________________________________________________

b) barometer _________________________________________________________________
c) rain gauge _________________________________________________________________
d) anemometer_______________________________________________________________
50. The diagram below shows an alimentary canal of a bird. use it to answer the following
questions.

M L
P

a) What does a bird use part K for?

__________________________________________________________________________
b)State the function of L.
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Name part marked P.
__________________________________________________________________________
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 d) Give the use of part M to a bird.
__________________________________________________________________________
51. a)Mention any two examples of arachnids
i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________________________

Give any two differences between arachnids and insects.

i)___________________________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________________________
52. a)Besides hearing, mention any other function of the human ear.
____________________________________________________________________________
b) Suggest the importance of wax found in the ear canal.
____________________________________________________________________________
c) Why is it dangerous to clean our ears using sharp objects?
____________________________________________________________________________
d) Identify the collective name given to the small bones of the human ear.
____________________________________________________________________________
53. Below are components of blood. Use them to answer the following questions

a) State the functional difference between A and B.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
b) Where are components B manufactured in the body?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Name the component A and B.
A___________________________________ B_____________________________
54. a)Give any one type of soil erosion.
____________________________________________________________________________
b)How does bush burning lead to soil erosion?
____________________________________________________________________________
c)State any two agents of soil erosion
i)__________________________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________________________

55. Below is an illustration of how to make a magnet. Use it to answer the given questions.

X Y
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 a) Which method of making magnets is illustrated in the above diagram?
__________________________________________________________________________
b) What name is given to the magnet formed using the above method?
__________________________________________________________________________
c) Mention one device that uses the above named magnet.
__________________________________________________________________________
d) Name the pole marked X.
__________________________________________________________________________

PAPER TWENTY ONE

SECTION A (4O MARKS)

1. Name any one natural source of heat energy.

___________________________________________________________________________
2. Identify the enzyme responsible for digestion of food in the mouth.
___________________________________________________________________________
3. How is friction an important force to a crop farmer?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. In one sentence, give the meaning of truancy
___________________________________________________________________________
5. Suggest the importance of blubber to cetaceans.
___________________________________________________________________________
6. How is black jack seed propagated?
___________________________________________________________________________
7. Give one way a crop farmer can make use of radiation process.
___________________________________________________________________________
Use the diagram below to answer questions 8 and 9.
Q

8. Name part P of the above seed.

___________________________________________________________________________
9. State the role of part Q to a seed during germination.
___________________________________________________________________________
10. Where in a rat does fertilization take place?
___________________________________________________________________________
11. Identify any one way plants in deserts regulate the rate of transpiration.
___________________________________________________________________________
12. Which part of an egg develops into a chick during incubation?
___________________________________________________________________________
13. Why are burns and scalds put under cold running water?
___________________________________________________________________________
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14. How does intra-uterine device promote child spacing?
___________________________________________________________________________
15. Which disease is spread by rat fleas?
___________________________________________________________________________
16. How is black jack seed adapted to its mode of dispersal?
___________________________________________________________________________
17. How useful are brightly coloured petals to a flower of a plant?
___________________________________________________________________________
18. Give the importance of bile juice in the process of digestion.
___________________________________________________________________________
19. How is reflection of light important to drivers on the road?
___________________________________________________________________________
20. Why do crawling babies commonly suffer from diarrhea?
___________________________________________________________________________
21. Besides brushing teeth, suggest one way of preventing tooth decay in children.
___________________________________________________________________________

22. Identify any condition that favours rusting of iron materials.

___________________________________________________________________________
Use the diagram below to answer questions 23 and 24

