SAINT JOHN’S ACADEMY

MOCK EXAMINATION
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
NAME:……………………………………………………….DATE:……………….
ESSAY [100 MARKS]
Answer all the questions in your answer booklet.
This paper is in two sections: A and B. Answer Question 1 in Section A and any other three questions in Section B.
Credit will be given for clarity of expression and orderly presentation of material.
SECTION A [40 MARKS]
Answer all questions in this section
1. (a) The diagrams below are a set-up for preparation of common salt in the laboratory. Study the diagrams
carefully and answer the questions that follow.

(i) Name each of the parts labelled IV, V and VI.

(ii) Name two possible solutions that can react to product salt.
(iii) Name the process that takes place when the two solution named in (ii) react.
(iv) Name the process that takes place in the set-up B.
(v) Write a balanced chemical equation for the reaction between the two solutions named in (ii).

(b) Study farm tools carefully and use them to answer the questions that follow:

i. Identify each of the tools labeled A, B, C, D and E.

ii. Mention one use of each of the tools labeled A, B, C, D and E.
 (c) The diagram below represents the stages in the life cycle of a grasshopper. Study the diagrams carefully and
answer the questions that follow.

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II

i) Name each of the stages labelled I, II and III.

ii) State three daily activities of grasshopper.
iii) Briefly explain why the life cycle of grasshopper is described as incomplete metamorphosis.

(d) Study the simple circuit diagram shown below and answer the questions that follow

i. Identify the components labelled I, II, III and IV

ii. Which component is used to close the circuit?
iii. State the observation that would be made when the circuit is closed.
iv. Name the type of bias illustrated above.

SECTION B [60MARKS]
Answer three questions only from this section
2. (a) (i) State four characteristics which are common to all living things.
(ii) Mention the three states of matter.

(b) (i) List four greenhouse effect on the environment.

(ii) How would you sustain energy in your home to protect your environment?

(c) (i) How do the activities of a housefly affect humans

(ii) How would you reduce the effects of the activities of houseflies on humans

(d) A body of mass 2.5kg is raised 20m above the ground. Calculate the potential energy of the body given that
gravity (g) = 10m/s2.

3. (a) i. Differentiate between permanent magnet and temporary magnet.

ii. Mention three processes of magnetization.
b. State three similarities between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
 c. State Newton’s second law of motion.
d. i. An object of mass 5kg moving with an initial velocity of 10m/s is acted on by a force for 10s so that it
accelerates and attains a final velocity of 40m/s. Calculate,
i. initial momentum
ii. final momentum
iii. change in momentum
iv. acceleration
v. force

4. (a) (i) State the Newton’s first law of motion.

(ii) A car is moving at a constant speed and in the same direction. Briefly explain what is causing the car to
behave that way.

(b) (i) Name four sources of waste.

(ii) List the processes involved in good waste management practice.

(c) A coin is dropped into a full barrel of water in a dark room. A torchlight was used to search for it. Briefly
explain what happened to the rays as it travels from air medium into water medium and the position of the coin
in the water.

(d) (i) What are metals??

(ii) State two properties of metals

5. a. What is an element?
ii. State the chemical symbol of for these elements: Lithium, Beryllium, Oxygen, Sodium, Argon and Potassium
b. i. Explain briefly two (2) roles of dry ice.
ii. Why do solids have a fixed shape but liquid no not, explain briefly
c. Classify these materials into liquid, solid and gas wood, oxygen, lemon juice, vinegar, sand, soap, palm wine,
water vapour, carbon dioxide.
d. A 500kg bull is running at the velocity of 15ms-1. Calculate its kinetic energy.

OBJECTIVE TEST (40 MARKS)

