GRADE 7 ASSESSMENT

TIME: 1 HOUR 45 MINUTES

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PAPER

MARKS: 50 MARKS

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS

1. A piece of wire through which electricity can travel is called a ----.

a. Conductor

b. Driver

c. Insulator

d. Plastic

2. ----- is a piece of material that cannot conduct electricity.

a. A conductor

b. A copper wire

c. An aluminium wire

d. An insulator

3. Which of the following is not part of an electric circuit?

a. Battery

b. Rubber

c. Conductor

d. Switch

4. Which of the following should be part of an electric circuit?

a. Switch

b. Insulator
c. Plastic

d. Rubber

5. The ammeter is used for measuring ---- in an electric circuit.

a. Amount of heat

b. Voltage

c. Current

d. Resistance

6. The voltmeter is used for measuring the ------ in an electric circuit.

a. Current

b. Magnetism

c. Temperature

d. Voltage

7. Three electric bulbs are arranged in an electric circuit. They produce more light if they are
arranged ----.

a. Parallel to each other

b. In series

c. With the switch button switched off

d. With the batteries in the circuit reduced

8. Which of the following electric appliances is used for producing heat at home/

a. Television

b. Refrigerator

c. Stove

d. Radio

9. What is the purpose of a fridge?

a. To cook food

b. To keep things cold

d. For listening to the news

10. The electric gadget that is used at home, school and in industries to store important information
and make complex calculations very quickly is called a ------.

a. Television set

b. Computer

c. Radio

d. Generator

11. The force that is produced when two surfaces rub against each other is called a -------.

a. Friction

b. Erosion

c. Magnetism

d. Gravity

12. ------- is produced when two surfaces produce friction

a. Heat

b. Magnetism

c. Light

d. Gravity

13. Which of the following activities could result in friction being produced?

a. Talking loudly

b. Reading a newspaper

c. Watching television

d. Rubbing hands together

14. The sole of Maria’s shoes are now worn out. This is because of ----.

a. Friction

b. Poor quality shoes

d. Running while wearing the shoes

15. Which of the following is a useful aspect of friction?

a. Cars moving on the road without skidding and overturning.

b. Tyres burst resulting n accidents

c. Clothes getting torn

d. Soles of shoes getting worn off.

16. Which of the following is an end product of starch digestion?

a. Amino acids

b. Fat

c. Glucose

d. Fatty acids

17. The eating disorder that is caused by overeating is called ----.

a. Night blindness

b. Scurvy

c. Aneroxia

d. Obesity

18. A child with a big belly, thin legs and not growing well suffers from -------.

a. Scurvy

b. Kwashiorkor

c. Obesity

d. Rickets

19. A solar panel can convert solar energy to ------ energy.

a. Electric

b. Heat
c. Sound

d. Chemical

20. A solar cooker can convert solar energy to ---.

a. Sound

b. Light

c. Heat

d. Electricity

21. Which of the following is an example of a renewable fuel?

a. Coal

b. Wood

c. Petrol

d. Diesel

22. A substance that burns to produce heat is --------.

a. A generator

b. A conductor

c. An insulator

d. A fuel

23. The changing of a liquid to a gas is called ----.

a. Evaporation

b. Transpiration

c. Pollution

d. Erosion

24. The increase in heat can ------- of water.

a. Reduce evaporation

b. Increase evaporation
c. Increase the volume

d. Decrease the volume

25. Increase in the amount of wind blowing can ----.

a. Reduce the rate of evaporation

b. Increase the rate of evaporation

c. Increase friction

d. Reduce friction

26. Water vapour is a ----.

a. Liquid

b. Solid

c. Fuel

d. Gas

27. Ice is ----.

a. A liquid

b. A gas

c. A solid

d. Glass

28. The drying of wet clothes on the line is caused by -----.

a. Transportation

b. Evaporation

c. Friction

d. Pollution

29. Movement of particles of water will ---- when heat energy is increased.

a. Reduce

b. Disappear
c. Increase

d. Remain the same

30. What is water pollution?

a. The addition of air into water.

b. The dissolving of oxygen in water.

c. The addition of unwanted materials in water sources.

d. The boiling of water before drinking it.

31. The washing of fertiliser into rivers can end up causing the death of fish due to ----

a. Cholera

b. Eutrophication

c. Water diseases

d. Virus infection

32. Water found deep in the ground is called-----.

a. Underground water

b. Muddy water

c. Spring water

d. Oasis

33. Water sinks into the ground because of force of ----.

a. Friction

b. Transpiration

c. Gravity

d. Magnesium

34. Leakage of sewage into underground water sources can cause the spread of diseases such
as--------.

a. Cholera

b. Bilharzia
c. Kwashiorkor

d. Malaria

35. The hot vapour that comes out of boiling water is ----.

a. Steam

b. Ice

c. Fuel

d. Thermal power

36. The changing of water from liquid to gas is called -------.

a. Freezing

b. Boiling

c. Condensation

d. Evaporation

37. The point of water saturation in the ground is called ------.

a. Water zone

b. Gravitational point

c. Underground sea

d. Water table

38. An underground rock layer which contains water is called ----.

a. Granite rock

b. Clay rock

c. Aquifer

d. A well

39. The well or the borehole should be sunk to ----- level for it to have water.

a. Water table

b. Top soil
c. Hard

d. Volcano rock

40. Water flowing on the ground after rainfall is called -------.

a. River water

b. Sea water

c. Run off

d. Rain water

41. Which of the following activities will not result in friction being produce?

a. Rubbing hands together.

b. Rubbing two metals together

c. Reading a book

d. Pistons moving up and down in an engine.

42. Which of the following electrical gadgets does not use a battery?

a. A torch

b. A laptop

c. A cell phone

d. A desktop computer

43. ----- is an element of design that describes the roughness or smoothness of a structure.

a. Form

b. Colour

c. Texture

d. Balance

44. ------ is an element of design which describes the shape of a structure.

a. Texture

b. Form
c. Balance

d. Line

45. A man- made structure is a -----.

a. Structure made by people

b. Natural structure

c. Structure that is incomplete

d. Structure not designed by people

46. Colour improves the ------.

a. Beauty of a structure

b. Strength of a structure

c. Price of a structure

d. Height of a structure

47. Tall building found in urban areas are called -----.

a. Bridge

b. Roof

c. Skyscrapers

d. Mountain

48. A balanced diet should include-----.

a. A lot of protein

b. A lot of carbohydrates

c. A lot of vitamins

d. All the food nutrients required by the body

49. Which of the following is an example of a sexually transmitted disease.

a. Flue

b. Gonorrhoea
c. Tuberculosis

d. Cholera

50. Which of the following can result in fire outbreaks.

a. Ice

b. Alcohol

c. Electricity

d. Cold water

STRUCTURED QUESTIONS

1. From the list of materials listed below; indicate which of these is a good conductor of electricity
and which is an insulator.

a. Copper

b. Rubber

c. Aluminium

d. Wood

e. Plastic

2. What is the purpose of a voltmeter in an electric circuit?

3. What is the purpose of an ammeter in an electric circuit?

4. Define an enzyme

5. Scurvy is a result of lack of ----.

6. Vitamin A helps to prevent which disease?

7. Which disease is as a result of eating a lot and forcing yourself to vomit/

8. What is a machine?
9. List two ways of reducing friction in machine