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Second Semester Examination - July 2021
Subject : Science
Paper = /95
Class : 4 …....... Handwriting = /05
Total = /100
Duration : 2 periods
Candidate's name : .................................................................... Date : ..................................
* Read the instructions very carefully before you start answering.
* Keep your colour pencils at hand. Borrowing will not be allowed.
1. (i) The image below shows how carbon dioxide is produced. Draw a particle model of each
labelled state of matter in the given boxes.
(6 marks)
(ii) A group of Grade 4 students setup the following experiment, relevant to properties of matter.
Three identical syringes are used.
(a) This practical activity shows,
------------------------------ are not compressible.
------------------------------ are hardly compressible.
------------------------------ is compressible.
(6 marks)
(b) Write two other properties of solids.
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(4 marks)
(iii) A liquid can turn into a gas or turn into a solid.
a) How can you turn a liquid into a solid?
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(2 marks)
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b) We often use sanitizer to prevent getting infected from the Coronavirus (COVID – 19).
Underline the correct answers to complete the short paragraph given below.
Sanitizer rubbed on your hands would quickly (condense /
solidify / evaporate / dissolve). This causes your hand to cool because
enough heat was taken from (your hand / the room / the air / the Sun).
The strong smell of sanitizer in the room tells you that (the bottle is
open / there are particles of alcohol in the air / the bottle is empty /
particles of alcohol are in the bottle).
(6 marks)
[Total = 24 marks]
2. (i) “Both spiders and insects are invertebrates, but spiders are not insects.”
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(4 marks)
(ii) Some muscles are attached to bones and work in pairs in order to move the body.
Describe how upper arm muscles work to help this person lift the box.
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(4 marks)
[Total = 8 marks]
3. (i) Evelyn Glennie is a famous musician, a percussionist. She is deaf and
performs barefoot to help her feel the sound with her feet.
a) What can Evelyn feel with her feet when the drum makes a sound?
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(2 marks)
b) Name two things that the sound can travel through from the drum to
get to Evelyn’s feet.
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II) ---------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
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c) What can Evelyn do to make the drum sound louder and higher? Mention two ways.
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(4 marks)
(ii) Bolivian pan pipes and the bottles filled to different levels of water are two similar instruments.
(a) Under which group of instruments can
you categorize these two instruments?
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(2 marks)
b) Both the instruments are played by blowing across the top of each bottle or tube.
What is trapped inside each bottle or tube? ------------------------------------
(2 marks)
c) What is the scientific name for how high or low a note is? -----------------------------
(2 marks)
d) Describe how the length of a tube affects how high or low the note is.
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(3 marks)
(iii) a) Why do you think a silencer is fit into a motor cycle?
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(2 marks)
b) What pollution is caused by noises louder than 85dB?
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(2 marks)
[Total = 23 marks]
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4. (i) (a) Name a component that could be added to this circuit to turn the
bulb on and off. -----------------------------------
(2 marks)
(b) What sort of a material will you use for the above component?
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(2 marks)
(c) Give an example to the above. ------------------------------------------
(2 marks)
(d) The bulb in this circuit does not light up. Give three possible reasons for the bulb not
lighting.
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(6 marks)
(ii) (a) What is voltage? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(2 marks)
(b) Why don’t we use mains electricity in the classroom to light up the bulbs in our
simple circuits?
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(2 marks)
(iii) (a) You must never handle electrical appliances when you are wet. Why?
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(2 marks)
(b) Write two other safety rules for using mains electricity.
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(4 marks)
[Total = 22 marks]
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5. (i) Chami made a toy magnetic car. She fixed a metal strip to the car and used a stick with a
magnet to control the movement.
(a) When the magnet stick is taken closer to the car it
moves towards the magnet. Explain how this happens.
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(2 marks)
(b) Name two types of metals Chami can use as the metal strip for the car.
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(4 marks)
(ii) (a) If you are to replace the metal strip of the car with a magnet, how will you do that?
(Apply what you know about poles of magnets to explain your answer.)
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(2 marks)
(b) Draw a diagram to show the above explanation to move the car using two bar magnets.
(Mark the poles. You may use red and blue colour pencils to colour poles of the bar
magnets.)
(4 marks)
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(iii) “Stainless steel is an alloy.”
(a) What is an alloy? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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(2 marks)
(b) Name two things made of stainless steel.
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II)--------------------------------------------------------
(4 marks)
[Total = 18 marks]
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Ref: AP
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