END OF TERM EXAMINATION

INTERGRATED SCIENCE FOR P. 6

Time allowed: 2hours 15 minutes

Name: …………………………………………………………………………………….
Stream : …………………………………………………………………………………….

Read the following instructions carefully:

FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY
1. The paper has two sections: A and B.
2. Section A has 40 questions (40 marks)
Qn No. MARKS SIGN.

3. Section B has 15 questions (60 marks). 1 – 10

4. Answer all questions. All answers to both 11-20

Sections A and B must be written in the
Spaces provided.
21-30
5. All answers must be written using a blue or
black ball point pen or ink. Diagrams should 31- 40
be drawn in pencil.

6. Unnecessary alteration of work may lead to 41 - 43

loss of marks.
44 - 46
7. Any handwriting that cannot easily be
read may lead to loss of marks. 47 - 49

8. Do not fill anything in the boxes. 50 - 52

They are for examiners’ use.
53 – 55
TOTAL

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 SECTION A (40 MARKS)
1. Name any one component of a clean home.
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2. Which part of a plant helps in photosynthesis?
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3. Why is it a good practice for parents to take their children for immunisation?
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4. Apart from carbohydrates, name any other class of food that gives the body
energy.
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5. Name the component of blood affected by the sickle cell disease.
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6. Why do farmer carryout de-beaking in a poultry farmer?
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7. Name the group of birds to which a crested crane belongs?
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8. Mention any one way of controlling accidents at home.
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9. Which element of PHC helps to prevent bad smell on ones body?
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10. How can a farmer prevent rusting of his garden tools?
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11. How is sheep rearing useful to textile industry?
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The diagram below shows a mode of reproduction of a certain organism. Use
it to answer question 12.

12. Identify the fungus that reproduces as shown above.

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13. Mention one way of preventing diseases without using medicine/drugs.
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14. What is the function of the endosperm of a maize grain?
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15. State the recommended age for weaning babies by mothers.
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16. Mention any one example of an invertebrate.
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17. How does sun-drying help in preserving food stuffs?
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18. Name one root tuber crop propagated by using seeds apart from carrots.
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19. How do people kill germs in water before drinking it?
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20. Apart from the egg stage, at what other stage of development is a housefly not
active?
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21. How do people protect themselves from rainy weather?
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22. State one way through which a child gets natural immunity.
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23. Name the process by which a liquid turns into ice.
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24. Name one way of controlling soil erosion in a school garden.
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Below is a musical instrument. Study it and answer questions about it correctly.

25. To which group of instruments does the above belong?

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26. Identify any one condition that favours the multiplication of bacteria.
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27. What determines the sinking or floating of an object?
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28. What is the function of the heart in the body?
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29. Give any one way of preventing worm infestation in our body.
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30. Mention any one vulnerable group of people in your community.
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31. State any one characteristic of a worker bee.
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32. How can a farmer solve the problem of poor disposal of faeces?
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33. What is the function of red blood cells in the body?
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34. Why is burning regarded as a chemical change?
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35. How is the pinna useful to a person during the process of hearing?
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36. Give one way of maintaining a proper functioning of our digestive system.
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37. State the method used to find the volume of an irregular object.
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The diagram below is of a common animal. Use it to answer questions 38 and
39.

38. Name the class of invertebrates to which the above animal belongs.
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39. Which disease does the above animal spread to humans?
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40. Give one disease that can be controlled by proper disposal of human wastes at
school.
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SECTION B (60 MARKS)
41. The diagram below shows a blood vessel. Use it to answer the questions
that follow.

R
a) Name the type of blood vessel shown above.
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b) Name the structure marked R in the blood vessel.
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c) How are structure R useful in the blood vessel?
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d) Give one example of the above type of blood vessel in the human body.
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42. a) Give two reasons for keeping poultry at home.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
b) Write any two systems of keeping poultry.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
43. a) State ant two effects of heat on matter.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
b) Name two state of matter that transfer heat by convection.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________

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44. a) What is the main function of leaves to a plant?
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b) What role is played by chlorophyll during photosynthesis?
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c) Give two ways plants with weak stems climb other.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
45. a) Besides decomposition, name the process of soil formation.
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b) Which component of soil is formed by decomposition?
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c) Name any one organism that helps in the decomposition process.
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d) Give one practice that make soil lose its fertility.
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46. The diagram below is of a mosquito larva. Use it to answer questions that
follow.

a) Name the mosquito that develops form such a larva.

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b) Which disease does the mosquito you have name spread to humans?
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c) Suggest two ways of controlling the stage of the mosquito shown above.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
47. a) Name any two childhood immunisable diseases controlled by DPT
vaccines.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________

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 b) How is DPT administered to children?
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c) Besides DPT, mention any other vaccine administered to infants.
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48. a) Give one bird under each of the following groups of birds.
i) scavenger ______________________________________________________________
ii) preying bird____________________________________________________________
b) In which way are scavenger birds useful in the environment?
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c) Give the difference between a predator and a scavenger.
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49. a) Name any two products from sheep.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
b) What does shearing refers to in sheep rearing?
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c) How can a farmer control diseases in sheep?
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50. In an equipment, salt is mixed with water and stirred until it dissolved to
form a solution.
a) What do the following act as in the experiment?
i) salt ____________________________________________________________________
ii) water __________________________________________________________________
b) Why did the salt dissolve in water?
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c) Name any one substance that could be used instead of sugar.
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51. a) Which class of food prevents Kwashiorkor among children?
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 b) State the element of PHC that prevent deficiency diseases.
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c) Give any two vitamin deficiency diseases.
i) ________________________________________________________________________
ii) ________________________________________________________________________
52. The diagram below shows part of the alimentary canal of man. Use it to
answer questions that follow.

a) Name part marked C.

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b) In which part of the alimentary canal does absorption of food take place?
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c) Identify the digestive juice produced by part D.
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d) Give one disorder of the above system.
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53. a) What is germination?
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b) Mention any two condition seeds need to germinate.
i) _______________________________________________________________________
ii) _______________________________________________________________________
c) Why do seeds fail to germinate when they are put in very dry soil?
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54. In the table below, part A shows term used to describe sound and part B
has the meaning of the terms. Use the meaning in part B to match the
terms in A.
Part A Part B
Pitch Reflected sound
Echo Number of vibration per second
Frequency Loudness or softness of sound
Volume Highness or lowness of wind

a) Pitch __________________________________________________________________
b) Echo __________________________________________________________________
c) Frequency _____________________________________________________________
d) Volume ________________________________________________________________

55. a) What is first aid?

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b) Identify the first aid item used to;
i) clean wounds __________________________________________________________
ii) managing fractures ____________________________________________________
c) State one reason for giving first aid to casualties.
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