2A Science Midterm Exam

KGI Secondary School
Section A
Grade-2A Section B
Midterm Examination Section C
Total
Science
Academic Year 2022-2023
Name: _______________ Date: _______________

Time allowed - 2 hours
Section A [10 marks]
I. Choose the correct answers. (10 marks)
1. Which of the following will sink in water?
(a) coin
(b) leaf
(c) cork
(d) pencil
2. Choose the plant which humans eat the roots for food.
(a) asparagus
(b) spinach
(c) cassava
(d) wheat
3. Choose the correct sentence.
(a) Insects usually have eight legs.

(b) Ants are known as social insects.
(c) Insects have hard bones to protect them.
(d) Locusts are example of helpful insects.
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4. Which of the following is a high-pitched sound?
(a) a bear growling

(b) a cow mooing
(c) a tiger roaring
(d) a mouse squeaking
5. Which of the following is a shrub?
(a) hibiscus
(b) cashew
(c) okra
(d) cotton
6. Which of the following is incorrect?
(a) The moon has mountains and craters.

(b) The moon travels around the Earth.
(c) The moon is a cold ball of rock.
(d) The moon can only be seen at night.
7. Which of the following is a prey?
(a) octopus
(b) porcupine
(c) scorpion
(d) eagle
8. Where can you find a bison?
(a) Australia
(b) China
(c) America
(d) Africa
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9. Which of the following is a vertebrate?
(a) crab
(b) snake
(c) scorpion
(d) worm
10. Which of the following tastes bitter?
(a) salt
(b) lemon
(c) lollipop
(d) coffee
End of Section A
Section B [15 marks]
II. Fill in the blanks. (10 marks)
1. A ______________ is a piece of space rock that hits the

ground.
2. A vertebrate’s bones make up its ______________.
3. We taste our food with ______________ ______________ on
our tongue.
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4. The bodies of insects are divided into _______________
main parts.
5. Plants farmers grow to sell are known as ________________.
6. Social insects live together in _______________.
7. A drum sound is ________________ pitched.
8. Water or ______________ put out a fire.
9. The patterns of stars are known as ________________.
10. The ________________ is the part of the eye where light
enters.
III. True ‘T’ or False ‘F’. (5 marks)
1. Water is a liquid that can change shape.
2. An example of a pest is bees.
3. A good gardener always improves the soil with manure

and compost.
4. The moon is a smooth ball of rock.
5. Our eyes can see only the seven main colours.
End of Section B
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Section C [25 marks]
IV. Write your answers in the space provided for each question.
1. (a) List the four basic tastes. (2 marks)
(1) _________________
(2) _________________
(3) _________________
(4) _________________
(b) Name the given picture. (2 marks)
(i) _________________
(ii) _________________
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2. (a) What is germination? (2 marks)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(b) What did the ancient Egyptians use to make paper? (1

mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(c) Why do gardeners have to pull up weeds? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
3. (a) Give an example of a pest. Explain why it is harmful. (2

marks)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(b) Put the following animals into the correct group. (2

marks)
Scorpion Lizard
Kangaroo Octopus
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Vertebrate Invertebrate
(c) Number the life cycle of a fly in order. (2 marks)
4. (a) Jason burned his hand while holding a hot kettle. What
should he do? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
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(b) What are the three things you should do when your
clothes catch fire and what should you not do? (2 marks)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
5. (a) Why can we see the moon in the sky? Draw a picture to
show this. (3 marks)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(b) Why do we need to wear spacesuits when we travel to

space? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
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6. (a) How does an elephant keep itself cool? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(b) What is reproduction? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
7. (a) Meg has a bottle of water and a bottle of oil. She pours
both the water and oil into a bowl. What do you think will
happen? (1 mark)
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
(b) Alfie has two bags of powder. He tested them by putting

in water. Powder A dissolves in water and powder B does
not. Which powder is sugar and which powder is sand? (1
mark)
Powder A - _______________
Powder B - _______________
End of Section C
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KGI Secondary School

Name: _______________ Date: _______________

Section A [10 marks]

I. Choose the correct answers. (10 marks)

1. Which of the following will sink in water?

3. Choose the correct sentence.

(a) Insects usually have eight legs.

(a) a bear growling

5. Which of the following is a shrub?

6. Which of the following is incorrect?

(a) The moon has mountains and craters.

7. Which of the following is a prey?

8. Where can you find a bison?

10. Which of the following tastes bitter?

Section B [15 marks]

II. Fill in the blanks. (10 marks)

1. A ______________ is a piece of space rock that hits the

1. Water is a liquid that can change shape.

2. An example of a pest is bees.

3. A good gardener always improves the soil with manure

4. The moon is a smooth ball of rock.

5. Our eyes can see only the seven main colours.

1. (a) List the four basic tastes. (2 marks)

(b) Name the given picture. (2 marks)

(b) What did the ancient Egyptians use to make paper? (1

(c) Why do gardeners have to pull up weeds? (1 mark)

3. (a) Give an example of a pest. Explain why it is harmful. (2

(b) Put the following animals into the correct group. (2

(c) Number the life cycle of a fly in order. (2 marks)

(b) Why do we need to wear spacesuits when we travel to

(b) What is reproduction? (1 mark)

(b) Alfie has two bags of powder. He tested them by putting

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