JETS OF ZAMBIA

2009 DISTRICT JETS FAIR

QUESTION

PRIMARY QUIZ & OLYMPIADS

JUNIOR QUIZ & OLYMPIADS

SENIOR QUIZ & OLYMPIADS

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SENIOR QUIZ QUESTIONS
QUIZ PHYSICS

1. Which law states that the force of attraction between two particles of masses M
and m is inversely proportional to the square of their distance r apart and directly
proportional to the product of the masses?
Answer: UNIVERSAL SOLVENT

2. What formula can be used to calculate the energy of a single photon?

Answer: E = hv

3. What do you call the type of relativity which deals with frames of reference in
uniform relative motion?

Answer: SPECIAL

4. An object of mass 1200kg is made to move on a surface by a constant force of

500N. Calculate the frictional force between the surface and the object.

Answer: 500N

5. A plane takes off at an angle of 600 above the horizontal at a speed of 500km/hr.
what is the horizontal component of the velocity of the plane?

Answer: 250km/hr

6. What name is given to semiconductors which become increasingly better

conductors as they get warmer?

Answer: THERMISTORS

7. State the formula for linear expansivity?

Answer: L2 – L1 per K
L1Q
8. What is the other name for linear expansion?

Answer: COEFICIENT OF LINEAR EXPANSION

9. When is dew formed?

Answer: WHEN AIR COOLED BELOW ITS DEW POINT

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 10. What do we call the angular dispersions per mean deviation of a prism or lens?

Answer: DISPERSIVE POWER

11. Calculate the power of the lens were light rays passing through it will meet (intersect)
80cm from the optical center

Answer: 1.25

12. Calculate the length of a simple pendulum that will have a period of exactly
1second,taking g=9.8m/s2

Answer: 0.25m or 25cm

13.An object is released from an aero plane which is 2000m above the earths surface.
What will the magnitude of the air resistance on this object of mass 200g after attaing a
terminal velocity?

Answer:2N

14.Name one party of the electromagnetic spectrum which is used together with mercury
vapour to off light?

Answer: ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION(one attempt)

15. Calculate the increase in length of a 20m steel gider in a building when the
temperature changes from 00 C to 300C.

Answer; 7.2mm or 0.72cm or 0.0072m

16. LASER are used in physics in different ways. What do the letter stand for?

Answer: LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY THE STIMULATED EMISSION

RADIATION

17. What do we call a law that states that the rate of laws of heat of a body by cooling in
a steady stream of air is proportional to the excess temperature of the body above its
surroundings.

Answer: NEWTON LAW OF COOLING

18. What do you call a constant where the potentional is divided by current passing
through a conductor? (one attempt)

Answer: RÉSISTANCE

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19.A radio active element of atomic mass 20 and atomic number 10 emits a beta particle
followed by an alpha one. What mius the atomic resulting nucleus?

Answer:9

20. A gas cylinder of cross sectional area 2m2 and height 18m is filled with mair of mass
90g.Calculate the density of air?

Answer: 0.0025kg/m3 or 2.5 x10-6

21. Two resistor A and B are each of resistance 2 ohms and 3 ohms are connected to a 4
ohms resistor which is in series to A and B.Calculate the total resistance of the three
resistors?

Answer: 5.2 ohms

22. What do you the potentional energy which is due to elevation position? (One attempt)
Answer: GRAVITATIONAL ENERGY

23. What is the frequency of the wave having a period of 0.2seconds?

Answer: 5 HERTZ

24.A tank 4m long ,1m wide and 0.5m deep is half filled with mercury of 12000N.What
the pressure on the base of the tank due to the mercury/

Answer: 3000pascles or 3KPa

25. Calculate the change of a point in a circuit allowing a current of 0.4amps to flow in 2
minutes.
Answer: 48C

26.Find the efficiency of an electric motor capable of pulling a mass of 50kg through a
height of 30m after consuming 60KJ of electric energy,take g=10m/s2

Answer: 50%

27.Calculate the speed on an object of mas 2kg which is dropped from a 20m cliff upon
hitting the ground take g=10m/s2

Answer: 20m/s
28. An aircraft flies 400km south and then 300km west. Calculate its displacement from
the starting point?

Answer; 500km

29. W hat is a trajectory?

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Answer: A PATH TAKING BY A PROJECTILE.,

30. What is angular velocity?

Answer: IT IS THE CHANGE OF DISPLACEMENT OF AN OBJECT MOVING

IN AN ARC OR CIRCULAR PATH
31. A meter rule is pivoted at 25cm mark and balanced by a 0.5N weight suspended at
5cm mark. What is the mass of this rule.

Answer; 0.4kg or 40g

32. Convert -93o to Kelvin’s?

Answer: 180K

33. Calculate the minimum force needed to prevent an object with a mass of 40kg from
sliding down a slope which forms an angle of 30 o with the horizontal

Answer: 257NEWTONS

34. What is the name of the process by which two gases mix because of their molecular
movement? (One attempt)

Answer: DIFFUSSION

35. What is emitted by the hot metal filament in a cathode-ray tube?

Answer: ELECTRONS

36. What are the SI units for light intensity?

Answer: CANDELA

37. What name is given to the semi conductors which become increasingly better
conductors as they get warmer?

Answer: THERMISTORS

38. How much current flows through the water heater which is connected to a 24V supply
and using 4KM.

Answer 166.7A

39. What is a transducer?

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Answer; A DEVICE WHICH IS ABLE TO CONVERT ONE FORM OF ENERGY
TO ANOTHER

40. The emission of electrons when light falls upon certain metals is called?

Answer; photo electric effect

CHEMISTRY SENIOR QUIZ QUESTIONS

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 1. according to Rutherford’s model of an atom, when an alpha particle collide
head on with a nucleus, the alpha particle will………..

Answer: DEFLECT THROUH VERY LARGE ANGLE.

2. The type of radiation on which most DNA MOLECULES are sensitive to is----
---------

Answer: IONISING RADIATION

3. Substances such as water which have the ability to act as both an acid and as a
base are said to be-----------------

Answer: AMPHIPROTIC

4. A fatty acid with two or more carbon to carbon double bonds is referred to as
to as ------------

Answer: POLY UNSATURATED FAT

5. What is the name given to the bonding of a reactant to the catalyst surface.

Answer: CHEMISORPTION

6. Chemical kinetics is a branch of chemistry which is concerned with what?

Answer: THE RATE OF CHEMICAL REACTIONS

7. The number of species (reactants) taking part in a chemical reaction is

called…..

Answer; MOLECULARITY

8. A redox reaction in which one substance is being oxidized and reduced

simultaneously is called….

Answer; DISPROPORTIONATION REACTION

9. The energy required to convert one mole of an element from its standard state
into free gaseous atoms under standard conditions is called…..

Answer; ENTHALPY OF ATOMIZATION

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 10. What are the chemical formulae for dolomite?

Answer; CaCO3.MgCO3

11. The proportion of products to reactants in the equilibrium mixture is known as…..

Answer; POSITION OF EQUILIBRIUM

12. In a complex salt molecule, what do you call the ions that sorround a central ion
of the salt ?

Answer; LIGANDS

13. What do you call a super cooled liquid which forms a hard brittle substance that’s
usually transparent and resistant to chemical attacks?

Answer; GLASS

14. The products of the concentration of the ions of a salt raised to the appropriate
powers are known as……

Answer; SOLUBILITY PRODUCT OF A SALT

15. The energy needed to break or join a mole of bonds is called….

Answer; BOND ENERGY

16. What do you call the process by which an insoluble substance is obtained from
the mixture of two aqueous solutions?

Answer; PRECIPITATION

17. The ability of a substance to absorb water vapour from the atmosphere without
forming solution or change of a substance is called…..

Answer; HYGROSCOPIC

18. A mixture formed between a solid and a liquid in which a solid forms a network
which traps the liquid so that it can not flow freely is called……

Answer; GEL

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 19. What name is given to one organic compound that does not have benzene rings in
each structure?

