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TERM ONE EXAMINATIONS 2023

PRIMARY FIVE
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes

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1. The paper has two sections: A and B. FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY
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2. Section A has 40 questions (40marks) NUMBER INITIAL
3. Section B has 15 questions (60 marks) 1-10

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 SECTION A (50 marks)
SECTION A
1. Name the sense organ that is attacked by trachoma.
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2. Give one result of the sun’s heat on a lake.
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3. What happens when light meets an opaque object?
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4. Mention the vector for malaria.
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5. Why is sand soil not good for growing crops?
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6. Give one duty of a drone bee in a hive.
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7. Why does a coin sink in a basin full of water?
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8. Name the hardest part of a tooth.
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9. Where in man does digestion of food begin?
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10. Which element of weather gives us solar energy?
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The diagram below is of an item used at home. Use it to answer questions 11 and
12.
11. Name item shown above.
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12. Give one importance of the above item in promoting personal
hygiene.
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13. Why is a clinical thermometer important in a hospital?
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14. State one reason why some plants climb others.
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15. How useful is a lateral line to a fish?
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16. Name the clouds that are furthest away from the ground.
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17. State the importance of keeping fingernails short.
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18. Name one immunisable waterborne disease that affects bones.
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19. Why is a mushroom unable to make its own food?
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20. Why is a patient who is suffering from diarrhoea advised to drink a lot of water?
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21. State one human activity that degrades the environment.
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22. Give one traditional way of preserving meat.
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23. What will happen to a metal bar that is left outside on a hot day?
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24. Which part of the eye controls the amount of light entering the eye?
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25. In which part of an Irish potato plant is food stored?
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The diagram below shows a weather instrument. Use it to answer question 26 and 27.
26. State the use of the weather instrument shown above.
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27. State the aspect of wind measured using the above instrument.
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28. What is the use of a kidney in the human body?
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29. Mention the teeth which man uses to tear a hard piece of meat.
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30. State one way you can prevent your body from bad odour.
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31. Give one reason why people need to eat posho.
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The diagram below shows an organism. Use it to answer questions 32 and 33.
32. Name the organism shown in the diagram.
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33. Why is the organism above able to pollinate flowers at night?
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34. In which season can cholera easily break out?
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35. State one cause of scalds in a home.
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36. What is a simple fracture?
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37. What name is given to the group of young rabbits born at the same time by one doe?
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38. How important is a broom in a home?
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39. Mention any one example of mineral salts needed in the body.
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40. Which disease is spread by infected foxes and cats in a community?
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 SECTION B (60 marks)
(Questions in this section carry 4 marks each)
41. Match the vector in P to the diseases it spreads in Q.
VECTOR (P) DISEASE (Q)
(i) Housefly elephantiasis
(ii) Culex mosquito bilharzias
(iii) Tsetse fly typhoid
(iv) Water snail plague
sleeping sickness
(i) Housefly __________________________________________________________________
(ii) culex mosquito ____________________________________________________________
(iii) Tsetse fly _________________________________________________________________
(iv)Water snail ________________________________________________________________
42 (a) What is a habitat?
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(b) Identify the habitat for each of the animal below.
(i) spider ____________________________________________________________________
(ii) fish ______________________________________________________________________
(iii) lion _____________________________________________________________________
43. The diagram below shows parts of a leaf. Study it carefully and answer the
questions that follow.
(a) Name the parts marked with letters A and N.
(i) A ___________________________________________________
A (ii) N ___________________________________________________
(b) Which gas enters the leaf through the stomata?
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(c) State the function of a midrib to the leaf.
N ________________________________________________________
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44 (a) Give one example of each type of crop below.
(i) cereals ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) legumes __________________________________________________________________
(b) State two reasons why people grow crops.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
45. Study the diagram of a human leg below and use it to answer questions that follow.

(a) Name the type of fracture shown above.

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(b) Mention any one type of fractures apart from the above mentioned one.
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 (c) State any one cause of fracture.
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(d) Why do we give first aid to the fracture casualty?
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46a) Mention two elements of weather.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
(b) In which kind of weather should people wear sweaters?
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(c) Name the weather instrument used to measure rainfall.
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47 a) What is balanced diet?
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(b) State the food values obtained from the following foods:-
(i) cassava ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) apples ____________________________________________________________________
(iii) fish______________________________________________________________________
48 a) Name the following garden tools.

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(b) How can a farmer prevent the above tools from rusting?
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(c) Give any one condition necessary for rusting on garden tools to take place.
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49 (a) Name the body organ that is protected by the skull (cranium)
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(b) State any two uses of the organ you have named above.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
(c) Give any one way of keeping the organ named in (a) above in good working condition.
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50. The picture below shows a living organism. Use it to answer questions that follow.
(a) Name the pollinator shown above.
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(b) Give two ways in which the above bird benefits from the plants.
(i) ______________________________________________________
(ii)______________________________________________________
(c) Mention one way in which some plants benefit from the bird
above.
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51 (a) Give two reasons why we brush our teeth.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
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 (b) Give two ways in which teeth are important to a person.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
52 (a) Mention two natural sources of energy.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
(b) What are fuels?
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(c) Give any one example of a fuel.
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53. (a) What are weeds?
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(b) State two ways in which weeds are useful to the farmers.
(i) __________________________________________________________________________
(ii) _________________________________________________________________________
(c) Mention one danger of weeds in the garden.
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54 (a) On which part of an insect do you find spiracles?
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(b) Give the function of each part of an insect below.
(i) antennae _________________________________________________________________
(ii) wings ____________________________________________________________________
(c) Name any one useful insect to man.
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55. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that follow.

A
B
C

(a) Name the part of a flower marked with letter: A and B.

(i) A______________________________________________________________________
(ii) B______________________________________________________________________
(b) Name the process which take place in part marked with letter C.
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(c) State one use of flowers to the plants.
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