MOTHER MAJERI PRIMARY

SCHOOL
MID -TERM I EXAMINATION, 2025
CLASS : P.7
SUBJECT : INTEGRATED SCIENCE
DURATION : 2 HOURS 15 MINUTES
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Read the following instructions carefully

1. This paper is made up of two Sections: 7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily
A and B.
read may lead to loss of marks.
2. Section A has 40 questions (40 marks)

3. Section B has 15 questions (60 marks)

4. Attempt all questions. Answers to both

sections must be written in the spaces
provided.

5. All answers must be written in blue or

black ballpoint pen or ink but not in
pencil. All work done in pencil, except
diagrams, will NOT be marked.

6. Crossing out of answers will lead to

loss of marks.

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 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)
1. Name any one building material made from clay soil.

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2. Give any one way in which application of manure to the soil improves on
crop yields.

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3. What is the role of the sun in rain formation?

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4. State the type of fracture where the broken bone creates an open wound
on the victim’s body.

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5. How is a toad adapted to catching flying insects?

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Use the diagram of a flowering plant to answer questions 6 and 7.

6. Give the use of part K to such a plant.

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7. State any one way in which part S is adapted to making food for a plant.

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8. How is the behaviour of the biceps muscle different from that of the
triceps muscle during bending of the human arm?

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9. Give any one advantage of artificial insemination to a cattle farmer.

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10. Why is a VIP latrine regarded as an improved pit latrine?

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11. State any one piece of advice you give to children to help them prevent
the spread of diarrhoea in a school.

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12. State any one way in which you can safeguard against bad mouth
breath.

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13. Give the reason why wood is used for making a handle of an iron box.

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14. Apart from being safe to the users, give any one other quality essential
drugs possess.

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15. Write down any one importance of planting trees around a factory.

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16. Mention any one sign of rickets in babies.

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17. Name any one annual crop harvested using a sickle.

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18. Give any one way in which the use of charcoal and firewood is harmful
to the environment.

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The diagram below is of a model of a human body system. Study and use it
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balloon
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19. Mention any one material used for making part labelled Y.

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20. State what would happen to the balloons when part W in pushed
inwards.

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21. Give a reason why wet clothes put in a shade take long to get dry.

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22. State any one way farmers prevent bee enemies from killing their bees
and sucking honey from hives.

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23. Name any one method suitable for preserving both fish and maize.

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24. How does force of gravity affect objects thrown in air?

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25. Name any one device that changes electricity to sound energy.

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26. From which region of a sugarcane plant do prop roots develop?

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27. Write down any one sign of poor quality planting materials like seeds.

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28. How important is immunisation programme to a community?

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29. Name any one method of storing sound.

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30. State any one disadvantage of touching food with dirty hands.

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31. Give any one difference between mosses and mushrooms in the
environment.

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32. How is the problem of stagnant dung and urine controlled in a goat’s
shed?

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33. Apart from beans, name any one other plant source of proteins.

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34. Give any one example of an invertebrate with two main body divisions.

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35. State any one way of controlling dust in a school compound.

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36. Give one reason why salt is called a solute.

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An irregular object was lowered into a container A. The water it displaced
was collected in container B as shown below. Study and use it to answer
questions 37 and 38.

Irregular
object
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37. Name the container marked A.

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38. What amount of water was displaced by the irregular object into
container B?

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39. What type of soil erosion is reduced through terracing hilly garden
areas?

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40. How can oxygenated blood be made to flow faster to the brain of a
fainted person?

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Section B
41a) Name the type of change which occurs when;
i) beeswax melts.
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ii) a snake moults.
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iii) a bulb filament blows.
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b) State any one danger of natural changes to animals.

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42. The diagram below shows a way of feeding of a certain group of
birds. Study and use it to answer questions that follow.
A

chick

a) To which group of birds does A belong?

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b) Give any one example of a bird that belongs to the group of birds named
in (a) above.

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c) Apart from the nature of the foot and beak, state one other way in which
such birds in (a) are adapted to their way of feeding.

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d) How can poultry farmers protect their chicks from being eaten by such
birds?

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43a) Mention any one crop residue used as mulches.

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b) State any one disadvantage of mulching to crops.

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c) Explain how mulching maintains moisture in the soil for a long time.
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44a) Name the fungus that reproduces by budding.

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b) Give any two ways in which some fungi are useful to man.

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c) State any one way in which we can protect our food from the effects of
fungi.

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45a) Name any one thing that attracts moths to flowers.

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b) What happens to the following parts of a flower after fertilization?
i) Ovary
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ii) Petals and sepals.
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c) State any one way in which some fruits are adapted to being dispersed
by animals.

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46a) What is drug abuse?

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b) Besides alcohol, name any one other drug commonly abused by people
who live in slum areas.

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c) How does alcoholism lead to poor job performance?

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d) Give one way a school can stop the habit of drug abuse among pupils.

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47. The diagrams below show the structures of different blood
vessels in the human body. Study and use them to answer the
question that follow.
A B

a) Which of the blood vessels above carries blood towards the human
lungs?

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b) Using an arrow, show the flow of blood in blood vessel B.
c) Apart from blood vessels, name one other component of the circulatory
system.

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d) Identify any one disease that attacks the circulatory system.

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48a) State any two conditions that make some people vulnerable.
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b) Give a reason why vulnerable people should be fed on foodstuffs rich in
vitamins.

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c) Write down one disadvantage of food taboos to people in your
community.

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49a) Give any one use of electricity at home.

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b) Pamungu was provided with a plastic pen and a big piece of paper.
Describe how she would prove to her friends that static electricity occurs in
insulators using the two materials. (3marks)
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50a) State the type of weather is managed by the following;
i) wearing gumboots.
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ii) Building houses with flat roofs.
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b) Which element of weather is measured in degrees?

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c) How do crop farmers benefit from weather forecast?

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51a) Mention any two vectors that spread germs to humans through bites.
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b) State any two activities done at school to control the breeding of insect
vectors.
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52. The diagram below shows a movable joint. Study and use it to
answer questions that follow.

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A
a) Name the structure marked A.

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b) Give any one part of the human body where such a joint is found.

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c) How is the function of fluid B similar to that of a cartilage at a joint?

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d) State any one way in which proper functioning of joints can be
maintained.

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53a) State what makes layer chicken to crack and eat their own eggs.

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b) Apart from egg eating, write down one other example of a poultry vice.

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c) Name the system of poultry keeping in which egg eating is controlled
separating laid eggs from birds.

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d) Write down one way of controlling poultry diseases on a farm.

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54a) Name any two renewable resources in the environment.
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b) State any two ways in which non-renewable resources can be protected

from exhaustion.
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55a) Name the body organ mostly affected by burns.

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b) State any one sign of a burn.

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c) In which two ways can mothers safeguard young children against burns
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