Pre - ple set VII- 2017

Science
Time allowed: 2hours 15 minutes

INDEX NO.

CANDIDATE’S
NAME………………………………………………………………………….…….
CANDIDATES
SIGNATURE……………………………………………………………………..…
SCHOOL
NAME…………………………………………………………………………………
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DISTRICT
NAME…………………………………………………………………………………
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READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:

1. This paper has two sections: A and B.
2. Section A has 40 short questions (40 marks).
3. Section B has 15 questions (60 FOR EXAMINERS’ USE
marks). ONLY
4. Attempt All questions. All Qn. MARK SIGN
answers to both Sections A and B No.

must be written in the spaces 1 – 10

provided. 11 - 20
21 – 30
5. All answers must be written
31 – 40
using blue or black ball-point pen
41 – 43
or ink. Only diagrams should be
44 - 46
drawn using pencils in the spaces
47 - 49
provided.
50 - 52
53 - 55
0 TOTAL
6. Unnecessary alteration of work may lead to loss of marks.
7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily read will lead to loss of
marks.
8. Do not fill any thing in the boxes indicated for examiners’ use
only.

SECTION A
1. Name any one solute.
_______________________________________________________________
2. Which part of blood transports digested food in the body?
_______________________________________________________________
3. Give the importance of water during germination.
_______________________________________________________________
4. Name the sound heard when sound waves hit a hard surface.
_______________________________________________________________
5. Give the use of soap in promoting personal hygiene.
_______________________________________________________________
6. What can a first aider do to ensure faster blood flow to the brain a
fainted victim?
_______________________________________________________________
7. Apart from being rich in proteins, how else is colostrum important to
the calf?
_______________________________________________________________
8. How are tadpoles similar to fish in the way they breathe?
_______________________________________________________________
9. What substance do bees use to repair the hive?
_______________________________________________________________
10. How are cats useful in controlling bubonic plague?
_______________________________________________________________
11. Which time of the day are the shadows formed in the East?
_______________________________________________________________
12. Write the adaption of wind dispersed seeds.

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13. Name the reproductive organ where the fertilized ovum develops
into a baby.
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14. Which disease of the circulatory system requires one to eat food
rich in iron?
_______________________________________________________________
15. How can scabies be controlled in a school?
_______________________________________________________________

16. State the importance of sheep to the textile industry.

_______________________________________________________________
17. How is a basket useful to a crop farmer?
_______________________________________________________________
18. Name one of the poles of a magnet.
_______________________________________________________________
19. State the characteristic of living things shown in the
diagram below.

_______________________________________________________________
20. How is a rake useful in promoting sanitation?
_______________________________________________________________
21. Why is it difficult to see through translucent objects clearly?
_______________________________________________________________
22. How does overstrictness by parents lead to antisocial behaviour in
adolescents?
_______________________________________________________________
23. Give any one method of preparing food at home.
_______________________________________________________________
24. Why are the silvered walls of a vacuum flask able to reflect heat?

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25. How do floods contribute to low food production?
_______________________________________________________________
26. Name the body organ that filters blood.
_______________________________________________________________
27. State the physical change in the atmosphere that leads to rain
formation.
_______________________________________________________________
28. How is the use of contraceptives related to the control of
overpopulation?
_______________________________________________________________
29. What is the effect of excessive vomiting to the body?
_______________________________________________________________
30. What activity can a crop farmer do to protect mature crops during a
dry season?
_______________________________________________________________
31. Name the body organ shown in the diagram below.

_______________________________________________________________
32. Give the role of the above body organ during digestion.
_______________________________________________________________
33. How are plants adapted to survival in the desert?
_______________________________________________________________
34. How does planting of trees in the environment control air pollution?
_______________________________________________________________
35. State the importance of dry cells in an electric circuit.
_______________________________________________________________
36. Name the type of birds that hunt and kill other animals for food.

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 _______________________________________________________________
37. Name the most serious condition that results from prolonged
smoking.
_______________________________________________________________
38. What makes top soil dark in colour?
_______________________________________________________________
39. How does alcoholism lead to family poverty?
_______________________________________________________________
40. Apart from land, mention any one other requirement for starting a
livestock farm.
_______________________________________________________________

SECTION B
41. Study the diagram below and answer the questions that
follow.

sunlight rays

plant

a) In which way does the plant make use of the sun?

