MID TERM TEST FIRST TERM PRIMARY 5 BASIC SCIENCE

Class: Grade 5 Time: 112hr. Subject: Basic Science

1. Where does the blood become oxygenated (a) heart (b) mouth (c) far (d) lung
2. ______ is the pumping machine in human body (a) lung (b) heart (c) blood (d) head
3. Crop yield is also known as _______ (a) farm cultivation (b) agricultural output (c) agricultural input (d) manuring
4. Which of the following nutrients is not contained in soil? (a) phosphorus (b) potassium (c) nitrogen (d) neon
5. One of these is not an example of fertilizer (a) NPK (b) Urea (c) Super phosphate (d) organic manure
6. C6H12O6 + 6O2 🡪6CO2 + 6H2O + ______ (a) energy (b) salt (c) mineral (d) food
7. Response to external stimulus is known as ______ (a) memory (b) irritability (c) detection (d) observation
8. One of these is not a characteristics of living things (a) sleep (b) death (c) growth (d) excretion
9. The following are plant except (a) mushroom (b) flower (c) beetle (d) tree
10. The rotation of the earth about its axis brings about _______ (a) day & night (b) seasons (c) harmattan (d) volcano 
11. What is the consequences of revolution of the earth round the sun? (a) earthquake (b) tide (c) day & night (d) season
12. It takes ________ days for the earth to makes a complete rotation (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
13. The earth rotates from the ______ toward the ___________ (a) north, south (b) south, north (c) east, west (d) west, east
14.  ________ is the blockage of light coming from the sun by an opaque object (a) comet (b) eclipse (c) solar (d) radiation
15. In the solar system, there are __________ planets (a) 7 (b) 9 (c) 5 (d) 8
16. One of these is not a planet (a) pluto (b) Jupiter (c) mars (d) venus
17. The ______ is a very big burning ball of fire on which life on earth depends (a) moon (b) star (c) sun (d) mercury
18. Which of the following is a weather element? (a) erosion (b) pollution (c) temperature (d) photosynthesis
19. Weather symbols are used by _______ to illustrate weather conditions (a) teachers (b) surveyors (c) journalist (d) meteorologists
20. The misappropriate use of drugs is referred to as ________ (a) drug war (b) drug star (c) drug addiction (d) drug abuse

THEORY

1. Draw any five (5) weather symbols that you know
2. List the names of all the planets accordingly in the solar system 
3. Apart from the planets, list other three (3) natural bodies found in the solar system
4. With the aid of suitable diagram, explain solar eclipse
5. What is circulatory system? List the 3 components of human circulatory system