PRY 3 BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIRST TERM EXAM

FIRST TERM

SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CLASS: PRIMARY 3

1) The weight of air is called (a)Mass (b)air pressure (c) weighing scale

2) We get cotton from (a)animals (b)plants (c)wood

3) Modern instruments for measuring. Length are ruler and (a)foot (b)Scale balance (c)tape rule

4) is the measurement of how much matter an object contains. (a)Mass (b)Length (c)Height

5) is used to know the time in the past (a)Clock (b)stop watch (c)Sundial

6) Plants need from the soil to grow (a)nutrients (b)waste (c)urine

7) We get wool from (a)goat (b)Cow (c)sheep

8) are used in homes and shops for weighing objects (a)stop watch (b)ruler (c)scale

9) The standard unit for measuring time is (a)Second (b)Metre (c)kilogram

10) Plants and animals are (a)lifeless things (b)Living things (c)Non-living things

11) soil is used for moulding objects. (a)Clay (b)Loamy (c)Sandy

12) is the standard unit for measuring mass. (a)Metre (b)Kilogram (c)Second

13) lives in the soil (a)Cockroach (B)Earthworm (C)Bat

14) take in sunlight to make food (a)Plants (b)Animals (c)Wind

15) The holds the roots that support the plant (a)fruit (b)seed (c)soil

16) We inflate and tyres with air (a)Kite (b)balloons (c)String

17) Plants and animals their young ones. (a)do not reproduce (b)reproduce (c)sense

18) The upper layer of the earth on which plants grow is (a)rock (b)plant (c)soil

19) An instrument used for measuring mass is (a)ruler (b)measuring tape (c)weighing scale

20) All need air to survive (a)Living things (b)Lifeless things (c)nonliving things.

SECTION B

1) Wind is used to clothes

2) People use their and to measure length in the past.

3) seconds = 1 minutes

Hours = 1 day

4) days = 1 year

5) Plants grow on

6) We breath in

7) The air we breathe out is

8) and are examples of non-living things

9) , and are types of soil

10) Modern instruments for measuring time are and

11) The SI unit for measuring time is

12) The weight of an object is measured by a(n)

13) The weight of an object is equal to its

14) The standard unit for measuring weight is the

15) The standard unit for measuring length is the

16) The standard unit for measuring area is the

17) The standard unit for measuring capacity is the

18) The SI unit for measuring length is the

19) The SI unit for measuring weight is the

20) The SI unit for measuring area is the

23) A is a unit of length in the metric system

24) A is a

THEORY

1) What is air?

2) List three properties of air

3) What is wind?

b) Write two effects of moving air : (i) ________________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________________

3) Mention three modern instruments for measuring length (i) ___________________________________________

ii. ________________________________________________ (iii _______________________________________________

b) Mention three modern instruments for measuring mass. (i) _____________________________________________

ii. _____________________________________________iii. __________________________________________________

4) List three uses of soil (i) _____________________________________________

ii. _____________________________________________iii. __________________________________________________

5) What is meant by capacity? Mention two units of capacity. (i) _____________________________________________

ii. _____________________________________________

6) Define weight. Mention two factors that affect the weight of an object. (i) ___________________________________________________