23. Mention one group of birds with such a foot.

___________________________________________________________________________
24. Suggest the importance of part A to such birds.
___________________________________________________________________________
25. Give any one type of cattle kept in Uganda.
___________________________________________________________________________
26. State any one way of protecting water sources from contamination.
___________________________________________________________________________
27. How do solids allow heat transfer by conduction?
___________________________________________________________________________
28. Give one way how crop growing can depend on cattle keeping.
___________________________________________________________________________
29. Suggest any one way mammals can care for their young one.
___________________________________________________________________________
30. Identify one danger that may result from poor functioning of the kidneys.
___________________________________________________________________________
31. How does a VIP latrine contribute towards the control of communicable
diseases?
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32. Name one enzyme produced by the pancreas used in digestion of fats.
___________________________________________________________________________
33. Name any one fungal skin infection.
___________________________________________________________________________
34. Besides protecting the heart, how else is the human skeleton important to the
circulatory system?
___________________________________________________________________________
35. Identify one animal fibre used in textile industries.
___________________________________________________________________________
Study the diagram below and answer questions 36 and 37.
A

36. Why are gaps marked A left between rails during construction of railway lines?
___________________________________________________________________________
37. What would happen if gaps marked A were not left between rails?
___________________________________________________________________________
38. Suggest any one method of food preparation.
___________________________________________________________________________
39. How does a toadstol feed?
___________________________________________________________________________
40. What role do teeth play during digestion?
___________________________________________________________________________
SECTION B (60 MARKS)
41. Given the list of animals: frog, goat, hen, crocodile and tilapia
a) What similarity is in all these animals?
___________________________________________________________________________
b) which two animals are homoeothermic?
i)__________________________________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________ ________________________
c)How is a crocodile different from a tilapia?
___________________________________________________________________________

42. The diagram below is of a root system. use it to answer the following questions
N

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 a) Name structure N._________________________________________
b) Which group of plants has the above root system?
_________________________________________________________________________
c) What is the importance of organisms found in structures marked N?
_________________________________________________________________________
d) State any one crop with such roots.
_________________________________________________________________________
43. a) Give the danger of taking expired drugs.
_________________________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two examples of essential drugs.
i) __________________________________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________ ________________________
c) Suggest one danger of passive smoking to people.
_________________________________________________________________________
44. a) Distinguish between renewable and non- renewable resources.
_________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
b) Identify one example of non- renewable resource.
_________________________________________________________________________
c) How can school going children prevent environmental degradation?
i)________________________________________________________________________
ii)_______________________________________________________________________

45. An incident ray of light struck a plane mirror at an angle of 27 0.

a) Find the angle of reflection (2marks)

b) In the space below, draw an illustration to show that light travels in a straight
line.
________________________________________________________________________
c) Apart from sight, give one other use of eyes to humans.
________________________________________________________________________
46. Match the following forms of electricity with their sources.
Types of electricity Sources
- Thermal electricity - Fast flowing water
- Hydro electricity - Unanium
- Geothermal electricity - Fossil fuels
- Atomic electricity - Steam from hot rocks
- The sun

i) Thermal electricity ______________________________________________________

ii) Hydro electricity ________________________________________________________
iii) Geothermal electricity __________________________________________________
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iv) Atomic electricity_______________________________________________________

47. a) Define the term immunization.

____________________________________________________________________________
b) Identify one air borne immunizable disease.
_________________________________________________________________________
c) Why is measles vaccine administered at 9 months?
_________________________________________________________________________
d) State any one sign of tetanus in infants.
_________________________________________________________________________
48. Below are methods of harvesting wood, use them to answer the following
questions

a) Name the methods A and B

i)A________________________________ ii)B___________________________
b) Which of the above methods is used to harvest wood for timber?
_________________________________________________________________________
c) How does afforestation control soil erosion?
_________________________________________________________________________
49. a) Why do farmers dock their sheep?
_________________________________________________________________________
b) Identify the best wool producer among sheep.
_________________________________________________________________________
c) Suggest any one product got from wool.
_________________________________________________________________________

d) How is the cause of blue tongue different from that of anthrax in sheep?
_________________________________________________________________________
50. Opio often runs on the school compound.
a) Identify one accident he is likely to encounter.
_________________________________________________________________________

b) Name any one danger of accidents to school going children.

