SCIENCE

Standard 6

February Revision

Name___________________ Surname____________________

110 questions
By: Kevin T. Chabaesele

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 Use the diagram below to answer question 1 and 2

1. What is happening at X?
A. Transpiration
B. Translocation
C. Evaporation
D. Condensation

2. The process at Y is called ________________

A. Evaporation
B. Transpiration
C. Freezing
D. Condensation

3. Which of the following is a character of invertebrates?

A. They have a backbone
B. They has no backbone
C. They have skull and bones
D. They have feathers

4. The process through which sugar are converted to alcohol is called

A. Distillation
B. Fermentation
C. Preservation
D. Pasteurization

5. What is science?
A. Study of everything around us
B. Study of living thing only
C. Study of maths
D. Study of ecosystem

6. What is community?
A. A group of different species of plants and animals living together in the same area
B. A group of identical plants or animals
C. A group of animals or plants which depends on one another
D. An arrangement of a community of living and non-living things.

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 7. Species is defined as
A. A group of animals or plants living together in the same environment
B. A group of cattle and sheep
C. A group of plants or animals of the same identity
D. A group different species of plants and animals living together in the same area

8. Which of the following scientist discovered a telephone?

A. Thomas Edison
B. Louis Pasture
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. Mechelin

9. The first wheel was made up of

A. Iron bands
B. Solid wood
C. Pneumatic wood
D. Rubber

10. What is the environment?

A. Study of science
B. Study of living things
C. Everything around us
D. The way living things interact

11. Which of the following scientist invented an electric bulb

A. Alexander Graham Bell
B. Ramaphosa
C. Thomas Edison
D. Alexander Fleming

12. Penicillin was discovered by

A. Louis Pasture
B. Romania Gautama
C. Alexander Bell
D. Alexander Fleming

13. What would you use to separate a mixture of water and salt
A. Preservation
B. Selection
C. Distillation
D. Drying

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 14. What is carrying capacity?
A. All the living things that can live in the environment
B. All the non-living things in an environment
C. All the animals that lives in an environment
D. All the plants that live in an environment

Read the statement below and use it to answer question 2 and 3

Amakhar was looking at two animals and noticed that they both have 4 legs, the other animal lays
eggs while the other one does not, another animal eat meat only while another one eats plants only.

15. Which scientific process was he using?

A. Applying
B. Inferring
C. Recording
D. Comparing

16. Which of the following shows the particles of a solid?

A. B. C. D.

17. What are carnivores?

A. Animals that eat meat only
B. Animals that eat grass only
C. Animals that eat both meat and grass
D. Animals that drink water only

18. Which of the following activities can transmit HIV?

19. The process of photosynthesis will produce _________ and __________

A. starch and carbon dioxide
B. chlorophyll and starch
C. starch and oxygen
D. water and carbon dioxide

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 20. What as a liquid can change into _________________ and ___________________
A. Metal (iron) and vapour (gas)
B. Gas (vapour) and solid (ice)
C. Liquid and ice (solid)
D. Gas (vapour) and metal (solid)
The experiment below shows two candles burning. After a cup was used to cover the other
candle, it stopped burning.

21. What is the purpose of this experiment?

A. To find out if air supports burning
B. To find out if the cup is solid
C. To find out if the candle can burn the table
D. To if air can be made by the cup

22. The following are non-metal EXCEPT?

A. Diamond
B. Rubber
C. Wood
D. Copper
Study the diagram below and use it to answer question 23

23. What is the name of the light that has bounced from the surface (X)?
A. Rays
B. Reflection
C. Transparent
D. Light

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 24. ____________ is the energy of movement.
A. Potential energy
B. Kinetic energy
C. Electric energy
D. Hydroelectric energy

25. Which is the best example that something has kinetic energy?
A. a car parked on a steep hill
B. a tennis ball rolling across the court
C. a picture hanging on the wall
D. a piece of coal before it's burned

26. In past people communicated with a word of mouth or through postal services. Which of the
following technology made communication easy and cheap?
A. Printers
B. Television
C. Cars
D. Fridge

27. The picture below shows an instrument found in the weather station. What is the name of the
instrument?

A. Wind vane
B. Rain gauge
C. Anemometer
D. Barometer

28. Below are house hold chemicals EXCEPT?

A. Paraffin
B. Cooking oil
C. Vinegar
D. Sand

29. Which of the following best describe air?

A. A mixture of gases
B. The process whereby plants make their own food
C. A mixture or water and soil
D. A mixture of protein and carbohydrates

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 30. Which statement is true about air?
A. It smells bad
B. It is colorless
C. It does not occupy space
D. It taste sweet
The following is a classification of vertebrates. Use it to answer question 18 and 20.

