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ST FRANCIS ENGLISH ACADEMY

2026 STANDARD 7 TERM TWO EXAMINATION

PRIMARY SCIENCE
(100 marks)
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Time Allowed: 2 HOURS

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Name of Candidate: ___________________________________________________________________________________

(Surname first)

Instructions:

1. This paper contains 6 pages. Please check Question Tick Do not write in
Number questions these columns
2. The paper has two sections A and B. Section A 41-43 if
consists of 40 multiple choice questions carrying 1 answere
mark each. Write your answers to this section on the d
question paper by encircling the correct answer. 1 – 15
16 – 20
Section B has 10 structural questions. Write your 21 – 30
answers to this section on the question paper in the 31
spaces provided. The maximum number of marks for 32
each answer is indicated against the questions. 33
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35
3. Answer all questions. 36
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4. In the table provided on this page, tick against 38
the question number you have answered 39
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5. IMPORTANT

 Please make sure you have written your name and

examination number on the question paper in the
spaces indicated.
 Hand in your question paper to the invigilator
when Time is called up to stop writing.

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Turn over
SECTION A (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this Section by encircling the letter representing the correct answer
AGRICULTURE (20 MARKS) 11. Which of the following ways of conserving
1. Which raw material can be obtained from farm water helps in improving soil fertility?
animals? A. Dams C. Box ridge
A. Cotton C. Sugarcane B. Removing silt D. Mulching
B. Tobacco D. Hides 12. To which sub-branch of animal production
2. Why farmer advised to face away from wind does the keeping of bees belong?
when spraying chemicals to crops? A. Poultry C. Aquaculture
A. To avoid inhaling chemicals B. Apiculture D. Rabbitry
B. To avoid spray more chemicals
C. To avoid kill the crops Figure 2 is a diagram of farm animal. Use it to
D. To spray the chemicals fast answer questions that follow
3. Which of the following is the major factor of
production?
A. Land C. Budgeting
B. Fertility D. Inputs

Figure 1 is a diagram of a flower pest. Use it to

answer questions that follow 13. What is the name of the animal?
A. Sheep C. Pig
B. Horse D. Cow
14. Which of the following is the advantage of
keeping the animals?
A. Source of transport
B. Source of eggs
C. Source of meat
4. What is the name of the pest? D. Source of communication
A. Mealy bug C. White fly 15. Which of the following fertilizer application
B. Spider mite D. Slug method is recommended for flowers which are
5. How does the pest cause damage to flowers? close together?
A. Cuts stems C. Eats flowers A. Dollop C. Broadcasting
B. Suck juice D. Eats roots B. Banding D. Banking
6. Which of the following fruits can be harvested 16. What type of feed is given to a day old broiler?
by felling a stem? A. Grower marsh C. Finisher marsh
A. Pine apples C. Bananas B. Starter marsh D. Layers marsh
B. Strawberries D. Pawpaw
7. Which of the following activities in marketing Figure 3 shows a soil conservation measure. Use it
functions involves sorting and weighing of to answer questions that follow
crops?
A. Packaging C. Transporting
B. Grading D. Sorting
8. To which sub-branch of crop production does
the growing of cotton belong?
A. Agronomy C. Silviculture
B. Floriculture D. Pomoculture
9. Why is vegetative cover important in crops 17. Identify this method of controlling soil erosion
production? A. Terraces C. Contour bands
A. It provides firewood B. Box ridges D. Strip cropping
B. It reduces pests 18. To which class of vegetables do beans belong?
C. It provide timbers A. Stem C. Fruit
D. It conserves soil B. Flower D. Legume
10. Which of the following type of fish sulvives in 19. All these are major nutrients except ________
salty water? A. Manganese C. Magnesium
A. Mphende C. Makumba B. Nitrogen D. Sulpher
B. Mlamba D. Chilunguni 20. What is a common agent of soil erosion?
A. Wind C. Running water
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B. Animal D. Dip tanks Figure 5 is a diagram of a simple machine. Use it to
answer questions that follow
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (20 MARKS)
21. Which of the following is indigenous food 32. Name the machine
preservation? A. Pulley C. Load
A. Refrigeration C. Soot B. Inclined plane D. Lever
B. Salting D. Canning 33. What name is given to the point X?
22. The heart pumps blood to the lungs through A. Load C. Roller
____ B. Effort D. Fulcrum
A. Vena cava C. Pulmonary vein 34. The following are the parts of skeleton except _
B. Aorta D. Pulmonary artery A. Lumber C. Skull
23. Which of the following is an animal tissue? B. Tendons D. Eye socket
A. Abestos C. Aluminium
B. Linen D. Silk Study the food chain to answer the questions that
24. Write examples of vegetable stain follow
A. Blood C. Cocoa
B. Dyes D. Soot Green grass Grasshopper Birds Snakes