Answer; ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS

20. State the common name for aromatic hydrocarbon compounds……

Answer; ARENES

21. What name is given to an electron pair in the axis of a bipyramidal molecule?

Answer; AXIAL PAIR

22. What do you call a solid in which the atoms, ions or molecules lie in a random
jumble?

Answer; AMORPHOUS SOLID

23. The decay which takes place in the presence of oxygen is called…..

Answer; AEROBIC DECAY

24. Organic compounds in which one or more hydrogen atoms of an alkane have been
substituted by halogen atoms are known as……

Answer; HALOGENOALKANES
25. The absorption of reflected infra-red radiation from the earth by gases in the
atmosphere leading to atmospheric warming is called…….

Answer; GREEN HOUSE EFFECT

26. Name the process for purifying Alumina for use in the Hall process

Answer; BAYER PROCESS

27. What do you call the formation of chains or rings by atoms of the same element
e.g. S8 rings?

Answer; CATENATE

28. What term is used for non-crystalline inorganic solids usually containing oxides,
borides and carbides……….

Answer; CERAMIC

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29. What do you call the emission of light by products formed in energetically excited
states?

Answer; CHEMILUMINESCENCE

30. The large class of compounds that often contain nitrogen in ring structures is
called ……..

Answer; ALKALOIDS

31. What do you call the condition that occurs when the blood PH falls below normal
range?

Answer; ACIDOSIS

32. The sequences of bases on the DNA of eukaryotic cells that code for amino acids
is known as………….

Answer; EXONS

33. What unit is used to measure the amount of radiation?

Answer; REM

34. What is the formula for super oxide ions?

Answer; O2-

35. What do you call the agent (substance) that controls the quantity of products that
can be formed in a chemical reaction?

Answer; LIMITING REAGENT

35. The concentrated solution of a strong electrolyte, used to prevent build up of

excess positive or negative charges is called …….

Answer; SALT BRIDGE

36. What name is given to an alloy in which one component is mercury?

Answer; AMALGAM

37. The atoms of elements or ions having the same electron configuration are
called…….

Answer; ISOELECTRONIC

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38. Fish and river life die from oxygen starvation brought by pollution. This is
called……

Answer; EUTROPHICATION

39. What is the chemical name for cryolite?

Answer; SODIUM HEXAFLUOROALUMINATE

40. What do you the reaction in which two compounds react to form two different
compounds?

Answer; DOUBLE REPLACEMENT

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SENIOR BIOLOGY QUIZZ

1. Which enzyme catalyses the conversion of ATP molecules into cyclic AMP?

ANS: ADENYLATE CYCLASE

2. The energy required to initiate a chemical reaction is called……….

ANS: ACTIVATION ENERGY

3. Which term is used to describe the movement of the body part towards the
midline?

ANS: ADDUCTION

4. What name is given to the muscle that acts in opposition to a prime

mover?
ANS: ANTAGONIST or ANTAGONISTIC MUSCLE

5.Name the hormone which is secreted by the adrenal cortex and which
regulates sodium and potassium ion concentrations.

ANS: ALDESTERONE

6. Which plasma protein helps regulate the osmotic concentration of blood?

ANS: ALBUMIN

7. Interphasomthee is divided into three shorter stages. Mention the stage

in which the cells become committed and ready to complete their cycle?

Ans; G1 (GAP 1)

8. What is the name given to the cytoplasmic division and separation of the
daughter cells during the interphase?

Ans; cytokinesis

9. When do you call the chromosomes that much one another exactry in
appearance in the 22 of the pairs

ANS; ATOSOMES

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10. How many chromosomes are present in the individuals with Down
syndrome? (One attempt)

Ans; 47

10. What do you understand by the word bronchitis?

Ans; this is the inflammation of the bronchus

11. What name is given to the segment which allows oxygen to enter into an
insect.(one attempt)

Ans; abdomen

12. Which terminology is given to the opposite flow of water over the gills and
blood in the gill filaments?(one attempt)

Ans; counter current flow

13. By which process is gaseous exchange in insects allowed to take

place?(ONE ATTEMPT)

Ans: DIFFUSION

14. What is the site for gaseous exchange in fish called……….?

Ans: GILL FILAMENT

15. When do fish drink water?

Ans: WHEN THEY ARE THIRSTY

16. Name the disease associated with the thriming and weakening of the alveolus

Ans: emphysema

17. What name is given to the flap of bone which encloses the gills in the gill chamber

Ans: ORPECULUM

18. Which organism oxidizes ammonia to nitrate ions?

Ans: NITROSOMONUS BACTERIA

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19. Name the chemicals produced by infected plants which protect health cells from
being attacked by parasite.

Ans: PHTOATXINS

20Substances produced by animals to their territories are known as…………….

Ans: pheromones’

21. The total volume of the earth in which life permanently exists is called…………

Ans: BIOSPHERE

22. Name the acid found in the cellulose cell wall……

Ans: PECTIC ACIDS

23. At what stage are proteins and RNA synthesized…………..

Ans: G1 STAGE

24. What is the meaning of the abbreviation NADPH…..

Ans: NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE

25. Proteins and DNA in a chloroplast are contained in an aqueous matrix known as …..

Ans; STROMA

26. Sex distraction of cells is known as ……………………..

Ans: AUTOLYSIS

27. What do we call the organic bases with ma single ring structure…………………..

Ans: PYRIMIDINES

28. What type of bond is formed between guanine and cytosine…..(one attempt only)

Ans: TRIPO BOND

29. What is glycosuria?

Ans: THIS IS A CONDITION WHERE GLUCOSE APPEARS IN THE URINE OF

A PERSON

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29. What is the other name of ultra filtration?

Ans: pressure filtration

30. What is the building block of nucleic acids

Ans: NUCLEOTIDES

31. What name is given to the condition in which individual have one or more extra sex
chromosomes?

Ans: KLINEFELTERSYDROME

32. What do you call a gene which controls more than one character?

Ans: PLEIOTROPIC

33. What do you call the condition in which the individuals of one species in the same
population exists into or more distinct forms?

Ans: POLYMORPHISM

34. What is the function of ATP (ADENOSINE TRIPHOPHATE?)

Ans: IT CATALYSES THE BREAKING DOWN OF ATP TO ADP

35. Name two types of cells which allow gaseous exchange in man to take place
effectively?

Ans: GOBLET CELLS AND CILLATED CELLS

36. The pyramid that shows how much energy passes from one trophic level to the next
is known as……………..(one attempt only)

Ans: PYRAMID OR ENERGY

37. What is the name given to the type of cells found in wood stems which enables
gaseous exchange to take place(ONE ATTEMPT ONLY)

Ans: LENTCELS

38. In a competition, a situation where competitors shift their environment requirements

is called………

Ans: NICHE DIFFERENTIATION

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39. What do we call the attachment organs of ectoparasites in plants?

Ans; HAUSTORIA

40. Organism which can respire in a short period of time in the absence of oxygen are
called……………………
Ans: FALCULTATIVE ANAEROBES.

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 SENIOR QUIZ QUESTIONS MATHEMATICS

1. what is the reminder when X3 +4X2 - 2X + I is divided by X + 1

Answer: 4

2 What is the integral of 2 with respect to m

Answer: 2m + c

3 The Ngoni boy knows from experience that the probability of killing a big rat
from his trap is 0.08. When two rats are trapped find the probability that both are
big expressed in standard form

Answer: 6.4 X 10-3

4 Calculate the Gradient at the curve for the line y = 2x2 - 4x passing through x = 4

Answer: O

5 SIN A =8/10. Express TAN A as decimal fraction

Answer: 1.33333333 ONE POINT 3 RECURRING or One bar 3

6. Find the value of the disciminant of 2x2 + 3x - 5 = 0

Answer: 7

7. The probability of raining on a Saturday is 2/7.Find the probability that it will not rain
on two consecutive Saturday’s.