31. What are warm-blooded animals?

A. Animals which eat both plants and meat
B. Animals which do not have back bones
C. Animals which can maintain a body temperature higher than their environment.
D. Animals which do not reproduce

32. The letter X represents _______________

A. Invertebrates
B. Mammals
C. Cold-blooded
D. Human beings.

33. The following are examples of mammals EXCEPT?

A. Zebra
B. Monkey
C. Dog
D. Catfish

34. Which of the following is a vertebrate?

A. Scorpion
B. Snail
C. Earthworm
D. Tortoise

35. Which animal is warm blooded?

A. Amphibians
B. Reptiles
C. Fishes
D. Mammals

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 36. Which of the following is a non-communicable disease?
A. HIV
B. Cancer
C. Flu
D. Covid19

37. Which of the following is the correct order of the process of water cycle?
A. Evaporation – Condensation – Precipitation
B. Precipitation – Evaporation – Condensation
C. Evaporation – Precipitation – Condensation
D. Condensation – Evaporation – Precipitation

38. Amantle kept the rake in an open space. Two days after the rain she discovered that the rake had
rust. What caused the rust?
A. Water and soil
B. Air and soil
C. Paint and water
D. Water and air

39. The following are characteristics of vertebrates except ________________

A. They have pairs of eyes
B. They have a skull and brain
C. They have a heart and blood system
D. They have no backbone

40. Which of the following is a source of light?

A. Torch
B. Mirror
C. Fuel
D. Moon

41. Which of the following is a non-living thing?

A. Trees
B. People
C. Animals
D. Stones

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 Use the diagram below to answer question 42

42. The animals above show one of the characteristics of life. Which characteristic are they most
likely showing?
A. movement
B. growth
C. reproduction
D. excretion

The road sign below was placed along a road near school.

43. Which statement best describe the sign?

A. Children are playing on the road
B. Children are running to school
C. Children are crossing the road
D. Children hate cars

44. Which of the following is one of the inner planet?

A. Uranus
B. Saturn
C. Venus
D. Jupiter

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 The diagram below shows a female reproductive system. Use it to answer question 45 and
46.

45. What is the function of the part labelled R?

A. To produce eggs
B. To store the eggs before fertilization
C. To support the foetus during pregnancy
D. To receive the seminal fluid from the male

46. What is the name of the part labelled A?

A. Penis
B. Ovary
C. Vagina
D. Fallopian tube

47. An intelligent guess or possible answer given by a scientist to a scientific questions is called
A. Hypothesis
B. Observation
C. Communication
D. Experiment

Precious used the set up below to investigate a condition necessary for photosynthesis. She
covered part of a green leaf with aluminum foil and left the set-up for 8 hours.

sun

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 48. Which condition necessary for photosynthesis was Precious investigating?
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Water
C. Chlorophyll
D. Sunlight

49. Oxygen and _______________ are produced during the process of photosynthesis.
A. Carbon dioxide
B. Water
C. Chlorophyll
D. Starch

50. Which of the following is a character of invertebrates?

A. Backbone
B. They has no backbone
C. They have skull and bones
D. They have feathers

51. Which of the following sources of light is artificial?

A. The sun
B. Fire-flies
C. Lightning
D. Lit candle

52. Science is defined as ____________________

A. Everything around us
B. All work done by scientist
C. Terms used as process skills
D. The study of living things and its environment

Use the statement below to answer question 53.

It is 150 million KM from the sun, far enough to give a pleasant temperature,
not too hot nor too cold and it has enough water and oxygen.

53. Which planet is explained in the statement above?

A. Mars
B. Earth
C. Saturn
D. Jupiter

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 Mr. Khumo recorded the weather conditions for six days with the standard 5 class at
Mowana Primary School. Use his recording to answer questions 54 and 55.

