EDUCATION SOURCE EXAMINATION BOARD 2024

PRE-PLE EXAMINATION 2024 SET I

P.7 INTEGRATED SCIENCE TARGET MARK

Time allowed:2 Hours 15 Minutes

RANDOM NO. PERSONAL NO.

Index No.

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SECTION A: (40marks)
1. Besides claws, name any one other weapon used by animals for

defence.

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2. State any one way a slug is similar to a grass hopper.

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3. Why is it necessary to groom finger nails?

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4. What first aid can you give to someone with a broken humerus?

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5. Apart from keeping water in the soil, in which other way is mulching

important to a farmer?

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6. Common salt gives flavor to food, give one other use of salt in the

body.

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7. Using an arrow indicate the direction of flow of electricity in the

diagram.

8. Why does smoke from a burning heap of grass move upwards?

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9. State one method you would use to control insect pests.

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10. Give one breed of rabbits.

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11. Why is water not good for putting out petrol fire?

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12. Why is a wheelbarrow classified as a second class lever?

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13. Give one useful piece of information that should be considered before

taking any drug.

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14. Name any one raw material needed by green plants to make food.

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15. What is dairy farming?

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16. Identify one root crop which is propagated by planting seeds.

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17. Why does a potted plant grow towards the window?

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18. Give one way of preventing constipation in children.

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19. State one natural disaster common in mountainous areas.

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20. Why are electric wires left sagging loosely between poles during

construction?

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21. Why do maize plants develop prop roots at maturity?

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22. How is humus formed?

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23. The diagram below shows a common garden tool. What is the use of

this tool to a farmer?

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24. How does draining stagnant water control the spread of malaria?

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25. Why does a car tyre wear out quickly from a tarmac road than on a

murram road?

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26. State the role of the eye as a sense organ in the body.

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27. How is sisal important as a resource?

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28. How do coniferous plants reproduce?

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29. Of what importance are ventilators on a house?

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30. Why can’t mushrooms make their own food?

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31. State any one condition for rusting to take place.

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32. Give any one sustainable way of using resources in the environment.

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33. Name any one crop which is first grown as seedlings in a nursery bed.

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34. Give any one common sign of a common cold.

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35. Name the only flying mammal in the environment.

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36. Where does fertilization take place in human beings?

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37. How important is an embryo in a viable seed?

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38. State any one habit that keeps your body clean.

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39. Write any one material that dissolves in water.

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40. Name the first stage in a village food path.

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SECTION B.

41. (a) Name any two insects that sting their enemies.

(i) ______________________________________________

(ii) ______________________________________________

(b) Why do the above named insects sting their enemies?

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(c) State one difference between a scorpion and a preying mantis.

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42. (a) What is thinning?

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 (b) Give any two advantages of thinning.

(i)__________________________________________________

(ii)_________________________________________________

(c) Why are the leaves of a plant considered to be the most

important past?

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43. The diagram below is a musical instrument. Study it and answer

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(a) To which group of musical instruments does the above belong?

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(b) How does it produce sound?

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(c) What can be done to change the pitch of the above instrument?

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(d) Give any one way of storing the sound produced by the above

instrument.

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44. (a) Name any two respiratory organs.

(i) _________________________________________________

(ii) __________________________________________________

(b) How are the air sacs able to perform their function of gaseous

exchange?

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(c) Where in the human body does internal respiration take place ?

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45. (a) Give any two properties of pure water.

(i) _________________________________________________

(ii) _________________________________________________

(b) Why is distilled water not recommended for drinking?

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(c) Name one method used to produce clean water from dirty water.

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46. (a) What is a human skeleton?

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(b) In which way are muscles useful to the muscular skeletal system?

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(c) Give any two ways of caring for the muscular skeletal system.

(i)__________________________________________________

(ii) ________________________________________________

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47. In four short sentences, describe how you would separate a mixture

of salt, sand and iron filings.

(i) ______________________________________________

(ii) ______________________________________________

(iii) ______________________________________________

(iv) ______________________________________________

48. (a) What is a balanced diet?

(b) Give any two major components of a balanced diet.

(i) ________________________________________________

(ii) ________________________________________________

(c) Give any one importance of water to the human body.

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49. Below is a list of different groups of simple machines.

(a) How are they applied in our daily life?

(i) Pulleys_________________________________________

(ii) Wedges________________________________________

(iii) Wheel and axles.__________________________________

(b) Why is it easier to drop a load from a lorry than lifting it back to
the lorry?
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50. (a) Write PHC in full.

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(b) Which element of PHC helps in the control of the following;

(i) Rapid population growth

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(ii) Drug abuse and addiction

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(c) State any one principle of PHC.

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51. (a) Why do builders construct houses with a damp proof course?

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(b) How dangerous is it to have a latrine near a water source?

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(c) Give the use of the following components of a residential house.

(i) Windows
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(ii) Ventilators

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52. Match the items in list A with those in B.

A B
Oviduct absorption
ileum diffusion
Cortex fertilization
alvaeoli filtration
(i) Oviduct ______________________________

(ii) Strip cup ______________________________

(iii) Cortex ______________________________

(iv) Alveoli ______________________________

53. (a) What is mulching?

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(b) Name any one material used for mulching.

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(c) Write down one advantage and disadvantage of mulching.

(i) Advantage________________________________________

(ii) Disadvantage_____________________________________

54. (a) What protozoa causes malaria?

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(b) Where do female mosquitoes lay their eggs?

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 (c) Give any two ways of controlling the spread of malaria fever.

(i)__________________________________________________

(ii) _________________________________________________

55. The diagram below shows three rays of light on a mirror.

A
C B

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(a) What kind of reflection is shown above?

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(b) Name ray

BO.________________________________________

(c) Put an arrow head correctly on ray CO.

(d) What is the size of angle P in degrees?

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