Ans:

8. How many proper subsets are there in a set with five elements

Ans: 30

9. Find the value of x if log=0

Ans: X=1

10. Differeiate 3sinX with respect to X

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Answer: 3cosX

11. What is the equation line through(3,-1) with the gradient 2.

Answer=2X-7 OR Y-2X=-7

12. Find the magnitude of the vector OP if P is the point(8,-15)

Answer: 17 UNITS

13. Given that x<0 and 2x2 =18,what is the value of x?(one attempt)

Answer: x=-3

14:Find the numerical value of 10b+a

3b-2a
If a=2b

Answer: -12

14: Solve the inequality 2+x<8+3x

Answer: x>-3

15.Insert two arimethic means between 17 and 8

Answer: 14 and 11

16: -6 is the sum of the roots of 4x2+6x+2k=0,find the value of k

Answer: k=-52.

17. Integrate with respect to n,3x2-2x

Answer: x3-x2

17. 4! Means 4x3x2x1, how many zeros has 10!?

Answer TWO ZEROS

19. Evaluate log5625

Answer: 4

20. If log y +3logn=2,express y in terms of x

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Answer: Y=100
X3
OR 10 2

X3

21. What is the remainder when x3+ 4x 2-2x+1 is divided by x+2

Answer: 65

22. Twice a number added to 13 gives 43.What is the number?

Answer: 15
23. Find the derivative of 3
X3
Answer: -9
X4
24. Two national poles are 12m apart. One pole is 29m and the other one is 24m high.
What could be the length of a string joining the tops of the two poles

Answer: 13m

25.The ratio of areas of two similar cylinders is 9:4.What is the ratio of volumes of the
two cylinders?

Answer: 27:8 OR 27
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26. Caculate the gradient of a curve given by the equation y=2x2-4x at a point where x=3

Answer:8

27. Integrate 2 with respect to x.

Answer: 2x+c

28. The same number is added to both the numerator and denominator of the fraction 5
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If the equation is then equal to 3

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Find the numbers added.

Answer: 7

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29.A man knows from long experience that when he catches a fish,the probability that its
too small to take home is 0.8.Find the probability that when he catches two fish both are
too small to take home.

Answer: 0.64

30. What is the largest integer value of P if 3P<20.

Answer: 6

31. given that sin890=cos y.What is the value of y.

Answer: y=1o

32.If Q is the angle of latitude in the northern hemisphere, what could be the value of
cos Q if the radius of this latitude is 3185km given that the radius of the earth is 6370km.

Answer: COS q=0.5 or 1

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33. Given that Tan A=9

12.
Find the value of Sin A if A is an acute angle.

Answer: 9
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34. What is the absolute value of 2x-5 if x=1

Answer: 3

35. Three consecutive terms of a GP are x+1,x+3 and x-6.What is the common ratio of
the GP if x=15

Answer: 3
4

36. given that x=32 and y=3b.Express a in terms of b if 81.

Answer: x=4+y

37. Evaluate log 10 10000

Answer; 4

38. Given that log4(x+2)=log4,find the value of x.

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Answer: x=4

39. The point (4,5) is rotated through 900 anticlockwise. If the centre of the rotation is
(4, 4), what are the coordinates of the image.

Answer :( 0, 4) one attempt only

40. Determine the nature of roots of the equation x2-3+4=0

Answer: IMAGINARY OR NOT REAL ROOTS.

SENIOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ QUESTIONS

1. What name is given to the super continental Body from which the current
continents originated due to continental drift

Answer: PANGEA

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 2. What Is the polite way of addressing the Archbishop in the Roman Catholic
Church called?

Answer: YOUR GRACE

3. What do the acronym MFP which is the main constituent of Colgate stand for?

Answer: MONOFLOROPHOSPHATE

4. What name is given to a person with a theft disorder?

Answer: KLEPTOMANIAC

5. Name the man who discovered the method of constructing a regular seventeen
sided polygon

Answer: KARL FRIEDRICK GAUSS

6. On which date and month does President Rupia Banda celebrate his birthday?

Answer: 20th FEBRUARY

7……………………..is the name given to the point where an earth quake

occurs

Answer: EPI-CENTRE

7. What is a G force?

Answer: SIZE OF FORCE EQUAL TO 10NKG-1

9. Which venom is usually associated with pythons?

Answer: NO ONE (PYTHONS HAVE NON)

10. What do the letters I.U.D stand for as the method of family planning?

Answer; INTRA URINARY DEVICE

11. What system is used to measure immune system of a human

Answer: CD4 COUNT

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 13. What is the motto of the Post News Paper?

Answer: THE PAOER THAT DIGS DEEPER.

14. The town Makasa was named after a white man called…………

Answer; MEAUTHER

15. What is the name of former second republican president’s wife?

Answer: REGINAH MWANZA

16. How many countries share lake Tanganyika?

Answer: FIVE (5)

17. Who was the first prime minister of Zambia?

Answer: SIMON MWANSA KAPWEPWE

18. Which ANC leader came to attend NCHWALA ceremony recently?

Answer: JACOB ZUMA

19. Which American president was killed after the civil war?

Answer: ABRAHAM LINCOLN

20. In English the letters e.g. are used to mean for example. What do the letters e.g
stand for?

Answer; EXEMPLI GRATIA (FRENCH) MEANING “FOR EXAMPLE”

21. What is the meaning of the word HOLOCOUST and when and where did the
holocaust happen?

Answer: THE MASSIVE KILLING OF THE JEWS WHICH HAPPENED

DURING THE WAR II IN GERMANY.
22. When will be the next leap year?

Answer: 2012

23. Pieces of the continent seem to fit exactly forming a ball.What theory explains
that the continent block form the sun creating the continents.

Answer: BIG BUNG

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 24. Which other former president of USA come from the state3 were Barrack Obama
comes from?

Answer: ABRAHAM LINCOLN

25. What does NIEC stands for?

Answer: NATIONAL IMPORT AND EXPORT CO OPERATION

26. What was the first transport company in northern Rhodesia?

Answer: THATCHER

27. What is the former name for UBZ company?

Answer: CARS

28. What is the new girls technical school open in Zambia?

Answer: NDOLA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

28. What is the half of a half of 0.2? (one attempt)

Answer: 0.05

29. Which organism is the largest on earth?

Answer: BLUE WHALE

30. Why was Isaac Newton secretive?

Answer: HE WAS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO CRITICISM.

31. Who gave proof for finding the area, the volume and the centre of gravity of circle,
spheres, conics and spirals?

Answer: ARCHIMEDES OF SAMON

32. Which country is the largest consumer of beer?(Czech republic, Ireland,

Germany)

Answer: CZECH REPUBLIC

33. What is the total sum of the first four Zambian bank notes?

Answer: K670

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34. What do we call a statement involving a variable x?

Answer: OPEN STATEMENT

35. What do we call a statement which is either true or false?

Answer: PROPOSITON.

36. If the eighth of may is Monday, what day of the week is the seventeenth day?

Answer: WEDNESDAY

37. What is the capital city of NETHERLANDS?

Answer: AMSTERDAM

38. Which one of the three footballers play for ARSENAL? SINGLEZES POUSE,
ROERT PIZES, HENRY TIARY, KOLO TOURRE

Answer; KOLO TOURE

39. Which famous food was originated in NAPLES in 1720?

Answer: PIZZA

41. What is the PRINCIPAL source of salt?

Answer: EARTH.

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SENIOR CHEMISTRY OLYMPIAD THEORY

1. a) i. Write the Lewis structure for hypochlorous acid HClO (dot or cross)

ii) Draw two resonance structures for the SO2 (dot or cross)

b) Consider the equilibrium

4NH3 (g) + 3O2 (g) 2N2 (g) + 6H2O (g)

i) State Le-Chatelier’s principle.

