Third Term Examinations Primary 6 Basic Science

THIRD TERM

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY                          

CLASS: PRIMARY 6

SECTION A;

1)    A/an             is a sudden event that is not planned or intended causes damage or injury to people and things. (a)Safety  (b)accident  (c)magnetism  (d)Friction

2)                are those rules and regulations put in place or taken to prevent accident or injuries (a)safety   (b)maintenance  (c)accident   (d)punishment 

3)    A/an             is a small white box containing materials that can be used to treat mild accidents or injuries (a)Jewellery box (b)Juke box (c)Match stick box  (d)First Aid box 

4)    All of these are safety equipment or devices except             (a)Laboratory goggles  (b)Helmet  (c)laptop   (d)Nose mask 

5)    A             is a simple machine that turns around a fixed point to do work or overcome a force called load. (a)sharpener  (b)crane  (c)lever  (d)Pulley 

6)    A             is a wheel around which a rope or chain passes used in lifting heavy loads. (a)Pulley (b)lever  (c)see-saw   (d)an inclined plane 

7)    A nutcracker, a wheelbarrow and a bottle opener are examples of             (a)pulley  (b)1st class lever   (C)2nd Class lever   (d)3rd class lever 

8)    A scissors, a shovel and a claw hammer are examples of (a)1st class lever  (b)2nd class lever  (c)3rd class lever   (d)inclined plane 

9)    All of these are types of pulleys except                 (a)fixed pulley  (b)movable pulley  (c)inclined plane  (d) compound pulley 

10)    A             is a pulley that is free to move up and down on the rope (a)fixed pulley  (b)combined pulley  (c)moveable pulley  (d)an inclined plane 

11)    One of these is used to pull water from the well (a)A pulley   (b)A lever (c)An inclined plane  (d)A magnet 

12)    A/an             is a simple machine with a slanting surface used to raise or lower an object over a vertical height (a)inclined plane  (b)lever  (c)a pulley   (d)wrench 

13)            is used to carry loads that cannot be carried with bare hands onto a raised height (a)levers  (b)An inclined plane  (c)hands  

14)    A wedge is a type of a/an             (a)lever  (b)pulley  (c)inclined plane  (d)None of the options 

15)    A slide and an escalator are examples of             (a)movable pulleys (b)fixed pulleys  (c)levers (d)inclined planes 

16)    A number of levers joined together is called a         (a)crane  (b)linkage  (c)complex machine (d)compound pulley 

17)    A/an             is a force produced as a result of rubbing to flat surfaces together (a)Magnetic force  (b)electrical force  (c)frictional force  (d)gravitational force 

18)            occurs when a round surface like a ball or wheel moves over a surface  (a)A rolling friction (b)A fluid friction (c)A dry friction (d)none of the options 

19)    In             friction, the objects are not moving (a)kinetic  (b)static  (c)none of the option 

20)    One of these is a proper way of reducing frictional force            (a)The use of lubricant  (b)the use of sand  (b)the use of air  (d)the use of heat 

21)    The force that pulls object towards the earth or moon is called (a)magnetic force (b) gravitational force  (c)frictional force  (d)electrical force 

22)    All of these are magnetic materials except             (a)iron (b)feather   (c)steel   (d)nickel   

23)    A magnet attracts through a force called             (a)friction  (b)gravity   (c)magnetism  (d)tension 

24)    Similar poles of a magnet             each other (a)repel  (b)attract  (c)burn out  (d)break 

25)    All of these are ways of making magnet except             (a)Stroking method  (b)induction method  (c)Heating method  (d)electrical method 

SECTION B 

1)    Two examples of levers of the second order/class are                 and                

2)    The three major component of a lever are                 ,                 and                  

3)    A sugar tong, a force and a crowbar are examples of the             class of levers 

4)    The three types of pulleys are                 ,                 and                      

5)    A block and tackle pulley is a type of                     pulley. 

6)     A simple machine that requires an object to move on a SLOPY surface is called                      

7)    A wheel chair ramp is an example of                  

8)                force attracts magnetic materials 

9)    A gravitational force is a                                            

10)    Two examples of magnetic materials are             and                

11)    An advantage of friction is                            

12)    The two poles of the magnet are called                 and                       

SECTION C

1)    Using diagrams, show the three classes of levers 

2)    Using a diagram, draw the magnetic lines of force of a magnet 

3a)    Give two advantages of Friction 

1. i)                                
2. ii)                                

    Give two disadvantages of Friction 

1. i)                                
2. ii)                                

4)    State the three method of making a magnet 

1. i)                                
2. ii)                                

    iii)                                   

5)    State three properties of a magnet 

1. i)                                
2. ii)