____________________________________________________________
b) What condition enables the plant to trap sunlight?
____________________________________________________________
c) State the two raw materials that enable plants to make food.

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 i)___________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________
42. a) Mention the two health services that should be accessible to the
community.
i)___________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________
b) Why are people encouraged to carry out food production at
family level?
_______________________________________________________________
c) Which element of primary health care aims at providing safe
water to the community?
_______________________________________________________________

43. The diagram below shows a method of preserving food. Use

it to answer the questions that follow.

a) Name the method used.

_____________________________________________________________
b) Name the energy resource used to preserve the fish.
_____________________________________________________________
c) Apart from the above method, mention any other two methods
used to preserve fish.
i)____________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________

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44. a) Why are gaps left while constructing railway lines?
_______________________________________________________________
b) What would happen during hot weather if the gaps were not left?
_______________________________________________________________
c) In which type of weather are the gaps between the rails;
i) wider_______________________________________________________
ii) narrower____________________________________________________

45. The diagram below is of an insect. Use it to answer the

questions that follow.

a) Name the insect.

____________________________________________________________
b) Why is the above insect referred to as a vector?
____________________________________________________________
c) Name the disease spread by the above vector to human beings?
____________________________________________________________
d) Mention any one way of controlling the vector above.
____________________________________________________________
46. a) Name any two characteristics of images formed by a plane
mirror.
i)_____________________________________________________________
ii)_____________________________________________________________
b) Name one optical instrument that uses a plane mirror.

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c) Give the use of plane mirrors in our homes.
_______________________________________________________________
47. The diagram below shows a type of brooding. Use it to
answer the questions that follow.

a) Name the type of brooding shown.

____________________________________________________________
b) Why are the chicks crowded in one place?
____________________________________________________________
c) State any two characteristics of a good brooder.
i)___________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________
48. a) Write HIV in full.
_______________________________________________________________
b) Give any one way a newly born baby can acquire HIV from the
mother.
_______________________________________________________________
c) State the importance of ARVs to the HIV victim.
_______________________________________________________________
d) Why is abstinence the best method of controlling HIV/AIDS
among teenagers?
_______________________________________________________________
49. Use the diagram of a pulley below to answer the questions
that follow.

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 A

rope

Load
a) Name the parts labelled.
i) A_________________________ ii) B_________________________
b) Name the type of pulley shown above.
____________________________________________________________
c) How can a P.7 pupil raise the load shown in the diagram?
____________________________________________________________
50. a) At what age is the vaccine injected on the right upper arm of the
baby given?
_______________________________________________________________
b) Name the two vaccines which are given in more than one dose.
i)______________________________________________________________
ii)_____________________________________________________________
c) Which childhood immunisable disease is associated with stiffness
of body muscles?
_______________________________________________________________
51. Study the diagram below and use it to answer the questions
that follow.

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 a) Mention any two activities going on in the diagram.
i)___________________________________________________________
ii)___________________________________________________________
b) Use an arrow with letter A to show the part of the plant that
attracted that insect.
c) State the importance of the above insect to a crop farmer.
____________________________________________________________
52. a) What type of change occurs in the processes below?
i) digestion_____________________________________________________
ii) metamorphosis________________________________________________
iii) deforestation__________________________________________________
b) In which way are biological changes similar to chemical
changes?
____________________________________________________________
53. Match the following correctly.
List A List B
moulds eaten as food
yeast poisonous
toad stool fermentation
mushroom spoils food

i) moulds_________________________________________________
ii) yeast_________________________________________________
iii) toad stool_________________________________________________
iv) mushroom_________________________________________________

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54. The diagram below shows proper tree spacing. Use it to
answer the questions that follow.

2m

2m

3m 3m 3m

a) Name the method of planting shown above.

____________________________________________________________
b) Give any two advantages of crop spacing.
i)__________________________________________________________
ii)__________________________________________________________
c) State any one disadvantage of the uncovered ground.
____________________________________________________________
55. a) What is weathering?
______________________________________________________________
b) Mention any two natural causes of weathering.
i)_____________________________________________________________
ii)____________________________________________________________
c) Give the importance of rock particles to plant growth.
_______________________________________________________________

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