Predict the effect on the equilibrium of

ii) Addition of N2

iii) Removal of NH3 (8 MARKS)

c) i. What do you understand by the rate of a reaction?

ii) How does the rate constant for the reaction vary with the temperature?
iii) In the first order reaction

A(g) → B(g) + C(g)

The initial pressure is 84mm and the total pressure at the end of 6 minutes is 110mm.
calculate the half life of the reaction. (8 MARKS)

2. 2.4g of a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen on combustion gave 3.52g

of CO2 and 1.44g of H2O. If its relative molecular mass is 60. Find

a) its empirical formula

b) its molecular formula
c) its name

(10 marks)
3. i.) Aluminium is produced by electrolysis of its oxide Al2o3, dissolved in molten
cryolite Na3AIF6 . Calculate the mass of aluminium that can be produced in one day in an
electrolytic cell operating continuously at 1.00x105A.
AL=26.98g/mol Faraday constant=96500C (5 marks)
ii.) When a large amount of water is poured on 100g of calcium carbide, 28.3g of
acetylene was produced.

CaC2(S) + 2H2O (L)  Ca (H0)2(S) + C2H2 (G)

Calculate the percentage yield of acetylene in the reaction (Ca =40.0 C=12.0 H=1.0
O= 16.0) (5 marks)

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4. A.) According to Bronsted and Lowry definition, what is meant by?
i) an
acid……………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
ii.)a
base……………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
B.) Pure water is essentially covalent but undergoes self ionization as in the equation
below;
H2O(l) ↔H+(aq) + OH+(aq)+ OH-(aq)
(i.) Write an expression for the ionic product of water, Kw.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………….
(ii.) Given that the ionic product of pure water at 25oC is 10-14 mol2dm-6. Determine;
a.) the concentration of hydroxide ions in pure water.
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………….
b.) the concentration of hydrogen ions in pure water
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………
C.) Methonoic acid is a weak acid and ionizes according to the equation below;
HCOOH (aq) ↔ H+(aq) + HCOO-(aq)
Given that the concentration of methanoic acid is 0.5mol dm-3 and its dissociation
constant, ka=1.6x10-4 mol dm-3. Calculate;
i.) the equilibrium concentration of the hydrogen ions in methanoic
acid……………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
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…………………………………….

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ii.) the PH of methanoic
acid……………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………..
ii.) the PH of an aqueous solution is 2.5. what is the concentration of hydrogen ions in
the
solution?...........................................................................................................................
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...............................................................................................(Total marks=15marks)

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Anser all questions in section A and B
SENIOR BIOLOGY THEORY OLYMPIAD

1. a) list three characteristics of an efficient respiratory surface, giving the reasons why
each is effective

i) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

----------- (1)

Reason --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------- (1)

ii) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------ (1)

Reason --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------- (1)

iii) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------ (1)

Reason --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

b) What is the role of ATP in living organisms?

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (3)

c) list the features of the dentition of a herbivore that are adaptations to a

vegetarian diet

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (3)

2. Explain the difference between the “lock and key” and include
hypotheses of enzyme action.

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 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………..(2)
3. List the features of the dentition of a herbivore that are adaptations to a
vegetarian diet
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………(3)
4. Mention two important events which occur during the synthesis stage of
interphase.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………(2)
5. What two ways occur during gamete formation in the recombination of
genes?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………(2)
6. The diagram below shows the summary of the main steps involved in
protein synthesis. Name the part labeled A and B.

A.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
(1)
B.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………(
1)

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 SECTION B
1) In some cattle alleles for red and white coat colour are codominant. A cross
between
red bulls and white cows produces calves with red and white hairs in their
coats.
(a) If roan bulls and cows are mated together. What genotype and
phenotype would you expect in the calves. (5)
(b) What ratio would you expect from a large number of matings? (1)
© Suggest reason why a hybrid may be sterile in the diploid condition but
fertile when tetraploid (2)
(d) Explain why microorganism such as bacteria are frequently used in the
study of mutation. (2)

2. a. In the mid 1970s’ the world health organization sprayed the Island of
Chilubi with DDT. This successfully wiped out the malaria mosquito and
controlled the malaria epidemic. One species of caterpillar which fed
on thatch of the villagers’ huts was unaffected by the DDT, but its
natural predator, a warp was eradicated.
Shortly after using DDT, the thatched roofs collapsed. Local insect
eating gecko lizards died of DDT poisoning, as did the villagers’ cats
which frequently fed on the geckos.
A rapid rise in the local rat population occurred and the village was
threatened with an outbreak of bubonic plaque. This was avoided by air
lifting new cats to the villages.
Suggest ecological reasons to explain what happened on this Island. (5)
b. Suggest four reasons why NPP of evergreen tropical rain forest is greater
than that of temperate deciduous forest. (4)
c. Imagine a small, Isolated, Inhabited tropical Island covered with forest.
Assume that the total amount of plant, animal and dead organic material
remains the same from tear to year. What happens to the annual NPP? (1)
3.(a) Define photoautrophic and chemoheterotrophic (2)
(b) Make a list of the ways in which the structure of the leaf contributes to
its successful functioning (6)
© How does the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll (a) differ from
chlorophyll (b) basing your argument on the diagram below (2)

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 4. You are provided with a graph paper to plot a graph. Two genetic crosses
were done and data was collected as shown in the table below.

DATA ON THE HEIGHT OF PLANTS

HEIGHT/cm 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Number of plants of 2 8 17 27 30 27 17 8 2 - - - - - -
species A
Number of plants of - - - - - 2 5 9 13 18 25 29 28 12 -
species B

a) plot a histogram of the data on height of species A and B. [3 MARKS]

b(i) state the mode value of height of the sample of plants of species B. [1 MARK]

(ii) state the median value of height of the sample of plants of species A. [1 MARK]

(iii) calculate the mean value of height of the sample of plants of species B.sho your
working. [5 MARK]

c) calculate the standard deviation (SD) of the height of the sample of plants of species B.
[2 MARKS]
3. In some cattle alleles for red and white coat color are co dominant. A cross between
red bulls and white cows produces calves with red and white hairs in their coats.
a.) if roan bulls and cows are mated together what genotype would you expect in the
calves.

b.) what ratio would you expect from a large number of matings?
c.) suggest reason why a hybrid may be sterile in the diploid condition but fertile when
tetraploid?

d.) explain why micro organism such as bacteria is frequently used in the study of
mutation? (Total= 10 marks)

4.a.) mention two important events which occur during the synthesis stage of interphase.
b.) what two ways occur during gamete formation in the recombination of genes.
(Total=4 marks)
The end
Good luck

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 ANSER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER
SENIOR PHYSICS OLYMPIAD THEORY

1a) in relation to projectile motion define the following terms:

i) range [1 MARK]
ii) time of flight [1 MARK]
iii) projectile [1 MARK]
iv) maximum height [1 MARK]

(b) a tennis ball is hit with a velocity of 3m/s at an angle of 600 to the horizontal.
Consider the the figure shown below.

RANGE

Use the figure above to calculate the following: take g=10m/s2

i) the time of the flight. [3 MARKS]

ii) the maximum height [3 MARKS]
iii) the range [3 MARKS]

c) another cannon ball is projected so as to attain a maximum range. Find the maximum
height attained if the initial velocity is 12m/s. take g to be 10m/s2. [3 MARKS]

2. a) Explain the meaning of the following in electronics.

i) capacitor ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1 MARK]

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 ii) capacitance-----------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1 MARK]
iii) reactance--------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [1 MARK]

b) a parallel plate capacitor has an area of 100 cm2,a plate separation of 1.0cm and is
charged initially to a potential of 100V(CALL THIS Vo.
the supply is disconnected and a slab of dielectric, 0.5cm thick and of relative
permittivity 7, is then placedbetween the plate as

+Q

DIELECTRIC

-Q

Calculate:

i) the capacitance Co before the slb is inserted------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2 MARKS]

ii) the charge on the plates Q--------------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2 MARKS]

iii) the electric field strength in the gap between the plates and the dielectric------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[2 MARKS]

iv) the capacitance when the dielectric has been inserted----------------------

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------- [3 MARKS]