__________________________________________________________________________
c)Suggest a suitable first aid for the accident in (a) above . (2marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

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 51. Below is a method of making magnets. Use it to answer the following questions

X Y

a) Name the above method of making magnets.

________________________________________________________________________
b) Which magnetic poles will X and Y become?
i)X______________________________ ii)Y______________________
c) Identify one method of demagnetizing magnets at home.
_______________________________________________________________________
52. a) What type of metamorphosis has three stages of development?
________________________________________________________ _______________
b) Name the second stage in the above type of metamorphosis.
_______________________________________________________________________

c) Give any two examples of insects which undergo the above type of
metamorphosis.
i)_______________________________________________________ ________________
ii)________________________________________________________ _______________
53. In four sentences, explain how you can prepare ORS locally.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
54. Study the diagram of the respiratory tract below and answer the following
questions

a) Name part R. _________________________________________________________

b) Why is part Z made of cartilage rings?
_______________________________________________________________________

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 c) Which process takes place in part P?
_______________________________________________________________________
d) Suggest one bad health practice that affects the structure above.
_______________________________________________________________________
55. a) State the end products of the following after digestion.
i) Carbohydrates _____________________________________________________
ii) Proteins ____________________________________________________________
b) Why are vitamins and mineral salts absorbed without being digested?
_______________________________________________________________________
c) State any one disorder of the digestive system.
_______________________________________________________________________

PAPER TWENTY TWO

SECTION A
1. What is the use of small hair found in the nose?
_______________________________________________________
2. Which immunisable disease causes lameness in children?
_______________________________________________________
3. Why is a cockroach classified as an invertebrate?
_______________________________________________________
4. What advice would you give to your fellow P.7 pupils about protection of the
environment against polythene bags?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
5. Where in the alimentary canal does digestion of food end?
_______________________________________________________
6. Gilamia touched a kettle full of water and found it to be hot. Which body
sense enabled her to tell that the kettle was hot?
_______________________________________________________
The diagram below shows three liquids with different densities. Use it
to answer question 7 .

7. Which of the three liquids has the lowest density?

_______________________________________________________
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8. What is the role of chrolophyll during the process of photosynthesis?
_______________________________________________________
9. Kikojjo spread mosquitoes and Oniambe in the next room could smell the
insecticides. What process enabled the smell of insecticides to reach
Oniambe in the next room?
_______________________________________________________
10. Mention one example of a non-luminous object in the environment.
_______________________________________________________
11. What practice is carried out by constructors to leave a room for expansion
when building railway lines?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
12. Apart from warmth, state any one other condition necessary for
germination.
_______________________________________________________
13. In the diagram below, draw the image by using the characteristics of images
formed by plane mirrors.

14. How are seeds with hooks like black jack dispersed?
_______________________________________________________
15. Nankya cannot see clearly when it is getting dark. What vitamin is deficient
in her diet?
_______________________________________________________
16. What is the difference between a sprain and a strain?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
The diagram below is of a pulley. Study it and answer questions 17 and
18.

17. What type of pulley is shown in the diagram above?

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18. Calculate the effort needed to raise the load shown in the diagram above.

19. Suggest one way a P.7 candidate can promote personal hygiene.
_______________________________________________________
20. Convert 149 0F to 0C.

21. How can a farmer improve on his local breeds of rabbits?

_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
22. Name the method that is used to measure the volume of irregular objects.
_______________________________________________________
23. Apart from BCG vaccine, mention the other vaccine administered to babies
at birth.
_______________________________________________________
24. How are viviparous animals different from oviparous animals?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
25. Name the excretory organ that does suffer from hepatitis disease.
_______________________________________________________
26. Apart from faeces, mention any other material used in a bio-gas digester in
production of bio gas.
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27. How does the function of the ear drum differ from that of the Eustachian
tube in the mammalian ear?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

