BASIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FIRST TERM EXAMINATION PRIMARY 3

NAME:                       

CLASS: PRIMARY 3                         

SUBJECT: Basic Science And Technology              

TIME: 2 Hour

NAME: ___ ________________

OBJECTIVES

Instruction: Answer all the questions

1. __________ is used for measuring length (a) ruler (b) bag (c) hair
2. All are units of length except _________ (a) metre (b) kilometer (c) kilogram
3. __________ is used for measuring mass (a) ruler (b) bag            (c) scale
4. __________ is the unit of length (a) millimeter            (b) centimeter           (c) both
5. Which is bigger, kilogram or tonne? _______________________
6. The metric unit of mass is ___________ (a) cm (b) g                (c) dm
7. ___________ is used for measuring time in the past. (a) wrist watch (b) sunglass (c) crowing the cock

8. ___________ is the unit for time (a) kg (b) sec           (c) g
9. All these are instrument used in measuring time EXCEPT ____________ (a) watch        (b) stone        (c) phone

10. Living things can be __________ (a) plants (b) animals (c) all of the above
11. Non-living things can __________ (a) die (b) none of the above (c) eat
12. Plants undergo different stages of growth from generation to production of flowers and ____________  (a) fruits (b) animals (c) walking
13. __________ can move from one place to another. (a) plants (b) none (c) animals
14. _____________ animals are animals that lives around us.

(a) domestic  (b) wild (c) animals

15. The young one of a dog is called _____________ (a) kid (b) puppy (c) chick
16. ___________ feeds their young ones with milk. (a) snake (b) goat (c) birds
17. ___________ is used for measuring height. (a) clock (b) bath room scale(c) height scale

18. _______ is used for measuring things in the past.(a) the foot (b) ruler (c) scale
19. ____________ is used to measure weight of an object. (a) ruler (b) spring balance (c) bathroom scale
20. 100 centigrams is equal to __________ (a) 1 centigram (b) 1 gram (c) 1 tonne
21. The mass of an object is the same ____(a) on earth (b) in space (c) everywhere
22. 1000 millimetres is equal to ____(a) 1 kilometre (b) 1 metre (c) all of the above
23. Plants can be used as ______________ except.(a) shade (b) clothes (c) medicine
24. We use ___________ soil for planting (a) loamy soil (b) clay soil (c) sandy soil
25. The soil used for moulding different thing is called _______(a) loamy soil (b) clay soil (c) sandy          soil

26. How many types of soil do we have? (a) 18      (b) 7    (c) 3
27. ____________ helps the roots of plant stay in the soil.

(a) food          (b) water        (c) soil

28. We ____________ with sand. (a) build houses (b) eat (c) make clothes
29. ____________ soil is red in colour. (a) clay soil (b) sandy soil (c) loamy soil
30. Plants can do the following except ____(a) reproduce (b) growth (c) movement

THEORY

1. What is Length?       (3 marks)
2. List 3 things we can use to measure length. (3 marks)
3. Write the metric units of length (5 marks)
4. What is Mass?          (3 marks)
5. List 5 types of balances    (3 marks)
6. What is soil? (4 marks)
7. List the 3 types of soil (3 marks)
8. What is Living thing           (3 marks)
9. List 3 characteristics you can find both in animals and plants. (3 marks)