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3. a.) a body of mass 5kg is placed on a horizontal plane. It is found that a force of 10N
applied horizontally to the body is just about to move it. Calculate the co-efficient of
static friction force between the body and the plane (2)

b.) a body of mass 40kg is given acceleration of 10m/s on horizontal ground for which
the co-efficient of friction is 0.5. Calculate the force required to accelerate the body.
(Take g=10m/s2) (2)

c.) a wheel and axle is used to raine a man of weight 70kg by application of an effort
200N. if the radii of the wheel and axle are 400mm and 100mm respectively, determine
the efficiency of the machine.(2)

4.a.) what evidence is there to suggest that light travels in straight lines. (2)

b.) write down three properties common to all electromagnetic waves. (3)

c.) calculate the tension in the wire of a hammer throwers hammer of mass 7kg, if it is
being swing round at I revolution per second in a circle of radius 1.5m. (2)

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JUNIOR QUIZ QUESTIONS MATHEMATICS

1. Given that n is inversely proportional to the square root of m plus -2. and that n= 2
when m=4. Find the value of n when m= 0

Answer: -2

2. The range of the values 3, 4, 7, x, 10, 5, y, is 12 find the mean value of x and y if they
are equal terms

Answer: 15

3. Find the value of the surd 2√5 x 3 √5

Answer: 30

4. Determine the midmost point between A ( 3, -5) and B( -7, 9)

Answer: (-2, -7)

5. What name is ascribed to the locus of points with undefined radius

Answer: CIRCLE
6. The sets n (A)= 47 n ( B) = 23, n ( C) = 15 are disjoint sets. Find the value of
n(A ∩ B ∩ C

Answer: O or Empty set or Null

7. What is the square root of x3?

Answer:X 3/2

8. What is half of half(one attempt only)

Answer: ¼

9. If a set has four elements, how many subsets does it have?

Answer? 16.

10. If a number is multiplied by itself three times,the answer is 64.Find the number
(one response only)

Answer: 4

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 11. What is the smallest natural number which is also a prime number.(one attempt)

Answer:2

12. The distance from Nakonde to Lusaka is 1500km.What is the distance in metres?

Answer: 1500000m

13. What is ½ - 1/8

Answer: 3/8
14. The area of a rectangle is 30cm2.If the breadth is 5cm,what is the perimeter of a
rectangle?

Answer:22

15. What is a quarter of a third?

Answer: 1/12

16. If the 8th of may is Monday, what day of the week is the seventeen?

Answer: WEDNESDAY.

17. Given that x lies between 2 and 9 inclusive and y lies between -5 and 3 inclusive.
what is the largest possible value of x-y?

Answer:14

18. A cube has volume 125cm3 ,what is its total surface area?

Answer: 150cm

19. What is the total number of subsets of an empty set?

Answer: 1

20. What is the reciprocal of 0.2?

Answer: 5.

21. What is the number of minutes between 23:47 hours and 04:31?

Answer; 104minutes

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22. Express 46 square centimeters in square meters?

Answer: 0.0046metres square

23. A farmer is building a fence is 48m long. He plans to put vertical posts at 3m
intervals with one at each end. How many posts will he need

Answer:17

25. K500000 is shard between john and James in the ratio 3:2 respectively. What is
James’ share?

Answer: k200000

26. Find the HCF of 8,20 and 600(one response)

Answer: 4

27. If five people shared 15 books equally, how many books can 25 people have
altogether?

Answer: 75 books

27.There are 250 pupils in a competition. I f 90% of these pupils are girls, how many are
boys?

Answer: 25

28. If a set has 8 subsets, find the number of elements?

Answer:3

29.What is the value of 5x2-1+8/4

Answer:11

30.What is the value of 3+(0.3)2

Answer: 3.09
31. If the average speed of a train is 70km/h for how long does it take to cover a
distance of 245km?

Answer: 3hours 30minutes

32. Express 0.03159 correct to 3 significant figures

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Answer: 0.0316
33. What is the value of 0.3x0.56?

Answer: 1.68

34. The area of square field is 1600m2.Find the perimeter of this field?

Answer: 160.

35. If P=1/4 and Q=2/3 express P/Q as a percentage:

Answer: 37.5 or 37 and 1/.2

36. Evaluate 12+8/4

Answer 14

37. Express 63 as a product of its prime factor

Answer: 3x3x7

38. Find the value of 992-1

Answer: 9800

39. What is the ratio between 2 ¾ and 1/7

Answer: 77:4

40. What is the difference in temperature between London -8 and Zambia 20oc

Answer: 28o or -28oc.

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 JUNIOR QUIZ QUESTIONS PHYSICS

1. What is the name of the electric motor used for reversing the direction of an
electric current

Answer: COMMUTATOR

2 Which component is used in a time delay unit

Answer: CAPACITOR

3 A headlamp is rated 24w, 6v. How much current flows through it

Answer: 4A

4 What is other name for the variable Resistor

Answer: RHEOSTART

5 What scientific name is referred to a solid that lacks defiant arrangement of

Atoms so conspicuous in crystals?

Answer: AMORPHOUS

6 Name the Atmospheric zone which is scientifically key in pilfering harmful

rays of the sun

Answer: OZONE LAYER

7. How many kilograms are in 25tonnes?

Answer: 25000kg

8. What is a ray?

Answer: THIS IS THE DIRECTION OF THE PATH TAKEN BY LIGHT

9. A bar of steel has a volume of 45cm3.What is the mass?

Answer: 45g

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 10. Which principle is used in a pressing iron as an automatic switch?

Answer: BIMETALLIC STRIP

11. Mention the name of an instrument used to measure afractional flow of current
in a circuit?

Answer: GALVANOMETER

12. Name two types of reflection?

Answer: REGULAR AND IRREGULAR REFLECTION

13. A METAL BLOCK MEASURES 10CM X2CM X 2CM..WHAT IS THE

VOLUME IN METRES?

Answer: 0.00004m3

14.What controls the amount of light entering the eye?

Answer: THE PUPIL

15. Calculate the p.d across a 10 ohms resistor carrying a 2A current:

Answer: 20v

16. What does the abbreviation A.,C mean?

Answer: ALTERNATING CURRENT

17. Define the term weight?

Answer: THE PULL OF GRAVITY ACTING ON A OBJECT OR THE

PRODUCT OF MASS AND GRAVITY

18. Write 3270 in scientific notation?

Answer: 3.27 X 103

19. A car stopped after 400m in 20s.What was its speed.

Answer: 20m/s

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20. In a hydro electric power station state the correct order of the energy change?

Answer: POTENTIONAL-KINETIC-MECHANIC-MAGNETIC-ELECTRIC
ENERGY

21. What is the speed of light in air?

Answer: 3,000,000,000m/s

22. What form of energy is contained in a car battery? ONE ATTEMPT ONLY

Answer: CHEMICAL ENERGY

23. Convert 13600kg/m3 into g/cm3.

Answer: 13.6g/cm3

24. The opposition to the flow of charges in a circuit is called? ONE ATTEMPT

Answer: RESISTANCE

25. What is the other term for potential difference?

Answer: VOLTAGE OR ELECTRO MOTIVE FORCE

26. A complete path consisting a battery,a wire and a bulb is called……one attempt

Answer: CIRCUIT

27. What instrument is used to measure weight?

Answer> SPRING BALANCE

28. What is the boiling point of ethanol?

Answer; 78oC

29.A strip of metal formed when two metals of different heat conductivity is
called……………………………………………..

Answer: BIMETALLIC STRIP

30. What term is used to describe the abnormal expansion of water?

Answer: ANOMALOUS

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31. When we stand around the fire, heat mostly reach us through? ONE ATTEMPT

Answer: RADIATION

32. What device is used to keep the temperature of its contents constant?

Answer: vacuum flask or thermos flask

33.A current of 10A flows through a 0.7ohms resistor. Calculate the voltage
applied across the resistor?