54. On which day was the weather half cloudy in the morning, windy in the afternoon and calm at
night?
A. Friday
B. Monday
C. Saturday
D. Thursday

55. What was the weather like on Tuesday?

A. Wind blowing to the west in the morning, light wind during the day and rainy at night
B. Strong wind in the morning, very cloudy in the afternoon and shower of rain at night
C. Misty in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon and rainy with thunderstorm
D. Wind blowing to the west in the morning, drizzle in the afternoon and rain fall at night

56. We use the nose for smelling and the eye for _________.
A. Smiling
B. Eating
C. Looking
D. Seeing

57. Which of the following planets takes 365 or 366 days to travel around the sun?
A. Jupiter
B. Earth
C. Pluto
D. Mars

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 Use the diagram below to answer question 58 and 59.

58. What is the name of the process R?

A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Melting
D. Freezing

59. Describe the arrangement of particles of X

A. Loosely packed
B. Separated with no regular arrangement
C. Tightly packed
D. Close together with no regular arrangement

60. What do we call a process whereby plants make their own food?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Condensation
C. Evaporation
D. Osmosis

61. Which gas forms about 80% of air?

A. Oxygen
B. Carbon dioxide
C. Nitrogen
D. Water vapor

62. ___________ is the condition of the atmosphere of a short period of time.

A. Climate
B. Weather
C. Clouds
D. Rainfall

63. Which of the following is not a characteristic of living things?

A. Evaporation
B. Excretion
C. Reproduction
D. Respiration

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 64. The following are the senses we use for observation EXCEPT?
A. Ear
B. Head
C. Eye
D. Skin

65. Which of the following is not used for communication?

A. Radio
B. Television
C. Internet
D. Money

66. Which form of energy is given by a ringing bell?

A. Light
B. Chemical
C. Electrical
D. Sound

67. What type of energy do we obtain from the sun?

A. Kinetic
B. Potential
C. Chemical
D. Solar

68. Which of the following answers is true about senses and body parts?
A. You use your ears to hear.
B. You use your eyes to smell.
C. You use your hair to touch.
D. You use your nose to taste.

69. What is energy?

A. Ability to do work
B. Ability to lift heavy stones
C. Mixture of gases
D. Everything in our environment

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 Use the illustration of a ball and ring below to answer question 70.

Before the ball was heated, it easily passed through the ring. After the ball was heated, it
could not pass through the ring.
70. What conclusion can be drawn from the illustration?
A. Metal contract when heated
B. Metal expands when heated
C. After the ball was heated it became small
D. After the ball was heated the ring became small

71. What is the name of the instrument used to measure rainfall?

A. Wind vane
B. Anemometer
C. Rain gauge
D. Hydrometer

72. The following are ways of conserving water except?

A. Making dams
B. Using water carelessly
C. Recycling water
D. Making reservoirs
Use the diagram below to answer question 73 and 74.

73. What is the name of the instrument shown above?

A. Barometer
B. Thermometer
C. Rain gauge
D. Anemometer

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 74. What is the instrument used to measure?
A. Rainfall
B. Air pressure
C. Wind speed
D. Sun light

75. What are the units of measure for air pressure?

A. Rainfall
B. Km/h
C. Millibars
D. Millimeter

76. Elsie made a research about COVID19 and how it affects students. She shared the information
with other people who find it useful. Which of the following scientific process did she apply?
A. Observation
B. Communication
C. Scientific question
D. Hypothesis

77. ______________ is an instrument used to measure wind speed.

A. Wind vane
B. Wind direction
C. Anemometer
D. Barometer
Used the diagrams below to answer question 78 to 80

78. The diagram above shows the ________________ system

A. digestive
B. circulatory
C. reproductive
D. skeletal

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 79. What is the name of the bone marked X?
A. Skull
B. Radius
C. Hip bone
D. Ribs

80. The main function of the system shown above is to

A. Make new babies
B. Produce movement with muscles
C. Scare people
D. Circulate blood around the body

81. Which senses are mentioned in the following sentence?

''I went outside and felt the cool breeze on my skin and smelled my neighbor cooking hot dogs on
the grill.''
A. touch and sight
B. hearing and taste
C. touch and smell
D. taste and hearing

