EDU DELIGHT TUTORS (NURSERY & PRIMARY   

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION

CLASS: PRIMARY 4                                              

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE  

NAME:………………………………………………………………………

Instruction: Answer all questions.

1.)   __________ and __________ are examples of living things. (a) plants and animals (b) stone and air (c) paper and water (d) clothe and stick

2.)   There are __________ types of changes. (a) sudden and gradual               (b) temporary and permanent (c) short and big (d) tall and small

3.)   Change that takes place in animal is __________ (a) temporary               (b) permanent (c) big (d) small

4.)   Some animals change colour (a) True (b) false (c) May be

5.)   The young one of frog is _________ (a) toad (b) finger nail                     (c) tadpole (d) shark

6.)   The standard unit of measuring time is __________ (a) cube            (b)  square (c)seconds (d) weight

7.)   A thermometer is use to measure (a) place or person (b) time or rain (c) hair or nail (d) paper and pen

8.)   __________ is the condition of atmosphere of a particular area at a given period of time (a) Rock (b) Sunlight (c) Weather                              (d) Temperature

9.)   In weather, there are three important things (a) wind, rain and sunlight (b) pressure, erosion and humidity (c) too much rain, too sunlight (d) too much cold

10.)                     The instrument to measure temperature is called __________ (a) coldness (b) fire or sunshine (c) thermometer (d) barometer

11.)                     The standard unit of area is ___________ (a) metre square       (b) a ruler (c) a weather (d) a calculator

12.)                     The volume of liquids can be measured using ___________             (a) measure cylinder (b) ruler (c) hands (d) cowries

13.)                     ____________ are plants growing where they are not planted. (a) weeds (b) pests (c) insects (d) diseases

14.)                     One of the ways to control weeds is ____________                           (a) by spraying water (b) by spraying of chemicals (c) by spraying of spirit (d) by spraying of sugar

15.)                     _________ is one of the uses of water except  (a) for bathing (b) for cooking (c) for cleaning (d) to waste the water all the time                                                                                                                        

16.)    to purify water mean to make it ________ from germs  (a) free                                                                (b) lovely (c) nice (d) cool    

  17.) The classes of food that contains palm oil, groundnut oil, margarine                  and animal fat is__________ (a) fat and oil (b) protein                                             (c) carbohydrate  (d) mineral salt     

18.) The negative effect of weeds to plant is ____________________                      (a) weeds cause low yields (b) weeds make soil fertile (c) weeds cause            more yields (d) weeds serve as wind break      

19.) The beneficial effect of weeds is __________ (a) live-stock feed on             weeds (b) it brings pests and diseases to plants (c) It causes giant                             grass to grow well (d) It causes mosquitoes    

  20.) Bad feeding habits includes all the following except _________                        (a) taking too much foods and drinks at a time (b) not chewing food            properly before swallowing (c) eating too fast (d) eating properly            all the time  

Section B: Theory

1.)  State two types of changes

2.)  What is weather?

3.)  Identify five factors affecting weather

4.)  What are weeds? 5.)  List four ways of controlling weeds: