Basic Science Second Term Examination

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION


CLASS: PRIMARY 6

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE

NAME: ___________________________________


Instructions for Students:

  1. Read all questions carefully before answering.
  2. Attempt all questions.
  3. Answer neatly and legibly.
  4. No cheating or looking at other students’ papers.
  5. Show all working when required.

Objectives: Choose the most suitable option lettered a – d for each of the following questions:

  1. _______ pushes things in all directions.
    (a) Air pressure
    (b) Noise
    (c) Pollution
    (d) Pollination
  2. Minerals are _______ deposits found in the soil.
    (a) Man-made
    (b) Artificial
    (c) Fake
    (d) Natural
  3. Gold is a ____________ mineral.
    (a) Liquid
    (b) Solid
    (c) Gaseous
    (d) Floating
  4. Clay is useful in making ____________.
    (a) Fan
    (b) Wool
    (c) Wood
    (d) Pot
  5. _____________ moves on water.
    (a) Speed boat
    (b) Wind mill
    (c) Rainbow
    (d) Aeroplane
  6. Supplying water artificially to dry farmland is called _____.
    (a) Desertification
    (b) Irrigation
    (c) Afforestation
    (d) Dam
  7. Young people between twelve and twenty-one years are called _____.
    (a) Teenagers
    (b) Adult
    (c) Peer
    (d) Adolescence
  8. _______ is the force that opposes free movement.
    (a) Gravity
    (b) Friction
    (c) Pull
    (d) Magnet
  9. ___________ is a power that produces movement in an object either by pulling or pushing.
    (a) Force
    (b) Weather
    (c) Pollination
    (d) Evaporation
  10. One of the major causes of global warming is ______.
    (a) Afforestation
    (b) Use of renewable energy
    (c) Deforestation
    (d) Recycle
  11. Drugs are substances that affect the actions of the _____.
    (a) Body
    (b) Coin
    (c) Oil
    (d) Sea
  12. Drugs can be natural or _____.
    (a) Pointless
    (b) Solid
    (c) Synthetic
    (d) Man-made
  13. Some _______ items are drugs.
    (a) Poultry
    (b) Food
    (c) Metal
    (d) Cold
  14. Lime and honey are examples of _______ drugs.
    (a) Fermented
    (b) Processed
    (c) Naturally occurring
    (d) Synthetic
  15. A person that prepares and dispenses drugs is called a _____.
    (a) Pharmacist
    (b) Optician
    (c) Nurse
    (d) Dentist
  16. A ____________ person cannot go to school, work, or office.
    (a) Healthy
    (b) Handsome
    (c) Sick
    (d) Happy
  17. ______ is the washing away of soil nutrients.
    (a) Gravity
    (b) Potential
    (c) Friction
    (d) Erosion
  18. The process whereby rocks are broken down into smaller particles to form soil is known as _____.
    (a) Pollination
    (b) Eruption
    (c) Volcano
    (d) Weathering
  19. The ability of living things to move from one place to another is known as _____.
    (a) Irritability
    (b) Nutrition
    (c) Movement
    (d) Escape
  20. ______ abuse simply means taking drugs without doctor’s consent.
    (a) Child
    (b) Drug
    (c) Sexual
    (d) Emotional

Part B: Theory

  1. a) What is drug abuse?


    b) Write out four drugs that are commonly abused:
    (a) ________________________________
    (b) ________________________________
    (c) ________________________________
    (d) ________________________________

  2. Write out AIDS in full:
    A = _________________________________________
    I = __________________________________________
    D = _________________________________________
    S = _________________________________________
  3. What is friction?


    b) Write out two benefits of friction to man:
    (a) ________________________________
    (b) ________________________________

  4. Write out four functions of the blood in the body:
    (a) ___________________________________________________________________
    (b) ___________________________________________________________________
    (c) ___________________________________________________________________
    (d) ___________________________________________________________________
  5. a) Mention four parts of the male and female reproductive system in human beings:

    Male Reproductive System:
    (a) ________________________________
    (b) ________________________________
    (c) ________________________________
    (d) ________________________________

    Female Reproductive System:
    (a) ________________________________
    (b) ________________________________
    (c) ________________________________
    (d) ________________________________


End of Examination

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