82. The three states of matter are;

A. Plastic, liquid, gas
B. Metal, non-metal, liquid
C. Solids, liquids, gas
D. Ice, water, alcohol

83. The skin is used for _____________.

A. Feeling
B. Tasting
C. Seeing
D. Touching

84. Why is the Earth the only planet which is able to support life?
A. It has one moon
B. It has a suitable temperature, water and oxygen
C. It is the third planet from the sun
D. It has plants

85. Which statement best describes kinetic energy?

A. Energy that comes from batteries
B. Energy that comes from heat
C. Energy of motion or movement
D. Energy that is stored

86. Katso finds a bottle in the laboratory with a liquid that looks like water. The bottle has no label.
Which of the following is the best he could do?
A. empty the contents into the sink
B. label the bottle water
C. bring it to the attention of the teacher
D. taste it to find out if it taste like water

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 87. All liquids have the following properties except?
A. They have a fixed shape
B. They expand when heated
C. They can flow
D. They take the shape of a container

88. Which of the following characteristics is common to both reptile and birds?
A. They are warm blooded animal
B. They lays eggs
C. Their young ones are born alive
D. They have feathers

89. Which state of matter is shown below?

A. Solid
B. Liquid
C. Gas
D. Metal

90. Which of the following is a process in which plants make their own food?
A. Photosynthesis
B. Transpiration
C. Respiration
D. Chlorophyll

91. To avoid road accidents, pedestrians should ________________ at night.

A. cross the road anywhere
B. wear brown clothes
C. run when crossing the night
D. wear reflectors or white clothes

92. What is communication?

A. It is the transfer of energy from one person to the other
B. It is the transfer of heat from one person to the other
C. It is the transfer of information from one person to the other
D. It is the transfer of matter from one person to the other

93. Which of the following is an example of living components of an environment?

A. Rocks and lizards
B. Water and soil
C. Moon and stars
D. Lion and trees

94. What do we call the green pigment in the leafs of a plant?

A. Chlorophyll
B. Stomata
C. Carbon
D. Photosynthesis

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 95. When a student observed the weather, she realized that it is going to be sunny. This means that he
is _______________.
A. Predicting
B. Communicating
C. Analyzing
D. Applying

96. Which of the following is NOT necessary for photosynthesis?

A. Carbon dioxide
B. Chlorophyll
C. Sunlight
D. Carbon monoxide

97. A body completely covered in scales is a characteristics of ________________.

A. Cats
B. Fish
C. Hens
D. Tadpoles

98. Which of the following characteristics is common to both reptiles and birds?
A. They are warm blooded
B. They lay eggs
C. Their young ones are both alive
D. They have feathers

99. If the environment does not provide adequate water, to the plants this will reduce the
_____________.
A. Plants holding capacity
B. Carrying capacity of animals
C. Water holding capacity
D. Carrying capacity

100. Which of the following defines air

A. Mixture of hydrogen and oxygen
B. Is a mixture of different gases
C. Mixture of oxygen and nitrogen
D. Mixture of liquids

101. Which of following is not a weather element?

A. Climate
B. Rainfall
C. Temperature
D. Wind

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 102. Which of the following is a characteristics of invertebrates?
A. Backbone
B. Exoskeleton
C. Skull and brains
D. Feathers

103. Which of the following class of animals live both in water and land?
A. Reptile
B. Fish
C. Amphibian
D. Birds

104. Which of the following is NOT a way of preventing rusting?

A. Oiling
B. Watering
C. Painting
D. Greasing

105. How does soil affect animals?

A. Soil feed from animals
B. Soil feed on animals
C. Soil provides animals with carbon dioxide
D. Animals feed on plants that grow in the soil

106. Which of the following statement best describes invertebrates?

A. Have spines
B. Have back bones
C. Have no back bones
D. Live on hand only

107. 75% of the water is found at ________________.

A. Underground
B. Earth surface
C. Atmosphere
D. Hard rock

108. How is photosynthesis important to plants?

A. Helps them to make their own food
B. Help to release carbon dioxide
C. Helps to use nutrients from the soil
D. Helps them to reduce oxygen

109. Which of the following factors can affect the carrying capacity of an environment?
A. House ,cows ,cold people ,school
B. Water ,Diamond ,Technology and plants
C. Water ,plants ,food ,space
D. Rocks, plants, water, soil

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 110. What is the theory of hypothesis in science?
A. Conclusion
B. Application of the new knowledge
C. A possible explanation
D. Forgetting the old knowledge

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