BASIC SCIENCE PRIMARY 1 SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 

SECOND TERM EXAMINATION 

CLASS: PRIMARY 1 SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE

NAME:……………………………………………………………………………………

Objectives

Choose from the option lettered a – c the one that is most suitable

1. Simple machine makes work easier (a) true (b) false (c) maybe
2. ______________ is an example of technology (a) television (b) leaf (c) sand
3. Example of simple machine is _____________ (a) bottle opener (b) car (c) window
4. We mould with ___________________ (a) soap (b) clay (c) crayon
5. Plant are living things (a) true (b) false (c) I don’t know
6. We use water to wash our clothes (a) maybe (b) true (c) false
7. We need water everyday in the house, office, school etc(a) true (b) false (c) I don’t know
8. Fishes lives in __________________ (a) sand (b) water (c) sky
9. ___________________ is a domestic animal (a) tiger (b) cat (c) snake
10. Lion is a _____________ animal (a) water animal (b) wild animal (c) farm animal
11. We use ___________ to sew our clothes (a) scissors (b) sewing machine (c) hammer
12. _________________ is used to pack dirty (a) clothes (b) dust bin (c) spoon
13. The colour of our school uniform is __________(a) grey & pink (b) white & purple (c) blue & red
14. Plant normally grow well in soil (a) maybe (b) true (c) false
15. Building blocks are made with sand and ________ (a) book (b) shovel (c) cement
16. There are _______________ types of soil (a) 6 (b) 3 (c) 4
17. We can feel air around us (a) maybe (b) true (c) false
18. Objects that needs air are _______________(a) stone and phone (b) plant and goat (c) bottle and book
19. How many types of water do we have (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. Good water must be ____________ (a) smelling (b) dirty (c) colourless
21. Things that have lives in them are called ____________ things (a) living (b) dead (c) non
22. Non living things cannot ____________ (a) be moved (b) be burnt (c) die
23. Living things can breathe ____________ (a) true (b) false (c) undecided
24. ____________ are living things (a) Boxes (b) Chair (c) Pupils
25. Non living things are things that do not have ______ (a) tyres (b) battery (c) lives

Section B

1. Write two sources of water

(a) ________________________________

(b) ________________________________

2. Write three colours that you know

(a) ________________________________

(b) ________________________________

(c) ________________________________

3. State five examples of simple machines

(a) ________________________________ (b) ________________________________

(c) ________________________________ (d) ________________________________

(e) ________________________________

4. Write two objects you can make with clay

(a) ________________________________ (b) ________________________________

_5, Mention four living things

6. Mention four non living things

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7. Mention three lights on the traffic light

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8. Mention the three primary colours

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