Answer: 7V

34. What instrument is used to detect current in the circuit?

Answer: GALVANOMETER

35. What is the purpose of cooling the tungsten filament in the bulb?

Answer: TO MAKE IT HOTTER

36. What happens to the temperature when a substance is changing its state?

Answer: TEMPERATURE REMAINS CONSTANT

37. What is meant by rheostat?

Answer: VARIABLE RESISTOR

38. What is the third color in the spectrum of light? ONE ATTEMPT ONLY

Answer: YELLOW

39. What is the range a scale on the clinical thermometer?

Answer: 35oC TO 43o

OR 350 TO 420C

40. Apart from mercury which other liquid is commonly used in thermometers?

Answer: ALCOHOL

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JUNIOR BIOLOGY QUIZ QUESTIONS

1 What do we call the instrument used to measure the changes of volume in the lungs

ANSWER: SPIROMETER

2 Name the disease that result from the non- release of ADH when the Hypothalamus
is damaged

ANSWER: DIABETES INSIPIDOUS

3 What is the name of the yellow pigment which result from the breaking down of the
Hemoglobin

ANSWER: BILINIBIA

4 Name the blood vessel which carries Blood to the Kidney

ANSWER: RENAL ARTERY

5 What do we call the deliberate mating of two organism in a Genetic analysis

ANSWER: CROSS

6 The part of the skin which controls the heat loss is called……………

ANSWER: SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

7. Name the food substance broken down during respiration…………

ANS; GLUCOSE

8. What do you call the cavities which separate the gills from each other?

ANS; GILL SLITS

9. What do you call an instrument used to measure then changes of volume in the
lungs……….

ANS; SPILOMETER

10. What name is given to the type of air which always found in the lungs…….

ANS; RESIDUAL AIR

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 11. What name is given of the phagocytic cells which keep the surface of the
alveolus clean……….

ANS; MACROPHAGES

12. What do you the energy required to change liquid to vapour……

ANS; LATENT HEAT OF VAPORISATION

13. Name the cell which produces melanin…..

ANS; MELANOCYTES

14. What is the name of the hormone which increases the amount of melanic
produced…….

ANS; MELANOCYTE STIMULATING HORMONE (M S H)

15. Name the blood vessel which carries blood to the kidney.

ANS; RENAL ARTERY

16. When is the sex of a baby determined?

ANS; AT THE POINT OF FERTILISATION

17. Where in the kidney does ultra filtration occur?

ANS; BOWMANS CAPSULE

18. Name the type of cells found in the liver?

ANS; HEPATOCYTES

19. Which organ in the body breaks down hormones?

ANS; LIVER

20. Name the part of the skin responsible for the reduction of damage to the
underlying tissues by friction?

ANS; EPIDERMIS

21. Name the part of the skin which controls heat loss?

ANS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT

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 22. Where in the nephron does facultative reabsorption of water under control of
ADH?

ANS; COLLECTING DUCT

23. What is the name given to two copies of a particular gene present in a diploid
cell?

ANS; GENE PAIR

24. What do you call an individual having a homozygous gene pair

ANS; HOMOZYGOTE

25. What is the deliberate mating of two organisms in genetic analysis?

ANS; CROSS

26. What do you call a situation in which a heterozygote shows the phenotypic effects
of both alleles equally?

ANS; CO-DOMINANCE

26. The ling components of an ecosystem are known as?

ANS; BIOTIC FACTOR

27. The non-living components of an ecosystem are known as?

ANS; ABIOTIC FACTOR

28. In ecology a pond is an example of?

ANS; AN ECOSYSTEM

29. What is the other name for trophic level

ANS; ENERGY LEVEL OR FEEDING LEVEL

30. What term is used to explain inter linked food chains?

ANS; FOOD WEB

31. The feeding relationship in an ecosystem is known as?

ANS; A FOOD CHAIN

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 32. Which trophic level has the highest energy in all food chains?

ANS; PRODUCERS OR AUTOTROPHS

33. The heat loss of energy between trophics is mainly in form of

ANS; HEAT

34. What percentage of energy assumed to flow one trophic level to the next?

ANS; ABOUT 10%

35. The transfer of male reproductive gametes from an anther to a stigma is

called…….

ANS; POLINATION

36. Which part of the plant receives pollen grains during pollination?

ANS; STIGMA

37. What is the other name for petals of a flower?

ANS; COROLLA

38. Where photosynthesis does takes place in the leaf?

ANS; IN THE CHROLOPLASTS

39. Name the living part of a cell?

ANS; PROTOPLASM

40. What is the other name given to photosynthetic bacteria?

ANS; PROKARYOTES

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JUNIOR CHEMESTRY QUIZ QUESTIONS

1 What is the name of the given to the elements in the group √ 11 of the periodic
table

ANSWER: HALOGENS

2 Give the name of the type of bonding present in metals

ANSWER: METALIC BONDING

3 Name the two products of a reaction between potassium and water

ANSWER: POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE AND HYDROGEN

4 How many electrons are present in the outermost shell of an Atom of Oxygen

ANSWER: 6

5 Define an Acid using two word only

ANSWER: PROTON DONOR

6 What is the other name for a soluble Base

ANSWER: ALKALI

7. What is the other name for covalent bond

ANSWER: MOLACULAR BOND

8. How many moles are contained in 196g of sulphuric acid?

ANSWER. 2 MOLS

9. What is the relative molecular mass of calcium carbonate?

ANSWER: 100

10. Name the gas which turns damp red litmus paper blue?

ANSWER: AMMONIA

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11. State the two allotropes of sulphur.

ANSWER: MONOCLINIC AND RHONMBIC

12. What do we call the reactant used up first in a reactor?

ANSWER: LIMITING REAGENT

13. The compound formed when calcium oxide reacts with silicon (11) oxide is
called……..

ANSWER: CALCIUM SILICATE

14. During the titration experiment, the stage at which the indicator changes color is
called………….

ANSWER.END POINT

15. What do we call the reaction between an acid and a base

ANSWER: NEUTRALISATION REACTION

16. The number of hydrogen ions produced per molecule of the acid is called its………

ANSWER: BASICITY

17. What gas is formed when acid reacts with a metal carbonate

ANSWER: CARBON DIOXIDE

18. What is the physical state of ordinary glass?

ANSWER: LIQUID

19. How many electrons are in a nitrogen molecue?

ANSWER: 14

20. What name is given to the horizontal rows on the periodic table.

ANSWER: PERIOD

21. The coating of iron with zinc metal is ……

ANSWER: GALVANISING

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22. State the two types of formula

ANSWER: EMPIRICAL AND MOLECUAR FORMULA

23. State the general formula of alkanes?

ANSWER:CnH2n+2

24Yeast contains an enzyme which catalyses the fermentation reaction, name the
enzyme

ANSWER: ZYMASE

25. What is the maximum number of electrons in 5 sub levels.

ANSWER:2

26. Which substance removes impurities from iron ore in the blast furnace.

ANSWER: LIMESTONE OR CALCIUM CARBONATE

27. What is formed when calcium carbonate decomposes

ANSWER: CARBON DIOXIDE

28. The catalyst used in the preparation of oxygen using hydrogen peroxide is

ANSWER: MANGANESE (1V) OXIDE

29. The addition of oxygen to a substance is…………….

ANSWER: OXIDATION

30. Which gas is used in the steel production

ANSWER: OXYGEN

31. What is the identity test for hydrogen gas

ANSWER: PUTS OFF FLAME WITH POP SOUND

32. What is the other name for crude oil?

ANSWER: PETROLUM

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33. The process by which detergents are made from fats by adding sulphuric acid
and then neutralize it with sodium hydroxide.

ANSWER: SULPHONATION

34. During the purification of copper by electrolysis, which metal is used as the
cathode?

ANSWER: IMPURE COPPER

35. Which natural macromolecule possesses the same linkage as nylon.

ANSWER: PROTEINS.