28. Which type of cattle has the body shape shown above?
_______________________________________________________
29. Magnets can help in separation of mixtures. Why can’t a magnet separate
nails from steel fillings?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
30. Name the disease caused by Onchocerca vulvulus.
_______________________________________________________
31. Write HIV in full. _________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
32. Name the force which enables rain drops to fall from condensed clouds.
_______________________________________________________
33. What advice would you give Yokosan who wants to determine the amount of
rainfall received in his home area?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
34. Name the mineral from which fungsten is made.
_______________________________________________________
35. Define the term sex deviation.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
36. Write down one principal of reflection of light.
_______________________________________________________
37. Why are some objects like aeroplanes streamlined?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
38. How are periscopes useful to submarines when in water?
_______________________________________________________
39. Mention one example of a plant fibre.
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40. Name one method of storing sound.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
SECTION B
41. (a) What is puberty?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(b) Give any two body changes common in adolescents during puberty.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________

(c) Mention one emotional change common in adolescents.

_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
42. (a) How is malaria spread?
_______________________________________________________
(b) How does a fish help in controlling the above disease?
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
(c) Give any two ways through which people can get communicable diseases.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
43. The diagrams below show types of lenses.

(a) Name the lenses.

i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Complete the diagrams above to show the light rays after passing
through the lenses.
44. (a) What is breast feeding? __________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(b) Outline two advantages of breast feeding to a mother.
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 i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) State the substance which is not available in breast milk.
_______________________________________________________
45. The diagram below shows a feeding relationship among living things.
Study it carefully and use it to answer questions which follow.

(a) What name is given to the relationship above?

_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

(b) Which organism in the list above is referred to as;

(i) A primary consumer?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) A decomposer?
_______________________________________________________
(c) Apart from food, give one other way animals depend on each other.
_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
46. Complete the table below by filling the blank spaces correctly.
Vector Diseases
Cholera
Water snail
Sleeping sickness
Black fly
47. (a) What term is used to describe the small living organisms which destroy
crops in the garden?
_______________________________________________________
(b) Identify any two examples of root crop pests.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) Suggest one way of controlling weeds in the garden.
_______________________________________________________
48. What name is given to the following?
(a) The thick wall that separates the heart into the left and right side.
_______________________________________________________
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 (b) The lower chambers of the heart.
_______________________________________________________
(c) Blood vessels that take away blood from the heart.
_______________________________________________________
(d) The blood vessel that carries digested food from the ileum to the liver.
___________________________________________________
49. A group of primary five pupils carried out experiments as shown below.
Study them and answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the type of soil marked A.

_______________________________________________________
(b) What was the experiment about?
_______________________________________________________
(c) Which type of soil has the highest water retention?
_______________________________________________________
(d) Mention any one way in which soil is formed.
_______________________________________________________
50. Kembabazi weighs 80kgs and sits 3 meters from the fulcrum. How far from
the pivot should her friend Babirye who weighs 60kgs sit in order to balance
the sea-saw as shown below?

51. (a) What are essential drugs? ________________________________

_______________________________________________________
(b) State any two drugs commonly abused in Uganda.
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 i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) What do we call the time when the drug is too old to be used by the
patients? ________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
52. Give two examples of the following.
(a) Chemical changes:
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Biological change:
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
53. The skin is an excretory body organ in humans.
(a) Name any one excretory product that the skin releases.
_______________________________________________________
(b) Besides excretion, state any two other ways in which the skin is
important in the human body.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(c) Give one viral infections that affect the human skin.
_______________________________________________________
54. (a) Mention any two enzymes that help in digestion of food.
i) ______________________________________________________
ii) _____________________________________________________
(b) Where are the following digestive juices produced from?
(i) Saliva: ________________________________________________
(ii) Gastric juice: __________________________________________

55. The diagram below shows parts of the flower.

(a) Name part marked X.

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(b) What will parts Y and Z develop into after fertilization?
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i) Y: ____________________________________________________
ii) Z: ___________________________________________________
(c) What is the difference between a fruit and a seed?
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