Tadeo Mugisha
THE E-LEARN EXAMINATIONS BOARD
PRE-PLE SET FIVE / TEN
2025
INTEGRATED SCIENCE
Time Allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
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Candidate’s Name: ............................................................................................
Candidate’s Signature: ......................................................................................
School Name: ......................................................................................................
Read the following instructions carefully:
1. Do not write your district name FOR EXAMINERS’
USE ONLY
anywhere on the paper.
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2. This paper has two sections: A and B. NO.
Section A has 40 questions and section B has
1 – 10
15 questions. The paper has 12 printed
pages altogether. 11 − 20
3. Answer all questions. All answers for both 21 – 30
Sections A and B must be written in the
spaces provided. 31 – 40
4. All answers must be written using a blue or 41 – 43
black ball point pen or ink. Any work written
in pencil other than drawings will not be 44 – 46
marked.
5. Unnecessary changes in your work and 47 – 49
handwriting that cannot be read easily may
50 – 52
lead to loss of marks.
53 – 55
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SECTION A: 50 MARKS
Questions 1 to 50 carry one mark each.
1. Name the type of teeth with characteristics similar to a carpenter’s chisel.
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2. Give a reason why farmers prefer harvesting tuber crops during the rainy season.
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3. Mention the exotic breed of goats well known for its fine mohair.
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4. State any one characteristic of seeds dispersed by water in the environment.
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5. Mention one method used in preserving hides that require heat energy.
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6. In the space below, draw a first aid item that can be used to carry Mahad whose
two legs have a compound fracture.
7. Mention the disorder of the digestive system controlled by eating food with low
fat content.
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8. State one importance of lightning in the environment.
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9. Give one similarity between rusting and germination.
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10. State what happens to pollen grains when they land on the stigma.
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Below is a tool used when finding the volume of an Irish potato? Use it to answer
questions 11 and 12.
11. Name the above tool.
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12. Mention the method of finding volume which requires that tool.
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13. State the reason why mechanical advantage of a single fixed pulley is one.
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14. Mention one way of managing accidents at school.
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15. State the major reason for conserving resources like animals in the environment.
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16. Give one way in which vectors are different from germs.
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17. Give a reason why Kato who is planning to start brick making project needs clay
soil.
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18. Mention one type of poultry you know.
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19. State the similarity between bacteria and fungi as part of food chain.
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20. State what is likely to happen if the trachea fails to remain open for some time.
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Study the item below and use it to answer question 21 and 22.
21. Mention the element of Primary Health Care (PHC) promoted by the proper use
of the items.
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22. Apart from checking on the population of an area, give one other reason why
the government gives out the above item free of charge.
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23. Give one way in which bedbugs lead to anaemia.
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24. Mention one water-borne viral disease that is immunisable.
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25. Give the step in washing clothes where water without detergent is used.
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26. State the best way welders can make a rack so that utensils are not affected by
rainwater splashes.
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27. Name the weather instrument used to measure the densities of liquids.
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28. Name the structure used by a passion fruit to climb jackfruit plant.
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29. Give a reason why car tyres wear faster on murram roads than on tarmac roads.
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30. Give the meaning of the term balanced diet.
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31. Mention the gas used in preservation of semen used during artificial
insemination.
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32. State the importance of a squeegee in promotion of sanitation of a home.
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33. Give one way in which sound energy is similar to light energy
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34. Mention any one item used to stop petrol fire.
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35. State one cause of milk hold-up in cattle.
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36. State one way in which hooks and suckers of a tapeworm are similar in terms of
their function.
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37. Mention the system of a flowering plant where root hairs are found.
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38. State the name given to the practice of replacing dead seedlings in the garden.
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39. Mention the class of simple machine to which the wheel barrow belongs.
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40. Give a reason why malaria is called a communicable disease.
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SECTION B: 60 MARKS
Questions 41 to 55 carry four marks each.
41. The diagram below is of a top bar hive. Study it carefully and answer the
questions that follow. E
Entrance
(a) Give any one advantage of using centrifuging method of extracting honey.
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(b) Apart from centrifuging method, give any other one method of extracting
honey.
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(c) Give the adaptation of the part marked E to its function.
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(d) State the importance of hanging the above hive on metallic poles.
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42. (a) Name the largest internal body organ.
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(b) State any two ways in which the human body works.
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(c) Mention one habit that may affect the proper functioning of the lungs.
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43. (a) Give the meaning of the term food taboo.
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(b) State one disadvantage of food taboos in the community.
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(c) Mention one example of traditional customs about food.
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(d) Give one reason why weaning of babies is encouraged at the age of six
months.
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44. Study the table below and complete it correctly.
Group of Invertebrate Example Mode of protection
Freshwater snail/snail Hides in a shell
Millipede Coils
Insects Wasp
Arachnids Use of cob web
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45. (a) Mention one way teachers in your school contribute to destruction of
plants in the environment.
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(b) State one way in which water bodies affect the production of
hydroelectricity.
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(c) Give any two advantages of using hydroelectricity for cooking.
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46. (a) Give the meaning of the term volume as used in sound.
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(b) State one way in which amplitude of sound waves affects the volume of
sound.
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(c) Mention the part of the human ear that serves the same function as the
amplifier of the music system.
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(d) State one importance of echoes to fishermen.
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47. A class teacher requested pupils to come along with the items below to help them
clean their teeth.
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(a) In four sentences, describe the instructions the teacher gave to her
learners on how to clean their teeth.
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48. (a) State the difference between refraction and reflection of light.
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(b) Give the meaning of the term apparent depth.
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(c) Give one danger of refraction to people.
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(d) Mention the deficiency disease that affects the eye.
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49. (a) Name the group of crops to which cotton belongs.
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(b) Apart from maize, give two other crop that belongs to the group
mentioned in (a) above?
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(c) Give one way drought affects crop production in an area.
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50. The diagram below is of a human brain thermometer. Study it carefully and
answer questions that follow:
Z bulb
T
(a) State the importance of part marked T.
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(b) Mention one condition in humans that may make substance Z to move up
to 40°C.
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(c) Change 40°C to °F. (02 Marks)
51. Minerals salts are components of soil that occupies the greatest percentage.
(a) State the importance of the following mineral salts in the soil:
(i) Magnesium and iron
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(ii) Calcium
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(b) Mention two factors that influence soil erosion in an area.
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52. Bibian visited Nurse Olivia with a headache. She was prescribed paracetamol at a
dosage of 2 × 3 and took 2 tablets at 7:00 a.m. The medicine, which lasts for 3
years, had an expiry date of 31st August 2025.
(a) State in one sentence on the instruction guiding Bibian to use the medicine
effectively.
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(b) Mention one importance of the above instructions to Bilson.
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(c) State the time of the day is Bilson expected to take the second dose.
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(d) State the date on which the above drug was manufactured.
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53. The diagram below is of a part of a certain type of toilet. Use it to answer
questions that follow.
K
(a) Name the type of latrine with the above structure.
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(b) State the one way port marked K helps to trap and kill houseflies.
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(c) State the reason why the latrine above mentioned in (a) has no lid.
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(d) Give any one disease controlled by proper use of a latrine.
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54. (a) Give two fungal diseases in both plants and animals.
(i) Animals ........................................................................................
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55. The diagram below is of a male reproductive system. Study it and answer the
questions that follow.
Penis
Scrotum T
(a) Name part marked W.
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(b) State the importance of structure T on the diagram.
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(c) Mention one disease that makes the above male reproductive system to
feel pain when urinating.
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(d) Give one way of caring for the organ above.
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