36. In what physical state is sodium at room temperature.

ANSWER: SOLID

37. What is the formula of carbon dioxide?

ANSWER: CO2

38. An example of an alloy of aluminium:

ANSWER: DURALUMIN

39. What is the chemical name for sand?

ANSWER: SILICON (1V) OXIDE

40. What is the color of phenolphthein in an acidic solution

ANSWER: COLORLESS

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JUNIOR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1 Name a Zambia soccer icon that attained the political portfolio of being a
member of parliament

ANSWER: EMMANUEL MUNAILE

2 In which District in Zambia is the Mwembeshi Earth Satellite Station found?

ANSWER: MUMBWA

3 What do the letters C.R.O stand for in electronics

ANSWER: CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE

4 State the province in south Africa where Johannesburg is located

ANSWER: GUAUTENG

5 In which year was the Tanzania Zambia Railway commissioned?

ANSWER: 1976

6 What name is given to the Muslim Holy War

ANSWER: JIHAD

7. What do we call traditional ceremony done by the lozi people?

Answer: KUOMBOKA CEREMONY.

8. Name the political parties that participated in the last presidential by elections?

Answer: MMD,P.F UPND AND HERITAGE PARTY

9. What is the name of the bird which is found on the Zambian national flag
Represents?

Answer: EAGLE

10. How many vice president served under the late president Mwanawasa?

Answer: 3

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11. What is the name of the former president of USA who visited Zambia?

Answer: BILL CLINTON

12. Which team did David Beckham play for in USA?

Answer: ANGELES GALAXY

13. Which soccer icon is the Member of Parliament in Northern Province?

Answer: EMMANUEL MUNAILE

14. Which European river passes through more than 4 countries in Europe

Answer; DAURBE RIVER

15. Who was the predecessor of the current FAZ president?

Answer: TEDDY MULONGA

16. Which opposition leader recently won the presidential elections in Ghana?

Answer: JOHN OTTA MILLS

17. Name the previous world footballer of the year

Answer. KAKA

18. State the approximate length of the epidydimis.

Answer: ABOUT 6M (ANY VALUE SLIGTLY ABOVE OR LESS THAN

6M ACCEPT)

19. What do the letters C.R.O stand for in electronics?

Answer: CATHODE RAY OSCILLOSCOPE

20. State the province in which Johannesburg is in south Africa?

Answer: GUATEN PROVINCE

21; Barack Obama is the first black American president in the history of America.
He is number what in the line of American president?

Answer: 44th president

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22. Who is the vice president of the patriotic front party (P.F).

Answer/; DR. GUY SCOT

23. In which year did we cerebrate New Year before Christmas?(single response)

Answer; EVERY YEAR

24. In which year was the TAZARA commissioned?(one attempt only)

Answer; 1976

25. Which country records the greatest number of train accidents in the world.

Answer: INDIA

26. Name the former minister in Zambia who was sentenced to 4 years simple
imprisonment by a magistrate count in 2009.

Answer; GLADY NYIRONGO

27. What is the title given in Zambia to the head of a district in

education.(SINGLE RESPONSE)

Answer: DISTRICT EDUCATION BARD SECRETARY D.E.B.S

28. Who is the current world footballer of the year?

Answer; CHRISTINO RONALDO

29. State the month and year when Rupiah Banda was sworn as president?

Answer; 2nd NOVEMBER 2008.

30. In Zambia 2008 by elections who was the third runners up?

Answer; HAKAINDE HICHIEMA

31. Who is the longest serving president in southern Africa?

Answer; MUGABE ROBERT

32. Which company used in the comedy journey to paradise as means of

advertisement?

Answer; JORDAN MOTORWAYS

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33. Which reggae artist composed the truck in titled gun culture.

Answer; MAIKO ZULU

34. What other name is given to chemicals called drugs that are prepared and
sold with the intention of treating illness.

Answer; PHARMACEUTICALS

35. Who started the second world war ?

Answer; ADOLF HILTLER

6. Who is the president of Venezuela?

Answer; HUGO CHAVEZ

37. Who is the current Zambian minister of defence?

Answer; GEORGE MPOMPO

38. Which law states that the volume of a fixed mass of gas is directly
proportional to its absolute temperature, pressure kept constant?

Answer; CHARLES LAW

39. What name is given to vector that bite the lips and cheeks of people?

Answer; KISSING BUGS

40.A…………… is the outer coat covering a bacterial cell.

Answer; CAPSULE.

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JUNIOR OLYMPIAD MATHEMATICS

1a). The sets A and B are integers.

set A = ( 5 < X < 10 ),

B = ( - 2 ≤ y ≤ 5 ). Calculate the

i) lowest value of y + x 1 mark

ii). lowest value 0f x - y 1 mark
iii) maximum value of x - y 1 mark
iv) maximum value of x ÷ y 1 mark
b.A straight line passes through the points
M ( 2 , 4) and N ( 8 , 12). Calculate

i) Gradient of the line MN 2 marks

ii) midpoint of line MN 2 marks

iii) Equation of the line MN 2 marks

2.a. The probality of a boy studying hard is 2/3 and that of passing is the examination
is 4/5. calculate

i. the probality of failing exams.

ii. The probality of studying hard and failing the exams.
iii. The probality of not studying hard and failing the exams.
iv. The probality of studying hard and pass exams. 4 mark

b. the figure below show a square and a portion cut(shaded).

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CALCULATE
i. area of a square 1 mark
ii. Area of shaded part 2 marks
iii. Perimeter of shaded part 2 marks

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 JUNIOR SCIENCE OLYMPIAD QUESTIONS

1. State the characteristics of matter-----------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 mark
2. according to the kinetic theory of matter, how would you describe the behavior of
molecules in

a. Gas-------------------------------------------1 mark
b. Liquid--------------------------------------- 1 mark
c. Solid-----------------------------------------1 mark
3. state the physical properties of matter-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 marks
4. state the chemical properties of matter-----------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 marks
5. define a physical change---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 marks
6. define a chemical change--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 marks
7. in which medium would you expect molecules with the highest kinetic energy-----------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 marks
8. a. which shape do liquid droplets tend to assume? --------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 marks
b. give reasons to support your answer in (a) above----------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 marks

9. Match the following:

1. It is measured in joules a. elements ------

2. Energy difference between two media b. kinetic ------
3. watts c. compound ------
4. F/A= d. volume ------
5. space occupied by a certain mass e. potential ------
6. mass of a substance per unit volume f. power ------
7. that which can not be simplified further g. pressure ------
8. type of energy also depends on mass and velocity h. density ------
9. two or more simpler forms of this i. heat ------
10. form of energy at rest j. energy ------
10 marks

10. weight wise, which law is the equation obeying?

NaCO3 + HCl → NaCl +H2O + CO2

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PRIMARY QUIZ QUESTIONS MATHEMATICS

1. The surface area of one side of a cube is 100 find its volume

ANSWER: 1000

2. given that M x N = 30 and M + N = 11 Find the quotient of M and N

ANSWER: 1

3. Evaluate -6 + (-4) - (- 12) ÷ 3

ANSWER: -6

4. If n = -2, m = -3 find the value 6m – 3n2

ANSWER: 30

5. What is the product of ¼ and 0.5 expressed as a decimal

ANSWER: 0. 125

6 Find the value of 9-2

ANSWER: I over 81

7. Express ¼ as a percentage.

Answer: 25%

8. Find the value of 6+4/4

Answer: 2 ½
9. Find the square root of 64/9

Answer.8/3
10. What is the lowest common multiple of 5,4 and 2

Answer: 20.

11. Express 1.25 as a mixed fraction?

Answer?1 ¼

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12. Find the value of -7-(-10)

Answer: 3

13. Express 7/8 as a decimal fraction?

Answer: 0.875

14.Convert 0.5kg to grammes? (one attempt)

Answer: 500g

15.What do we call a four side figure with four equal sides and four equal angles?

Answer: SQUARE

16.Find the sum of 20.5 and 21.5

Answer: 42

17. Two angles of a triangle are 42o and 56o.What is the third angle?

Answer: 82o

18. If the cost of 5l of cooking oil is k36, 312=00, how much change would someone get
from k50, 000=00?

Answer.k13,688=00

19.Simplify 2x +3x+7

Answer; 5x +7

20. Find the value of 1/3 +3/5

Answer: 14/15.

