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CANDIDATE
NAME
CENTER CANDIDATE NUMBER
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SCIENCE 1113/02
PAPER 2 May 2026
1 hour
Candidates answer on the Question paper.
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Write your center number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an Hb pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
Answer all questions
You should show all your workings in the booklet.
The number of marks is given bracket ()
pg. 1
1. There are several characteristics of living things. These are called life processes in human
different organs specialize in different life processes. Draw a line from each organ to its life
processes (5mks) .
Organ Life process
Excretion
Growth
Intestine Movement
Kidney Nutrition
Muscles Reproduction
Spinal cord Respiration
uterus sensitivity
2. Match the cell part to its function (4mks)
Cell part Function
Nucleus Controls what enters and leaves the cell
Cell membrane Provide support in plant cell
Chloroplast Contains genetic materials
Cell wall Site of photosynthesis
3. Write true or false (2 mks)
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4. List three forms of energy. Give an example (3 mks)
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5. Classify these as solids liquids or gases (2 mks):
oxygen, Iron, milk, wood, carbon dioxide.
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6. Explain why metals are used to make cooking pots, but plastics are used for the handles. (2mks)
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7. Name the organ that makes up the: (2mks)
a) Digestive system
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b) circulatory system
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8. Which life processes is carried out by: (2mks)
a) Leaves of a plant ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9. Name method of separation: (4mks)
a) Salt from salt water. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b) Sand from water ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c) Iron fillings from sand ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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10. Classify as elements, compound or mixtures. (2 mks)
Salt water, Iron, carbon dioxide, Air
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11. State 2 differences between physical and Chemical changes (2 mks)
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12. Define the following terms (4mks)
a) Speed
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b) Force
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c) Friction
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d) Gravity.
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13. match the organ to the system .(4mks)
Organ System
Heart Nervous
Lungs Excretion
Stomach Circulatory
Brain Respiratory
Kidney Digestive
14. state the functions of the following. (3mks)
a) red blood cell
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b) white blood cells
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c) Platelets
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15. What causes day and night (1mk)
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16. State 2 structures found in plants but not in animal cells (1mk)
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17. Explain why the cell membrane is described as partially permeable (2mk)
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18. Explain using particle theory why gases are easily compressed (2mks)
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19. Give two effects of a force (2mks)
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20. List 3 renewable sources of energy (3mks)
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21. Energy is transferred when a ball is dropped. Describe the energy changes from when it leaves your
hand to when it hits ground(2mks)
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22. Sound travels faster in solids than in gases. Explain using particle theory. (2mks)
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23. A student investigates how temperature effects the rate of dissolving sugar in water. (6mks)
Temperature Time to dissolve
20 60
40 35
60 20
80 12
a) identify the independent variable
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b) State the variable the student must keep constant .
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c) Describe the trend shown by the data.
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d) Suggest an explanation for this trend Using particle theory.
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24. State functions of the following (2mks
a) Root hair cells
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b) palisade cells.
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25. Explain the meaning of the following. (3mks)
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26. The diagram shows a plant cell. Name the parts labeled (5mks)
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B-----------------------------------------------
C--------------------------------------------
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27. The diagram shows a specialized cell from the human body (2mks)
a) What is the name of this cell
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b) What is the function of this cell
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