a. Which of these enzymes acts on beans in the d. I, II, III and IV only
body? 4. An organ that produces all three types of digestive
a. Lipase enzyme is
b. Protease a. liver
c. Amylase b. salivary gland
d. Maltase c. pancreas
2. The end product of digestion of a ball of kenkey is d. stomach
a. amino acid 5. Where are faeces stored temporarily until are
b. glucose removed from the body?
c. peptises a. Anus
d. fatty acids b. Rectum
3. Which of these enzymes are associated with c. Caecum
digestion? d. Colon
I. Pepsi II. Renin III. Lipase IV. Amylase 6. Excess glucose in the body is converted into
a. I and III only a. urea
b. III and IV only b. glycogen
c. I, III and IV only c. amino acid
 d. glycerol d. Abomasum
7. Which of the following produces bile? 16. Which of the following domestic animals is used
a. Liver for working and ploughing?
b. Pancreas a. Dogs
c. Gall bladder b. Cats
d. Salivary gland c. Pigs
8. The process of taking in food into the body is d. Donkeys
known as 17. In which part of the monogastric digestive system
a. digestion does microbial digestion takes place?
b. egestion a. Large intestine
c. absorption b. Rectum
d. ingestion c. Caecum
9. Indigestion can be caused by the following except d. Oesophagus
a. lack of roughage in diet 18. All the following animals are poultry except
b. eating too fast a. turkey
c. exercising the body regularly b. duck
d. overeating c. pigs
10. In humans, protein digestion begins in the d. chicken
a. mouth 19. One major advantage of using inorganic fertilizer
b. stomach is that
c. liver a. it contains all necessary plant nutrients
d. colon b. it build organic matter in soil
11. The small intestine in humans consists of c. it improves soil structure
a. the duodenum and the ileum d. it prevents leaching
b. the duodenum and the liver 20. Plants nutrients that are needed in smaller
c. the ileum and the colon quantities are called
d. the duodenum and the colon a. micronutrients
12. Domestic animals can be grouped into monogastric b. macronutrients
and c. nanonutrients
a. ruminants d. meganutrients
b. gastric 21. All the following are plant nutrients except
c. invertebrates a. nitrogen
d. insects b. potassium
13. Which of the following domestic animals is c. zinc
typically raised as pet? d. helium
a. Chicken 22. Loss of soil nutrients through water seepage is
b. Cow known as
c. Parrot a. drainage
d. Pig b. erosion
14. In birds like chicken, which part of their digestive c. irrigation
system grinds food? d. leaching
a. Crop 23. Natural fertilizer that are made from plant and
b. Gizzard animal waste are called
c. Liver a. inorganic fertilizer
d. Large intestine b. organic fertilizer
15. Which part of the ruminant’s digestive is the true c. chemical fertilizer
stomach? d. artificial fertilizer
a. Rumen 24. The body of a housefly is divided into three main
b. Reticulum parts, these are head, abdomen and
c. Omasum a. leg
 b. antenna c. mist
c. wings d. sleet
d. thorax 33. The movement of water through the layers of soil
25. The series of changes that occur during or gravity is called
development of a housefly is called a. precipitation
a. growth b. percolation
b. cycle c. evaporation
c. reparation d. condensation
d. metamorphosis 34. All the following human activities negatively
26. Houseflies feed on all the following except affect the water cycle except
a. rotten food a. road and building construction
b. plastics b. removal of forest cover
c. manure c. excessive drawing of underground water
d. faeces d. conservation of water
27. Which of the following is not a breeding site of 35. Which of the following is not an importance of the
houseflies? water cycle?
a. Garbage a. Improvement of the earth’s water table
b. Water body b. Water erosion
c. Sewage c. Provision of clean water
d. Organic manure d. Carries plant nutrients
28. What is the period of larva development in 36. A group of cells which perform the same function
housefly? is called
a. 1 – 3 hours a. tissue
b. 4 – 10 hours b. organ
c. 8 – 24 hours c. system
d. 24 – 48 hours d. organism
29. The pupa of a housefly respires through a 37. The small specialized structures in a cell is called
a. nose a. tissue
b. spiracles b. organ
c. stomata c. system
d. mouth d. organelle
30. All the following diseases are caused by houseflies 38. Amoeba and euglena are examples of
except a. organs
a. cholera b. unicellular organisms
b. typhoid c. multicellular organism
c. anthrax d. system
d. malaria 39. Magnesium has atomic number of 12, how many
31. Which one of the following processes is not part of electrons are in its last shell?
the water cycle? a. 1
a. Evaporation b. 2
b. Conduction c. 3
c. Precipitation d. 4
d. Transpiration 40. Gas can be compressed easily because
32. One of the following is not a liquid form of a. it has no fixed shape
precipitation. b. its particles are widely spread
a. rain c. it has no fixed size
b. dew d. it can flow