Figure 4 is one of the examples of invertebrate 35. What would happen if there were no green
animals. Study it and answer questions that follow grass in the food chain?
A. The grasshoppers will die
B. Birds and snakes will grow health
C. The population of grasshoppers will
increase
25. Name the invertebrate D. Birds will multiply
A. Plamodia C. Roundworm 36. Which of the following instruments is used to
B. Amoeba D. Earthworm detect the beating of the heart?
26. Name the part labelled B A. Microscope C. Telescope
A. Clitellum C. Abnomen B. Stethrascope D. Perscope
B. Ring D. Mouth 37. Which of the following is an example of manual
27. Suggest any one way of cleaning the home worker?
A. Mopping C. Reading A. Farmer C. Doctor
B. Sleeping D. Vending B. Teacher D. Engineer
28. Which of the following foods provide the body 38. What is the purpose of carrying out scientific
with energy? investigation?
A. Fish C. Honey A. Collecting data through experiments
B. Pumpkin D. Beans B. Coming up with varriables
29. What name is given to the process when gases C. Designing the experiments
change into liquid? D. Finding out the truth about something
A. Evaporation C. Melting 39. What part of a flower develops into a fruit?
B. Condensation D. Freezing A. Stigma C. Petal
30. Animals with jointed legs are known as ___ B. Ovary D. Ovule
A. Molluses C. Nematodes 40. What is formed after fertilization?
B. Amelida D. Arthropods A. Fetus C. Zygote
31. What do you call a meal eaten at noon? B. Embryo D. Baby
A. Breakfast C. Lunch
B. Dinner D. Menu

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

AGRICULTURE (30 MARKS)
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41. a. Define olericulture (1 mark)
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b. State three examples of capital on a farm (3 marks)
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c. Classify the following parasites of goats into internal and external parasites: Mites, Roundworms,
Fleas,
Tapeworms, Lice.
Internal Parasites ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
External Parasites ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
(5 marks)
42. a. What are the two ways of preserving fish? (2 marks)
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b. Explain two human activities that can lead to water pollution (2 marks)
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c. Give two factors to consider when choosing a site of fish pond (2 marks)
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d. Give any two ways of copping risk in farm business (2 marks)
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Figure below shows farm machinery. Use it to answer questions that follow

43. a. Name the parts labeled X, Y, Z

X _________________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
Y _________________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
Z _________________________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
b. Explain the use of the part labeled Y (2 marks)
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44. a. Define farm calendar (1 mark)
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b. Why is a farming calendar an important tool to farmers? (2 marks)
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Study the figure below answer the questions that follow

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45. a. Name the breed of rabbit P and U (2 marks)
P _________________________________________________________ U _____________________________________________________
b. Give two characteristics of rabbit P (2 marks)
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c. How can a farmer solve the problem of seasonality of produce? (1 mark)
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (30 MARKS)

Figure below is a diagram showing human breathing system. Use it to answer questions that follow

B
C

A
46. a. Which letter represents
i) Diaphram ___________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
ii) Bronchus ___________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
b. Express what happens to the ribs and diaphram during inhalation (2 marks)
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c. Mention any two problems of human breathing system (2 marks)
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47. a. State any three groups of vertebrate animals depending on the food they eat (3 marks)
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b. Name the nutritional deficiency disease that is caused by lack of the following in the diet
i) Lack of iodine ____________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
ii) Lack of vitamin A ____________________________________________________________________________ (1 mark)
48. a. What is bleeding? (1 mark)
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b. State any two causes of nose bleeding (2 marks)
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c. List any two uses of electricity (2 marks)
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d. Briefly explain how does the bulb gives light (2 marks)
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Figure below shows stage of growth and development of the embryo during pregnancy. Use it to answer
questions that follow

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49. a. Name the parts labeled (2 marks)

X _____________________________________________________________ Z
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b. Which instrument is used to detect the beating of the heart of a baby? (1 mark)
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c. Mention two things that passes through Y from mother to embryo (2 marks)
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50. a. Define the term technology (1 mark)
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b. State two signs and symptoms of roundworms (2 marks)
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51. a. State any two parts of a skeleton (2 marks)
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b. Explain the difference between ligament and tendon (2 marks)
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