21. Set A has elements 2 and 3,how many subsets has set A.

Answer: 4

22. Which one is the larger number between ½ and 40%( one attempt only)

Answer: ½

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23. State the difference between 11 ¼ and 19

Answer: 7 ¾

24. A watch ticks once every second, how many times will it tick in 2minutes.

Answer: 120 times

25. My grand mother celebrated her 92nd birthday in 2008.In what year was she born?

Answer: 1916

26. State the product of 0.1 and 63.

ANSWER: 6.3

27. Mwansa and Chile she share k50000 in the ratio 2:3.How much does Mwansa get?

Answer: k20000

28. What is the difference between the supplement of 120o and the complement of 84o?

Answer: 54o

29. Find the perimeter of a square with area 81cm2

Answer:36cm

30. A cube has a total surface area of 96cm2 what is the length of edge?

Answer: 8cm

31. A cyclist traveled 36km in1 ½ h. How many km did he travel in 1h?

Answer: 24km.

32. What is 6 in base 2?

Answer; 110 base2

33. What number lies exactly between 31 and 79.

Answer: 55

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34. How many seconds are there in 2 days?

Answer. 172,800 seconds

35. What is the square root of 0,04?

Answer: 0.2

36. How many lines of symmetry has a triangle with two equal sides?

Answer: 1

37. Solve the equation in x+2=5

Answer. X=3

38. List the prime numbers between 30 and 40.

Answer: {31, 37}

39. There are 210km from Kasama to Mpika and 201.5km from Mpika to Nakonde.
Which one is the longest distance?(one attempt)

Answer: KASAMA TO MPIKA

40.Aschool uniform at a certain school costs k30000.How much would a parent with
three children spend?

Answer: k90000

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 PRIMARY SCIENCE QUIZZ

1. From which two words does the term television comes from/

Answer; Tele and Vision

2. What do we call that do not allow an electric current to pass through them?

Answer; Insulators / Bad conductors

3. What drives electricity around an electric circuit?

Answer; Electromotive force (e.m.f) / voltage

4. Name a solution which is used to test the presence of starch in a green leaf.

Answer; Iodine solution

5. What name is given to the building up of sugar by green plants from

carbon dioxide and water in the presence of light?

Answer; Photosynthesis

6. What do we call a mammal that feeds on grass and other plant materials?

Answer; Herbivores
7.

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PRIMARY GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ

1. What is the ceremonial title of the Vatican city according to the Roman Catholic
Church?

ANSWER: HOLY SEA

2. What was the former name of the ministry of Justice in Zambia?

ANSWER: MINISTRY OF LEGAL AID

3. How many paramount chiefs do we have in Zambia?

ANSWER: 4

4. What name is given to the first Prime Minister of Zambia?

ANSWER: SIMON MWANSA KAPWEPWE

5. What is the name of the first girl’s school in Zambia?

ANSWER: CHIPEMBI

6. What name is given to the study of snakes?

ANSWER: HEPTOLOGGY

7. Name the bridge in Zambia which is 3km long/

ANSWER; TUTA BRIDGE

8. State the name of the Bemba queen who was thought to have fallen from heaven.

ANSWER; MUMBI MUKASA

9. The highest mountain in the world is……………….(ONE ATTEMPT)

ANSWER; MOUNT EVAREST

10. When was Kalusha Bwalya African footballer of the year.

Answer: 1988

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11. State the name of the newly opened high school in Nakonde district

Answer; DONALD SIWALE

12. State the number of members of COMESA.

Answer; 15

13. What is the disease that kills more people in Zambia than any other;

Answer; MALARIA

14. What was the name of Zimbabwe before independence?

Answer: SOUTHERN RHODISIA

15. Name the island on which Mandela was imprisoned?

Answer: ROBBEN ISLAND

16. Name the water falls found between Kawambwa and Mporokoso?

Answer: LUMANGWE FALLS

17. Who is the current chairperson of the African Union.

Answer: CANEL GADAFFI

18. Name the country in Africa that is being ruled by soldiers.

Answer: GUINEA

19. The longest bridge in Zambia is

ANSWER: TUTA BRIDGE

20. Name the first person to die for Jesus Christ.

Answer: STEPHEN

21. When and who discovered Brownian Motion

Answer: ROBERT BROWN IN 1827

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22. Which date, month and year was Mwanawasa put to rest.

Answer: 3rd SEPTEMBER 2008.

23. Name the tourist attractions found in Mbala district?

Answer: KALAMBO FALLS

24. What do the letters COMESA stand for and where is the head quarters.

Answer: COMMON MARKET FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA IN

ZAMBIA

25. What does A.T.M in banking stand for.

Answer: AUTO TELLER MACHINE

26. Which is the deepest falls in Africa and what is its depth?

Answer: KALAMBO FALLS 220M

27. What was the provincial head quarters of Northern province and what was itws new
name after independence

Answer: ABERCON- MBALA

28. When Joseph was sold by his brothers he was taken to Egypt.What is the name of the
man where Joseph worked as a SERVANT

Answer: POTIFAR

29. Why is a radio called a wireless?

Answer: NO WIRES ARE CONNECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNALS

30. Which disease was in epidemic in Zimbabwe in recent years?

Answer: HOLERA

31. What is the name of the latest bridge which links Luapula and Copperbelt through

Zaire pedicle road?

Answer: MWANAWASA BRIDGE

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32 How many paramount chiefs do we have in Zambia?

Answer: 4

33. What is the biggest girls high school in Zambia?

Answer: KASAMA GIRLS

34. What is the other term used in Nigeria to call an important person?

Answer: OGA

35. What is the longest road in Zambia? One attempt

Answer: THE GREAT NORTH ROAD

36. Which one is the biggest falls in Zambia? (One attempt)

Answer: VICTORIA FALLS

37. Who was the president of Mozambique killed in a plan clash?

Answer: SAMORA MASHEAL

38. Where was umbilical cord for the first republican president for Zambia buried?

Answer: LUBWA MISSION

39. How old is the first republican president of Zambia?

Answer: 86 years

40. The burial place for the Bemba chief is called?( one attempt)

Answer: MWALULE

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 PRIMARY OLYMPIADS MATHEMATICS

1. The diagram below shows the rectangular polygon measuring x – 2 and 3x

3x

X-2

(a) Calculate

(i) The area 2 marks

(ii) The perimeter 2 marks

(iii) if the perimeter of the rectangle is 20. Find the value of x

(b) Anne is x years old and Benny is 3 years younger than Anne. Write the expression
in terms of x in its simplest form for the sum of ages

(i) at present 2 marks

(ii) after 5 years 2 marks

2. (a) simplify 2x – 3y( x – 2) – 6y 2 marks

b) factorize 2y2 – 2 2 marks
c) Find the volume of a box measuring 0.2m by 1.2m by o.5m expressing
your answer in centimeters. 2 marks
d) Chanda bought a shirt at k50, 000 and later sold it at K75, 000.
( i) calculate the percentage profit 1 mark
( ii) if he was paid in dollars at an exchange rate of K3, 550 per dollar.
How much did he get? 1 mark
(e) Solve -12 – (- 30) + (-25) 2 mark

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1. i) Draw a plant cell and label all the parts. 4 marks

ii) Which part of the plant cell controls all the cell activities? 1 mark

iii. Name the solution found in the vacuole 1 mark

iv. What is protoplasm made of? 2 marks

v. what is a cell? 2 marks

vi. list the three main sources of water vapour in the atmosphere. 3 marks

vii. mention the processes in the water cycle. 3 marks

2. i. A block of ice has a mass of 40.5g. the density of ice is 0.9g/cm3. find the volume of
the block.(show your working) 3 marks

ii. a boy fills a tin which measures 8cm x 3cm x 2cm with water. Taking the density of
water as 1g/cm3, find the mass of the water in the tin. (show your working). 3 marks

iii. what is the power of a heater connected to 240V mains if a current of 8A flows
through it. (show your working) 3 marks

iv. the rating on an electrical appliance is 8W. what the voltage across the appliance when
a current of 2A flows through it. (show your working). 3 marks

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