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P.4 SCIENCE TEST 1

Name: ______________________________________________________________

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

Read the following instructions carefully:
1. The paper has two sections: A and B

2. Section A has 40 questions (40 marks)

3. Section B has 15 questions (60 marks) FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

4. Answer ALL questions. All answers to both Sections A

and B must be written in the spaces provided. Qn. No MARK SIGN

1 – 10
5. All answers must be written using a blue or black ball
11 – 20
point pen or ink. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil.
21 – 30
6. Unnecessary crossing of work may lead to loss of marks.
31 – 40
7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily read may lead to
41 – 43
loss of marks. 44 – 46
8. Do not fill anything in the boxes indicated; 47 – 49

For Examiner’s use only. 50 – 52

53 – 55

TOTAL

Turn over
 SECTION A
1. Name the gas that supports burning.
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2. Why do we boil water for drinking?
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3. What name is given to food made by green plants?
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4. Give one way of controlling polio.
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5. Write down one animal that can live both on land and in water.
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6. What is a seedling?
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7. Name the sense organ for hearing.
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8. Why do some plants climb others?
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9. Write P.H.C in full.
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The diagram below shows a type of leaf. Study it and answer
question 10.

10. Name the type of leaf shown above.

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11. Give one way people contaminate water.
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12. Give one method of controlling soil erosion in hilly areas.
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13. Why can’t plants make their own food at night?
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14. How do insects reproduce?
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15. How is rusting similar to burning?
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16. Name one place where germs are found.
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17. Give one exotic breed of rabbit.
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18. Why do some objects float on water?
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19. How are flowers important to plants?
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The diagram below is of a maize seed. Use it to answer question 20.

20. Name the part labelled u.

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21. How are gills useful to a fish?
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22. State any one good eating habit.
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23. Why can’t a mushroom make its own food?
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24. Write any one perennial crop.
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25. Why is breast milk the best food for babies?

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26. Give one example of a leaf vegetable.
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27. How does a chameleon protect itself from danger?
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28. What is soil profile?
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Why is loam soil the best for crop growing?
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The diagram below shows a garden tool. Use it to answer question
30.

30. Name the garden tool shown above.

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31. Mention one group of living things in the environment.
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32. Write HIV in full.
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33. What is transpiration?
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34. Name the vector for rabies.
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35. Give any one example of a root tuber.
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36. Mention one traditional method of preserving fish.
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37. State any one weather condition.
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38. How is wind useful to man?
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39. Name the insect which pollinates flowers at night.
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Study the experiment below and answer question 40

balloon

balloon

40. What is the experiment showing about air?

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SECTION B (60 marks)
(Each question carries 4 marks)
41. (a) What is pollination?
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(b) Give any one type of pollination.
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(c) What is the role of a bee in the process of pollination?
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(d) Give any one characteristic of insect pollinated flowers.
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42. (a) What is a vector?
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 (b) Match the vectors in List A to the diseases they spread in list B.
LIST (A) VECTOR LIST (B) DISEASE
Female anopheles Sleeping sickness
mosquitoes Malaria
Cockroaches Dysentery
Tse-tse flies scabies

(i) Female anopheles mosquito ________________________________________

(ii) Cockroaches _____________________________________________
(iii) Tse-tse flies _____________________________________________
43. (a) Write O.R.S in full.
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(b) What is the first step when preparing O.R.S?
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44. The diagram below shows a taproot system. Study it carefully and
answer the questions that follow.

(a) Name the structure marked with letter Z.

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(b) What is the function of the part marked with letter Y.
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two examples of plants with the root system shown above.
(i) __________________________________________________________________
(ii) __________________________________________________________________

45. (a) State three elements of weather.

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 (i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(iii) ___________________________________________________________________
(b) What is the use of wind vane?
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46. (a) What are social insects?
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(b) Give any three examples of social insects.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(iii) ___________________________________________________________________
47. Name four diseases in infants that can be prevented by immunization.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(iii) ___________________________________________________________________
(iv) ___________________________________________________________________
48 The diagram below shows a fish. Study it carefully and answer the
questions that follow.
X

W
P
(a) Name the habitat for fish.
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(b) Name the parts labelled;
(i) W ______________________________________________________________
(ii) X ______________________________________________________________

(c) State the function of the part marked with letter P.

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49. (a) Name the type of soil used for making the following.
(i) pots _____________________
(ii) glass _____________________
(b) Apart from humus, give any other component of soil.
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(c) How can a farmer make soil more fertile?
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50. (a) What is personal hygiene?
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(b) Name any two ways you can keep your body clean.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(c) Why do we bathe daily?
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51. (a) Give any one example of a domestic bird.
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(b) Write down one sign of a sick bird.
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(c) Give two reasons why people keep birds at their homes.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
52 (a) What name is given to the place where seeds are first planted?
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(b) List down three uses of a nursery bed.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(iii) ___________________________________________________________________

53. Study the diagram below and answer questions that follow.

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 Soil level

Soil

(a) Which type of propagation is shown in the diagram?

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(b) Suggest three plants propagated by means of stem cutting.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(iii) ___________________________________________________________________
54. (a) What is food path?
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(b) Mention any two types of food path.
(i) ___________________________________________________________________
(ii) ___________________________________________________________________
(c) Identify the first stage in food path.
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55. Draw and name four materials used for sanitation.

Good luck

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